Browns Valley High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Browns Valley, MN)

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 !)e 4Wounb iButlber Ruby Pavin. Caroline Block, Clifton Beaulieu. Kermit Bartlett. Ward Duffield, Velna Smith. Ruth Brown. Class of 1927 • President—Ruth Brown Vice President--Clifton Beaulieu Sec.-Treas--Caroline Block In numbers, this class does not rank as high as other classes, but in quality, it more than makes up for its lack of quantity. Several of the school leaders are members of this class. Ruth Brown and Clifton Beaulieu were selected for the inter-society debates. In athletics, Alwyn Smith was captain of the basketball team for two years, and this year Clifton Beaulieu and Kermit Bartlett made the team. Ward Duffield has served as the business manager of the ‘‘Country Gentleman’’ campaign for two years. In all musical affairs of either school or town, Ruth Brown has had a prominent part. So, even tho few in numbers, the Juniors have consistently held up their share of school activities. One of the honors that has come to the class is the fact that in 1924 Caroline Block maintained the highest scholastic record in the school. As The Mound Builder is going to press, the Juniors are working on their class play—“Her Husband's Wife.” Ruth Brown, Ruby Pavin, Clifton Beaulieu, and Ward Duffield are taking part in it. Page Twenty-Four

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QL )t Jflounb Jhitlber I glanced at the signature on the cartoons, and sure enough it was Sinclair Cowles. 1 had heard that he had achieved some distinction in that line, but had never been able to confirm it until now. Who would think it of Sin? I leaved ever the pages of the bulky newspaper to page four, and there before me in big glaring type was the announcement, “Miss Hulda Philen becomes President of the Amalgamated Union of Federated Bookworms. She will appear in a public address at Vermillion Square on June 25th.“ Reading on into the article I learned that she has done a great deal of work in organizing literary clubs in all the leading colleges and universities. We certainly can be proud of our classmate, can’t we? Say, Emma, you know I was talking with Lillian Brown the other day. She looked perfectly stunning, and is as dear and popular as ever. You know she managed the “Parisian Modiste Shop” for two years. Such a splendid business career she has had, too. Her husband is a very successful lawyer, and much of his success is due, 1 know, to Lillian's clever ability as a hostess. She also told me that she had just heard from Vivian Fletcher, and I was glad to hear that she had just published her second volume of “Etiquette for All Occasions. You know Vivian has become the foremost authority on problems of etiquette and conducts columns in all the big daily papers. 1 think the biggest surprise of the season, tho, was about two weeks ago. 1 was lying on the davenport reading, when a blare of trumpets roused me, and I rushed to the window just in time to see a circus parade passing. 1 always did love to see circuses, so that afternoon out to the circus lot I went. I took in all the sideshows, and the menagerie, but the surprise came when in the main arena the announcer came out and shouted, “You will now be entertained by our famous fire eating, fire walking, trapeze performer, Marc Seeber.” Honestly, Emma, I was never so thrilled in my life as while watching the hair-raising stunts Marc did that day. Afterwards we had a long chat together. Eut that isn’t all the surprise of the circus. In one of the clown acts. 1 felt sure that I recognized a familiar face. Clowns wear so much paint and outlandish clothes, tho, that I couldn’t be sure, but afterwards, sure enough, it was Selmer Sanden. Usually he plays his violin in the clowns orchestra, but that day he was unable to play because he had sprained a wrist. The world is small after all, isn’t it? I heard from Mary Malloy the other day, too. She is now on Broadway appearing in the Globe Theater in Eugene O’Neill’s latest play. I read of her dramatic triumphs very frequently. Little did we dream when Mary played “Peg O’ My Heart’ that some day she would be famous on the stage. She told me that Edna Deyo had recently called on her. Edna is proprietress of a large dancing academy at Tampa, Florida. Her patrons are all members of the millionaire colony there. Last Tuesday as I was walking down Jefferson Boulevard, my attention was drawn to a low steady hum. As the noise grew more distinct, 1 glanced upward and saw a huge airplane rapidly diving toward the ground. In just a moment it had crashed, not over one hundred yards from where I stood. A great crowd of excited people gathered at once. I, too, rushed to the spot in time to see the the aviators crawl from the debris, as unconcernedly as you please. They pulled off their helmets almost simultaneously, and there stood Turk Almquist and Skully Smith! It seems that Turk and Skully had been working together on a prospective invention for a polar airplane, but since it had just failed so disastrously, they have had to give up their plans for this year. Raymond tells me that he is going to give up the idea and devote his time and attention to his New Mexican chicken farm, but Skully doggedly insists he will repair the old plane and con- tinue the experiment. My gracious, this letter has grown to be a regular newspaper. Now I must quit. Do write soon and tell me all about your experience with your work over there. Your former classmate. Genevieve Toelle. ’iigc Tueniy-Three

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GTfje Jflounb JButlber Top row: Chester Morrill. Lyle Johnson. Marcus Williamson. Howard Brown. Charles McLane. Middle row: Kermit Duehr, Adrian Schwagerl. Charles Fairclough. Spencer Bailey. Everett Robbins. Bottom row: Lillian Kinney. Elsie Armstrong. Lila Deyo. Gertrude Smith. Beth Baldwin. Cecile Morrill, Lena Dew. Alice Willey, Grace Thompson. Class of 1928 President—Marcus Williamson Vice President—Lena Dew Secretary—Everett Robbins Treasurer—Lillian Kinney On the date of September 9. 1924 a class of twenty worthy Freshmen entered the Valley High. They held their first class meeting early in October and elected Lillian Kinney as their president. In the latter part of October they participated in the inter-class volley-ball tournament, defeating the Seniors. The important social event of the year was the Freshman-Sophomore party. The class is distinguished for turning out two basketball boys, Marcus Williamson and Clement Connelly. Later in the season, Chester Morrill and Howard Brown also made the team. Beth Baldwin, from this class, was the captain of the girls’ team. In debate, Alice Willey, Marcus Williamson, Lillian Kinney, and Charles McLane have represented the class successfully. Alice Willey was also selected to take part in the Junior play, Her Husband’s Wife.” Page Twenty-Five