Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-04-06
Reunion Of Former
Burton Hi Students

Lodge. April LIST, at the reunion Of the
old Burton high school crowd Of 1905
- ~ or thereabouts, pronounced IT y
great success. Twenty-Five Of the
"Old Guard" were there, trailing hus-
bands. wives. and shall we say sweet
hearts2 Perhaps the last Is super
fluous, there being only one unmarried
person In the crowd, and she being
beyond the age Of sweetheartsl
MT a,tooothor thore were thirty
s,vo rrosont And what a time they
hid, W,nushmrv Lodge attn echoes
w,th did momnr,es and remlnlscent
chmcr,oa rho iarge room was CLEVER
i. ,ncorotea ror the OCCASION A little
ioo schnol 'ho,,se renosed unon the
norteI surrounded nv h,ickleberry
"trens" with a scrio,,s looking china
rrofossor standing NJ the door gazing
r,,nder,rolv at numerous ancient pic
tvros ~ S,s forr,er nuni,s which filled
tho mantel A lona table down the
can.er Of the room WINS decorated with
dnffn,n. ora hiue ibis Cora stones
claver hand fashioned the place cards
w,,,ch n,ctnred the, former hirh school
,,ana,,o an t,,o MI, WEARING the same
inscrrtab,e look as Of old. on a
fnrthar wa,, uos strung an did "hoo-
doo string" which contained souvenirs
sro,r overv nartv or lark the owner
NOD ottandod Everv cir, NJ 1910 had
~. NJ ,,r,,,t .ov vino mi. he,onoed
~ h,t owong other th,nps it con-
tanned q lock Of hair from her favor
ite-horse's manel Who rode a horse
to school in those days2 On a table
under the hoodoo string was a large
bowl full of notes" written right
under the teachers noses. Who
among this dignified crowd could
have been guilty of such conduct? No
names were signed, SO no one was In
dicted, hut frequently throughout the
evening groups were seen gathered
about the bowl shrieking with laugh
ter. and saving, THAT looks like your
handwritingl" and ut is not, I never
was that crazy!" A whole string Of
old dance programs, an old diary, a
class history, two Of the old school
papers. and q book of old kodak pic
lures completed the museum exhibits.
These exhibits, and "reminiscences
furnished most Of the entertainment
for the evening, though bridge and
jig-saw puzzles were offered for any
wives or husbands who became too
bored with the conversation.
Mopv vare tho explanations of
owhv von haven't changed n bit,'i
~ "Sor goodness sakes this isn't the
sor,o nerson used to sit onposite in
schoo,i" Rav Graham caused the
hIoeest riot having gained at least
fifty mounds IN the nrocess of wears
VIVIAN hts nrattv wife saw n picture OF
hin, IN h;s youth she almost tainted
"co,,n cbanoher,;n hlushed lust as in
trier,nelv MS ever and his wife had tc
iiteroIIv drap him away from all his
n,d su,eethearts ".yack" Reed Ind the
cornanv IN an unroar once TELLING
~, ha tool uo,eo STANLEY for a h,ee,
ride with a balky horse. People walk
ed home from buggy rides even If
those daysl Doris vanHouse Davie.
and Kingsbury Peasley took up theil
verbal scrapping right where they left
off twenty-five years ago. and hardly
stopped for breath throughout the en-
tire evening. Frank Robertson forgo
he ever had been superintendent o
schools, and Kenneth vanHouse wa!
heard singing absent" with true Al
feryor throughout the greater part o
the evening. But it is impossible tt
tell what everyone did. They all har
wonderful time, and those respon
sihle for the party were delighted t,
think so many attended, while re
GREETING those who could not attend
Many an ear must have burned tina
evening from seven to twelve. IN
dinner served by Fannie kingsbur
Davis and her husband was reminls
cent of the feeds" everyone used t
have and many sigh went up be
fore the last crumb was consumed
with all due respect to- the hus