Washington High School - Washingtonian Yearbook (Fremont, CA)

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I, Alma Logan, will my drag in chemistry to Bob” Amyx. I, Margaret Lowrie, leave my freckles and my famous hair to Hugh Steinhoff. I, Margaret Moore, hereby will to Daisy Mendenhall my marked preference for large men. I, Nori Nagai, will my midnight oil and also bequeath my shy attitude to Lloyd Hygelund knowing that he will use both sparingly. I, Mila Norris, will my mirthful tee-hee to Ellen Dusterberry so she can use it in vamping James Cull. I, Michael Overacker, will my Easter bunny sweater to Charles Dana. I, Mary Peralta, will my position as private secretary to Mr. Solvason to Edna Wellington. I, Ernest Pimentel, will my delightful cornet solos to Clarence Anderson. I, Jeannette Porter, bequeath my sylph-like shape to Lillian Cesari and also leave her my volume, More Sustaining than Meat.” I, Addison Richmond, do will and bequeath my cherubic smile and line of chatter to Joseph Fontes. I, Gladys Rose, will my ability to talk and talk and then talk some more to Mar¬ garet White. I, Theresa Santos, will my perfect boyish bob to Evelyn Amaral. I, Marian Sekigahama, leave my penmanship to the Green twins. I, Anna Silveria, will my come-hither glance to Lena Rivers. I, Viola Souza, bequeath the typewriter that I wrecked in the interests of the Wash¬ ingtonian to Hazel Hempleman. I, LaVerne Stivers, leave my information on how to be the class cut-up in com¬ mercial law to Helen Andrade. I, Lucy Shinn, will my fiery locks to Ichiji Matsuda. I, James Takesaka, will my scholarship record to Anthony Bettencourt feeling that he needs it more than I do. I, Mary Willis, bequeath my ability to grow one way to Della Dennis. Signed and sealed this ninth day of May in the presence of: Skippy” Somerset Gohagen.”

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llUislnni toni in Class Will . We the senior class of Washington Union High School knowing that on June 16 we are doomed to leave this school and depart for unknown regions, and having in our possession certain articles which we feel we cannot take with us, do hereby will them collectively and individually as follows: To the faculty we leave: Relief and regrets struggling for supremacy. To the juniors we leave our class symbols for their senior rings. To the sophomores we leave our ability to guide the lowly freshmen. To the freshmen we leave our agreeable dispositions, knowing how much they will need them during the remainder of their high school career. I, Helen Amaral, do will and bequeath my curly locks and smile to Stella Mendonca. I, Jewell Anderson, leave my tininess to Marie Escobar. I, Wilbert Bettencourt, leave my beautiful piece of dentistry to Tony Duarte. I, Josephine Boggini, will my everlasting supply of gum to Florence Aust. I, Antoinette Botelho, will my position as pianist for the glee clubs to Elmer Lewis, provided it does not hurt his eardrums. I, Eva Brazil, leave my willowy shapeliness to Alice Agna. I, Inez Brown, will my ability to make lengthy orations in assembly meetings to Ina Hiller. I, Ernest Brown, fear that I have little left to will after some senior girls and other wild things have done their worst to me. However I leave my love for women to Percy Broberg. I, James Collins, leave my knowledge of geometry to John Andrade. I, Mae Dias, will my ability to laugh and grow fat to Anna May Fy ffe. I, Floyd Dickerson, leave my Chevrolet and everything else that gees with it to Jack Awbrey. I, Isabel Ferry, will my habit of knowing everything about everyone’s business all of the time to Frank Steinmetz. I, Kenneth Ferry, bequeath my aloof indifference of the vampish wiles of women to Phillip Sousa, who needs it sorely. I, Velois Fournier, leave my fondness for women to Raphael Souza and Marino lacopi. I, Edward George, bequeath my ability to spell to Elizabeth Costa. I, Pearl Horn, bequeath my seat on the Irvington bus to Margaret Sinclair, know¬ ing how she has coveted it for the past year. I, Harry Kcnda, will my famous red socks to Edward Enos. I, Billee Langdon, will my charming personality to Leon Mendonca. [ 16 ]

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ll1asliini tontan Class Prophecy While on a recent tour of the world,” writes Mary Willis, world famed violinist, who studied under Professor Owen, met many of my old associates who are widely scattered through the different ports of life. ‘‘During my short visit in Los Angeles I visited Oliver’s Automobile Corporation Building. It is said to be the largest in the world. Because of its massive size the em¬ ployees move about on roller-skates, so as not to waste time. Jeannette Porter has been hired as chief messenger and receives a very high salary, since it is seldom a company finds such a swift, graceful skater. It will be remembered that Jeannette always took her skates when she went riding. “In Detroit I visited the Ford factory and was very much surprised to find Ed¬ ward George seated at the desk formerly occupied by Henry Ford. Edward has taken over the management of the factory, and Fords are now running on hot air. “While in Chicago I called on Ernest Brown and found him deeply interested in a book entitled, ‘How to Reduce Quickly.’ Ernest plans to enter the men’s contest for the title, ‘Mr. America,’ but feels that he is a trifle too stout just at present. “I spent several days in New York where many of my celebrated classmates now reside. “One evening I dropped in at a night club just in time to see a graceful dancer glide across the polished surface of the floor. She was greeted with wild applause. I was astonished when I was told that the celebrated dancer was none other than Isabel Ferry. She is fast climbing the dizzy heights of fame as one of Broadway’s gayest butterflies, and is known as the talker of New York. “The next day I visited James Collins who now holds an important position with the government. I attended the world series to see my old classmate, Nori Nagai, the home run king, in action. The absence of Babe Ruth on the team would have been very conspicuous if Nori had not taken his place. Poor Babe Ruth resigned when he saw Nori knock home runs. Cheerio Nori! You’ve brought honor to the class of ’27. “Time was growing short, but I could net resist taking one little peek at Coney Island where Margaret Moore is now entertaining patrons by singing popular songs and selling hot dogs. Mr. E. Coney, owner of the Island, is her manager. “Feeling rather gay and wishing to do something exceedingly wicked, I walked up to a news stand and purchased a Whiz Bang. I felt terribly guilty and was glad that I was in New York where none of the deacons of my church could see me, for there hasn’t been a scandal in our family since my great grand aunt walked home from Paul Revere’s Ride. I opened the book and was horror stricken to find that Inez Brown is now the joke editor. It must have been her ability to get a joke while in high school that enabled her to obtain such a position. “Just before I left for Europe I attended a bathing beauty review and was over¬ joyed to see the judges award the title, ‘Miss America,’ to Josephine Boggini. As Miss America, Josephine plans to star in several movies. “As I was about to leave I grabbed up a paper and found that LaVerne Stivers is still pursuing her journalistic career as editor of Dickerson’s Daily. Floyd plays an important part in the publication by acting as printer and paper-c arrier.