Crystal City High School - Crystalite Yearbook (Crystal City, MO)

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19--------------CRYSTALITE-------------47 CLASS WILL We, the class of 1947, being of sound mind and body, do hereby publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, thus revoking all previous documents of this nature. We here- by make the following individual bequests: I. Raymond Abernathy, will my cute dimples and smile to I.eRoy Montgomery. I, Paul Baur, will my locker to some poor Freshman. I. Marvin Becker, will my winning smile to all up and coming Freshmen. I, Bob Beilke, will four inches of my height to “Twerp” and also a slightly used nose guard to anyone who enjoys getting their block knocked off as much as I did. I, Emogene Billy, will my intelligence in Eng- lish to Dick Marler. I, William Joseph Blake, will my imported felt hat to Fred Trace, and my famous Stradi- varius violin to Nonna Stratmann. I, Charlotte Bradshaw, will my position as Mighty Potentate in the Order of the Grand Zebras to Brent Streit and my ability to get to all the basketball games to Joyce Clifton. I, Norma Butler, will my quietness to my sister. I, Chester Carrow, will the mile run to Ken- neth Palmer and my Curly hair and olive com- plexion to Terry Hess. I, George Commerford, will my E and E — grades in deportment to Ronald Lee Perryman. I, Tanya Conardy, will my come-hither-look to Eva Ann Liles. I, Marjorie Crosby, will my cello to Martha Ward. I, Ernestine DeMent, will my natural blond hair to some of the freshmen girls using per- oxide. I, Bonnie DeRousse, will my superior air to the freshmen, as it never got me anywhere. I, Elmer Dunker, will my place in typing to Bill Carr. I, Jeannie F.rb, will to LeRoy Montgomery a book on “How to Win Teachers and Influence Principals.” I, Wilma Fenwick, will my height to Richard DeMent. I, Gerry Fults, will my shyness and quiet ways to Don Cayce. I, Fay Hanna, do hereby will my ability to get and hold a boy friend to Peggy Bennett. I, George Hanna, will my frequent tardiness and my ability to get an immediate excuse slip from Mr. Vineyard to Mike Picarella. I, Albert Harbin, will my way with the op- posite sex to Freda Caulk. I, Rose Hay, will my cool tem| er to Jeanne Govreau while playing basketball. I. Violet Hay, will my quiet and meek dis- position to Audrey' Schlag and a few more of the will lie Slop-mores. I, Janet Hayes, will my quietness to Frank Schembre. I. Gerald Hedger, will my locker and my abundant curly hair to Joe Vaccaro. I, Albert Hejnal, will my knowledge of American History to Shirley Toulousse. I. Peggy Heob, will my promptness in getting to Shorthand II to Jackie Martin. I, Leon Holdinghausen, will my blond curly hair and blue eyes to Arthur Liles. I, Helen Howard, will my quiet speech to Eugene Boyd. I, Lonnie James, will my locker in front of the shop door to anyone who is interested in shop as much as I was. I, Florence Jokerst, will my ability to keep quiet in study hall to my brother. I, Bettie Kleinschmidt, will Emma Lou Ritcher my curly hair so they can call her Curly, too. . I, Jack Kleinschmidt, will my ability to mix chemicals correctly to all chemical students. I, Jim Laiben will my ability for getting along with history teachers to guess who? Norma Jeanne Cook, of course. I, Zeda Laiben, will my happiness to Melba Cadwallader. I, Jerry Linderer, will my position in foot- ball to Tom Gay Harris. I, Robert Torch, will my ability to be the first one out of school in the evening to I.arry Compton. 24

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19----------------CRYSTALITE---------------47 CLASS PROPHECY five years. He was the former Bill Wideman and formerly attended Crystal Hi. He’ll be with us in spirit. Violet Hay, bookkeeper at the First Na- tional Bank, has announced her engagement to Herbert Doughty, the County Agricultural Agent. They will make Hillsboro their new home. Janet Hayes is living on her country estate in the suburbs of Hematite. There in her se- clusion, Janet is composing her third hook of poetry, entitled Whither Thou Fair Maid.” Florence Jokerst is teaching commercial sub- jects as a member of the Crystal City High School staff. Since Jack Kleinschmidt has been instruct- ing chemistry at the Missouri University, the west wing has been rebuilt three times. Bettie Kleinschmidt and her Frankie are finally getting together. He finally proposed. Jimmy and (Cookie) Laiben have just ar- rived from their trip abroad. Jimmy has ac- cepted a position as American History Pro- fessor at the Festus High School. Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Roth and their four daughters have returned from Alaska to make their home in Crystal once more. Zeda seems very happy. Lonnie James and his wife, the former Vir- ginia Linzeman, are here on vacation. His brother-in-law is taking care of the gas station while he is away. Bob Lorch and Bob Madison have just writ- ten a sequel to “Two Gentlemen and Verona.” Bob Lorch’s wife, the former Jean Mattingly, has the lead once again. Betty McDaniel is nursing at the “You'll Get Well Someday But Not If We Can Help It Mental Sanitarium.” She now has six deceased patients to her credit. Dorothy Morse expects to be out of college any year now. The Mulkey Library will have a grand open- ing two weeks from today. His fines are ex- ceptionally cheap. $6.00 per hour for overdue books. Needless to say he is our town’s only millionaire. Dick Oldham and his Twenty-two Men of Melody are currently playing at the famous Ciro Night Club. Dick, whose first and only love is his solid gold trumpet, has never mar- ried. ’Tis a pity he never knew of a certain girl’s admiration for him. Maybe you can still find her Dick. Donald Patek, Crystal City’s own Casanova, is currently engaged to a mighty cute redhead from St. Louis. Roberta (Rethwisch) and Dick Mallette and their two sons, have just been reunited after a two weeks separation by friends. All is well now. He seemed to have trouble with his roving eyes. His all girl orchestra of twenty-six will play for the 1957 Junior-Senior Prom at C. C. H. S. His wife travels with the orchestra on their special train to keep a close eye on her husband. Ronald Ragsdale, the top dancing king of Swoon-Lunes, is in Hollywood. It is reported that he is always amid a large crowd of fainting girls. Who would have thought that Ronald would have been such an attraction other than on a basketball court ? Jeanine Roth is now floor girl and book- keeper at Woolworth’s 5 and 10 Cent Store. Norman Rudloff, Lynn Telle, and Alfred Stahl are all home on leave from the Navy. Norman is visiting his wife (Shirley Wolk). Lynn is visiting his fiance, Catherine Dinolfo, and Alfred is visiting friends. Timmy Tripp, despondent over the marriage of his secret love, Mrs. Charlotte (Valt) Hanna, has gone to the Sunny Day Rest Home for a month’s rest. Helen Whitehead, grammar school teacher, has just published her first book entitled. “How To Stop Flirting Boys.” Jo Vorsams was just awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her excellent newspaper reporting from France. It is rumored she will wed Stan- lev Wilde, brother of the movie actor, Cornel Wilde. Cornelia Stahl is working in St. Louis. She has a secretarial position in the Ruggles, Rug- gles. Ruggles, and Brown Shoe Corporation. Marvin Stone, inventor of a rocket ship that can land on the moon, is still waiting for his fiance. Marge Fallert, to finish her “Grey’s Finishing school.” Betty Thomas has taken over her parents beauty shop in St. Louis. Juanita Thomas, now Mrs. James Hayes, is visiting her sister, Betty, and her parents. Jimmy is home with the children. Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Sour) Stevens have completed their twelve room brick home. Six of the rooms are nurseries and all are filled. They are the happiest couple in town. Mrs. Stevens is the former Mary Yah. Stella (Dunker) and Bill Vaughn have taken over his uncle’s ice cream parlor. Miss Holdinghaus retired after thirty-nine years as a teacher in old C. C. H. S. She is so lonely. Rumors are that this acute condition will soon end. Mr. Browning is still at C. C. H. S. He alone remains of the 1946-47 faculty. Tough sledding though. Goodbye now until our reunion. 23

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CRYSTALITE 47 19- CLASS WILL I, Bob Madison, do hereby will my excellent driving ability and witty ways to Bob Gettinger. I, Richard Mallette, will my musical talents to Roger Berkbigler, my good looks to Brent Streit. and my good grades to Dick Fallert. 1, Jean Mattingly, will my ability to sing and my superb “chawing gum” to Nelda Stolzer. I, Betty Ann McDaniel, will my good at- tendance and promptness to Rose Mary Doughty. 1, Dorothy Morse, will my subscription to the Red Star” to Mr. Rapp. I, Jack Mulkey, will my typing ability to Rita Hamniack hoping she will use it. I, Alfred Naes, will my ability on the track team to Red Haefner. I, Thomas Naes, will my seat on Dutch’s bus to someone who can take it, especially Donald Hopkins. 1, Richard Oldham, will my intelligence in bookkeeping and the ability to do nothing to Edward Beckemeyer. I, Donald Patek, will my good behavior in first hour study hall to Mike Picarella. I, Ronald Ragsdale, will my seat in book- keeping to Tom Tucker. Poor Boy! I, Roberta Rethwisch, will my radical interest in Ragsdale to Peggy Bennett. I, Betty Ann Rice, will my old jalopy to kids who really need a car to get to school, especially Juanita Martin. 1, Jeanine Roth, will my seat in bookkeeping to that silly sister of mine who wants to take it. I, Norman Rudloff, will my flirtativeness and instantaneous blushing to Nancy Drissell and Emma Ritcher respectively. 1, Alfred Stahl, will my seat in economics to Bobbv Mulkey. I, Cornelia Stahl, will my “reserved” seat in assemblies to some senior of '48. I, Marvin Stone, will my seat, grades, etc. in Chemistry to Nancy Drissell. I, Lynn Telle, will Mr. Vineyard my wavy hair. I, Betty Thomas, will mv plumpness to Marge Fallert who could use my extra pounds. I, Juanita Thomas, will my ability to make boys run the other way to Freda Caulk. I, Jim Tripp, will my love affairs to Joe Lee Simkins. I, Charlotte Yalt, will my ability to act sensi- ble over boys to all the Freshmen and Sopho- more girls. I, Mary Valt, will my good looking brother- in-law to lie, to my good looking sister, Char- lotte. I, Bill Vaughn, will my seat in Mr. Vine- yard's office to Bob Parsons. I, Jo Vorsams, will my ability to get along with teachers to Bobby Graff and my place in the band and orchestra to I .a Verne Clinken- beard. 1, Helen Whitehead, will my ability to keep calm and collected to Betty Jo Williams. I, Bill Wideman, will my ability to listen at- tentively to Dale Sweet. I, Shirley Wolk, will my new French Horn to Marian Govero. We the Class of '47, will to the Juniors our seats in the auditorium and the special privi- leges that seniors reserve to themselves. To the Sophomores our friendly considera- tion to all to “Live and Let Live.” To the Freshmen, our pep, good intentions, and glorious victories in study and play. To the entire faculty, we bequeath our ap- preciation for all you have done for us. You didn’t get much help from us. hut on the whole you did an excellent job. Hoping you will take the following clause of our will in the sincere way it is meant, we wish to say, “You made us what we are today, we hope you are satisfied.” We hereby nominate and appoint the Class of 1948 as sole executors of this, our last will and testament. In testimony whereof, we, the said Class of 1947 of the Crystal City Public High School, have set our sign and seal to this will on this 22nd day of May A. D. 1947. (SEAL) Josephine Vorsams, Attorney Betty Jo Williams, Executrix Lonnie James, President Ronald Ragsdale, Secretary 25