West Nottingham Academy - Pege Yearbook (Colora, MD)

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We the seniors of West Nottingham Academy, being of sound mind and ready for the draft, do hereby make our last will and testament as members of this school. To Dr. Slaybaugh, or Gov, our Head Master, we bequeath all the happiness and success in his future years at W.N.A, that he can possibly have. We all hope that we may some day help him along in making this school a perfect model of his dream school. To Mrs. Slaybaugh, or Mrs. Gov, or Mom, we bequeath future success with her boys. We all hope to come back to see her again, when the world lies in peace once more. To Mrs. Lynch, or Gran-ma, we bequeath many more years of happiness with boys who love her, as we all do. To Eleanor Jane, or E. j., as usual, we bequeath a certain naval uniform with a certain fire-controlman in it. Good luck. To Mr. Thomas, or J. C., per usual, we bequeath one new pair of rubber-soled shoes for his nights while on duty, and a wish for a new car, so that future fellows won't have to push every morning. To Mr. Stubbs, or Mr. Scrubbs, we bequeath future Trig classes such as this year's, and also a pair of silver plated walking sticks. To Mr. Donahue, or Uncle Don, we leave the boids choiping in the trees of Old New Yoik, you know what part. To Mr. Glynne, or Charles, we leave two books. The first, How to Win Friends and Influence People, The second, A Thousand and One Ways to Make It All-lllllll Way-et. To Mr. Decker, or Deck, we bequeath a nice red- headed nurse, and enough ration books to feed himself and his future Hilltoppers. To Mr. Remaley, or Coach, and Mrs. Remaley, or Mrs. Coach, we leave the Village Restaurant and all the coffee Coach can drink, and the usual half-cup to the Mrs. To Roger Remaley, or Rodge, we bequeath some new excuses for not drinking his milk or going to bed. To Mr. Durigg, or Wild Frank, we bequeath a new water and heating system for the Lab. fHint, Hint.J To Mr. Holstein, or Ace, we bequeath an Octet who will sing when and how he wants chem to. To Mr. White and family, we bequeath some new adding machines and more library cards. To Mr. Shaheen, Mrs. Shaheen, and Bobby we be- queath another new baby pen. To Dr. Venable, we bequeath a Young Peoples' Or- ganization who won't insist on playing Postal Com- munion. To Mrs. Clendenin, we bequeath a table large enough to hold all the food Harry fthe Weaselj Williams can eat. To Mrs. Rawlings, we bequeath some sort of new invention to arrange the daily QP, mail. Z f Z ? ff To Mrs. Maddox, we bequeath some good Texas weather. To Mr. Rayson, or Uncle joe, we bequeath several tons of mashed potatoes and some chicory to improve the coffee. To Mrs. Rayson, or The Lady, we bequeath plenty of pills and fruit juice. To Abe, we bequeath a life-time pass on the Colora local so that he will be able to continue his loyal sup- port of the W.N.A. football team. To Luther, we bequeath some vitamin pills to help lighten the load of the various jobs he must carry on his shoulders. 1. BAILEY, GEORGE-Wills his ability to stay up at night to Perk Saulsbury and his lovable character to, Dvorak. 2. BOONE, BOB-Wills his ability to get dates for a dance to Eurwin Gurwin, and his love for naval uniforms to E. J. He also wills his troubles with women to Roger Reynolds. - 3. CARLSON, ALLEN-Wills hs week-ends to Bo Matthews, and his women to Gurwin, 4. CHRISTIE, WATSON4Wills his corduroy hat to Stengle, and his gentlemanly like manner to Nelson. He also wills his religious inclinations to Coach Decker. 5. EWING, WILSON-Wills his charming person- ality to Kennard and his athletic ability also to Kennard. 6. FINNEY, BOB-Wills his outstanding physical condition to Mr. Durigg and his deck of cards to Dr. Slaybaugh. 7. MCLAIN, PETE-Wills his ability to get along in the big city fNew Yorkj to the Shaefer twins, and his trapping ability to Clark. 8. MILLER, BUD-Wills his height to Stengle and his ability to get good blind dates to Eshelman. 9. PATTERSON, DALE-Wills his book full of good ideas to joe Couch. 10. PRESTON, BOB-Wills his basketball ability to Donald Ingram and his distinct speaking ability to Uncle Don Donahue. 11. SATTERTHWAITE, JR., STACY-Wills his house broken crow to Gil Damon, and his hiking ability to Dewey Bowman. 12, SONES, JOHN-Wills his good naturedness and self-composure to Mr. Thomas, and his wonderful build to Wilson Adair. 13. WILLIAMS, HARRY-Wills his prowess with the fair sex to Saulsbury, and his long week-ends to Coach Remaley. 14. WINDISCH, DICK--Wills his art of shining shoes to Gil Damon and his unaccomplished art of playing pool to Eshelman. 15, NIX, VIC-Wills a car to Brown and Russell to go to Oxford on Saturday nights, and a book to Mr. Thomas entitled How to Drive a Car on the Right- Hand Side of the Road. ,ge .4 K .rf C-wx M . , Q If cv. . m ,., -r ' 'SKK' K9v1.,.,,,4-.' 20- wo

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4 GNU: Q r 31: .. N 5 , + 've 5 -xi ,,,.9.z.f,,,s .. ,. ,vi t,, J' o o r - V ,, Q , ' ' .,: ' ' V -rl-' Q - 21? 1 v -- A ' ,. 'fe if 3 r Q' K 'lf -19. X X january 5, 1954 Dear Dr. Slaybaugh: The class of '44 held their first reunion last night at the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York City and although my brain is still slightly befuddled by last night's revel- ries, I'll try to relate to you the varying degrees of suc- cess experienced by members of the class. Albert Bud Miller, just as short and a little heavier, is now famous as the D.A. who brought about F.D.R.'s conviction on the grounds of misrepresentation. Bob Boone, alias Baboon, has made quite a mark for himself in the literary world by taking over Beatrice Fairfax's column, Advice to the Lovelornf' Dale Patterson of Perryville has garnered quite a reputation for himself through the motto, There's nothing like a Patterson prepared cadaver. He now serves the area bounded by Baltimore on the south and Philadelphia on the north. Patterson is being ably assisted by H. Wilson Ewing, jr., who, due to a few unfortunate fiascos, is chauffeur- ing the Patterson prepared stiffs. Wilson was forced to abandon a highly lucrative career as successor to Lucky Teter by his militant spouse who feared that his possible demise would remove all means of support for her and her three children. J. Watson Christie is now a hell-fire and brimstone minister in the Ozarks. He told me confidentially that to gain the confidence of his fiock, he had to make his rounds on a donkey and carry a jug of mountain dew to pacify the more violent members of his congregation. Swede Carlson, since he has left the demon rum alone, has established a highly successful trucking and moving business. Swede was one of the first to use the helicopter for commercial purposes. This apparently stemmed from his avid love of his P-47. Pete McLain, always successful as an outdoor man, has Hnally settled down as Conservation Commissioner of New York City. Also, Wild Pete is president of Ducks Unlimited. Pete, the eternal cosmopolite, still maintains his palatial home in Connecticut, as well as a sporting lodge in Saskatchewan. Stacy Satterthwaite of Kenya Uganda Tanganyika fame just fiew in from Africa where he is filming his latest picture, The Lives and Loves of an Ostrich, Stace has become quite a naturalist and authority on big game. Vic Nix, now considered by most to be the peer of African Golfers, is proprietor of the U.S.S. Bird-cage, a vessel anchored off of Los Angeles and definitely out- side the U. S. territorial limits. The enterprise is evi- dently prospering because Vic has just donated S100,000 to the school to build two or three new dormitories, the only reservations being that smoking be allowed in rooms and no time limits be imposed on seniors Sat- urday nights. Bob Preston, always athletically minded, has been appointed head coach of the New York Beaglesf' Little Press after playing five years of stellar pro- football has astounded the sports world by the intro- duction of the Y formation. Press will undoubtedly be the successor to Knute Rockne. Dick Windy Windisch is now making use of his loquacious talents as a labor leader. Windy has just succeeded in enrolling the Carlson Trucking Corporation. Lieut. Comdr, George Bailey, a graduate of Annapolis, has diverted all his excess energy into constructive chan- nels. He is at present one of the most strenuous boosters of the Submarine Air Corps. john Sones and Harry f the Weaselnj Williams with johnny as front man and the Weasel as the brains have endeared themselves to the hearts of the F. B. I. through their shady enterprises. At present the locale of their activities is the Sahara desert where they are selling bath tubs to the Nomads. Bob Finney, the lothario of Bel Air, has finally settled down to an enervating career as Hollywood's most eligible bachelor and foremost actor. Well, I guess this marks the end of another chapter of the history of the class of '44. Hoping to see you soon. HARRY WILLIAMS

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