#this guys ghost watching me post his school autographs on a magical screen plugged into half a typewriter: WTF

[girlwiththegreenhat]

actually i saw some handwritten notes in the #1930s tag and it reminded me, i don’t think i ever shared this cool school autographs book i found at a flea market. i really really love personal stuff like this and it’s full of cute notes from his classmates

it belonged to one William Junior Gorsage and his school colors were purple and gold! He was in a farming club (makes sense, this was farm country) and it looks like he used this for multiple school years, the dates on the notes go from 1934 up to 1938. cursive is hard to read especially 80 year old school children's cursive so i will do my best to transcribe it under the cut lmao. this isn't all the notes it's just a few of them, that first one about safety pins actually appears a couple times so i guess it was a popular bit of advice or something to write in these things. a 1930s meme, if you will.

it's not something super interesting like a personal diary but for $2 it's a neat little thing to have,,, a little glimpse into someone's life. It's Just Neat! i dug around for school records, he graduated in 1942. i wonder how this little thing ended up in a flea market bargain bin

question marks next to/replacing stuff i'm not sure about 🙈

SCHOOLDAY MEMORIES of William Junior Gorsage, Vermont Public school, Fifth Grade ~ Freshman

AUTOGRAPHS OF MY TEACHERS

If you're tired and have not won (?)

Never stop for crying,

All that's great and good is done

Just by patient trying

Please remember me

Florence Chenoweth (?)

(Teacher - 1931 - '32 - '33 - '34 -'35)

Lincoln, (????). Aug. 29th, 1935

Dear Junior,

When you get married and have twins

Come over to my house for safety pins

With love, Velma

Table Grove Ill

Poverty Ridge

October 14th, 1934

Dear Junior :-

For life is the mirror of kings and slaves,

'Tis what we are and do

To give to the world the (????) you have,

And the (????) will come back to you.

Always remember your Loving Sister, "Maddie"

Table Grove, Ill

August 29th - 1935

8:40 PM

I'll always remember the good times I had with you at your house this summer. - And I won't forget right away the donkey ball game we didn't see. Here's wishing you the best of luck. Your (?????? Straight up cannot read the signature I think one of the words is Lincoln. Also what the hell is the line about Donkeys lmao)

Pekin (?) Illinois

July 3rd, 1936

Dear Junior

Won't/Don't forget the time you came to our house and went swimming at the park. When the wind storm came up and blew the dressing tent down. You had (????) got your last (????) of clothes on. Your sister - (?? ???? ?????)

Sept 28th, 1938

Vermont Ill

Dear Junior,

Yours till Hell freezes over and the devil goes ice skating

A friend

Margaret

Vermont, Ill

Nov 11, 1936

Dear Junior

On your golden chain of friendship, consider me as a link.

Your classmate, Mildred McDormick (?)

"Babe"