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

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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

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