Cloverdale Union High School - Spectator Yearbook (Cloverdale, CA)

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do request that by practice he keep it up. The position I occupy on the staff I request be given to the best friend of the next Editor. I, Nettie Beasley. The position I hold on the debating team I bequeath to Joty Sedgley and desire that it be filled with ability as heretofore. My “frizzes” I leave to Dolores Murillo and only ask that she wear them becomingly. The love I have for Latin I wish to go to the first year class and hope that they may then make better progress. I, Ruth Belcher, desire also to make my last will and testa¬ ment. To Willie Cooper I leave my sweet disposition and winning smile. My English notes I bequeath to Marie Grant so that, “She shouldn’t worry” when she becomes a Senior. Marvin Read, you will find small change in my desk with which to purchase red ink and blue pencils for the Faculty. I, Maude Thompson, do hereby leave my dark brown hair to Helen Carrie in hopes that some day it will prove of service to her. My position as A 5 in Senior Row, I cheerfully leave to John Cooley, while the collection of pencil stubs that I have accumulated during the term, I leave for the secretary of the 0. V. L. Society. We appoint F. A. White of the State of California, County of Sonoma, and city of Cloverdale as chief administrator of this, our last will and testament. To this we have set our hands and affixed our seal this tenth day of May, in the year of our graduation, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Signed: Class of 1913. [Seal]. Gertrude Ludwig. Norma Hurlbert. Nettie Beasley. Ruth Belcher. Maude Thompson. 21

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“Freshies” to replace the books in the library after the upper classes are through with them. This will improve the appear¬ ance of the table in Assembly Hall. To Miss Pierson, Class Teacher, we bequeath, to have and to hold, sincere thanks and deep love and gratitude for all that she has done for us. Also the statue of Julius Caesar to adorn the library in her “Old Maid’s Paradise’’ Miss Seidl will find bequeathed to her, upon our departure, a phonograph, with a record entitled “Stop Talking,” to be used in the Assembly Hall. She will find with these some new drawing models; we realize the imperfection of the old ones. Second:- To the Juniors we leave the row of shining thrones, situated on the western side of Assembly Hall. Also our titles, with the hope that they will preserve the dignity of the Seniorship by not allowing themselves to be influenced by lower classmen. Third:- To the Sophomores, we especially bequeath the record of this class of 1913 for good behavior. Fourth:- Freshmen, we bequeath to you the supply of bottles and bibs at present in the “Lab.” to be bestowed in turn upon your successors. Fifth:- For “The Spectator” we leave an ardent hope that it will attain a most brilliant reputation. Sixth: To the 0. V. L. Society we solemnly bequeath our talent heretofore displayed at its programs. We dispose of our personal property in the following manner: I, Gertrude Ludwig: do desire, on account of the uncer¬ tainty of my remaining here, to make my last will and testa¬ ment. To Willie Ahrens, I give my musical talent and hope he will not neglect to make good use of it at the semi-monthly pro¬ grams. To my dear friend, Lucile Brush, I will my “blazer” and request that when she makes her will she leave it to the school as a relic. My favorite expression, “Oh, Man!” I wish to bequeath to Zola Hotell. I, Norma Hurlbert, on this solemn occasion also wish to make a will. My inexhaustible supply of “I cant’s” I leave to Myrtle Read and hope that by patience she may overcome them. My record in typewriting I leave to Philipp Prell and 20

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iitglt drhnnl flriiphmj LAURA ENDICOTT ’15. X T is now the summer of 1933, I am sitting in my pleasant little cottage in Victoria Land, just ten miles from the North Pole, enjoying the refreshing breeze. You all remember Charlie Grant. Well, while he was working in the drug store and experimenting with ozone, he found that it was indeed the long sought elixir of youth. The next question was how to obtain it in large quantity. After long thinking, he decided that it must be found in abundance at the North Pole and so he engaged Joty Sedgley, who in his younger days was very sedate and dignified but who later became a most intreped explorer, to help him find it. Joty hastily set out for this country. His eye for business told him that with Charlie’s discovery a fortune was in sight for both, so he bought one thousand square miles of this per¬ petual ice. He then came home and told John Cooley about it. Together they established an airship factory. John soon improved upon the Wright models until he had a machine that could travel from Cloverdale to the North Pole in two hours. He has already sold one hundred thousand of these machines in various parts of the world and his fortune is now estimated at $100,000,000. Joty is selling his lots at a fabulous price for all the millionaires of the world are deter¬ mined to have an ice palace in this exclusive spot. With John’s ship they can carry on business in London, Paris, and Berlin and come up here to rest and take Charlie’s elixir, which, even if it can be taken for only two hours during twenty four, gives youth, freshness and perfect health. From all present indications the first generation that takes advantage of this wonderful discovery will live to be at least two hundred years old, while no one can conjecture what will be the ultimate length of life. I have been here only one month and already feel ten years younger. 22