Nixon Township High School - Nixonia Yearbook (Weldon, IL)

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CLASS 1920 XIXOXIA PAGE TWENTY-THREE CLASS WILL Acting in lichnlf of the Senior Class of 1920 of the Xixon Township High School ami having come face to face with the fact that we shall soon cease to exist as a senior class of the said hivrh school, I have drawn this, our last will and testament, in order to make known our wishes in regard to the pro|R rtv to he disposed of before we depart. To the Faculty we will our utmost appreciations for the help they have given ns, that we might reach the goal toward which we have Irmmi struggling for four long yean. To the Board of Education and members of the community who have made our school what it is today, we give our thanks for having the privilege of graduating from such a school. We give and iRspieath to the Junior class the entire row of seats on the north side of the assembly room. The seat formerly occupied by Florence McKown is to descend to Ollie Koben. The purjswc of this is to prevent anyone else from using the seat as a place in which he may perform stunts and not be seen by the principal. The other scats are to be distributed in a peaceful manner, or according to the instructions of your principal. The following lHH|Ucnthmcuts are made to the pel • sons or groups of persons named, according to their respective needs. Ernest Dickey leave his ability to keep company with a different girl occasionally to Robert Montgomery. His oratorical and musical talent to Ollie Rolieii. Opal Emery leaves her clarinet and musical learning to Mildred Baker, who may use the same during just treatment. Clarence (Jalawav leaves his spectacles to any Junior that needs them, as they will bo of no further use to him His rights us “yell leader” and his unnecessary height he leaves to Cora Swearingen. To Lois Ennis we grant the right of using her arms, while talking—a privilege now in the |K ssession of Florence McKown—under the provision that she does not injure anyone while so doing. Florence leaves her talent as a singer and actress to Ruby Gray. To both Surah Montgomery and Mildred Baker we leave one alarm clock in order that they may Is- at school on time, thereby saving themselves the task of carrying excuse blanks home and then back to school every morning. To Paul Peterson we grant the privilege to take the school girls a Ford ride, a right he has lieen exercising without our consent. To Florence Baker we grant the privilege of making the motion for adjournment to all Litcrarly Athletic Association meetings of the following year. To Ruby Gray we leave the ambition and dignity of the “Senior Class.” To Fae Conn we give all stray wads of chewing gum, found on the floor, unless they are claimed by the rightful owners. We also leave her one pair of four-buckle overshoes to Is used during bad weather. Ernest Dickey and Ira Richardson leave their basket ball ability to Paul Peterson and Henry Gokeu, a

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PA(!K TWKXTY-TW XIXONIA CLASS 1920 CLASS PROPHECY “Oli, my! ! don't want to write that letter as I’m so sleepy I can hardly hold my eyes o|H'ii, hut 1 suppose I’ll have to do it. Boston. Mass., May---let’s see- Mnv -28th---------May 28th. Why! That’s the night I graduated from dear old Nixon High. How many years ago?----this is 192S- Why, eight whole years! I won- der what my classmates are doing now. My, hut I’m sleepy! (rubs eyes and yawns). 1 believe I’ll just take a nap in this chair and finish my letter after dinner.’’ (The Fairy of Dreams apfiears and with the aid of her magic wand places the slee|ier under her s|h II). (HKK DUKA.M “Who is that over there ploughing! Surely 1 should know him. Oh, I know—Clarence Gala way. And there comes a girl to talk to him and cheer him up in his laliors. Maybe I know her, too. Yes, indeed! She is the girl who sat across the aisle from him during his Senior year —Florence Baker, as sure as I live. “I truly never saw such a large audience at the Lincoln Square theatre. But now I see the cause—The clarinetist. Madame Pattini—our own Opal Kmery—ap jwars tonight for the first time in her native state. (Yawns and rubs eyes). School—school teachers here’s another one, just as cross-looking as the rest of his comrades—Ernest Dickey—who, by persistent effort ami hard work, now occupies the enviable position ns superintendent of Lane Public School sole dictator over all the other teachers —in number—two. “What did I do with that five dollar hill that I had today! My money affairs are always in such a muddle. 1 wish I had Ira Richardson, who is now a certified public accountant, to help me out. But he is Imokkeepcr of the X. T. 11. S. Literary-Athletic Association; and considering the responsibility of his ] ositioii. I cannot think of asking for any of his time. “Shall I really Ik. able to entertain all of the class of PrjO here at the White House next year? Who ever guessed that I would some day Ik the president’s wife?” (The dream is ended at the sound of the dinner gong). “( h, dear! There it is six o’clock and I am not truly the president’s wife at all. I ...ily Florence McKown and not ready for dinner. Florence M. McKown, 20.

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PAOETWF.XTY-ForR NIXON IA Cl.ASS 1020 legacy which will In greatly iicctlvd by the two latter if they are to uphold the athletie record of the school. To l'rn Shearer we leave one box of face powder and a lookiugglnss—the mirror as an aid to her in distinguishing powder from chalk dust. Florence McKown leaves to Leona Ruben tin teacher's desk in “Room a. which she used as a lunch table to Ik used by the receiver the two following years. And at the expiration of that time said desk is to Ik given to some sophomore for another |htumI of two years. To Harrold I Inn-old we give the first choice of the Freshman girls, providing the girls do not object. To the .luuior girls of the “(!lee dub” we grant tin-privilege of drawing on the Literary Athletic Association for all expenses incurred while on their entertainment trips of the following year. To Owen Tilbury we will one ouija board and also one watergun, Itotli of these articles being much beloved by the receiver. We will and bequeath to the girls of the Sophomore A Preside sPmkI on the burning deck And from all that we could learn. He stood there in perfect safety, He was too green to burn. class one megaphone each that their timid voices may In-heard by the other students and teachers. To the Inn's of the same class we leave the privilege of taking over the management of tin- Basket Ball team during the following year. We give and bequeath to the Freshman girls one dozen Kid Curlers” each. To the boys of the same class we leave one package of “Camel” cigarettes. We, the Senior Class, appoint Miss Rohrlmugh executrix of this will. We In-stow upon her the authority of a sheriff, also the knowledge of law as possessed by the In-st of lawyers, that she may In- able to carry out the provisions of the aforesaid will. In the presence of each other and the Faculty we, the class of ’20, do hereby set our hand and seal this 27th day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty. Signed by Senior Class. Witnessed by Faeultv. I. L. R., s20. Sylvia—“Listen lien , girl, I want to tell you that seeing is believing.” Manila—“Now I see yon, but I seldom believe you.”