Whitehall High School - Yearbook Yearbook (Whitehall, MI)

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-HQ, rf Whitehall High School T H E C R Y S T A L Nineteen Thirty-one Class Will The Senior Class of Whitehall High School being of sound mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, does therefore make, ordain, publish and declare this to be its last will and testament. First, it orders and directs its Executor hereinafter named, to pay all its just debts and graduation expenses as soon after graduation as conveniently may be. Second, after the payment of such graduation expenses and debts, it gives, de- vises, and bequeaths to the junior Class its special privileges of bossing underclass- men, arriving late to classes, getting excused to go and sit in the office, and getting excused from classes. Article I. I, Russell Carignan, give, devise and bequeath to Walter Houpt, my ability to write essays on all occasions. Article II. I, Virginia Rolph, give, devise and bequeath to Alma Jacobs my sex appeal. Article Ill. I, Everett Allen, give, devise and bequeath to Ed Dahlstrom my back seat in the assembly. Only men are honored with this privilege. Article IV. I, William Rager, give, devise and bequeath to Mrs. Dodge my interest in English. Article V. I, Arnold Bloomquist, give, devise and bequeath to Ethel Shaff my seat in back of Archie so that he will be taken care of next year. Article VI. I, Lucile Pray, give, devise and bequeath to Kate Walters my enormous height. Article VII. I, Marian jackson, give, devise and bequeath to Jeanette Funnell my truthfulness on all occasions including assembly room pranks. Article VIII. I, Hilda Mord, give, devise and bequeath to Marian Broman my broad knowledge of men. Article IX. I, Ivan Houseman, give, devise and bequeath to Hank Lohr, my ability to sleep in school and pull good marks. Article X. I, Eugene Hughes, give, devise and bequeath to Bertha King my life long friendship. Article Xl. I, Mae Berglund, give, devise and bequeath to Henry Herle, my posi- tion as Chief librarian, including all expenses and troubles. Article XII. I, Gordon Wight, give, devise and bequeath to William Fechner my center position on the Basket Ball team. Article XIII. I, Dorothea Erickson, give, devise and beyueath to Earl Cornfield my good marks in Physics which I never took. Article XIV. I, Lillie Horrisbergcr, give, devise and bequeath to any High School Girl my ability to take care of a husband and keep house. Article XV. I, Mildred Webber, give, devise and bequeath to Mabelle Pray all the good times I had at the Senior class parties we didn't have. Mildred Webber Page Seventeen

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lVhilehall High School T H E C R Y S T A L Niueleen Thirty-one Class Prophecy In accordance with an old established custom of Whitehall High School, the class of 1931 wish to have its prophecy in the Crystal. I was willing but unlearned in fortelling the future and found it a difficult task until I espied some Gypsies at a tourist camp on U. S. 31, while returning home from school one day. These Gypsies migrate to northern haunts each year and I decided that they were just the ones to give me aid. I called at the camp and asked to see the fortune teller. I was shown to a small tent, where I found a Gypsy woman seated at a table playing solitaire, as I thought, but she was really studying the mysteries of the future. After I had crossed her palm with silver, I told her of the task which had been assigned to me. I gave her the list of my classmates and this in brief is what she said would happen to them in the next ten years: Hilda Mord will marry a widely known Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialist of New York City, after she had finished her nurse's training course. The Gypsy further prophecied that Dorothea Erickson would become Editor of one of the best periodicals ut she could not make it clear whether it was the At- lantic Monthly, Harper's XWeekly, or the Iconoclast. Arnold Bloomquist will study several years in various colleges and will be the man to convince the United States that they should join the League of Nations and also he is to be appointed United States Representative to the League. Mildred Webber is to be assistant secretary for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Marvin Folkert. Here she began to have a difficult time in seeing the next one clearly. She spoke of the noise and din, and finally said that it was a drum. Then she said it was a young man drumming for a band, the National W. C. T. U. Band. Everett Allen had gained the height of his ambition. It was only after the king of spades had pressed forward for recognition that she disclosed the future of Russell Carignan whom she described as a tall, dignified man with a black mustache, goatee, and hair rampant. She said that he would be the head of the English department at Harvard University, having gained renown through his famous Ode To Holly. After shuffling the cards several times, another boy came forth for recognition. Ivan Houseman was to be catcher for one of the big league teams, but it was not just clear whether he would play for the Cubs or the Cardinals. He always wanted to make the Whitehall Tigers but he will have to get better than he is before that will happen. She further disclosed that Eugene Hughes will go to his fatherland, Ireland, and act as salesman for the Ford Motor Company of England. He will specialize in selling trucks to be used in hauling Irish potatoes. She also spoke of his freckles. The jack of Hearts, oh yes, Gordon Wight will be in California in partnershgp with Ziegfeld. His talent was discovered while playing a mouth-organ solo over WL . The United States Ambassador to Russia in ten years will be William Rager. He can speak Russian as fast and as well as he can speak English. Virginia Rolph will be a teacher of American Government in the Philippine Is- lands. She will not be married as yet but will have adopted a parrot and a cat. Lucile Pray has become the outstanding evangelist of the twentieth century. Little but mighty-that's Lucile-and the Pray missionary work is heard and read at the four corners of the earth. The name alone is enough to signify the ritious of her belief. The Horrisberger Mule and Donkey Ranch is located in the western part of Wyoming and to be sure it is the only one of its kind. They are doing a profitable business. It was here Some Where In Old XYfyoming originated. Marian jackson will be the head of the Nurses' Dental School located in the southern part of Whitehall, Michigan. I, Mae Berglund, she said, would take a nurses' course and would take care of a rich old lady. I was to become heir to her estate at her death. Page Sixteen

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