Walnut High School - Walnut Tree Yearbook (Walnut, IL)

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THE WALNUT TREE SENIORS PEARLE M. TORNOW If you want to he happy, he good. Dramatics Club 1; Orchestra 3; Chorus 1. 2, 3, 4; Operetta 1,4; Literary Editor Walnut Tree 4. JOHNIE E. FOSS None but himself can ever he his equal. Vice-President 2: Class Cheer Leader 1.2. 3; School Cheer Leader 3; Dramatics Club 2. 4; Declamatory Contests 2. 3. 4: Agriculture Club L 2, 3. 4: Ag. Club President 2, 4; Boys’ Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Operetta 1. 2, 3, 4; Concert 1, 2, 3; Ag. Play 1; Senior Class Play 4; Club Editor Walnut Tree 4. GERALDINE M. BOWEN She’ll have her say, Any time of the day. Vice-President ; Operetta 1,4; Chorus 1, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3. 4; Orchestra Concert 1, 2. 3, 4; Junior Class Play; Senior Class Play 4; Music Editor Walnut Tree 4. 19 2 8 Page tu-enty-three

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THE WALNUT TREE SENIORS DARLENE G. MILLER She has a sunny disposition which is the secret of success. A. M. B. Society 1, 2; Chorus 1. 2, 3, 4; Operetta 1. 2, 3, 4. CECIL C. BRITT He concentrates his hours by vigorous effort and honest aim. Football 4: Basketball 1. 2. 3, 4; Basketball Captain 4; Track 3, 4. WILDA C. TORNOW If silence were golden. I’d be worth a nickel. Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4; Operetta 1. CHARLES O. STONE There mav have been greater men than I, but I doubt it. Agriculture Club 1, 2. 3; Basketball 1,2; Track 1.2; Junior Class Play 3. EDNA E. JOHNSON Her strong desire to do the right thing will ever make her pathway bright. Chorus 1. 2. 3. 4; Operetta 1, 2, 4; Orchestra 2, 3, 4: Orchestra Concert 2, 3, 4; Calendar Editor Walnut Tree 4.

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THE WALNUT TREE SENIOR CLASS WILL Whereas, the fruits of the Walnut Tree are once again ripening, and will soon be falling, we, the Seniors of ’28, with all our talents and possessions, feel we are indebted to the unripened fruits and do here bequeath everything we can spare. Section One Bequests to the Faculty: 1. To our dearly beloved Faculty, we do bequeath a police force to watch the student body. 2. To Mr. Fagan, we do bequeath another model Senior class. 3. To Mrs. Glassburn, we do bequeath an ample “by-word” manufacturer. 4. To Miss McDermand we do bequeath students gifted in long theme writing. 5. To Miss Strouss, we do bequeath a girls’ choral club with voices of nightingales. Section Two Bequests to Classes: 1. To the Juniors we do bequeath our athletic powers, our ability as actors and our success as publishers of “The Walnut Tree.” 2. To the Sophomores we do bequeath our former hopes and ambitions. 3. To the Freshmen we do bequeath our studious habits, our dignity, our high scholastic records and our sheiks. Section Three Individual Bequests: 1. I. Geraldine Bowen, do bequeath my Spanish garments to Inez Wilson. 2. I. Pearl Plum, do bequeath my surplus weight to Mildred Parker. 3. I, Cecil Britt, do bequeath my basketball captaincy to Melvin Huse-man. 4. I. Fern Ackerson, do bequeath my sweet baby face to Mr. Wells. 5. I, William Epperson, do bequeath my brilliancy to Inez Langford.