Avon High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Avon, IL)

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The Boomerang HPill of the Class of 1930 We the class of Nineteen Thirty, being about to depart from this school life, in full pos- session of sound mind, memory and understanding, do make and publish this our last will and ‘estament, hereby revoking ami making void all former wills by us at anytime heretofore made. First. We as a class bequeath to the Juniors all of the gum on our desks, our privileges, and our good liehavior in History class, provided that they do not improve upon it. Second. We the Seniors hereby relinquish to the Sophomores and Freshmen our rights and privileges, providing they always remember us as shining examples of good behavior in the Study Hall and elsewhere. Third. We wish to thank the Faculty for their ever ready advice and the patience which they have always shown toward us. Fourth. We as a class wish to bequeath the following to various individuals: I, Vorl Clayton, do will and liequcath my striped pants to Billy Gordon. T, I.vle Keller, do will and bequeath my “How To Grow Short pills, to Vivian Smith. !, Ethyl Baughman, do will and In-queath my privilege of sitting by the window in English IV and my weekly marcels, to Eleanore Capps. I, Mary O’Donnell, do will and bequeath my love for unreasonable argument to Ernest Stone. I, Marjorie Asquith, do will and bequeath my canary voice to Jay (bird) Hornbaker. !, Ethelin Kay, do will and bequeath my carrot top and some of my height and pep to Beta Gale Buchen. 1, Louise Bliss, do will and bequeath mv sunny disposition to Preston Sharp. I. ( lair Kreider, do will and bequeath my basketball ability and my athletic form to l urenee Carr. I. Mary Morse, do will and bequeath my ambition, my brains, and my blue galoshes to Bernice Woods. I. Carter Powell, do will and bequeath my place as center and my fondness for sleeping to Thomas Jackson ami Big Boy Peterson. I. Helen Hatch, do will and bequeath my studious nature and my ability to be exempt from all semesters to all meek little Frosh. I, Kutli Speer, do will and bequeath my optimistic disposition, and my terrific explosions of laughter to Gladys Orwig. !, Lula Duffield. do will and bequeath my timid though ambitious nature to Frances McGuane and Thelma Foster. I, Orval Wingate, do will and bequeath my ever ready grin to Lyle McMahil. I. Vernon Hinman, do will and bequeath my ability to tickle the ivories to “Murph Crissey, provided that he keep them (the ivories) laughing. I. Sumner Curtis, do will and bequeath my privilege to sit between two girls in history to George Horn, provided that one of them is not Louise. I, Max Kisinger, do will and bequeath mv spats and ability to bluff, to Eddie Carr. I. Ramona Leigb, do will and liequcath my much used stock of giggles to Enos Ginther. 1, lone Spurgeon, do will and bequeath my individuality to meek little Freshmen. I. Woodrow Sanders, do w ill and » equeath my popu’arity and dimples to Dick Currey. NINETEEN

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The Boomerang Carter Powell left for the West soon after graduation and has scarcely ever ! een heard of: hut the other day he wrote a long letter to Lyle. Me and a partner own a large cattle ranch in Wyoming. “Speaking of the West reminds me of several people I chanced to see in California last spring said Sumner. “While on the train going from San Francisco to Sacramento, I fell in with Orval Wingate. He is a traveling salesman for Swift Co. During a short stay at Long Beach, I discovered Louise Bliss, now a movie star. She had recently received a letter from Malndl llornhaker who is in Kachow, China, teaching Christianity to the natives.” “Where is ‘Rufus Speer, I wonder? inquired Bronald. “I saw Marjorie squith a couple of years ago. She runs a large poultry farm somewhere in the vicinity of Avon and carries on a big business. I hear “Eula Dutfield took up the study of law after several years as a stenographer and is now pretty well known Ruth is teaching school. She does not care for a lietter position than that of teaching a country school. Wouldn’t it Im great to go to school to ‘Rufus? Her old pal, lone, is still in Europe with her painting, isn't she? Gail met her one time several years ago in England when he chanced to have business there. He sure makes tin dough roll in as a lawyer. (It s a good thing somebody can), mumbled Curtis as if to himself. “That just aland takes them all in, doesn't it?” inquired Bronald. Yet it seems as if someone is lacking. A long pause, then— Oh Blackberry it's ‘Abe Lincoln! Where is the old scout? “He owns a large farm in Canada. I paid him a visit two years ago. He’s making good. I say let's call it a day and quit. ’ I could hear them gathering up their fishing articles in preparation to leave. “By geminy. Bud, I've thought of someone else we overlooked Mary O'Donnell. “That’s right. You know she was--------. They walked rapidly away and the words died away before reaching me. So intent was I upon listening that I leaned over my little boat a trifle far ami !»efore I knew it was in the water. What would they have said? Why couldn't they have waited? Mahy O’Don xki.i..

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The Boomerang I, Mabel I I lornhaker, lo will and bequeath my religious qualities and my guardianship ovpr my brother .lay, to Nellie. I, (Jail Stice, do will and bequeath my fondness (?) for Mr. Klder, to Dorothy Lea Sehulmrt. I, Forrest Lincoln, do will and bequeath my posture to my brother, the manly duke. I, Bronald Spurgeon, do will and bequeath my come hither grin and handsome features to Wayne Baker. I. Alberta Sundherg, do will and l equeath my position as pianist to Inez Sanders. I, Mary Wall, do will and bequeath my curly hair and study hall seat to Janice Giilett. Lastly, we appoint as executor of this. Miss Bradshaw, hoping that in the execution of it she will not neglect the aquarium, which has been so carefully watched and guarded by the Physics class. At seven o'clock Saturday morning, April 19, five automobiles loaded with happy, ex- pectant Seniors left for Springfield. They traveled by way of Beardstown, arriving in front of the east entrance on the Capitol Building according to schedule. The crowd rather hastily looked through the Supreme Court Building and then hurried over to the Centennial Building. An hour was soon spent in investigating Mammal Hall in the basement and the Museum on the fifth floor. Some even found time to look into the libra- ry on the third floor. At eleven o'clock all met at the east corner of the Centennial Build- ing and went thence to Strong's Cafeteria for lunch. Some three hours were then sju-nt in looking over the capitol and climbing to the top of the dome, from which one could view Springfield. The crowd then packed themselves into their cars and drove to Lincoln's home, where many interesting relics of his day were ex- hibited. From there the class went to Lincoln's Monument where other interesting things were to Ik seen. After all had climbed to the top of the tower and ga .ed out on the surrounding country, they again set out, making their way to New Salem. Everyone enjoyed hwiking at the old buildings and the museum there. On the road to Pekin some of the crowd stopped at a small place where an old man who had lived in that part of the country years ago had built an electrically driven model of the old Hutledge dam. After taking supper in Pekin, the group decided to go to a theatre in Peoria. The class arrived in Avon early the next morning with only two regrets: one driver had trouble with the brakes on her car and no one had found time to visit Anne Bwtledge's grave. Springfield Pilgrimage M ABELL Horn BAKER. TWENTY