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

Page 28 text:

..- THE ULIXIUS 111. I, NYilliam Sehenek, rlo give and bequeath my clates with Leone to Loren Shelton. 17. 1, Della Brown, do give and bequeath my popularity with the Ivil- liamslielcl boys to Lorena Fleisher. 1 18. I, XN'illar1l Delfortl, do give antl bequeath my Rosie to Leon XYl1itney. 19. I, Cornelius Kemp, do give anal bequeath my lust for rtlfiee to Owen Hall. 20. I, Lueile Flint, do give and bequeath my liking for Frat. men to Hazel Nichols. 21. I, VVilliam Jaques, clo give and bequeath my stutliousness to Lowell Necltling. 22. I, Elsie Manuel, do give and bequeath my ability as a stenograpiher to Loring Jarman. 13. I, lilillartl Day, do give and bequeath my foremost loek of hair to Chester Patton. 14. I, Lester Turl, do give and bequeath my seat in Civics class to George llloi ire. 15. I, Margaret likstrancl, do give and bequeath my spunky nature to Donis Dobbs. gli. l, liarline XVL-eks, do give and bequeath my oratorieal accomplish- ments to Loiuise lllaey. 17. I, Wlilter Dalton, do give and bequeath my habit of talking when Miss joimslon is in the Assembly, to Daniel French. 28. XVe, the Seniors, rlo give and bequeath to the junior Class all the pri- vileges we have left behind. 21. IVC, the Seniors, do 'ive and bet ueath to the Sophomores all our J I quiet sensibleness. go. lVe, the Seniors, do give and bequeath to the Freshmen all our know- leilge. TH E SENIOR CLASS. This is to certify that MARGARET SELTZER and MARGARET EKSTRAND, representing the elass ol' 19.23, clitl appear before me and take oa.th that the above is the true XVill and Last Testament Of the Senior Class qf 1923. HOXVARD STINSON, Judge. PAUL HUFFINGTON I DAISY CAMERON XN'itnesses

Page 27 text:

THE ULMUS 21 Class Will To Xvlltilll It May Concern: XVe, the Class ol' 1o.z3,, of Elmwood Community High School, realiz- ing fully and sorrowfully that our eareer as an aetive class, is about te end and knowing the neeessity of making timely and proper disposal of our talents, troubles and property, do, therefore, make, publish and de- elare this our la.st will and testament. 1. I, Pearl Clinch, do give and bequeath my quiet disposition to Ruth lislinger. 2. I, Kathyrn Cusack, do give and bequeath my long black curls to XVilda Hoyt. ' 3. I, Margaret Seltzer, do give and bequeath my hair-dressing ability to Lois Miles. 4. I, john Cullings, do give and bequeath my argumentative way in Phy- sies Class to john limkin, and hope the teacher can argue like Mr. Hui' Iington. 5. I, Harry Stolter, do give and bequeath my heart-smasliing abilities on Cornelia to Lawrence Moran. 6. ,I, Ralph Melville, do give and bequeath my vasolino hair and ways to Thomas Miller. 7. I, Doris Colvin, do give and bequeath my gentle nature to Marjorie Corbett. S. I, Dorotha Young, do give and bequeath my nickname of General to Ruth Tidd. o. I, Everett lipley, do give and bequeath my ambition along musical lines to Loren Harkness. ro. I, Elva XVolford, do- give and bequeath my marcel to julia Dwyer, 11. I, Cecil Coon, do give and bequeath my popularity with a Freshman girl to George Montgomery. 12. I, Paul Miles, do give and bequeath some of my height to Dorothea llofwman. 13. I, Leah Maher, do give and bequeath my soft voiee in Civics Class, to Jeanette Coolidge. 14. I, Floyd Brown, do give and bequeath my Ag-pin twhieh Margaret Seltzer noxw possessesj to Norma Huber, 15. I, Mary Demiek, do give and bequeath my stately little stride into the Assembly to Gladys Deford.

Page 29 text:

THE ULMUS 23, What I Did Do When I Received One Thousand Dollars For Christmas :XY baek in the year nineteen twenty-three when I was only a fresh kid, I received the stupendous sum of one thousand dollars for Christmas. One thousand iron meng all typified by a single lit- tle sheet of paper. The next day with a number ten hat band and fifty-two ehest I inarehed into the bank where The basis of my education was to be de- posited. lt wa.s early in the morning and the bank windows were open to air out the yesterday's toibaeeo smoke. Airily tlouneing out the winged wonder I was about to sign it when VVhooie! a gust of wind had Carried it out my reaeh and out into the street. Next it lloated into the seemingly prepared mouth of Tom Miller's hound. He burned up the street, with yours truly a poor second and good dust eater. This continued until he reached the erstwhile Schenck home Hnow domain of The l'ersians. The aforeinentioned feliness, seelltillg' dog in the air, immediately opened a clawing attaek. XVeenie, now fully oeeupied, dropped the cheek and I bowed the tree down with a shout of joy only to see a mighty hawk suddenly swoop down and Carry otlf my prize, perhaps for a pigeon or some other white Critter. The old bird then started for Kempyille at about seventy per where my father tpreyiously tipped oil' by telephonel awaited him. Upon his triuinphal arrival he was dropped by a load of chilled and they fell di- rectly over our hog-house. A line Duroe then opened his mouth and, see- ing the sky-swooper, swallowed him hook, line and sinker. Upon seeing those eapaeious jaws close I gave up all hope. Two weeks later we buteh- ered and as I was cutting out a prize DuroC's ribs, I suddenly heard a eraekle and there was my- Cornie! You sleepy roughneek! Get up! Get that room ol' Sinitlfs Cleaned out or I'll bestow a half dozen bl6SS- ingsi' on your unworthy hide. So this was college. Some dreams. C. K. i2.3