Port Byron High School - Echo Yearbook (Port Byron, IL)

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And what a day! We Ha'g Elmer ' Excitem nt ran riot all morning--eX- pecting---then more riotous awl afternoon when all our ex- pectations came true. rne6Aimmai stole Elmer! We hung him in the morning on a lamp , st inxfront of the school. We intended that he should sfay ther out, nevertheless, for speak atte pected Cand rightly? of A desire our effigy was suspended and make ter noon, a car going all day but kept an eye pts of a few whom we sus- o cut the rope by which over to the high school campus and from our west sag5a.fXindows we saw Elmer being stuffed into the back seat LJ' e driver was Ike Fritchnitch. The chase was on. Schpol wasfiwfthoutxgonsent of our nd ' nor edged P prin- cipal, dismissed forfthemaf e M A we went in Quest of Elmer. Inside op anf ou himfx ightly the worse for wear, however,f'But' if d ahd rehung all these startlingfegents,fiea . ,X X NWay backjwh nnel-a certain Us artXalehg gy the name of Elmer enr lled as a F eshman in ort Byro ,igh School. Q He was alwwfs aying th 'wrong thing at the wrqng time just 1 T may a . In case youfwho rea dgngagg Jathe stohy behind 4' i-DlTAl, ' N as all fre ,menfBp. M st Freshmenwpn grow thkgiiibit how ever, by tdggkimgsthef become UUp,er Classmfh 55, t not El- mer. Thehfi it grew stro ge Aan trfnger dmepwkhe became notorious for his poorlyfpi e r m rkg., Time wept on and X, , Elmer graduated. A year passed. and the Alumni was sc of bragging about how school students, it s face of the bull. Ou who by this 'time had Alumni--sowe twenty s ly fall. The day befg 'he annua game Between the high school eduled Q b played one evening in ear re the stwug le El er made the mistake th Al m L it goi to beat the high rved .s he proverg al red flag in the hey we tqen mass, in search of Elmer f ed to h' protect ng arms of fellow rong. heebattlexwas on! When the din had died away, an hour or twotlater, Qort Byron High School students were N n top7a literally speaking. And El- mer? Running as fast s his alumnus' legs would carry him- home! He didn't get t ere, owever,,for he was overtaken by the students, and w th a oose ar und mis manly shoulders was hung on a lamp pos d ctly in gr ndfof the high school building. To this day, er is hung Vggjigy the day of the High School--Alumniega,, on the. XE? amp post, as a grim reminder to all KhQHQh'who feel themurge to boast of the prowess of their team. off with him. Shortly af-

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