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SZIWIOVS LAST VVILL OF THE SENIORS OF 1942 We the class of 1942 1n the school of Central the town of Laneburg the county ot Nevada the state of Arkansas bemg ln good mental condxtxon and ln much bel te1 t mper than usual do herebv make th1s our last vull and testament rendermg X016 and of no avold any former w1ll or wllls that may have been prevlouslw made by us durmg the perlod of t mporary opt1m1sm W havc no speclflc dlrectlons to leave conccrnmg our tuneral but wc do hope Vou ulll ccm frerared to pralse as well as bury us forgettlng' the trlfllng faults that may hav b n ours and r Y1'lG'1Ylb6I'll1g only our manlfold and rcmarkable v1rtueS VVe f l that our brllllant record and our unusual achlevem nts w1ll IIVQ after us not wlsh ng to t ik any chance we sugg' st that a tabl t on whlch shall be lnscrlbcd ou1 s v ral namcs md a few of our most a toundmg d eds be purchased and placed ln the zud torlum of the school ln a posltlon where lt w1ll Stflke the cvc of all who cnte And ln thls manner do vue dlsycs of our posses lons Ralph Blandlng w1ll mv ab1l1ty as an F 1' A 1 ader to Wallace Easterllng I Duncan Brlght w1ll the edltorshlp of next years annual to anyone who en oy a headach Carlon Gann vxlll my docto1 s degree to Jesse Douglas Denwell Falrchxld w1ll my basketball ab111tv to Jumor Purtle Shlrl y Gautsch 1 ave to Ruthell F31TChlld my quxet dlsposltxon La Vada Ingram wxll my lrrltabl d1spos1t1on to Geneva Spell Iorraxn Fa1rch1ld vull my sugar sweet a tlons to Mollv Sue Weaver Adron Sampson w1ll my ablllty as a racllo a tlst to Kenneth Cofleld Audra Mannlng wlll my scholastlc ablllty to Flora Hurst Ellen Purtle w1ll my eatmg capaclty to Wanda Lee Fuller Roscoe W1ll1dD1S vnll my fame as a lady kxl r to D C Fuller Kathryn Reyenga w1ll my muslcal volce to Nell Stuart Marguerltc Schmltt w1ll my f mmlne w1l s to Hcll n Dlllard G neva Steed vslll my hard studylng to Mary Jlm Sutton Fva Schmltt w1ll mv swect dlsposltxon to Fffle Reycnga 11 I Vera Reyenga w1ll my SQFVICQS to the senlor class of 43 Flnally we do hereby name and appomt as the sol executor of thlS our last w1l1 and testament our class advlsor, Mrs Eleanor Anderson In wltness whereof vte the class of 1942 the testator have set our hand and seal on th1s 18th day of June 1n the year of 1942 LARLON GANN Q 0 O 0 O O 1 'L' 1 l 'f 1 I 1 - 9 '- I ' v Q . v. . . , A , . . , . . G . . C a K . .1 l 11 . 1 . 1 , 1 A 1 , e , . . .,, V ' ' e ec . ' e , ' ' ' 1 - A , , ee .' ' ' ' . ' ' Q J ' ' , i z e ' . ' ' , 1 . 9. ' ' e , ' ' ' . ' ' ' .3 2 '- ' 1 z . s ' e ., . ' ' . ' '. ' '. e . . .s' t: 1. I, ' ' , ' , ' ' ' : . '. . e ' ' . 2. , , - ' . ' , - j s ' e. 3. I, , - ' . 4. I, Clyde East, will my quick temper to Denton Tomlin. 5. I, ' - ' ' A' ' ' l ' . 6. I, ' 3 ' e, 2 . ' ' ' '. ' ' . 7. I, , . . . 3 . . . G 8. I, J ' e ' ' , ' Q ' A ' . 9. I, . , ' ' ' ' 1 ' . 10. I, ' , ' . ' 1 . . 11.1, ' , -. . 12. I, ' :, ' , - - - 'lg . . . 13. I, , ' ' . 14. I, ' V ' 1 ' , ' e ' ' 1 e ' ' . 15. 1, Q - , v' - ' - ' . 16. I, 1 ' ' ' , ' , . ' '. .' ' 1 ' A '. ,. I I . . . W , . , , . . . I 7, 1 1 ' 1 3 ' , - 1 ' ' ' . I ! D ! Y 1
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'S Derllors HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1942 In the fall of 1938 there were twenty SIX freshmen steppmg upon the threshold of success ln Central Hlgh School In the sophomore year however seven of tht. orlglnal twenty SIX were lost Raymond Carlton went away to the CCC J P Cross went maneuverlng wlth the Nlatlonal Guard Unlt Margaret Campbell enroll ed ln the Hope Hlgh School Howard Hart mlgrated to Loulslana Thomas Edgar Honea sought fortunes elsewhere Lols Knlght was lost to the outslde world Vlr glnla Schooley left us tor a waltlng husband Mllton Stokes was also lost to the CCC Jora Dean Clark Jolned the ranks of the Prescott Hlgh School Carlon Gann was added from Falrvl w Hlgh School Camden Arkansas We began the Jumor year wlth the loss of B C Thompson who was away wlth the Natlonal Guard Unlt Kathryn Reyenga was welcomed lnto our happy clrcle from Emmet Hlgh School The fall of 1941 found us Wlth a shortag of flN6 members Cllnton East James McGough Bobby Pealson and Alvln Sanders Dorrls Dlllard dropped after a few months leavlng only ten of the orlglnal m mbers of the class of 1938 Marguerlte and Eva Schmltt were added from Washlngton Hlgh School Washlngton Arkansas and Denwell Falchlld with Roscoe wT1ll13mS returned to the class and we now have 2 total ot slxteen graduates, ELLEN PURTLE CLASS PROPHECY Mer y and sad to tell And the Crler rang the bell What would Lets rove the Futures thoroughfares And tak th Future s balmy alrs And as we walk the hazy maze We Wlll meet old frlends of hlgh school days And see what fortunes they have found If thls ones famed or that renowned A swell excluslve ladles shop Is labeled Ralph Blandlng Prop And stepplng ln to shake hlS hand We flnd hlm sleek and bald and bland A clerk Roscoe Wllllams shows us round Obscure unfamed and renowned A fat pollceman ambles by Adron Sampson as sure as I am I We step wlthln the courthouse door To hear the lawyers rant and roar Is that Kathryns volce we hear afar Defendlng Lavada at the bar? The band IS playlng ln the square A strange and unfamlllar alr We stay our steps to llsten and Lorralne Falrchlld leads the band you buy e school bell rlngs the llnes trlp We see the teacher dour and thm G neva Steed well bless my hat That sparkllng Neva should come to that We rashly t3Xl round the park We vlslt Carlon Ganns matlnee Ellen IS starrlng there today Then danclng Duncan holds the stage Gay debonalr d6Sp1t6 hlS age A clnder settles ln my eye I hall Doc Mannlng careenlng She flourlshes her handkerchee Demands a hundred dollar fee We take the bus to Santa Clare Shlrley Gautsche collects our fare Whlle Marguerite Schmltt across the alS6 Dlsplays her mllllon dollar smlle Whlle Eva peddles popcorn round We leave the futures thoroughfares We ll qult the Futures balmy alrs To be the you and I agaln Whose years are only elght and ten And Wlth our class to graduate When you are not famed and I am not great DENWELL FAIRCHILD ' 0 O O U O U Q ' ' '-'l . 1 . I ' . . v I ' D Y . . - - . l' ' . . n. l . Y. A . 1 . i - IC. ' A . I L . .Q . ' Y 7 '. . . . A . . 3 . Y . c . , 7 V ' Q . . . E ' . -Q , ' 3 7 '! v Y A TY-'I - 'ss . V, Y If there were dreams to sell, l ! ' rv P l ' , , , -' ' . . . . , TB , In 'e e ' ' , ' y 9 , Z Y ' GA !? I S ' 7 V y . . , . ' y . Q , l ' - ' ' 1 9 Ki ' 7Y , , I 3 Y ' , . . . , . . . by, , . . . 7 l I Y ' l 7 ' y y 7 Y . . l , 7 ' , 7 , r ' 1 ' 1 . - ' I . . . 5 , v - , ' L Y
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I 'MM MAL Seniors MM! CLASS OFFICERS DUNCAN M BRIGHT Presldent RALPH BLANDING Vlce Presldent KATHRYN REYENGA Secretary and Treasurer COLORS Blue and Wh1te FLOWER Iris MOTTO u1tters never wm winners never quzt POEM LET US ADMIT IT fwlth apologxes to Klplxngj Let us adrmt lt falrly as hlgh school sen1ors should We ve had no end of lessons and they ve done us no end of good And we flnd lt hard to reahze the knowledge our young heads hold We ve had our foollsh notxons knocked hlgher than Frankhns klte Our mlnds have been made over and we know It served us rlght We ve spent four years ln labor hard to prove the fact once more That hfe IS qulte confused and two and two are seldom four We re crammed to the brlm Wlth learmng and now we must turn It to use And lf one of us IS a fa1lure he hasn t a slngle excuse The more we evoke and the less we talk the better results we shall get For we ve had four years of trammg It may make us successes yet Let us admlt 1t falrly as hlgh school senxors should We re proud of Central Hlgh School 1ts done us a heap of good RALPH BLANDING I C O O ' S Y 7 HQ , u . . . Q . ,, , . 7 7 . , . We entered as timid freshmen, we leave as graduates bold, , . . . . , . g 7 , . , . , . , . . . . 7 1 . . . , . , . 1 , . . ' . , . 3 - . - 7 , .
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