Clayton High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Clayton, IN)

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lb S LAST 5 xr WILL AND fff TA Mem Class W111 We the Semor Flass of 1951 of Clayton lndxana bemg of sound bodxes and partlally sound mmds do hereby publxsh and declare thls to be our last w1ll and statement to dlspose of all our earthly real and personal property l James Abney wlll my chauffeurmg abxlxty to Don Hxcks Vlfxlham Burnett w1ll my bookkeepmg book to Bob Shearer so he Non t haxe to work Elvm Crxsmore wxll my abxlmty to play Pmg pong to K1m Snodgrass Phylhs Chambers wxll my abxlxty to sew to Frances Burnett James Easton Wlll my ab1l1ty to loxe the g1rls to Henry Rodenbeck Paul Elmore w1ll my muslc abxlxty to Gordon Weakly Bessxe Graham wxll my bookkeepmg book to Delores Heckathorn I Davzd Hxcks w1ll my four years of expeuence to some arnb1t1ous Freshrnan so that he won t haxe to learn some ot the thxngs l had to learn the hard way l Harmon Lewxs w1ll my perfect school attendance to Frank Barnes I Lyle Main wxll my abxhty to get along wxth teachers to IX ark Cnddxngs 16 l l I, ,. . , . . 1 , U 1, . . , . .. . - . l L . I . .. I 1, , y . n , K t I, , ' . ' ' . l, .. ' ' , ' .'. '. .

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Paul Settles became a champxon Jxujmtsu performer 1nsp11ed by the d1rect1on of the Semor Play Charles Mosxer went 1nto a trance 1n Enghsh Class and hasn t recovered yet James Easton got a Job as bouncer for the Glue Room 1n New York C1ty Everett Pyle 15 now known as Hot Lxps the Kmg of Swmg He has h1s own orchestra and IS seen over telewxsxon statxon D R Y TV Ronald P1ggy Mart1n 1n sp1te of all the doctors could do passed away because of malnutrxtxon shortly after graduatxon Mary Wmgler became a pr1vate secretary and xs typxng all of Mr Trurnan s letters for hxrn Paul Elmore fulfxlled hxs hfelong amb1t1on and became the personal photographer of Hedy Lamarr James Abney has des1gned a new car It IS Jet propelled and equlpped w1th radar to warn of comxng telephone poles trees and d1tches Dave Hxcks became a playwrxght and xs followmg 1n the footsteps of h1s beloved Bessxe Graham organlzed a newspaper company 1n lnd1anapol1s and ran the Star the News and the T1mes out of busmess Elvm Cr1smore fmally real1zed h1s hxdden dream and went to Pans Now he 15 Monsxeur Elvln the Haxr dresser Russell Penrod marr1ed h1s h1gh school sweetheart and took her to New York where he IS the chef at the Waldorf Astorxa Margaret Unger po1soned her husband and became a w1dow whxle she was 1n her early Z0 s Then bemg lonely she took up plumbxng for a pastxme Betty Alltop gave up teachmg after trymg to cope wxth the Semors of 51 and IS now running an old folks home for retxred baseball players and thelr wxves Mr Charles Baldw1n changed hxs name to Hector and went xnto the movxes So much for our Class of 51 I was xery glad to recene your letter and especxally glad to hear that you d1d become a nurse Maybe mf you f1n1sh off too many pat1ents you can come to my ranch for a vacat1on unt1l xt s safe to return l ll be lookmg for you Yours Gmny 15 Shakespeare. He is looking forward to the day when one of his plays will be published.

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I Ronald 'I artin will my ability of be ing a studs nt managtr to Dutch W ilson in the hope that he will be a great he lp to N r I-lawlty I riudrey X itchell will my troubles with Ce rtain teachers to Lailonna Settles in the hopc that she vets along with them better than I did I Don It orvan gladly will my bookkeeping book to Il argie so she will keep busy and won talk to other boys I Chailc s N osier will all of my interests in Nlartinxille to Jim Boyd I Bill Neely will my auility as a chemist to Dean Mynatt I Russt ll Penrod will my ability to get by with playing hookey from school to Frank Barnes so he won t get his grade cut I Exe rrtt Pylf will my ability to get along with the girls to Don Hicks so he will have lots of luck in future years I Paul Settles will my wing: and halo to Bob Armstrong so he will always be a good llttle boy I Elizabeth Stephenson will rny giggles to Norma Louderrrilx so she can laugh through all her Classes like I have I Margaret Unger will my 1oar year of Horne Le to Patty Ross in the hope that it will prepare her more for tht Iuturz I Ralph W illiams will my ability in n nglish Class to Harold Nlynatt so he will be as happy as I am I Mary Winglcr will my typing ability to Joan Underwood in the hope that it will help her in Offiec Practice Class I Bill V oessnc r will my ability tc sleep in study hall to Lee Hubbard Vkt do ht re by appoint IX r Baldwin a sole executor of this our last will and testament this twenty filth day of May lfi5l Wirnesst s Signed Lonlu rs The Class of 1951 Bulltlin Board Pimp pong 'Iables 17 , .,1 , . , I I , , ' . ' 1 ' f O V , ' . , Z O , I - A .Z ' ' ' 'z I , - 4. . h - .. ,. ,, Y I ' ' A I . . , v '. Y M A tl . . . K A V . . , A Q, . I, Virginia Richardson, will z..f.' big tee-t to Vivian English so she can live up to her nicknam 1 l 4- ' 'I 1 'V 5 X f C 5. 11 1 4' 4 ' 1 1 V 'Y 5 W ' Q I A . y A Y . . , . A , . . , . i, V- 3 Y . , ' Q 4 . w , ,x B A . , . W 1 .Q , , .. . , , , 3- D.