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• CLASS HISTORY “1932” franklin parke, Illinois June, 15 l‘ 29 deer pa and ina, a hole yeer has past since you left me hear at Leyden to get an ederficashun. i wuz purty green at first hut i learned a arful lot of stuff since then, their wuz 8te three other kids in the same class i wuz in so i wuzn't lonesum a tall, we elected Roy Hedges fore are class president and miss low and mr. starke were apjxunted advizors too are class, this veer are haskithawl teem one the champenship of the northwest conference. i atended meny social funchuns among witch were numerus parties and danses given by the varus classes and organizashuns. i also went to the dads banquit, to had you wasn't hear to go. your loving offsprung, gym. Franklin Parke, Illinois. June 15, 1930 Deer Folks, Another yeer is gone and I will tell you sum of the inseedents that have took plase. Rite away we elected class ofisers. yure sun beeing maid presidunt and Evelyn Fitzgerald vise-presidunt. Meny uv are old students have not cum back this yere, are class now having a count of not more than sieksty pupuls. I went too the I harvest danse and other parties and dances but none of the gals wood danse with me. Mahbe I slutd get miself a pare of oxsfords and throw away theis cowhide boots 1 bin wearin. Sum of the hois in are class atended the football banquit wile others like me onli went to the dads banquit. As a hole it wuz a very interestin yere and I have lurned a grate deal of tiolege from this hear instettooshun. Your loviti sun, Jym. Dear Mom and Pop: June 15, 1931. Well, the third year in high skool has came and went. We chose William Riley as are class President with Ervin Cimochowski acting in the roll of vice-president. We prodused the play “A Lucky Break as a howlin stiksess. me taking a miner part. A Xmas parti was given by our class at which every won had a rippin good time. As is usual we had fewer students cum hack, aprocksamately forti in awl. A carnival was given by the hole skool wich everyone enjoid to the uper-most with clausing and side shows and the like. 1 think my spellin is improving sumwatt hut its not watt it shud he yet accordin to my teachers. The biggest event of the season was the prom and 1 dansed neerlv every danse, having dsicarded by big boots. 1 guess I better sine off now and make a buk report to eompleet my English coarse. Your son, Gim P, S. I joined the band the second seam-ester and went to the district contest in Cicero. Dear Dad and Mother, June 10. 1932 In five more days I will he a graduate of Leyden Community High School. Edward McCarthy is our class president ; Stanley Boyle, vice-president; Evelyn Giertz secretary; and Verner Senger, treasurer. Miss Lowe and Mr. Stark, our faithful advisors, have bellied us with our many problems and worked hard during the four years they have been with us. John Banas and Raymond Johnson, both of our class have been choosen as the most valuable players on the football and basketball teams respectively. The Junior-Senior prom was a great success and of course the biggest event of the year. The class play was “Tommy.’’ William Riley taking the part of Tommy splendidly. Class night and commencement are coming and after all the shouting is over I'll be seeing you. Your son. James Page Eleven
• CLASS WILL 1 9 3 2’’ UNDER oath and with witnesses, on this fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Ijord, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, we, the Senior Class, transmit unto Mr. S. E. Baker our gratitude for his efforts to fit us for our positions of responsibility in the competitive world. To the faculty, we leave our appreciation for their endeavors to make us less barbaric. To the student body: I. John Banas, leave my leadership to Howard I.arsen. I. Virginia Berg, give my dignity to Marie Sass. I. Kthel Blume. bequeath my dependability to Jean Rothrock. I, Stanley Boyle, donate my innocent manner and title of not l oasting to Fritz Wahl. I. Anna Brodkorb, leave one of my flaxen curls for Roger Burrill’s consolation. I. Joseph Castle, present my reputation as the neatest boy to Richard Liebke. I, Irvin Cimochowski. do bequeath my school girl complexion and a bar of palmolive soap to Celia Dorhman. I, Evelyn Draper, give my preference for drummers to Frieda Hamtnan. I, William Dolamore, leave my innocent countenance to Eddie Baker. I. James Kul, leave my stately personality to Teddy Hal inski. I, Evelyn Giertz. give my Leyden boyfriends to Helen Curran. I, Byron Good, grant my hope of ! eing a perfect ladies’ man to Richard Bradof. I. Jane Harrintgon, leave my reputation of “teacher’s pet” to Patty McGowan. I, Charles Herzberg, bestow upon Earl Pankonin, my position as a general nuisance in the classroom. I, Eleanor Jensen, give my modesty and coyness to Irene Grossman. I. Audrey Kilman, leave my appetite to Wilbur Hupfer. I, James Kinsey, bequeath my winsome smile to Betty Balke. I, Dorothy Lee Kipp, leave one of my engagement rings to Eunice Wickstrom. I, Eleanor Larsen, leave my tiny nose to Todd Maslow. I, Mary Leavitt, bequeath that perfect marcel to Joe Camp and Violet Ekhart. I, Eva Lowrie, give my liking for history to Ethel Sax. I, Blanche Mahler leave my editorship to La Vere Sell. I, Edward McCarthy, give my indifference toward life to Frances Korosy. I, Sylvia Norten, bequeath my ethereal beauty to Robert Carroll. I, Cornelius O’Connell O’Grady, leave my Irish sense of humor to the faculty. I, Wilbur Patzer, leave my extensive height to Russel Gorsch. I, William Reckers, leave my hair tonic to Red Rasmussen. I, William Riley, give my alibi-making to any honest swain in our Alma Mater. I, Nona Robertson, leave my girlish figure to Mildred Buttens and Dorothy Schure. I, Florence Rodgers, leave my domestic traits to Bernice Sapp. I. Verner Senger, leave my artistic temperament to Anton Castle. I. Irvin Sherry, leave my love for history and history teachers to Roy La Voise. I, Muriel Taylor, give my title as gum chewing champ to Evelyn Weigand. I, Nathan Turner, leave my position in the cornet section to Myrtle Lorentson. I, Ruth Voelkel, leave my nonchalance to Betty Huffman. I, Ireta Weigand. give my poetic impulses to Violet Jensen. I. Alex Zukowski, leave my talkative characteristics to Rocco De Giorgiori. This having been fully approved, we, the witnesses thereof, do submit our honored and esteemed names. Witnessed by: Jane Harrington Joseph Castle EVA LOWRIE Page Twelve
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