Weatherford High School - Melon Vine Yearbook (Weatherford, TX)

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il? . is ,THE - - . s MELON VINE ee' E 0-'in the prickly pear. One Senior tried walking through a wheel-barrow E 1 with damage to both parties, and another Senior, thinking he was , . pursued by a band of Juniors, ran full tilt into a barb-wire fence. f fl ,f However the Seniors soon came in sight of the camp and after QA qui . sending out a number of spies the Weenies were located and cap- 1, 5 tured. Also two Juniors. The Weenies were taken back to towng XE u N Bull part of them were eaten, while the other part was strung up in Q ff Honor Hall for public inspection, only to be torn down by some E 1 A 1 avenging Junior. .33 x I, dry. The gauntlet has been thrown down and class raids are on. bf xl' who will win? THE sEN1oRsz ' I I ll FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920 'Q X 1 The thirteenth certainly WASN'T an unlucky day for the Seniors. The whole day was one of good times and fun. The first thing in fl' gy' the morning rumor was abroad that there was going to be some- 'ff thing doing in Mrs. Irby's room the seventh period for the Seniors , N and they certainly were not in the least disappointed. A All the Seniors met Mrs. Irby and to add to the pleasure of the M, iff party and keep up the youthful spirit which goes with St. Valentine's Q Day, she pinned on each one a dainty little heart bearing the usual ax, Fil greetings and good wishes. All the Seniors left school that afternoon 251 with a smile. Mrs. Irby IS always doing something to make each .lj xl! day a pleasant one for us. xl' FEBRUARY 14, 1920 lx I 9. , Saturday night was one of the most enjoyable of the Senior LJ socials. A Valentine party given by Miss Cornelia Hood. Her home was prettily decorated in Valentine colors. Hanging over one ' f' window there were two huge heartsg one containing small hearts c Q for the girls and the other arrows for the boys. After much con- IAQ fusion and fun in finding the corresponding numbers, each heart 177, 'H was pierced, then began the game of hearts , The two couples I, ,A making the highest scores played a try-out game. The winners received graduating books. ' gy 25 I I , Ml.. ' I The next feature of the merry-making was a costume race, which 1' f was exceedingly comical. The winners, the tallest boy and the , . . Q. -l smallest girl in High School, were presented with prizes. After a 357 , xy salad course a number spent the rest of the evening dancing. At a late hour the guests departed, all declaring they had never spent a X 5 more enjoyable evening. ' i

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i --,M J-. 'THE X 6' L vb Q. 5.2: Xaser ?-sa-.sezef-f MELON VINE 0 f wawawf-f.'a1sQ5r2 ii , I lil QM elf 9 W SOCIETY if .35-I if 1 M.. N, t l 'lg l 0 l 0 Q is Semor- Act1v1t1es Nl - L , mi - ,Q t 1 ' K The Senior class social activities were begun on Friday evening, 4' lg October 30, 1919, by a Hallowe'en party at the home of Miss Fern , Newton. The rooms were decorated with huge, black cats, and li I witches, and yellow pumpkins. Several games were enjoyed during l In the evening, although fortune telling was the chief amusement. fli ,N , Dancing was indulged in by a few and ghost stories thrilled all with I their unreasonable, yet vividly realistic superstitious. x , Among those present were: clowns, witches, ghosts, little and ' .f big Uncle Sams, colonial girls, Wee Po Peep's and Spanish girls. 1 ' l 0 Saturday evening, November 1, 1919, a crowd of Seniors met at the home of Miss Hart and were delightfully entertained until a '9 ' late hour. Various games, puzzles, and other amusements were we participated in by the guests. til On Friday night, November 13, 1919, Miss Cornelia Hood was 'l f l 'A hostess to the Seniors. The amusements were games, candy-making, Nl 6. dancing, and of course eating. A. W. S. presided over the candy- V ' making, thereby getting most of same. After fthej luncheon, the Q f guests gathered around the fire-place and amused themselves by lg ' popping pop-corn and other forms of pleasure. i .wx Friday, January 2, 1920, the Seniors invaded Junior camp. ll f Weenie can't be mentioned to a Junior in W. H. S. and certain- , ly not by a Senior. The reason being that a crowd of Juniors journey- Le l ed forth to a certain place out on the hights, for the purpose of con- I suming a product of Swift 8a Co., the article being f'Weenies . This in 3 -11 f itself was nothing they could be censured for, but some way a crowd fl of Seniors got word of the affair, and, being fond of Weenies , re- U I all solved that they also would partake of the delicious repast. ' 5 , Since the Seniors were not invited, the problem Was, How Shall , :gy W . ,, . . Q5 , e Get the Weenies? This was soon solved by a famous Senior N, , scout, who, with the aid of other Seniors, got on the trail of the 65- enemy and located their camp. ,li ' Unluckily some of the Seniors met with accidents before reaching 1 - I K camp. Some were inflicted by the sharp pointed tormentors of man- ,V I -' . .Q I - ' ' -ia' 4 Y' X ll -'N ' L'

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. gfia,-nwbuiiwisrffg-' PIELON VINE 453 ima 'Wal i The Senior Picnic after careful consideration and much discussion decided to embark , upon a very dangerous expedition which we usually term a picnic - ' So on the morning elected two coughing spitting mechanical mon l,, sters weie drawn up in readiness before the school house and a very brave bold assembly of Seniors to fly with them to the wilds of the Brazos River in the region of Dennis. ' Upon reaching the aforesaid wilds we sent scouting parties hither and thither to reconnoiter and to discover any wild animals A such as jack rabbits turtles and field mice which may have been laying in wait for mortals that might have courage enough to venture - near their dens. We found after much search a delightful place in -' which to pitch camp, coats, etc., and thither drove our iron monsters. A mighty body of water was also discovered by some of the more 5. THE Q ' as 441 -- 1 ' - - ,, wa- 0 I O U m N 'l lf - 'v . w 7 all? l . fp The august and dignified body of Seniors of the class of 1920, 'll 1 , T ' 'BFI , , , ' 1 1 1 ' QQ -f . L 7 X y H1 yi. bg I A 92 XZ X! . ' I 1, ' ' yi 7 9 Y X ' N fm ll x lm venturesome of our party, lashing and raging in the confines of its bed. x A little later on the men of the party and also some of the ladies l Q- braved the dangers of this unknown sea in order to go bathing which, M by the way, some were in great need. Such courage as this could 3 9 ' fi, have come from no other source than our ancestors who swung from N W limb to limb and from tree to tree and threw coconuts at the largest fl- elephants and giraffes that happened to come into range. lf After a morning fraught with excitement and fun we were served to a delicious dinner consisting of the famous HEINZ'S PORK Q ' I AND BEANS over which the Gallant Spratt returned thanks to lv, ' Him from whom all blessings flow, an dthe best and sweetest chaper- fi .-IW. one and teacher that a class ever had presided. f The afternoon drug on with nothing of very much interest hap- L, Q pening and as the evening drew near we again boarded our fire- A spitting monsters and started for that civilization which we had ', its . f almost forgotten for one glorious day. h 1' , As we reached the school building the last rays of the dying sun '. ll were kissing the tops of the hills which surround our beautiful little ' valley and the evening shadows were beginning to enfold the valley K in the arms of dusk, which, as it drew closer and closer about us, All' in seemed a benediction from Him who creates such days as the one we ill' Q52 had so enjoyed and then put us mortals here to drink the Heavenly i 65 nectar from the cup of nature. 'Y' Q S