Chaffee High School - Mogul Yearbook (Chaffee, MO)

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The Night Before A Test Listen! my children, and you shall hear, A tale that will make you cold with fear. Twas long, long ago, on a cold dark night That I wrote and I wrote till I was dumb and light In the head, I mean, of course, you know, Well, 'twas a shorthand test that I worked on so. On the rules, the reasons, the wherefores and whvs, The word—signs—oh my! but I wished I were wise. Prefixes—some joined and others were not. Suffixes—remembering them makes me turn hot. Well, my dears, all that night my dreams were a fright, The circles, the curves and the hooks were a sight But now its all over, as you well know And since I’ve been happy wherever I go. Wouldn’t It be Funny to See Max without Cordelia. Bernice not looking for some one. Eleanor without something to say. Minnie without poise. Ray without spearmint. Josephine not powdering her nose. Johnnye with her heart. Vinita not blushing. Edna with straight hair. Connie with little feet. Glynn in an argument. Juanita Grace without her grin. Mary E. and Lyman without something to do. Bert being dignified. Opal Freeman being loud. Opal Hi pcs a flirt. Juanita Harrell not married. CHAFFEE HIGH SCHOOL Page 20

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Senior Prophecy masquerade ball was given at Valencia, Spain, May 14, 11147, in honor of the United States Ambassador. The tender chords of the National Symphony Orchestra rang throughout the gorgeous ball-room. Cos- tumes of every shape, form and fashion were worn by both men and women on this special occasion. Just before the close of an entrancing waltz, a clown, dressed in purple and white, tagged me in a most rude and impolite manner, which caused me to take particular notice of him. At the close of the dance the guests unmasked and much to my astonishment, the clown with whom I had been dancing was none other than my old classmate, Minnie Allen. Naturally we did not care for the champagne and wine which were to be served soon. We wanted to go into the guest room and talk about the rest of the seniors of 1926-27, where they were and what they had chosen for their life's vocation. Minnie told me that she accom- panied the United States Ambassador. Lyman Foulk, to Spain as his interpreter, and that she was now master of seven languages. I soon learned from Lyman that Opal Freeman and Vinita Campbell had bought Muscle Shoals and were using the power to make cosmetics and fertilizer. 1 told them that I had received a letter from Juanita (Grace) Pilondski telling me how well she liked her position as chief cook on an American Steamer of which Glynn Fowler was captain. She also stated that when they stopped in Honolulu, Hawaii, the previous week that she talked to Mr. and Mrs. Max Thorn- laugh, who were living there. Max was employed as Superintendent of the Ha- waiian Soup Bean Factory. I was really surprised to know that Roy McConna- chie. a former Senior friend, was in Paris at the head of a Beauty Saloon, where laces are lifted, hair marcelled, and hearts broken, and he has invented a painless device for removing skins from peanuts. And, just think! Bert Stroud is in Argentina conducting his musical comedy composed of beauties from every nation, of which Eleanor West and Bernice Horstman represent the United States of America. Bert also teaches the Charleston to the natives as a side line. I learned from Minnie that our old friend Juanita (Barrel) Rescr was singing with Marion Talley in New York, where she resides with her husband and five-year-old son. It has been seen by all the world that Isay Roney is a famous athlete. Tie is now football coach at Harvard University. ITow wonderful for another senior friend, Mary E. LaGrange: she is America’s most famous woman lawyer, and has just won a case in court in which Josephine ('.oilier sued Ben Lyon for two million dollars for breach-of-promise. Josephine is now playing with Richard Dix in “Danger, Speed Up.” 1 do not want to forget about Edna Burton. Edna swam the Gulf of Mexico and is now traffic cop in Venice, Itay, and Opal Hipes has joined the Ringling Bros. Circus which has made her the greatest bronco rider of today. At last America has one author who ranks with Poe and Bryant in our literary world. She is Cordelia McGuire, the author of that well known book, ‘ Spanish-Fang-Dangle.' I then spoke of Opal Freeman telling them that she had completed her course in voice and music abroad, and is now touring America and giving concerts. After our discussion and cross questions, we went back into that elaborate ball-room, remembering that twenty years ago that night. Friday. May 13, 1927, we had given each Senior friend Godspeed and had bidden all goodby. CHAFFEE HIGH SCHOOL Page ID

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