Elko High School - Pohob Yearbook (Elko, NV)

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151 IHL POHUB thlnklng w h It a dcfxr old world thls was anyh w l was cnjoylng, mystll Inn n ly haxmg Just returned from tht completlon of a tontrut whlth h ld nttttd mt a neat httlt sum of money a d lllylllt, YlUtllll'lf,f llllllltllldtt to do was Illlpi-IIIUQ to enjoy a nttle r at 5.1 l ltnly I almost colll lt I wlth a man w ho wasgust emerglng an a hot o 1 tlllflq' ht cxclalmcd If1t1sntA I Iom Ialkm an' Whtyt on eartl dnl you spung hom From v York I just got ln a c v moments ago and was just startmg to o ot ow are vou and how xs the wolld uslng vou' using my hand as L would a pump handle Just fine' I rtphtd toms ap homt wlth me and we ll talk old tlmes H asstntc l and wt set out for home 'Tom Iarkman was my old chum graduatmg ID the same year as mystlt and hkc myself takmg a dlploma ID Clyll tngmecrmg At college we had svorn eternal f1'lCI'ldSlllD I had not seen hlm SIHLC ffraduatlon We spent the afternoon talklng of frlends we had known long ago of scenes dear to us both and ln lamcntmg the changes that had occurred smcc those happy school days now last and gone folevtr Algy askcd Tom suddenlv Were you eyer ln MEXICO? xe ever w s Well nextherw 191 but lm gomg a1d Iwant you to go wlth me W1ll you? I should certainly llke to I replled But I don t see how I can Just at prts mt You kno v I wasn t born uch although my name lmphes dmlt S me day ft r I la1I up a m I0 t I wlth you Oh you old mlser quoth Tom You don t deserxe to be asked to go anywhere Howeyer for old tlmCSQ3lxC I'l bear wlth vou thrs once Follow me and Ill make you lxch Ill profn se you You see It happened th1s way some tlme ago a bunch ofMex1cans took ltlT1tO thelr heads that they wanted to bulld a rallload down there IH Greaserdom somewhere Accordmgly one of thefn came to New York a short tlflle ago to make 31 angements for a survey Sonehow or other he hlt on me as the .J e to com mand the ucpe lxtlon You'l' need about ten men he sald You will need men who fear nothmg from an adder to abluvald You wlll also need a partner to share thzs wlth vou one who has the ahll I' I ,. 4. V 15 ' ' V 1 1 IL 1 ' v- 1 O v, v L- I ' ' y ya, ' ' J so 7 I ' 1 I ' n I 2 h 1 's :V 1 H l ' . I L' I, in 2 V' ,A ' I 'u 1 , -in 'I -' I ' 1 f 1' cf ' sl X X I v - I a . 'JV 1 - ' 7 ' ' 4 ' fmt l Pl. -fwcll, . bsyvy 1 ,xr I- I ,H . . Igyjr ur' J, ,, 2 l I ,,, . . I 'Q . . .' . -'Y If Nex , ' .' ' ' fh . . t ' ' out I ok jx 1 up. H ' y , ' ' ' .D-r ,' , , , , il I , , 4' u in ., ', --j ., . ' In ' .H 9 H . ,I X n 4 uv 4 V Y I . I 1 . . . , R .1 yn 4. . . 1 . E. U 2 ' 2 ' ' . ' I 1 sf 1 ' ,N . i 3 I 3 . I I K ' 3 x ' -a 1- 2 1 ' ':, Q ' ' 3 u 11 I u , , ' ' H I ' pf! ' No, I .l.1n't belief I 'Q ai A' , ' ' ' v V N ' ' 7, ll ' ' ' U ' an 1 Y - Y Y fs-el ' v V T ' .' ' ' ' it Ia '. o a 3 've '. ill' n or wo, 'll 0 l D ' Y' KC ' ,Y 'K ! 7 ' Y l l ' ' , . , , , , - v , v . . h . , . A . . , V 1. , v ' Y :N . . Y . , I x . .,, . . . ' 'r . . V1 - I X. . l 1 C A ,, x l n 1 ' , Z, 1 . 5 p N . . K , A S .-

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ltll PUHOL ldlltldlj Gutoloors In the qgropzcs AVR I Jvlu P TO tl'e tlme that mv story opens thexe were only two events of any 1mportanee to the rmdtr that took place ln m e T e hr t was mv baptlsfn the seeond m graduatron from college bome v lst old fellow wlth lots of money and a laelt of anvthlng useful to do once rtasontd out that ons s name played an lmportant part IH the shapxnlz of ones IC P rhaps that IS so ln that cas I vt surely got sofnt had luek com mg some tlme My mother dxed shortly alter my buth and the shock of her death kllled my father so that at an early age I was thrown upon the ten ltr mexmes of distant relatxves To them fell the tlsk of nammgr, me Atter agood dell efquarzellng and tlghtlng amongst them Ivyas gzraecd vslth the pretty lxttle cogro mea of Thtoron Ala rea Ailed to thus wa mx surname Van de Vuek Pretty lxttle load for one to earrv all through lxfe eh? It mast not be eonclud d from my na'ne that Iam Dutch or Inngllsh for I am nur Ameucan through and through Just as was mv father and grandfath r before me In the d e course of tlmel recened my dlploma as a CIVII Englneer from dear oll Cornell I shall never forget that Com m neen nt that last partlnr fran d ar frlenl and the scenes of so many happv tlmes Well sueh thlngs must be and so lt was wlth me For two long years I pursued my professlon makmg more or less monev but never more than sufficient needs I was ln thls cuniltloa wma the events wh1ehIa'n about to narrate transplred One brlght November day I was strolllng down the rraln street of my home town ln Wvommg drlnklnff ID the warm sunshlne and fy x 1 . ..v l4 2 ' I C -rw I nv 'Zo ,, I JH ' 1-r -' I I 1 17 1 X v 1 1 YI 1 I N l I . p C A ' I 14 I I y llf. h s v I, . y . N . . M, l , 1 1 ' I ' x xck u xl . . . , . ' 1 Q ' lf. p 1 I . . N , H . e , e G. , - , 'V . . 1 1 ,L .R . . , 2 : . 1. . TL , , 4 -, . , A- . -e . he .. .. ' s , u I r 1 1 P . . , , . v . ' ' f' t ' e . ' . , . . .A , 1 1 ,A - 3 e , i ,, ., e as ' .. ' 1 ' A 1 . 5 1 . IQ. ' I , W Q . . . . . Q R. .Y !'v x'

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