Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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22 The Monesse. Senior Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1923, of the Momence Community High School, of Ga- neer Township, across the Dixie Highway from Momence, the County of Kankakee, State of Illinois, in the United States of America, in the Continent of North America, being of sound mind, wide awake and in good health do hereby declare, publish, andj make as our earnest wishes this will of our personal and real estate property and the personal and real estate property of others as hereunto ascribed below : To Mr. Munson we beaqueath the cloak-room mirror, with the suggestion that he place it in the office for his own personal use. . . To Rudolph Hack we bequeath Raymond Martinis shining pompadour. To Virgil Denton we bequeath Edmund Franklin’s marcel wave. To Dewey Line we bequeath Bill Julian’s book on how to grow to tall, graceful and slender. To Hazel Pickett we bequeath Harold Price’s ability and anxiety to argue. To Josephine Wennerholm we bequeath Albert Hyrup’s delight in playing hookey. To Virginia Adams we bequeath Anna Pinsak’s vamping power. To the Juniors we bequeath the north side seats of the assembly so that they may be a little nearer to the out-of-doors. To Lois Wallace we bequeath Julie Paradis’ ability as a cheer leader. To Miss Mildred Eilers we bequeath Esther Nelson’s ability as a hair dresser. To Roland Legg we bequeath Mitch Cantway’s football suit. To Miss Dahlquist we bequeath Mr. Hungerford’s practice in allowing students to confer in the assembly. To Donald Chipman we bequeath Gladys DuMontelle’s slenderness of form. To Dorothy Pederson we bequeath Hilma Johnson’s studious nature and upright moral character. To the entire high school we bequeath Mitch Cantway’s football ability. To Max Ward or any of the others afflicted with puppy love we bequeath Austin Truitt’s and Grace Hardy’s seats in the northeast corner of the assembly room. To Lola Tinney we bequeath Viola Burns’ prescription on how to reduce. To all the high school teachers expecting to keep house we bequeath Miss Witty’s ability to make white sauce and pineapple salad. To Mr. Kilburne we bequeath the pleasing disposition of every fair damsel in Momence. To Mr. Schmitt we bequeath Ed Hess’ ability to drive a Ford so that he will be able to make more frequent visits to Crown Point. In witness whereof I have hereby set my hand and seal this first day of May, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hnudred twenty-three. (Seal) RAYMOND MARTIN. Signed, sealed, published and declared to be by the Senior Class their last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at their request and in their presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting wit¬ nesses to said instrument. PHEBE CARR, BARBARA KING, LULA JONES, ELROY SERGEANT, Witnesses.

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24 The Monesse. Junior Class Culver Paradis, President. M. C. H. S. 3 years; Stunt Show (1) ; President of Class (3) ; Football (3) “And he always knew the reason why.” Culver Paradis. . Hallie Kennedy. . Harold Price.... Richard Hamann CLASS OFFICERS ..President .Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer .Historian Class Colors: Pink and White. Class Flower: Virginia A dam s Clarice Bartlett Roscoe Bennett Chester Blekfeid Pearl Brassard Wesley Bra ssard Francis Brown Harold Brown Pearl Buckman Four o’clock. Class Motto : Knowledge is Power. Ellen Burton Fred Bydalek Blanche Campbell Horace Carr Earl Cla wson Donald Chipman Leverne Corriveau Warren Davis Lloyd Eilers CLASS ROLL “The “U” isn’t so bad, it’s that which follows.”—Corabelle Blake.