Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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Ontario High School 4570 'F'-5 1923 Broadcast By Norman A. Beach T HAS BEEN my good fortune to be here with this radio set and listen in upon the programs of the evening. Each member of the class of 1923 owns and operates a broadcast- ing station not only for the benefit which they derive but al- so for the amusement of the town of Ontario and vicinity. You will readily deduce that our class is modern and up-to-the-minute in Every respect. It is quite the custom for each class to excel the preceding class, but it will be quite impossible for the class o-f 1924 to excel this class. It now being 8:30 or thereabouts, the programs will soon start. I shall endeavor to get station MMM. I have it.--The announcer is announcing station MMM, owned and operated by Maurice M. Maher at the Tourists' Camp, Ontario, N. Y. He is advertising the best kinds of Lolly Pops, Soft Drinks, and Coney Island Hots. This is station MWA, operatingl' fro-m Ontario Center, owned by Myrtle W. Allen, now operating in unison with Har- land Hogeboom. She is sending a short talk on the dignity of the Senior Class to be followed by talks on Our Eiiicient Faculty. This is station CES, owned by Cloise Swearingen, operated from the First Congregational Church of Ontario. He is telling how he spent his four years in high school getting three years of Latin. He is also discoursing on beauties of the French language and the numerous irregularities of the verbs. Let's look for another. This is station VIF, operated by Violetta I. Finkle under the auspices of the Lakeside Automobile Club, giving a topic on accidents fro-m speeding. She says acci- dents are sure to occur to speeders on the race track, highway, or in the class room. She announces a resolution that speeding be prohibited for this special class night occasion. Station GLH is now sending her program a little late. She is sending bedtim-e stories of school children at play, to put the un- der-graduates and other foolish creatures to bed early so they will not get her habit of staying up late at night and being late at school next day. She is now signing off station GLH, operated by Gladys L. Herbert. This is station BLB, operated by Beulah Louise Brandt from the Cotton Home, Irondequoit, N. Y. Tonight's program is on the beauty of cotton 18 p V,

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The Junior Echo me - -uw seldom seen around Ontario, as her interests were centered else- where. I shall try to- find Myrtle, as I must see her for old friend- ship's sake, I said. , During the course of the evening I was so glad to hear that Cloise Swearingen had followed in his fatherls footsteps, taking up the ministry, and was a rising your minister preaching in Illi- nois. His life was made much happier by the presence of a sweet little wife called Lady Ethel. We had a hearty laugh when we remembered the time Cloise was so bashful about making love to Myrtle, even in our own Se- nior play. Not much time was left for me to muse over all these happy events when one bright sunny day Miss Violetta had me whisk- ing past green fieldsa and meadows until we came to a beautiful big farm where rows upon rows of corn and wheat fields were waving in the breeze, giving the place a look of great prosperity. Finally the car came to a halt at a beautiful long, low bungalow, covered with twining roses and vines, and I was presented to none other than Norman Beach, who was owner of that prosper- ous place. It seems we could not enjoy a long chat there, as Violetta must needs stop with some important papers at a neighboring place, at whic.h we soon arrived and a'very attractive place it was. A fine looking little light-haired youngster was playing outside. We stepped right in, passing a young gentleman holding a little to-t in his arms. A young woman came toward me. Yes,-can it be,-am I seeing right--way, it's Gladys Her- bert-Cone,', I nearly shouted. VVhat happy times ! Why, girls, I've seen or heard about all my classmates. Surely, this is more than could have been hoped for. On the way back I remarked that a good many things might happen in ten years. She agreed and said: Within the next ten, the children of the class of 1923 will be going there. Where do you mean P I asked. Look, she said, pointing. I turned around and looked back to where she was pointing. There stood the dear NEW school building, the. one we had hoped for so long! 17

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The Junior Echo arg W9 Tomorrowys program will be reasons Why I like Cicero's Oration as a pastimef, This is station PEL, situated on the well-known Ridge Road, operated by Pearle E. Leenhouts. She is broadcasting a tale on why beautiful girls marry homely boys and vice versa. She has just concluded a speech on My Ideal Man. Every station maintained by the members of the class of IQ23 has been heard from. I am sure that you will agree with us that their various programs cover a wide scope of popular up-to-the- minute subjects, such as befits such an alert and talented class as this. Good-night. Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1923 Gladys Herbert E, THE CLASS OF 1923. of the High School of On- tario, in the County of Wayne, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this our last Will and Testament, in manner following, that is to say: First-We direct that all our just debts be paid, and the be- quests set forth below be carefully followed out after our demise: Second-To the Board of Education and the Faculty, who have so laboriously worked with us this year, we bequeath the memory of our hard work, and direct them to put on record that the Class of 1923 is the largest class they have graduated in years. Third-To the present Juniors, we leave our exalted posi- tion as Seniors, until death do them part from the old school, on condition that they not surpass us in our brilliant records. And now to the individual members of the class we give: To Arrethea Verdine, the booklet entitled Eat and Grow Thin. You are to study it by the half hour so that you may be able to fill out the hollow spots of your contour. To Carlton Cone, this handkerchief in preparation for next year's inspection. To Hazel Snyder, a permanent bow Cbeauj, and it is not a has- Ben To Smith Pratt, this lamp. It will be of great use to you in toiling over your lessons in the wee small hours of the night. To Ethel Young, this toy as a gentle reminder of a non- Hswearing engine . I9