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Subject: Wm."H"McElwee's Autograph Book
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2001 4:40 PM
I would like to contribute an Autograph Book.
This one belongs to my Brother, William "H" McElwee. b Dec 27. 1931 d Jan 25. 1999. He was born in Corning, Ia. He started collecting these autographs when he learned that we would be moving from Van Wert to Texas, which we did in 1946.
Dec 25, 1945
Dearest Billy,
If hills and rocks divide us
and you no more I see,
Remember it was Mother
that wrote these line for thee.
Love Mother
Feb 8, 1946
Always love, always kisses
fools names in public places.
2 good 2 be 4 gotten.
Bob McDowell
Van Wert, Iowa
Jan 23, 1946
Dear Billy
I don't know of anything to write,
but remember the good times
we have had together.
Your Friend.
Gene Boles
Van Wert, Iowa
2-11-46
Dear Billy
No heed to others pay;
They try to discredit, never fear.
You'll go triumphant on your way,
If your conscience you keep clear.
Your Teacher-Scoutmaster & Friend
Glenn S. Campbell-Weldon, Ia.
Jan 23, 1946
Dear Billy
When you grow up and
live across the River,
Kill the old Tom cat and
send me the liver.
Don Pierce
Feb 8, 1946
Dear Bill,
Love is such a funny thing.
It's something like a lizzard.
It wraps itself around your heart
andnibbles at your gizzard!
Author Unknown
Feb 8, 1946
Van Wert, Ia.
I don't have much to say,
but just remember that you
still got a friend!
Your Friend,
Junior Mallatt
Van Wert, Ia.
Feb 11, 1946
Van Wert, Ia.
Dear Billy
Roses are red, violets are blue,
Sugsr is sweet, and so are you!
2 good 2 be 4 gotten
Love, Verda Mallatt
Van Wert High
Feb 13, 1946
Dear Billy,
Sure as the grass grows under the stump
Beverly is your sugar lump!
B. K.
Van Wert, Iowa
Jan 17, 1946
Dear Billy,
Too much moonlite, too many kisses,
Will change your gals name from Miss to Mrs!
Yours till cows give shaving crean,
A history classmate,
Pauline Fry
Van Wert, Ia
Feb 8, 1946
Dear Billy,
Crackers are dry with out the cheese,
What's a kiss with out the squeeze!
Your Friend,
Beverly Houck
Van Wert, Ia
Feb 8, 1946
Dear Billy,
Leaves may weather, flowers may die,
Friends may forsake you, but never will I!
Your Friend, Twyla DeVore
(Bill later married Twyla-Jun 27, 1961)
Dear Billy,
The boy stood on the burning deck.
His thots they were not grim.
What did he care if the ship did burn,
It didn't belong to him!
Little Jack Horner sat in the corner
necking with little Miss Muffet.
He leaned on her shoulder and then
he grew bolder. The little boy knew how to rough
it
Dean Houck
Van Wert, Ia
Feb 8, 1946
Snow on the mt,
Sun can't melt it.
You love BABS
and she can't help it!
Your Friend.
Bonita Houck
Feb 8, 1946
Roses are pink, violets are yellow;
Does your cow ever bellow!
Harold Luse
Jan 24, 1946
Dear Bill,
No ink, bum pen:
Can't think, so Amen!
Remember me till Niagra Falls,
Gerald DeVore
Van Wert, Iowa
Feb 8, 1946
Dear Billy,
Poor paper, poor pen,
poor writer I am!
Mary Ann Mallatt
Jan 23, 1946
If a task is once begun,
Never leave it till it's done.
Be the labot great or small,
Do it well or not at all!
Sincerely,
Miss Jensen(Teacher)
So we don't have a wooden gate,
Pardon me but I forgot the date!
Dear Billy,
When holding hands at the wooden gate,
The Lovers are blind but the neabors ain't!
Can't spell can I
2 good 2 bee 4 gotten
Beverly Wilson
Van Wert, Iowa
March 12, 1946
Dearest Billy,
The higher the mts, the lower the breeze;
The younger the couple, the tighter the squeeze!
Yours till tu-lips(Two Lips) meet.
Always include me in your chimney
of friendship as one brick!
A Friend,
Belva Ramsey
Feb 11, 1946
Dear Billy,
Rose are red, violets are blue;
Girls are hard up and so are you!
Till the rooster lays an egg.
Your Friend,
Con McDowell
Van Wert, Iowa
Feb 8, 1946
Dear Bill,
When you get married and have twins,
Don't come to me and ask for pins!
Your Friend,
Orland Buckley
Van Wert, Iowa
Jan 23, 1946
Dear Billy,
When you get married and live across the river,
Kill the old black cat and send me the liver!
Your Friend,
Donald Morris
Van Wert, Ia.
3/23/46
Dear Billy,
May your lifes ladder reach the highest star,
and may you mount it round by round, and
may your time spent in Van Wert be an
inspiration for the climb!
Sincerely,
Leo Boatman
(Same Page)
Dear Billy,
I have been much interested in your welfare since
I first knew you in Sunday School, in groups of
young people, picknicking and on a paper route.
Keep your Ideals high and with hard work your
ambitions should all be realized!
A sincire friend,
Hattie Boatman
Dear Old V. W. H. S
Examination Day
Feb 12
Dear Billie,
When life's school days are ended,
and God says school is dismissed,
May we enter the High School of Heaven
and our names appear on the "List"!
Don't let your pitchin' hand get rusty.
"One of the Family"
Ginny K. (Kelly)(Cousin)
Van Wert, Iowa
Jan 28, 1946
"Nothing worthwhile is ever
achieved without Perserverence"
Sincerely,
Mrs. Geo. E. Campbell
Van Wert, Iowa
Feb 13, 1946
Dear Billy,
When evening pulls its curtain
and pin it with a star, remember
Billy you have a friend,
though she mat wonder far.
Much Success & happiness in the future.
A Friend,
Beverly Anne Erickson
Van Wert, Ia.
Feb 11, 1946
Dear Billy,
Roses are red, violets are blue,
Rocks are hard and so are you!
2 good 2 be 4 gotten
Your friend,
Eddy Saylor
Feb 12, 1946
Van Wert H. S.
7 after 2
Dear Billy,
When you get married and live across the lake,
Send me a piece of your wedding cake.
A neighbor, a friend, a Jr, girl,
Darlene Pettis (Lizzie)
Feb 12, 1946
Van Wert, Ia.
Dear Billy,
T'was midnight on the porch. The lips were tightly
pressed.
The old man gave the signal and the bulldog did
the rest!
Always remember our good times together in V. W.
A Pal,
June Heckathorn
Van Wert, Iowa
March 12, 1946
"A friend forever"
Dear Billy,
It is not the words that count to make your life
worthwhile,
But it is your every day deeds that show the peth
for others.
So work hard & you are sure to find success. when
you are
all out of school and out in this wicked world, we
may never
meet again. But hope to see (you) on the other
shore.
Much success & happiness!
A History Classmate,
Miss Viola Simmerman
Age 15 1/2
Feb 11, 1946
Dear Billie,
Remember me and don't forget you
have a Grandma in V. W. yet.
A. F. McJimsey(Arzona Florence Palmer McJimsey)
Dear Billy,
I have just a line or two, but I want to let
you know that you still have a friend.
Pat McManus
Van Wert High
January 23, 1946
Dear Billy,
When yiu grow up and live across the river,
kill your old cat and send me the liver!
When you grow up and live on a farm,
write me a letter as long as your arm!
Remember me in History Class
Your Classmate,
Robert
The taller the tree the harder the bark,
the older the girl the harder to spark!
Your Uncle,
Charles McJimsey
Van Wert, Ia.
Jan 23, 1946
By hookie by cookie I am last to write in your
bookie!
Till the rooster lays an egg.
Till the ocean wears rubber pants to keep its
bottom dry.
Your Schoolmate,
Marjorie Dinham
Van Wert, Iowa
3-27-46
Dear Billy,
"Let us not be weary in well doing,
For in dire seasons we shall reap
if we faint not" Gal 6:9
Minister-Ruby I. Jones
Van Wert, Ia.
3-27-46
Dear Billy,
Remember me early, remember me late;
Remember me at the Golden Gates!
Clara Jones
Feb 5, 1946
Dear Billy,
Roses are red,violets are blue;
Acorns are nuts and so are you!
2 good 2 be 4 gotten
Citizenship classmate,
Delbert Woodall
Dear Billy
Upon a mountain carved on a rock,
are four little words, "For get me not"!
Some times I'm nice, some times I'm naughty;
But just to be naughty I'll write my name twice,
Jerri Lou
Jerri Lou Throckmorton
Your friend forever and wishing you
all the luck in the world!
2 good 2 for get
You tell the Mississippi River to wear rubber
pants to keep the bottom dry!
Wanda Mae Simmerman
Van Wert, Iowa
Feb 8, 1946
Van Wert, Ia.
Too sweet to kiss, but oh how bitter;
to kiss a darn tobacco spitter!
Rosalie Cox
Age 14
Feb 12, 1946
Memories of our happy times that we
have
shared to-gether cannot by anyone be severed!
Wishing You Best of Luck,
Donna Palmer "LuLu (A Cousin)
Van Wert, Ia.
Feb 8 1946
Dear Billy,
I havent much to say, but remember
me as your friend! Yours until the
Mississippi wears rubber pants!
Your Friend,
Wray Simmerman
Van Wert, Ia.
March 12th 1946
Dear Billy,
When twilight draws its curtain
and pins it with a star;
Remember you have a friend
and do not wander far!
2 good 2 be 4 gotten
Your cousin,
LaVern Kelly
Grade 10-Age 16
Van Wert, Iowa
Feb 7, 1946
Dear Billy,
Always remember "The beginning
is the most important part of the work"
Berdena Bulkeley
Same Time - Same Place
Dear Billy.
As you travel along lifes highway,
whatever may be your goal;
always keep your eye upon the dough nut,
and not upon the hole!
Owen R. Bulkeley
Dear Billy,
Roses are red, violets are blue;
Sugar is sweet and so are you!
Yours till the cows come home.
John McManus
Van Wert, Iowa
Feb 12, 1946
11 after 2:00
Dear Billy,
When you get married and your wife gets cross,
Watch out for the rolling pin, for she thinks
she's boss!
Now I lay me down to sleep with my car parked in
the street.
If it should start before I wake, I pray the Lord,
put on the brake!
Yours till the knife and fork, spoon! Yours till
"Side Walks"!
A Junior Girl-Daisey
Van Wert, Iowa
February 8, 1946
Dear Billy,
Hitch your wagon to a star. Try to achieve the
Highest ideals.
I'll remember you as the Boy Scout that all of the
smaller boys admired!
Your Friend,
Mrs. Selma Thompson
(Bill was an Eagle Scout at age 14)
The autograph book was a Christmas present, Dec 25, 1945
That's All Folks
Larry