Worcester High School - Indian Yearbook (Newark, MD)

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Leroy Holland and Ralph Handy bequeath their track ability to Herman Gordon and Monroe Handy, To Hilton Purnell, Henry Purnell bequeaths his smile and happiness, Willie Harmon bequeaths his manners to Gerald Martin, To Clarence Gale, Braxton Smith bequeaths his ability to read music accurately in the band, Willard Hearne bequeaths his ability to play basketball to Monroe Handy, To William Jarmon, Frank Marshall bequeaths his tallness. George Harmon bequeaths his quietness to Marion Harmon, To Hubert Johnson, Elsie Gumby bequeaths her manners, Naomi Davis bequeaths her neatness to Arnetta Collins, 16, To Hattie Mister, Shirley Hudson bequeaths her Mathematical ability, 17. Barry Fortune bequeaths his all-aroundness to Marion Harmon who doesn't seem to be able to do anything, 18. To Arthur Allen, Matthew Gillette bequeaths his athletic ability. 19, Bernice Deshields bequeaths her ability to be an efficient librarian to Jeannette Collick. 20, To Marjorie Jarmon, Emestine Dmmmond bequeaths her quietness, 21. Alfred Jarmon bequeaths his title 'Sleepy' to Stanley Barnhill, We do hereby charge the Jrmior class to execute our last will and testament, Testators: Rebecca White Elizabeth Harmon Eugene Smith

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.lad 7061! and We, the Senior Class of Worcester High School, 1956, being in full possession of our mental faculties and free from force, do hereby devise will bequeath and convey our various school- day possessions to the persons hereinafter men- tioned, to be held by them in full possession throughout the length of their connection with Worcester High School, ARTICLE I To the Worcester faculty, we leave a bountiful vote of appreciation for the great help you have been to us during our stay, ARTICLE II To the principal, we will a prayer for your untiring effort in helping to make this institu- tion a wholesome community in which to ac- quire knowledge, ARTICLE III To our parents, we bequeath a store of 'extra' patience and strength which you have so often used to make it possible for us to reach this glorious moment, ARTICLE IV To the juniors, we will the task of publishing 'THE INDIAN' next year, ARTICLE V To the sophomores and freshmen, we will our patience and ability to see it through, ARTICLE VI 1. Bernadine Short bequeaths her office as secretary of Patrol Club to Patrica Purnell, 2. To Mariam Purnell, Eva Collick bequeaths her shortness, 3. Esther Holden and Jeannette Milbourne bequeath their typing ability to Joan Robins and Shirley Massadin, 4, To Margaret Bratten, Ellen Drummond be- queaths her height, 5, Betty Ann Waters bequeaths her singing ability to Drucilla Coston, 6. To Johnnie Dennis, Edison Golden bequeaths his neatness,

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K The stars are merry, and the moon is bright, what do the stars tell me tonight? Ah! Uniforms! George Armstrong, Henry Purnell, Leroy Holland, and Alfred Jarmon have joined the army, The cutest girl of '56, Betty A, Waters is now a WAC, Well, Goodmans department store has hired Eva Collick to work in the Alteration Department, She's doing a fine job, we see! Down the center of my crystal ball, I can see only white caps, It grows clearer--Nurses! Emestine Dnimmond and Elizabeth Harmon! Angels of mercy, As my ball shines clearer, I see books, desks--wait! Another desk and a classroom, look! Shirley Hudson is the teacher, My sense of gazing into the future is high tonight, As soon as one vision vanishes, another crowds the surface, What have we here? Dye, combs, hair, fingernails, and now--faces, Ah! Beauticians are graduating, They are Gloria Worthington, Elsie Parker, Frances Shockley, Thelma Purnell, Bern- adine Short, Ellen Drummond, and Naomi Davis, Wait! Richard White is with them--a barber, Lovely, 'tis lovely, It's gone! I see no more, But, hark! I hear music--Braxton Smith on the saxophone, and Esther Holden a pianist, 'Tis beautiful! I am carried away on the wings of songs, My ball! It holds another vision, Water splashes, motors hum, and men are running to and fro, Mechanics! I see George Harmon, Ralph Handy, Ernest Mister and William Taylor, are greasy, but busy and about a great work, l shall rest my eyes and boil the future in my huge container, Maybe the vapors will reveal more, Boom! An explosion, I see Isaac Williams has just proven his great chemical theory, The air is heavy with vapor and it reveals much, Barry Fortune and his staff have edited a new bulletin 'The Republican. Bernice Deshields, Elsie Gumby and Jeannette Milbourne are his key re- porters and stenographers, Behind them I see Rebecca White and Willie Harmon, What are they doing, Secretarial work I'm sure, My ball is cloudy, I can faintly see, But wait, it reveals something! It gets clearer and I see an object, they have cameras, It's Edison Golden--busy at photography, As my large container clears--I see airplanes, trains, radios, TV's and what! There is Willard Brown, Harold Pumell and Raymond White, Electrical engineering is their business, Tonight it seems as though my sense of gazing into the future gets higher--and I see lumber, nails, blocks, shingles, and now houses--wait I see signs 'Houses to Rent or to Buy, Yes! There is Willard Hearne with his carpentry apron and Matthew Gillette with his real estate book, In my huge container I see--cows, horses, tractors, corn pickers--It's a farm! Rayfield Foreman is going toward the barn with his milk buckets and Frank Marshall is busy with those tools fixing a hay bind- ing machine, My ball is shining clearer and I see tables, lamps and stands being built, It's Eugene Smith and he is building, Oh! My ball has cleared and the stars have disappeared, Ah--what the future holds for us,