Dennison High School - Leader Yearbook (Dennison, OH)

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V l l l l Elizabeth Thompson:- My place at the piano to Martha Whitaker. My spit curl to Mary Ohler. My ability to play basket ball to Mosalene Love. James Baldwin:- My Valentino pants to Dale Balo. The part in my hair to Gerard Gross. My quiet disposition on the ball floor to Soxie Williams. Mary Ellen Albaugh :- My ability to get to school on time to Ruth Parr. My musical talent to Helen Catchell. My letters from Pennsylvania to Dorothy Page. Paul Osbun :- My curly hair to Miss Humphries. V My position in the bank to James McElroy. My French vocabulary to Dale Balo. Mary Carpenter:- My grammatical knowledge to Alice Leggett. My winning smile to Eligzabeth Wright. My letters from Washington to Elsie Hess. Marian Arnold:-- My gold tooth to Mary Heavlin. My Russian boots to Hazel Rothrock. My good attendance to Ruth Parr. Edith True:- My compact to Mary Chappelear. My love for Commercial Law to Flora Murphy. Dorothy Blackwell:- My surplus weight and height to Stella Straley. My pleasing disposition to Boone Moore. Nina Chapman :- My G's in deportment to Helen Fisher. My ability to teach school to Martha Maxwell. My height and weight to Elizabeth Host. Ethel Benedum:- My seat in Room 8, second period in afternoon, to Ruth Thompson My surplus weight to Flora Murphy. My speed in shorthand to Floyd Gatchell. Mary Olive Long:- My spectacles to Mary Heavlin. My towering height to Mary Carver. My desire for playing marbles to Miss Hart. 22

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CLASS WILL In the Name of the Benevolent Father of All :- We, the Class of 1923, realizing the omnipotence of the Divine Creator and believing in his divine wisdom and influence and in the influence, power, persuasion and wisdom of such divinity only, and uninlluenced by any other power, we do, as members of the Class of 1923, hereby and herein individually and collectively sign our name: t'The Senior Class of 1923, at the end hereof, realizing that life is uncertain and of short dura- tion and that mankind has not the perception to know when the end thereof cometh and at what hour the great and all-powerful Diety calleth his children to the Holy Land, and we, as such class, having arrived at the pinnacle of the pyramid of higher learning, establish this most sacred document as a monument to our superiority of learning and wisdom as a sacred guide and influence for other classes to follow, that such may behold the brilliancy of the shining star we have erected upon the pyramid, which will aid them up the rough paths, over cliffs, amid fallen rocks, through deep valleys and across swift and dangerous streams, amid the mad rush and roar of dashing waters take heed. We do in the sanctity of such solemnity make, declare and publish this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills by us heretofore' made. Item I.-We, as such members of the Class of 1923, as aforesaid, request that all our just debts be distributed equally amongst the members of the Junior Class, just as soon after our demise as possible, in order that they may fully realize the path of l-earning over which they are about to tread and in order that they may inherit the riches of this divine instru- ment, as no fortune is inherited without its liabilities, overhead expenses and responsibilities. Item ll.-We devise and bequeath to the members of our beloved faculty all our oral and written extracts of learning in order that they may possess a more coherent nervous system, blessed with a divine control, which they will be called upon to exert with the strong grip like power of a Strangler Lewis and the punch of a Jack Dempsey, which it is our sincere and most earnest request that they execute the same to the nth power on the beloved members of all the classes of the high school, especially the Jnuior Class, would-be Seniors, which class so boldly and with audacity unsurpassed pretend to fill the seats of learning heretofore occupied by the dignified and worthy testators herein. Item III.-We, the testators named herein, make the following devises and bequests, to-wit:- 21

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Hazel Craft:- My ability to decorate with cosmetics to Catherine Brantiner. My quiet disposition to Raymond Rausch. My silly ways to Wallace Gold. Paul Carnahan:- My surplus hair to Frederick Quinn. My gasoline pants to Fat Aifolter. My staff position to Arla Albaugh. Myrtle Welday:- My house-keeping ability to Evelyn Hillyer. My dates with Milton to Dolores Gatchell. My ability to write notes and not get caught to Dorothy Page. Eva Miller:- My curly hair to Mr. Fishel. My ability to go to French class without preparing my lesson and get away with it to Ruth Parr. Frank Lindsey:- My humps to James McElroy. My position in Union Drug to Bernard Hannigar. My surplus height to John Taylor. Clyde Shaffer:- My darling disposition to Dale Balo. My position as Mr. Fishel's valet to Soxie Williams. My basket ball ability to Fat Affolter. Henry Gotchall :- My ability to be the dramatic hero to Frank Affolter. My position on Leader Staff to Eugene Wenger. The Presidency of the Y. M. C. A. to Lefty Shaffer. Blanche Stocker:- My surplus height to Desmond Gotschall. My sunny disposition to Hazel Rothrock. William Flood:- My argumentative power to Junior Williams. My Apollo-like figure to William Wright. Beatrice Finney:- My quiet disposition to Mary Carnahan. My ability to get to school one minute before the tardy bell to Clarice McGuire. Mary VanOstran:- My curly hair to Ruth Bailey. My perfect attendance to Frances Brown. W 23 J