Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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JUNIOR ECHO We hope that this will serve as a check, but not as a damper to Marjorie's spirits. To Mary Fitzpatrick-Doris l-luxley's gift of gab. To Thelma Brandt-A fire extinguisher to calm your temper- mental fires. To Hubert Ruley-A strong box for the Ford in which to carry love letters. To Ruth Schimmerhorn and Stella Dengeliski-The 1924 privilege of changing their names. To To Ernestine Fuller-A storage tank to conceal her giggles. Doris Thompson-A book on I-low to be Happy, Al- though a Sophomoref ' To To To To To To To To To To perform To Arline Risley-A book on the Spirit of Democracy. Clarence Becker-A ticket to the Ontario movies. l-lomer Barnhart-Some of the writers fluency. Adelbert Murphy-A new roosting place in the hall. Hermia l-lallauer-A throne and crown for future use. Mason Schaap-A number of pairs of cuffs. Viola Arney-An automatic phonograph stop. Alice Reed-A staff so she can become a Shepherdess. Gordon Allen-The crest of Greenland's lcy Mountain. Elizabeth Waterman-A position with Ringling Bros. to on the trapeze. George Barrett-A set of first year English books to study during his high school course. To Max Verdow-A tin medal for being such a good little boy. To Grace Bushart--Coralie Covill's power of broadcasting, sent from station C-L-A-C-K . To To To faculty. To To Edith Monroe-Louise Cann's Latin book. Elsie DeRoo-A permanent hair wave. Doris Bel-A developing tank to finish pictures of our Roswell Pratt-A one way ticket to San Francisco. Dorothea McCarty-Good substantial food, perhaps Murphys are preferable. To To Clara Lebbert-A spark plug to aid her in sparking. Earle Keeley-An extension on his shoes so he can trip the little girlies more easily. . To Marie Hennessey and Lillian Closseriome of Arrethea Verdine's surplus weight. To Ethel Leenhouts4ome of Paderewskfs perserving quali- ties when time for piano practice comes. . To beaux. To Beatrice Palmer-One of Dorothea McCarty's numerous Leila Brewer--Some pepper from which she is requested to extract the pep. To Clifton Esley-This secret lotion to prevent blemishes on his fair countenance. To To To To Elsie Hillegar-Some of Genevieve Foley's spontaneity. Grace De Shaw-A stall in the stock exchange. Harold Sheahen-A padded cell at Willard Asylum. Eunice Lanson-A shingle-bob. 22

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l-1l---- JUNIOR ECHO -l-- H LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1924 i PON behalf of my client, the class of l924 of the Ontario High school in the County of Wayne, State of New York, United States of America, l have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion, to listen to her last will and testament, and to receive from her dying hand, the few gifts she has to bestow in her last moments. She has tried to be just, as well as generous and impartial, and distribute wisely unto those who will make the best use of such gifts. She begs me to state for her that she might possibly have been mistaken in her inventory, but such things as she thinks she has, she hereby gives into your possession, praying that you will accept them as a sacred trust from one who has gone before. Listen, then, while l read the document, as duly drawn up and sworn to: We, the class of l924, being about to pass out of this sphere of education. in the full possession of a crammed mind, well trained memory, and almost superhuman understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills or promises by us at any time hereto- fore made. As to such estate as it has pleased the Fates and our own strong hands and brains to win for us, we do dispose of the same as follows: We bequeath to our faculty all the amazing knowledge and startling information that we have furnished them from time to time in our various examination papers. We know that much that we have imparted to them must have been entirely new, and would throw much light on many a hitherto familiar line of thought. lf the faculty see fit, they are hereby authorized to give to the world such of this information as they feel the world is ready to receive. We give and bequeath to the junior class, some grey matter, which is sadly lacking. To the Sophomores, we give the ability to pull together during the next two years. This was the main failing in their ranks this year. To the Freshmen, we leave our footprints, so they might by chance, attain success. Again to our class room teachers, the profound admiration and ever enduring friendship of the class of 1924 in an individual as well as a collective manifestation. ' To Neva Wemes4ome laughing gas to coax that grin into a hearty laugh. To Bertha Whitcomb-A carload of face powder each week for the next school year. To Marjorie Hallauer-Ethel Younis quiet and lady likeness. 21

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1 JUNIOR ECHO To Gretchen Horner-A clay pipe so when she breaks Jim's, it won't be so expensive to replace. To Carolyn Fuller-A living model of the pictures she has so often drawn in her textbooks-the ideal of her dreams. To Oleta Conrow-A life- buoy. To John Furber-Smith Pratt's gimmes to supplement his own. To Myron Leenhouts-Some of Dr. Wallace's reducing records to play on his little tin phonograph. To james Whitbourne+A pair of reflex spectacles to see his own faults. To Mable Ruffel-Having decided she would like to be a Brewer, we leave her a case of empty bottles. To Ralph Casey-A little fiddle of his own so he won't have to play second fiddle any longer. To Anna Moque-A prolonged birdseye view of the rest of her classmates. To Marian Eaton--A nice soft cushion on which she may rest her weary head after long hours of strenuous study. To Esther Dickinson-A pair of wings so when she hurries to catch the trolley car, she can't stumble and fall down. To Garry Raup-A pair of ear-rings and a string of beads on account of his fondness for ladies' jewelry. To Lucille Stoll-A credit account at Woolworths. To Harland Hogeboom-A batch of dough for you and the Baker, To Paul Bailey-A flask of water drawn from the Fountain of Youth. To Rexford Ransley-Carlton Cone's book on etiquette. To Lester Ameele--A reserved seat in the back of the study hall. To the class of l925, our real and rightful successors, we leave our Senior dignity. May they uphold it forever, with all seriousness and gravity, endeavoring to realize its vast importance, in spite of their light mindedness and irresponsibility. Now comes the one thing hard to part with. To our suc- cessors we must leave our places in the hearts and thoughts of our teachers. They will love them, unworthy as we feel they are, even as they have loved usg they will show them all the same tender kindness and attention that they have bestowed upon us, and the same interest in their attempts and successes. All t.he rest and residue of our property, whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind or quality it may be and not herein before disposed of fafter paying our debts and funeral ex- pensesl we leave to establish a school building fund. And we, the class of l924, do hereby appoint, as joint witnesses of this, our last will and testament: Clara Lebbert, Clifton Esley. ln witness whereof, we, the class of l924, the testators, have to this will, set our hand and seal this twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four. Signed, Glenna M. Porrey, in behalf of the class of l924. 23