Sumner High School - Spartan Yearbook (Sumner, WA)

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ll ll Ellillllllllllliiiiil . ll!!!Ill iilIliilllllll !!llllI lIlllll Wi IILZAXSUIF XWfllllLlIL ANlID lllIES1If2AMlVlllllENlIf IN ORDER THAT OUR profound wisdom, our renowned learning, and our undisputed studiousness may ever be remembered by the students of Sumner High School, we, the Class of 1929, upon leaving this temple of learning, do be- queath, in this our last will and testament, certain rights and properties: To the Juniors, our books and all the writing and cartoons therein. To the Sophomores, our undying devotion to outside activities. To the Freshmen, our sophistication. To Mr. Brooks, a class that is never absent or rardy. To Miss Poole, a senior play cast that will learn their parts promptly. To Miss Schwarz, a girls glee club that can sing. To Mr. Wadsworth, some study hall students who do not whisper, chew gum, or throw paper on the floor. To Miss Bogstad, a journalism class that will get the news-all the news, and nothing but the news-and on time. To Miss Hansen, our sympathy after four years of our presence. To Reginald Clegg, Fred Gratzer's position on the football team. To Esther Geiger, Freddy Weber's silvery laughter. To Jack Rogel, Jayne Goodman's turned up nose. To Russel Frank, Jim Spencer's finger wave. To Helen Taylor, Doris William's height. To Buster Carrell, Dick Whipple's quiet dignity. To Bernice Thurston, Vernieta Bounds' come-hither smile. To Frankie Van Tassel, Thelma Duckworth's dancing ability. To Wilburn Richardson, Orville Danforth's ability as a constable. To Katherine Gaynor, Jane Herndon's quiet ways. To any one who wants it, Percy Miller's red hat. To Garland Pautzke, Mamie Gilbertson's permanent wave. To everyone, Rex Weick leaves nothing at all. fHe's Scotch, To Fern Pennington, Vanessa Myers' sense of humor. To Jim Pautzke, Margaret Orton's aid and assistance. To Helen Roberts, Lora Mae Nuttall's natural gift for argument. To Lawrence Backs, August Luhtala's blonde hair. To Violet Delaney, Genevieve Homer's dimples. To Oscar Williams, Irvin Fowler's butchered side-burns. To Dorothy Sitts, Art Sivertson's sunny smile. To Ernest Brockman, Charles Clark's syncopated drum sticks. To Doris Sprouse, Gladys Livesley's scholastic average. To Vivien McKee, Grace Rockeyis look of sweet innocence. Having therefore willed and bequeathed all of our priceless talents and pos- sessions, we hereby set our Stamp and finger print upon this sacred document, on this the twenty-first day of May in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty nine. The C1455 of 'Z9. Seventeen

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lil? lllllllllllili555llllllllllliifflaiiiillll!!!lil!!lllll..ll.lllliiilliiiIllI!!!IElillflllIlielililliilllllllllllllllll ll!! SIIENIIIIDIIQ IIHNHIISIIUIDIIQY President ------ Jack Geiger Vice President - - Orville Danforth Secretary-Treasurer - - - Genevieve Homer Advisors ---- Miss Florence Poole Mr. Frank Brooks 0 NCE AGAIN THE Wheels of time have turned to the Seniors and their graduation. This year we have one of the most notable classes that has ever been graduated from Sumner High School. During our Freshman year the upper crust laughed and scorned our vain attempts at literary programs, but we resolved to get revenge and finally developed a great deal of class talent. As Sophomores we began to place our students in the attention of the rest of the school. Vanessa Myers and Genevieve Homer received important parts in the operetta cast. A large number of the members of the class were in the glee club, operetta, band and orchestra. One member of the class was on the football eleven. Several of the girls made the basketball team. In 1927-28 when we were important Juniors more honors were obtained. Margaret Orton was elected secretary of the Associated Student Body. Vanessa Myers and Dick Whipple were in the operetta cast. Several members of the Class of '29 were on the Spartan and Tyee Wah Wa staffs, the assistant editor of the Spartan being from our class. In declamation Marion Purvis represented the school and won second place in the district contest. The vice president of the boys' club was from the Class of '29. In April the class successfully gave hte traditional Junior Prom. Again. in athletics the class was in the spotlight. There were several members on the football, basketball and track teams. The girls also held sway in athletics. During our last year in high school we showed more progress than ever before. We were represented by Lora Mae Nuttall on the debate team. As a pre-Christmas affair was the Senior Ball. The hall was decorated with green fir and evergreen boughs and red balloons were everywhere. Even Santa Claus was there in all hi: glory. In March we suxessfully gave the Senior play Twcedles which was a financial success. And now we have come to the parting of the way. One ship goes east, another west. one north and another south. We, as classmates, will separate and journey to the four corners of the earth. But the world is not so large but what sometime, somewhere, the class mates and friends will see each other again in the future. For- ever th'y will carry the memories of their high school life. Sixteen

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'lylllllfHfll lll'llf lWllt 5 l'l !Ill'l ' Alllllllllllll 13 ,ill lllll lc' 1 1 lf! Ill I mllllll mllllllln mlllllmiu lllllullll Mllllmn lmlll S1lENll4lD1lRo ll?llQ4lOllPllHllllE'lUhY HiT IS THE YEAR 1941. Fred Gratzer, famous inventor, sits in his gigantic workshop in Tacoma, watching the scenes on his televisor. It is operated by a mechanical mechanic. First it shows the opening of the Firwood Opera Company owned by Louise Friday and Charlotte Josties. Before the screen pass famous personages entering the Opera House. Among them are Madame Bertha Kessler, the fashion dictator of Firwood, and Doris Williams the calorie counting expert. The Prima Donna, Nllle. Geneviva Homero, is now shown singing Ol Sol Mio, from Carmen. The next scene is in Chicago where Painless Morgan is extracting the wisdom tooth of Art Sivertson, the Thumb Tack King. Grace Rockey, his assistant, is fluttering about handing him instruments of torture. With difficulty the mechanical man locates New York on the screen of the tclevisor. At the city hall a banquet is being held in honor of Percy Miller who has just returned from a flight to Venus, which he made in a giant sky-rocket, invented by Irvin Fowler. The banquet hall is Hlled with people. Among the notables present are, Vernieta Bounds, the society editor of the New York Times, Rex Weick, the mayor of New York and Susan Hawley, the society leader of that city. They are entertained by Charles Clark and his Harmonious Four Hundred. Next the scene is changed to the Liberty Theatre in New York, where Ahie's jewish Nose, a musical comedy, has just started on its eleventh year in that city. Fred Weber appears on the stage as Abie, and Peggy Orton does a near-bit-of-acting as his leading lady. Between acts the famous dancing team of Geiger and Geifer go through a strenuous performance. As the curtain falls on the last act, the mechanical man turns the televisor to another part of the City. It is the New York branch of the Paris Modiste Shoppe, operated by Phyllis Andrews. A fashion show is being held. A model fnone other than Doris Gustafson, walks gracefully across the screen, showing the latest in even- ing wear. It is a two-piece bathing suit of canvas with a charming shawl of mosquito netting. Another model fwho else but Vanessa Myersj appears in a sport suit of gunny-sack with purple polka dots on the blouse. The skirt has horizontal stripes in it and is cut extremely short. Viola Nicholas shows the latest in footwear. The following scene changes to Denver, Colorado, where the annual convention of the Anti-Wrinkle League is being held. Marion Purvis, founder of the organiza- tion, is acting as chairman. On the platform is Jayne Goodman, the inventor of the Fountain of Youth, giving a demonstration on How to fool your best friend about your agef, She is assisted by Mary Spencer and Lee Palmer who duck the would-be- Eighteen