English High School - Englishman Yearbook (English, IN)

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I, Ellender Gottfried, bequeath my good grades in government to Ruth Kaiser pro- viding she makes as good as I have, and the right to be Christmas Queen to anyone who is that lucky, I, Robert Shafer, do on this lst day of December leave to Donald Forbes my chemistry book. The said heir must take chemistry in his senior year in order to inherit this book. I, Betty Miller, bequeath my ability to make good citizenship grades to Sharon Johnson, my typewriter I leave to my brother, Fred, I, John Adli Stephenson, bequeath my civics grade and book to Gordon Hammonds in hopes that he can improve on both of them. My speech book, I leave to Ronald Crews so he can enlarge his vocabulary, I, Fay Wright, bequeath my position as editor of the school paper to Rosalie Crews in the hopes that she can get it out on time, my ability to fight with boys without getting caught to Renda Morgan on the condition that she whips them, I leave my ability to talk politics to my adored sister, Iris, on the condition that she will keep her temper as I do and my love of school to all the students and teachers of E, H. S. I, Elmer Dean Hubbard, bequeath my speech book to Philip Eugene Woolums to use in making speeches about the Wild Women of Bogard Hollow . I, Loretta Doolittle, bequeath my ability to fall down stairs and out of chairs to Margaret Bateman, and I hope that she will use it to the be st of her ability. I, Naomi Bateman, bequeath my ability to stay out of trouble to Delma Denbo, and I hope that she does better than I. I, David Mock, bequeath my ability to keep quiet to Norman Falkenburg, and my speech book to anyone that will have it. I, Bonnie Carothers, bequeath my ability to make good citizenship grades to my brother, Donald, as he will need them. I, David Patton, bequeath my ability to make straight A's to Margaret Bateman. I, Dale Roberson, bequeath my baseball position to Steven Eastridge. I also will my ability to sleep in civics class without getting caught to Jim Eckerty, I, Betty Lou Morris, bequeath my good citizenship grades to Jimmie Ecke rty and my speech book to Goldie Mitchell in hopes that she will give a better speech than I. I, Francie Dewitt, bequeath my right to get hungry in Home Ec. class to Marie Atkins, and my right to get out of speech class to Jimmie Eckerty, I, Gerald Lee Dodie Bennett bequeath my ability to get book reports from girls to Bud Baker, I will my ability to make speeches to Jim Eckerty, my ability to take noth- ing-from any of my teachers to Steve Eastridge. I give my ability to stay in condition in basketball to Rollie Tillery, I, Leo Carr, bequeath the right of The Lion to my brother, Eugene. I also will my dancing partners at the English square dance to George Williams.

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Senior Class Will of 1956 We, the Senior class of nineteen hundred and fifty-six, of English High School, County of Crawford, State of Indiana, realizing that we are about to leave these halls of learning to astonish the world with our amazing knowledge, our super-human understanding, and our patience inherited from our teachers, do make, publish, and declare this writing to be our last will and testimony, hereby revoking and making void all other wills and te sti- monies made by us heretofore. ITEM I To the Faculty, we leave our deep gratitude for their help and guidance which they have given us and our regrets that never before and never again will there be such a bril- liant and as talented a class, To the Juniors, we leave our ability to get along with all, the other classes, and most of our teachers. We also leave our ability to co-operate with each other at class functions for which we are so famous. To the Sophomores, we leave our Senior dignity, for which they envy us, and the abil- ity to know 6 locker combinations and not get them mixed up. To the Freshmen, we leave our book reports, test papers, typing erasers, and our ability to know all the answers to the teachers' questions without reading the lessons, so they can have as much time for fun as we did. ITEM II To our sorrowing fellow students mourning our departure, the class of '56 make the following bequeaths: I, Johnnie Hickox, bequeath my position on the basketball team to Gordon Goldman in hope that he will do a better job than I have done, to Jim Ecke rty I leave my ability to go with all the girls as long as I have and not go steady, and my sympathy to the poor unfor- tunate souls that have to take speech and government, my citizenship grades, I leave to Donnie Morgan in hopes that he won't let them get any higher than I have. I, Sue Sears, bequeath to my sister, Sandra, my spacious locker provided she will learn to get as much in it as I have. To Carl McFarland I leave my chemistry book, hoping he will enjoy it as much as I have. To Carmie King I leave my speech book to help him with the yarns he spins. My band uniform, I leave to anyone who can wear it. l, Patsy Patton, bequeath my speech book to my sister, Janet, in hopes she will not tear it up as there are quite a few pages missing now. To Wanda Zehr, I leave my ability to go with just one boy, I, Marvin Smith, bequeath to Carl McFarland the right to make a 10 minute speech in speech class provided he can keep his knees from knocking and his teeth from chattering. And my ability to talk in 4th period study hall without permission to anyone who has something to say if they want to take the chance. I, Jean Swe cker, bequeath to Beaulah Wininger my ability to get by with everything I did in all my classes providing she doesn't get caught.

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I, Delores Ballard, being of sound mind and body, bequeath my ability to stay out later than late and still come to school to Twighla Walts. I also leave my ability for making too many dates to my beloved sister, Carolyn, in hopes she can keep them straightened out better than I. To Helen Denton, I leave my ability to get a husband. To all my brothers, I leave my memory in the hope that it isn't too bad. I, Richard Johnson, bequeath my grades in English to Steve Eastridge. To Terry Smith, I leave my place on the basketball team and to Rollie Tillery my ability to go steady in my senior year. To Tony Longest, I leave my books and to my sister, Sharon, I leave my citizenship grades because she will need them. I, Anna Mills, bequeath my spee ch books to Nidrah Roberson, in hopes she will take good care of them. To Phyllis Luff, I leave my ability to get along with everyone. I, Harry Williamson, bequeath my seat in Miss White's speech and government class to anyone who can hold it down, and my curly hair to Mr. Robbins. I, Loretta Smith, leave my position as cheerleader to Lillie Gilliatt 'so that she will have it her last two years, and to Mary Goldman and Ronnie Hughes, my ability to make good citizenship grades. I, Edna Mae Smith, bequeath my speech book to Maybelle Peckinpaugh, in hopes that she can make better use of it than I have, and I leave my shyness to Patsy Masterson. I, Hazel Zehr, bequeath, my citizenship grades to Bob Parr, providing he doesn't lower them. To Wilbur Zehr, I leave my speech book in hopes that he will get more out of it than I have and to Alice Parr, I bequeath my ability to hold my temper. I, Jerry Buford, hereby bequeath my typewriter to Philip Woolums in hopes that he will do a better job than I. I also leave my job as catcher on the baseball team to Tony Longe st. I, Dorothy Nickelson, do hereby bequeath all my books to my brainy sister, Janice, and my citizenship grades to my brother, David. To Ronald Hughes, I leave my ability to talk about people. I, Opal Teaford, bequeath my beloved oboe to anyone who can put up with it for four years, and my band uniform to anyone it will fit on the condition that they wear it with pride and loyalty. I leave my chemistry book to George Williams provided that he will enjoy the class as much as I have. I bequeath my citizenship grades to Carmie King hoping he can raise them. I, Leon Belcher, bequeath my speech book to my sister, Maxine, providing she studies it more than I have. To Jimmy Ecke rty, I leave my position as president of F.F.A. in the hopes that he makes a better one than I have. To Gordon Goldman, I leave my ability to get along with all the girls, but, not to go steady with any of them. To Charles Enlow, I leave my front seat in government class providing he doesn't flirt with Miss White. I, Margie McGovern, bequeath my speech book to my brother, Donald, in hopes that he will learn more about it than I have. My good citizenship grades I leave to anyone who needs them providing that they won't lower them.