Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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THE OLD FLAT-BOAT, ETC. SAMUEL SAN STROM, (Deceased) Class of 1895. THE OLD FLAT BOAT. The old flat-bottomed boat Was no work of art, Still it was a success Even from the start. It was not a racer, But still it would float, And this was the purpose Of the old flat-boat. Asa joke the boys said It would hold a ton. One thing - was quite certain, It furnished us fun. And though it was old And hard to pole, It always was steady And never would row. For its bottom was flat, And the sides were high, And the ends were square, And the inside was dry. It’s good points were many Thou nick-named a float. I think of it fondly, The flat-bottomed boat. THE OLE SWIM MIN’ HOLE. At the edge of the grove in the river bend. Just a little below where the ripples end, Where the river bank forms a shallow like a bowl, Is the place the boys call the ole swimmin’ hole. The large shady oak trees I’ll never forget, And the sloping green banks, I can see them yet, And the island there right across from the bowl, These were the scenes around the ole swim¬ min’ hole. Oh the days they come back when I was ahoy, I recall youth’s freedom and all of its joys, And a feeling of sadness steals o’er my soul To think I’m parted from the ole swimmin’ hole.

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HIGH SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT. .f large audience attended the High School entertain¬ ment given in the opera hall on the evening of De- cember sixteenth, the proceeds of which went to pay for song books purchased earlier in the year. The program was opened with a selection by the High School orchestra. Six girls in full costume sang the 4 ‘Japanese Love Song.” Lorene Hill then played a violin solo entitled “Serenade.” Following this was a reading by Jean Bigelow, with an accompaniment on the piano by her sister, Carrie. A vocal solo followed by Gladys Worrel. The last number on the first part of the program was a piano duet by Grace Hunte and Judith Mills. The second part of the program was a short play entitled “Madame Jarley’s Wax Figger Show.” Madam Jarley was represented by Maude Hupp, who had just returned from one of her many trips around the world and had collected a wonder¬ ful and world-renowned collection of “wax figgers. ” After they had been wound and oiled by the attendants, Albert Burtt and Ivan Crosby, they performed many wonderful movements. The program was closed by a selection by the orchestra. The Wax Figger Show: Madame Jarley Assistants Little Kell, Maid Babes in the Woods Vocalist The Dude Jack Spratt and Wife Organ Grinder Diogenes Mrs. Winslow Two-headed Girl Woman Who Refused a Kew Bonnet Because Her Husband Was in Debt - Bernice Astle Alexander the Great - Charles Tuttle Maude Hupp Ivan Crosby, and Albert Burtt Bessie Brassard L. McConnell, J. Kirby Gladys Worrel Arthur Carlson Earl Todd, Viola Oleson John Johnson Frank Connor Mabel Clapsadle L. Walker, and G. Pope joy ANNUAL BANQUET. HE annual year book banquet was held in the base- y ment of the Baptist church on Friday evening, Feb- € 332 ) ruary twenty-fourth, and was the outcome of selling year book subscriptions. The contest began on the morning of January twenty-first and continued until February tenth. The opposing sides were the White led by Maude Hupp and the Blue led by Harry Sea- vey. For two weeks a hot struggle was on, the Whites keeping the lead from the beginning, and finally winning by a majority of fifty subscriptions. Although the Blues were a little slack in selling subscrip¬ tions, they made up for it by the supper they served to the winners. About seventy were present at the banquet including students, teachers and invited guests. The early part of the evening was spent in playing games, such as, “Spin the Plat¬ ter,” “Grunt Hog Grunt,” and “Silly Questions and Silly Answers.” At about ten o’clock the doors of the dining room were thrown open, revealing the large tables prettily decorated with the contest colors, which are also the Junior class colors, dark blue and white. After the supper toasts were given by the leaders of both sides in the contest, Mr. Crull, principal of the High School, Miss Graham and Miss McKinnie. All were heartily applauded. The guests then departed, all voting it the most enjoyable banquet ever held, and that the Blues cer ¬ tainly were fine entertainers. The Menu: FIRST COURSE Sandw iches Pickles Coffee Ice Cream SECOND COURSE Aqua Pura Cake

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WAYNE ALLEN GRACE HUNTE LAWRENCE MC CONNELL OPAL MARTIN MARY CLARK IYAN CROSBY LIVONIA WALKER BERNICE ASTLE BESSIE BRASSARD MAUDE HUPP RUBY TUTTLE