Ball High School - Purple Quill Yearbook (Galveston, TX)

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CLASS WILL The State of Texas, County of Galveston. KNOVV ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: We, the pardoned, being of degenerate mind and questionable health, at the termination of three short Q?j years of serving sentence, and having attained the status of high grade morons, do, in full pos- session of what faculties we still may claim, hereby compose, ordain, and attempt to sneak past the censor, our final will and testament, be- queathing to the following these items of dubious value and debatable interest: Mr. John VVoolford McFarland: the realization of his desire to produce bright, intelligent, and sober students who will Ceventuallyj become useful citizens. Mr. Ross jones: fortitude sufficient to retain his sanity under the impact of the asininity of the student body. Miss Alice Bruce: a tardyless and absentless semester. Miss Susanna Baxter: peace, and progressive legislators to carry the Student Congress to even greater heights of achievement. Mrs. Aileen Stembridge: students whose journalistic qualities can- not be equalled. Faculty: all scratches, engravings, markings, etchings, sketches, carvings, and bubble gum of which the desks of the school are now sole possessors. Seniors, juniors, and sophs: our bequests to you must, in turn, be handed down to future generations of students. Soon, you too will be graduated. VVe leave you the grandest and most patient group of teachers who ever hanged pupils with their yoyo strings, our sincerest hope that you may have the use of a new educational edifice, and also all traditions, customs, falling plaster, happiness, joys, despairs, and desolations-Ave Aqua Vale. Having rid ourselves of before-mentioned bequests we, Pat Gray and Irving Pozmantier, affix our official seal to this document and declare it an invalid and faithless record on this rainy day in May in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven. X-our mark. Pat Gray A Irving Pozmantier Witnesses: Joe Vliillhelm, President of the Senior Class Elinor Olson, Editor of the Purple Quill. 34

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mmmer Qjoliool Qaifijiiizfes MARY ELLEN ARMSTRONG- BONNIE LOUISE CARPENTER- AUGUSTUS COTERA-Student Congress, '46-'47: National Honor Society, '46-'47, Junior Academy of Science, '45-'47, Chess Team, '45-'47, Captain, '46-'47: Good Fellow Nominee, '475 Junior Classical League, '45, R.O,T.C., '45-'47, Track, '47. DORIS MAE HAHN- BETTY LOU HALVORSEN- LOIS MARIETTA JACKS- JEAN LAMBERT- PAT MITCHELL- SEYMOUR NUSSENBLATT- DOROTHY JEAN OLIVER- ROGERS RODRIGUEZ- RENE BURWICK SHAW- NORMAN TARVER- MARY LEE TAYLOR- uwwner Cinco! Qczncliclaies Qflof Cgicimfej WILLIAM JAMES COLLIER- JAMES WILLIAM MOSS- JAMES ALEXANDER DEMETRIOS- BARBARA JOY TEVAULT- PEGGY SUE FUGATE- 33

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Glau paopfr-ecaf Once upon a time, my friends, While busy turning rings and such, WVay back in '47, We talked to those at hand, A blissful group of graduates And what they said enlightened us VVere in their seventh heaven. On who would run this land. Adrietta Aarnes plans to clean house every day, And be a good wife in every way. Darline Allen Will soon Walk down the aisle, That is the reason for her broad smile. Bob Allen plans to graduate from college, We hope he ends up with lots o' knowledge. Dorothy Allison makes a haul, Drawing pictures on the wall. Mary Almendarez in stiff-starched White, Is a Wonderful nurse both day and night. Johnnie Mae Andersen is hunting for a man. Let's hope he's nice, with a good sun tan. I object! Lawyer Robert Anderson called, As his client away to jail was hauled. The architect, Betty Jean Andreason, Has proved to be a great sensation. Twins are like twins do. Doris Elaine is one, too. To be a reporter is Vera Andrich's ambition. Could it be a family tradition? With abounding energy Mary Ellen Armstrong, Has lots of fun playing ping-pong. Julius Aubry sailed far away, But don't be sad, it's not to stay. Gloria Axelson takes shorthand with speed, And this we consider a marvelous deed. Dolores Bahr is doing okay, A good stenographer in every way. For some certain person she'll make a good wife, Best wishes for Betty BaIdwin's future life. Gloria Ball will answer telephonesg She takes orders for ice cream cones. Julian Ballard will be an automobile engineer, If he'1l get behind that wheel and steer. Grady Barnhill, we see, is anglin' away, For any poor fish in Galveston Bay. Barbara Baucom wants to travel, We hope she soon hits the gravel. Sue Bell is to be a doctor's wife. With Odie, that's a wonderful life. Seeing the world and singing a song, It's Beverly Benson galloping along. Mary Beveridge rates three cheers, She graduated despite her fears. Buddy Beveridge at Rice Institute, Makes good as a football substitute. Nancy Bivona is filling her purse, Because she's such a. practical nurse. With all of Joyce Bludworth's charm, Imagine her a stern school marm! At the piano, busy all day, It's Elaine Blume thumping away. Hear the applause as the curtain descends. Ruth Bodansky as an actress ascends. Kindergarten teachers will give their thanks, When Mary Virginia Bodden joins their ran s. Seeing the sights as she travels around, Donna Mae BoIdman's wish has been found. A good electrician this fellow will be. His name is Boldman QRobert Leej. Dressing a window or fixing a display, Is what Betty Boyd will be doing some day. Not afraid of hard work and toil, Is lab technician Hilda Boyle. To Norman Braslau-the Nobel Prize, For physics laws he'll completely revise. To go to work is Johnny Braunsdorf's next move, Of which everyone should surely approve! Dorothy Breslin has a double ambition. As pianist and scientist, she'll win recognition. Reagan Brown will beat Disney in his field, When as animated cartoonist the pencil he'll wield. What Eleanor Bryce wants most, Is to take a technician's post. Billy Byous just must be funny. He wants to make lots of money. Raul Cardenas a doctor will be, After slaving to clinch that super degree. Betty Jean Carney can't decide what to do, So all We can say is, Boo-hoo, boo-hoo. Of all the nurses who make blood tests, Bonnie Carpenter is the best. Don't plugdyour ears and don't get alarmed. It's Ella Cassidy getting her Vocal chords warme . For an electrical engineer, see James Caulk. To sell his services, he'll be glad to talk. Juanita Cavazos has to stay on her toes, As from B.H.S. to secretary she goes. Lola Cheatham a housewife will be, When she gets her man out of that tree. When at college playing football, We hope Dee Clements doesn't fall. A lawyer that's sure to make things tick, Is none other than our Frank Click. At Baylor all the co-eds will fall, When Danny Cochrane. carries the ball. Jimmy Collier has decided what's best: He'll now lie down and take a rest. Douglas Connolly is flying high, He and his plane are up in the sky. Behind that purple and green mist, Is Augustus Cotera, our budding chemist, A commercial artist not to be forgotten, Is friendly, talented Doris Cotton. 35