Estes Park High School - Whispering Pine Yearbook (Estes Park, CO)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT 'io, the Senior Class of Estes Pari; School, County of Larimer, and •jato of Colorado, being of unsou.d mind am’ disinto rating memory after ;our strenuous yos i s, do hereby, publisi:, and declare this as our las« .'ill • n. testament, hereby revoking all oracr ’-ills, bequests, devises of vrhat-r nature already made. FIRST: ”e give, devise, and bequeath to the Junior Class, the «nior holiday, if they can get it, and all memories, bitter, s’.xeet, or other ds; of Estes Park High School. SECOihj To .iss Smith ve lerve our v rlasting thanks and good ■ ill for her kind assistance. TilRl)! To the Board of Educatio , that has so generously provided for us during these four cars pant, do Itereby bequeath all the broken dndov panes and chairs, the fin cr prints on the vails, and the ink stains on the floors and desks, these saim to be. held in trust for the succeeding grades. FOURTH: To our beloved superintendent, r. Caldrrell, tre bequeath our undying love and affection, with the request that he give to the next das3 the same guidance and justice that he so generously meted out to us. As a visible token of this love and affection, -e do also bequeath to the • id 1 !r. Cald’ oil, all the old caps, belts, knives, fountain pens, pencils, vanity cases, lipsticks, and ragged books that he lias so zealously guarded lor the past months. FIFTH; To our much-loved teachers, each and every one, rre bequeath a liberal yearly annuity of examination papers to grade, note-books to correct and averages to make. 31. xii: To the library vie bequeath all the detective stories, ,r.nv magazines, did vest magazines, and other junk, '.re prized so highly and read so carefully all year. S' : To the janitor. Hr. Bruc , xo bequeath all the nud ve liave tracked into the building, all the cliev ig ■ ’Jti, so generously stuck on the floors, and the millions of loose papers i. the lockers and desks. TIG THj To the Junior Cl. ss, folio In ; us, ve do hereby bequeath our ol: seats, vdth the tacks that tear our clothes; our lockers; our old books, ’dth most of the leaves loose or gone; and all the mistakes »o made, a. - all the kno- ledge ve failed to learn. IHTH: Be it horeby knovn that all members of the Senior Class -er.orously, dth charity for all and malice to-ard none, bequeath the folio- ir.,. personal and class belon lugs to underclassmen to help shea in the pursuit of happiness; I. Emily Robison says that she vould like to leave her gun che .dng ability' to Bob Burgess since he hasn’t fc: en able to chcrr gun for so long. II. Sally Ilayder. vdlls her ability to get to school on time to Eloise Souoek who seems to be having a little difficulty in doing so. III. Lorraine Hyatt vrants to will La Vonne Holton the beautiful oempor that rrilma Herschler left Lorraine last year. Lorraine says that it is in very good condition, since she hasn't bothered to use it very much. IV. Paul Thorpe leaves Oscar Unruh his ability to get to class meetings and also his short hair to . r. Co dos. V. Lois Hattan vould like to leave her beautiful blonde hair to fir.

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dent, Sally Hayden; secretary, Eleanor Carmack; treasurer, Nancy Smith; Stu jilt Council representatives, Irwin Reed and Roland Reed; and room nothor and father, Idr• and i.Irs. Julian Hayden, airs. Harry Casten wa3 again elected as our class sponsor. Otto Krueger held the position of secretary and treasurer of Student Council. Seniors at last ( .Vith’ all the dignity and importance and the great feeling of superiority over all the other classes. But with it came the thoughts and preparations for graduation—the selection of the motto, the class flower, the class colors, and all that enter into commencement. Truly they were the envy of the underclassmen and the pri «e of the school. Officers for the year were; president, Otto Krueger, first semester, Roland Reed, second semester; vice-president, Frank Hix, first semester, Bob Baldwin, second semester; secretary, Ruth Schwilke; treasurer, Nancy Smith, first semester, Lois Hattan, second semester. Student Council representative was Sally Hayden. Irwin Reed was president of Student Council. Otto Krueger was state vice-president of Student Council. The room mother was again Mrs. Hayden. Mr. Paul Laws v;as sponsor for the first semester, and Miss Eileen wmith for the rest of the year. During the year the seniors have been very busy with many activities. On December 11, the class held a chicken dinner in the Home economics room. The class prepared and cooked the food themselves.. Jn Feoruary 25, 1944, the seniors presented their class play wines of the jorning. everyone worked hard on the play, the success of which was a credit to the entire class, after the play a dinner for the seniors was given by the parents in the Home Economics room. On February 11, at about 6 a.rfi. the class went to Denver for the annual sneak day . Having seen everything from stuffed bears to stuffed nuts the group met at the ous station and left Denver at a little before 1 a.m. On pril 15 and 22 the class sponsored bowling-night at the Parkview Alleys, .■ dollar prize was given for the grades that had the highest average in each tournament. Out of the twenty-seven in the class there are now only fifteen left. Tnree of the ooys have been called into the service of their country, Tney are Frank Hix and Otto Krueger, who are in the Navy V-12, and left larch 1; and I 4 Lamoroaux, who left for active duty with the Navy pril 8. Roland Reed and Bob Baldwin are in the Navy also, but will not leave for active duty until after graduation. Irwin Reeo is In the Navy V—5 und expects to be called into service sometime in July. Paul Thorpe has passed the Army-Navy test and expects to attend college under supervision of the Army very soon. Members of the Jury, this class as has been stated before was the most remarkable class that ever passed beneath the portals of our grand Old lma Mater, The fact of tneir having studied therein and graduated therefrom will make our school famous for years to come.

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Caldwoll, as she is afraid that if we have another snowy spring like this :ig will need more ample protection from drafts. V . Susy Hoyt wills Coach Everly her smiley disposition and quick wit. She -Iso would like to leave Harold Sutton her gift of gab. V . Jerry Atteberry ants to give her athletic ability to Phil Henry as he may need it to keep up with the vigorous pace the juniors have set this year. VIII. Haney Smith leaves part of her affection for the Army to all girls who night have interests in it. i; . Ted Lanoroaux '.mils his interest in the girls to Pat murphy so that all the girls in Pat's class won't suffer because of Pat's seeming indifference. I . Erwin Reed leaves his soft soap and polishing cloth to all future Anerj,can History students. XI. Bob Baldwin wants to rail his Take it easy and don’t ever hurry attitude to Walter Grey, because Walter is too fast anyway. XII. Otto Krueger wills his football technique to next year's football squad. kill. Shirley Sutton would like to will her knack at eating slowly to Ilr. Cowles because he always beats everyone (even Hilton Blue or Hiss Stephenson) back for seconds at noon. XI' . Frank Hix would like to leave his amazing ability to argue to all future students of Coack Everly, then Coach will always be sure of having some one with ”hon to argue. XV. Dorothy Kohler would like to leave her quietness and politeness to Don Kilton, who we think can use it. XVI. Roland Reed would like to will Charles Green his moderate height and deep base voice. It might help Charles quite a bit in the future. XVII. Shirley Purcell leaves her ability to get a nan to Patsy Cheney to help her out a little. XVIII. Eleanor Carmack thought and thought about what she wanted to will to someone, and finally decided that she would like to leave Erwin to Francis Tedder, but that ’ on't work out so well since the Navy; is claiming him in July. XIX. Ruth Schivilke says that she would like to leave her ability to act natural and be friendly toward everyone to Bemadine so that Bernadine will always be sure of making lots of friends in her future travels. Having bequeathed all that we possess, have possessed, and expect to possess, to hereby appoint the faculty as executors of this, our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 22 day of Ii y , A. D. 19 44 « SIGl!EDj Senior Class of 1944 Signed, sealed, sneared, published, and declared by the Senior Class, as and for, their last will and testament, in the presence of uc, who at their request, and in their presence,, and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses to said instrument. SIGilE't The Faculty