Marengo Community High School - Yearbook (Marengo, IL)

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Last Wlll and Testament of the Class of l920 lhe benlor Llass of lVlarengo lll havmg been lnformed that on une 4th l Z0 she must due due to a very serlous case of knowledgltls has COI11ITllSSl0I1Ed me as her attorney to draw up a wrll lnestowmg the few earthly effects whrch she now nas ln her possessron upon her nearest and de rest frlends and relatives Llsten then to the readmg of the Last Wlll and lmestament of the Class of l920 Tl-IE WILL We the class of IQZU belng of sound mmd and memory and knowm tl uncertainty of this frall and transitory llfe do make ordam publlsh and declare lhxs to be our last wlll and testament l'1rst we order and dlrect that our executor hereinafter named carry out all our bequests mentioned as convenlently as posslble lo the underclassmen who are following our footsteps ln the quest of knowledge we bequeath our seats ln the assembly lo the Jumor grrls we bequeath the rlvht to amuse the boys ln the hall DlOVlCllflU that they get the permlsslon of the supermtendent This right IS at present held ln our memorres We bequeath the rlght to block the alsles ln the assembly to Frank Conway lhls rlght IS at present held by Kenneth ohnstone We would advlse you Frank to see hlm IH order that you may learn the most sc1ent1f1c way of dolng thls o hlda Muller we bequeath Lmma Nulle s glggle lo lslancls lVluz1v we wrll and bequeath Adelbert Coon s athletlc ablllty We would give you Clifford lkltchen s also but he rs not wllllng to part wlth It lo the nolsy lsreshmen we bequeath the dllrgence ln studymg shown by Esther bteege and Ruth Dalby ly Herbert Kutzner We bequeath to Raymond Abraham the valedrclory speech plovrdmg hrs scholar 'np ls the best 1n the class Olga Voeltz has thls speech this year lo lVlaur1ce Kltchen we bequeath Clifford s ablllly for playlng the bass horn We bequeath to Ralph ordan the chewing gum found on the under slde of lvlarlon Uebers desk Marlon has a very large assortment and lt ought to keep you chewmg for at least a year lo Donald Prmgle we bequeath Frederica Wllke s manner of entertammg friends Donald has been well schooled rn thrs and he ought to acquire thls art ln a very hort time We wrll and bequeath to Ruth Hulett Helen Schneldew 1nd s musical ablllty lo Hazel Hyde Marlon Moon Francis Redpath Robert Casely and Harold Wllke we bequeath the good scholarship of Mary Grower Florence Rltter Mal rvuerlte bheahan Werner Hlnz and Paul Stouvenm lo l'ranc1s Lhurch we bequeath Frank Hlggm s wrt We bequeath to Laura l'1ertag Lstella Stewart s herght Or at least as much as Lstella can spare lo Nelhe Loomls we bequeath lda Serdenstrang s faculty for w rltlng poetry lo our beloved school we would give our smcere affection our deepest reverence our heartlest gratitude and the whole unllmlted wealth of our eternal memory We do hereby constltute and appomt Mr Howard Tanner Presldent of the unlor Llass the sole executor of thls our last wrll and testament rn Witness Whereof We the Class of l9Z0 the testators have to thls our will set our hands and seal thls 4th day of une Anno DOmlnl One Thousand Nine Hun dled and lwenty fblgnedl Adelbert Coon Presldent Emma Nulle Sec y Treas Alfred Elchler lu lw ntx faux 79 . . 4 ' , . y , ' . t . ' V. S N vi. 1 . , V , I . 'lo Carryl Lhurch,. we bequeath the position of school monkey, at present held . - f C t Y . . F . . . 5 '7, . . , . .4 K 5 g 4 . J , . .y . -

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Class Prophecy lVlany years have passed srnce I saw my classmates rn a group as we drd rn scnool at the class meetrngs partres and dances Ihe other nrght I went to bed tlrrnkrng of my past school days I fell asleep after many hours of wonderrngs Soon ' passed through the door leadrng to pleasant dreams and found myself rn a beautrful room frlled wrth people and Adelbert Coon our class musrcran and presrdent tandrng on the stage speakrng on the toprc Work and Honor Wrll Follow Hrs tone of xorce had not changed and rt remrnded me of the trmes when he spoke to the Senror class of hrs wonderful plans At the left of the speaker sat Ruth Dalby takrng notes on the subject whrch she rrrtended to read and explarn to her ILngIrsh class She was an Englrsh teacher rn the Hrgh bchool of thrs town When I was gorng to the statron to rake the electrrc car to my next place of dreams I saw Alfred hrchler appear at the trcket wrndow ready to sell me a trcket and rnform me that the car was on trme Often trmes rn my school Clays he would say rt was on trme although we had to wart at least frfteen mmutes I he car had at last arrrved and upon enterrng I saw a young lady beckon to me Ar second glance I saw rt was IVIary Glov r our vrce presrdent and ambrtrous lrttle worker We had a llttle chat and she told me she had recerved the posrtron of teach rng rn a country school As I stepped from the car at the next statron I saw Frank Hrggrns srttrng rn a Chandler tourrng car He was there to meet hrs wrfe whom he expected on thrs car He had marrred and was workrng on a farm I greeted hrm wrth a good handshake md extended to hrm my hearty congratulatrons From here I walked down the street seekmg a drug store I entered one rntendrng to buy some torlet artrcles I was very much surprrsed to see Werner Hlnz our class stenographer comrng to wart on me I-Ie sard to me Although my harr looks whrte I work wrth all my mrght I was about to leave the store when I accidentally bumped mto a man Upon rrst glance I saw rt was Kenneth ohnstone commg wrth a basket of eggs to be exchanged for grocerres He was the owner of a poultry farm and was gettrng amng famously wrth the help of hrs brother As rt was gettrng near dmner trme I made my way to the home of my grrl lrrend In the evenrng she asked me to go to church wrth her and I gladly consented VVe entered a beautrful adorned church and to my astonrshment saw Clrfford Krtchen tandrng rn the pulprt just ready to begrn hrs sermon entrtled Mortalrty After lrstenrng to hrs grand advrce I felt pleased to thrnk our class contarned a person wrth such talent After my frrend and I had arrrved home we trred to amuse ourselves by read mg the newspaper I am fond of the story and Joke page and as I glanced at the love problem sectron I saw the name of Herbert Kutzner our romantrc character rn the class play Ihe broken hearted lovers were askrng Herbert for advrce Thrs partrcular person asked what he should do when a grrl gave hrm the cold shoulder lo thrs Herbert replred that he should never desparr He had not yet grven up hopes among the femrnrne sex and advrsed thrs person to keep up courage assurrng hrm that he would garn therr attentron lhese were all the acquarntances I saw and heard of that day The next mornrng my frrend wrshed to show me some of the beautrful places rn the crty After we had walked a long drstance we became thrrsty and decrded to have some rce cream We entered a confectronery store and seated ourselves at the table In the drstance I saw a neat Iookrng clerk whom I thought I knew Upon her frrst glance at us she recog nrzed me and came over To my surprrse I saw she was Emma Nulle our class Necretary and lreasurer bhe was engaged as the candy clerk When leavrng the store we saw a crowd of people surroundrng an ambulance about a block away lVIy frrend and I were currous and hurrred to the spot A man had been hrt by an automobrle and two rurses were dressrng hrs wounds One of the nurses looked very famrlrar to me I was very much delrghted to hear rt was lContrnued on Pave Srxty srx lr Iw rrlx llrr r , - A , ., Q 1 , -I - - .I - n - I . s Q - , 1 C , ' v - - 2 . - v . . . U . Q - a . . , ,, , . , ' . . . ' H , V r . 1 , . . . . . . U . ,, S . 7 - r s y Y Q , . V . Y 1. . 1 -K V . , . . V , , . 1: ' - I r. rf.. v,. -. -.,. .., , .

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