Central City High School - Bison Yearbook (Central City, NE)

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Central City, Nebraska ' iTDLID ROSE and GREEN 77,; Carraher wills her ability to play the piano to Harold Dickerson. Blanch Johnson leaves her iispeed reading to Frances Lock. 'Alice Gitthens wills her iiBaby Blue,, eyes to Alouise Duffy. Carl Almquist and Joe Ashelfotd leave their position at the head of the Senior Class roll to Belva Adams and Dick Agnew. Charles Osterman wills his dignity to Robert Lindley. Emily Richards wills her iicome hitheri, eyes to Helen Gould. John Mathieson wills to his brother, Stewart, his athletic ability. Jack Cherry bestows upon Boyd Desch the ability to grow a mustache. Loren Willhoft and Wayne Persons will their views on prohibition to anyone who will carry on the good fight. F rancis Braucher wills his talkativeness to Cecil Eaton. Dean Kyes leaves his football sweater to Irving Dickerson. Laura Senkbile gives her place in the Senior class to Earl Heuring. Vera Willeman wills her Ford to Newell Daniels. Pauline Riggs leaves her boy friends to Edna Beetem. Clara Ashley wills her suppleness and grace to Blanche Wilson. Victor Johnston bestows his ability as a public speaker upon Robert Johnston. Eddie Kozal leaves his much-envied place as sheik of the school to Rudolph Kom- brinlz. Earl Rogers wills his pep to Stanley Bice. Beatrice Covet wills her powers of argumentation to Myrtle Randahl. Edna Zlomke, Eldora Hosier and Marie Sutherland leave their sacred friendship to Ruth Barkmeier, Helen Wilch, and Hazel Henthorn. John and Cecil Page leave their crush on the girls to Gerald and Dean Cole. Esther Crites wills her position as Miss Booher's secretary to Virginia Guthrie. John McCullough leaves his wise cracks and mischievous tricks to David Johnston. Evelyn Johnson gives all her excess cosmetics to Grace Hageman. Kenneth OiNele wills his ability of tossing chalk and etasers to anyone who will dare to do the same. To the whole High School, Duane Woods gives one of his rubbers, with the suggestion that it be used for a swimming pool. Enid McCollister leaves her typewriting record to Ronald Snodgtass. To anyone with reticence toward the opposite sex, Doris Lyons wills her charms. Lena Cowgill leaves her bird-like trills to Robert Jenkins Edna Johnson wills her memory book to Agnes Anderson. Margaret New wills her piety to Grace Cherry. Wilma Irwin gives her bobbed tresses to Agnes Thomas. Mary Heaton leaves her readings to Vir- ginia Ross. Seward Desch refuses to will Aline to anyone. Glenn Brannan wills his short stay in C. C H. S to the laziest Freshman. We hereby appoint as executors of this our last will and testament, Mr. Staley, Miss Wilson and Clyde Woods, hoping that they will dutifully perform these tasks Signed and sealed Friday, the thirteenth day of May, 1n the year of our Lord 1927. THE SENIOR CLASS CLASS PROPHECY It was after nightfall when I arrived at Central City, after an absence of many years, and I was attracted to a noisy carnival that Was enjoying a brief but profit- able stay in my native town. Most of the town seemed to be there, yet I saw no ' familiar faces. I wandered about until I came to a less frequented part of the grounds, some- what removed from the clamor of the carnivaPs main attractions. There I stopped before an odd, weathcr-beaten tent, hesitated a moment, then entered. In one car- ner sat an old gypsy fortune teller, as old and weather-beaten as the tent itself. In front of her was a table, on which was an oriental incense burner. I asked the old woman if she could tell me where my former classmates were, and what they were doing. For an answer, she threw some powder into the burner, and soon the Page Twenly-nine

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ilOLD ROSE and GREEN ,27li Central City, Nebraska on the football team and three on the basketball team. At last these same students reached the stage in their evolution when they were called Seniors. But they were not content to bask in the glory of that name alone; in- stead, they set out to give that name even more meaning. They started out the year with true Senior pep and selected officers and spon- sors to pilot them through this last and important year. Then they chose an able staff to publish the best Old Rose and Green for many a year. Next they elected their representatives for president and treasurer of the Ath- letic Association. - Then the football captain, a Senior of course, with his team, on whieh were a large number of seniors, went through the season with but two defeats. Of course, theC t,ieniors selected their candidates for representative boy and girl. Senior day was observed with a most appropriate program, and Sneak day was a very welcome change for both the Seniors and the lower classmen. The Senior class play, liAdam and Evai was a cheering success, not a howling one. , Thus we have seen, in the history of the Class of 27, the evolution from Frosh' to Senior; may they grow in such a manner when they become Freshmen in life. CLASS WILL STATE OF NEBRASKA, CITY OF CENTRAL CITY. ' We the Senior Class of 1927, being of abnormal mind and realizing the certainty of death and the uncertainty of love, do hereby dispose of all our earthly possessions in this our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills made by us. Item I-We give to the Juniors the right to be next yearis Seniors, and admonish them that they will do well to imitate the manner in which we havecarried that honor. Item H-On the Sophomores we shower our tears, so that they who have acquired the swell head might shrink somewhat. Item III-Upon the Freshmen we bestow our brightness and sunshine, hoping that in time they may ripen; Item IV-We give to the Faculty our thanks for the four years of toil that they have spent on us. Item VeWe leave Miss Kirkpatrick and Miss Brauer to any class that will love, honor, and cherish them. Item VI-Lloyd Martin leaves the football field to Etvin Rembolt. Ruth Fauquier wills her meekness to Stella Mohr. Mayme Kyes gives her curly locks to Inez Solt. Allen King wills his Scandinayian complexion to Roy Larson. Kathryn and Kenneth Nielsen be- queath the right to be the only twins in the Senior Class, which right was given them by Lloyd and Floyd Johnston, ,26, to Lucius and Lucille Comstock, hoping that there may be a pair of twins in the class of ,29 to whom they may pass this right. Herbert Hansen leaves his laughing trombone to Boyd Desch. Phyllis Smith bequeaths to Peggy Barton her rose- bud mouth. Fern Shelton leaves her French lessons to Dale Eoff. Elwyn Reeves wills his ability to coax groans out of the accordion to Francis Crites. Prudence Baird wills her motto: iiEvery where that Dorothy goes, I am sure to follow , to Marion Ryan. To Elaine Nicholas, Anne Barton leaves her bewitching smile. Alice Page Twenty-cigbt

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iiOLD ROSE and GREEN ,27,, Central City, Nebraska tent was filled with a dense, exotic incense. She mumbled some mystic words, and just as I felt the bonds of consciousness slipping from me, she placed before me a large crystal globe. As I gazed into its depths, I beheld with startling clearness what my classmates were doing. Deep down in a coal mine toiled Beatrice Cover. She was working to prove a bet, made with Loren Willhoft, that women are not weaker physically than men. Loren himself was filling the position of Governor of New York, having secured this position because of his views on prohibition, at the death of Ai Smith. The scene changed to the interior of a well- known movie theater in New York. As the famous pictuie. iiAre W7omen People?, was Hashed on the screen, I saw sev- eral names that were as familiar to me as they were to the movie- going populace. This picture was directed by Victor Johnston and Eddie Kozal. Mary Heaton and Evelyn Johnson were the stars playing the leading roles. Jack Cherry, a widower with nine children, was happily married to Phyllis Smith. They were raising chickens on their farm in the sand hills. The adjoining farm, HFairacres, was owned and managed by Wayne Persons and his wife, Dorothy Baird. Wayne said that life just suited him, because he didnt have to have a written ex- cuse every time he was late. The children of both these happy families, as well as those of surrounding farms, were going to the little white school house on the corner. There the prim little teacher, Prudence Baird, was explaining the nebular hypothesis to her intelligent eighthD Graders. In the office of a New York skyscraper Alice Gitthens was cartooning for iILifeii, while far away in the wilds of Arizona her estranged husband, Lloyd Mar- tin, was writing poems which were a great source of comfort to those at odds with the world. Poor Lloyd, in his grief, was comforted by soothing the anguish of others. Seward Desch was employed by a large air transport company. Seward was an expert at patching air pockets. Laura Senkbile and Blanch Johnson were making a nice living by seliingvtheir pictures as a iibefore-a11ti-aftcr-taking,, advertisement for a IIhow-to-grow-tail course. Very touching was the scene that next presented itself. Reverend John Math- ieson was preaching the funeral of Kenneth Nielsen, who was killed when he went to sleep driving his aiiplane on an air mail route. Reverend Mathieson's able wife, Margaret New, was vainly trying to console NIarie Sutherland, who had been Ken- neth,s bride of but a few weeks. What a contrast were the scenes that immediately followed! In New York Ruth Fauquier was. shown as the charming proprietress of an hilarious night club. In Paris, in G. Brannaifs theatre, Clara Ashley and Eldora Hosier, the fa- mous dancing girls, were winning the applause of the audience by their captivating dances, and the Page Brothers were thrilling the audience with their daring aerial acts. In Mlle. Bartons Fashion Shoppe, also in Paris, Kathryn Nielsen and Edna Zlomke were employed as mannequins for Anne 5 exclusive creations. In Sioux City Pauline Riggs was attempting to secure a divorce from her hus- band, John McCullough. She claimed that Fern Shelton alienated his affettions. Page Thirty