Bethesda High School - Bethian Yearbook (Bethesda, OH)

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Clem W ll We, the Senior Class of Bethesda High of 1949, bequeath to those arnbitious souls who follow our footsteps the following prescr1bed property To the Faculty, of Bethesda High School we convey our ab111ty to know a good thing when we see it As this ability has been largely created by their instructions we are merely returning to them their own invaluable gift To the Jumors, who will soon become the Seniors we leave all our mistakes and blunders comm1tted by us during the last exciting years of our most exciting life To the Sophomores we leave our ability to remain quiet while in assembly To the Freshrnen, we leave our bubble gum which you will find under the seats and desks I Nanette Bailey, will my ability to work in Walter s store to Beverly Loase Conrad Blaney, leave my athletic place to Dale King Evelyn Davis, will a few curly locks of my red hair to Glenna Wharton Clarence Fields leave my singing and dancing ability to Roy Palrner Bertha Foraker, will my quietness to Betty Anne Lucas Start using it, Betty, I David I-Ieskett, will my ability to argue to Dave McEndree fNot that he needs itl I, Evelyn Holland, will my ability to wrxte poetry to Elaine Mmder Not romantic poetry leave that to Elizabeth Barrett Browmngl I .Tim Holland will my glasses to Bob K1ldow so he can make better grades in history flt may help, Bobj I Elizabeth Kemp, bequeath Bettie McFarland my slenderness of figure I Dave Kildow bestow upon Ed McFadden my ability to work in Sinclair Service Stations I Dick Kildow bestow upon Harold Shepherd my untold fish tales 21 I L , . . . . . , . I, ' ' . I, . . . . I, Betty Drake, leave to Juanita Hunt my ability of applying cosmetics. II . , . . . . . . I' . . 0 Q v . . . . . 1 . . K ' . , . . . . 1

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Hum Looks as lf lt IS about tzme someone was xnventxng a new k1nd of alarm clock one that w1ll really work The kxnd of alarm clock we used to have when 1 was 1n hxgh school generally falled to work when we needed them and they always awakened us when we wanted to sleep I not1ce that a patent has been granted to Dean McBurney under patent mufnber 456789324 for a new s1lent alarm clock Well, anythmg to take the noxse out of th.1s world There s entxrely too much no1se Only yesterday a group of Semors stopped under my wxndow and gave some lngh school yells Pesky Semors Well wonder how the races came out yesterday at Colorado Sprmgs Ha Now wouldn t that Jar you Evelyn Holland s horse came 1n fxrst Guess she has a fme stable all r1ght Old Fleefast certa1nly made all the other horses take to the tall txmber Wxth Harold Snyder as Jockey evxdently the race was ln the purse before the horses started llrlvlllkliliklkllfilllk One day Peggy Platt and Gladys Flowers were havxng a quarrel and Gladys saxd Well all I can say IS that I d hate to be mn your shoes Don t let that worry you dear1e retorted Peggy you could never get 1nto them Dxck Kxldow crept slyly behmd Shxrley S shpped Ins hands over her eyes and announced lf you can t tell who tlns IS xn three guesses I m gomg to kxss you Let s see sa1d Shxrley, could It be Charlemagne Alexander the Great or Jack the Ripper, Betty Drake wanted to elope wmth a certam fellow Her 1rate father locked her ln hxs room She took hxs trousers escaped through the wmdow, and eloped The headlng ln the paper about the mcxdent was Flees In Papa Pants Nanette Balley applxed for a Job on a glrl s baseball team Can you catch? asked the manager I caught a fellow, she rephed Can you run? was the next questlon How do you thmk I caught hmm? mqulred Nanette Davmd Heskett offered to sell a used car very cheaply There s not a thmg the matter wxth lt, he assured, the only tlung I d advxse you to do 1f you buy mt xs to fxle the nurnber off the engxne Mr Comer once remarked, I m one bxrd who xsn t henpecked My wxfe goes her way, and I go hers Z0 , . . . . . . - Q -- . I n I o n , . . . n . . . , c 4 5 o 1 I ' I I ' ' s o o Q . U D o - an - I ' II tl 0 I I 0 ' ii bl ' Ol I I I ' 'I O4 I ' ' ' I I I I - ' 00 As I ll ' f nl ' ' I I ' II I . . ' I . . . . . -- 'S 0 s . . . . ' a lc it . o Cl II ' n It II ' . a ,A . . ,, . . o - tl 1 a -mm-.mmm . . . ,, .4 . , . . . a Ol I ' ' I u I ' I gn- .

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I, Tom Lynn, w1ll my lustory ab1l1ty to Charles Murphy I, Dean McBurney, w1ll my FORD fwlth all the g1rlsl to Ralph Mclindree. Jmm McFarland bequeath to Gene Green my abxhty to chase g1rls Barbara Murphy w1ll my long ha1r to Marlene Spencer Donna Orell, w1ll my eye roll1ng ab1l1ty to Shlrley Mechem Peggy Platt wxll my shortness to Ioan M1ller B111 Shepherd, w1ll D1ck Mueller my ab1l1ty to stay away from girls Harold Snyder, bequeath Burle1gh Rxnehart my pleasxng sm1le Sh1rley Spencer, leave my tongue wagg1ng abxlxty to Nancy Gro ms Don t let me down, Nancy I Gladys Stubbs wxsh to bestow upon Mary Ellen Dougherty my ab1l1ty to chew gum 1n txme of school and get away w1th xt I Don Warren, w1ll my tallung abxlxty to anyone who wants lt l, Dorothy Weaver w1ll my dxsposxtxon to Shlrley Schultz I Charles Wxlson bestow upon John Gordon my place 1n the upper atmos phere l, Aulden Yaus, w1ll my shyness to Grant Mueller I Dxck Zellers, bestow upon Paul Schafer my ab1l1ty to answer all quest1ons Plllkillifirlkvkikiklk One moonhght mght, after a Prom dance, Dxck Zellers begged to dr1ve Elaxne M1nder honme She accepted and got 1n h1s Nash As they were dnvmg along he sxghed deeply You re beautmful he murmured That golden ha1r Thank you, Elame answered And your b1g blue eyes They re beautxful too Thank you And your hps and pearly teeth She agaln thanked hxm As they rode along he cont1nued to shower her wxth complxments but she remalned sxlent Suddenly she spoke Can you drwe wxth one hand? she asked softly Sure Dmck quxckly rephed, hopefully Well, she suggested w1pe your nose xt s runmng ZZ L . ' , . . . . I, , ' ' . I, . ,, - . ,, . . . ' ID . ' . . 0 I, . . . . . . . I, ' ' ' ' . I, . - . . . N . I ' 7- , , . . . ' . . . . immediately. ' l , ' ' a u ,, ,, ' ,, . --. , . :,,