Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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JUDITH MILLS LEROY GRIMES LA WRENCE MC CONNELL BESSIE BRASSARD GENEVIEVE POPE JOY LIVONIA WALKER CHARLES TUTTLE GLADYS WORREL NORA LYNDS OSCAR HANSON FRANK CONNOR RUBY TUTTLE MABEL CLAP3ADLE

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FRESHMAN CLASS PROPHECY BY ZEYAIDA ZAHL. YE warm, lazy afternoon as I lay in the hammock I dozed off to sleep and dreamed I was taking a great trip around the world. The steamer on which I had passage left Yew York three days after my arrival there, so this gave me plenty of time to visit this wonderful metropolis of America. I knew some of my old classmates lived there, and by using a city directory I finally located Hazel McConnell, whom I learned was the society belle of the season. Her chum, Bernice Astle, was with her and Hazel told me Bernice was soon to be the bride of a young gentleman of Kankakee, Illi¬ nois. While in the city I attended the Yanderbildt Cup Bace, and great was my surprise to see McKinley Hayden entered to drive the famous International car. Beading the papers that day I learned that Buby Ward was taking the leading part in the play “When Sweet Sixteen , 55 which was making the “hit” of the season. Before leaving Yew York I wished to exchange my United States money for that of other countries and went to a leading bank to do so. Imagine my surprise to find that James Kirby was president of the institution and Hilton Yich- ols head cashier. On the day of my departure as I walked up the gang plank to the vessel, a newspaper reporter stopped me. I immediately recognized him as Bernard Benstrom, who was at that time reporting the in-coming and out-going steamers for the Momence Press-Beporter. I landed at London and on the afternoon of the day I landed I went to one of the smaller parks. I never expected to see any one I knew, but here I found Blanche Hanson acting as chief governess for the children of a London nobleman. From Eng¬ land I went to Denmark. Here the suffragette movement had a powerful hold on the people and Yiola Oleson was the recog¬ nized head. France was my next place of visit. While there I received an invitation to dine with the Countess Bernardi, formerly Florence Snapp. Dorothy Yelson was her chief maid. From France I made the long trip to China. I visited one of the missionary schools which was in charge of Lora Simonds, a great missionary who was trying to keep the heathens from bowing down to wood and stone. After a considerable stay in China I set sail sail for San Francisco, desirous of visiting our own Western states. At one of the ranches where I stopped, Duwana Basmussen lived, the wife of the wealthy rancher. Opal Martin was the chief cook and Baymond Keeler the ranch foreman. At the mining camp near by Clay Hayden had charge of a part of the Mills. Bobert Crosby was superintendent of schools at the mining camp, and Gertrude Smith had charge of the fine arts department. Journeying eastward I soon came to Momence, my home where I had spent my school days. In the bank there Beatrice Butterfield was book-keeper. Lucy Brown had charge of the painting department of the schools and had met with remarkable success, and Blanche Marshall was teaching advanced Latin to post-graduates. Elva DuBridgehad married and lived on a farm near Grant Park. It was then that my thoughts were broken up by someone calling me who I saw was my friend Helena Hardy, who wished to speak about some of the latest fashions in ladies’ fall gowns.