Davenport High School - Gorilla Yearbook (Davenport, WA)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF '47 lContinuedj Dorothy Olsen leaves her red hair to Betty McKerlie. Jeanne Overdorf wills Chuck Weiland to Marianne Oertel. He really is a swell kid. Marjorie Pierce wills her ten gallon hat and cowboy boots to Babe Conrad. Joyce Willis leaves her strapless evening gown to Marie Brodin. Dolores Zellmer wills her editorial skill to anyone who has nerve enough to use it. Richard Zellmer bestows upon .lim Badgley his ability to write poems. Donna Tess wills some of her quietness to Warren Smith, who should try some of it. Barney Reagan wills his cackling laugh to anyone who can lay an egg. Warren Weston leaves his shiny new Buick to Harold Jahns to court his best girl- or any girl. This is to certify that the foregoing instrument was, on this twenty-seventh day of May, l947, signed by the Senior Class in our presence, and was by us declared to be our Last Will and Testament, whereupon, we, at our request and in our presence and in the presence of each other, did sign our names hereto as attesting witnesses to said Last Will and Testament, that the Senior Class was of sound mind and was not acting under duress, fraud, menace or undo influence. Raymond Riddle Jack Ross Robert Luiten PROPHECY Being weary from hiking on our way home from a gay class picnic in the last hitch of our high school career, the three of us managed to drop behind the rest of the group. We soon found a good shade tree, fell asleep, and began dreaming. After a while we all awoke with a start, blinked our eyes and tore our hair, for we had all dreamed of our classmates, not as they are but, as it seemed, the way they might be ten years from now. Was this the way supernatural powers chose to forecast the future to us? Feeling it our duty to pass on these mysterious secrets of the future, we are making this attempt to do so. Listen, O ye men and women, youths and maidens, and little children! Listen, all ye people of Davenport, to the words of wisdom from the lips of your prophets who now speak unto you what hath been revealed unto us, even as it hath been decreed by the powers that be! ln i957 we see Ray Riddle reaching his life long ambition of being admitted to the bar. Ilene McCaffery is following in her father's footsteps and was elected sheriff of Lincoln County.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF '47 We, the members of the Senior Class of 1947, of the City of Davenport, County of Lincoln, State of Washington, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this our Last Will and Testament. And furthermore we nominate and appoint Superintendent D. W. Buchanan of the City of Davenport, State of Washington, executor of our Last Will and Testament. ARTICLE I: We give and bequeath to our beloved faculty the ability to detect the misde- meanors of the Class of i948, and do request that the above be duly apprehended. To our beloved iuniors we bequeath our seats in the auditorium ancl our upper class authority. Then to the sophomores we leave our skill and knowledge, To the freshmen we give our courage and stamina. ARTICLE II: The following may seem to be but small bequests, but we hope they may be accepted, not as worthless things thrown away because we can no longer use them, but as valuable assets to those who may receive them and as a constant reminder of the illustrious and never-to-be-forgotten Class of I947. Marjorie Anderson wills Barney Reagan to anyone who will have him. Betty Badgley wills her tall boy friend to Janet Olson, Dolores Dietrich bequeaths her shyness to Alice Page. Gladys Furgeson leaves her ability to get along with Mrs. Lightner to Mickey Willis. Donna Harris leaves her ability to skip school to Jim Chase, although it's doubtful that he needs it. Ermit Holderby leaves behind his saying Oh gosh, yes, to Miss Rees. We doubt, however, that she could find room for it in her vocabulary. Patricia Janett wills her quick temper to Pat Hering. He needs to fly off the handle once in a while. Bill Johnson bequeaths some of his build to Johnny Fleisher. He could stand some. Miles Johnson leaves his mustache to Russell Pankey who has a hard time growing one. Eleanor King bestows upon Dale Olson her shortness. Bernadette Lefevre leaves her English ability to Bob Buchanan-just in case! Hazel Logsdon wills her long blond hair to Tex Therrell-'nuff said. Ilene McCaffery leaves her ability to keep kids out of trouble to Q. J. Lefevre who might try the idea. Keith Morgan bestows upon Ronnie Webber his way with the girls.

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PROPHECY lContinuedj Gladys Furgeson, our manhater, has recently married our womanhater, Warren Weston. The latest and greatest matinee idol of all times is none other than our former classmate, Ermit Holderby, Patty Janett, after five years of experimenting, has found a way to reduce her heighth about four inches, so she is now the right height for Jack. Hazel Logsdon is now slinging hash to the little Woltrums instead of the patrons of Lennon's Cafe. Jeanne Overdorf has not yet reached her destiny, which is to marry a handsome duke or millionaire. Jack Ross attained his highest goal in life when he was appointed president of WSC. We see by the sport light that Mike Johnson, our former football star, was named all-American fullback. The former Miss Marjorie Anderson has been given the title of America's Most Modern Mother. We see by the morning paper that Donna Tess is running for president of the United States. The age requirement in the constitution has been amended to make her eligible. So far Dorothy Olsen has kept her promise of never getting married, for today she was elected president of the Old Maid's Club. Donna Harris, the singer of our class, is now playing guitar duets and singing with Rocky Starr. The great scientist, Captain Marvel Robert Luiten, has started on his fifth expedition to try to get to the moon. His new rocket ship is named Renie No. 5 . Keith Morgan, who farms most ot Lincoln County, was last reported moving south into the Ritzville country. Richard Zellmer, former high school track star, now holds the world's record for running the mile, Betty Badgley is soon to realize her ambition of going over Niagra Falls in a barrel. Dolores Dietrich has taken up chicken raising. Here's hoping she doesn't burn down any more chicken houses, Bernadette' Lefevre is completing her work in trying to square a circle and trisect an angle. Eleanor King is head of the drum section of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Mondovi, We see Joyce Willis as cigarette girl in Kelly's Tavern in Davenport. Last, but not least, Dolores Zellmer was last seen carrying a piece of chalk and writing on the sidewalk l wish Kilroy was here ! Mariorie Pierce Bill Johnson Barney Reagan