West Seneca Central High School - Acenes Yearbook (West Seneca, NY)

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l ' 1 CENTENNIAL CONTEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION' FIRST PRIZE MTH SOCIAL LIFE OF THE-EBENEZERSN By: Thelma Hertzell V ATTENTION, CITIZENS OF WEST SENECA! SENSATIONAL ONE DAY TRIP BY TIME MACHINE TO NEST SENECA, l85l. IN HONOR OF THIS Towns CENTERNIAL, THE '1'R1P'wTLL BE OF GLIARGEQS AILL' I CITIZENS DESIRING PASSAGE, ASSEMBLE AT WEST SENECA TOWN HALL ON JULY 15 AT SSOO A0 Mop The above announcement intrigued meg On that eventful day, I embarked with twenty others on our unusual journey into the paste Back, into timeg Ebenezero Christian Metz, one of Ebenezerls founders? met the towne As We walked along, We noticed that the men were 1930--1900-ifinally-18513 we had reached space ship and invited us to see the dressed in e fashion strange to uso Metz? for instance, was attired in a breed brimmedg flat crowned hat, and full trousers. he had no mustache, but a close trimmed beardu - , One of our first stops was at e lerge community dining hallq Here the men and women ' gsthered.three times daily to partake of the wholesome Ebenezeregrown food, end to share in the scant social life of the times. Because we were very interested in the family and the social life of the community, from there we Went to the Metz home, typical of all the Ebenezer residenceso' The house was large and comfortable, Metz explained, HEach family is supplied with living quartersg No Ebenezer citizen is ever erowdedan He continued, HEbenezers do not work for wages? or own properqy. Everything is owned by all, for the common goodn. we attended one of the Church serviceso tThe people no minister, silent prayer, chanted hymns, Bible lesson, After Church no one spoke, but went quietly homeo This I conversed with an Ebenezer girl of about eighteen Shawl, and sunbcnnet with a cape at the backo The girl each other, play cards, dence, drink, smoke, or partake After a time, the girl confided that her fiance had six monthso NHe has to remain there until next sum ern year, unable to communicate, to test our loven. had about eleven a weekn There is and exhortations by the eldersl oertainly was not e social occasion, She wore e full skirt, sheuldef'f - told me that Ebenezers did not visit of Worldly pleasurese been up in the Ganadien woods for we are separated in this way for one At the end of the day, our wearyigroup boarded the,, ..inaohine, set the dial for 1951, waved goodebye to Christian Metz, and-started home, ' I 'lt' A 'ral ' I ' ' fm! - ':. -fi ' W W '-.w'5 - Q vw X . wffmvwtfe, '- - lvzueawzfeneweie ' i 'Xf9N 51 'Yi ff .k +9f' fire!- Ve-'W' A n'??fV.f.?'1 'lf' 'f'LiT57a -' 5 tww?f.'1tsEa? saiwef , N A I bl Y mx, r jyi .4 .,,r'.,5u,! L:'v 1 wi.. . t - Hn.: fe--.qw ,,,,-nf f5g.4gf:gg,l,,. , e . . Sf'-Pg, if , xT'i'y '.l'A'- '-if ' :VH ,:WWf'Wi3E2YN,-L iq .- V, .' ' A ' . W l5f3:Qg?ef3x?3gtnfedpdyefwwjf ' .-G L,g':1'ff1f ..:. 5 g.fH, f 4 f . w f n , gap HG., J ,. , A b I V A m--- 413