Pleasantville High School - Acroama Yearbook (Pleasantville, IN)

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I, Aurdia Padgett. bequeath to Ruth Hooker my ability to get beaus. I. Reba Cleveland, leave one box of rouge to Ross Neal. I, Opal Hudson, bequeath to Mary Purcell enough hair grease for one application. fone poundj I ' I, Emil Shepherd, do bequeath the storm front of my buggy to Iilson -and . f I, Lelia Near, do bequeath to Exley Pergal one rubber doll. I, Charles Bryant, bequeath to Delbert Smith one Mercelling iron. I, Lance Deckard, leave a plentiful supply of dirt for the janitor to re- move from the building. Lance W. Deckard, Administrator. VVitness our hand this 20th day of january, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four. Harlon South. lfdward Talley. Herbert Brown. SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Them onions and liver done, sis F Naw, but say, do you remember that Cleveland girl who always ate onions for lunch Fi' Yes, what about her? Well, she's in Afrikee. and she sure has changed her ways. She's adoin' missionary work over there in Afrikeef' Is that so? Look about that liver- Ancl, say, what became of that girl who always had liver trouble or somethin'? Oh, Fannie Buck. you mean. You'd be surprised. She lived quiet fur a while. then with all her reputation. she fell so low that she is now a toe dancer in a Roosian ballet. You don't say so! I Turn that chicken. Oh, yes, preachers always like chicken and that thar Charles Bryant is apreachin' the Gospel in the M. E. church at Pleasantvillef' I always believed you couldn't jedge a book by its cover. And say, Jere Goodman writes books and movie plays. l'Ie's in the South Sea Island agittin' material for his new play now. Like as not he'll marry one of them dark Janes. The idee, and did he go on the train F Yep, by freight, I reckon, and that thar Harold McCammon has a job flaggini freight trains in Hoop-pole Township, Posey County. Mercy, he always did have brains. Stir that chop suey, sis. Yes, yes. And Ruby Bedwell is a society leader of one of them Chinese Mah jongg circles. She's the one who always talked so much. l lowed she'd be a speaker. Naw, George is the orator and I guess he put pebbles in his mouth at first but he shore made a good one. Fur the land's sake. Yes, and Lelia Near is agivin' lectures on 'llow to get thin.' She also gives demonstrations to advertise her work. 'Is she still thin F Yes. and they say say orders all her clothes from Deckard and Son's department store, which handles women's apparel only. I guess she gets 'em cheap, too, fur ye know his wife's dead. I always lowed he'd a married Audria Padgett. Wliat become of her? H 11-11-1 1 1 1 11.1-gg1q1q1u1.l1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .-n-u1qn pp1gq1lp1l..1q.1lp1.p1..p1l.1..1l.1 .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1..1.g.q.1-.1 1 1 11.1.1.1

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