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

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THE ULMUS 23 what l Did Do When l Received One Thousand Dollars For Christmas AY back in the yea.r nineteen twenty-three when I was only a. fresh kid, I received the stupendous sum of one thousand dollars for Christmas. O-ne thousand iron men, all typified by a single litn tle sheet of paper. f The next day with a number ten hat band. and fifty-two chest I marched into the bank where The basis of my education was to be de- posited. It was early in the morning and the bank windows were open to air out the yesterdayfs. toibacco smoke. Airily Houncing out the winged wonder I was about to sign it when Wliooie! a gust of wind hand carried it out my reach and out into the street. Ne-Xt it floated 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 -now domain of The Persiansf' The aforementioned feliness, scenting dog in the air, immediately opened a clawing atta-ck. Weenie, now fully occupied, dropped the c.hec.k and I bowed the tree down with a shout of joy only to see a mighty hawk suddenly swoop down and -carry off my prize, perhaps for a pigeon or some other white critter. The old bird then started for Kempville at about seventy per where my father Cpre-viously tipped off by telephonej awaited him. Upon his triumphal arrival he was dropped by a load of chilled and they fell di- rectly over our hog-house. A line Duroc then opened his mouth. and, see- ing the sky-swooper, swallowed him hook, line and sinker. Upon seeing those capacious jaws close I gave up all hope. Two weeks later we butch- ered and as I was cutting out a prize Durods ribs, I suddenly heard a crackle and there was my- CornieI You sleepy roughneck! Get up! Get that room of Smith's cleaned out or I'll besto-w a half dozen bless- ings on your unworthy hide. So this was college. Some dreams. C. K. 723

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22 THE ULMUS 16. I, William Schenck, do give and bequeath my dates with Leone to Loren Sheltotn. ' I 17. I, Della Brown, do give and bequeath my popularity with the Wil- liamsiield boys to Lorena Fleisher. 18. I, VVillard DeFo-rd, do give and bequeath my Rosie to Leo-n Vlfhitney. 19. I, Cornelius Kemp, do give and bequeath 1ny lust for office to Owen Hall. 2o. I, Lucile Flint, do give and bequeath my liking for Frat. men to Hazel Nichols. ' 21. I, William Jaques, do give and bequeath my studiousness to Lowell Redding. 22. I, Elsie Manuel, do give and bequeath my ability as a stenograplier to Loring Jarman. 23. I, Millard Day, do give and bequeath my foremost lock of hair to Chester Patton. 24. I, Lester Turl, do give and bequeath my seat in Civics class to George Moore. 25. I, Margaret Ekstrand, do give and bequeath my spunky nature to Doiiis Dobbs. , , 26. I, Earline Weeks, do give and bequeath my oiratorical ac-complish- ments to Loiuise Macy. 27. I, lfVal'ter Dalton, do give and bequeath my habit of talking when Miss Johnston is in the Assembly, to Daniel French. 28. We, the Seniors., do :give and bequeath to the Junior Class all the pri- vileges we have left behind. 29. We, the Seniors, do give and bequeath to the Sophomores all our quiet sensibleness. A 30. We, the Seniors, do give and bequeath to the Freshmen all our know- ledge. THE SENIOR CLASS. This is to certify that MARGARET SELTZER and MARGARET EKSTRAND, representing the class of 1923, did appear before me and take oath that the above is the true Will and Lastj Testament of the Senior Class ojf 1923. HOWARD STINSON, Judge. PAUL HUFFINGTON DAISY CAMERON Witnesses

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