Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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THE TEN YEAR CORRESPONDENCE CLUB ISS Cecella left her rubbers and umbl ella m the h Ill and opened the door of the small sunny llVlHg room D1d the postman leave anythmg for me 7 was her IIIYIOLIS query to a large rosy cheeked woman who looked up from her work as Mlss Ce cella entered Yes three letters there on the t 1ble Mlss Q8C6llI w1s 1l1ttle old m 11d of thlrty a teacher of de 1d l1ngu1gcs at the Youngstown Hlgh School She h 1d no rel 1t1ves III Youngstown she seemed to care very httle 1bout m lklllg' tuends and llved alone wlth Norah the woman whom she h1d eng 1ged to take care ot her l1ttle cottage and Ifelvc a l1rge AHgfJF1 c 1t Mxss Q6C6ll 1 s grey ey es l1t up wlth unwonted ewcltement as she caught slght of the letters She read the postm 1rks 1nd smlled delxghtedly to her self Then she whlspered softly to Ielw who had 1umped upon the table beslde her and was rubbmg h1s back agamst her hand Bell! they dldn t forget they d1d not forget' She took the letters 1nd went to her 1oom where she ch 1nged her wet clothlng for the l1rge woolly dresslng gown 1nd Worsted sllppers She sat down before the flreplace Wlth the letters stlll unopened III her hands The l1ttle room wlth 1ts tmy bookcase desk and lron bed began to fade slowly from Mlss Cecella s eyes She was bemg carrled back lnto the days of her glI'll'lOOCl It was Commencement mght at Rolls 1 c1ty three hundred mlles from Youngstown l+1fty benlors clad IH c1p and gown stood tremblmg Wlth ex cltement as they w 11ted for the Prlnclpal to d1StI'1bLlt9 hfty whlte dlplomas decorated w1th blue 1nd gold rlbbons and M1ss QECBIIA was among them The nest scene was th It of the Cl1ss PICHIC What a day that had Cecella w1th three other g1rls h 1d m 1de a solemn comp 1ct The agreement was that lf after ten years from Commencement nlght any of these four g1rls should be an old mald she wo11ld recene from each of the other glrls a long letter tell1ng what h 1d been her pa1t1cula1 QYDGFIQIICES and whether or not she had found happlness len vc us w lS decxded 11pon because each g1rl felt that m ten Veels her l1le s woxk would hue been begun 1nd she could tell then whether or not her l1fe would be a success -1: -I: 11' And now after ten years she MISS CeCCl1d was the one to recelve those prom1sed lettels these the letters lymg 1n her l1p' Wxth tremblmg fangers Illd 1 wlldly beatmg he llt she opened the flrst lctter from Nancy Ah she surely has found happmess mused MISS Cecella as she took out the da1nt1ly w rltten pages She has had every reason to be carefree a happy g1rlhood be 1uty 1ccompl1shments dotlng parents dozens of Slllt ors a model husband 1nd rlchesl Well we shall soon see Deal Ceceln the letter lan and Ift61 ten QSWIS you Fecella ale the one to IGLQIVE oul s1mple confesslons How much h IS happened m those few years What changes' I 1nste1d of the llght heuted gnl whom you knew ten y93lS ago 1m a pesslmlstlc hateful old wom1n Re1lly Lecella I do feel and look dleadfully old although I 1m but twenty elght -Xnd what has caused ltr' I dont know I h lve tllfxfl so h 11d to ove1t1l1e h 1pp1ness I guess that lSJl1St It I have WOIIIQLI m5 self sxck tzymg to c 1tch that evel Valllblllhg happmess and k L L 1l 4 C 2 C ll ' K , , ' l' 0 !! ' 1 . 1 1 1 K 1 1 c , 1' ' , 1 1'1' 41 , , , 2 H . , . . 2 2. 2 i , 1 1 2 2 2 x' 1 I1 1 A l C 1 1 , 1 , - 2 z ' s, ' , 1 I I 5 ll - I 1 1 C , X . 1 1 1 1 , c c c c . 1 1' 2 1' J ' 1' . 1 1' 1 1 1- I 1 I' 1 1 Z 1 2 1 . - - ' v I 1 1 gd D v I , . .... . , , ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 14 ' ' 1 .... . , . , . . ,, , . . 2 . , . 2 , ' ' 1 1 1' - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 11 c , 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 5' s , .' . , s 1 1 1 1 1 1 K L1 C 1 11: :gf :5: 15: 15: 15: sg: :1: 1 my C 1 1 Y x' N - 1 . 1 1 ' l - 1 1 1 , C 1 1 c L 1 1 , . I . 1 - 11 Y .1 1 1 c 1 ,f 11 1 . .1 1 C 1 C C 1 1 1 been-as merry as Commencement nlght had been terrltymg. Here M1ss -l . . 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 , 1 C C 1 C 1 . 1 . 1 C 1 C 1 C 1 . K, . ,, H .V I . 1 .1 . , . . I - I 1 1 - 1 1 I 1 c c . 1 , 1 C ' I ' 1 1 rd xi -1 vi 1 ' 1 1 f ' ' 11 ' . , 1 v I v Z v 2 1 Q . . , . I v 1 1 1 ., :lc :fc :Es :K zi: ., . V 1 1 .1 .1 1 ' , g 1 , 1 , 1 1 , 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 h 1 2 ' ' ' L1 2 2 ' 1 ' 2 1 As ' K1 .1 . U 1 1 ' ' 1 77 ' ' 1 , . . , , . . ' I Y . A A' KL W 5 V C L1 , 1 , 1 , 1 1 s, , . . - 1 1 1 . 1 Y 1 I 1 1 ,, 1 , 1 c , c 1 . , 1 1 1 1 ', 9' . 1 U. 1 1 1 .1 ' 1 At I Ly , C C 1 V 1 ' , 1 ' ' ' 1 CS 1'. Z 1 1 1' ' ' . 1- .. , ' 2 ' ' - 1 ' f ' ' ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 1 li' ' ' ' 1 ' ,' 1 ' ' f' ' : ' . . ' . ' ' . z ' . s 2 ' 'z ' 2 1' 3. ' ' J . , , . .' ,S .' . . ' . .2 1 . .- 1 . . 1 1

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THINGS LITERARY 1

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blrss, whrch we are all so desrrous of grasprng but whrch few people ever catch a glrmpse of Please dont mrsunderstand me I 'rm happy rn a w ry I have many frrends, and John sees that I h rve rll that money can buy, and yet there rs some thrng lackrng Really I shouldn t say rt but srnce thrs letter rs to contarn only the truth I shall speak plarnly, a thrng whrch I seldom do I have to guard my words so, rt rs a relref to speak freely for once I don t belreve John ever drd really love me' I don t beheve he knows what love rs' Of course he admrres me and rs proud of me but rf anythrng should ever happen to me, my place, I am sure could be easrly frlled by another Very easrlv John rs very popular among our frrends I would never admrt rt agarn, but I am horrrbly Jealous' lhrng of rt Cecelra Many trmes I have to put on a smrlrng rndrtferent face when I am nearly wrld to rush rcross the room and tear John away from elther a hrgh browed shrnrng lrght or a fur srmperrng debutante Ihey 'rll adore hrnr And what can I do I The first have the rntellect that I never h rd and the last have the beauty th xt I am fast losrng And then he gets restless rf he stays at home two evcnrngs rn successron I seem to bore hrm I get so lonely We have no chrldren O Cecelrr ten ye rrs ago I hoped md prayed that I vsoulclnt bc the one to rccerve those lctters but I h :vc ch rnged my vrews completely Xou should be rf you arc not nr my trmes h rpprer than I Well I sh rll not burden you longer wrth my tale of woe I do hope the othcr grrls have fared better I wrsh we could all see each other But that rs not to be thought of You wouldn t leave your books and I shouldn t drre to le we Iohn Wrth lots of love N-XNCX Mrss Cecelra paused a mrrrute after readrng thrs letter to vs rpe her eyes Dear lrttle Nance, she sard to herself you were so confrdent that you would be supremely hrppy wrth fr good lookrng husband and plenty of monev and yet thrs IS the result bhe opened the nerct letter currously for rt was from Fstelle, a grrl for herself alone But 1 year after Commencement Mrss Lecclra had heard that Lstelle had marrred and w as xery h rppy I erhaps, thought Cecelra, Estelle has found the happrrress that Nancy has farled to reach Dear Qecclrr I rlw rys thought and sard that I would be the one to re cerve those letters and now l rc rlly wrsh I were You know how craly I was to be an opera srnger How I wrsh th rt I mrght have kept my arnbrtron before me and frnally realrfed rt' I sh rll begrn my story from the fateful Commencement nrght ten long years ago I left rn r few d rys you renrember for Haddon Con servatory to study musrc I loved the work I studred farthfully for a year, and was far rn the second year when I met Arnold You know the rest I lost rn terest rn rny musrc My aunt becrme drsgusted and just before the close of my second year at Haddon, told me sharply to choose between Arnold and a mu srcal career And I took Arnold of course He was young a promrsrng law yer Our future lool ed very brrght The brrth of my daughter Hlled my cup of happrness to the brrm And then Arnold s health fuled and he became drs couraged I-Ie hui to leave hrs nerve rackrng professron and began work as a bookkeeper for a busrness nran rn Anton Our clrcumstances were greatly re duced, but I never complarrred for Arnold assured me that rt would be that way only a short trme Arnold grew stronger, but hrs ambrtron wrs gone He no longer talked of makrng of hrmself anythrng better than a thrrd rate book keeper I grew peevrsh md compl uned That m rde hrm cross and sullen and for a few nronths our home lrfe was any thrng but happy And then came the clrmax Arnold rn a fit of temper had words wrth hrs employer and wrs drs mrssed I drd not know what to do We hid to lrve Arnold seemed to care very lrttle what became of us At last I thought of nry long neglected musrc I went to the manager of a musrcal comedy company and trred out He lrked my vorce and gave me a place rn the company but rt was only a second class company I traveled wrth the company and though rt almost broke my heart to dot rt left lrttle Grace at Anton wrth Arnold I sent back nearly all that I made to Grace and hrm Whenever I suggested that he find somethrng to do, he always excused hrmself by statrng the possrbrlrty of another nervous break down At last I could stand rt no longer I sent for Grace and rn a short trme 1 - ' 1 , 44 , ' ' , 1 C C 1 i' 1 1: 1 C . 1 ' , 1 A. 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