Banning High School - San Gorgonian Yearbook (Banning, CA)

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I, Theodore Reeves, do hereby bequeath my “mash” with Miss Suzan A. Shy dealer to Henry Hemmerling. I, Sybil Thomason, do hereby give my chewing gum to Miss Marian Chevrolet. I, Choppy Johnson, do hereby will my wonderful basso profundo and yodel to Quinten Johnson, to keep it in the same name. I, Martha Mixsell, do hereby will my agreeable disposition to Mr. Horatius W. Moore. I, Thomas Pierce, do hereby give my good looks to Ralph Marvin. I, Tiny Sullivan, do hereby will my gentle voice to Fat Hauver- man. I, Katherine Richardson, do hereby give my long tresses to Patricia Cody. I, Theil McKinney, do hereby bequeath my scraps on the bus to Florence Furgeson. I, Leland Bickham, do hereby will my bashfulness to Peter Hansen. I, Edith Hessel, do hereby give my quietness to effervescent Frank Henderson. ; I, Arol McKinney, do hereby bequeath my dimpled cheeks to Bill Leonesio. Bill will look so cunning. I, Bernice Wood, do hereby will my boyishness to Elsa Hunter. It would improve her ways. We hereby nominate and appoint Thaddeus Arlington Purcell as sole executor to this our last will and testament. We have hereunto set our seal on this, the eleventh day of June, in the year of our Lord 1926. RICHARD BRAMKAMP, BERNICE FELTS, JACK STRUVE, Attorneys for Testator. The above instrument was signed by the attorneys for the Test- ator, The Class of 1926, in our presence, and said attorneys, in our presence, declared same to be the Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1926 represented by them, and we, at their request and in their presence and in the presence of each other, hereunto sign our names as witnesses to the execution of above Last Will and Testa- ment of the Class of 1926. IVAN J. CAREY, CHARMAN CRITTENDEN DAY, GEORGE C. POPE. Page Sixteen

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CLASS WILL We, the Class of 1926 of the Banning Union High School, Ban- ning, Riverside County, California, being of sound judgment and faithful memory, do hereby make, publish, declare, and ordain this, our last will and testament. We give, devise and bequeath to the Class of 1927 our exalted privilege of being Seniors. To the Class of 1928 we willingly bequeath our good standing with Prof. We leave our dignity to the Inferior Class of 1929. We, the following persons or people, do hereby give, devise, and bequeath to the following persons or people the following articles, traits, or qualities. I, Dick Bramkamp, do hereby bequeath to the future president of the future Senior Class, a large knuckle-duster with which to pre- serve order in class meeting. I, Wadsworth Southworth, do hereby give the ear on which I hang my cap to Horace Hunt. I, Betty Stone, do hereby give my ability to dig beans and climb toothpicks to whoever wants it. I, Charles Deweese, do hereby bequeath my “school girl’ com- plexion to “Lappy” Miller. I, Pat Ketcham, do hereby will my “baby farm” to Bobby Hyskell. I, Biffo Corum, do hereby bequeath my childish figure to “Fat” Rutherford. I, Elliot Pownall, do hereby will my popularity with the fair sex to Franklin Stark. I, Avis Elder, do hereby give my post of school loud speaker to Eugena Butler. I, Jack Struve, do hereby will my arguments with Prof. to who- ever should feel unlucky. I, Bernice Felts, do hereby bequeath a package of hair dye to Snowball Coombs. I, Allan Hicks, do hereby will my bountiful whiskers to Bobby Harris. I, Frances Bigley, hereby bequeath my cheerfulness to the whole school. I, Bob Jones, do hereby give my surplus weight to lanky Ken- neth Pratt. I, Flossie Deweese, do hereby will my perfect slang to Mildred Pomeroy. Page Fifteen

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JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY IMMIGRATION The average person, when he thinks of immigrants at all, thinks, I am afraid, of something rather comical. He thinks of bundles— funny, picturesque bundles of every shape and size and color. With this picture in mind, we see the class of 1923 immigrating to this new land called High School. We see Pauline Goff carrying her bundle of fragrant hot-dogs and onions, Robert Coombs with his bundle of arguing matter, and Pearl Hansen with her bundle of sarcasm. There were thirty of these green, odd, moving bundles. We aliens not acquainted with High School customs, were welcomed with a “Kid Party,” and at the end of the evening we were consid- ered full-fledged citizens of High School Land. We now organized, electing Kenneth Guild, president; Rea Niel- son, vice-president; Adger Cothran, secretary and treasurer, and Miss Justine Conrey assumed the leadership of our ship of destiny. As our brains developed we passed into what is known as Sopho- more land, with Mr. C. J. Boyington as our able pilot. With the port of Success in view we traveled to Junior Land, where we were considered upper-classmen, and much better repre- sented in all school activities. Again we reorganized, electing Ad- ger Cothran, president; Evelyn Walch, vice-president; Edwin Hem- merling, secretary and treasurer, with Miss Pray aiding the crew. Our class has always been well represented in athletics, foren- sics, scholarship, debating, operetta and other school affairs. And now as an ending of a successful year, we plan to give the Seniors a jolly farewell as they embark on the good ship Success for their journey on the great sea of life. E. E. W., ’27. Page Seventeen