Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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The Monesse 25 ersen had nearly met death from laughing too much, but was now recovered and was in politics on the Suffrage ticket. Wishing Harold luck in his campaign, I embarked for New Yoik, where I looked up Donald Chipman. He and Florence Hayden had carried out their mat¬ rimonial intentions, and they and the seven little Chipmans were living happily out in Greenwich Village. They told me to be sure to see Earl Clawson when X vent through Paris; that Earl was consul to that city. I embarked for Europe on the air liner and arrived in Paris twenty-four hours later. I looked up Earl Clawson and he showed the sights of that city to me. We saw together the Follies Bergere and here we had a surprise, for in the chorus were three of my class, Ellen Burton, Hazel Kile and Leona Sharkey. Having; been in Europe the last five years, Earl had heard little about the class, ut said that George Sergeant had been in Paris a short while back, having in¬ herited a fortune, had gone to Monte Carlo and lost most of it, had decided that America was the place for him and gone back to the farm. Of the rest of the journey little needs to be said here except that in Rome I ran upon Hallie Kennedy and Marie Renstrom getting material and romantic at¬ mosphere for a novel they were writing; that in the Mongolian desert I happened z meet Frank Van Zant, who was now a missionary to that country, and through . irections from him met Lyman Pearson in Tokio, Japan. Lyman had written a :ok which made him enougjh money to rest easy the remainder of his life, so he was killing time by traveling. In a fashionable cafe in San Francisco I met Jessie Wyatt, who owned the i .ace. She had; started as a waitress, worked up to her present position. In Hollywood I visited the studios of the film star, Pearl Buckman, who now owned ner own company. She informed me that Elva Landoc was running a school for girls in Georgia and that Faye Gardner had married an Italian count and was living in Venice. Leaving Hollywood I reluctantly turned toward home to write this account f my journey and classmates, which I now humbly submit. “Isn’t it fortunate that all of the above is bunk?”

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24 The Monesse Senior Class Prophecy Having at the end of fifteen or so years of more or less hard labor attained a little leisure, I decided to take a trip around the world. The first leg of the journey was to Momence to see some of my old friends and classmates. The old town had grown now till it was much larger than the city of Kankakee, and I was told that the three K. City was an easy match for all our teams, now ably coached by Max Ward, who also taught science in the new high school. Alpha Styles was principal and had raised the scholarship of the institution a great deal. I found that Pearl Brassard had married a young farmer and lived a gay life among the cows and chickens, of which they now had a great many. Helen Ward and her husband, Francis Brown, were owners of Ward’s meat market. Mildred Eilers and Marian McKinstry had combined farm¬ ing interests and had made good. Warren Davis was proprietor of the Ford Garage and was as busy as he used to be during a football game with Watseka. Beulah Rasmussen had married a well known plumber and former athlete, Vivian Whiting ran the south side school. Josephine Wennerholm was living comfortably on the alimony from her divorced husband. Andrew Pedersen had violated the eighteenth and was now in despair of all the revenue officers. Dell Tinney had made a lot of money growing pickles and selling them to the Dixie Tourists. Rejoicing that all these had done so well in life, I took the air bus to Grant Park. There the first person I ran onto was Doc Carr, who was mayor of that town. Had a delightful talk with him in which he informed me that Ciarice Bartlett and Fred Bydalek had eloped and were living happily in Hollywood; that Lois Wallace and Harold Mussman had also joined in holy deadlock, and Elvira Lawrence had a school of music in Los Angeles, California. Had a few hours in Chicago to spare between trains, so sauntered down Michigan Avenue. Saw a familiar face ahead and sure enough it was Harry Park. He said he was selling Packard aeroplanes, and if he sold them as fast as he used to sell year books, he m u st have sold a great many. W e saw together “Pigfield Millies,” the latest hit from Broadway, and it was here that I began to realize how small the world was, for among the chorus girls were Ijunia Upham and Virginia Adams. I noticed that they always traded costumes between acts, though as far as I could see it was not necessary in the show. My next stop was in Detroit, Michigan. Going through the station a large poster caught my attention. The set countenance of my 2C0-pound classmate, Harold Price, gazed out from it upon the people, whom, according to the reading matter below the picture, he wished to represent in Congress. It was little trouble finding him and when I asked him about some of the other members of our class, he said that Donald Chipman was an aeroplane speed cop in New York City; Marie Prather was in the Salvation Army in Columbus, Chio; Dorothy Pet-

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26 The Monesse Senior Class Will We, the Senior Class of the Momence Community High School of the city of Momence, in the county of Kankakee, and State of Illinois, being of sound minds, memory and understanding, do make this our last will and testament in manner and form following: 1. To the Juniors we bequeath our trials and tribulations in selecting our invitations. Also our seats on the north side of the Assembly. 2. To the Sophomores we bequeath our past glories in publishing the Year Book. 3. To Goldie Goldberg we bequeath Fred Bydalek’s surplus gray matter. 4. To Marcell Hall and Betty Clark we bequeath the favorite retreats of Donald Chipman and Florence Hayden. 5. To Myrtle King we bequeath Harold Price’s ability to please Miss Dahl- quist. 6. To Gertrude Shronts we bequeath a ten-ride ticket to Exline. 7. To DeWayne Mills we bequeath Andrew Pedersen’s gentlemanly decorum. 8. To Luck Yates and Buster Brassard we bequeath a bottle of soothing syrup in hopes that it will help in their numerous spats. 9. To Ruby Gray we bequeath Vivian Whiting’s newly discovered “pep.” 10. To John Hufty we bequeath the sum of one dime so that he may purchase a new shorthand notebook when necessary. 11. To Armen Blanke we bequeath Harold Mussman’s monopoly on Florence Chandler. 12. To Mr. Munson we bequeath the love of all hookey-ites. 13. To Miss Coontz we bequeath Ijunia’s red scarf in case she should lose hers. 14. To Mr. Schmitt we bequeath a parrot for the Main Assembly that is guaranteed to say, “Be careful of your seats, please!” 15. To Ruby Lamport we bequeath Virginia Adams’ ability to attract the op¬ posite sex. 16. To Lola Tinney we bequeath Lois Wallace’s “setting up exercises.” 17. To “Wop” Kennedy we bequeath a nev pair of No. 13 rubbers. 18. To Virgil Denton we bequeath some of Horace Carr’s “gab.” 19. To Miss Hardy and Mr. Hungerford we bequeath Frank Van Zant’s “Les¬ sons in Courtship.” 20. To Helen Cole we bequeath Beulah Rasmussen’s shingle bob. 21. To Mr. Baker we bequeath Dorothy Pederson’s ability to see a joke. In witness whereof, I have hereby set my hand and seal this twen ' y-fifth day of March A. D. 1924. (Seal) JOSEPHINE WENNE HOLM. Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above Josephine Wennerholm, as and for the last will and testament of the Senior Class, 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 witnesses to said instrument. HALLIE KENNEDY, (Class Old Maid). ANDREW PEDERSEN, (Class Fool). LYMAN PEARSON, (Class Giant Glass Blower). MAXWELL WARD, (Class Romeo). “Could any judge probate the above?”