THE NICHOLITE
The Official
Publication of Nichols
High School
Vol. VII No. 14 May 12, 1931
Submitted by Charlene Hixon, December 14, 2013
SENIORS PRESENT PLAY
FRIDAY MAY 15
The Seniors
of 1931 will present their class paly at the Opera House Friday evening May 15
at 8:00 P.M.
The play is
a very clever Comedy Drama in three interesting and entertaining acts.
The cast
has been working hard and earnestly for some time and can promise an evening of
entertainment well worth your time.
If you
would see some plain and fancy eye rolling, if you would take lessons in the
gentle art of selling stocks, if you would see some third degree work trimmed
“with Hayseed” then you will not miss Countess De Selles (Margaret Oostendorp),
Jimmie Barnes (Duane Neff) and Constable Boggs (Waldo Elder) in Mary’s Millions
Friday night. And the entire case does
equally well.
Who got
“Mary’s Millions” and how? Let the
following cast show you and your friends Friday evening:
Charles
Fox as Jack Henderson
Duane
Neff as Jimmie Barnes
Ralph
Borgstadt as Ezra Stoneham
Waldo
Elder as Abija Boggs
James
Elder as Count Victor De Selles
Cressie
Hahn as Jane Stoneham
Beula
Sutton as Eudora Smith
Margaret
Oostendorp as Countess De Selles
Christine
Metcalf as Mrs. Mudge
Marie
Milder as Betty Barlowe
Guila
Billick as Mary Manners.
See the
full page ad in this issue. Tickets go
on sale at Pikes Wed. A.M.
JUNIOR SENIOR
BANQUET GIVEN
The Annual
Junior Senior Banquet of Nichols High School was held at the Muscatine Hotel Thursday April 30.
The
Japanese Room was the scene of the affair, and was decorated in maroon and gold
streamers and light shades, carrying out the Senior colors, as did also the
attractive menu cards and American beauty rose buds which were used as favors.
The toast
program, which followed the suggestion of the Senior motto: “We’ll Find a Way
or Make One”, was as follows:
Toastmaster – Waldo Elder; “Finding the Way Through Schooling” – Charles
Fox, “Finding the Way Through Experiences” – Doris Poole; “Making the Way
Mentally” – Margaret Oostendorp; “Making the Way Physically” – Ralph Borgstadt;
“The Way of Life” – Mr. Bellamy.
After the
toast program, most of the groupenjoyed a movie at the Amuse-U together.
ACADEMIC TESTS
TAKEN
The State
Academic Home contest was held in the local schools of over 350 entries,
Tuesday May 5.
While we do
not yet know how our scores will rank with those of other schools, we are
pleased to indicate here the winners in each subject in which tests were given
in our own classes. The report of our
ranking with other schools will be out about May 26.
The local
winners were: Economics – 1st,
Duane Neff; Second – Charles Fox.
English Lit – Duane Neff, 1st and Ortha Neff, second. Physics – Duane Neff, 1st and
Ralph Borgstadt, second. Geometry –
Dorothea Rummells and Avis McMichael, tied for first and 2nd. World History – Genevieve Metcalfe, 1st
& Louise Heath 2nd.
Algebra – Marie Neff, 1st and Ionne McMichael,second. English Correctness IX, Marie Neff, 1st
and Marie Oostendorp, second. English
Correctness X, Louise Heath, 1st and Avis McMichael, second. English Correctness XI, Ortha Neff ,1st
and Ralph Borgstadt, second. English
Correctness XII, Marie Milder, 1st and Duane Neff, second.
These folks
are hereby complimented by the Nicholite for their efforts. May some of their marks be high enough to
secure for our school representation in the State Contest in June.
5th ANNUAL
SCHOOL & HOME DAY
The 5th
Annual School and Home Day will be held Monday
May 18. An interesting and attractive
program has been provided for everybody.
At ten o’clock there will be exhibits made by the pupils from the
various grades of the school, to which your attention is especially
directed. At 11:00 there will be an
Assembly program to consist of songs, class day, special features, and the
awarding of monograms for various types of school proficiency. At 12:30 there will be a picnic lunch, to be
followed by miscellaneous activities to attract all. The day will be concluded by a ball game or
possible two ball games with the high school team and the town boys competing
in one of them.
It is hoped
that a good crowd will turn out. It will
be appreciated by the school, and we feel you will enjoy a real day of
fun. EVERY ONE COME MAY 18.
LAST ISSUE 1930-31
This is the
last issue of the Nicholite for 1930 – 31, which financially at least has been
the best year to date for your school paper.
The staff thanks its subscribers and its advertisers for their support.
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THE NICHOLITE
The Nicholite is the official publication of Nichols High School, issued fortnightly by the
student body and supported by the community as a whole.
The Staff
Editor
in Chief
Charles
Fox
Business
Manager
Duane
Neff
Ass’t
Editor
Ortha
Neff
Ass’t
Bus. Manager
Waldo
Elder
Editorials
Guila
Billick
Make
Up Editor
Marguerite
Foley
Circulation
Manager
Margaret
Oostendorp
Ass’t
Circ. Manager
Russell
Reynolds
Louise
Heath
Lester
Hillyer
Society
Dorothea
Rummells
Grade
News
Doris Poole
Town
News
Beula
Sutton
Country
News
Marie
Milder
Sports
Ralph
Borgstadt
Jokes
Wesley
Haury
Literary
Edwin
Nash
Cartoonist
Loretta
Hazen
FRIENDS
The School
year is near a close and we will soon go our own ways to work this summer. We may forget all about our school work, but
not about our friends. Friendship is a
sweet attraction of the heart toward the merit we esteem, toward the affections
we admire, and produce a mutual inclination in two or more persons to promote
each others’ interest. Friendship
relieves our cares, raises our hopes and abates our fears. A friend talks himself into new pleasure. Friendship improves happiness and doubles our
joys. Here is a poem, “Old Friends”
which is pertinent in this article.
There
are no friends like old friends,
And
none so good and true.
We
greet them when we meet them
As
roses greet the dew.
No
other friends are dearer
Tho
born of kindred mold;
And
while we prize the new ones,
We
treasure more the old.
There
are no friends like old friends
To
calm our frequent fears.
When
shadows fall and deepen
Thru
life’s declining years;
And
when our faltering footsteps,
Approach
the great divide
We’ll
long to meet the old friends,
Who
wait on the other side.
L.M.
’34 (David Sickles)
“WE’LL FIND
A PATH OR
MAKE ONE”
The Senior
Class this year has chosen the motto “We’ll find a path or make one”.
Find and
making a path are two different things.
There are few people who can step out into life and find a path which
leads to success in the real sense. Most
people who are in the responsible positions have arrived there by a long
process of making a path. And those who
are now retired and looking back with satisfaction on lives well spent are
doing so because they followed a path which they themselves hued out of
obstacles.
But of
course, they found out their possibilities, and had the intuition to recognize
the abilities they had to work in the field they finally chose. So we hope these Seniors will be able to find
the path of their greatest abilities and then to make the path of their
success.
The
question for them is to keep to this path which they will find, for the success
of our lives depends upon our ability to find out what we ought to do and then
to make our path thru it.
The best
wishes of the Nicholite go with our Seniors of ’31. May they both find their path and then make
it.
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SOCIAL NOTES
Christian Church
Notes
The Christian
Delta Alpha Class sponsored a “Mother’s Day Program” which was given at the
Church Sunday morning.
The Delta
Alpha Class held a bake sale in Kirchner’s window last Saturday.
The regular
meeting of the Delta Alpha Class was held last Thursday at the home of Mrs.
Meese. The afternoon was spent with a
business meeting, work and a social hour.
M. E. Notes
Program for May 17
Sunday
School 10:00 A.M.
Epworth
League
7:00 P.M.
Leader Rev. Druse
Baccalaureate
Services
8:00 P.M. Sermon by Rev. Nickle,
music high school groups.
The Ruthian
Class will hold its May social at the home of Geraldine Kreider.
Special
Mothers Day numbers were sung by the choir last Sunday.
The Men’s
class and the Young Men’s Class have organized Kitten Ball Teams. They played their first game Saturday evening
at six o’clock. It is hoped that similar
teams may be organized in the other churches so that some fun may be had during
the summer with a series of games.
During the
business meeting of May 3 the Epworth League elected its officers for the next
six months. Those chosen are as
follows: President – James Elder; Vice
President – Dorothea Rummells; 2nd Vice President – Ortha Neff; 3rd
Vice President – Edwin Nash; 4th Vice President – Louise Heath;
Secretary, Duane Neff.
The Epworth
League held its April social in the form of a Wiener roast in Nichols Timber
east of town. About 15 members were
present and report an enjoyable evening.
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Primary News
Edna
Rollins has entered School again.
The first grade
have nearly finished their literary readers.
The hand
work classes are making vegetable girls and health automobiles.
The second
grade is studying the care and habits of canary birds. And in connection with this they are making
bird cages and birds.
Robert
Borgstadt was absent Monday and Tuesday.
The
spelling classes are graphing their grades by placing gold stars and
butterflies for each one hundred percent mark.
Intermediate News
Robert
Leonard has reentered the fourth grade here after an absence of four weeks.
Edward
Quinlin was absent a half day Tuesday on account of illness.
The sixth
graders have completed their history texts and are now reviewing.
The 4th
grade have completed the hygiene text and are taking up supplementary preview.
The 4th
grade is taking up fractions in arithmetic.
They are
getting along very well.
The fifth
grade are now writing letters.
The fourth
grade is making health posters.
The girls
in the intermediate room had a very enjoyable time on the hike they took one
day last week.
Grammar News
Vergil and
Carl Poole were absent last week on account of illness. Both had enjoyed a perfect attendance record
for the year prior to this. Carl had had
perfect attendance for four years.
Jack Ellis
was absent Friday afternoon.
The Grammar
Room will have semester exams the 19, 20 and 21st of this month.
The pupils
of the Grammar room, their mothers and the faculty pleasantly entertained their
teacher, Mrs. H. Walker with a shower at the Elder Hall Wednesday evening from
4:30 to 7:00 P.M. A pot luck supper was
served after which games were played.
Mary Genevieve Smith in behalf of her school mates, parents and teachers
presented Mrs. Walker with a beautiful pewter tea set with the best wishes of
all present.
High School Dope
The
Freshman class are ready to start on the chapter “Planning Our Occupation” in
the Occupations course.
The
freshman English class is studying the sentence rhetorically considered.
The girls
in the Freshman class are working on their good dresses. It won’t be long until they are finished.
In algebra
the freshmen are working problems related to geometry.
The Manual
Training boys are completing their projects and getting ready for the School
and Home Day exhibit.
In geometry
the Sophomores are studying measurement of circles and taking up exercises in
the work books.
In
Occupations they are studying about personal characters.
The classic
being studied in English is “Treasure Island”.
The Results
of the World War are being studied by the history class.
The Junior
and Seniors are starting on the homeward stretch. In bookkeeping they are completing the last
set which will finish the work for the year.
In English
Lit the classes are beginning the chapter on “An Essay on Recent
Literature”. The classic “The Tale of
Two Cities” is progressing rapidly and is very interesting.
Taxation is
the very interesting and important subject now being studied by ecnomics
class. The students are gathering all
outside material time will allow. The
tariff will next be studied.
The six cases of convex lenses
constitutes the work of the Physics class at present.
The Seniors
have received their invitations.
Muscatine Junior College was host to the Seniors
and faculties of the neighboring towns last Tuesday and Wednesday night at the
Junior College play “Smilin’ Thru”.
Here we
turned the event into the Annual Nicholite Party, the staff, Seniors and
faculty attending. The excellent
performance was enjoyed by all. After
the play the group returned to Nichols for refreshments.
Last
Saturday the Seniors went to Davenport
to have their class pictures taken.
After the sittings in the morning the group went to Credit Island for a
wiener roast after which they visited “Little Bit of Heaven” and drove thru the
Rock Island arsenal Grounds, returning thru Moline and Rock Island.
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SENIOR CLASS
H. S.
Guila K. Billick – Spartan Play
four years. Senior Class Play. Declam 1929-31. Nicholite Staff; Jokes, Grade ed., Society,
Editorials, Ass’t Bus. Mgr. Glee club 1929-31
Class Officer; Vice Pres. 1 year, Sec’y 1 year. Student Council Member 3 years; Sec’y 1
year. Spartan Pres ‘30-31; Sec’y
‘1929-’30. 2 girls P.T. Letters. Perfect attendance Soph. year.
Earle
Whitlock – Nicholite Sports Ed. 1929.
Student Council 1929-31. Alpha
Omega Lit. Society. Baseball letters
‘27-31. Basketball letters ‘28-31.
Marie
Milder – Alpha Play 3 years. Alpha Vice
Pres. 1930-31. Senior Play 3 years.
Glee Club ‘29-31. Nicholite
Staff; Grade Ed 1929, Editorials ‘29-30, country News 1931. Scholarship 2nd 1928-29; letter ‘29-31. Girls P.T. letter ‘28-30. Valedictorian of class. Orchestra.
Chad Fox –
alpha Plays 4 years. Senior Class Play 2
years. Declam 1930-31. Nicholite Staff ‘27-29 staff member, Ass’t
Bus Mgr 1929-30, Editor 1930-31. Alpha
Society Pres 1930-31. Scholarship letter
‘28-’29, ‘30-’31. Baseball 3 years. Basketball 3 years.
Cressie J.
Hahn -- Member Alpha Omega. Alpha play 2years. Girls P.T. Letter 1928-29, 1929-30. Senior Class Play.
Beulah
Sutton – Member Spartans. Spartan Play 2
years. Senior Class Play. 1931 Town Ed. Nicholite. Glee club ‘28-31. Girls P.T. Letter ‘28-30.
Duane Neff
– Alpha Omega Play 2 years. Senior Play
2 years. Declam 2 years; 1st
in Prelim. 29-30. Nicholite Bus Mgr
30-31. Scholarship letter 1928-31. Salutatorian.
Basketball letter ‘30-31. Quiz
book contest ‘29-31. 2nd Place State
Academic Meet Geom. ‘38-39.
Christine
Metcalf – Spartan Play ‘30-31. Senior
Class Play. Member of Spartan
Society. Glee Club ‘29-31.
Margaret
Oostendorp – Alpha Plays ‘29-30, ‘30-31.
Senior Class Plays ‘29-30, 30-31.
Nicholite staff, Grade Ed, Lit Ed, Ass’t Circ Mgr, Circ Mgr 2 sems. Glee Club ‘29-31. Class Officer, Vice Pres ‘28-29, Sec Treas
‘29-30, Sec Treas ‘30-31. Alpha Society
Vice Pres ‘29-30. Scholarship letters
‘28-’31.
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TOWN TATTLER
Mr. and
Mrs. Will Heath and family spent Sunday at the Steve Milder home.
Mrs.
Stephen Brigman and Miss Tillie Brigman returned Sunday from Davenport where they had been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Pothoff.
Mr. and
Mrs. J. Mason went to Columbus Junction Saturday to spend the week end at the
home of their son.
Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Zybarth and son, Jimmy, of Davenport
spent Sunday visiting with friends and relatives here.
Mrs. James
Oostendorp was caller in Muscatine
Wednesday.
Mrs. Wilma
Mills and Mrs. Millie Bottomley were Muscatine
callers Saturday.
Miss Lydia
Hanson of Iowa City spent Sunday visiting with her parents.
Mr. and
Mrs. Jean Borchardt and daughter Joyce of St. Louis Mo. are visiting at the J.
W. Rummells home.
Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Kopp were entertained Wed. evening at the C. A. Richards home in Muscatine.
Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Eckey and son Tommy, of Des
Moines spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Nichols
and family.
Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Wildman of Davenport
spent Thursday evening at the John Wildman home here.
John Healey
a former Nichols resident now living in San
Diego Cal visited
friends and transacted business here Wednesday and Thursday.
Richard
Slator of Chicago
is visiting with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morris.
Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Fox and son Norbert, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cullins, and Walter Gruver
visited in Lone Tree Wed. evening.
Mr. and
Mrs. Dewayne Rosenfield were callers in Muscatine
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Walter
Cullins returned Wed. night from a 10 days trip, visiting relatives in Gordon, Neb.
Gus Kaiser
was a business caller in Muscatine
Thursday.
Everett
Pike served on the jury in Muscatine
last week.
Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Poole, Betty and Dick were Muscatine
callers Saturday evening.
Mr. and
Mrs. Wm Poole and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pike were West
Liberty callers Sunday.
Lawrence
Foley Sr. and son Lawrence and Ed Zybarth were callers in West Branch Sunday.
Leland
McClure returned Saturday evening from a visit in Missouri.
Several
young people of this community enjoyed a picnic at the Ira Pike cottage Sunday.
Clarence
Whitlock and son, Lawrence
returned Saturday evening from Wellman where they have been employed.
Agnes and
Ann Morrison of West Liberty were callers in
Nichols Saturday evening.
Beula and
George Sutton and Charles Oostendorp were callers in West
Liberty Thursday evening.
Albert
Pike, Charles Fox, Charles Clark, Robert Poole, Robert Chown, Burton Mills and
Lawrence Solemink were callers in Muscatine
Sunday evening.
Della
Buell, Margaret Green, Mildred Flake, Eva Dodson and Nettie Lutz of Lone Tree
were attendants at the ball game here Wednesday. Nichols won 8 to 7.
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LOOKING BACKWARD
Another
School year is fast approaching its close.
It has brought with it experiences and event of many colors. Many of them have been brightly tinted, while
others take on darker hues, but with it, if we can but feel that we have done
our best, then ours is the satisfaction of the honest worker, whether brilliant
or not.
And may we
teachers take this opportunity of thanking you as the community for your fine
support of our activity program, which we realize is a heavy one, but
worthwhile withal we hope. Without the
community these extra things of a developmental nature which we try to do for
your boys and girls would fail. Perhaps
mistakes have been made, but if they have, may it be certain that we will
profit by our experiences, and that all of us may look forward to still another
year of working together with a spirit that purposes to keep in mind the words
“And a little child shall lead them” for such are our schools made. G. B.
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COUNTRY NEWS
Mr. and
Mrs. Beezer of Muscatine
spent Sunday with relatives in Nichols.
Mr. and
Mrs. Lou Schmitt and daughter Gladys, and Mr. and Mrs. Lou Pruess and Everett
Stock spent Sunday in davenport with Mr. and Mrs. William Wagschall.
Kenneth
Pruess spent Sunday at the Lou Schmitt home.
Miss
Johanna Stoelk spent Sunday with her mother at Wilton.
Mr. and
Mrs. John Kirkpatrick spent Sunday afternoon at Mount Pleasant.
Mr. and
Mrs. John Stolley spent Friday evening at Lone Tree.
Miss Edith
Stolley spent the week end with her parents.
Mr. and
Mrs. William Robinson of West Liberty spent
Monday evening at the Jim McMichael home.
Louise
Heath spent Sunday with Dorothea Rummells.
Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Heath were business callers at West Liberty
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hadley and son
Rodney of Davenport, spent Sunday at the L. A. Billick home.
Miss Guila
Billick accompanied them home and spent Monday at Davenport.
Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Elder were business callers in Muscatine
Saturday.
Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Hahn and family were business callers in Muscatine Saturday.
Miss
Cressie Hahn spent Sunday with Miss Goldie Carney.
Miss Julia
Gabel of Chicago
spent the week end visiting with her brothers William and Ted Bagel.
A large
number of friends and relatives surprised Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Braun Saturday
evening, giving them a farewell party.
Everyone brought well filled baskets and all had an enjoyable time. Mr. and Mrs. Braun are moving to Muscatine.
Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Feugan, the Misses Dorothy, Letha and Marie Wieskamp of Davenport and Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Heuvelman of Iowa City spent Sunday at
the William Wieskamp home.
Miss
Cecilia Janson was a business caller in Muscatine
Saturday.
Mr. and
Mrs. William Oostendorp and children were business callers in Muscatine Saturday.
Mr. Arthur
Hahn and son Lloyd spent Thursday in Muscatine.
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NOTICE
The Nichols
Cemetery Association desires the assistance of all persons interested in the
care and improvement of the Cemetery.
Please make
arrangements with the superintendent, W. R. Schmitt for the care of your
lots. Your lot or lots will be mowed
during the season from May to October by the man in charge of the grounds,
working under the direction of the Association.
We hope that all will be interested in having their lots cared for. Your prompt attentions will be appreciated.
Persons
desiring for their lots perpetual care under the state law may secure this by a
deposit with the association, the sum based on the size of the lot.
By
order of trustees Pike Twp.
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Baccalaureate Sermon
May 17
The
Baccalaureate Sermon for the Senior Class of Nichols High School will be given
Sunday evening, May 17 at 8:00 P.M. The
Rev. Nickel of the Christian Church will deliver the sermon. The program for the evening is as follows:
Processional
Marguerite
Foley
Prayer
Rev.
Druse
Hymn
“Onward Christian Soldiers” Congregation
Song
“Cast Thy Burden”
Girls’
Glee Club
Sermon
“The Challenge of Living” Rev.
Nickle
Song
“Now the Day is Over”
Double
Quartette
Song
“Recessional”
Girls’
Glee Club
Benediction
Rev.
Druse
Recessional
Marguerite
Foley
It is hoped
that a goodly number of people will be present at this event in honor of the
Class of 1931.
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The Class
Play Friday night of this week will be the last public appearance of our
Seniors as High School representatives.
And then, too, everybody is interested in a Million Dollars. Come and see what the Seniors do with it
Friday night.
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Commencement Exercises
May 21
The
Commencement Exercises for the Class of 1931 will be held at the Christian
Church May 21 at 8 o’clock. The
Commencement address will be delivered by the Rev. R. C. Merrifield of the
Congregational Church of Muscatine. Rev.
Merrifield is a former Reformatory Chaplain and also served as chaplain to an
overseas regiment during the World War.
Therefore he comes with a wealth of interesting experiences which we
feel sure will stand him in good stead.
We trust a large turnout will attend.
The program
is as follows:
Processional
Ralph
Borgstadt
Invocation
Rev.
Druse
Song
of Spring
Girls’
Sextette
Salutatory
Duane
Neff
Presentation
of Scholarship Awards G.
G. Bellamy
“When
Twilight Weaves”
Girls’
Glee Club
Valedictory
Marie
Milder
Commencement
Address
Rev.
R. C. Merrifield
Presentation
of Diplomas
G.
G. Bellamy
Congratulatory
Ralph
Ralph
Borgstadt
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Happy Commencement
Seniors!
HISTORY OF
THE CLASS OF
1931
By Marie Milder –
Historian
On Jan. 21,
1913, one mile south of Riverside,
a little boy opened his eyes to view the world.
He was called Earl Whitlock. When
he was six, he started to country school.
After some changing around, he went to the Riverside
town school, beginning in the fourth grade.
In 1927 he started as a freshman in Nichols High School. He has been an active member in athletics,
winning four letters in baseball and three in basketball. He was a member of the Alpha Omega Literary
Society and a member of the Student Council in 1930-31. He was also sports editor for the Nicholite
in 1929.
Christine
Metcalfe was born Sept. 6, 1912, three and one half miles north of
Nichols. She has attended Nichols Public
Schools all her school life. She has
been a member of the Glee Club for three years.
Christine is a member of the Spartan Literary Society. She played the part of Louise Caldwell in the
Spartan Literary Society Play “Winning Schemers”. She plays the part of Mrs. Mudge in the
Senior Class Play.
On Sept. 17, 1913, Duane Theodore
Neff looked around and found himself living 3 and ľ miles south of
Nichols. When he was two years old he
moved with his parents to a farm 3 miles south of Nichols. He attended Pike School No. 2, graduated from
the 8th grade in 1927 and started as a freshman in Nichols Public School
in the fall of 1927. He has been a very
active member of the Student body. He
took part in the plays “Nobody But Nancy” in 1929-30”, “Mummy and the Mumps”
1929-30, “Ducks” 1930-31 and will play the part of Jimmie Barnes in the Senior
play “Mary’s Millions.” He took
Declamatory work both years it was offered winning the oratorical division both
years. He is business manager for the
Nicholite this semester. He is a member
and secretary of the Alpha Omega Society.
He has won scholarship monograms the last three years. Two years ago he won second in the State
Contest in Geometry, a high honor, indeed.
Duane won his basketball letter in 1930-31. In the Quiz book contest given last year,
Duane won the local contest and was awarded a trip to Detroit with all expenses paid. Duane is also Salutatorian of his class.
In the
south part of Nichols, on the cold, cold morning of Jan. 21, 1914, a little
girl was born. She was named Beula
Dorothy Sutton. When she was five years
old she started to attend the Nichols
Public School. She has been a member of the school ever
since. We can’t forget Beula when she
has played such good negro parts as “Miss Molly” 1929, and in “Winning
Schemers” 1931. She also plays the part
of Eudora in “Mary’s Millions.” She is
town editor of the Nicholite this semester.
Beula has been a member of the Glee Club ever since its organization
three years ago. She is a member of the
Spartan Literary Society. Beula won P.
T. Letters in the years ’28 and ’29.
Charles Fox
was born Aug. 11, 1913 at Morning Sun, Iowa. When he was still quite young, he and his
parents moved to Nichols. Here he has
attended Nichols Public School. In 1927 Charles entered high school. Since then he has been an active member of
the student body. Charles has proved
himself quite an actor, taking parts in two Senior plays, “Mummy and Mumps” and
“Mary’s Million” and also parts in four Alpha plays, “Squaring it with the
Boss” “Leave it to Dad” “Nobody But Nancy” and “Ducks.” Charles took part in Declam work this year
and has been a member of the Nicholite Staff all four years. He is Editor in Chief this year. He was a member of the Student Council ‘27-28
and ‘30-31, being president the last term.
Charles is an Alpha Omega and its present President. He won a scholarship monogram in 28-29 and
‘30-31. Charles has been a member of
both baseball and basketball teams since he was a sophomore, winning letters in
these sports each year.
On April
20, 1912, on a farm 2 ˝ miles northwest of Coneville, a little girl was
born. She became known as Guila Kathryn
Billick. She first attended school at Oakland rural
school. She also attended Buffalo Bluff
and Lacy and graduated from Pike No. 2.
In 1927 she entered Nichols
High School. Guila’s acting abilities have been portrayed
in “Miss Molly” “Cyclone Sally” “Winning Schemers” “Marrying Off Father” and
“Mary’s Millions.” She took Declamatory
work the last two years. In her career
as a Nicholite Staff member she has held the following positions, Joke ed,
Ass’t Bus. Mgr., Grade Editor, Town News, Society and Editorials. She was a member of the Glee Club her Junior
and Senior years and also a member of the Sextette. She was Vice Pres. of the class one year and
secretary another. For three years she
was a member of the Student Council, acting as secretary 2 years. She was secretary for the Spartans in ‘29-30
and is President this year. She won a
perfect attendance award her sophomore year and has won 2 P.T. Letters.
Cressie
Hahn was born one mile north of Illinois
City Aug. 27, 1912. At the age of six, Cressie entered the Illinois City School. In 1922 she moved with her parents to Iowa and entered Hope School. In 1924 she moved to Nichols community and
entered Buffalo Bluff School. In 1927 she graduated from the 8th
grade at Buffalo Bluff and entered Nichols
High School. Cressie is a member of the Alpha Omega
Literary Society. That she has acting ability is attested to by the fact that
she played in “Nobody But Nancy” in 1929-30, “Ducks” in 1930-31 and is playing
in “Mary’s Millions” this spring.
Cressie has won a scholarship monogram and 2 P.T. Letters.
Margaret
Oostendorp was born Feb. 11, 1913. She
has attended Nichols
Public School all her
life. She has been an active member of
the Student body. She has been a member
of the glee club and of the sextette. In
her career as Nicholite staff member she has filled the following positions: Grade Editor, Literary Editor, Ass’t Cir.
Mgr. twice; and Circulation Manager.
Margaret was Vice Pres. of her class in ’27, Sec. Treas. in ’29, and
again in 1930-31. She is a member of
Alpha Omega Literary Society acting as Vice Pres. last year. She was awarded scholarship monograms in
1928-29, ‘29-30 and ‘30-31. Her dramatic
ability was used in “Nobody But Nancy” “Ducks” “Mummy and the Mumps” and “Marys
Millions”.
Marie
Milder was born March 22, 1914 two miles north of Nichols. She attended Siloam School
for six years. She then entered Nichols Public School. Here she has completed her grade and high
school work. Marie has been an active
member of the Student body, taking part in three Senior plays, “His Uncle’s
Niece,” “Mummy and the Mumps” and “Mary’s Millions” and also in three Alpha
plays, “Squaring it with the Boss,” “Nobody But Nancy” and “Ducks.” She was also a member of the Glee Club for
three years and a member of the Sextette.
She started her career on the Nicholite Staff in her sophomore year,
being elected grade editor. This she
held for 3 semesters, and then was editorials writer for 2 semesters and is now
Country News editor. She is vice pres.
of the Senior class and a member of the Alpha Omega Lit. Society. She was awarded second place in scholarship
when she was a sophomore and a scholarship monogram both her senior and junior
years. Marie is the valedictorian of her
class with one of the highest four year averages ever to be made at N. H. S.
This is the
individual history of the members of the class of 1931. As a group they have been actively loyal in
the support of their school activities, in the maintenance of the ideals of
their school and in doing their work in such a manner that in years to come the
community may profit by their having attended Nichols High School.
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5th Annual
SCHOOL AND
HOME DAY
May 18, 1931
An
announcement of interest to the community is that the school board recently
declared Monday, May 18, 1931 the date of our 5th annual School and
Home day, an event which has come to be looked forward to by many. While the general plan of the day will remain
the same as that used in the past, this year’s program will differ in that
there will be no prizes awarded for any of the athletic events. With present farm and business conditions as
they are, it seemed advisable not ask for the prizes this year. This need not detract at all from the good
time which we are sure all will have who come.
THE GENERAL
PROGRAM
| 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. solicited. |
| Registration and Exhibits. Note: There will be exhibits of work done in each room this year. Some interesting work will be shown, and your interest is. |
| |
| 11:05:00 AM Class Day Program in Assembly Room. |
| Announcements |
| Music ~ ~ Girls Glee Club |
| Class History ~ ~ Marie Milder |
| Award of prizes to grade spellers |
| Class Will ~ ~ Duane Neff |
| Award of Athletic Letters |
| Class Prophecy ~ ~ Charles Fox |
| Award of Girls’ P.T. Letters |
| Award of attendance monograms |
| Award of Declamatory letters |
| |
| 12:00 Noon Picnic lunch on the school grounds. |
| Everyone plan to come for the lunch. This has proved to be one of the best opportunities of the year to meet your friends on an occasion of mutual interest to all. Let’s make the most of the opportunities offered by this social hour. It might be suggested that each family bring a generous portion of some one thing rather than a balanced lunch for just the family. Thus when things are all put together it will be easier to serve cafeteria style. |
| |
| 1:00 – 3:00 Athletic program |
| (No prizes for any events. Ribbons may be awarded tofirst and second place winners in the lower grades.) |
| Kitten ball game - team picked from Nichols Grammar Room vs team picked from boys not on high school ball team, final rules for selection to be determined later. |
| Kitten ball games to be played by both boys and girls of Intermediate Roomage, sides to be chosen from both town and country pupils. |
| Informal Race program for Primary children and Grammar Room girls. (Miss Wheeler in charge.) |
| Tug of War (men from north of Main St. vs men from south of Main St.) |
| Tug of war (women from north of Main St. vs women from south of Main St.) |
| 3:00 P.M. Baseball Game – High School vs |
Let’s all
plan to use this occasion as an All Community Day. Everybody has an interest in your school and
school children. Farm work is well along
this year. Can we break our attendance
record? Lket’s try with the result that
more of us will enjoy a day of relaxation and fun.
DON'T FORGET MONDAY, MAY 18 SCHOOLHOUSE
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Seniors 1931
N. H. S.
MARY’S MILLIONS
A three act Comedy
Drama
Also
Musical Numbers
Opera House May 15, 8:00 P.M.
Reserved seats on
sale – Pike’s Store Wed. May 13
35 &
50 cents Gen. Adm. 25
cents
THE CAST
Jack Henderson, engineer for Consolodated Air Line ~ ~ Charles Fox
Jimmie Barnes, his friend from New York ~ ~ Duane Neff
Ezra Stoneham, Mary’s Uncle and guardian and store-keeper and postmaster ~ ~ Ralph Borgstadt
Abija Boggs, a human flivver; he can do anything ~ ~ Waldo Elder
Count Victor De Selles, another reason for a protective tariff ~ ~ James Elder
Mrs. Ezra Stoneham, Ezra’s better half, who has ambitions ~ ~ Cressie Hahn
Eudora Smith, the Stoneham’s hired gal ~ ~ Beula Sutton
Countess Lola De Selles, the right kind of a sister for Victor ~ ~ Margaret Oostendorp
Mrs. Amanda Mudge, wedded to her Oiuja board ~ ~ Christine Metcalf
Betty Barlowe, the school teacher at Rocky Hollow ~ ~ Marie Milder
Mary Manners, a ward of the Stoneham’s and heiress to millions ~ ~ Guila Billick
The choir ~ ~ Dorothea Rummells, Louise Heath, Doris Poole, Pearl Metcalf, Beula Oostendorp.
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WILL OF
CLASS OF 1931
We, the
class of 1931, in nine individual and distinct parts, being in full possession
of all knowledge obtainable, a perfect memory, and almost superhuman
understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby
revoking and annulling all former wills made by us at any time heretofore.
First we do
direct that our wishes be carried out as herein expressed. We appoint our superintendent and his all
wise and competent faculty, who have been our guardians, executors.
We dispose
of our estates, which time with the aid of our own mighty hands, has secured
for us, as follows:
We give and
bequeath to the Nicholite and its future editors, all the events of our lives
past, present and future. We hope that
they will furnish enough material for news, so that the editors will have to go
to little trouble to fill the paper.
We bequeath
to our beloved faculty all the facts, theories and general information that we
have furnished them in various examination papers.
I, Guila
Billick, do will and bequeath my gift of gab to Wesley Haury, and my position
on the Student Council to Madison Hadley, providing he doesn’t go to sleep
during Council meetings.
I, Charles
Fox, will and bequeath my good looks and ability to attract the girls to Robert
Elder, providing he will wink and smile at every girl that looks at him and
that he won’t break any more hearts than I did.
I, Cressie
Hahn, will my good behavior in school to Lawrence Foley, providing he doesn’t
pass any more notes than I did, and my seat to Russell Reynolds providing he
puts his initials on it within one week after school starts.
I,
Christine Metcalf, will and bequeath my ability to sing, to Ardelle Kirkpatrick
providing she doesn’t sing anything but hymns, and doesn’t abuse her horse by
singing on the way to and from school.
I, Marie
Milder, do will and bequeath my good grades to Clinton Schmitt, providing his
spends all his study periods trying to appear busy. I also will my stature to Louise Heath
provided that she will use it to good advantage.
I, Duane
Neff, do will my job as Business Manager to Waldo Elder, providing he always
gets his ads in on time. I also will my
job as driver of the south Nichols Bus to my beloved sister, Ortha Neff,
providing she doesn’t drive over any worse roads than I have.
I, Margaret
Oostendorp, do will and bequeath my good humor and my ability to vamp the boys,
to Dorothea Rummells, providing she doesn’t spend any more time studying than I
did. I also will my ability to get to
school on time to Robert Poole, providing he gets in before 3:00 A.M.
I, Buela
Sutton, do will and bequeath my permanent to Miss Peterson, providing she
maintain it from time to time as necessary.
I also will my ability to invent a reason to speak during study periods
to Doris Poole.
I, Earl
Whitlock do hereby will and bequeath my ability to sleep in school time to
James Elder providing he doesn’t overwork it.
I also will my basketball ability to Ralph Schmitt providing he gives
none of the other players a chance to score on him.
Collectively,
we the senior class of 1931 do also will and bequeath to the Juniors our spirit
of cooperation and enthusiasm. By Duane Neff, Class Attorney.
PROPHECY *
CLASS OF 1931
By Chas, Fox, Class
Prophet
So the
great German Hypnotist and fortune teller, Herr Chiece Von Limburg was in
town. I availed myself of the great
opportunity of meeting him. We entered a
small square room with glaring lights, unshaded overhead. He began the interview by asking me several
questions, such as my name, address, business etc. till I was fairly blinded by
the lights. He suddenly dimmed them,
which left me temporarily blind. At this
point his will overcame mine, and I fell into a stupor.
As I
recovered my senses, I found myself in a large ball park on opening day. There!
The Mayor of Chicago, throwing the ball into the park was Duane
Neff. Imagine my surprise, when Earl
Whitlock, who I learned was manager of the Chicago Cubs, stepped across the
field to shake hands with the Mayor. Of
course I got in on the hand shaking and back slapping that followed.
Again I
slipped into a stupor and roused to find myself in a large auditorium. A lady was delivering an address on the
nutritive value of synthetically produced foods. I recognized her as Guila Billick, one of the
greatest home economists of her time.
The speaker who followed her was Margaret Oostendorp, an authority on
styles of Women’s Apparel. After a short
talk with the pair, I found them as charming at fifty as they had been when I
had last seen them.
Another
shift found me in the new capitol at Washington, D. C. While listening to a debate in the Senate, I
located Cressie Hahn, a stenographer, taking notes in shorthand for the
Congressional Record.
A farmhouse
appeared almost immediately. I met the
farmer’s wife, formerly Christine Metcalf, but still the same Christine. The size and condition of the farm gave
evidence as to the industry of her husband and four boys.
A haze then
drifted before my eyes, and when it cleared I found myself in a large factory
in France. Here Beula Sutton, no longer Sutton, was busy
at her work as scent tester for the quality of a certain brand of French
perfume. She told me that she was
supporting a large family and a crippled husband.
Another
shift returned me to America
to a large University. There sitting at
a desk was Marie Milder – still Milder.
She introduced herself as Dean of Women.
I returned the introduction by identifying myself as the President of
the Uniersity of Florida. She told me of
her success and happiness in the field she had chosen. I told her of my success and unhappiness in
the field of my choice. Of course, I
told her about all our classmates of 30 years ago, all alive and ranging from
Mayor of Chicago to the wife of a tiller of the soil (I know not which is the
better job), and every one apparently happy and satisfied with life as they had
found it.
A faint
calling plus a none too gentle shaking aroused me to the fact that I had been
the victim of another night mare, and that breakfast was ready. It wasn’t such a bad night mare at that,
considering the happiness and success my class mates and I had seemed to have
in store for us in thirty years.
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A WORD
FROM THE FACULTY
Perhaps the
faculty have no part nor parcel in a senior issue of the school paper. However, the space permits, and the heart has
the desire, so here goes.
It is
impossible to watch a class go thru four years or three years or even one year
of high school work, without a feeling of attachment and hope growing up in the
minds and hearts of those who are charged with its direction. Such a feeling has grown up. And the faculty, wishing in these last days,
to leave a challenge that will be accepted, wishing that time and energy in
months gone by would have permitted giving you more of the worthwhile things it
is the duty of the school to provide, say to you now that we will with your
parents and friends, watch your careers with interest, hoping for each of you
the very best that your efforts and abilities deserve.
This is a
happy time of life for you. It is a
period the exact like of which you will never again experience. So make the most of, that its memory may long
remain as a red letter time throughout the future. May yours be a life of happiness – happiness
that is the result of service to your families and your communities. These are the wishes of your faculty.
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SPORTS ITEMS
LOCALS WIN COUNTY TOURNAMENT
??
Nichols and
West Liberty traveled to West Liberty April 27
to take part in the County Baseball Tournament, and our boys came home again,
carrying the bacon, even if there was a dispute about it.
In their
first of the two games, we defeated Wilton,
slamming out a one sided victory 21 to 10.
In the
final game, Nichols and West Liberty, who had drawn a bye in the first round,
fought on even terms, the final score being 6 to 5 in our favor, but due to a
disagreement over an umpire’s decision, both teams entered the District
Tournament at Yarmouth. In that this game was reported by the
newspapers as ending in a tie, a word is included here, correcting this
error. The game ended 6 to 5 in Nichols
favor according to the decision. If this
decision had been reversed as a result of a protest (which it never has been) the
game would still have ended in a tie.
DISTRICT TOURNEY
RESULTS
May 1st
proved to be disastrous to our team, as they lost the first game of the
tournament to Morning Sun by the narrow margin of 15 to 14. The slug fest was surely hard on all
pitchers. Unheard of numbers and types
of errors by the local spelled their defeat as they out hit Morning sun.
West
Liberty lost their game to Yarmouth who finally
copped this division of the Centerville Tournament and who were defeated in the
final at Centerville
the next day.
LOCALS WIN
ANOTHER
A hard
playing nine from Lone Tree travelled over here last Thursday to lose a ball
game to our home squad by the narrow margin of 8 to 7. Both teams played hard but Nichols had a
decided edge. The score at the end of
the 6th was 8 to 4 which shows what a comfortable lead the Old Gold
and Purple had, but the Lone Tree aggregation crept up for three runs nearly
tieing the score in the 7th.
Hits were
numerous with four men, three from Nichols taking hitting honors. Nash, Whitlock and W. Elder of our boys each
got two singles. Flake the opposing
pitcher helped along his own game by collecting the same. The home team got nine hits. Pike & Whitlock allowed Lone Tree 8 hits,
each a single. Strike outs were rare as
were walks.
GIRLS FINISHING
P.T. TESTS
The members
of the Girls P.T. Class are finishing up the stunts on the schedule serving as
basis for the award of P. T. letters.
All Tests will be finished this week.
The letters will be awarded at the assembly program the morning of
School and Home Day. Seven letters will
be awarded.
In addition
to the letters, merit badges will be awarded to all girls who pass the required
number of events which serve as the basis for these awards. The girls are hard at work to develop
sufficient proficiency to win them.
COME TO
MARYS MILLION FRIDAY.
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IT IS
TO LAUGH
Girl (to
Companion): I like a man’s suit to match
his hir. Brown Hair – Brown Suit. Black hair – black suit.
Bald
Man: And what suit for me?
Waiter: Mr. Brown left his umbrella again. I believe he would leave his head if it were
loose.
Manager: I dare say you are right. I heard him say only yesterday he was going
to Switzerland
for his lungs.
Lady: Can you give me a room and a bath?
Clerk: I can give you a room madame, but you will
have to take your own bath.
Mike: The horse you sold me is a fine animal but I
can’t get him to hold his head up.
Ike: Oh, it’s because of his pride. He’ll be all right as soon as he’s paid for.
Boarder: I say, I hope you won’t charge me for a hot
bath. It was only luke warm.
Land
lady: Oh, no. Hot bath sixpence. Cold bath – 3 pence. So, luke warm would be nine pence.
Friend: Whom does your little son look like.
Mr.
B.: His eyes are like his mother’s, his
nose is like mine, and I think he got his voice from our auto horn.
Boss: You’ve been away over half an hour and only
had to go around the corner.
Office
Boy: I know sir, but a man dropped a
half dollar in the gutter.
Boss: And did it take a half hour to find it?
Office
Boy: No, Sir, but I had to wait till the
man went away.
SCHOOL AND
HOME DAY MAY 18
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ADVERTISERS
Elmer Poole Garage
J. R. Borgstadt
Illinois Oil Co.,
D.W. Kopp, Agt.
Rice Café
Kaiser & Heizer
Green’s Dairy
Nichols Implement
Company
F. A. Kirchner
Nichols Savings Bank
Ira L. Pike
Nichols Lumber Co.
Sinclair Service
Station
W.A. Rice
Poole
Transfer
E. R. Swickard,
Dealer
Mills Motor Company
H. N. Ryan
Ira L. Pike
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