Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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1 JUNIOR .I-:cHo 1 Genevieve Foley was an architect and was building a new theater in Salt Lake City. She aspired to be above people so she worked way up on top of a nearby building while curious crowds below gazed in speechless amazement. She enjoyed it very much and considered it mere play. She did not seem to be burdened with care or worry. Probably because she was so far above people. After remaining a few weeks longer l felt as though l must get back to my work. It was my privilege to travel back with an All-Star Cast, who were on their way to the Orient to make a new picture. l had a very delightful voyage and was glad to get settled down to work once more. l am more than thankful for my feast. for it brought me many unexpected pleasures. CLASS PAYROLL Smith Pratt HE Senior Class of l925 wishes to give to its members some slight token of remembrance for their efforts in behalf of the class. Thus I am authorized by the said class to make the following awards: To Ethel Young: This book of memoirs to commemorate the fact that you have held the honor seat in your class for three con- secutive years. Also this comb, guaranteed to comb long hair as well as short. To Lelah Rouch: This bottle of henna, to make your hair a more brilliant red. To Mason Stevens, otherwise known as Spike: This box of burnt cork to keep green your memory of Rastus, in the Senior Play, who apparently lacked the nerve for carrying out his inten- tions of proposing to the other Black Faced artist, Snowball. To Melville Sheahen: These postage stamps, in order that you may write her morning, noon, and night while at Winnipesaukee. To Elsie Brown: This text book on bookkeeping. We hope that it will be an aid to you in future life. To Donald Fewster: This pair of long pants. We advise you to wear them on your next trip to Washington, in order that you may be admitted to the D. A. R. Building. To Glenrfa Porrey: This fiddle all your own. May this be a gentle reminder of the many times that you have played second fiddle to other high school girls. To Coralie Covill: This can of Bandoline, for your Mary Pickford Curls. To Raymond Middleton: This Chemistry Book on Explosions. By following strictly the directions contained in it you may have a different explosion every day during a High School Chemistry Course. To Arrethea Verdine: This pocket wireless sending set. Use 19 J

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JUNIOR ECHO L- -i--1 have to be at work until ten o'clock in the morning, so she accepted the position. She had worked very hard and was promoted until, having kept the good work up, she found herself manager. She said she had never dreamed that it would be through coal that she would rise to prominence. I learned from her that Arrethea Verdine had married Mason Stevens, and that they lived in Montreal, Canada. Arrethea had tried teaching but it was so tedious and she was getting so nervous she was forced to give it up. Mason had started a dental dispensary and Arrethea helped him in his work. Mason also wrote short stories for the Saturday Evening Post. He intended to write a book some day if he could find one big enough to hold all he wanted to say. I found that Harold Fewster after working on a muck farm decided he wanted to become an artist. He had gone to Switzer- land to study and to reproduce the Alps on canvas. Harold found it lots of fun to wield the brush for he had so much time to rest. He never worked till early evening for he didn't think he could get the right effect till then. Although he had not as yet received any praise for what he had accomplished, he knew that some day the people would be clamoring for his work so he kept working on. Harold said he had always had a talent for painting but he hated to confess until he tried to see what he could do. Louise Cann was a dietitian. She had worked in several of the large cities where she had numerous health stations started and was planning to start more. She also lectured on Domestic Science in various high schools. She had worked with Herbert Hoover in planning satisfactory diets for factory workers. She had been in Washington to see about having a week set apart for special work along this line and was trying to raise money to carry on the campaign. She contributed to the newspapers her plans and asked every citizen to be ready if called upon to help. lt was with great pleasure I read of the marriage of Coralie Covill to the crown prince of Spain. The papers gave very vivid accounts of the festivals being held in Madrid. People of fashion from all over the world were there, but only one hundred were to be allowed to attend the ceremony. Coralie had saved the prince's life by using common sense and he could think of no other way of paying off the debt. I am sure she will be happy. As I was walking around the park one afternoon I met a young lady very beautifully dressed. She led a small French poodle and she seemed to be attracting quite a lot of attention. I heard one little boy tell his chum she was an honest injun actress. She walked around for a few minutes then turned and retraced her steps. l was forced to pass her and as I looked up I thought I must be dreaming for who was it but Louise Verdine. She was having a vacation and was spending it in New York. She told me many of her thrilling experiences and even drove me home in her racer. It was from her I learned that Melville Sheahen had practiced medicine in Ontario for a few years but finding it very dull had joined the navy. He was at the time on a cruise to Greenland. He had sailed around the world twice and discovered a new island in the Arctic Ocean. He called it Man's Paradise. Through a friend of Orian's I gained the following information. 18

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--1---- JUNIOR Eel-io it for sending messages by wireless rather than sending them by earner. To Mary Le Frois: This Ford to take you home nights from school. To Carlton Cone: This hat and the proper directions for wearing it. Also accept with our compliments this season ticket to the Gayety. To Louise Verdine: This package of Yeast Foam which will produce plenty of vim and vigor. To Louise Cann: This authentic History of the World War, written by James Middleton. We advise you to read it carefully and to notice that the Hindenburg line was not a railroad running from France to Germany. To Genevieve Foley: This bottle of Iodine to help heal the many bruises which you may get in future Normal School Gym classes. To Leila Hise: This box of complexion powder to conceal your weary looks the morning after a dance. To Harold Fewster: This bottle of High Speed McWade oil, guaranteed to hasten the step and also give more pep to borrowed Ford Sedans. To Orian Stevens: This kit of surgeon's tools to aid you in future Medical Operations. Also accept this nut-cracker which is especially adapted to Beach nuts. To Doris Huxley: This book on argumentation, especially adapted for preparing debates where Donald Fewster is your opponent. To Norman Beach: This tow-rope, to bring your Star fActress???j home. FAIR EXCHANGE Harold-- Can I call you by your first name? Lelah- Yes, if I can call myself by your last name! IMPROVING ON SCIENCE It took hundreds of years to make a man out of a monkey. some say, but a pretty girl can make a monkey out of a man in a few minutes. ii111 WHERE WAS SHE HURT? A little girl had a fall last week. While her mother was wiping away the tears she asked, sympathetically, where she was hurt. The little girl replied- l hurted-sob-l hurted-sob-I hurted the back of my lap. iii-1 HARD FOR HER I understand that in the Senior play Glenna had quite a diffi- cult part. DiHicult? Why, she didn't have much to say. Well, isn't that difficult for Glenna? 20