Herkimer High School - Ye Green Quill Yearbook (Herkimer, NY)

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The Green Quill 29 YE OLD WILL We, the members of the class of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight A. D., of the Herki- mer High School, Town of Herkimer in the County of Herkimer, State of New York, and the United States of America, being of und mind and memory realizing that the d of our days is drawing nigh do hereby make, and publish this, our last Will and Testament, before it is too late. Firstly- To our humble successors, the Juniors. we leave the hope that you may obtain the same pinnacles of success as awe, your worthy predesessors, have achieved. Secondly- To the poor sophmores, just a word of encouragement. Don't give up: next year you may dine with the Seniors. T'hirdly-- To the down trodden Freshmen, we bequeathe this our excess supply of 'bril- liancy which we hope will over balance their deep inseated dumbness. Fourthly- That in the manner henceforth stated all insuing, bequests will hereby be carried out according to the law of the State of New York. 1. To Winston Sousaphone Ashmanz- This ladder to cllm'b down off your horse. 2. To Helen Orator Borkowskiz- This har- poon to aid you in hunting seals and Walrus fWalrathJ. - 3. To Germaine Lindy Foisy:- This little book entitled, How to Fly in Six Parts. 4. To Harold Lucy N'ichols:- This road map to East Herkimer. The Doman is marked with a check. 5. To Lillian Oh Howe Sweet:- This tablet so you may continue your correspondence dur- ing the summer months and Howe. 6. To R. Thomas Howe:- This bar of candy which isn't Lili but it is Sweet, 7. To Harold Speedy Rinehartz- This bottle of Sta-comb which is guaranteed to keep your hair in place. 8. To Katherine O'bstinate O'Donnell- This pair of Bobs but then-one is enough. 9. To Frank Sophisticated Pelton Jr:- This rolling pin to remind you of Doe, 10. To Harry Plattsburgh Mullerz- This Mor- tar and Pistle to complete your laboratory equipment. 11. To Mary Beatie Bitoutz- This popular song hit by Herman Oberle entitled: The Sweetheart cf Six Other Guys How do you do it ! ! ! 12. To Paul 'tLoxi Groganz- This stake to remind you of Peg, 13. To Alex Alibi Krohmalneyr- This wrist watch to aid you in arriving on time. 14. To Eunice Oh .So-0SJ Kinneyx- This sea- son ticket for all the games in which Timo plays. We would also like to know how--, when he is talking you get a Worden, tWord ini. 15. To Charles Clump Barlow:- This bottle of Energine to speed you up. 16. To Robert Alonlzo' Babcockz- This package which is marked C.-0.D. We wonder what this means. 17. To Edna Waterman Pen :- This 'heart so your affections will never Cece. 18. To Tom Hart Brownz- This Ford so you wan't have to Huyck. 19. To Ward 'Beany Wood:- This tuning fork to help in reaching the right tune on your piccolo. 20. To Louie Mohawk Burrowsx- These sink- ers to weight your heels to keep them on the ground. 21. To Paul Byrd 4Skeels:- This lock. It isn't Emily, but it is a Yale! 22. 'To Beatrice rC'havaustie:- This piece of money which we hope will remind you of Bill. 23. To Robert Bl Usher Holmesz- This cer- tificate appointing you honorary member of a Chinese Operatic Society. 24. To Edwin Murph 0'Brien:- This flsh hook to help you Ketchum, 215. To Edward Lizzy Lloydz- This Biography cf Sousa which we hope will 'be an example to you in your career as band master. 26. To Henry Kast Bridge Wicksz- This 1929 fashion book, Styles for the Well Dressed Man. We hope you will continue to lead the styles of Herkimer High. 27. To Thelma Vi-ckery Ashz- This small token in memory of your ability in the sale of Senior Concert tickers. 28. To Vinginia Bridget Brady:- This carton of gum to chew away in lonesome hours. 29. To Lydia Trombone 'Rommel:- To you we give this claw. We hope you get Doug 30. To Elton Huy-ck: We would like to know if you were the composer of Me and My Little Banjo. We give you this instrument to practice on so as to save your banjo from wear and tear. Lastly, we hereby appoint these three Rusty Heads: Thomas Donohue, Philip Raymond, and George 'Gilette executors of this our last Will and Testament, with full power and legislation to carry out all provisions of said will. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto sub- scribed my name the fourth day of June in the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-eight. tSignedJ Wallace Beery Julius Caesar

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28 The Green Quill The next morning' we decided to go down to the east side of New York. We 'saw many people of different races and customs. We were walking along and all at once Catherine pointed out a mission house. We decided to go over and look in and to our surprise we walked right into Emily Yale and Paul Skeels. They told us they had been running it for five years and also that Emily was not Miss Yalc any longer but Mrs, Skeels. In the afternoon we went to visit the museum of natural history and were very surprised to see Raymond Gorski very busily engaged in painting the Spirit of St. Louis. He told us he had taken up painting as his life work. After leaving the museum of Natural history we journeyed down the street to do some shop- ping. We noticed a very attractive tea shop called Blue Bird. We ventured inside and found Arlene Countryman and Marjorie Hunt the proprietressess. They confessed to us that they were still old maids because they were too interested in their business to think of marriage. We found also that they had in their employment Irene Mayo and Frances Knights who had proved to be very satisfactory wait- resses. In the evening we made it a point to go and see my old friend Doris Underhill. We found her in the studio of Bohemia, working on a portrait. She was a very famous artist and was always busy painting pictures of the prominent women in New York -City's social world. We left the next morning to tour the south- ern part of the state going westward. We rode all day and finally stopped at a small town near Binghamton. We had our dinner and while eating we heard there was a -circus in town owned by Pugia. and Son. The name sounded familiar and we decided to go and enjoy the pleasures of children again. We 'bought our tickets and were 'walking about the grounds before the performance. Suddenly Catherine saw a man upon a platform waving his hand furiously while the crowd became larger and larger. 'We decided to see what it was all about and as we drew closer we recog- nized the familiar voice of Harry Muller. We decided that Harry had taken up Ballyhooing as his vocation in life. Soon a girl stepped upon a platform dressed in Spanish costume and we immediately recognized her as' Mar- guerite DesRosiers. She certainly could dance. After the circus we went to our rooms to stay for the night for we had a long journey ahead of us as we had decided to lgio to Buffalo. We arrived in Buffalo quite late at night and so we went immediately to our hotel. In the morning since Catherine's daughter was considering going to Buffalo Normal we went to look the school over. Going across iii the Campus we saw a familiar figure coming toward us, who to our .surprise was Michael Merena. He was employed as football coach and had turned out many successful teams. H-e consented to show us through the Normal and we met Alberta Johnson. She informed us that she was an English teacher there. In the afternoon we went to Niagara Falls and went through the Shredded Wheat plant. We went in and were confronted by Eunice Kinney and Marguerite. Lengline who showed us around the plant. We then returned to Buffalo in as much as we had met so many of our old classmates, we set about to look for someone else whom we might know. Catherine suddenly remem- bered that she had received word from Robert Holmes that he was minister in the Methodist Church there. We went to visit him and he asked us where we were going from Buffalo. We t-old him that our next stop was Rochester. He told us to be sure and look up Albert DuBois, as he owned a jewelery store in that city. When we reached Rochester, we stopped in to see him and he told us he had a wonder- ful business due to the fact that he had a very efficient clerk who was Helen .Semit. She had been employed for two years. After leaving Rochester we motored to Ithaca where 'Cather- ine had relatives. We reached there early in the eveninlg' and were quite. tired from our long trip. We went to bed early so as to be rested up for the next day. We didn't go any place in the morning but decided to visit Cor- nell University in the afternoon. We enjoyed going through the buildings very much and were surprised to find Emil Kraus at the 'head of the Business Administration department. In the evening we went to see Mary Ketchum, who is now Mrs. E, E. M-orgenthau Jr. 'She owned a beautiful home and we were enter- tained very graciously. The next day we started for Syracuse reach- ing our destination late in the afternoon. We knew that Marx Cristman was president of Syracuse University, so we went to see him. We were discussing old times when Howard Kirby came in. He told us that he was a Latin teacher in the University and that he and the president got on very well to-gether. They wished us to stay longer in the city but we told them we had been away for so long that it was really important that we return home. We reached home the next day late in the evening and found heaps of mail waiting for us. After dining we began opening our mail. Catherine and I each received an invitation to the weddinlg' of Virginia Brady and Robert Babcock. We were glad to hear this as they were the only classmates we had not seen on our trip and so decided to attend the wedding. We had a very enjoyable trip and thought a. wedding would end it up most fitting for we and what they were doing to bring success to them.

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