Santa Maria High School - Outrageous Yearbook (Santa Maria, CA)

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1.--gg THE 1922 Page Ninet I, Harold Rosenblum, leave my piano playing abaility to its greatest admirer, john Doe. I, Julia Beeson, leave my little dentist to aid suffering humanity. IN 'WITNESS WHEREOIF' WE 'HAVE ISIEIT 'OUR IHAND AND ISEAL THIS NINTII-I DAY -OF JUNE IN 'DI-IE YEAR OF OUR IJORD, 'ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO. fSignedJ Class of June, l922, Santa Maria Union I'Iig chool 'JIT' 'BIS' SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY While carefully picking my way through the filth and squallor of one of the narrow alleys of old Bagdad, I was somewhat startled by a weird, dron- ing 'sound which came, seemingly, from directly under foot. Looking down hastily, I could perceive the wizened head of an old Arab, who was rolled up in his blankets. I Stooping for an instant, I could distinguish these words 'Praise to Allah. Wishest thou, wealthy stranger, to gaze in my magic crystal? Suddenly be- coming interested I tossed the creature a few cents and knelt down on the dirty rug he had spread for me. I'Ie then carefully withdrew from the inner- most recesses of his flowing garments a small crystal sphere which he laid on the rug. I'Ie then uttered a mysterious incantation and a heavy mist seemed to appear within the crystal. As the mist faded I recognized the crowded interior of the S. IVI. U. I'I. S. Auditorium with Raulin Ramos, Percy Porter and Russel Dudley soulfully playing a trio on the three massive pipe organs. Happening to be in Santa Maria on the same night these three musicians are giving a joint recital in honor of their home town. Next I saw julia Beeson in a nurse's uniform busy assisting in a dental office. lVIuch to my disappointment I could not recognize the dentist. The mist cleared again and I saw George Dunham leading his class in aesthetic dancing in Buena Vista Park. Then Arthur Martin appeared as a taxi driver in New York. It is said that he got so in the habit while going to high school that he simply had to continue. Next I caught a glimpse of Laurie Sheppard sitting in her office as city editor of the New York Times. She is talking over school days with Valentine Lotti, foreman of the press room and Ethel Penn, society editor. Next I saw Harold Rosenblum playing. the piano in Angus I-Iobbs' cafe in Tia Juana. Bessie Munger was the first woman to become Chief Justice of the United States and her court reporter Edna Tudor holds the worId's speed record. She can take notes at the rate of 675 words per minute.

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Page Eighteen THE 1922 Personal Property I, Marguerite Wilson, do hereby will my surplus height to Naomi Norris. We, Margaret Robertson and Thelma Schock, entrust our inseparability to Phe-ps Greffoz and Denzil Glines, being assured of its safety by our wise choice therein. :, Angus Hobbs, leave my jar of Stacomb to Mr. Breneiser. Z, Ellis Smith, leave the memories of my beautiful tenor voice. -, Edna Tudor, leave my 10095 efficiency in the office to Mr. Bowhay. Z, Abbie Argue, leave my boisterous voice and manner to William Cobb. -, Bessie Munger, do bequeath my excessive knowledge of Parliamentary Law to be used as an addition to Robert's Rules of Order. We, Laurie Sheppard and Mamie Vieira, Senior Vamps, leave our wicked orbs to Willard Forbes and Fidel Alvos. I, Russell Dudley, leave my Miss Fortune to some other unlucky boy. I, Helen Rutherford, do hereby will my obliging way of writing passes to any office girl who seeks popularity. Q I, Leila Iliff, by graduating, do hereby leave all the other girls in the school the chance of obtaining a boy friend. I, Raulin Ramos, do hereby will my genius as an orator to-Lyle Greffoz. I, Arthur Martin, realizing that little boys are cute leave my sympathy with Steffen Larsen, but ask him, as a graduation present, to please give me his recipe for How to Grow Tall. I, Paul Sword, bestow upon future teachers my dignified expressions. I know this will be a valuable asset. I, Lawrence Wylie, will unselfishly share my good old Irish name with a willing member of the opposite sex. Don't all speak at once, but come early and avoid the rush. I, Leona Bowers, leave my gigantic strength to Henry Schwab, knowing it will help him to play football. ' I, Gladys O'Shea, do bequeath my ability to giggle to Frank Gonsalves. I, Ethel Penn, do will my good behavior in the study hall to james Nicholson, thinking that he is in need of some of it. I, Ellen Zanetti, leave my big brown eyes to Coach Wilkin to be used in the worthy cause of enticing more boys to work on the track. We, Wilfred Rutherford and George Dunham, do hereby bequeath our ability to play football to next year's captain, Calvin Cook. I, Valentine Lotti, leave my pompadour to Vergile Smith. We, Bernice Boyd and Percy Porter, wishing to do something for the good of the school, offer to coach any backward member of any history class. This offer will not be good after June, l922. I, Faye Brickey, leave my ability as a vamp to my little sister. I, Jack Stephen, leave the cockleburrs, which may be found all over my accent, to Harry Lauder.

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gi Page Twenty THE 1922 I saw Wilfred Rutherford comfortably married and settled in L. A. CLos Alamosl. Ellen Zanetti and Berniece Boyd are rivals for the leadership of New York's 400. Paul Sword and his wife, formerly Miss Gladys O'Shea are doing mission- ary work in Borneo. Mamie Vieira and Fay Brickey, I see, are teaching school in Guadalupe. Both Helen Rutherford and Abbie Argue are married and living in Santa Maria. Jack Stephan and Leona Bowers are in vaudeville and their latest offer- ing is said to be one of the cleverest acts on Broadway. The next vision was that of Ellis Smith, the only millionaire the class produced. A He made his fortune selling electric fans to the Eskimos. After making the All-American football team, Lawrence Wylie became heavyweight champion of the world and has now gone into business. f Leila Iliff is a swimming instructor at Pismo and has made Pismo one of the most popular resorts of its kind in the world. . Marguerite Wilson is a great educator and is now occupying her time attempting to disprove that Uorthogeny recapitulates philogenyf' i Margaret Robertson and Thelma Schock, former cooking sharks, have taken over the management of the U. S. Grill and are doing very well. Suddenly the crystal cleared, the visions vanished. I looked down at the old man, he had grown larger and more vicious looking, with an ugly leer on his face he was crawling towards me. I seemed powerless to move, he pulled out a gigantic -knife, the sight of which obscured everything else. Then I awoke with a convulsive start. I had but dreamed. K . Harold Rosenblum 'llc' 'sic' FOR A GRADUATE School days, school days, hey day of youth, the sculptor of man, Hours of pleasure and hours of toil, priceless and fleeting they go. Teachers who taught not, I might, but UI can, Who trained the young plant upward, the right way to grow. When, onward in the future, looking back through passing years, Will the goal they pointed out be reached by you and won, Will you yet be traveling on, ambition quelling all your fears, Growing ever upward, outward, till your work is closed and done? Laurie Sheppard.