Jamestown High School - School Bell Echoes Yearbook (Jamestown, IN)

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Page 7 We, the exalted and paramount class of 1931 of the Jamestown High School, being of sane mind, sound memory, and good habits, do hereby draw up in the presence of our es- teemed Principal, Harley Holben, and Trustee Edward Hoover, publish and direct this to be our last will and testament on this 24th day df April, 1931. We will to the Sophomore Class our ancient wads of gum and gift of gab. We will to the unsophisticated Junior Class our debts, our seats in this sacred corner, our privileges, the high standards set by this clfass, also the ability for the fast advancement pace set by us. We will to the Freshman Class the songs we couldn ' t sing, and all available ponies on which to gallop through Algebra and Latin. We will to the town of Jamestown the great- est memory possible of the Class of 31. May it fill them with pride and admiration and be an ever-lifting influence to the students that are to come. We will to the future attendants of J. H. S. our brilliance to the school to be. We also will the attention of our principal, Harley Holben (we hope). PERSONAL BEQUESTS I, Frank Kavas, am ready to leave my great ability for love making to my dear schoolmate Lois Myers. I, Ellsworth Martin, will the Swiss move- ment of my Adams Apple to Glenn McCreary, provided ihe practices fifteen minutes a day. I, Eunice Walters, will the bar of soap I used the last three years to Frances Burns, and my long underwear to Eleanor Knight. L Jim Replogle, will my unusual ability to laugh at my own jokes to Jay Frank. I, Grace Motts, will my essence of o-nions and bashfulness to Irma Holderman. I, Raymond Steele, will or rather am forced to will, my frivolous charmer, Loreen Whit- right to Edwin Diefenbaugh as they are loving classmates of the Junior Class. I, Robert Molebash, will my left handed razor and passionate pink and lavender shirt to Daniel Cook. I, Mary Deak, will my a-bility to Shift gears with my feet and my scholarship in the well known school of experience in love making to Marjorie Moore. L Carlysle Moore, will my feet, on expira- tion, to the Biology Class, and ability to carry a tune to Wayne Cook. L Forest Albright, will my baby look and SOX appeal to a forecoming genius to Paul Elder. I, Helen Holderman, will my secret Lonely road and vast knowledge of dumbness with boys to a future artist at the trade, to Neola Bas ' h. I, Helen Hendricks, will my contemptible laugh at Joe Gasplin to the future ciasses that come. (Pray for the teacher). I, Joe Gasplin, will my great ability or rather reputation of responsibility and exces- sive laugh, and free shower equipment to Jack Bradley. L Dorothy Gentzhorn, will my huge amount of intelligence and sayings as How Dum ' b, and can ' t stand that to Dick Neely and Gor- don Hendricks. I, Leonard Ernsberger, will my hearty laugh and also wish to leave in the will the fuzz on my upper lip to Norman Moore, so he will be able to support a mustache and my iblack under- wear to Max Baker. L Maurice Sawyer, will or wish to leave my beauty spots to Edgar Tschupp. Also my ver- bose characteristics to Juanita Gerhart. We name Mr. T. W. Fish, alias Bill Shake- speare n, sole executor of our will. In Witness Whereof, we the above named estate, do affix our seal this 24th day of April, 1931. CLASS OF 1931, By the late, Maurice Sawyer.

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Page 6 SCHOOL BELL ECHOES In 1929, with only seventeen members, the ship Junior set sail on the Ocean of Knowl- edge . Several missed the ship but it had to sail without them. They sailed along success- fully with Mr. Fish as Pilot. They stopped long enough to present He ' s My Pal , which was the class play. They ended this journey with a banquet to the Seniors. And then the final journey which began in September, 1930, seventeen members, including Norris Kern, a provisional Senior, set sail on the ship Senior . We have as Pilot Mr. Boyer, Captain Forest Albright, and Grace Motts as ship operator. During this final journey we have engaged in the activities of the school. We stopped for the class play, The Wild Oats Boy, Girl Reserves and Hi-Y activities and numerous other events of the year. With the new addition to our ship we found the Ocean of Knowledge much easier sailing. Of course this trip was our busiest one, but we all enjoyed it. Thus we come to the end of our journey, and are now ready to sail upon the Sea of Life. A PLEASANT DREAM (Class Prophecy) A few nights ago I took advantage of the opportunity to retire early. I had just closed my eyes to this busy world when along came my dream train and I sped away on a voyage ten years into the future. I was just returning from a trip abroad, where I had been making an advanced study of teaching methods. By a special letter of in- troduction given to me by the ambassador in France, I was admitted to the office of the Sec- retary of State at Washington. There, much to my surprise and delight, I met my old friend Dorothy Gentzhorn, who was the private secre- tary of the official. She told me that as it was May she was soon to have her annual vacation. She said she was planning to go Iback to her old home in Jamestown. She invited me to ac- company her. I gladly accepted the invitation and the next week we arrived at Jamestown, which had grown, by the way, into a large city of 50,000. Of course the first place which we vi.sited was old J. H. S. We found that Mr. Holben had resigned as principal and had re- tired to his home, which was now in the busy part of the city. In his place was one oif our old classmates, Joe Gaspelin. We were much interested in the athletic activities of the school. The Basketball and P )otball teams had won very honorable trophies, under the direc- tion of Coach Forest Albright. He had taken first place in the State Basketball Tournament in the last year. He asked us to take dinner with him at his home. We were delighted when we reached his beautiful home on Fifth Ave- nue to see Mrs. Albright (formerly Eunice Walter) and their little blonde twins, Eunice and Edward. That evening we went with them to the First City Hospital to see our old friend Maurice Sawyer, who was suffering slight frae- tures from a collision of his plane. We heard from several people that Maurice was making a wonderful success in aviation, the accident having ccourred while he was looking at a sight on the earth, in the personage of Mary Deak, whom he saw playing a banjo in the yard of her home, which was called, by the way, Don Juan Gardens. When we reached the hospital we found Maurice in an improved condition. While we were there a white gowned nurse came in. We again had a pleasant surprise when we found that it was Helen Holderman, wiho had graduated from a Surgical Course in Nursing. The next day we attended a concert given by Kavas (Frank) accomplished cornetist, who was accompanying Paderewski on a tour giv- ing musical concerts. We felt very privileged in securing an interview with the master. We were returning from this concert when whom should we meet but Carlysle Moore and his wife, Mrs. Moore, or Grace Motts, as we knew her. We wished to talk with them .and so because they had an appointment with their draftsman who was making the plans for their new flower shop which they planned to open very soon, we went with them. We reached his ofiice finally and of course were surprised again to see on the door Replogle Replogle — draftsmen. We learned that these were none other than James and his brother. Jim was also prize fighting on the side line. We went with Grace and Mutt to their home where we learned that our old friend Robert Molelbash was traveling with a company of dramatists among whom he was portraying several negro parts. We also learned that Ellsworth Martin was married to an Osceola girl and studying law. We were greatly astonished when we found that Leonard Ernsberger, known to us as Pat, and Raymond Steele were teaching Algeibra in the Jamestown High School. This shock awoke me and I realized that it was all a dream. I hope. Classmates, that we can at least realize this dream. — Helen Hendricks. Stranger: Say, is there a man in this vi- cinity with one leg named Smith? Farmer: Dunno. Dew you know the name uv his other leg? Kindly Disposed Lady: It must be very hard to be poor. Needy Individual: Hard? I ' ve always found it easy enough, ma ' am.

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Page 8 SCHOOL BELL ECHOES Left to right, bottom row — Loreen Whitright, Tippy ; Frances Burns, Bobby ; Eleanor Knight; Wilma Lechlitner, Willy ; Mildred Humes, Milly ; Irma Holderman, Billy ; Neola Bash, Noley . Second row — Daniel Cook, Dan ; Wayne Cook, Cook ; Paul Elder, Willie ; John Frank, Jay ; Leonard Kern, Kerny ; Junior Stahl, June ; Edgar Tschupp, Edie-Gar . Third row — Jack Bradley, JefF ; Donald Jackson, Jack ; Edwin Diefenbaugh, Charley ; Glen McCreary, Mac ; Norman Moore, Tiny ; Henry Testo, Hank . Stewart Mann, Stewie , was absent the day this picture was taken. We, as a class, want to congratulate the Sen- iors on the success of their play, The Wild Oats Boy. We also want to congratulate Mr. Boyer, their director. CLASS HISTORY One bright Septemiber morning in 1928 our Class of ' 32 found its way into J. H. S.. We had 24 members. Soon Neola Bash joined us. We sailed through the year nicely, although we did not organize our class. We had several jolly parties with Mrs. Willis acting as our sponsor. When we came back in ' 29, we found three memibers missing, namely, Clifford Eller, Ruth Stewart and Paul Rockwell. That year we or- ganized our Class and elected the following officers: President, Neola Bash; Vice-Presi- dent, Edwin Diefenbaug ' h ; Secretary and Treasurer, P ances Burns. Mr. Sheets acting as sponsor. We accomplished practically nothing that year. Ad When ' 30 rolled around and we answered the School Bell, we were all there, 22 of us. John Deak dropped out but Jack Bradley was there and now we only had 22 members. At Christmas, Degormah Johnson moved to Madi- son and of course we lost him. Soon after school started we elected officers. President, Neola Bash; Vice-President, Edwin Diefen- baugh, Secretary and Treasurer, John Frank; Social Chairman, Frances Burns. Our spon- sors are Miss Brainard and Mr. Sheets. Our Junior play went over fairly well and at the present we are preparing for the Junior- Senior Banciuet. X He: Do you think we can manage on my salary of twenty dollars a week, darling? She: I think I can — but what will you do? Doctor (to fair patient) : You certainly have acute appendicitis. Oh, doctor, you flatter me.