Avon High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Avon, IL)

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OJ Hbr Siuimrrattg 'J -- .i--'.• JL Thiiteenth. I, Charles Stevens, do give my perfectly good Physics experiments to John Wall, as he may need them. Fourteenth. I, Edith Reed, do give and bequeath my modest manners and friendly disposition to Lucille Ross. Fifteenth. I, Leroy Woods, do bequeath my hearty laugh to Edmond VanWinkle. Also my ability to play basket ball to Forrest Corbin. Seventeenth. I, Dale Teach, do bequeath the joy of a seven mile morning ride with Kenneth Schrodt to Lucille Cox. providing Harold is willing. Eighteenth. I, Eunice Hollister, do give and bequeath my beautiful rainy-da.v marcel to Ada Swanson, hoping that it will be as becoming. Nineteenth. I, Lloyd Pool, do leave my affections for a certain Freshman girl to Leroy Griffith. Twentieth. I, Corinne Yeoman, do bequeath my privilege of being “Pel” of Phys- ical Training class to anyone who needs it. Twenty-first. I. Glenn Neice, do bequeath my nlace as joke editor on the annual staff to Olive Myers. Lastly. We appoint as executor of this, our last will and testament, Harry Barnes, in the execution of which, he will never let the 3:19 train interfere. We here subscribe our names on April Fool’s day in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred twenty-four. CORINNE YEOMAN. EUNICE HOLLISTER.

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alu' UUwmrratm latest. Revolving crystal, works on order of old fashioned radio. Tune in, focus in rather, and can see world about you if sunlight is right.” We went. Seated before a table with this good sized crystal hanging like a pic- ture. Monsieur Daudet adjusted the apparatus. Before our eyes flashed many scenes. Behold! Louise Mark singing at Ravena. A flash. A race track with thousands of people waiting for the race to start. Racers appear, the throng is breathless, they are off, crowd is urging them on. A little girl in one of the boxes is displaying excitement, anxiety, now joy as racers fin- ish. We see it is Eula; she has been watching the winner, “Sparky.” A bLurr, a blaze. Faith Townsend coaching a juvenile production of 500 children in that masterpiece, “The Little Green Knight.” Stage built on east side of Bush Sunken Gardens in Pasadena amid the life-size Mother Goose characters. M. Daudet told us that Mme. Schuman-Heink, Ellen Beach Yaw, Margaret McKee of Grossmont were among Faith’s patronesses. Success and popularity belong to our Faith. CHARLES STEVENS ’24. HENRY MAUVAIS ’24. •v •4 ■f ICast Hill anil arstamrnt nf thr (Class nf 24 E, THE Senior Class of the Avon Community High School, being of sound mind, able body, curly hair, drugstore complexion, sweet disposition, and all other desirable defects, desire to dispose of all such effects in this our last will and testament. —I HtfeU First. We as a class do give and bequeath our conduct in class rooms, and elsewhere, to the Sophomores. Second. We here-by give our much-used “Hamlets,” Burke’s “Concil- iation Speeches,” and “Sidelights” to the Juniors. Third. We, the Seniors of ’24, do bequeath our good looks and charming manners to the Freshmen. (They need both). Fourth. We also bequeath all the heat which ever enters Room IX to our Janitor. (He’d freeze to death over night). Fifth. We, the Class of ’24, do give to the faculty all our slang expressions. Sixth. I, Faith Townsend, do leave my becoming yawns to Wilbur Smith, to be used in class. Seventh. I, Clarence Baker, do give and bequeath my ability for breaking the heart of a Bell to Kenneth Schrodt. Eighth. I, Eula Nance, here-by bequeath my sunny disposition and fancy bob to Louise Wigert. Ninth. I, Ronald Hectorne, do give six inches of my heighth to Henry O’Herron. I also leave my love for olives to anyone who likes them. Tenth. I, Louise Mark, do bequeath my forty compacts to Freshmen, provided that they use the silver one during school hours. Eleventh. I, Henry Mauvais, do leave my surplus Staycomb and Brilliantine to Raymond Bell. 1 also leave my furnace troubles to Eugene Baker. Twelfth. I, Fern Jennings, do bequeath my conduct in the study hall to Cleta Bell and Corliss Powell.

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alie Jlmtinra 9 Front Row. left to right Doris Hollister, Ada Swanson, Bernice Mings, Lucille Ross, Leota Hovell. Second Row Raymond Bell, Irene Mitchell, John Wall, Jack Sundberg, Eugene Baker, Marvel Staggs. Back Row Kenneth Schrodt, Ercell Serven, Leroy Griffith, Donovan Myers. Absent—Florence Witter, Rex Jennings, Frank Arthurs.