Crooksville High School - Crux Hi Skan Yearbook (Crooksville, OH)

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“Last Will and Testament of Class 21” Know all men by these present that we, The Class of 1921 of the High School, Crooksville, Ohio; Realizing the uncertainty of life, and being of sane mind, do hereby give and bequeath : To the High School in General: The faculty, that body of Instructors who have nursed and educated us from Freshmancy to Senior Dignity, we would label them to save you many miserable experiences; “Handle With Care.” To the Faculty: we bequeath our best wishes, may they find other classes as studious and good-natured as the Class of ’21. taincy of the football and basket ball teams to the ablest performers of next year’s squads. To the class of 1922: We bequeath to you our Senior Dignity, if you do not care to don it next fall it will make a brillant addition to our caps and gowns which become yours in May, 1922. We also bequeath to you our Senior Privileges, which all the teachers respect. And lastly, we leave to you our Senior room with its many accommodations ; and the desks which everyone knows are the best in the high school, we leave to your special care and protection. Lester Vance leaves his talent as a cornet player to Lloyd Thorn. Floyd McGuire does hereby give and bequeath his official duties and office to John Weese trusting he will fill them to the best of his ability. Bertha Deaver bequeaths her powder puff to Lena Elliot feeling that she will use it successfully during the remainder of her high school career. Arthur VanAtta leaves the Cap- To the class of 1923: Our Athletic ability. Follow in the foot-steps of VanAtta, Showers, Springer, Bates, and Tedrow and you are assured of success. We also leave to you our Dramatic Art for which we are universally known. To the Freshies: Kind, loving, trusting children, we leave to them our greatest possession, our ability to study.

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ourselves known to him as the crowd was leaving and he gave us quite a line on some of our old pals. He told us that he met “Slim” Showers about two months ago in Toledo and it was rumored about that he would be Ohio’s next Congressman. He also said that “Pete” Van Atta is in New Jersey, taking training in boxing and is causing quite a bit of comment throughout that part of the state. You know he was of a pretty good build and looked like he was able to take care of “Pete.” Then last but not least we were informed that Pearl Coulter is a movie actress in California and she's naturally “taking the place by storm.” He expressed it in a way to indicate that she is certainly winning the laurels. Well the next day Bertha and I had quite a visit with each other as we went back again to our High School Days and 1 almost forgot to tell you that Vernon Springer is a cartoonist in New York City for the International Press Assn. He has a regular salary of $50,000 a year, so you may judge the value of his work by that. Edith Penman is also there in New York City. She is stenographer in the Custom’s House, and is engaged to be married soon. Neil Stanbery is living about forty miles out of the city and is working on an invention, an Automatic Hair Comber, for ladies. I guess he has married a real rich lady who has been a great help to him financially, but she is like all other inventor’s wives, she thinks he don’t give her enough of his time, but I suppose that is the way with life. When Bertha, Thelma and I thought it over just how many of our classmates were there so close, we decided to have a sort of reunion. The next evening which was Thursday, these which I have just mentioned being in or around Nt w York City had a dinner at the Baltimore and the dinner was followed by a Theatre Party. It seemed like a small class party back about 1920 or 1921. Friday afternoon at two-thirty Thelma and I sailed for England and we were greatly amazed to find that Harry Findlay was standing on the deck, selling peanuts by the peck. The rush was so great getting on the boat that we hardly got to say more than a word to him, much to my regret. After we had been on the boat for about six or eight hours and were just walking around upon deck I thought I saw a familiar face in the distance and as we came nearer I saw that it was Arthur Bailey. He was on his way to Ireland to see about an estate which his wife’s great step-uncle had left them. Of course the trip seemed like years to him. Our trip going over was very enjoyable and when we landed in England there was Bill Weaver at the port. I quickly inquired what he was doing and in his usual modest way he told me he was a member of the Parliament. Now, isn’t that great? But I’m not surprised though,are you? He is living in a large, richly gilded castle and has a family of five children, all exceedingly intelligent. We stayed in England for a week and then went from there to Egypt t0 see the famous ancient ruins, the wonderful pyramids and the majestic sphinx. The first place we went in Egypt was to see our home missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McGuire, his wife, as we used to know her, being Lois Springer. They have had great success in teaching these heathens the civilized way to live. Harold Watts is also in Egypt. He lives near one of the Pyramids. Only recently he has accepted a position as missionary to that land and part of his duty is keeping nocturnal animals from disfiguring the figures of the Sphinx. The lions roar, the tigers scream, the desert sands shift, but Harold is peaceful and calm. We stayed in Egypt for a month and I had the pleasure of seeing many of the wonders which I had wished for since childhood. Our journey home was by a different route. We came by way of Canada and landed at Halifax, Nova Scotia. While we were in Halifax and were staying at a hotel there, one morning Thelma took a most dreadful headache and I asked the proprietor to recommend a good physician and he named Dr. Tedrow, but at that I never thought anything and when he came, here it was our old pal George. He stayed until her headache got better and then he revealed t0 us his life since last we had seen him. He said he had married Ina Burley ten years ago and that two years after their marriage they were separated for about four months, but since then, they had gotten along very congenially. They have one child, a little boy six years old, named Earnest. I imagine the boy was named for some beau of Ina’s. It seems to me I used to hear her talk of some one by the name or Earnest. We spent two days with Ina and George and then came on through Canada down to Chicago, 111. The second day we were in Chicago we went shopping and as we were in one of our stores had the great surprise of seeing Nona Mauller. She is a Superintendent in a Kindergarten school on the west side of Chicago. She told us that she had seen Lester Vance just the week before. He is traveling with a Chautauqua and is director of Sousa’s band. We did not tarry long in Chicago for we had been gene for quite a while and were ready to come home. Well, I am going t0 attend a concert at Music hall tonight and the briefness of time demands that I begin to prepare my toilette. Will close wishing you happiness and prosperity. Your old Schoolmate, MABEL WHARFF.

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“Last Will and Testament of Class 21” The Freshies, bless their little hearts, to them we entrust the care of next year’s Freshies for more than likely they will have to be wheeled in baby-buggies next year. In Witness thereof, The Class of Nineteen Hundred-Twentyone has here unto set its hand, to this, its last Will and Testament of said Class at Crooks ville, Ohio; This--day of-------in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One. “THE CLASS OF 1921” By William Weaver. In addition we recommend that the following commandments be observed by Junior girls in particular and all girls in general:— 1. Thou shalt not walk in the counsel of the ungodly swain for he will lead you astray. 2. Accept no lord but one and his commandments obey. 3. Thou shalt not taketh the rolling pin in vain. 4. Honor thy teachers that thy grades may be long which they giveth thee. 5. Thou shalt put away thy powder puff and not destroy thy beauty which the Lord thy God has given thee. 6. Be beautiful that you may enter the kingdom of society. 7. Thou shalt not commit flirtation. 8. Love thy husband as thyself. 9. Cultivate not awkwardness but be of grace and dignity. 10. Change your mind often and keep it clean and pure