Tecumseh High School - Echoes Yearbook (Tecumseh, MI)

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ECHOES OF 1935 of your hair every day if you wish. Frank Harris is playing baseball with the Detroit Tigers, and Eugene Skinner is managing an oil station at Pikes Peak, Colorado. Well that completes the list doesn ' t it? Marie — Yes, I believe so. I think it has been a lot of fun getting all this informa- tion, don ' t you? Emily — Yes. I do, indeed. Let ' s do it again 10 years from now to see what they will be doing then. Marie — Yes let ' s. Tomorrow we ' ll be back on the job again I suppose. Emily — It will seem a bit strange after all the fun we ' ve had during vacation. Goodbye. Marie — Goodbye. CLASS WILL We, the class of one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-five, of Tecumseh High School, being sound in body and more or less sound in mind, hereby revok- ing all former wills by us made, do make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. In departing from the ranks of this school, of which we have many pleasant and a few unpleasant memories, we wish to leave to the remaining group of students, known as the juniors, sophomores, and the innocent freshmen, a few of our most cherished possessions, in the manner following: ARTICLE I Section 1 To the faculty we leave our best wishes for a successful future and our deepest appreciation and gratitude tor their loyalty and the help which they have so readily and cheerfully given us over a rough and rocky road. Sec. 2 To the juniors we give and bequeath our excellent scholarship record and our genius, and also the highest honor of all in our estimation — that of becom- ing dignified and conceited seniors. (Don ' t let this go to your heads.) Sec. 3. To the promising class of sophomores, we give our best wishes of be- coming the most distinguished graduating class of the Tecumseh High School — next to the class of ' 35. Sec. 4. To the undependable freshman we give all our material things and surplus gold, with the provision that said bequest is to be justly taken care of and wisely used. Thirty-two

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ECHOES OF 79 J 5 Emily — And my old friend Dorothy Babcock is a famous comedian on Broadway. You know how she used to make faces in high school. Mary Heath Brarnard is a teacher in Milwaukee, and a very good one I was told. Also have you heard Melvin Greenwald on Station OUCH? He has charge of the Bedtime Story Hour for the Gerber Strained Vegetables Company. Marie — No, I haven ' t heard him. But while you are on the subject of radio, have you heard the famous quartet — James Buck, Fred Buchheimer, Ted Brooks and Henry Hamilton. They sing every Saturday on the Why- Don ' t-You-Take-a-Bath? program. Clara Eyler is also doing boop- boop-a-doop numbers on the same program. Emily — Speaking of music Bill Damon is taking violin lessons of the noted violin- ist, Adolph Hitler, and Roger Van Valkenburg owns a $1,000,000 trom- bone which he plays in the Tipton Symphony Orchestra. Marie — Say did you hear of that new movie that has just been released? It is called Eventually — Why Not Now? starring Margaret Pennington and Douglas Lenardson. You remember how good they were in our high school plays, and they say Ray LaBounty, who is a radio expert, is master of all loud speakers now except his wife! Emily — Ha! Ha! I hear Donald Cook has made a fortune by making a new cos- metic that is guaranteed to conceal all blushes. Jean Crittenden sketches the pictures for the covers of the Woman ' s Home Companion, and Gerald Craig is instructing children in upper Michigan in the study of American birds. Marie — Leon Williamson is a life guard on Palm Beach in Florida. Jane Warner it teaching Domestic Science at a Phlippine University, and Maurice Tuckey has become a great astronomer. He has discovered and married a star. Emily — Did you know that Elmer Sneary and William Feight are lecturing in South Africa on the extinction of the corn borer and Elizabeth Osburn is still interested in Manchester! Marie — Really! But can you imagine what Jeanne Allen is doing? She owns a clothing store and is especially noted for her selection of coats. (Coates) Betty Kopke is a noted authority on advise to the love lorn, and Fay Munger has discovered gold in Wisconsin. Emily — Iris Jones is principal of a distinguished girls school in San Diego, Cali- fornia. Bill Hastings is a very forthcoming constructional engineer in the west. But where are Clover Guy and Gertrude Rogers? Did you find them? Marie — No, I didn ' t see either of them but Bertha Miller, who by the way is teaching shorthand in the Gregg School in Chicago, told me that Gertrude is personal secretary to Mahatma Ghandi — she got most of her training in Mr. Gambles office. Clover Guy is in Paris modeling clothes for small people for Charles Osburn ' s Ready-to- Wear C lothing Company. Emily — J. C. Heesen is of course a banker. You know how well he took care of our class money. Julia Freer is proprietoress of a barbecue stand at the Irish Hills and she is famous for her pleasantness. Ruth Maynard is sell- ing hair dyes. These match your costumes and you may change the color Thirty-one

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ECHOES OF 1935 ARTICLE II Section 1. In addition to the above bequests, certain members of the senior class, who have carried excessive loads during their attendance at Tecumseh High School, and who feel that these loads would be of more use if left to certain inmates of said institution, do hereby make the following distributions: 1. The class leaves to Jerry Brown all chewing gum left on the bottom of desks and chairs. 2. Jack Wilson leaves his numerous volumes of How To Make Love to Jack Hanna. 3. Mary Bell wills her scholarship record to Dolores Gray, although she doesn ' t need it. 4. Donald Benedict wills his socialistic beliefs to Jack Larsen. We hope you won ' t become too radical, Jack! 5. Sally Heilman, Ldna Brecs, and Bettie Anderson leave their love for one man to Joan Barritt. 6. William Hastings wills his ability along scientific lines to John Boldon. Work hard, Johnny; what does HO mean? 7. Edna Graham bestows her reserved seat at the Candy Kitchen upon Pauline Daisher. 8. Robert Stone leaves his quiet ways to Walter Dunbar. Now, Walter, behave! 9. Margaret Penn ngton leaves her good nature to Mary Morden. 10. Doug Lenardson wills h.s good looks to Cud Burlson and his love for girls to David H gg.ns. We feel sorry for the girls now! 11. Elmer Sneary leaves his ability to run to John Boldon so that he will get to school on time. 12. Charles Osburn leaves his ambition to grow up to Howard Wilson. This is to help you get started, Howard. 13. Frank Harris wills the guardianship of a certain sophomore girl to Merval Mattis, although he has one to guard already. 14. George Meads wills his athletic ability to Bobby Robinson. 15. Loren Avery leaves his art of playing pool to Maurice Evans. 16. Roger VanValkenburg bequeaths his Farm Ec. ability to Gibbs Barber. This is to give you more knowledge of farmerettes, Gibbs! 17. Leon Williamson leaves some of his height and Leona Avery some of her weight to the short and thin members of the school. (Maybe this will give some of the small ones a chance). 18. Gerry Craig leaves his ability for getting good marks in English to Bob Coffey. 19. Raymond LaBounty leaves his art of creating a disturbance to Clarence Damon, so that he may keep the school going. 20. Jim Buck bequeaths his art of going to sleep gracefully and instantly to Ralph Cole. May these generous endowments impress the minds of these above mentioned beneficiaries, and may the said bneficiaries profit therefrom. Thirty-three