Remembering
By Joseph Celentano,
TCMM Historical Research Committee.
This month we take some headlines from The Tuolumne Prospector of 1925 and who was in the news on the front page.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1925 - On
Monday, Sept 9, the
Mr Smith also announced that Mary Spinetto, now a member of the senior class, had been appointed school librarian. During the past three years, Mary has proven herself to be such a conscientious student and rare schoolmate, that the news of her appointment was received with much approval by everyone.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1925 - Mr &
Mrs Ed Park of Los Angeles are domiciled in the Dick Adams
dwelling. Mrs Park was formerly Miss
Beth Otis.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1925 - The suit of R.P. Sudall vs Henry Grenier, Mark and George Baker will come up in the superior court on Tuesday, Sept 25. The case involves the right to take and use water from a ditch having its intake on Turnback Creek about a mile below town. The ditch extends thence south a distance of five or six miles, having its outlet at the Sunnyside mine.
The original ditch was known as the Marlow Ditch, the water being used to wash the gravel of the placer mine of the same name.
After operations there were definitely suspended the ditch [sic] was extended as mile or more and the water used to operate the Sunnyside quartz mine.
The defendants named in the suit, as well as Jake Heimberg, had in the meantime gained the right to use water from the ditch---that is, they had acquired a water right.
The complainant, R.P. Sudall, has in recent years acquired title to the ditch, which defendants do not deny, and through court action seeks to establish control of the ditch and the right to charge the defendants a stipulated price for the use of the water therefrom.
The case presents some curious angles, in that the rights of the present owner of the ditch conflict with the prior rights of the defendants.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1925 - Mr & Mrs H.F. Dietsche and family, Mr
& Mrs Fred Waidley, Mrs Ed Sittell, Miss Babe Gianelli, Mrs Rose
Siserine and Mr & Mrs
SEPTEMBER 11, 1925 - Freshman Initiation - by Ernest Hodge.
On Friday, Sept 11, the class of '29 was initiated in the auditorium of
At about 8 o'clock seventeen freshmen marched into the auditorium, clad in nightgowns, their faces looked like paint. A moment later two more boys appeared, dressed as girls. Mr Dewdney and Mrs Klyce, the two new teachers, were seated on the stage throughout the initiation. Many foolish and amusing pranks were played on the freshmen. Mr Dewdney sang a modern song, "It Ain't a-gonna Rain No mo." Mrs Klyce recited an ancient program, "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star".
Jack Hill gave a dance that would make a chorus girl, green with envy. Burnell Ingalls and Lawrence Singley sang a song that will make the composer famous. Perry Baker showed the effects of home training by dressing a doll in record time. Many stunts similar to these were executed, and the initiation wound up by serving the freshmen bread and milk, although, their manners would shock the writer of a book on etiquette.
Afterwards the sophomores served punch to the entire school. The Army Store gave caps to the boys and a combination pen and pencil to the girls.
…..and thus, another page turns
in the History of Remembering
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Class Annuals
The
Museum is in need of old SUHS Annuals.
We have annuals dating back to the first Summerville graduating class of
1913. We do not have the following
years: 1917, 1919, 1927, 1930, and after
1950. There is a fifty year gap where
we have no SUHS annuals. If you have
any old duplicate SUHS annuals, or any personal annuals you would like to
donate to the Museum, please call and leave a message for Joe Celentano,
Historical Research Committee Coordinator, at (209) 928-3516. We would like to update the Museum's
inventory of SUHS annuals for continuing research and education.
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