Elmwood Community High School - Ulmus Yearbook (Elmwood, IL)

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THE ULMUS 19 lEl'lIiHI ilHtNlliIHHill1H1H'll'HiHllIHHlilIQHSH31liIIilliIllllIlIIllllllI9ll'lI'IliII H'llillilllllflllllllfli'llllltll'li'IliIl'H ll'lHlI'lllI.Il.ll:II Hii Il Iillli H ll'Il ll'L'H1 llillll ll D! ll ll'il'HillfI3EIlll'lI.!l'l1llllll ll1lI9Il'Il1IllIili'll'lli1l'll'llillll 5mim' Qlllass iBrupbetp Clare Bagg, the well-known chief director of information at XVashington, D. C., had been ailing in health since 1936 when he was reappointed to the position. He planned and prepared for a vacation. He decided on a tour through the continents of the eastern hemisphere. He left Baltimore aboard the Trivoli liner june I2 and landed at Cork, Ireland. Below is an account of his travels. From the beautiful and interesting city of Cork he went to the quiet capital of France, Paris. XX'hile at one of the numerous Parisian theaters his heart fairly leaped with gladness, for he viewed one of his old E. H. S. associates, Ruby, on the screen in the picture, The Heart's Temptation. Anxious to learn something about her, he went to the manager. and was very pleased when he found an account of how she had become a star. One day. while Mary l'ickford's company was on location. Mary saw Ruby, and, seeing her wonderful facial expressions, gave her a chance to play a comedy act in one of the pictures. And so, step by step, she had reached the goal to which so many have aspired. XVhile dining at one of the very exclusive cafes he met Myrta Martin, who was enjoying life in Paris on money she had received from a patented idea on How to Reduce. In his chat with her he learned that she, having tried every idea and material she could find to reduce, and each failing in its turn, she finally found one of her own which worked successfully. After her own success with the idea, she thought that it might help someone else, so she had had it patented. Clare found it very hard not to fall in love with her right then. but he thought of his pledge which he had taken while in school, in which he promised never to let any woman engage herself to him. From Paris he went to the far-famed town of Heidelberg, Germany, and. being very much interested in education, visited the college there, where he learned that Ruth French was professor of languages. Un questioning her he found that she had begun her teaching in Edwards, Ill., and, after holding this position for two terms, had been employed at XVellesley. From there, through the influence of a rich uncle, she had received her present position. Traveling from Heidelberg through most of the important cities of Russia. Turkey and Persia, he finally stopped in Calcutta, India, for a few days' rest. At the opera there he was delighted to find another of his classmates, Margaret Sporrer, singing the leading role in Hitchy Koo. After the show Clare went to her dressing-room and had a long talk with her. He found that she had begun her career by singing in a Chautauqua company. Ziegtield of the Follies having heard of her. gave her a contract for a part in a chorus in his show. From this she was offered the position as leading vocalist in the play, 'tHitchy- Koo. Mr. Bagg went directly from India to Africa. and on his tour through the western part of the continent he noticed in the Bingerville Bugle, one of the leading African newspapers, that Edna Clark was proprietress of one of IlillllllllIlllllllIlIllllllllllvllllllllllillllllIIlIllIIIll1IliItIIIIliII.IIllllllilllllllllltllllilll mll lllllill'l1'llht ll.llll.lll'llll:ll'tiilluhll il.Ii'llllllllIllllllllltllilllll Ilill1ll'IlJIliIllIlilIillllillIll1HillllllllllHII'li!IllltHt'I li.lllllflflllllliilliltiiillllllll

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18 T H E U L M U S ssfiifiliiliiiiiIfillllllIHIKIHHEHIIIIIIIIISIIllllllllllllllllllllllHHItIII!!IHIIHIHIYH!!IH!!IlllllllilllllllHillll'IlHillIlIl'Illllltlllllllllllll'll'Il!IlY!IIIWH!!!I!IllIl!lHIV!lllllIllllIllllIillllllllIIlilllllllIll!!Illlllllilllllllllllll'illllIlili1iiii 'jl1'f!'E!!!!.1tiii Senior Qlllass will XVe, the class of 1921 of the Elmwood Community High School, being sufficiently enlightened and versed in the ways of the world and mindful of the uncertainties of the future, thinking it a wise and benelicent act to leave to those fortunates and unfortunates who will in the course of time occupy our illustrious position, our many cumbrances, do hereby make and publicly declare this to be our last will and testament, thereby revoking all former wills, be- quests and devises of whatever nature by us made. Item I-I, Clare Bagg, do give and bequeath my round eyes and sunny temper to Leon Carter. Poor kid, he hasn't enough. Item 2-I, Dean Co11dit, do give and bequeath my love for the girls to Bud Hitchcock. Item 3-I, Albert XYolford, do give and bequeath my Ford to Bob Xkfasson, the Speed King. Item 4-I, Chester Miles. do give and bequeath my curly hair and red cheeks to Cornelius Kemp. Item 5-I, Ralph McKown, do give and bequeath my gentle disposition to XVilliam Schenck. Item 6-I, Fred Schlots, do give and bequeath my unequaled speed to Irma Caldwell. Item 7-I, Mabel XVorley, do give and bequeath my snappy imperatives to Iona Rambo. Item S-I, Ruby XYasson, do give and bequeath my claims on Harry Mc- Donald to Florence Threw, if she cares for it. Item 9-I, Margaret Sporrer, do give and bequeath my ability to vamp Loren Oakes to Mary XYhitney. Item lo-I, Myrta Martin, do give and bequeath my lordly independence to Chester Patton. Item 11-I, Ruth XYooton, do give and bequeath my ability to impersonate an old maid to somebody who will need it-say, Lucille Flint. Item 12-I, Edna Clark, do give and bequeath all my Sunday night dates to Margaret Seltzer. Item 15-I, Ruth French, do give and bequeath my ability to bluff in Latin to Loren Oakes. THF SENIOR CLASS. This is to certify that Iidna Clark, Dean Condit and Ruth French, repre- senting the class of 19.21, did appear before me and make oath that the above is the true XVill and last Testament of the Senior Class of IQZIE. NELLIIE C.-XRSXVELL, judge. XVitnesses: C. C. Condit and Nellie Smith. lllllll Illll I lllll Illlllllltlllllllllllll'lIllIlIl1Il,Il lllllllllllllllIllIllltHHl'lI!II.II llllIlll'lI lllllilllllllllllllllll illlllll H ll I ll ll lt I Ill II Ht ll ll ll ll Il ll ll llllt Il IlillllllIIII!II1II1Illllllllllllllllllllllllllll'llIIl'lliElllINlllllllllllitllllliilil

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20 T H E U L M U S llllllllllll2IlallIIlillIH3llllIllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllIIIIIilIllI5II1llllllllllIllIllllIlllllllllillllllllllllilllllllllllllIllIIIllllIlllllllllIillIllIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllIll!IIlllllIIIIllIllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllilllllllllllllllllIllIllIIllllllIllllIlllllIl!l!lll' the largest beauty parlors in Timbuctoo. Following thatx item was an account of her life up to that time. She found that, after entering a beauty contest offered by the Elmwood Gazette, she would be successful as an instructor of beauty and decided to settle in the progressive town of Timbuctoo. On the society page of the paper he found that Chester Miles was chief organizer of the Sophists Club in Kangamba, which is in the southern part of the continent. It appeared that Chester's social life in the Sophists Club at Bradley influenced him to organize other clubs of the same sort. Their suc- cess in America led him to begin his action in Africa. As Clare's health had greatly improved, he decided to return to America, but before taking up his former position he would tour the United States. Upon arriving in New York he put in a call to his old home in Trivoli. He recognized in the voice of the operator still another of his old classmates, Ruth lVooton, who was chief toll operator in the telephone exchange of New York City. She had held a position as operator in Elmwood for a number of years, and while on a sightseeing trip was offered a position as toll operator in New York. She had, through her devotion to her work, reached the com- manding position as chief toll operator. On the train en route to Trivoli he noticed in the New York Times, in big headlines, an announcement of the biggest event of the season-an auto race between the two speed demons, Ralph De Palma, with his high-powered car, and Albert Wiolford, in his latest invention, the Ford, which runs on de- natured alcohol. Albert's racing career started on the three-mile square of Elmwood ,during the noon hour while he was still in school. On leaving school in IQ2I he decided to remodel his Ford to reach higher goals. In his first real race at the Peoria Implement Fair he ended in nothing flat. Encouraged by this first attempt, he accepted an invitation to a race to be held at Palm Beach, Fla. It was for this race that his name had appeared in the Times. XV hen the New York Central stopped at Cazenovia, Clare saw Dean Condit, who was dressed in the snappy uniform of a bus driver. calling, Bus here. a jitneyf' He seemed to be satisfied with the position he had held since he graduated from E. H. S. Then later, just out of Elmwood, Mr. Bagg noticed a sign on a barn which read like this: Orphans Home for Pigs, Cats and Other Strays.-Schlots 8: McKown. His memory wandered back to when they were in school, and he remembered that, Ralph and Fred had always been very kind-hearted and gentle to all animals. His final shock came when he was walking to his home from the train, wishing to surprise his parents. Passing the Stalter farm, he recognized im- mediately the musical voice of Mabel, who was then calling the chickens. When he talked to 'her he learned her sad, sad story. She had sacrificed all her brilliant musical career to help her husband in his farm duties. Oh. 'twas only a dream, and Mr. Clare felt himself being suddenly jerked about, and awoke to find his mother standing over him, as she said, Clare, get out of there, your father has been calling you for the last hour. .nummuuullluuuulmulmunmnnlinluluiinunnisuuuunruuumumuummiumnummumulumnmus1:n1is1.:zli.a..i..asam.aa:zeizmmluluumsulumunrmuummnummmuuuluauumulm::nuulummn:luumuumnlnn