Ben Avon High School - Novaneb Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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CLASS WILL E, the Senior Class of Ben Avon High School, 1937, being in our right minds and fully conscious of existing conditions, do hereby declare this document to be our last will and testament. To the juniors, we bequeath three nightmares: Investigative Themes, Class Night, and Commencement. To the Sophomores, we bequeath many hopes and joys. To the Freshmen, we bequeath four years of melancholia. Rita Lucas leaves her editoris job to some aspiring junior. Sammy Luttrell leaves his sweet disposition to Mr. johns. Betty Root wills her lipstick to Betty jane Dill. Bob Seigel leaves his speed. Mary Elizabth Lytle wills a Bob to .lean Archer. Bill Houston leaves his Readefs Digest. Mary Pforclt leaves her booth at Espy's to Dot I-Iarnish. and Frenchy Car- others. Bill Purcell leaves that certain something to Lindsay. Marjorie Munroe wills her collection of ear checks to Tom Bright. Bruce Waclcenhtit leaves his winking. june Hollenbaclc leaves TNT. Him Bennett leaves his job as Manager of Sports, Loves, and Lives. Katherine Shaw leaves her raven locks to Helen Heinonen. Curtis Pieper leaves his insomnia to Mr. Nolstad. Mary Louise Robinson leaves her Avalon interest. Duane Meyers leaves his Munhall interest. Charlotte Black leaves her Bellevue interest. Homer Hoffman leaves an analytic mind, and cold feet. Margaret Luttrell leaves her artistic ability. Bob Karn leaves his executive ability. Esther Fichter wills her shyness to Mr. Sager. 24

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Suddenly our conversation was interrupted by several loud shrieks, and Anna Lou Weclcesser and Lucille Simons dashed past followed by Bob Siegel, who was up to his old tricks of taking pictures of all the pretty girls. VVhat a collection! . Bruce Vlfackenhut gave the ladies a treat when he came out of his seclusion up in the Maine woods where he's practicing forestry. Everyone was surprised to see Roberts Kam later in the evening. I-Ie's taking life easy up in Vermont these days. On hearing a terrible commotion, I walked out on the roof garden. There was I-Iomer I-loffman practicing up on his, oration The Needed Reform in Modern Youth of America , which he was to deliver before the Ben Avon VVoman's Club next week. On the opposite side of the roof garden was Martha Louise Jeffries rehearsing for he-r future engagement as violin soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony. She was playing Fantasie Brillante on the March and Romance from 'Othello' , by Rossini. The only one's listening, however, were Charlotte .Black and her fiance, the world's champion tennis player. As I returned to the living room again, I noticed that a group had collected around Duane Meyers. VVith his continuous gab he was trying to sell Fuller brushes and guaranteed furniture polish to some of the- industrious housewives, among whom were the former Betty Phillips, Florence Sirianni, and Esther Fichter. It was very apparent that most of the members of the Class of 1937 had been very successful: Especially Eveline Mowry, dean of a New England school for girls, June Hollenback, who is doing research work at the Mellon Instituteg Betty Root, an interior decorator in New York Cityg and Rita Lucas, famous aviatrix, who will soon attempt a non-stop Hight around the world. Later in the evening Mrs. Van Tweezer served a very lovely lunch, and Marjory Todd, who has just returned from a concert tour abroad, played several of her beautiful compositions for us. All the class members agreed that they had greatly enjoyed the evening and hoped to make the reunion a yearly affair. 23

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Duke Black leaves his excess stature to Don Bennett. Florence Dodge leaves her sophisticated air to Joanne Schott. Dwight Merker wills a good, scientific mind to a sweet Junior girl. Dorthy Black leaves a weather forecaster's job. C5116 can tell when an Eddy is comingj. Pete Pfahl wills his Trig marks to the iirst junior who asks for them. Bette Phillips wills her basketball ability to Betty Phillips. Alonzo Palm leaves his French book fgladlyj. Mary Margaret McMillan leaves a much-used giggle to Virginia Lewis. Babe Lenzner wills his dancing feet to Louis Grier. Tish Hamilton leaves her marks in Trigonometry to some lucky junior. john Moretli leaves his line to Fred Evans.. Reba Thompson wills her stilts to Frank Evans. Other Seniors leave copyrights to these, their books: H ow to Drive by Eveline Mowry. How Ghosts Talk by Irving Moss. Sugar Cane by Anna Lou VVeckesser. How to Grow Corn by Putsy Smith. The Cofrrcct W'ay to Squeeze Thistle-Tubes by Marjorie Todd. How to Gigglc by Sirianni and Simons. How I Got Thai' 1?Va1Je 'iii My H air by Stanley Moore. How In Hit' Thai' Hole in the Floor by Bird Duff. H ow to Perform C1LC'1lI'iSf'7'y Experimeiizts by Martha Jeffries. 1001 Voli.w1'z.es of History by Charles Hamilton. Signed and sealed this Day of Doom, 1937. y jiie 5011101 Dam 25