Clay High School - Minuteman Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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CLASS WILL We, Doris Badman and Ruth Buckland, do will our ability to refuse to pay the Rascals' gasoline expenses to any future Lassie who is always broke, too! I, Rose Marie Bariger, do hereby will my ability to Hunk to Teressa Lucas. ' I, 'Marguerite Barrett, hereby will my ability to be on time to that tardy junior, Jane Huddleston. I, Bill Barrett, do hereby will all my chewing gum to Patsy Bates. I, Bob Bash, will my ability to collect money for gasoline to Tom Haney. I, Phyllis Bayer, do will my ability to go steady to Jean Grabowski. ' I, Cecil Bennett, hereby will my glasses to Mr. Rogers. The next time they are broken he will receive them. ' I, Joan Blair, hereby will my height to Regina Ivory. I, Sally Bowers,1do hereby will my acquired name, Doc , to June Lowe. I, Gerry Bombrys, will my ability not to be mistaken for the cowboy star, Roy Rogers, to Mr. Rogers who has such terrible trouble with his admirers. I, Kenneth Butterbaugh, do hereby will my blushing instinct to that bold junior, Charles McNerney. I, Bob Casper, do will my love and affection for a tall, good-looking teacher to any ----- junior who takes bookkeeping next year. I I, Philip Claxton, will my ability to get along with teachers to any junior who needs it. I, Pat Church, do hereby will my bashfulness in economics class to anyone who needs it. I, Jim Clauser, hereby will my ability to keep 5th hour study hall quiet to Miss Hoover, 'cause she doesn't have much luck! I, Mary Ann Droud, do hereby will my old friend, Oscar, the mouse, to Ann Kreps. I, Bob Dunivant, do hereby will my ability to keep my temper to Mr. Rogers. He needs it! I, Evelyn Ebersole, do hereby will my ability to stay away from Friday night activities to whoever has a boy friend who works Friday nights. .E I, Marianne Van Es, do hereby will my ability to be conceited to anyone who has nerve enough to say he does not like himself better than anyone else. I, Margaret Finneran, do hereby will my most faithful shadow to a certain boy of the junior class. I, Ralph Fowler, do hereby will my ability to get along with Miss Hoover to John Thompson who has a hard time of it. I, Eugene Forray, do will my seat in Mr. Roger's study hall to anyone who can set a clock. I, Thomas Frasier, do will my knowledge of corny jokes to Ed Kubiak to add to his vast collection. I, Elmer Gaedtke, will my ability to get along with teachers to Tom Patterson. We, Kenny Todd and Richard Gray, do will our job of hauling the Lassies to anyone who has a car. I, Betty Gray, do hereby will my ability to be embarrassed over almost anything to anyone who can blush as well as I can. I, Bernard Hacker, do hereby will my ability to get along with Mr. I-Iarke to John Thompson. I, Jo Anne Harrison, do hereby will my bookkeeping book to any strong-hearted junior who is for- tunate enough to take it. I, Joyce Haskins, hereby will the G.A.A, presidency to anyone who wants to take the responsibility. I, Larry Heckaman, do will my ability to keep my mouth shut to that shy backward boy, Bob Landick. I, Blake Hinton, will my height to Eddie Kubiak. I, Eva Holderman, do hereby will my bookkeeping book to anyone who wants to take the risk. I, Wilfred Hoyt, hereby will my four years' experience in shop to any freshman who may need lt. I, Bill Hullinger, will my seat in Latin class to anyone who thinks he can handle it. I, Lorraine Kessick, do hereby will my ability to dance the Polish Polka to any junior who needs it. I, Billie June Kreighbaum, do will my chemistry workbook to anyone who can stand the stench. I, Alice Kresin, do hereby will my ability to win an argument with Mr. Rogers to Pinky Gardner. I, Phyllis Kubiak, do will my bashful traits to that prominent junior, Marjorie Schrader, Page Twenty-Two -

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CLASS HISTORY In writing this class history, we must remind you that all big things usually have a small start. We entered the halls of Washington.-Clay in the fall of 743 as lowly freshmen. Our class activities this year were limited to one class party. With us as sponsors were Miss Koester, Mr. Kane, and lVIrs. Welhorn. S During our sophomore year we entered into a few more activities. We started olf with a Noom Movie. A Christmas party was given and another class party was held almonth later. Many of the sophomores were active in the Student Council, Red Cross, Hall Monitors, and the Ushers Club. Our sponsors this year were Miss Dome, Miss Hower, and Mr. Heeter. Our officers were: Larry Heckaman, president, Richard Brown, vice-president, Phyllis Kubiak, secretary, and Harold Asire, treasurer. During our junior year we had a few activities, among which was the Autumn Serenade. We participated in a magazine contest and we also had the Junior-Senior Prom, held at the Oliver Hotel in South Bend. This year the class oliicers were: Alice Kresin, president, .lerry Green, vice-pres- idcnt, Phyllis Kuhiak, secretary, and Richard Brown, treasurer. Our sponsors were Mrs. Goheen, Miss Dome, and Miss Pilsitz. Our senior year started oil with the election of our class olficers. They are: J ack Myers, president: Harold Asire, vice-president, Helen Sowers, treas- urer, and Mary Nenteth, secretary. Soon after this, the staff for our Annual was chosen. They are: Philip Claxton, editor, Mildred Minnis, business man- ager, and Mr. Ernst, faculty adviser. The annual Sweater Hop, a dance, was given by our class during the early part of S the first semester. Our play, The Professor Proposes, was presented with much success soon afterwards. During the second semester preparations were made for our Skip Day, to he held sometime in May. Plans were also made for the carnival, on April 18 - - - and - - - our graduation on May 27. Our sponsors at graduation will be Mrs. Colleen, Mrs. Kearney, and Miss Rohrs. Page Twenty One

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I, Hugh Masterman. do hereby offer my perfect poise to Miss Rohrs, who needs it. I, Mary Lou McCormick, do will my three years of yell-leading to Nancy Harrison who has done so well her first year. I, Esther McDonald, do hereby will my ability to keep from losing my temper to Evelyn Blackford, who will need it in the future years. I, Vida June Miller, do hereby will my ability to stay home nights to that junior girl, Rosemarie Haney. I, Jack Myers, hereby will my very used acre at Pin Hook to that boy who is starting to use it al- ready-Bert Reader. I, Iona Montague, do will my ability to learn Shakespeare's Macbeth to any poor junior who takes senior literature. I, Leonard Mitchell, do will my ability to skip school and not get caught to that school-shy boy, Gene Sowell. I, Ward Miller, do hereby will my naturally curly hair to Dick Ferm. I, Mildred Minnes, do will my ability to go steady with a certain senior boy, to some oi the fresh- man girls who have wanted to for so long. I, Mary Nemeth, do hereby will my glasses to anyone wishing to sit in the last row of his class. I, Lucile Newman, do hereby will my job in Library third hour to anyone who wants to be loved by the Junior High boys. I, Bill Patitucci, do hereby will my ability to mix chemicals to that junior, Teressa Lucas, who seems to have trouble doing it. I, Fred Ream, do will my ability to study in Library to that industrious-Simp 0'dell. I, Art Reed, will my ability to sleep in class to anybody who wants to try it. . I, Mona Rice, do hereby will my ability to get out of study halls to anyone who can get away with it. I, Richard Scheid, hereby will my '37 Studebaker to any mechanically-minded genius who thinks he can run it. I, William Shearman, hereby will my bashtulness to that extrovert, Bob Landick. I, Mary Sossoman, do hereby will the ability to control my excitement and gum at the County Tour- nament to Mr. Harke. ' I, Doris Sowell, do will my long black hair to Velma Fowler who can't seem to make hers grow. I, Helen Sewers, do hereby will. my love for English literature and Mrs. Barber, to anyone who can put up with them for two years. I, Melvin Swift, will my talent to Mary Lou Haskins to get up in front of the class and make a speech. I, Walter Trowbridge, do will my job as manager in my senior year to Duane Spencer, who is starting in the seventh grade. I, Evelyn Webber, do will my temper to that shy, quiet junior boy, Donald Myers. I, Colletta Wells, do will my liking for reading books to Louise Duncan. I, Anna Jeanne Wertz, and I, Helen Ann Barrett, do will our sixth hour to any willing junior who likes home economics. I, Paul Womack, do will my hillbilly tactics-with goats-to Charles McNerney. We, The Minuteman Club of 19i7. Will the right to RRY b0Y3 to take Sub-Deb members home after their meetings. - - Page Twenty-Three