Elma High School - Cloquallum Yearbook (Elma, WA)

Page 29 text:

i Revelations HE NEVV YEAR of 1946 had been ushered in with a snow storm. On this, the third day of the year, the wind was still raging, although the snow had ceased falling. Darkness had fallen early over Elma, which had now grown to a city of large size. As I sat musing before the fireplace in the darkened room I thought about my two years' tour of the world. Suddenly I remembered that I had kept a diary during my travels. That was just the thing to read on such a night as this- Where had I put it? Of course, it was in my traveling trunk. I get my diary and settled before the fire for an imaginary tour of the places I had visited during the two preceding years. I turned to the section I had written during my tour of the United States and then read on, going from continent to continent. How familiar some of the names of the people I had met seemed. Why, they were old classmates. I soon found that all the old class of twenty-three of the Elma High School were accounted for. As I read on this is what I found: I left Seattle 10:30 for Spokane, reached Maywood, the first stop, at 3 :00 p. m. Who should enter the train, no one but Homer Mouncer- Ile recog- nized me and sat down and began to talk. I soon learned that he owned a large wheat ranch in the Great Bend country. He got off at the next station. May 7, 1943. Reached Spokane this evening about 9:45. Being tired I went to secure a lodging place for the night- I selected the Washington Ilo- tel, the best in the city. Who should I see in the lobby but Rollin Gordon, now a- traveling salesman for the United States Tire -Co. May 8, 1943. Nothing happened of any interest only the tiresome train. May 11, 1943. I reached Salt Lake City- Would I meet any of my old seho-olmates here? There was a big entertainment at the Tabernacle this aft- ernoon. Anxious to see the large assembly hall I went. The program con- sisted of classical singing and dancing, very interesting. ,Was that Leona Walker dancing? Asking the woman who sat beside me I found out sure enough it was. My train left at 5:35, so I did not have time to talk to her- June 3, 1943. It is a long time since I have written in you, old diaryf, but nothing much has happened until today. I arrived in Austin, Texas, this morning. and who should I see when I stepped off the train-no other than Bill VVelch. Oh, yes! he is married and owns a large cattle ranch now, but I don't know who the lucky UU woman is. June 6, 1943. Well, I reached New Orleans just in time to go to the great carnival of the Mardi Gras- This is the biggest event. of the year, Here I find two more schoolmates who have become successful in business. Leland Lan- caster and Laura Robinson. Leland owns the largest cotton factory in the world. I also learned from Leland that Lyle is married and now editor-in- chief of the New York Ilerald. Laura is private secretary to Mr. J. H- Gas- ton, who has a large lumber mill here. I thought Laura had enough of the lumber business in English, but I guess she didn 't. June 19, 1943. I made a short stay in Birmingham, Alabama- I noticed in a newspaper where a large irrigation project is being built in South Af- rica- The contractor is Harold Schamehorn and the engineer is M. B, Jones.

Page 28 text:

abilities to Arthur Schouweiler, under the condition that he does not abuse them. Twelfth-I, Bernadine Beddall, do most sorrowfully bequeath my desk in the assembly to Elof Holmlund. ' Thirteenth-I, Herbert Virtue, do leave my popularity with the ladies to Charles Cameron. Fourteenth-I, Calvin Fix, do leave my position as president of the Sen- ior Class to Grant Taylor. Fifteenth-I, Ruley Parent, do hereby leave my saxophone to Ray Craft. I also leave the case to the aforesaid instrument to Roy Craft. 'Sixteenth-I, Lyle Lancaster, do hereby bequeath my business-like Ways to Charlie Hoffelt, in hopes that they will be of use to him in the future- Seventeenth-I, Leona Walker, do most sorrovvfully leave my popular, ity with the boys to Alice Currier. Eighteenth-I, Leland Lancaster, do hereby bequeath my winning Ways with the ladies to Ralph Minard. Here 's hoping he will be as successful as I have been. Nineteenth-I, Espie Lee, bequeath my ear-muffs to Dora Boulden. i Twentieth-I, William Welch, bequeath my blond complexion to Fran- ces Austin. p Twenty-first-I, Millie Sherman, bequeath my much cherished type- Writer to Ralph Paulson, providing he agrees to hire an expert mechanic to keep it in Working condition. Twenty-second-I, Rollin Gordon, bequeath my popularity with Gladys Vance to next year's student-body president. Twenty-third-I, Harold Sehamehorn, bequeath my position in Hoffelt's Cafe to Ellis Mouncer- Twenty-fourth-I, Hazel Boyer, bequeath my enthusiasm for basketball to Erma Jewett. Twenty-fifth-I, Homer Mouncer, bequeath my Walk to Florence Butler. Twenty-sixth-I, Sarah Price, bequeath my sunny disposition to Billy Cornet. , ' Twenty-seventh-I, Vonda Boulden, leave my beaux to the tender mer- cies of Mabel Richards. Twelfth-We do hereby constitute and appoint Mr. Ralph Lind the exec- utor of this our last will and testament, and in case the aforesaid' executor expires before the fulfillment of this vvill, We appoint Mr. Howard Kellogg to take his place and to assume his duties. And we will and direct that our said executor be not required to give bonds or security for the faithful discharge of said trust- ' IN WITNESS WIIELREOF, We have hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty-eighth day of March, A. Dk, nineteen hundred and twenty-three C 19231. Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Senior Class of the Elma High School as and for their last will and testament, in the presence of ns, who at their request, and in their presence, and in the presence of ,each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses to said instrument. W P. 0. 'Address'

Page 30 text:

I wonder where Stanley Fry is. My wish was answered, for I soon heard that he was president of the Chevrolet Car Manufacturing Company- June 23, 1943. On the train to Charlotte, North Carolina, I met Mar- guerite Schnuriger. She is now a eongresswoman, elected in 1940. She says she likes her work fine. She soon became tired of teaching school. Also learned from Marguerite where Millie Sherman is. Millie now owns a real estate office in Los Angeles and has very successful business' June 30, 1923. Richmond, Virginia, is a very nice old southern city, but Why should Lavene Moore be teaching school here? Oh, yes! she Wes going to teach school, but I didn't ever think she would come south. July -1, 1943. Today is the Fourth, and as there is a big celebration in Washington, D- C., I decided to stay over until the sixth. 'The speaker of the day was James Ray' Well, this doesn't surprise me because James always was an intelligent boy, which always made him popular at school. Picking up a. program for the evening I noticed that Earl Baldwin and Calvin Fix were to sing. Calvin is now Speaker of the House. July 8. 1943. As I was walking up Fifth avenue, New York, I noticed a very model millinery shop. The name looked familiar to me. Stepping into the waiting room a clerk asked me if there was anything she could do- I was curious, so asked to see the manager. I was right-it was Bessie Sherman, now the most successful milliner in the United States. We had tea together. She informed me where I could find Epsie Lee, now in New York as private secretary to Mr. C. P. Howe, president of the Packard Auto Co. My next stopping place was Boston- I was very anxious to hear the Bos- ton Symphony Orchestra. I managed to secure a good seat where I could get a good look at the orchestra. There was one face in it that looked famil- iar to me. Why, of course, it was Ruley Parent. Not finding much to inter- est me in Boston I went on to Chicago. I spent three weeks in Chicago. Here I learned that Willard Kinnaman wlas living in the city. For a wonder he is not married- Hie is superintend- ent of the Swift Packing Company. I never get to talk with him. I saw Ches- ter Boling. He is now editor-in-chief of the Literary Digest. I hope that it is more interesting now than when we went to school. September 3, 1943, found me in Detroit. Here I find that Hazel Boyer is now visiting the city- I fiund her hotel and learned that she also was tour- ing around the United States. She told me that she had seen many of our old classmates. I asked if she knew where Sarah Price wias. Married and living happy in Montana.. I was nearing home. Had I heard about all my old classmates? No Ber- nadine Beddall. Oh, yes! Hazel told me she was living in Seattle. Now a very noted dressmaker of that city- I would look her up when I reached Se- attle again. Sept. 31. I reached Butte. Montana, today. There was a great deal of ex- citement and I had a hard time finding out what it was all about- Some one told me that a new silver mine had been discovered and that Herbert Virtue was 'the discoverer. Who would think that Herbert would become a pros- ector? ' . p October 9. 1943. I reached Seattle today. Wednesday I sail for Japan. By this time the fire had gone out because I was so interested in my diary, and becoming cold I put the little book back and went to bed.