Greentown High School - Emerald Yearbook (Greentown, IN)

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ECD E m g.ra O ' £nT gralA. Grenetown, Indiany, March 14, 1922. Deer Bill, I sit doune bi the windo an take my pen in hand to rite yu a lettre about the skule here. I am wel and hope yew ar the same. How is yore paw’s rewmatiz ? Maw burnt her arm with an iron tother day, and kant werk much. I am havin a fine time hear. I pla basketbal almos evri da. I pla on the Grene Lege. We dew not winn veri often. I am forward on the Grene Lege teme. I hev jined the Grenetown orkestra, wher I pla mi akordiun. I sing in the Gle klub to. I am 1st base. Sum of mi frends sing in the Gle klub to. I hev lots uf frends. Most of the purty gurls lik me to. When I lef Hickvill, Pa sez fur me tew chuze the bes clas in the skule when I cum hear, so afftur dew kunsiderashun, I disided to chuse the juneyer clas. Their aint hardli anybodi in the Senyer clas hear, sew I dident jine thet clas. Awl the uther classes ar no gud, so 1 disided to jine this hear juneyer clas, which hes the britest, bes-lookin, and most poplur studunts in the skule. They hev several gud basketbal players in there clas and 2 or 3 in the orkestra, what I pla mi akordiun in. My bes frend hear is jonny fel. He is president of thys clas. He is captin of the Grene Lege which I pla on. He dont pla himself but he yewsed to. Hee is a veri musikel go to. He plais a horn an sings in the Gle klub. Hee rayses chiens and hez a gardun. He is a veri poplur pursun in thys clas, 2nd onli two me. Hee is a veri importent membre in the clas. Thee nex inportent is Duke McCoy. He plais centre an the basketbal teme. I tryd fer hys plase butt I cudnt quite make it. Hee is the onli 1 in thee klas thet is in luv. He is in luv with Alise Able. They rite notes to each uther. I red 1 the uther da. It were funni. Alise rites them to hym tew. i wil diskribe her nex. She luvs to tawk an dus sew insesuntli. She gits bettre grades in speling then I due. She plais on the Grenetown gurls basketbal teme thet hez lost onli 3 games thys csun. I hev fallun in luv with 3 gurls hear, kalled the unseperabull 3. They ar Veeda Kwick, Awdra Kottingham, an Edra Hawkuns. They ar awl veri gud studunts. Butt they awl gave me the mitten. Wee allso hev anuther gud basketbal playre in thee clas. Hys (name is Hansul Jonsun. Hee plais forwurd on the Grene Lege with me. He plais an altow in thee orkestra where I pla my akordiun. He hez nevur bin in luv but 1 or 2 times. Hee wunce wuz in luv with elnore chase. Shee is the purties gurl in the klas. She draws purty pikturs. Shee draws them for me sum- times. She livs in thee cuntrie. The rode inn frant of the house is awl chopped upp from 2 many peeple terning in their. Their is anuther gi in the klas which plais on thee basketbal teme. Hys name is juliun Abel. Hee allso plais in the orkestra what I pla my akordiun inn. He is a brath- ur of Alise Able which gose withe Duke. The orkestra plaid fur the skule the uther da. I made a hit with the stoodunts. I plaid a sowlow. Spekeing uf musishuns, hour clas hez several. Garnet isaks is a gud piano plaier. Shee plais fur the Koras clas. Sy Golding plais a slide trombone. He makes so much rakit thet yeu cant here anybcdi else pla. Hee got hirt plaiing baskitbal, sew he dont pla animore. An M ' ari Slawtur, hoo plais a sackso- foam. She diddn’t start att thee beegining of skule be- caws of sikniss inn thee fambuli. Shee is the thurd bes studunt inn thee clas, 2nd to me. Ther is a feller in the clas, who hes bin out west, inn the wild an wully west. He hes fit about a 1000 Injuns. He hes a wunderfull culek- P a rvus CI as. (r. H S f 3 2 2 M a n i Page nineteen

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C L— Top row, left to right—Alice Abell, Veda Quick. Edra Hawkins, Garnet Isaacs, Ethel Clark, Mary Slaughter, Lucille Dutton, Eleanor Chase, T ohn Ellis Fell. Bottom row, left to right—Hansel Johnson Ermon Clingenpeel, Julian Abell, Lavon McCoy, Oscar Morris, Sherman Fowler. P a rvus C . I a ss Ct H .S. ) 3 2 2 M n u f. Page eighteen

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ClL T£m frail shun uf skalps what he hymself liftud frum the heds uf there coresponding ' oners. I am afeard uf hym. I am afeard thet hee wil take a fency to my scelp to. I am g ' oing tu git a short hair-cut sew thet he will not be sew lykli to want it. He plais besketbal to. Ther ar onli 2 bashful gurls in our clas. There names ar Ethle Clarks an Lusile Duttin. They studi awefull hard. They git bet- tre grades then I du in Inglish. Inglish dus not agree with me. Mi bes frends ar 2 boys frum up north uf toun, from a little town named Plevny. They ar Claytun Coughmun and Urmun Clingunpele. They pla on the basketbal Leges to. One on the Grene an th.e uthur on the White. Their is anuther gi hear hu gose up tu thet sekshun of the cuntrie sum times, I suppoes to visut Urmun an Klaytun. Thee cuntrie their agrees with hymn. His name is oscur Morris. He hez a teme of mules an plais a base horn in the orkestra, and plais basketbal. He is kwite an akorn- pleshed gentlemin. Their is just 1 moore gi in the clas. Hee is a millyunair. He is a gud feller. He plais bak-gard on the White Lege teme. Hee lyves ovre nere our nay- burring sity of Kowkowmo. Hee is a gud baysebal player to. Wei, I hev told you awl I no fer the presint. Yores cinsearly, HIRUM BURDSEDE. Class Ct.H.S. I 9 2 P. Ma Gnus l] Page twenty