Commerce High School - Ledger Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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.. Q -4' LEDBEl?, L Helen llflontgomery and Lucile Zeller bequeath their inseparability to Reta Parker and Glenville Starr. Lucille lVIoore bequeaths her ability to gossip to lwiriam Coolbroth and Bertha Stephenson. Lucille Myers bequeaths her irresistible smile to Delores Quinlin. Elizabeth lllyerson bequeaths her dancing ability to Frieda Kristol. Louise Oesch bequeaths her ability to draw pictures underqthe teachers' noses and not be called down to Jessie DeBord. Sarah Olimansky bequeaths her ability to sing to lylarie Peterson. Anna Olsen bequeaths her quietness to Dorothy Tinker. Frances O'Neal bequeaths her position in lVIrs. Wade's office to a coming Senior. Leslie Page bequeaths his misplaced eye-brow to Carl Ayers. Angelina Partipilo bequeaths her ability to teach music to lliary Berardinelli., Daisy Pasanen bequeaths her basketball ability to Thelma lnghram. Esther Pelz bequeaths her eager expression to Russell Shaner. Edith Pessia bequeaths her bad habits to Opal Sutton. Dorothy Peterson bequeaths her ability to look bashful and not act it to Sam Rotenberg. Margaret Porath bequeaths her great desire for parking space in Portable G to Dorothy Austin. ' Carl Rice bequeaths his important manner to'Genevieve Johnston. Laton Riesland bequeaths his worries, cares and perseverance to the next Ledger editor. Grace Rogoway bequeaths the worries and cares of an editor to all future Ledger editors. Marjorie Romine bequeaths her profile to Fanny Bloomberg. Leona Sall bequeaths her soprano voice to Mrs. Wicklund. Bernard Schott bequeaths his excellent scholarship to Amelia Lorenz. Edna Semenza bequeaths her ability to wear blues Cfacial or otherwise, to Barbara Ackerman. Clarabelle Sexton bequeaths her love for Room 9 to Peggy Hartman. Louise Sirianni bequeaths her position on the Blotter Staff to May Small. Dorothy Smith bequeaths her rag dolly to Ernest Myers. Viola Smolnisky bequeaths all her good habits to Thelma Riley and Rose Riehl. Lillian Smolnisky bequeaths her perfect attendance to Ada Riehl and Ella Seidel. Mary Snell bequeaths her daily candy bar to Miss Von Berg. Eloise Snoddy bequeaths her raven locks to Lola Knutston. Heinz Sonnekes bequeaths his reputation as a lady's man to Jack Burles. Lillian Spiess bequeaths her ability to act Cfunnyj to Willard Kutner. lllildred Stalcup bequeaths her dislike for work in any form to Joe Davis. Violet Stewart bequeaths her fringed gentian eyes to llfr. Carlton. Reuben Strinsky bequeaths his poetic genius to Diana Bernstein. Helen Swint bequeaths her Irish descent to Goldie Rosenfeld. Evelyn Taylor bequeaths her athletic physique to Fred Nagel. Clara Uhlman bequeaths her sweet disposition to Lodovico Berardinelli. Millie Vidan bequeaths her boyish figure to Anita Williams. Edna Wagner bequeaths her ability to get her shorthand notes down before they fall from the boss' lips to Dorothy Clark. Jessie Walters bequeaths her ability to get along with people to Lenore Tarshis. Minnie Wenner bequeaths her ability to graduate in less than five years to Irene Kinzell. Levi Wickstrom bequeaths his banjo eyes to some little mermaid . Velda Winters bequeaths her position in the Uregon Tuberculosis Association to Bessie Sirianni. Clifford Witman bequeaths his rabbit's foot to Charles Cleek. Twenty-three

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.. X mga Jerry Davis bequeaths his typing ability to Miss Wheeler's expert typists. Albert Dappen bequeaths his innocent look to Howard Johns. Billy DeCristoforo bequeaths his unruly brown lock of hair to Earle Stone. Alvina Demsky bequeaths her misplaced eye-lash to the Lost and Found Depart- ment of the High School of Commerce. Clara Dezurick bequeaths her silhouette to Edith Case. Alice Dimbat bequeaths her ability to quarrel with a certain young man to Clara Anderson. Lyla Dodson bequeaths her dainty figure to Genevieve Leonard. Arline Emerson bequeaths her ability to slam Bill Fleming to Wilma Johnson. Evelyn Epley bequeaths her boyish figure to Jemima Thain. Mary Ferraris bequeaths her success in getting her lessons done to Allan Murphy. William Fleming bequeaths his ways as a woman killer to Arthur Freiter. Bernice Galbrath bequeaths her bright ideas in civics class to Mildred Cooper. Rosa Halemba bequeaths her great height to Ethel Griffin. Helen Harila bequeaths her soft voice to Alex Berlow. Yvonne Herlick bequeaths her snappy black eyes to Doris Philips. Bessie Harvey bequeaths her dramatic voice to Jim Harper. Sennia Hill bequeaths her ability 'to stand on her hands when she is too feeble to stand on her feet to Hazel Howe. - Vernona Holland bequeaths her ability to help a friend in need to Hazel Berseng. Marion Hollenbach bequeaths her come-hither-look to Mr. Baldwin. Clara Horn bequeaths her aristocratic demeanor to Robert Orth. Ruth Huget bequeaths her sewing ability to frequenters of lVIrs. Wade's office. Lucille Hunter bequeaths her speed in shorthand to someone who needs it. Marion lsenstein bequeaths her ability to study all night for an exam, and then sleep through it to Octavia Goldman and Esther Goldberg. Florence Jacobson bequeaths her ability to go to school after staying out all night to Lucille Rice. Isabella Gray bequeaths her ability to boss Miss Crawford to some timid Sopho- more. Lester Johansen bequeaths his he-man's voice to Lucile Streight. Mayme Kosmuch bequeaths her fiery red hair to Mr. Murphy. Walter Kosmuch bequeaths his ability to kid a certain teacher to Phil Rogoway. Wilhelmena Kraig bequeaths her ability to be heard and not seen to Josephine Kruntorat. Bessie Kreml bequeaths her limited imagination to Myrtle Huget. Helen Kruntorat bequeaths her natural marcel to Miss Rankin. Marguerite Lee bequeaths her ability to dive gracefully to Stella McGowan. Leona Leveton bequeaths her position in office training to anyone who is foolish enough to take it. Gertrude Levin bequeaths her crowning glory to Mr. Woods. Marian Levoff bequeaths her book on 'fEat and Grow Thin to Milton Gilbert. Ross Lichtgarn bequeaths her infatuation for the opposite sex to Dorothy Rude. Arlina and Lydia Lloyd bequeath their hair-nets to any one of the girls who insists on curling her hair before going to bed, and who finds it straight in the morning. Jeannette Mageske bequeaths her resemblance to Helen Kruntorat to Louise Schneider. Frances Marsh bequeaths her whizz at shorthand to Miss Warren. Lucille Maskey bequeaths her peaches and cream complexion to Nadine Redding. Josephine Menniss bequeaths her vacant periods to Gladys Chilade. Imogene Miller bequeaths her guaranteed permanent wave to Laura Meier. Olive Moen bequeaths her sense of honor to lVIary William. Tfwenty-tfwo

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E w wf f LEIZEER-, Billie Wylde bequeaths her ability to keep the Class Roll from running crooked to the next class secretary. llfiabel Yeager bequeaths her athletic ability to hlinnie Winters. Josephine Zeller bequeaths her ability to catch poison oak to David Lewis. Lee Hornstein and Walter Freiter bequeath their ability to join the graduating class on the spur of the moment to some others who wish it. To Miss O'Keane we bequeath the torn pages of the library books we read, so that she may have accurate knowledge that we read hard. We hereby appoint lllr. Allen sole executor of this, our last, first and for all time, VVill and Testament. In Witness thereof, we, the June Class of 1928 of the High School of Commerce, the testators, have to this, our Will, set our hands and seal, this date of June 15, Anno Domini, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight. CSignedD MARION ISENSTEIN, VERNONA HOLLAN. Class Prophecy for 1938 S IT IS the custom of the graduating class to publish a prophecy, it behooves us, as the duly appointed committee, to so entangle ourselves. We were employed to be funny and sarcastic. We will do our best and will offer no apologies no matter how pathetic or tragic the result may be. . CSignedJ MARION ISENSTEIN, VERNONA HOLLAND, VVILHELMENA KRAIG. The old home of the High School of Commerce shall be a pile of ruins where its old shipmates may come to gather a last stick to spank their unruly children, The new High School of Commerce shall be noted for three things: 1. As the most beautiful school of its kind in the world. 2. The school having the largest attendance in the world. 3. The school having the largest number of cud chewers in the world. Alfred Abranz shall become the chief cook and bottle washer in a Chinese chop suey restaurant. Elizabeth Ackerman shall be the only woman having short hair and shall be honored by all nations on earth. Evelyn Bishop shall be the first woman from Portland to be sent to Congress. Edith Blum shall be known as Skinny Skeeziksn and shall weigh approximately 1,000 tons. Grace Boland shall run an Old Woman's Home. Irene Bollenback shall originate a new dance step called Ugazellegglideu. This step will be popular in the New High School of Commerce. Harold Brown shall be famous for his ability to teach football to kindergarten children. Evelyn Berg shall become Lindberghls private secretary. i Fred Burton shall join the Mack Sennett Comedies. He shall win great renown in his latest play, The Last Kissn. ' Anne Camijn shall become a reformer of the younger generation. Louis Caputo shall become an explorer and try to rediscover America. llladeline Carlile will become famous for her book on f'Class Room Etiquette . Tfwenty-four