Coopersville High School - Zenith Yearbook (Coopersville, MI)

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stationery, also our ink ami pen points, if they are not married at the time of our graduation; if they are married, the aforenamed articles shall become the property of whomsoever can lay hands on them. I, Josephine Weaver, leave my many unheard of virtues to June Thomp- son. I, Frances Rankans, bequeath my talent (i. e. painting?) to Mildred Lawton. I, Forrest Laug, bequeath several unused marriage licenses to John Ilinken in hopes that they will be of some use to John. We, Mildred Gordon and Howard Rankins, leave our ability to throw gel- atine to whomsoever is willing to clean it off the walls and ceiling as we did. I, Nicholas Nanninga bequeath my graceful movements to Henry Cook. May Henry become a great dancer. I, Kenneth Mr.ebius, gladly give my habit of blushing to the Freshmen girls We believe it will help to abate the increased demand for rouge. I, Abe Ginsburg bequeath my curly hair to Gerald Laug. May it grow thick and fuzzy. I, Frank Young, leave my “Gift of Gab” to the Hi-Y boys. They need a great deal of it but we are certain that there will be enough to go around. I, William Ter Avest, do hereby bequeath my love affairs to John John- son. This does not include the girl but we understand John has one of his own. I, Nacmi Busman, bequeath my loving disposition to Harriet Lubben. I, Wes’ey Sv anscn bequeath my assortment of bow ties and one box of bleaching ointment to Myron Wallace. I Jewel Lieffers bequeath my enormous vocabulary to the Faculty, ex- cepting Mr Ccon as he does net need it. I. Mildred Russell bequeath my Chemistry textbook and laboratory man- ual to next year’s Chemistry Class. May these help them more than they d'd me. I, Marie Reed bequeath my worried lcok to Orin Parish. May it secure him as good a graft as it did for me in history and civics class. I, Esther Streeter, leave my primness to Gayle Grieve. I, Dorothy Lake, bequeath my dramatic ability to Jean Scott. I, Ethel Gclden, leave my bangs to Mary Maycroft, hoping they will en- hance her beauty as they have mine. Page Twenty-five

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Class ill E THE Class of 1923, cf Coopersville High School, of the city of Cccpersville, in the state of Michigan, being cf sound mind and memory and realizing that the end of our High School career is drawing near, do, therefore make, ordain, declare and publish this to be our last Will and Testament. The vast estate which we, through the aid of the Fates have laboriously or otherwise amassed together, we now lovingly bequeath as follows:— First, we order and direct that our executor hereinafter named, pay all our just debts and graduation expenses as soon after commencement as con- veniently may be. Second, after the payment of such graduation expenses and debts, we give, devise and bequeath to the Juniors our seats in the assembly room, to have and to hold for one year, on condition that they keep them free from all litter such as love letters, comic post cards, dime novels, etc. We bestow upcn the Sophomores the use of the stairways, provided they do not wear them out running up and down them in school hours. We give and bequeath to the Freshmen the use of a limited number of hooks in the hall. They must be there at 8:30 every morning to claim them. If they are not, same hooks are to go to the Juniors. To our beloved Faculty, we assign our famous examination papers, the like of which has never been seen before, nor is it likely that they will be seen again. We give and bequeath to Marvin Bulthuis the friendship of the class, es- pecially of one. Wc also give him the front seat now occupied by Marion. May it hold pleasant memories. Being charitably inclined we make the following personal bequests of which the benefactors have no further need:— I, Eva Rankans bequeath to Adeline Dyke my ability to talk. It is my last wish that the future faculty have clemency on her behalf. I, Flossie Nibbelink bestow upcn Elga Laubengayer my patented giggle and the right to be noisy once in a while. I, Walter Omlor leave my foolish laugh and childish ways to anyone who will take them. We, Bertha Esther, Beatrice Bolhuis and Jennie Westrate give and be- queath to Myrtle Winr.ey and Haro’d Porter the remains of our tablets and Page Twenty-four

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We, Edna Balcom and Lucile Walcott bequeath the two waste baskets now in the Assembly Room to Ruth Nixon and Alta Sevrey. These may be used as receptacles for the notes which they receive from male frier.es, provided they do not fill them any more than v. e have done during the year. I, Kenneth Flagel bequeath my obedient and submissive pompadour which was willed to me by Curtis Taylor, to any person who thinks he can have better luck with it than I have had. I, Beulah Forbes bequeath my stately walk to Mildred Omlor. I, He’en Hubbell, bequeath my agreeable nature and love for study to Stewart Russell. May it do him some good. We, Norris Ferguson ar.d Leslie Spencer bequeath all our personal prop- erty and we speak for the class in leaving all their lost propei’ty (including notebooks ar.d the theme paper used on the History themes to which Mr. Rens clings so fondly) to any person who has the nerve to ask for them. Fresh- men excluded as the Freshmen this year have too much nerve, as any Senior can testify. Lastly we make, constitute and appoint Mr. Coon to be the Executor of this, our last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us made. In witness whereof, we have hereto subscribed our name and affixed our seal, the twenty-second day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-three. CLASS OF 1923. This instrument was on the day of the date thereof, signed, published and declared by the said testator, the Class of 1923, to be their last Will and Testament, in the presence of us who at their request have subscribed our names hereto, as witnesses, in their presence and in the presence of each other; believing the said Class of 1923 to be at the time of so subscribing our names, of sound mind and memory. Witnessed by, JONATHAN FITZNOODLE, HANK SPOOPENDYKE, MELISSA OLDGIRL. RICHARD CONRAD, ’23. Page Twenty-six