Red Bank High School - Log Yearbook (Red Bank, NJ)

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GROVE, and start the bridge the BAY WAY across NEWARK to PERTH AMBOY.” His wife, ELIZABETH, didn’t like the RAHWAY he was treating' her. She ob- jected to the MANASQUANdering his love on this LIBERTY STREET FERRY. So she w'ent to NEW YORK, began drinking EL1ZABETHPORT till her legs were TREMLEY and she couldn’t POINT PLEASANT. A cop found her at the foot of WEST 23d STREET, gave her a drink of BRANCHPORT, got her a NEWARK TRANSFER and sent her to the ELIZABETH AVENUE hospital. When she got out the bridge was completed, her husband had fallen INTERLAKEN, was drowned and the railroad company had let BAYONNE the bridge. W. S.. ’22. Editors: Kathryn Cooper, Francis Lane. The Class of ’22 gave a dance November 25th, 1921, which was the first given this year. There were about thirty couples present and everyone enjoyed himself very much. Charles McAnerney was the executive chairman; Alice Conover was the chairman of the punch committee with Russell Hodgkiss and Ailsa Minton as assistants; Samuel Yanko, the advertising chairman, was assisted by Thomas Valleau and Wilmot Robinson. The music committee consisted of Jack Heller as chairman and Elmer Hesse and Marion Many as assistants. The decorating was done by Alfred Ernest and Nelson Rose. The hall looked very attractive with its decora- tion of pennants and crepe paper. All entered the prize dance with enthusiasm, and Miss Beals, our physical culture teacher, won the box of candy. Everyone enjoyed the music and when quarter of twelve came, we were loathe to leave. The Senior Class regrets to announce that it has lost a number of its members. Katherine Lamarche has gone to Binghamton, New York; Isabelle Yervant to Chattle High School; Leroy Duncan to Neptune High. We, however, are pleased to welcome Elvin Hendrickson, Arthur Theissen and Charles McAnerney to the Senior Class. At the beginning of school year the Seniors had a class meeting in which William Bennett was elected president, Albert McQueen vice president, Frances Lane secre- tary and Jack Heller treasurer. We congratulate our new officers and hope that they will show as much interest in the class as the officers of the previous year. Schenck—“I noticed you advertised for a man to retail imported canaries.” Proprietor of bird store—‘‘Do you want the job?” Schenck—“Oh, no; I was merely curious to learn how they lost their tails.” Miss Beebe—“For tomorrow, take the life of Webster.” Audible whisper—“Wish we could, but he’s dead already.” 12

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brown paper, and much to his amazement upon unfolding- it he found certain hiero- glyphics. One can easily imagine his astonishment when he made such discovery. The United States embarkation piers were almost directly opposite Pier No. 50, which made an excellent place on which a spy could operate. The full force of his dis- covery did not strike him at first. How long had this hand of spies been operating on Pier No. 50? Perhaps information leading to the torpedoeing of American ships had been handled on this very pier. Who was the leader? He picked up the message and studied it intently for some minutes. Suddenly he exclaimed excitedly, “I have it,” and hastily grabbing pencil and paper he wrote down a key. Then taking the message again he spelled out the words by locating the different forms on the key. The forms narrowed it down to a possible three, while the position of the dot determined which of the three letters was correct. In this way Jim read the note. The first word was Hendrickson. At any rate, he had found out one member of the band, probably the leader. It then went on to give the sailing dates of various U. S. transports. When he had finished, Jim muttered, “The Hun! I suppose his accomplice came past here in a boat and tossed that ball out for Hendrickson. Then 1 beat him to it! Maybe he’s out there now looking for it.” He turned out his lamp and went out into the dark. Over the Palisades and Steven’s Point, to the north-west, dark clouds were piling up and frequent flashes of lightning told that a thunderstorm would strike Manhattan in a very few minutes. Every thing was quiet and hushed, as it so often is just before an electrical storm. The river was calm and still and the flood tide brought the water level threateningly near the planking of the dock. The night was ominous and forboding and seemed to bear tidings of impending danger. As Jim moved forward he saw the rays of a flashlight moving to and fro on the end of the pier. He caught Hendrickson unawares, and as the spy reached for his gun, young Floyd was upon him. Snatching the revolver from him, Jim hurled it into the river. The German stepped back for a minute, and then swung heavily at Jim, who artfully dodged and came in with a quick upper-cut. From then on the science of boxing and wrestling was thrown to the winds. They were no longer men but wild beasts, each desperately striving to throttle the other. Back and forth across the dock they reeled, first one and then the other having the advantage. Hendrick- son knew well enough that for him it was either a case of killing Jim Floyd or facing a firing squad, for Jim had the signed and addressed letter. Both men were be- coming exhausted and the outcome of the struggle depended largely on their en- durance. Finally Hendrickson, in stepping backwards, caught his heel in a piece of rope, which threw him head-first into the river. With a loud resonous splash he struck the water. The ghastly expression on his upturned face remained always in the memory of Jim, the night watchman. On the following morning readers saw this item in their paper: “Find unidentified body of man in North River. The body was found by the police near Peck slip. In the pocket were papers made out to Arnold Hendrickson. The man is six feet tall, weighing 200 pounds. He had light hair and was clean shaven. Had been in the water, apparently, only a short time.” —C. K., ’23. “An Original Story.” Mr. ALLEN HURST, a married man from ELBERON, was secretly in love with Gertie BELMAR of SOUTH AMBOY. He wanted to SEA GIRT to get her to COMOver to his cottage, AVON-BY-THE-SEA, and to go rowing with him on SPRING LAKE. At JERSEY CITY he bought a MANHATTAN TRANSFER from Mr. MORGAN, who told him to SEAWAREN BRIELLE of MIDDLETOWN about building a WOODBRIDGE out of CLIFFWOOD or BRADLEY BEACH wood with a PORT READING CROSSING. So he said to Mr. JACKSON, “I will go to MATA- WAN, draw out a LITTLE SILVER from the RED BANK and unless he HA DET the contract out I will close the DEAL. Then I will get a LONG I rA fCH of BOYNTON BEACH wood out of ASBURY PARK, near the WEST-END of OCEAN 11

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Pd rather be a Could Be, If I could not be an Are; For a Could Be is a May Be, With a chance of touching par. Pd rather be a Has Been Than a Might Have Been, by far; For a Might Have Been has never been, But a Has was once an Are. Van Horn—“I had a fall last night that rendered me unconscious for several hours. D. H.—“You dont say; where did you fall? V. H.—“I fell asleep. Schenek—“How did the serpents get to Laocoon, as he was on the land? Miss Wainwright—“Serpents are like eels, they swim in land as well as in the water.” (Heard just before the Red Bank-Leonardo football game, Thanksgiving.) Helen Linton—“I suppose those Leonardo fellows would go crazy if they beat Red Bank. Janet Cooper—“Yes, that’s why it’s a very sane school. First Senior—“Did your watch stop when it hit the floor? Second Ditto—“Sure, you bonehead; you didn’t think it would go right through, did you? Teacher—“Stop growling. Clever student—“I’m not, my hair snarls.” “What a beautiful dog, Miss Alice! exclaimed her bashful admirer. “Is he affectionate?” “Is he affectionate? she asked archly. “Indeed he is! Here, Boy, come show Gus how to kiss me? Janet Cooper tripped up to the counter in a music store where a new clerk was busy, and asked sweetly: “Have you ‘Kissed Me in the Moonlight?’ “No. It must have been the man at the other counter. I’ve only been here a week. What would happen if: Ethel Smock disturbed anyone? A1 Conover did not disturb anyone? Florence Finkelstein did not giggle? Marion Many had not a new crush? Schenck took a girl to a dance? Ethel Fix used powder? Frances Lane did not recite? Brick Hendrickson acted sensibly? Lou Lang minded her own affairs? Helen Linton had a shine? Van Horn felt unnecessary? Miss Beales was truly cross? Robinson did not talk? Ruth Matthews were without a powder puff? Hawkins had finished his speech—8th period history? The Juniors were worthy? 13