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

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The Nixonia 1924 Hoy: “Yes. I was just going to tell you that Altha Rainey is operating a hot dog stand in the center of Siberia. And Mildred Baker has sung her way to fame in Naples with an Italian Grand Opera Company.” Lew: “What ever liecame of 0| al Geer?” Roy: “ pal has settled down on a coon farm near Argenta and is |»erfectly content to let the rest of the world go by.” Lew: 1 had a letter the other day from Glenn McConkey. lie has won ixrpetual notoriety as editor of W hiz Bang! You remember lie got his experience in high school, as business manager of the Nixonia.” Roy: I saw Klsa Bebie acting as dress model at Marshall Field's. I often drop around to see her when in the windy city. And sometimes 1 manage to see Lucille Hunt. She is piloting the R. C.-l4 Mail Plane from Chicago to New York and is making record trips every day.” Art: “What is Roy Geer doing?” Lew: “W ell I heard lie is President of the Anti-Pop and Cider League and is sleuthing Ikm lleggers during spare time.” Art: 1 have a better one than that. Klda De Spain is conducting a school for Hottentots in Africa.” Lew: I hate to break up the party, Ik vs. but I have to dictate a five hour speech to my secretary before tomorrow. It's about the League of Nations Bill I just succeeded in passing through Congress.” Roy: “And 1 must go up on deck and find Kthel Meredith and her husband. 1 promised lo play a few hands of Mali Jongg with them tonight. They're making the Mediterranean tour for the eleventh time. Kthel is married to a French nobleman. whom she nut during her visit to Paris.” Art: Well, that gives me enough to think about until I see you in the near future. 1 always thought we had a bunch to l e proud of and after reviewing the records made by the Class of ‘24. 1 am more than ever certain of the fact. Good night, fellows. Lew and Roy: “So long! rage 27

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192 4 The N i x o nia As Wa Shall Be (It is an evening in May. 1944. Senator Lewis Edwards of Washington is endeavoring to tune in on some of his former Xixon classmates. This is the twentieth anniversary of the graduation of the Class of '24. Mr. Arthur Knnis. a noted capitalist and coffee ship| er of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has secured connection with the Senator for the celebration. Likewise Rear Admiral Rov Wilson. I nited States Wavy, from his ship, the Darling Fleet, is prepared to converse with the two former gentlemen regarding old Xixon.) A very lovely voice speaks carefully and slowly: ‘‘And-Peter-Rahhit-ran-after-the-ugly-Duck-ling ! My ! - How-the-feat her s- did-flv-as- Peter - Rabbit-sent-the - Duck- hng-scurrv-ing-be-neath theH arn-yard-fence! Roy: My word! If it isn't Marjie Mattix telling l»ed-time stories! I hear her quite frequently over the radio, broadcasting from station Il-U-X-T. Ah. you there, old Senor Ennis? How's the coffee game and all those South American senoritas? Seems to me you like them pretty well, the way you forget your old friends.” Art: Well. I do owe apologies, hut I exj ect to fix up everything when I get up to the States, which will he within the next two months. Hello. Senator! Can you hear us? The Senator is to he in on this party tonight; I guess 1 told you. ilson, you ought to have the dope on most of the old hunch, having been stationed at Great Lakes last year.” Roy: Dope. I'll say I have. Say, hoys, you surely missed it not lieing with me there in Chicago. Saw Erma Dickey in the Follies of 1944. Her name flashed night after night on the great white way. And say. Art. you stay away from the white way.— with your weakness along that line. You'd lie lost. Earle Hunt has just divorced his third wife and the alimony is a lx ut to break him up. However, he enjoys a large income as official candy taster in the largest candy kitchen in Chicago.” Art: I don’t think I’ll meet the same fate j oor Hunt did. And do you know where Frances Galaway is? I haven’t heard anything of her since ’24.” Lew: Why. yes. I saw her on my last trip to Europe. She is traffic cop on the big bridge.’’ Art: Which one?” Lew: The bridge that Laura Foote built across the Atlantic Ocean. That was a wonderful idea and Laura made a fortune superintending the job. I saw another one of our old classmates in London. Loraine Olson is driving a hearse there. And she is a S| ecdy hearse driver, too. Art: “Say. boys, Marjorie Fullenwider was in Rio de Janeiro last week with a big circus. I nearly died laughing when I saw her as a barehack rider. But. Roy. you ought to know more news than Senator and I.” Page 26

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19 2 4 The X i x o nia Last Will and Testament We. the nonentities designated collectively as the class of nineteen twenty-four of the Xixon Township High School of Weldon. DeWitt C ounty. Illinois, of the United States of America, lmt more commonly known to underclassmen as “lucky stiffs,“ being of solid cranial structure and of disposing oblivion, and being minded of the certainty of death, or worse, at the hands of the “cruel, cruel world.” do hereby—although, notwithstanding, nevertheless devise, multigraph, and aver this, our East Will and Detriment, hereby annuling. exterminating, and obliterating all wills at any time heretofore made by us. I. W e give, devise, and liequeath to its doubtful fate and the discretion of future generations, this school which, with the minor assistance of the faculty, we have controlled and run for so many months. We give, devise, and liequeath the combined popularity of the class to the official Knockers Klub of Weldon, who exerted untiring efforts in apprehending, disclosing, and thwarting all dangerous characters, and disreputable conditions, that our Ijoard. our faculty, and our student body, have harbored and shielded in our heart of hearts; we do hereby most whole-heartedly commend, extol, and endorse each and every one of you to the Avernian depths. With this loving lie-quest, we extend our sincere wishes that your thirst for perpetual publicity may eventually be apjicased. We give, devise and bequeath to Frances Fleming, the biggest thing as a whole our class can give. Altha Rainey’s stand-in with the faculty. We give, devise, and bequeath to Glen Tilbury, Glenn McConkey’s sterling quality as a bluffer of 57 varieties, that he may be able to earn his future A's without working. We give, devise, and liequeath to the Freshman class, the rattles in Loraine ( 1 son’s Ford. We give, devise, and bequeath to Vaughn Edwards, Earle Hunt’s ability as a star basketball player. We give, devise, and liequeath to Ernest Baker. Ethel Meredith’s drawl, with the proviso that he use it only when he has something to say in a hurry. We give, devise, and liequeath to Charlotte Barclay, the austerity, poise and dignity of Roy Wilson. We give, devise, and liequeath to Blanche Crow. Mildred Baker’s eyes, with the understanding that she examine, test, and determine why said optics won’t liehave. We give, devise, and liequeath to Viola Rolierts, Lewis Edwards' feet to keep her in good standing with the faculty. We give, devise, and liequeath to Harry Wise, Elda De Spain’s aureate locks on the condition that he never has them marcelled, washed, or waved under any circumstances. We give, devise, and liequeath to Willard Gift, the noble physiognomy of Elsa Bebie, together with any miscellaneous wads of chewing gum it may contain at the time of said transaction. Page 28