Bowling Green High School - Speaker Yearbook (Bowling Green, MO)

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CLASS WILL l We, the 1939 Senior Class of Bowling Green High School, Bowling Green, Missouri, being-of sound mind, memory, and understanding and realizing the uncertainty of l1fe,.do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testa- ment, hereby revoking and nullifying any and all former wills or writings made by us at any time. First, to the class of '40, as the Seniors of former years have done, we leave our desks on the south side of Study Hall. Please don't carve any names or stick chewing gum under them for we have taken excellent care of them during the past year. We will a roll of films to Mr. Byron L. Kerns to remember the Class of 1939 in after years. To Walter Eugene Elmore, our sponsor, we leave a book on How To Conquer Women. Now, you must memorize all rules for best results. To Miss jessie.Sanderson we leave a contribution for a trip to The Fountain of Youth. To Mrs. Geraldine Hortense Sieck we leave a box of rouge. This is to be used sparingly. The class wishes for Mr. T. C. Wells next year as successful an F. F. A. organization as the one under the leadership of a tall, rangy president. To james A. Wilson we leave our hopes for another winning basketball squad. All right, Class of '40, shine. To Mrs. Edward V. Long we leave a pair of pajamas to be taken on Home Economic trips next year. To Miss Edna Ruth Wood we leave our sincere wish for a better English class next year. We. as individuals, leave to the members of the high school, as follows: john Pletch Adams leaves his ability of telling tall tales to Tolson Smith. Nedra june fSlewfootj Adams leaves her book on etiquette and the art of telling other people 'vhat to do to Velva Dene Downs. Terrace Eugene Boudinier passes those ever faithful chains down to Bob Maddox. As he has graduated from them, we hope. Cash Willard Bowen wills his love for wide open spaces to Bill Henry. Remember, Bill, no night life allowed. ' Lois Marie Chamberlain leaves her position as Mrs. Long's helper to Helen Hamlet, provided there will be no arguments. Frances VVillene Fitzgerald wills her love for college life to Arline Mc- Nutt. Amy Evelyn Gamm wishes to leave her position in the office to anyone who thinks they can fulfill it. Any applicants for this job please see Amy soon as she will be busy making peach pies for the Providence minister next year. Leland Bibb Gillum leaves his ability to play the saxaphone to Hiawatha Griffith. To Freckles Ogden, Luther Lindsay Gillum leaves his technique and V-8's. Dorothy Ernesteen Gooch bequeaths her influence in Louisiana to Nitchie Clare. Mattie Allene Hammack wills her love for Eolia to anyone that likes small town life. Helen Lucille Hammack leaves her quiet disposition to Nellie Moore. Marion Charlene Harness has great difficulty in leaving anything because she fell, for it was Slick. . In the future Roger Glen Howard hopes that B. J. Bruton has as much fun as he has had on and after boat excursions. C Y

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Emily Mae Smith, if you still want to know how to catch a boy friend, Martha Ann johnson will be glad to give you instructions. For she is well prepared, isn't she, Lawrence? Granville See Lemons wills his good grades in Math class to Ernest Cordes. He hopes they will help to some extent. Margaret Evelyn Lewis bequeaths her boots and pants to Sue Nester. Don't forget that they are to be worn in cold weather. Ruth Eileen Lewis leaves the 0ld Star to Mr. Wallace for Band trips in future years. That's the spirit, Ruth. Carmen Maureen Lindsay bequeaths her ability to play basket ball to Choo Choo Bruton. Don't disappoint her, Choo. William McCallister wills his manners and gentleman-like ways to Marion Strother. Here's hoping for improvement, Marion. To the school Marvin jewel Moss leaves his precious middle name. Betty Edna Ogden leaves her Cyrene reputation to Dorothy Nell Wilson. Frances Sue Peabody doesn't have any extra Cash so she will leave nothing. Edna Fay Peecher leaves her attraction to the CCC camp to Dora Cox. Bowen Allen Rogers wills his ocean wave hair to Guy Magruder. Nellie Mae Rohlfing leaves her name to the school because she is going to trade it for a better one, she thinks. Emma jean Sandifer has been President of her class for three years. This ability of leading her class she wills to Penny Lee and to her sister, Pat, a tin cup. Mary Darline Scheer leaves her pleasing personality to Margie Fray. I To Mary Kathrine Burks, Nancy Ellen Smiley wills her booklet on HOW To Learn To Drive In Ten Easy Lessons. Read it carefully and follow illus- trations closely. james William Stevens wills the old Zuber influence to Willard Middle- ton. Jimmie hopes that it will help as much as it did this year in winning the Louisiana games. i Kemble Smith Tinsley bequeaths his ability to make speeches without any uh'sf' and and's to Billy Hungate. julia Elizabeth Whiteside wills her ever sober face to Grandma Pettey. Dorothy Mae Williams wills her love for Fords to Maxine Meyerpetef. She wisheds better luck for you, Max. Mary Eleanor VVoods leaves her book knowledge and study table to her little cousin, Margery Pool. Carry on, Marge. Lawrence Andrew Wright leaves his good stand-in with Mr. Wilson and the care of a certain Junior girl to Roy Lindsay. Mary Elizabeth Wright leaves her night life in Peno to Betty Willard. Without any apologies we present this will, witnessed by few, approved by none this Eighteenth Day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Nine. e,Cil::.d'kmin1l3a