Charles W Baker High School - Lyre Yearbook (Baldwinsville, NY)

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24. Edna Wheaton, the enthusiastic Biology student, the girl with that cheery, sunny, radiant, dimpled smile, leaves her interest in Roots to Blanche Patchet. 25. Elizabeth Adell leaves her books, pencils, tablets, erasers, to her brother Benjamin for future use. 26. Homer Abbott leaves some of his abundant knowledge along scientific and agricultural lines to Francis Carroll. Homer seems to un- derstand the care of Rice perfectly and that will probably be his future occupation. Lastly, we do hereby appoint our Principal executor of this, our last Will and Testament, at the same time revoking all former wills. Dated and sealed June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and twenty- four. GRADUATING CLASS OF 1924. Midred Kratzer. CLASS PROPHECY Maynard Hencle, president of the Clas3 of ’24, according to the fates, will In the near future be obliged to Interview two people in regard to be- coming sole proprietor of the West Genesee Street Mills. It will be very difficult to do, but using his dauntless courage, he will succeed. After completing her term of office as vice president, Mary Sinnett will go to Syracuse University where she will take a course In Flue “Arts.” On finishing that course, she will go abroad where she will study the ways and means of Art. Tiring of Baldwinsville and Its brilliant “Spenglers” and its dazzling “Dots ' Harold Green will go to New York City where he will become one of the most brilliant Stage-door Johnnies in history. Anna Hurley will realize her ambition to become the second Sarah Bernhardt. Her most important role will be that of “Teddy Beara’ ’in that noted opera, “Sears Roebuck.” Frances Mawhinniey is destined to succeed Miss Wcrmuth as History teacher in good old B. H. S. James Gifford will scon lose that air of happiness which in the days of B. H. S. characterized him and he will take on a terribly woebegone look. This will be caused by his being seriously in love with two beau- tiful young ladies. Wish him luck; he will need it. Recalling the days at B. H. S. and the good times there, Frances Virginia is going to become an author. The book which will secure her fame Is from true facts and is called “The Conquest of McCarthy's Heart. With his ability to manage. Van Cce should either go into politics or sports. However, on account of his failures in shaping (Chapin) people's lives, he will decide to lead a Gaylord's life. Helen Gates has set her heart on feeding the world. Therefore, she is going to start a restaurant in Syracuse. Probably working out that old adage “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Things lock rather dark for Homer Abbott. He is going to lose his interest in the Rise business. Walt! Here is something else. He will re- tire as an Abbott on the return of the Rice business to its former status. Soon afterward Rice will also become an Abbott. Genevieve McCarthy will adopt the mein and life of a poet, writing plays for her inseparable companion. Anna Hurley. Witness “Sears Roe- buck,” a product of be: pen. Alexander Read—Why. he is to become the proprietor of a bird store; specializing, as was his wont in High School, in poilies (Polly Gar- After her many attempts in tho past to get a man (Getman), Edith King on account of her inability to find things well done (Welden). will be rather downhearted. But. remembering that she is a King and a 10

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THIRD—To the Juniors, who. although they are as yet far inferior to us, have at least attracted attention, we leave cur dignity, our room, and the kind sympathies of Miss Wormuth. To these would-be scholars we bequeath as follows: 1. Edith King, the famous basketball star, leaves her uniform and reputation to Hilda Kelly. 2. Harold Green, being well over the measles, leaves his interest in Dr. Spongier to Somebody else. He has plenty of other interests any- how. Even Miss Pike thinks so. The other day she saw Harold in the corridor talking to Dorothy Gossner. ‘Well Harold, she said, How many girls have you? This makes three that I know of this year. 3. Mary Sinnett leaves her oral English assignment to Louise Van Denberg. 4. De La Vergne Mills bequeaths his springy walk (the sign of an athlete we suppose) to John Cornell. 5. Russell Horner leaves the use of his Ford to his younger broth- er, for next year (that is of course, if It hangs together that long and he doesn't overload it with that famous Terpentine meanwhile). 6. Arthur Weldon leaves to Bernard Thompson his books of Cicero and Math. He can’t seem to get rid of them otherwise. 7. James Gifford, never in a hurry, leaves his watch and the time of day to Bruce Root. 8. Marion House wills six Inches of her height and a few of those admired curls to Edna Catherine Moyer. 9. Maynard Hencle, sometimes called Georgia Washington for short, leaves his experience in dish-breaking, etc., to Mr. Getman. 10. Anna DeLyne leaves her reputation as a troublesome child to Vera Rice. 11. Frances Mawhinney and Genevieve McCarthy bequeath all of their freckles to Kenneth McWhinney. 12. Harriet Kratzer wills her comb to Dorothy Chapin, providing she joins the bobbed hair brigade' as it is called. 13. Helen Garrett bequeaths her knowledge of Alexander the Great to Edith Johnson. 14. Frances Virginia wills her generosity and personal charm to Martha Crook. I believe Frances must have gotten some of her politeness trom Mrs. Prudhon. They’re together so much and anyway they're both that dark-haired bewitching Fren.h type. Frenchmen are so polite.' You know the other day Mrs. Prudhon jammed into her desk and said Pardon me. Then she looked around sheepishly to see if anyone had heard her. Xo. Alexander Reed, having found great attractions in New York State, leaves his interest in the Virginias to Arthur Fellows. 16. Sherman Gilmore leaves his remarkable ability as an artist to Frederick Scars 17. Helen Gates leaves what is left of her books after cramming for Regents to Gertrude Maloney. 15. George Lewis bequeaths his ability to faint to Edward O'Brien. 19. Thomas Reider leaves his gift of gab and his quick motion to Clancy McNeil. 20. Doris Barney leaves her punctuality to Esther and John Clark. 21. Van Coe is noted for his forgetfulness which he leaves to Adria Gaylord. Van usually doesn't remember that there is school until about one minute to school time. Then he saunters in and smiles at the clock, satisfied that he's on time. 22. Dorothy Guess likes to take the part of hair-dresser. Just the other day she asked Homer Abbott if he wanted his hair combed. Homer looked startled and exclaimed, “Does it need it! V ell, Dorothy leaves this peculiar trait to Ellen Peterson. 23. Anna Hurley leaves her amazing power Helen Brown. 9 of concentration to

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royal prize, she will decide Mr. Steven’s son (Stevenson) is the only one worthy of her. Another dark future! Marian House has been faithful to one in the past and, therefore, does not know what is for her. But between ‘ Houses” and ‘‘Hoyts,” she will become the “House of Hoyt.” Sherman Gilmore, that wonder of the drawing classes, is going to exercise that ability to draw. His name will become to the studios and drawing-rooms of the larger cities of America what “See Sager” is to the merchants of Baldwinsville; a Hall-mark of golden distinction. As you will notice from her work on “The Last Will and Testament,” Mildred Kratzer has an ability for lawyer’s work. Using this ability she will become the greatst lawyer in New York. Ahah! I see a trip for Dorothy Guess. To use her knowledge of Spanish she is going to go to Spain where she will marry a matador who will be able to “throw the bull as well as Dorothy can “sling the Spanish.” Thomas Reeder, noted in High School days as a slow motion actor, is destined to become a great scientist. His greatest invention will be a ma- chine which will relieve man from the necessity for any work, even that of thinking. (Thomas probably took himself as an example of mankind in inventing this.) Doris Barney—a senatoress” at Washington from New York: She is making a name for herself by fighting the limit of 70 pounds now placed on Parcel Post packages. She is trying to get the limit set at two hundred pounds. Void notre maitress de francais! (Here is our French teacher! True to the saying “Where there’s a will there’s a way,” Anna DeLyne will go through college and will realize her ambition to teach French at B. II. S. Because his heart has been hardened by a “King’s” refusal to accept his heart, Arthur Welden will go abroad to make historical researches. While there he will meet a student of Art and will become her example of the ways and means of Art. Helen Garrett will go abroad to study violin under the great masters. On her return to America, she will engage a Mr. Jones as her manager and, with his assistance, arrange a tour of America, thereby making Baldwins- ville proud of her. DeLaVergne Mills, treasurer of the Class of '24, has always been in- terested in chickens (not always feathered, however). He is going to buy a chicken farm where his heaviest work will come with May (Mae). Here is our most industrious young lady. Edna Wheaton. She is go- ing to realize that a person cannot make “Eddies” the source of one’s for- tune but that a “Miller'’ has plenty of “Jack.” A poetess—Harriett Kratzer! What a divine vocation! The most admired of her poems will be one which she will call “The Downcast Maiden's Lament,” a touching leap year poem, and another, a sequel to the first, “The Suitor’s Relief.’’ I am sure they will both be interesting. Elizabeth O’Dell—The fates seem undecided about her. They are uncertain as to whether to consign her to the life of a maiden lady such as one finds portrayed in the book “Lavender and Old Lace” or making her the wife of a certain sheik from Sorrell Hill. Things at present seem to favor the first course, so we’11 hope for the best. Last, but not by any means least, is Roswell Horner. Up to the present, his full and complete history is the owner of the most wonderful automobile in the town of Lysander. Not wishing to lay aside his love for cars, he will organize a company for making cars which will be ex- actly like that famous one he now owns. If the “Oldmotor” or “New- hody,” I do not know which it will be called, lives up to the reputation of its predecessor it will be one of the most rehabte cars on the market. Eventually he will manufacture trucks for his “Turpin -tine (turpentine) business. GEORGE D. LEWIS. JR. il