Vermont Academy - Wildcat Yearbook (Saxtons River, VT)

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Page thirty-.fix wflbtdf of 1927 Howard R. Smith is in the insurance business down in Scranton, business is rushing, and someone is getting killed everyday. Poupart and Mills run a copper mine out in Colorado and are said to be leading citizens of their town. Vic Hiltunen is U. S. Consul to Denmark. He surely was fitted for that job. I am glad to see Vic making good. Margaret Bengor and Grace Smith run a physical culture and dancing school in Boston. It is very popular, but select. Eleanor Munger is one of the oflicers in that new women's association, or some- thing, that is spreading so. Elizabeth Minard and Eleanor Stowell are both married and living happily. Remember Hilda Osgood? Well, I should smile! You couldn't very well forget her. She is singing for Victor records. But she broke so many that their sales fell off. Marjorie Dunning married someone from England with a title. He died and now Marj. is seeing the world on the money he left her. ' Sally Webster is a nurse at the Henry Ford Hospital. She must be an expert. They have to be to get in there. That makes them all, Bobby, and to tell the truth, hadn't you rather be back at V. A. as president of ,27 than be president of that old oil company of yours? A. G. CURRIER. CEIHSS will In the name of Tradition, Amen. The seventh day of June, in year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, we, the class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven, in the village of Saxtons River, Township of Rockingham, County of Windham, State of Vermont, being sad of heart but right of mind at leaving our dear Alma Mater do ordain this our Last Will and Testament. First of all we leave the pure and noble name of V. A. ITEM I. We extend to the faculty our most hearty thanks and gratitude for their co-operation and patience throughout our school life. ITEM 2. We leave to the under classmen our heart felt thanks for their respect and kindness. ARTICLES: President Robert Eldredge leaves to the president of next year's class, his wild habits and love for the ladies. Vice President Carolyn Whitney leaves her personality to Elizabeth Leussler. Treasurer Roy Hardy leaves his position as best looking fellow at V. A. to Eb Robinson. I-Ielen Alexander leaves her means of wading through four years of Latin to Louise Chapman. Mar aret Bengor leaves her inquisitiveness to Edith Lerrigo. Lee Bowman leaves Bow to take care of herself. Herrick Bristol leaves his basketball ability to the Rumney brothers. Muriel Buxton leaves her dimples to Virginia Soule. James Castle leaves his lively walk to Byron Blanchard. Allen Clark leaves his childish appearance and innocent looks to Stewart Carr. Charles Conlon leaves his walk to Gordon Hindes. Doris Cook leaves a curling iron to Rose Abell. Clifford Counihan leaves his gold football to Virginia Soule. Arlyn Currier leaves his ability as waiter to Horton Glynn. Marjorie Dunning leaves her small figure to Dot Archer. Ezra Dyke leaves his saxophone to Leonard Pinney. Kenneth Dyke leaves his height to Bobby Small.

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W-Iermnnt Qtahemp Page zhmy-,QW lie is in Europe now. Even the king of Siam did the Charleston when he played t ere. Philadelphia Ledger, Iuly 7. R. Shepard puts thru' big land dealf' Dick and Alyce CWalshl live in Philly, and Dick is doing great in real estate. Herels one from Wyoming. Lander, Sept. 28. Bristol and Clark, owners of the Prize Stock farm, carry off Western titlef' They have taken up scientific farming. Well, I wish them luck. Dud Muschette should have taken up farming, he had so much training at V. A. Instead, he is only a lawyer and argues to his heart's content. North Adams, Mass., June 5. Purdy's great six ring circus and animal show delighted two large audiences here yesterday. Purdy himself, as Jack the Giant- killer, made the hit of the evening. Springfield, Mass., Jan. 8. Merrick Wheeler, chemist for the ammunition plant here has invented a new shell which will devastate an area of 1,000 square feet. I guess that will keep the men away from his home. Whom did he marry? Why, Betty Howe of the great and only I927. Albany, Feb. 12. Thomas J. Riley, D. D. preached a sermon of fire and brimstone against present day morals. He has written a book on that same sub- ject. Must be it keeps on his mind. Montpelier March 6. Vermont has three women representatives at the state house this year. Mrs. H. R. Smith, formerly Florence Morrison, Mrs. Anibal Gomez, formerly Patricia Parker, and Miss Mae Tinkham. The old state will be upside down with those three women in politics. New York, March 23. Wheat LaClair, famous outfielder, has finally come to terms and will play another season for the Giants. I saw him last summer. He sure can hit the ball. Chicago, June 7. Crafty crook again eludes police. Clifford Counihan gets away with 550,000 in notes and bonds. Cliff seems to be dodging police as wel-l as he did T. C. A. football players. Boston Herald, June Io. Simonds leads band to victory in New England title contest. Well, what do you know, Si is still tooting the trumpet. Must be he learned something about classical music from Miss Tibbets, after all. Hanibal lVIo., Sept. 9. Ellis Hull, the great musician gave an organ recital here last night. He was very well received by a large audience. Looks as though Ellis learned to play the pipe organ at that. How to Grow Thin in thirty Days. Enroll now for this course. Great new discovery. just lose weight. Address Miss Muriel Buxton, 48 Williams Street, North Adams, Mass. There is a real classy advertisement, Bobby. Well, Bobby, that is all but a few clippings and letters. Fred Robinson is teaching math at Brown University and has found a new simpler method of solving trig problems. I wish he had invented that sooner. I might have been able to understand some of it. Egbert Tuttle, after running through his fortune and being sued for divorce by his wife, went to Paris, climbed the Eiffel tower and jumped off. What an end for poor Tut. Say, this is the best yet. Mike Smolnicky and Bill Steinhoff are missionaries in Africa. Well, you never can tell what a change may come into a man's life. On the side, Mike is teaching the natives to play football and Steiny is leading cheering. You can't teach old dogs new tricks, at least they never forget the old ones. James Castle runs a clothing store and his wife, Nellie Whitney, spends the profits. Sparky johnson, remember Old Reliable Sparky? He made his million from trans-Atlantic dirigible lines and is happily retired, living on his income. Helen Alexander and Doris Cook are working in the office of Ezra Dike, the Wall Street magnate. Ez thought there was more money in stocks than in saxophone playing.

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W-Iermnnt Qrahemp Page :hwy-ffm Audria Gardner leaves the third floor of Alumni Hall to Elsie. Victor Hiltunen leaves a pair of skiis to Glenn Lawrence in hopes that the Seniors will have better luck in the Winter Carnival than we did this year. Elizabeth Howe leaves her height to Annie Pelkey. Ellis Hull leaves his effeminate ways to Lorren Gartner. Wells Johnson leaves the position of President of the Y. M. C. A. to Bill Ward. Charles LaClair leaves his athletic ability to John Kerr. Paul McNamara leaves his love for athletics to Hubert Soule. Charles Millet leaves his gentlemanly ways and scholarly appearance to Rondelle MfacCaffrey. David Mills leaves his rude manners in History class to Henry Gilchrist. Elizabeth lvlinard leaves her position as ultra-modern girl to Hazel Stevens. Florence Morrison leaves her demure ways to her sister Marjorie. Eleanor Munger leaves her quiet ways and position as door-tender and tele- phone girl to Rose Abell. Dudley Muschette leaves the farm to anyone who needs it next year. Hilda Osgood leaves her position as College Widow to Rhoena Barnes. Lena Osgood leaves Edu Sonsire's gold football to Frances. Patricia Parker leaves her extra plumpness to Ruth Ainsworth. Howard Poupart leaves his ability as a Latin student to Eleanor Menut. Ames Purdy leaves his good form to Howard P. Smith. Lois Ricker leaves her red hair to Betty Slocombe. Thomas Riley leaves a camera to Morris Dwight. Fred Robinson leaves his studious ways to Wayne Ball. Thomas Rood leaves his wrist watch to Louise Chapman. Wilbur Rugg leaves his sheikie ways to Kenneth Watkins. Richard Shepard leaves the Vesper Choir to Jack Mackey. ' Kenneth Simonds leaves his position as best trumpet player of the orchestra to Henry Gilchrist. Grace Smith leaves her pretty eyes to Freda Perkins. ' Howard R. Smith leaves the piano of Jones Hall to Stewart Carr. Michael Smolnicky leaves his bow-legs to Delmar Davis. Edwin Sonsire leaves a cadet suit to Bobby Small. Eleanor Stowell leaves her love for dancing to Bessie Morrison. Mae Tinkham and Sally Webster leave the corner room on the first floor of Alumni Hall to any lazy girl who wishes it next year. Egbert Tuttle leaves his position as perfect gentlemen to Frank DeRiso. Alyce Walsh leaves her position as best dressed girl to Alice Gay. Merrick Wheeler leaves his banjo to Ed Adams to play in the orchestra next year. Nellie Whitney leaves her position as head of dining room to Gladys Quinn. The Senior boys leave a bottle of castor oil to Mother Law to be used especially on Sunday mornings. The Senior Girls leave the Juniors to Miss Pollard's care and guidance. May she not lead them astray. Lastly, we do make and ordain our esteemed Principal, John B. Cook, to be the only and sole executor of this our Last Will and Testament and we do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and annul each and every other former testament, wills, legacies and executors by us in any way before this named, willed and bequeathed. Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be our Last Williand Testament. Whereof we have set our hands and seal the seventh of June, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fifty-first. SIGNED BY THE CLASS OF I927. SALLY WEBSTER.