Santa Rosa High School - Echo Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA)

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THE ECHO Mona: Speaking of Windsor, reminds me that I was passing through the suburbs of that town and saw Mervyn Burke and Edith Coffey leaning over a pig-stye, arguing as to which should receive the best half of the old Peterson ranch. Both have been bereaved, you know. Isabell: I heard Anna Fisk has lately become a prominent member of the Asti Colony. Emma: Yes, that’s right, and Helen Finley became an extremely success- ful author. Perhaps her most widely known production is the “Life and Works of Councilman Pressley”. Mona: Elsa Milne is a captain of the steamer Gold, which carries frieght on the Petaluma river and William Heitsmith is employed as deck washer. Emma: Josie Watson is now chief attraction of the “Get-em-quick” Mat- rimonial Bureau. It might be well to add that she is highly successful in her chosen vocation. Isabella: I have been counting the names off on my fingers. That’s everybody now isn’t it? Emma: No we have forgotten Freddie Hatch. I wonder where he is? Mona: Poor Freddie! Oh girls, I can hardly tell it, it is tragic. But— but—he was slain by a bartender when rushing for the free lunch. (all burst into tears ) Curtain Anna lisk, Catharine Crane, Gladys Sherman, Fred Hatch, Leo Sullivan, Tom Miller, 23

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Pi GO and paints the bald spots. One flaw in the dye which is yet to be overcome, is that it is not water-proof. Isabella: Speaking of demonstrating to natives, Marie Dowd is here in Japan and calmly sits in the show window of the “Anti-Fat Trust” firm and demonstrates the excellent results of “Walche’s Anti-Fat Remedy.” Mona: Winifred Burke is employed in some thing of the same nature. She is a modeline for Magnin’s exclusive women’s department. She has greatly changed her appearance by the use of peroxide and high heeled shoes. Emma: Elva Spotswood had a special 90 horse-power truck built in which she endeavors to carry about some of her numerous diplomas. She is constantly on the go, taking college degrees. Mona: How about those that stayed in the home town? I have kept track of some of them. Emma : Bernadette Hehir, for one, stayed in Santa Rosa. She is employed as window washer for the many windows of the Fourth street filling station of the Standard Oil Company. Isabella: And Alma Shane, [ heard, is now the ‘Social Center Vampire,” She is still pursuing the younger generation. When last seen she was escorting one of her old classmate’s children from the Friday night dansant. Emma: Frances Fry is chief clerk at Woolworth’s and is now receiving the highest salary paid there, $3.98 per annum, and Frances Pannell is entertaining Sunday night visitors at the Bernardi Hotel with her ‘$10,000 a night” voice. Mona: Elsie Daut has succeeded Annette Kellerman and does fancy diving in a glass tank in front of the Elite Theater. The Elite is a rgular show now. Isabella: Mrs. Selma Alexander Harris has become a rival of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney . She is using one of her own chilren as a model. Emma: Theodore Matthew is now president of the Social Center, and has relieved Mrs. Talbot and her son of their duties as floor managers. He is strictly carrying out their policy regarding the modern dances. However, in order to attract larger crowds, the square dances and the Virginia Reel have been revived. Mona: Do you know that Mabel Lehn has succeeded Miss Moodey as dean of old S. R. H. S.? She has a very able assistant in William Marshall.. Emma: Did you know Marjorie Ellis married her employer and is now a leading society belie in Graton’s exclusive set? You know oe was a typist for the management of the S. R. Coffee Club. Mona: And Gertrude Gates is living very near Graton too. She’s at Forestville now—it was very romantic. She met a taxi driver on the Sebastopol road—they eloped to Forestville and were married. Isabella: Edna Peter has taken up her life’s vocation of raising orange blossoms. Do you know where Lucy Brewer is? Moan: Oh yes! She lived up to her name and moved out of the state when California went dry. Emma: Wasn't that fine about Dorothy Wright Mona: I didn’t hear about it. What was it? Emma: Why she has attained great notoriety as a painter, having reached the highest pinnacle of success, decorating barber poles for the Mills Station barber, Catherine Crane. Isabella: I didn’t know that Catherine was at Mills Station. That is almost as bad as Windsor.

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THe ECHO LAST WILL AND T Ses OF THE CLASS OF JUNE, 1916. We, the Class of 1916, of the Santa Rosa High School, being in perfect health, and brilliant mind and understanding, and considering the eee of gradnation and the uncertainty of life thereafter, and to the end that we may be better prepared to leave whenever it shall please the Faculty to se ond us forth, do therefore make and declare this our last will and testament, the manner following: IT, Mervyn Burke, do give and bequeath Ruby Peterson to the care of Amer- igo Demio, hoping that he may keep her safely until she becomes of age, when I promise to return and relieve him of the burden. My reputation for enjoying myself in the Study Hall, I leave to any ambitious Freshman who desires to “get in wrong’’ with Miss Moodey. I, Wnifred Burke, do hereby bequeath my dramatic ability to Frank Sowell, hoping that he may profit by my successful career. All my estate, real, personal, or mixed, of whatever nature or kind, including my red sweater, | sadly leave to Gladys Dietz. Edith Coffee, have decided to bequeath my quiet manner to Hazel Cooper, that she may mak herself heard as well as I have. My ‘‘debutante slouch’’ I leave to Marian Peterson. Knowing what a frivolous reputation I have attained during my short school life, I Catherine Crane, do hereby leave my Latin translations, hoping that the next Caesar class may find them as useful as my own has. I, Marie Dowd, do leave my knack of hair dress to Harriet Bussman, trust- ine she will execute as heavenly a roll as that exhibited during the past year upon my head I, Elsie Daut, do will and bequeath my reputation as an efficient to Vera Mehring. My curly hair, brown eyes and rosy cheeks, I leave to Jessie Taylor. Sadly, I, Anna Fisk, bequeath to Vera Williams my daily excursions with the count of the long name. Since I cannot leave my position as private sec- retary to the manager of the weekly, I will leave my famous seat in the Study Hall in most of such work has been done, and my absolute franchise to carry on said work durng study periods, to any promising young lady on condition that she make as good use of both as I have. I, Helen Finley, hereby relinquish all claim to ‘‘Bub” Pressley requesting thet some one take pity on him in my absence; he may need comforting. I, Howard Fry, in my final document, desire to leave to the class in debating my power of oratory. My ingenuity in writing U.S. History reports, I gladly bestow upon some unfortunate student who may find as much pleasure in copying the International Eneyelopedia as I. I, Emma Fisk, hereby sadly leave to the girls of the Santa Rosa High School,