Houtzdale High School - Jack O Lantern Yearbook (Houtzdale, PA)

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THQ JACK O' LANTERN There is another occupant of the room. She is busily engaged operating a typewriter. It is Ellice Hoffman. She is Finley's private' secretary. There is a ring on the finger of her left hand. It seems to me that another ring will be there soon. ' I see much land. A young man in an abbreviated suit, running. Finally there are a lot of faces. He arrives at the grandstand. He is winner of the cross country race - It is Howard Jones. v I see a street corner. Someone is playing a street organ. There is a girl singing. It is Violet Williams. She has joined the Salvation rmy. 'fl see many cars of every kind and description. There is a tall man just crawling out from under one. It is Clark Gould, who is a mechanic in Gulbranson's garage. I see a man who looks very tired and distressed. He has been walking a long way, and seems to be touring Europe on foot. It is Ned Pollock. On one of the streets of a town called Ramey, I see a man who has an organ and monkey. The monkey is gathering pennies. The man is grinning. He is Cloyd Broberg. The principal contributer to the penny cup is Helen Gallagher. She is sorry for Cloyd as it is on her account that he is lowered to such a position. She has jilted him to marry Ned Pollock. I see a teacher in a large sunny room. The room looks rather juvenile and small children are sitting around tables playing in sand. The teacher is Amelia Vincent. I see a cabaret glittering with lights and tinkling with laughter Soft music begins to fill the air and a small dancer comes out. It is Ruth Williams. I see an airplane field. One of the aviators is Bert Webb. I see a large airplane iitted out for a long journey. The men have fur suits and look as if they are going to a cold climate. I see the plane fiying for many days and nights until it is far beyond the range of human habitationg at last they landand I hear a great shout. The North Pole has been reached. I see them going back on the homeward journey. At last they reach home and I see many newspapers. on the front page of all I see Mr. Webb's picture. He is receiving great honor every- where. Bert always did fly sort of high. I see a beauty parlor in Sanborn. I see a lady sitting alone. Cus- tomers come in, but the lady seems to be the only one who works. It is Catherine Hughes. I see a young lady sitting at a desk in a large white room. She looks very dignified, and is talking to a lady sitting With an infant in her lap. The dignified person is Margaret Pollock who is a baby specialist. The other lady is Mary Adelsberger who has married a wealthy broker. Her young son has cut his first tooth and she is very much worried about it. I see something moving up and down. It is an elevator. Some- -19,

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THE JACK O, LANTERN Ramey, Howard Jones - the tall boy from Brisbin, and Edmund Pollock - the studious boy from Dickenson Seminary. The next announcement was the election of a basket ball captain. Who would tave the place of the last year's captain? Then I heard the shooting of Yeh! Captain! Yeh! Saupp! Yeh! 'Yehl Captain Saupp! I was then greatly pleased for I knew Fid would make a tinecaptain I wondered what next would be announced to surprise me. I still heard them talking of the Senior class. The Class colors had been selected after much debate. Green and White were the colors selected also they had ordered the penants. As it was growing late, I was just getting ready to tune out when I heard the date of Commencement of the 1925 Senior Class being ar- ranged. This was a great surprise as it only seemed like yesterday that the 1925 class had entered as Freshmen, very much afraid of the upper class menf?J Espcially Cath. HughesQ?J Suddenly the type of program changed. I was listening to a musical comedy being broadcasted from the Houtzdale 'Opera House - entitled, Springtime. Most every Senior took a part and helped to make it a success. Although I could not see it with my own eyes, I could see it with my mind. Such singing I had never heard before. I certainly see fame that will follow them where ever they go. Then I heard Mr. Silliman saying:- This it station HHS signing off. We have had an unusual treat in hearing the doings of the class of 1925 of the Houtzdale High School. I think that no class other than the class of 1925 could have rendered such a delightful program Thank you and good night. CATHERINE C. '25 gH. H. S. CLASS PRJOPHECY Last week four Seniors and I went to a soothsayer, to have her gaze into her crystal and foretell the future of the class of 1925. We were about to tell her the names of the pupils in the class when she said Their names are revealed to me. She gazed intently into the ball' and then began to speak. I see a large brick building. It looks to me like a college. There seems to be a man and a woman. The man is Francis Rodgers and the woman is Catherine Chaplin. Mr. Rodgers is the French teacher and Miss Chaplin the physical directress. Mr. Rodgers is married to a French girl whom he met in Paris, while studying advanced French in that city. Catherine seems to be wearing a large diamond ring on the third finger of her left hand. I see a smoky city - Pittsburgh. Finley Saupp seems to be in this city. I see him in a large Farmer's Bank. He seems to be an im- portant personage in the bank. I see him sitting before a large desk. ....18..

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- - THE JACK O' LANTERN one in a trim blue suit is operating it. It is Marie Carey. p 'CI see a race course. There are horses racing. I see one far beyond. he rest. Finally it reaches the goal and the race is won. The rider dismounts amid the applause of the multitude. It is Giles Bonner. The crystal is now clear, the soothsayer' said. W'e were having such an enjoyable time listening to the futures of our classmates that we were loathe to leave, but as there was no more to be told we left, cliat- ting about what we had heard. The future of Francis did not surprise us because he was such an apt French Student. Violet's future surpris- ed us. We thought that she would be singing lullabies instead of Salvation Army songs. M. K. A. and A. E. V. '25 --H.-H.--S.-- SPECIALS Can you picture: Violet and Gretchen with bobbed hair? Prof Howe flirting? Dave Hiller in an evening dress? Kenny Saupp in short trousers? Howard Jones doing a fairy dance? Frank Durkee kissing a girl? Charles Zeigler without a girl? Earle Mitchell flunking? Helen Gallagher not riding to school? Bert not married? The Seniors behaving themselves? The Freshies not in swaddling clothes? Liberty Belles-old maids. Public Gatherings-the census. Perhaps Lot's wife got tired of being told that she was too fresh. The prosperous rum-seller does not advertise his big bargains. No one knows how bad the good may come if they don't die young. People sometimes rehearse a wedding, but one hearse does for a funeral. Did you ever: Get bruised from feeling rocky? Get preserved from being jarred? Get burned from having a hot time? Get a raise in the world from being done up? READ SUCH A BOOK AS THE JACK O'LANTERN ? What would school life be if: The chewing-gum factory shut down? Cloyd received no demerits? Brickie wasn't bashful with the opposite sex? Charlie stopped chasing girls? The ponies played truant? Prof. Silliman did not have red hair? Eddie Webb would decide? College Humor wasn't published? There was no demerit system? Af-30-