East High School - Minaret Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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LAS Cf' WILL To all who shall see these presents, greet1ngs, let lt hereby known that ve, the graduat1ng class of June, n1neteen hundred and forty do hereby make and declare th1s to be our last w1ll and testament ARTICLE SPCTION 1 Frrst we wlsh to extend our s1ncerest thanks to Mr D1llehav and the faculty for maklnv our four years at East so enyoyable, for hav 1ng so much pat1ence w1th us SFCTION 2 Because of lack of funds we cannot leave Ot1s escalators, we had 1ntended, but we do leave a used road scraper to take the holes out of Mary Avenue SECTION 3 Bruce Kesse1r1ng, our d1m1nut1ve presrdent, leaves hrs d1cta torsh1p to the pres1dent of the January Class SFCTION 4 T M Clarence Taft G1lham, we leave a copy of Adolph Hrtler book, HMe1n ampf N SFCTION 5 T M ones, we leave a gallon of skunk 011, so he may con txnue to have that plaster of par1s look ARTICLE SECTION 1 T the january Class, w leave wlth the hope that they w1ll do more study1ng than we d1d SECTION 2 MarJor1e hle1n leaves Mr Straw a super duper gasol1ne scooter plus s1ren, to chase would be loungers from the trlfd floor at noon SECTION 3 It 13 an 1mposs1b1l1ty, but we w1sh we could leave Mr ones to Mr Case d1shpan hands SECTION 5 We leave Mr Mearlg w1th three thoroughbred bloodhounds catch unwary fresh1es 18 the halls ARTICLE III SPCTION B111 Holsberry, V1ctor B1shop, Hensley Hobbs, and Frenth how leave together SPCTION N1hla Shaw, Sanford Mh1te, and Carl Le Master leave the1r QHIPIDSSS to no one SECTION 3 Helen Oven leaves her yellow curly locks to Dorothy Bxnkley SECTION 4 Ruth We1r1ck leaves w1th Gordon Roos, much to Paul Detze dxsgust ARTICLE IV SECTION Rrchard Rosche leaves w1thout hav1ng a s1ngle date IH hlvh school SE TION 2 All sen1or bovs who have to leave thelr glrls beh1nd do o w1th warn1ngs to would be competltors SECTION 3 Barbara McMahon leaves her frlends 1D the off1ce to anvone who wants to have a good txme SECTION 4 Dorothy Baugher leaves w1th Tom Harry SFCTION 5 Roselene Arnold leaves to get marr1ed and to run 8 farm L ' ' ' be I ,Zi z . , . , . , U I, Z , ' as , ' : o r. ' ' l ' K . . , : o r. J ' - II : o e ' ' L1 : . . . . . . 0 J , SECTION 4: Ruth Billings leaves foods class to anyone who wants to get Z . ' ' 4. . to . I 1: ' ' ' , - -fe CIII, 2: . - . A : - - . I A. 1: . . . . I . . I C Z , L . . . , S

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fficers of Class of june, 1940 Front Row Rose Chr1st, g1rls's treasurer, Edna Ferguson, secretary, Ruth McDonald, f1rst v1ce pres1dent, M11dred Medl1ck, g1rls' treasurer Back Row Bruce Kesselr1ng, pres1dent, B111 Thomas French Rowe, boys' treasurers Lyle Dav1s, second v1ce presldent PRESIDEWT'S MESSAGE T0 CIASS Me, as Sen1ors, are about to leave the portals of East H1gh School In looklng over the four years,we're wonderlng whether our accompl1shments have been the best poss1ble We know we have not always done our best, but at the same t1me we hope we have prof1ted by our m1stakes And now as we go 1nto our d1fferent worlds we rea11ze that our paths W1 l not be all Joy and free from pa1n, but, 1f we have learned Just l1ttle from our h1gh school l1fe, 1f we w11l be able to take th1ngs m they come, to do our best 1D sp1te of Cf1t1C1Sm and obstacles, l1fe 1D the future w1ll be less d1ff1cult Our thoughts aga1n turn to the days when we were freshmen In rem1n 1sc1ng most of us recall those bew1ldered moments, but we also recall that grand feel1ng of start1ng to grow up After at1on to the ways of the adult, we began t some ath1et1cs some, f6l1g1OD, some, that pa1nfu1 per1od of or1ent d1rect our 1nterest 1nto var government Wh1le each f was concerned w1th a goal a d1fferent f1e1d we all had a feelxng be1ng part of one great un1t That feel1ng we call THE SPIRIT OF EAST HIGH To descr1be thxs SPIRIT 15 a hard th1ng, but we know lt has become part of everyth1ng we do It's th1s sp1r1t that has enl1ghtened ns 1h our everyday relat1onsh1ps the need of s1ncer1ty and fr1endl1ness w1th our fellowmen, of good sportsmansh1p w1th our r1vals, honesty and consc1ent IOUSHCSS 1U fulf1ll1ng our 0b11g3t10BS Our message to those of you who are exper1enc1ng the stages that w have Just completed 15 s1mply th1s Get 1nto the sw1ng of th1ngs, become a part of th1s great SPIRIT, pract1ce the h1gh 1deals set forth by lt e hope that by the t1me you are ready to go forth 1nt0 the world that the SPIRIT w1ll have permeated vou and your 1deals as much as lt has ours he cannot know what the future has 1n store for us, but w1th th1s SPIRIT, we know ue cannot be lost Way HTHE SPIRIT OF EAST UIGHH llve' Bruce Kesse lrzng z . . , . , 3 . . - . . L , ,,. , . . . , V . . . . . , . .1 . . i . , a . 0 . . . - ious fields. Some of us concerned ourselves with scholastic achievement -- 7 . -- . . --- . . 0 us . in . . , . of . . . . . a . . e . . . . . . W I . 1

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TESTA ARTICLE V SECTION Dorothy Burkhart leaves Bobby Dunn to some other l1ttle g1rl SECTION Evelyn Butch Read leaves w1thout Harold Cardell SECTION Mar1e Urban leaves her sleep1ness to we couldn't f1nd one capable o carry1ng onl SECTION M1ra Gomb1c and Bob He1se1 leave East H1gh w1th pleasure SECTION Madel1ne Glasener leaves her stud1ous hab1ts to Helen Turner ARTICLE VI SECTION N1cholas Polles leaves so he can f1n1sh 1n summer school SECTION Betty Anderson leaves her deepest sympathy to all fresh1es who d1B11k6 g01ng to school SECTION Harold Sattler leaves Margaret Edgell beh1nd SECTION oe Wr1ght leaves w1th Norma Yatsko SECTION DICK Woodllng, John P1shney, Eugene Woodl1ng and B111 Thompson leave w1th the1r SW1mm1Hg ab1l1ty, much to Coach Boed1cker's regret ARTICLE VII SECTION Don Lovernov1ch, Thaddeus Juszczak, Joe Srba, Ann Bezbatchenko Bettxna Fulv1mar1, Helen Oklyesha, Amella Pn1aczek leave the1r names anyone who has the t1me to pronounce them SECTION 2 Anlta McCauley leaves her ab1l1ty to w1n beauty contests to all fresh1es SECTION Helen Koogle leaves her smallness to Peggy Curry SECTION V1rg1n1a Lytton leaves for Ca11forn1a and a husband SECTION Arthur Boyts leaves h1s Rad1o Club act1v1t1es to KayGa11agher ARTICLE VIII SECTION Eddxe Herrmann leaves h1s tallness to Ralph Burkley SECTION Harold Sweeny and Russell Cook leave the1r love for photography to anyone who wants to spend money on p1ctures 1ustead of g1rls SECTION 3 Kay Schrantz, Lou1se McDowell, Bob Vandall and R1chard Gruver leave to become future Met stars SECTION 4 The follow1ng are Just glad to leave Harry Chrlstenson, Thelma Carlson and Fd1th Nystrom SECTION 5 M1ldred Motz leaves her East Akron News column to someone who can do a LOT better We hereby declare any prev1ous w1ll and testament absolutely null and voxd We hereby aff1x our s1gnatures tbls 12th day of Apr1l, the year of Our Lord, one thousand, n1ne hundred and forty SENIOR CLASS JUNE I940 WHITE SANDALS Comphments Of FOR GRADUATION ECONOMY SHOE STORE o,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,o,,,, 996 East Mdtkef Street Across from Water Tcmk I I HOMERS BARBER SHOP 1: ' ' . 2: t D ' . 3: . V . K . f ' . 4. . . . a . . n 5: . . . . 1: . J. K -a . . . . 2: ' 3: ' . 4: J . . ' 5: . . . . . 1: ' , . . . . . . to 3: F . 4: . . . . . l , 5: . . . . . h 1: ' ' . 2: ' ' . . , . . . . in xt I 1