Cranford High School - Golden C Yearbook (Cranford, NJ)

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Uh: Spnllxght Page Twenty Flwe Qllaaa mill , O W'HOM IT MAY CONCERN We the Senlors of 1931 being possessed of sound intellect rg and good flnanclal standmg do hereby declare this noble document to be our last w1ll and testament and we do herewxth revoke and make void all other wills and documents hltherto negotlated by us To the Class of 1932 the Jumors of C H S we bequeath our stald dlgnity and common sense whxch has characterxzed us as the supreme class of X., Cleveland Hlgh School To the class of 1933 the Sophomores of C H S we bequeath our sound ilnanclal standlng whlch has flourlshed under the capable management of Lawrence Hllyard To the Class of 1934 the Freshmen of C H S we bequeath the followxng wlse and DSIISHCIR1 advice to follow dxrectly rn the vestiges of the honorable class of 1931 for we must modestly admit that we are the most cultured and learned class ever to pass beyond these halls of learning Sara Allen bequeath my ablllty as an author to Joseph Klem so that m the near future he may become a second Slnclalr Lew1s Charlotte Bartels bequeath my conscxentlousness to Peggy Crulkshank a quahty we hope she may attain when a senlor Fneda Benz, wxllmgly bequeath my hghtheartedness to Kelvin Van Nuys in the hope that he may 'blend It wlth hrs Mlltomc pursult of learnlng Harry Bohman bestow my lazmess upon Olga Specht so that that Junlor malden may slacken her acceleratlon ln actlvltxes Sidney Borodowko bequeath my abllity to burn the mldnlght oll to Murlel Edwards Ruth Bnlhsour wlll my rxmless spectacles to Evelyn Myers so that ln the future she may not be harassed by the dread of loslng her present ones Vladlmnr Burlc will my palntmg ab1l1ty to Cooper Smlth We The Castor Tw1ns Dorls and Helen bequeath our qulet volces to Karl Ireland and Arthur Donnelly Stella Cattanach leave my soclablllty to John Van Cleve whlch will help hxm to enJoy attendlng all school functlons ln his senlor year Marla Chnstnansen wxll my lack of mqulsxtlveness to Dexter Bates a characterlstlc we hope will form a stable compound therem Florence Crane w1ll my ab1l1ty a edltor of the Spothght to those who may be so fortunate as to recelve thls honorable position Dorothy Cremerlus leave all my WOITISS as buslness manager of the Spotlxght to those who wxll succeed me Hugo D1 Fabro w1ll my ab1l1ty to wrxte love sonnets to Albert Azar and truly hope for hls success ID acceleratlng the heartbeats of h1s fem1n1ne readers Mesrob Dnradounan, bequeath my mus1cal talent to Fred Beach and hope that he wrll attam the relghts of success I am reachrrf wlth my barxtone sax Anne Dreyer leave my am1ab1l1ty and pep to May Joseph and hope that she w1ll dlsplay an mcrease of anlmatlon m the years to come Edna Enckson leave my reserved way to Eleanor Caldwell Kathryn Ferguson leave my quletness to Grace Duffy Leroy Fulton bestow my battlng average of 300 to George Korner wlth the hope that some day he wlll attam my posltlon Dorothy Heroy bequeath my sense of duty to Natalie Wllhams Lawrence Hnlyard leave all my accounts records and overheads to Ellzabeth Root Katherme Holfman bestow upon John Thermann my ab1l1ty to trxp the llghf fantastic as he wlll need thls qualxty to attend the Semor Prom Anne I-lomack bequeath my good taste ln dress to Mary Korner Jane Housum, w11l my ambltxon to take college boards to Kathleen Barrett Joseph Humemck bestow my commerclal ablhty to Walter Frankenberger wlth the hope that h1s typmg speed wlll mcrease Edwm Imus leave my dry wlt to Vlolet Archer so that she may henceforth amuse her classmates Jessle Jansen bequeath my gorgeous halr both 1tS color and wave to Jane Stanger Robert Kramer v.1ll1ngly bequeath my cheerful optxmlsm and good nature to Dorothy Warfel Janet Latane bestow my artlstlc ablllty upon Lois Grant . . l 1' H r .,..l ' - - ' ll H Ali? ' flap ' . n . . . . I, , . . . It , ' ' ' , ' , , Iv . . . . I, , . . . I, , ' ' ' ' . I, . . y . . . I, , . . . y . . . . L . . . , . . . . . Y . . I' ' . . . . . . L . Y . . . . IV . . , . . . . p 1 . . I, ' , . I, , ' . I, , ' . ' I' y . . . I I, ' ' , , , ' - I, , , . . ,, . . . ,, . I, , ' . I, ' ' ' . I, . , . . . . . I, . , . . ' I, ' , ' , ' , - I, , . . . . . ' . 1'

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UI e Sputlsghi lag: Tu cntx a worthy cause and wont we please subscr1be'P We are poxsed for fl1gl't when lo and behold beneath the Salvatlon Army bonnet IS Agda Norgarrds face' Someones legs fast dlsappearxng beneath the canvas of the blg tent' They are Spled by Lewxs Reed a husky llmb of the law and are pulled trlumphantly out We are amazed to dlscover Woodrow Powell as the culprxt Pollceman Reed has no mercy and drags ms former classmate up before Charles Sxmms the owner of the clrcus and B1ll1e Crane h s wlfe Bxllle ra1ses her lorgnette but upon recog nlzmg l'1m persuades her husband to present h1m wlth a free txcket Now where to'-' Thls tent looks mterestmg We enter and find Frleda Benz and Roselyn Specht IH robes and turbans bendmg over the palm of Chrls Sorensen who seems to be 1nqu1r1ng whether the lady of h1s poems really exxsts and whether he w1ll ever meet her We trust he will not be d1sappo1nted But as lt IS nearmg tune for the b1g show to start we do not lo1ter but fare forth to the lemonade stand where we purchase a glass from Luellen Saunders then turn to watch the crowd Who are these people approachmg'-' They are not New Yorkers at any rate The gzrl 15 wearmg a huge sunbonnet and her escort a farmers straw hat He IS chewmg a w1sp of hay We gasp when we reccgmze Ann Dreyer and John Pearson They l1ve on adJo1n1ng farms and John carries the mulk palls m for Ann every mght Thxs looks hke Margaret W1ll1ams but what a change' Her mouth is set ln prlm lmes and she IS wear1ng hlgh buttoned shoes An enterpr1s1ng huckster who looks remarkably l1ke Helen M1skel1y attempts to sell Margaret a balloon but alas balloons are much too fr1volous so Helen goes on to the next customer Across our hne of v1s1on walks a water boy carrymg buckets of water 1n the d1rect1on of the th1rsty elephants People used to say Wilbur Talbot was cut out for a blg Job Over by the elephants 15 a queer figure By the hxgh sllk hat and rusty frock coat vse would guess 1t IS a mxsslonary Thomas L1nnen brxnk benevolently tossmg peanut shells to the elephant' Now lt 1S txme for the Blg Show so we hurry to find front row seats ln the tent The acrobat takes our breath away by h1s darmg defiance of the laws of grav1ty as he does handsprmgs IH m1d axr As he rxghts hxmself we d1scover Harry Bohman The tlghtrope walker gracefully swaylng over our heads appears to be Carrxe McCaull We rub our eyes and look again Somehow we never plctured Carr e ln thls role but she seems to take 1t calmly and as a matter of fact Next nve girls in ballet costumes come trlpplng out and do a very pretty dance for us They are Stella Cattanach Kathryn Hoffman Janet Latane and Charlotte Bartels led by the expert Sophle Ollxnlck A Wxld West Show lS the next number We look on w1th mterest as Ewmg Wagner and Leroy Fulton both dashlng cowboys r1de then' bucklng broncoes furlously around the rmg swing thelr lassoes at each others heads and dash out affam It seems they were 1nst1lled w1th thas pep and exuberance of sp1r1ts back at C H S 1n the dear old football days under Coach Weekley Now the Master of Ceremonxes steps mto the rmg sm1les pleasantly at the aud1ence thereby lettmg us recognlze Alexander Lawrence and cracks h1s whlp A Splflted horse prances IH wlth a bareback rxder polsed on xts back We gasp as we see the petite form of Adele Parrott but she IS perfectly sure of her self and as much at home as though she were back ln her old seat ln room 15 so we turn our att ntmon to the horse It moves ln strange h1tChBS not qulte as horses are wont to do and after careful consxderatlon we arrlve at the conclus1on that those hmd feet belong to Joseph Humemk Just then the head sneezes xn the old fam1l1ar way that Earl Mowen used to sneeze so we d6Cld6 that they must have gone ln the horse buslness together Attentlon please for the grand finale' Everyone slts rigld expectant when suddenly from the very top of the tent leaps a gxrl A parachute opens behmd her and as she floats down we recoffnxze Anne Homack The trumpet sounds and the cymbals clash and the show IS over 1 U -ml' um Four N 1 L, . .- 1, 1 - 1- 1 - . ' l .1 4 1 . . , s., . 1 - - - . . 1 1 . 1 1 1 A - 1 ' 1' , 1, . ' O , . . , . , . , . . . , . ' . , . 1 - - 1 ' v 1 1 1 . , ' . ' , . . W . . i . . . 1 , . 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 , . . . . . , ,D , , 1 1 , . . . , l - . . Q . 1 1 v - 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - .3

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'U e jpntlxglyi l me Twenty SIX Alexander Lawrence leave my tenms ablllty to Wllham Klem John Lewrs bequeath my way wlth the women to Huntley Hxtchcock wlth the hope that m the future he may work havoc wlth the glrls hearts Thomas Llnnenbrlnk wxlllngly bestow my pleasing manner upon Charles Lose Irvm Mackenzle leave my bashfulness to Janet Plummer Leonard Marsac wxllmgly leave my posture to Juamta De Guzman and wlth lt the following advice The shortest dlstance between two pomts IS a straight llne Carrie McCaull leave my punctuahty to Farrxs Swackhamer and truly hope that he doesnt spend too much of hxs tlme ln the detentxon room Helen Mnskelly leave my sense of humor to B0bb16 Fuller hopmg that he may soon be able to use h1s Pepsodent Smxle Eleanor Morrls leave my resonant volce to Beat xce Gunderson Earl Mowen leave my abxllty as cheer leader to all those who are lmbued wlth school spmt Muriel Mowen leave my oratorlcal ablhty to Ellse Welnpahl Elna. Norgord leave my even temper to Cornella Hoffman Agda Norrgard bequeath my n1mbleness to Dons Shaeffer Sophne Olhmck wlll my enunclatlon and all the blessmgs to be derived thereby to W1lliam Klein John Pearson bequeath my unaffected manner to Bunny Brown Woodrow Powell wlllmgly leave my unprecedented football technxque to next year s captain and hope that he may help add to the football glory of C H S Lewxs Reed leave my ab1l1ty to bluff to Joe Downey Henry Ronnlund leave my sunny dlsposxtxon to Frank Butler Luellen Saunders leave my quxet ways to Jane Bllhngsley Helen Shapiro leave my husky volce to Molhe Comstock Charles Snmms leave my serlousness to Carolyn Rlvers a very merry freshman Chns Sorensen bequeath my manly physlque and trail of broken hearts to Buster Welr Roselyn Specht bequeath my school glrl complexlon to Nancy Allen Pauhne Stanley bequeath to John McGrath my unexcelled capacity for actmg and wlth 1t my best hopes for hxs success 1n showmg the publlc why Shakespeare died at an early age Wrlbur Talbot leave my dlifldence to Catherme Fuchs Edna Teschke leave my slenderness to Carol Hlbson Jean Voorhees leave my athletxc ab1l1ty to Ruth Lacey wxth the hope that m the future she may follow ln my tracks Ewing Wagner leave my coldness to women to Robert Stolk Samuel Wxkander leave my modesty to Joe Haddad Margaret Wnlllams bequeath my lelsurely ways to Burnett Tower our fastest track star State of New Jersey County of Union h . In ., . Charles Nettleship, willingly bequeath my dimples to Floyd Britton. -mil . nn