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Newspaper
Eagle Lake Headlight
Location
Eagle Lake, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1947
Page
8
Seniors of Garwood High Texas publish a humorous last will and testament listing bequests of quirks and traits. The document names students such as Daniel Staff Julia Ann Labay Leona Wall and others pledging their legacies and playful gifts to classmates and future coaches.
In a humorous student pledge, Jeanine and Glenna claim the right to leave school at will with no teacher objection. Madiyne Drapela bequeaths class pictures to Miss Margerant, while Sidney Perry coad $tattered athletic gear. Seniors bequeath misused English to Miss Warey and record books to Proff Smith. They promise good behavior to Miss Hutchinson and a pledged set of keys to Mr Beat. Patty and Madiyne leave their chairs to Mrs Pinchback for ambitious replacements.
The narrator recalls graduating and taking a job with American National Insurance in New York. A boss grants escorted tickets to Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Browsing concessions leads to a fortune telling booth named Madame Eglantine Fortella who begins with a cryptic reading about vision.
A fragmented vision shows a cozy rose-covered bungalow with three sets of twins and a former classmate Vlasta Fojtik now Mrs Edwin Bochm. The scene shifts to a white San Francisco building with a brain surgeon Henrietta Drlik, then a courtroom where a divorce is granted and Julia Ann Labsay shows a new beau, followed by a French dress shop sign emerging from the mist.
The fragment follows Madlyne Drapela known as Madame Fifi as an unmarried, once engaged woman, then Sidney M. Perry labeled a bachelor ranch owner in Arizona. A church scene shows Daniel Staff turned priest after a failed romance, and an airplane piloted by A F Arnold vows to fly fast after a garage stunt.
In a vignette from a hometown fair, Shim the exite wheel offers a playful wink about safety with three or four wheels. Madame Eglantine mentions locating Alan, while Lundquist performs as a minstrel in the circus. A senior play memory of Jupiter is recalled as Jerome appears outside the tent selling snacks. B H McElhinney travels to Washington, D C to visit family in Alexandria, Virginia near the capital.
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