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

 - Class of 1924

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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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