Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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Il D.liS. RVELItSGcS. ' 20. I, Mildred Niblick, society reporter for Ravellngs , do be- queath said frivilous position and my curly hair upon Eleanor Reppert. I. Esther Reynolds, bestow upon Alice Leuhart my recipe for pink cheeks — a long walk in the morning. 1, Florence Rice, famous for the natural Marcelle wave in my hair, bequeath same to all ye straight-haired Junior maidens. I. Dorothy Smith, killed on the job, bestow upon Lucille But- ler my position on the Ravellngs staff. I, Florence Smith, having always known so much, do be- queath to Fiorina Michaud my ability to state my views and con- victions. 1, Helen Stanley, will my whispering voice to Cleo Beavers. I. Max Teeple. captain of the great basket ball team, do be- stow upon my dear Linn the same honor, and do bestow upon Donna lest she perish (Parrish), the title of the best in the world. 1, Faye Stults. the greatest living woman scientist, bestow upon the Junior girls all that I know of Physics. I, Truman Goldner. dear to the heart of Naomi, grant Gregg Ball the privilege of taking care of my Sophomore sister. 1. Ford Tinkham, having shown my ability in all lines of en- deavor to dump upon Gordon Engeler my name Tiny. I, Mary Weldy, bestow upo Esta Fleming all the knowledge 1 have gained in the four years of my high school life. I Gertrude Yager, the greatest exchange editor in the history of the world, do bestow upon the next exchange editor my mam- moth waste basket in which I keep all my test papers. I, Dent Baltzell, have nothing to leave, not even an assembly seat, but 1 do bestow my best wishes on the class of 1921, and hope that they will never fail. SIXTH, We the aforementioned class, do hereby constitute and appoint Miss Bowers the executrix of this, our last will and testament and we do empower her to do away with, sell, convert or otherwise dispose of all our worldly goods. Her bond shall be eleven beans, and Miss Cook and Miss Wehmhoft her bondsmen. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seal this 2Sth day of May, A. D., nineteen hundred and twenty (1920). (SEAL) THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1920. Witnesses: (MISS) MARIE COOK. KARL GROVES.

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D.rtS. ?RVELINGc5. ' 20. I, Doris Erwin, the most learned Miss of all, do give all I have to Mary Callow, excluding Ford, ol: course. I. Dick Heller, the most illustrious newspaper man that ever struck Decatur, do bequeath to Charles Downs, the knowledge gained in publishing this annual. I, Marion Hoagland, long time model for Teeple. Brandy- berry Peterson, and chemistry expert, give to Miss Ossenberg my fund of information. I, Thetus Hocker, having a very craving appetite for cur- rants (Kerns) and salad (Sal) do not bestow myself nor Sal upon anyone, but do give to Alfred Beavers the privilege of calling on Uiy liUlc sister. I, Serena Hornada, the gazelle (?) (Baltzell) having had the reputation of never looking on man with kindness and then falling to the Baltzell do not give him to anyone, but do pray earnestly every night that the Junior girls may not tall as I have done. I, Donald Hower, the champion bowler of Decatur, do bestow upon Cal Peterson my medals and titles. I, Eddis Johnson, having proved my bravery by going with Gertrude Yager and Bernice Leonard, and deciding to be a batch- elor, do bestow ujion Charles Downs my bravet.v, for he will need it, or that i:i what Loi.? says. I, Charles Keller, the vampire of the Senior class, and con- tender for the hand of Lois Peterson, promise to murder all rivals. I. Bernice Keni, having won the title of The Largest Lady in Town, by sheer forct ' of merit, do bequeath to Dora Marie Magley my excess avoirdupois. I, Bernice Leonard, author of The Fall o f ' Heck ' , and chief ivcry tickler of Decatur high school, do hereby dump unpon Dor- othy Walters the honor of banging the piano keys hereafter, even unto the end. I, M.abel Martin, the renowned songbird, do bestow upon Leo Kirsch my vocal accomplishments. L Charles McConnehey. with my right hand raised and with mud in my. hair, swear that I shall bestow upon that guy from Fort Wayne many heavy blows. So help me Hamlet and all the witches. Me, that is to say I, a most renowned personage, president of the class of 1920, a delver in antiques, an ardent lover of Shakes- peare, Groves, etc.; a disciple of Benjamin Franklin, a possessor of the degrees of H. D., C. N., A. R. and A. B., do hereby bequeath, dump on, get rid of, ad infinitum, my wnole pile of unused books of learning to Arthur Freuchte. Having many possessions I must still will, so to Glen Hill I give my wonderful tenor or is it alto (?) voice To anyone who wishes it I give my foolishness and to Mr. Worthman I give two centimeters of one strand of the sub- lime locks of Helen Dugan so that he may always remember Her- man H. Myers, Esq. I, Kenneth Miller, a profound, knov -nothing, my teacher ' s little dear (Nay, but not Miss Ossenbesg ' s, for she doth daily slap my ears for no reason whatsoever), do give to Miss Bowers a pen- sion of six cents daily to enable her to buy chewing gum for her French classes, said donation to continue for ninety-nine years. I, Zelma Nelson, having never been able to find a character among the masculines who was what I think a man should be, bestow upon Beatrice Peterson the state of Single Blessedness.

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D.rtS. j?RVELlNGcS. ' 20. Senior Class Prophesy Boom! Bang! Crash! Something terrible had happened! A pilot of an aeropljuie while flying over the now large city of De- catur, Indiana, suddenly lost control of his machine, and pilot, plane and all fell to the ground with a ferocious crash. People rushed out; spectators came for blocks, and in the mad rush for booty, while others were picking up things more pleasing to the sight, my eyes fell upon a small package, carefully wrapped and sealed. Thinking it might prove valuable, I hastily seized it, and ran to a place of concealment. On opening it, to my disappoint- ment, I found a little volume entitled, The Secrets of the Class of 1920 — As Destined by the fates. The frontispiece contained a large photograph of the members of the class of 1920, with all their descendants who were to follow them for a generation — some 50,000 in number. On turning to the next page, my eye was attracted by the names of three society women, namely: Mary Brown. Hazel Buck and Mary Weldy who had recently given a successful Charity Ball in honor of Zelma Nelson ' s new French Poodle, Felisse. They had cleared several thousand dollars. Among the list of guests I noticed the names of Mr. and Mrs. Thetus Hocker (formerly Miss Faye Stults), also Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Miller (foimerly Miss Doris Erwin). Of course I recog- nized them as being members of the Class of 1920. Misses Brown, Buck and Weldy are the leaders of the younger set in society, so one may count himself lucky to be invited to one of their balls. Tlhe next page was taken up with an account of a prize fight, be- tween a noted English pugilist and our own famous American, Elmo Ehinger. According to the accoimt, it seemed that Mr. Ehinger held world championship in that particular sport. Oh! What a shock! Would you believe it? Max Teeple, one of our own classmates had just won the nomination for president of Mexico at the last primary and Fred Butler was successfully electioneering the campaign. Down in one little corner of the next page was a dirty, besmeared account of a man having stolen a crust of bread from the table of the newly elected president of Yale, who is none other than our own brilliant Linn Kern. Imagine my surprise, when upon further reading I saw that the starving man was Dick Heller. A picutre of the cast for Marion Hoag- land ' s new photoplay, together with their names and those of their husbands took up an entire page. A few at least, were fa- miliar to me, being myself a graduate of D. H. S. I recognized Mrs. Dent Baltzell (formerly Miss Bernice Kern), Mrs. Donald Hower (formerly Miss Serena Hornada), and Mrs. Charles Keller (formerly Miss Helen Stanley). I was suddenly confronted with two piercing black eyes which I immediately recognized, I read further — wonderful to say — Dick Durkin had just completed his latest invention whereby one could become educated without studying. It had been favorably accepted by the two most famous scientific critics of the country — Bddis Johnson and Truman Goldncr. Another item attracted my eye — Mable Martin, the beautiful wife of the soap-king of America had just announced that she would sue for divorce from her present husband, Harold Case. She states that immediately after her divorce she will start for Europe.