Chatham High School - Chatter Yearbook (Chatham, NJ)

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THE LHATHAM LHATTFR the valedxctoran wlll be engraved on the scholarshlp cup the name of the Fest c1t1zen wlll be engraved on the cltlzenshlp cup and best of all CLASS Or 1931 w1ll be engraved on the honor roll cup showlng that the Senlors had the highest standmg scholastlcally for the year of 1930 31 1General talk Gosh what dumb thmgs we used to do when we were Freshmen Remem ber those awful class meetmgs Gordon used to We played Hop Scotch Miss Suydammle used to glve Roby the MllllC8Ht Who has the w1ll'7 I want to hear that' Marcla Here lt IS lreadsl I LXSS V5 ILL the Senlor Class of n1neteen hundred and thuty one of Chatham Hlgh School Chatham New Jersey be1ng of sound mmd and memory do draw up and submlt to all mankmd thls our first and last w1ll and testament Alfred Roby our class presldent leaves hls excellent French marks to Mlss Suydam as a pleasant remmder of h1m M1ldred Bo1v1e leaves her optlmlsm to Mrs Fosters Blology students Mlml Stokes leaves her poetlc talent to Albert Ford Marxe Fleldlng leaves her enthusxastlc cheermg at school games to the school as a whole Amos Engllsh leaves h1s extreme talkatlveness to Max that Max need not be such a shrlnkmg vlolet 1n the future Gertrude Blatt leaves her hook ln Mxss Dur gans closet for the use of anyone who despaxrs of passlng Algebra lMr Jeter and Mr Splcer w11l contr1bute the rope 3 Gordon Rltchle leaves h1s curls to Evelyn Leonard whose own strangely dxsappear on ramy days Katherlne Pugh leaves Charles Stuart to h1m self Edwm Storey leaves h1s long strldes to Allan Rleser that Allan may be 1n tlme for school hereafter Ruth Ortman leaves her love of Chemlstry to Mr SPICGFS future Chemlstry classes Mllllcent Tholen leaves her mult1c1pl1c1ty o1 male acqualntances to the undergraduate glrls Benjamin Tyson leaves hls scxentxfic mmd to Harold Thompson that Harold may bulld better radlos from now on Loretta Butler leaves her allblS to Thelma Page 14 Erland Kronberg leaves to future Sen ors a much read volume of Pomola wlth hopes that they wlll fimsh lt ln a shorter t1me than he dld Robert Bray leaves hls meekness to Hazel Lum INancy Jackson leaves her breath taklng ablllty ln wrxtxng hlstory unlts to be d1v1ded among next year s Unlted States Hlstory class so Mr Eshel man wont need qulte so much red mk LIHFJOFIS MacGregor leaves her heap of absence sl1ps to the hlghest bldder as a memento James Reld leaves h1s excellent record 1n Umt ed States Hxstory as a shmmg example to all puplls who are not mclmed to study Anna Muchmore leaves her sweet and modest a1r to Donald Kllloch that Donald may be the belle of the dances next year Florence Putnam leaves her or1g1nal handwrlf mg to Dallas Dobelbower that Dallas will be able to wrlte notes whlch no one can declpher Jeanette Weeks leaves her shaggy black eye more effectwely on next years Freshmen than on thls years Charles Guerm leaves has grm to Dorothy Karl Ohve Kmg Bray leaves her nonchalance whlle 1n Physlcs class to future Physlcs students that they need not be so startled by Mr SPICGTS ex ploslons Marcla Butterworth leaves her place on the first honor roll to Raymond Balltelm Myrtle Rlley leaves her studwusness ln Latln to Allan Rleser the needs It ask Mr Lynchl Ruth Whlte leaves her shrlnkmg shyness to Oscar Laurle W1ll1am Bell leaves hls croomng volce to Teddy Jamlson that Teddy may be even more xrreslstlble to the weaker sex Carolyn Huff leaves her blushes to Mr Lynch wlth hopes that he wxll use them And now havmg consclentlously set down plans whereby the school may be absolutely wxthout fault we appomt Mr Montelth our chlef execu tor wlth full confidence that under hls supervlslon our plans w1ll be well carrled out The Class of 1931 1 General talkl Gordon Somebody go ln and turn the radlo on and well dance as we dxd ln the lunch room remember that party We played Murder and murdered MISS Partrldge She screamed dldnt she M1ldred Ill say By the way dld anyone ever find out who dld It I never have Gordon Gosh I dont know Ben If you couldn t find out ln a fake murder how do you suppose you re golng to do lt ln a real one? W 1 J . - Y J ' ' Y' 1. L 11' ,- .. . ,, ,- N . , . . , v ' Y ' ' ' x y . . . . - ' VYVYYYYY j ' . ' ' ' . . . . 1. ,. 1 1 . V ' S V. ' I I A v ' v ' ' . , , - Know' ye, thereforei by these presents, that we. brows to MI.. Jeter that he may frown even I I ' - ' 1 , 1 l 1 1 v ' ' . H V . ' ' ' ' . ' ' ' . . Y . 1 q 1 ' . ' ' - 1 - ' . . , . V ' I H 11 I Y . ' . . - - - . . L. - 1 . I , . . . ' - 1 . 1 L1 v 1 ' in V .

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THL C H XTHAM I HATTLR Bob Yeh you sklpped Mllllcent Chlsellng huh Ben Im sorry MllllC6Ht where were you' Mllllcent I was sxttlng on that bench wlth Laro lyn and Gertrude When the llghts went off I Jumped and ran down here on the way I bumped 1nto someone but I kept on run nxng t1ll I was down besxde Roby Ben Have you any ldea who shot h1m Mxlllcent Why yes Oh yes you see I dld xt Yes you see all durlng Hlgh School he lgnor ed me I dld so want to be loved but durmv ten years this feelmg has grown to hate a hate so lntense that tonlght I have killed hlm Ben Yes but what dld you do wlth the p1stol Mll1lCEDt Durlng the confusxon I threw lt ln the pond back of that grove of trees Ben Storey get a stlck and see lf you can get lt up Gertrude That pond IS bottomless It IS llned wlth qulcksand and nothlng ever comes up Bob Good nlght Gertrude Thls IS a pent house nxnety storles ln the air How could Nancy Won t somebody please llsten to me Ben Why Do you know lf Mllllcent dld lt Nancy Mxlllcent dldnt do It It was someone else When the llghts went off somone rush up ond followed It was so dark I could hard ly see anythlng Just two figures strugglmg together then there was a spurt of flame and a shot there was a groan and Roby fell down Oh lt was awful awful Ben I thought vou sald you couldnt tell who lt was because of the dark Nancy Well naturally after the llghts came on I could see xt was Ben Nonsense you knew lt was Roby before that dldn t you Nancy Yes yes No I dldnt I dldnt k1l1 him It was the other man Ben What man Nancy The one I was follow 1ng Ben You sald person before Nancy Oh Im sorry Ben Are you sure that there was a man are you sure that you d1dn t go up to Roby and k1ll hlm yourself? Bob Yeh she lost all her money to Roby m the crash Nancy Oh no o you dont b61l6V6 I d1d It do you Everybody YES Nancy Do you Benjamln 'P Ben 1Long looky No I don t thlnk you dld xt Nancy No of course I dldnt because you dxd xt It was you I followed you you you 16 Kathrlne Dont be sllly Nancy Ben and I bumped lnto each other at the other Slde of the garden We stood perfectly stlll untll the lxghts came on Ollve Oh thls lS a horrlble mlx up I guess everybody dld lt I have an ldea lets all do the whole thnng over then we can see Just what dld happen Of course we w1ll leave the lxghts on Then we could ellmmate all those except the ones who stood over there Gordon Thats a good ldea. Everybody get ln the posltlon you were IH when the lights Went off Ben Oh I say we ll have to have someone plav Robys part Lets have Gus Before the llghts went off what was Roby dO1l'lg7 Myrtle He was walking to the table for a Cl garette Ben Now you Walk here and after the llghts go off fall here Gordon When I say Llghts Out everybody go through the whole thmg slowly so that there IS no confuslon Ready' One two three Llghts Out lThe murder IS begun to be acted out untll l Mane OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Nancy Marxe what IS the matter what happen ed are you hurt Marle No-I just screamed I dld lt before you see when I bumped lnto Margle Gordon sald to do the whole thmg over so I scream Gordon Good nlght Dont do lt agaln Dont anybody scream Our nerves are all too Jumpy Well let s get thxs thlng over Wlth Well start at the beglnnlng Ready Go- 1Murder all acted out Gus even falls as lt dead? Llghts on everybody stand perfect ly stxll Gertrude Great Gus You look as dead as Roby Mllllcent Shut up thls IS no txme for Jokmg Ben Who fired that gun James I d1d Ben Ye Gods' You dldn t shoot Roby dxd you ' James No I just saw some mosquitoes around and thought I d shoot them That s the way they do It ln Brazll Edwln Ben come here lBen and Edwln talk togethery Gordon M111lC8Ht you aren t anywhere near here I thought you sand you murdered Roby Mllllcent Of course I didn t It was Just a good story Ben Good heavens Roby lsnt shot at all I Just examlned hlm again and there s not a bullet hole 1n sight T 1 A v i , I , W ' 51 . . . ' .L . V Q . D , . V W . . JH V . . ,' 1 - . ' l . Y .1 Y ' i V A , . . , . - . Q v ' A' ' . - ' h . , ' 'i v y ---- 1 . V -'-- ' ' . . . D i ' A 5 . O . . . . . . 7' 1 v ' ,, , . . ir Y . Q ? ' An ' H V . ln ' ll . . . , . v- ! . ' Z ' - - n ' ed by me running n Roby's direction. I got ' ' , ' . - iv ' ' . . Y l 1 U ed. --U ' -ni ' ir l ' - 1 S , ' 2 h, - , . . . -as , ' A ' ' W .1 . , . , - 2 v -- Uv. m 2 , - I f . - ' v - . A Y --A- U 1 1' 1 m ' Y ' D 1 - . . i ' I , ' -- , , 11 , .... ' , , W, - , . v- , . . . W . , B V A - 1 --.- .YVV . .. ' ' .