Coopersville High School - Zenith Yearbook (Coopersville, MI)

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We, Edna Balcom and Lucile Walcott bequeath the two waste baskets now in the Assembly Room to Ruth Nixon and Alta Sevrey. These may be used as receptacles for the notes which they receive from male frier.es, provided they do not fill them any more than v. e have done during the year. I, Kenneth Flagel bequeath my obedient and submissive pompadour which was willed to me by Curtis Taylor, to any person who thinks he can have better luck with it than I have had. I, Beulah Forbes bequeath my stately walk to Mildred Omlor. I, He’en Hubbell, bequeath my agreeable nature and love for study to Stewart Russell. May it do him some good. We, Norris Ferguson ar.d Leslie Spencer bequeath all our personal prop- erty and we speak for the class in leaving all their lost propei’ty (including notebooks ar.d the theme paper used on the History themes to which Mr. Rens clings so fondly) to any person who has the nerve to ask for them. Fresh- men excluded as the Freshmen this year have too much nerve, as any Senior can testify. Lastly we make, constitute and appoint Mr. Coon to be the Executor of this, our last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us made. In witness whereof, we have hereto subscribed our name and affixed our seal, the twenty-second day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-three. CLASS OF 1923. This instrument was on the day of the date thereof, signed, published and declared by the said testator, the Class of 1923, to be their last Will and Testament, in the presence of us who at their request have subscribed our names hereto, as witnesses, in their presence and in the presence of each other; believing the said Class of 1923 to be at the time of so subscribing our names, of sound mind and memory. Witnessed by, JONATHAN FITZNOODLE, HANK SPOOPENDYKE, MELISSA OLDGIRL. RICHARD CONRAD, ’23. Page Twenty-six

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stationery, also our ink ami pen points, if they are not married at the time of our graduation; if they are married, the aforenamed articles shall become the property of whomsoever can lay hands on them. I, Josephine Weaver, leave my many unheard of virtues to June Thomp- son. I, Frances Rankans, bequeath my talent (i. e. painting?) to Mildred Lawton. I, Forrest Laug, bequeath several unused marriage licenses to John Ilinken in hopes that they will be of some use to John. We, Mildred Gordon and Howard Rankins, leave our ability to throw gel- atine to whomsoever is willing to clean it off the walls and ceiling as we did. I, Nicholas Nanninga bequeath my graceful movements to Henry Cook. May Henry become a great dancer. I, Kenneth Mr.ebius, gladly give my habit of blushing to the Freshmen girls We believe it will help to abate the increased demand for rouge. I, Abe Ginsburg bequeath my curly hair to Gerald Laug. May it grow thick and fuzzy. I, Frank Young, leave my “Gift of Gab” to the Hi-Y boys. They need a great deal of it but we are certain that there will be enough to go around. I, William Ter Avest, do hereby bequeath my love affairs to John John- son. This does not include the girl but we understand John has one of his own. I, Nacmi Busman, bequeath my loving disposition to Harriet Lubben. I, Wes’ey Sv anscn bequeath my assortment of bow ties and one box of bleaching ointment to Myron Wallace. I Jewel Lieffers bequeath my enormous vocabulary to the Faculty, ex- cepting Mr Ccon as he does net need it. I. Mildred Russell bequeath my Chemistry textbook and laboratory man- ual to next year’s Chemistry Class. May these help them more than they d'd me. I, Marie Reed bequeath my worried lcok to Orin Parish. May it secure him as good a graft as it did for me in history and civics class. I, Esther Streeter, leave my primness to Gayle Grieve. I, Dorothy Lake, bequeath my dramatic ability to Jean Scott. I, Ethel Gclden, leave my bangs to Mary Maycroft, hoping they will en- hance her beauty as they have mine. Page Twenty-five

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Prophecy SCENE—An artistic Gypsy tent. A fortune teller kneeling before a table upon which lies a crystal ball. A young woman. TIME—About 1930. PLACE—Italy. Gypsy (Mysteriously)—Speak not until bidden, fair lady. Seat thyself yonder ar.d make thy most favored desire. Young Woman (Eagerly)—Fair Queen of an honorous race, I have but a simple wish to make. Gypsy—Speak no more, but gaze at the beautiful and miraculous crystal and I will tell you all. You are Ethel Golden, a beautiful American fashion model. You began your career in Conklin, reaching Paris with distinction greater than that cf Irene Castle. From thence to Spain, England and Italy. And—ah, your wish. It is to know the fate cf all your classmates. Continue to gaze at the marvellous crystal and I shall enlighten thee. (She proceeds to charm the crystal.) Ah! Leslie Spencer, anti on his face he wears a frown for besides being owner cf a large poultry farm he is married and has found a wife who can talk more than he. Nicholas Nanninga taught for a few years but soon took up the strenuous work of teaching dancing to the deaf and dumb. Flossie Nibbelink. After taking up the study cf feeblemindness to prove her point in the argument between Mr. Rens and her, she began selling re. powder “fluffs” and is now a most successful and welcome agent. Edna Balcom also taught for a short time but scon gave up such com- monplace adventures and became a near relative to Margaret Easterly who has a happy home on a ranch in Arizona. Bertha Ester, became a successful business v.oman but scon married a preacher and went to Africa as a missionary. Walter Omlor, after leaving High School made a desperate ar.d reckless journey to New York City and became mayor cf the great metropolis. Kenneth Flagel took up the study of Zoology and later left fer Africa. He is now the most desperate, muscular and savage “Tarzan” cf the wi.d forest. Esther Streeter joined the circus and became a star trapese performer. She traveled into China and came back, starting the new style cf tapering fingernails. Page Twenty-seven