Tuscola High School - Tuscolian Yearbook (Tuscola, IL)

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24 THE TUSCOLIAN Byrle Lewis has graduated recently from the E. Burnhams Beauty School. It is reported that she taught them touches on “La figure” which heretofore had been unknown. Helen Scheideman has been advertising in the county papers an article. “How I Reduced.” She still weighs two hundred five pounds; hut she declares that her weight is so light in comparison with her former weight, that she believes her invention is the only sure and guaranteed method of disposing of surplus flesh. When I visited Mr. H. H. Kirkpatrick, who. by the way, is still Superintendent of our high school, he informed me that two of our classmates were teaching there. Fae Helm has charge of the American History classes and Florence Bell is the head of the Physics department. Each of the girls understands her business thoroughly, but one man stands between them. He is Harold Lincoln, who has purchased a site opposite the building, so that lit may watch all of their movements: Florence with one eye, and Fae with the other. Cozetta is hot on the trail of J. H., who is now the worlds most accomplished pugilist. When I was in Camargo, I saw a sign which read: “Brooks. Foley, and Hunt, Matrimonial Specialists.” I ambled over and was greatly surprised when Gladys not recognizing me asked: “Where does she live? When is ?” just then Pauline and Leona came and I was recognized (I was rescued), Gladys begged my pardon and invited me to stay a while, and be entertained. I certainly was entertained, for they understand the art of true hostesses. You see. they were trained at the expense of their former husbands. In Decatur I found Charles Innis and his wife, formerly Miss Hallie Cox. 1 hey are living happily and enjoying an income from her handsome estate. Miss Mary Larmore never recovered fully from the shock of this marriage, and she declares that all men are scalawags with little thought of the heartbreaks that they cause. Miss Reeta Ross lives with her. and she also had an affair of the heart with that lucky Innis. Mary Belles and Edith Roderick live in Bloomington. I am going there now. I his affair that I am carrying on my shoulders is very delicate and will have to be performed in regular romantic style: that is by using the ladder and an upstairs window about midnight. I think that her name will be Mrs. Edith Richards before long. I will let you know the result the next time I write. Your friend, classmate, and well-wisher, HARLAND RICHARDS, (Bott). H. R. ’22. ll!llillllllllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIII|||||||||||||l||||||||!|!l||||!|||||M

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THE TUSCOLIAN 23 ll|llllllllllllllllllllllllllllill llll lll inillllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllHlllilllllllllllllllltllllll!llllilillllll!lllllltllilillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllllll:i)llll!!l!llllllllllllllllliHl'MiP lillllllllllll'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIlinWIIIIIItllilliCv THE SENIOR PROPHECY Tuscola, 111., March 15, 1936. Dear William, Well, Bill, how is Paris? I suppose you are very busy, at present, with vour scientific experiments. I hear you are teaching the French all about radium. How is Blanche? Since your marriage, I don’t suppose that she has a very good opportunity to tell those Frenchmen the correct pronouncia-tion of their own language. The object of my letter is to let you know how the States are. and to tell you about myself. I have been enjoying myself at a game of checkers. It keeps my mind away from politics. 1 have been more successful in winning medals at my favorite pastime than in winning offices, for an honest man has little chance in obtaining an office as a statesman. In my recent tour of the United States 1 saw or heard from every member of our old class of 1922. Everett is living on a farm near Atwood. He has married Carmoleta Romine. This lovely couple is respected throughout Douglas County, and fortune has favored the Stallsworths on every hand. It is whispered about that at the next election Stally is to be made a member of the Board of Supervisors. I am sure of his success, for he is the most aggressive young farmer in that section of the corn belt. Carmoleta informed me that Doris was an architect in Chicago, and I did not lose the opportunity of calling on her. She is very prominent, and one of the best known women in her line of business. I met Frances Wolever in Urbana where she is an English teacher in the U. of 1. I must confess, William, that I was quite taken away with her beauty but to marry her would he quite out of the question; she has a splendid, active career before her. lohn Bruhn has escaped the ties of matrimony so far, but he has built a beautiful home in East St. Louis where he made a fortune from a new improvement on cue tips. I found out that Ruth Monger was in that vicinity; but you know all about that affair. It’s too bad she has decided to die an old maid. There is some hope for John, however, which he keeps burning in a correspondence with the beautiful Helen lleacock. At present, Helen is finishing her greatest movie play, “Why Turn Out the Light?” She found time a few weeks ago to write to John from Los Angeles, and the poor man’s heart has been in a flutter ever since. Anna Smith is sharing the honors which Earl Smiley has received from his reckless driving and record-breaking stunts on the Indiana race tracks.

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THE TUSCOLIAN 25 iimiiiiiiiiiiiuiiimiiiiiiiummiiuiiiMiiniiiiimiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiii THE SENIOR WILL The last will and testament of the class of 1922, of the City of Tuscola, County of Douglas, in the State of Illinois, made this fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred twenty-two. We, the Class of 1922, of the City of Tuscola, of the County of Douglas, of the State of Illinois, being of sound mind, do hereby make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament. First: It is our will that our funeral expenses and other just debts be fully paid. Second. We give and bequeath to the Class of 1923 all capital, knowledge, and privileges known and described as follows: The capital remaining after all expenses are paid, all our knowledge of history, civics, physics, and all other subjects which the Class of 1923 has not yet mastered, and our privileges as dignified SENIORS, the winning of favors in the eyes of the Faculty, and bossing the Juniors. To our fellow-student Frances Fullerton, we will and bequeath Byrle Lewis’ ability to vamp the boys. To Harriet Michener we bequeath Blanche Monger's extra avoirdupois. To Max Vest we bequeath William Read’s shyness. To Clarabelle Henson we bequeath Frances Wolever’s curly hair. To Dorothy Shreve we bequeath Mary Larmore’s loquacity. To Joe Busbey we bequeath Harland Richard’s wit. To Lottie Brannan we bequeath Ruth Monger’s ruby. To Russel Smith we bequeath John Bruhn’s ability to get out of a certain assembly period without permission. To Alliece Warren we bequeath Florence Bell’s ability to scan Latin. To Orval Cassity we bequeath Charles Innis’ height and long steps. To Glenn Thompson we bequeath Cozetta Grigsby’s ability to escape work in modern forms.