Prattsburgh Central High School - Franklinite Yearbook (Prattsburgh, NY)

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16 FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL a round in one direction, the back in another, and an arm in still another, until only the arm to which the rope was tied remained, and that certainly was a sad looking arm. Pete ran down the road after the calf, and had gone quite adistance before the hired man succeeded in starting the ear. He soon caught up with Pete, took him into the car, and then raced on after the calf. When he had gone about a mile he came upon the calf which stood by the side of the road viewing the remains. He took them back in the car, stopping often to pick up some part of the chair, but to this day the chair has never been put together again, and I fear that it never will be. CLARA Pnossrga, '19, The Senior Will E, Dorothy Stone, Cornelia Pratt, Erva. Wraight, Ella McDowell, Ernest Kennedy, Delos Saunders and Park Arnold, members of the Senior Class, 1917, of the Prattsburgh High School and Franklin Academy, in the Town of Prattsburgh, County of Steuben and State of New York, being of sound minds and memory do make, publish and declare this to be our last Will and Testament in manner following, that is, to say: FIRs'r: We hereby Bequeath to the Junior Class of the Prattsburgh High School all our unjust debts and funeral expenses. SECOND: We also Bequeath to the said Junior Class all the good qualities of our class. THIRD : We hereby give to said Junior Class the Legal Title to the tree contiscated by the aforesaid Junior Class on the night preceding Arbor Day. N Fooarrr: We also bequeath to said Junior Class the care of the Ivy vines set out by us on Arbor Day and trust that the aforesaid Junior Class will take good care of them so that they may grow iu future years and grace the school house walls with their wonderful color. FIFTH : We hereby provide that the trusty key to knowledge which we have used to so great advantage during the last year shall be bequeathed to the said Junior Class and we hope that they may be as successful with it as our class has been. SIXTH : We also provide for the disposal of our remaining property as follows: lb Rowena Smith, the deed to the Prattsburgh Conservatory of Music so that she may be able to distinguish between this kind of a Conservatory and the English Conservative Party. W

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 15 and buried it, while Finley stayed to encourage Aileen. Sambo was sure that to this day no one except himself and the minister, besides Aileen and Finley, knew anything about the real reason for Carter's death. At this point he suddenly remembered that he had been talking to Aileents daughter, and turning to speak to her found that she was no longer there, for Alice, noticing the dreamy look coming into the old man's eyes, had silently stolen away and left him to his dreams. ERNEST KENNEDY, '17. What Became of the Relic T was a beautiful day in July and Tom as usual was enjoying the pleasure of sitting on the porch reading and eating cookies. He had not been sitting there long before his brother Pete, who was mowing the lawn called to him to come and watch the pet calf, while it ate some of the clover which grew in one corner ofthe lawn,nand to see that it did not run away. So Tom picked up his hook and the chair in which he was sitting and walked down to the corner where the calf was peacefully eating, As fate would have it, the chair was a very antique one, and a relic cherished very much by 'l'om's mother, as it was over one hundred years old, and had been given to her by her grandmother. When Tom reached the corner where the grass was so high, he placed the chair in a shady place, sat down, tied the calf to the arm of the chair and proceeded to read. In the meantime Pete was working very industriously with the lawn mower, and did not even hear his mother call to Tom to come and get hera pail of water. But he soon realized that Tom was not in the chair, for as he pushed the lawn mower toward the spot where the chair had been, he saw the precious chair bobbing up and down over the ill used calf's back and the calf trying to run out from under it and both were going at a very swift rate of speed down the road. Pete's cry of dismay brought his mother to the door, and made the hired man who was working in the vegetable garden look up to see what was the trouble. At the sight of the chair bobbing down the road at such a terrific rate of speed, Tomls mother became very angry and Pete's face began to lengthen, but Tom, who always looked on the funny side of life, laughed until the tears rolled down his cheeks, and the hired man also laughed until he was brought back to his senses by Tom's mother who told him to get out the Ford and bring the calf back. A In the meantime, pieces of the chair were flying in all directions,

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL e 17 To George Wravlght, the surplus understanding acquired by our class that he may be able to answer at least one question a week instead of excusing himself by saying as usual, I didn't quite understand that part ofthe lesson. To Dorothy Walker, we leave a bottle of Scotts Emulsion Cod Liver Oil, made and guaranteed by R. Scott to cure all troubles. It is most effectual on matrimonial cases. To Grace Borden, we will a Pocket Edition, COOK Book which we hope will enable her to be a good home maker. To Edna V. Andrews, we bequeath two pounds of Complexion powder which we hope will last her at least two weeks provided the weather is not too rainy. We trust that her extravagance will not always last. To Reginald Thomas, we will a small Limburger cheese sandwich which we trust will last him until he can confiscate more of Uncle Sam's Postage Stamps. To Olive Benedict, we will a slightly used Physic Answer book which we hope will prove as beneficial as it has to many members of the previous Physic Classes. Tb Marlon Clark, we hereby will a small bottle of Dr. Parkers Grouch cure which we hope he will not use up before the next school year starts so that he may look happy some of the time at least. LASTLY, we hereby appoint the Sophomore Class Executors of this, our last Will and Testament: hereby revoking all former wills made by us. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto subscribed our names this Twenty-sixth, day of June, One thousand, nine hundred and seventeen. CORNELIA PRATT. L. sj ERNEST KENNEDY. IL. sl DOROTHY STONE. I L. SJ DELOS SAUNDERS. fl.. ERVA WRAIGHT. IL. sj PARK ARNOLD. IL. SJ ELLA MODOWELL. fL. s.j We whose names are hereunto subscribed, DO CERTIFY, that on this 'l'wenty-sixth day ot June, 1917, the testators subscribed their names to this instrument in our presence and in the presence of each of us, and at the same time, in our presence and hearing, declared the same to be their last Will and Testament, and requested us, and each of us, to sign our names thereto as witnesses to the execution thereof, which we hereby do in the presence of the testators and of each other, on the said date. A PROF. G. H. CARL VAN C. WHIT1'EMORE