Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1926 We, the 1926 Senior Class of B. T. H. S., of the city of Benton, County of Franklin, being of sound memory and disposing mind, do make this our last will and testament which is to supersede and make null all former wills. First, that all our just debts and funeral expenses be paid after our public burial. Second, after said payment, we give and bequeath the following: Mural Wilson leaves her lovely figure to Helen Webb. Jerome Rea leaves his shieky ways to Mike Pagani. Pauline Welch leaves her lithesome ways to Edith Estelle Gahm. Frances Hickman leaves half of her last lemon and cup of buttermilk to Minnie Fraulini. Walter Britton leaves his electric curling irons to Den nil Whittington. Dorothea McKemie leaves her baby stare to Mary E. Spani. Bliss Swain leaves his supercilious air to Royal Mundell. Colleen Garrigus leaves her compact and cake coloring to Helen Stilley. Dorothy Roberts leaves two feet and three inches of her height to Lena Dye. Alice Waggoner leaves twenty-five pounds of her weight to Lenore Clayton. Floyd Gasoway leaves his two credits in French to Marie Roberts. Mont Heard leaves his lovely voice to Meredith Dobry. Raymond McEndree leaves his resistance of feminine charms to Irving Trombly. Dan Smith leaves his last package of golden glint to Bertha Jones. Roscoe Mooncyham leaves his basketball skill to “Tecnie Samuels. Marguerite Tucker leaves her vampish ways to Lolctia Dorris. Reba Bell leaves his speech-making ability to Clark Lee Allen. Reathel Odum leaves her latest beau to Fern Wood. Esther Kell leaves her noon-day chocolate bars to Miss Kittengcr. Rudolph Malone leaves his book of etiquette to James Eskew. Nell Simpson leaves her locks, when cut, to Juanita Dorris. Jack Adams leaves his trick of lisping to Harold Pitts. Lucille Machiel leaves her newest freak color scheme to Margaret Ruth. Jewel Drake leaves her modish style to Helen Duppe. Ann Young leaves her musical laughter to Clytie Broughton. Dorothy Moore leaves her shy ways to Carmen Brown. Leonard King leaves his self-esteem to Mitchell Sims. Devoe Rea leaves his ample brain to Harry Hamilton. Brown Carpenter leaves his manly voice to Jack Stewart. Nolan Sneed leaves his Adonis-like appearance to Dempsey Shepherd. Adaline Starkey leaves her stock of definitions to Helen Ross. Pauline Stewart leaves her Ina beau to Imogene Bennett. Nellie Alexander leaves her latest French Novel to Helen Morris. Martha Layman leaves the school minus a debating star. Florence Kirscher leaves her love for studying to Frank Warren. Aileen Bennett, as the non-bob-arian of the class, leaves a lock to any one possessing a key to her heart. Nona Callison leaves her good nature to Edith Hurst. Lena Kirsch leaves her efficiency to the office force. Brossell Doty leaves her flaming locks to Edith Paxton for danger signals. Dale Lee leaves school without a girl. Lela Keef leaves her neatness to Frances Teague. Paul Manis leaves his stick-to-itiveness to Stewart Cluster. Robert McKemie leaves his ability to get and tame wild women to Jock Moore. Florance Jackson leaves Walter Ewing to Ruth Warren until she wants him again.

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PROPHECY—Continued of Harvard University!” “Ralph Smith has set out a grove of cocoa nut trees on his farm, and has bought some monkeys to throw them down to him.” “I think it’s so nice that Madge Pritchard and John Suddes have married at last, after being engaged nine years. And Marguerite Tucker has settled down, too, married to a big handsome man.” “Alice Waggoner and Duard Ward arc running a matrimonial bureau in the daily paper. Nolan Sneed has been trying for six months to get a wife, but hasn't succeeded yet.” “Helen Taylor is writing magazine stories, and has been offered the presidency of American Arts and Letters. And Opal Kern has written a novel that is going to take the country by storm, if they don't suppress it. It's called “Her Hour!” And have you heard what Louise Stilley is doing now? Someone said she was driving Rudolph Malone's Leaping Lena” at all the county fairs.” “Cecil Tate has made a rapid rise, since his high school days, for he is now President of the School for Mental Defectives. Poor Carrol Sims is having such a hard time trying to provide for that flock of children of his. His latest invention is an electric spanker, which he used in his own home before getting a patent.” “Ransom Doty is becoming a millionaire. They call him the Wolf of Wall Street.” He started making his money when he married Florence Kircher, because he had to support her in the luxury to which she had been accustomed as the queen of New York night life.” “Jewel Drake is teaching in the High School, and was unanimously chosen Freshman class advisor.” “When 1 was in New York the last time 1 was astonished at Jerome Rea's won derful acting as “Macbeth,” and Carter Briley was the ghost. “Speaking of acting, did you see Adaline Starkey and Pauline Welch riding the broncos in the wild west show last summer? Pauline tell off live times, but wasn't hurt.” “Have you heard that Dorothy Roberts won an Old Fiddler's Contest? The only qualification for entering was not being able to read music.” Damon and Raymond Akin have been lucky in selling their new patent medi cine. They call it the “Akin Pain Killer.” “Claude Gaylor is head of the theatre orchestra at Scsser. It's composed oi piano and drum, and he plays them both.” “Amos Graddy just has one breach of promise suit after another. He says he simply can't keep women away from him.” “Leonard King goes by our house nearly every day calling 'Rags and old iron.' He can hardly make ends meet, the junk business is so bad nowadays'.” “Lucille Machiels seems perfectly contented as Devoe Rea's wife. You never would have thought this could have happened ten years ago. Lots of queer things have happened -such as Roscoe Mooneyham beating Tilden in a tennis champion ship match.” “Colleen Garrigus and Walter Britton have decided not to get a divorce, after all. The whole trouble came up when she tried to make him use Stacomb.” “They say Webb Johnson is selling shoe strings, since he lost a million at roulette in Monte Carlo. Byford Bain as yet has no visible means of support. Daisy Clark is basking in reflected glory as Gloria Swanson's maid.” “Robert Brown is running a barbecue stand, but he eats so much that he owes himself at the end of the day. “Zelpha Cook is a chef at the Waldorf, and all of the millionaires have tried to marry her, so they would have a cook they'd never lose.” “Dorothy McKemie and Robert McKemie have formed a comedy vaudeville team and are making a hit just being their natural selves.” (Continued on Page 111) 24

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WILL—Conti n ued Thayer Oglesby leaves to the next occupant of his locker the joy of looking for the key-hole in the dark. Duard Ward leaves the privilege of getting married before school is out to Mr. Tabor. Louise Stilley leaves her ability as a debater to Alan Erwin. Fern Roberson leaves her violin to Rosie Devocelli. Earl Darr leaves the school wondering how he made it. Madge Parker and Madge Pritchard leave their place as the inseparables to Mary G. Hake and Virginia Harris. Raymond Aiken leaves one of his dimples to Bill Ingram. Billie Chenault leaves her Quaker demureness to Jama Joplin. Ransom Doty leaves his country estate to Bill Gilmore. Claude Gaylor leaves his grand piano to Catherine Davis. Opal Kern leaves her captivating beauty to Nellie Morris. William Kirk leaves his ambition to be a preacher to Herman Jones. Helen Lee leaves her unbreakable compact to Mable Moore. Gus Peebles leaves his debonair dashing ways to Mr. Ayrc. Ruby Robertson leaves her blondness to Juanita Musgrave. Roy Thomas leaves one date with Lida Martin to Lawrence Holloway. Herbert Upchurch leaves some talent to Demosthenes. Byford Bain leaves his typewriting competence to Albert Tangora. Robert Brown leaves his nosey disposition to “Cat Ross. Carter Briley leaves some of his grace to Eph Kelly. Cecil Tate leaves his rank as a Senior to Bob McConnell. Helen Taylor leaves her harem of handsome boys to Ruby Sears. Daisy Clark leaves her talent as a public speaker to Virginia Meads. Damon Aiken leaves his ability as an excellent farmer to Byford Lee. Zelpha Cook leaves her accommodating and pleasing personality to Muriel Sam-uels. John Suddes leaves his ability to get lessons (from someone else) to Harriet Layman. Mae Moore leaves her pet mouse which inhabits the row of lockers on the north side of the upper hall to Helen Pickel. Amos Graddy leaves his pocket radio set used for sending wireless kisses to John Paulavish. Claude Irwin leaves his bottle of Stacomb to Paul House. Cecil Dixon leaves to the “Buck-privates in the rear rank his collection of C. M. T. C. medals. Walter Ewing leaves his teachers in peace, having endeavored through four long years to leave them in pieces. John Crawford leaves his remarkable longitude to James Cadden. Vivian Lowery leaves his never-changing temperament to Albert Cook. Raymond Pyle leaves his unburned midnight oil to Jack Kimmel. Ralph Smith leaves his love for the farm to any other farmer lad. James Simpson leaves his extra book report credits to Jo Kenneth Neal. Webb Johnson leaves his serious thoughts to Mike Pagani. Lastly, we do hereby appoint Charles Robinson, Eph Kelly and Tim Swain executors of this will. Class of 1926. 26