Nokomis High School - Old Nokomis Yearbook (Nokomis, IL)

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. I-I X X X Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article -I -I OLD OMIS S as , Hannah Staples, do hereby bequeath my Bright Eyes to Rachel Pope, and to Grace Hulbert I give my ability to make myself heard at all times, with the provision that she does not beat my records. , Lydia Hunter, do bequeath to Dorothy Smith some of my superfluous height 5 but my inability to graduate in 4 years, I do bequeath to John Vertal, providing that he makes better time than I have. , George Frederick, give my reputation of a lady's man to Lawrence Vernetti and my heel plates to Hannah Hunter. , Genevieve Peters, leave to anyone who so desires it, the enviable position of pianist. , Agnes Mockus, do bequeath a package of Juicy Fruit to Mr. Mayes. I also leave a bar of Palm Olive to Mary Stauder, although I do not make this bequest that she needs it more than I have. , George Moeller, give my position as Capt. of the B. B. team to C. O. D. and hope he can pilot them to vic- tory at the next tourney. , Victoria Clinsky, do bequeath such of my avoirdupois to Dorothy Smith and James Ronchetti as they need, with the provision that they do not break more scales than I have. , Vern Bost, do bequeath my passion for varicolored neck ties to Maurice Sparks. Walter Melchert, do bequeath my fame as the best dressed man to Ralph Kettelkamp. , Nellie Rhodes, bequeath my reticence, hatred of men and love stories to Arintha Grabbe and Margery Tammen. , Carroll Travis, give my title, Rosella's Pal, to one of the coming Senior boys. , Albert Viola, make the following bequests: My curly locks to Oliver Kieslar, my excellent behavior and gentlemanly manner to Marion Wilson, and my po- sition of Business Manager of the Senior Class to John Grisamore. , Max Wilson, do give my ability to meddle with explo- sives in Chemistry lab when Rade isn't around to Wesley Hubbard. Margaret McQuist0n, do bequeath my ability to kick through plate glass doors to Stella B. , Forrest Larrick, do bequeath my raven locks to Frances Pallai, provided she does not visit the barber more often than once in two months. , Everett Hulbert, do leave to any member of the coming Senior class, my ability to settle arguments in Civics class by quoting from law books. Warren Pope, do bequeath my everlasting grin to John Kirkland. John McGhee, do bequeath my position as President of ! I Twenty-four

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ol.o S owns X I XXX f manager of the company said they stood a good chance of becoming famous. Their present job is selling tickets. ' . Victoria and Agnes are nurses. They recently resigned from the local hospital to take up employment in the Bachelors' Hospital in Michi- gan. Joe Gourlay is hunting big game in Africa. He tried to teach his pet monkey some tricks but it was so stubborn that Joe has come to the conclusion that Darwin was wrong. Louise Wright is a stenographer for a great concern in Buffalo. She shows such speed on her typewriter that she frequently does her day's work in an hour and twenty-one minutes. Lydia Hunter and Nellie Rhodes are great lovers of nature. Last week they rented a Ford to tour the countryside. Nothing has been seen or heard of them since. Thelma Hall has taken it upon herself to enlighten the lives of the farmers. So far she has succeeded in training the chickens to plant the corn and the cows to milk themselves. Walter Melchert is in Europe. He crossed the ocean in an aeroplane especially designed by himself. Murrell Fisher is a man of leisure. He placed a large bet on a fight between a cat and a dog. His money was on the cat and it turned out to be a wild-cat. By the way! Have you heard the latest radio news. Carroll Travis has invented a do-jigger that works with the thing-a-ma-jig on the what-you-may-call-it. It is designed to operate solely on the Super Iodine set. HOWARD H. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT iknutn Qs QI!- We, the most energetic, obedient and accomplished class that has ever passed away from this place of learning, being of sound mind and body and realizing our rapidly approaching departure, do hereby draw up and declare this to be our last will and testament. First: Our gentle disposition and ability to control ourselves at all times and all circumstances, we respectfully bequeath to the Faculty. Second: To the Juniors we bequeath our dignified air and looks of intelligence and general superiority. Third: Our general intelligence and dignity and sense of duty we leave to the lower classmen, with the request that they in turn, when they are I-Segiors, do the same, so that these qualities may never perish from N. T. . . Fourth: The following items we bequeath to individuals: Article 1-Murrell Fisher's reputation as Sheik to Orville Rhodes. Article 2-I, Geraldine Hovey, do give my place in Miss Blessing's heart to Mr. Crepin. Article 3-I, Louise Wright, give my powder puff to Bertha Kellogg. Although it is somewhat frayed, it is quite service- able. I also do bequeath to Angeline Tosetti, my tendency to take a nap in the assembly. Twenty-three

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Article Article Article Article Article Article Article Article OLD OMIS the Senior Class to Lester Meyer, providing he ap- points committees to bring Howers, etc. to their mem- bers When they are ill. -I, Lulu Bost, do bequeath my love for Lady B-ettys to Helen Grimes providing she is more liberal in offer- ing bites than I have been. We, the following: Howard Hegeman, Richard Farmer, Wilburt Brueckner do leave our positions on the team to any one who can fill our places. 24-I, Donald Singler, do leave my appetite for salted pea- nuts to Marygrace, with the provision that she does not eat more than five packages during one noon hour. -I, Lucy Studnick, do make the following bequests: First, to Walter Fricke I leave my position as Art Editor, with the provision that he bear all the remarks Rade makes without tears. Second: My ability to slide down the banisters in five seconds Cwith Mr. Zook as refereel I bequeath to Mrs. Eekhoff, providing she does not beat my record-two splinters. Thirdly: I leave my famous red and black sweater to my loving sister, Angeline, Whose ridicule of it has won it for her. -I, Thelma Hall, do bequeath my typing ability to Alfred Rosche. We, Erna Henkel and Reva Keys, do bequeath our pro- ficiency at making complexions to Pearl Alwood, Rachel Reichart and Vi Bertsch. I, Erna Henkel, also make the individual bequest of an ambitious heart- breaker to Mary Krohta and Mary Luschnig. I, Reva Keys, also bequeath individually my snobbishness to Madge Ronchetti. I, Donald Bertram Pauschert, do bequeath my eloquence and my Huency of flowery and haranguing speech to Virgil Ernst. I, Edith Bosonetto, do leave the following bequests: First, my rank of being first in achievements in the Senior class to R. Reichart. Second: My craving for creating a sensation to Rachel Pope, with the provision that she doesn't go to extremes. Article 30-I, Joseph Gourlay, do leave my record attendance to Lester Meyer. In Witness Thereof we do hereby set down our hand and seal this sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five. Atty.-MAX WILSON Witnesses-STELLA YACKLE. ALFRED CREPIN. By L. S. A. V. Twenty-fi've