The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-06-07
CLASS PROPHECY.
Erred L. Babcock.)
(Cnairnnan)-

Ladies and gentlemen, the meeting
will come to order. We are assembled
here this evening to celebrate the
thirtieth anniversary of our gradua-
ton from the Columbus High School
The members of the class of 1911 are
here tonight to revive old friendships.
to recall old school days, and to relate
TO each other what has happened to
us since We parted thirty years ago.
|, as chairman of this meeting, will
call upon each one to tell all he or
she knows. Il will not take long for
most of you to tell it.
Mr.. Whaley you seem to be desir-
Gus of speech, and / will call on YOU
first. Ladies and gentlemen. Howard
Whaley, formerly known as Jap"
Howard Whaley)-
Former fellow classmates. ladies
and gentlemen: / don't know as
have much to say, except that I am
now a Methodist minister. and am the
husband of yOn lady in pink. Mrs. Mar
su"rite Weaver Whaley. My better
half will do the talking for me at
present. as She has always done i'm the
past.
(Chairman)-
Marguerite Weaver WhaIev yo,,
"'' called upon to do the speaking for
your worse. wOrser. and weinerwurs,
half.
tMarsuerite Weaver)-
well Just think it's mean of you
10 call hlm my wOrser half for he is
really such a dear. He's the ioy of
my He. and they do tell me no &c
soon TO be appointed Bishop of Bor
he" l thank YOU for your kind atten.
ton.
Chairman
wish it distinctly understood that
no applause is permitted from the All.
dlence- We will now hear from Amy
Carver.
tAmy Carver)-
When l graduated from high schoo,
took up teaching out west. Recon-.
ing Interested i'm woman's suffrage T
soon began TO lecture on that Sub;ao+
now have the reputation of being
the worst fre-eating hairtearing. rag
ing suifragette i'm the country. Nv
hrSt experience i'm that line came in
our senior class play. i'm which. as YOU
may remember. I played the part of
the maid with taste for literature
(Chairman)-
i spy Mildred Thompson. She will
now burden us with a recital of her
thrilling experiences since leaving
High School.
tAlildred ThompsOn)-
You are now looking upon the ST.
perintendent of the Thompson school
for boys. I started tais school myself.
and. needless to say, it has been a
great success. The work | love best
is preparing terrible examinations for
the dear boys.
Chairman
And now comes Roy Hall.
(Roy Haln-
Well. | have come to the conclusion
that the gold seen i'm the sunset is the
reflection of hidden treasure. and
am soon 10 start off i'm my airship to
prove this theory
Chairman
Lizzie Matzen will now address us.
UiZzie Matzen)-
My husband and | are ut the head
of the dead letter office i'm Washing
ton. Many of our classmates still
carry Oh a correspondence but they
are now SO widely separated and they
change their names and address SO
often that much of this correspond
ence finds its way to our office. where
il is joyfully perus-d by myself
Chairman
Report says that Emma Hoffman is
principal of our dear old c. H. S. Is
that so. Emma?
emma Hoffman,
Yes. and I'm getting along fine. too.
Only serious trouble has happened and
that was when the editor of a local
paper attacked me i'm sensational
article. One day / shook big coun-
try kid. and that editor wrote about
il in such way as to make every
body mad. and some thought so much
more of me that I got seven proposals
of marriage. Now what do you think
of that