Fort Meade High School - Fomehiso Yearbook (Fort Meade, FL)

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 Senior (Slass 'Will We, the Senior Class of Fort Meade High School, in County of Polk, in State of Florida, being of sound minds and judgment, do hereby make, publish and declare on this twentieth day of May, 1927, before witnesses and notary, this Last Will and Testament, to be opened, read and executed as provided herein. Article I. To Mr. Hunter, our honorable principal, we bequeath the special privilege of talking to the single teachers at any time convenient. Article II. To the faculty as a whole we express our sincere thanks for the aid they have rendered unto us. Article III. To the Freshmen we will our natural ability to conduct our- selves in the proper manner. Article IV. To the Sophomores, our sister class, we bequeath our noble and inspiring thoughts. Article Y. To Hugh Anderson, Howard Barker bequeaths his art of love making. Mildred Bergquist wills her flapperish ways to Hettie Hendrix. Wilson Collins leaves to Alphaeus Girtman his natural boyhood. Alice Bowers bequeaths her seat in society to Lillian Collins. To O. B. Lewis, J. P. Dalton wills his number 11 football shoes. Leola Buchan bequeaths her winning smile to Willie Mae Spier. Maurice Deshong wills his ambition to Joe Lyle. Rachel Carruthers, our Mexican athlete, leaves her title to Selina right. Hall Hammett bequeaths his slouchy manners to the honorable janitor. To Marguerite Royer, Pearle Clements wills her ability to do the Charleston. J. D. Hancock leaves his sheikish style to Herman Heath. Helen Dampierre wills her shyness to Aldine Fort. Milo Holden bequeaths his wit to Clayton Bowers. Celeste Edwards leaves her dumbness to Thelma Girtman. Alleen Hancock, our school's “Biggest Gold Digger,” wills her title to Lucy McAulay. Ansel Holt leaves his volumes of wonderful poetry to the Juniors. Miriam Head wills her old maidish ways to Elizabeth Strickland. To Alphaeus Girtman, Dick Langford bequeaths his musical laugh. To Virginia Stokes, Edna Hodge wills her charming features. Francis Maddox bequeaths his influence with Mrs. Peeples to the Junior boys. Beulah Hudson leaves her lazy manner to Helia Morris. Snell Mills wills his knowledge of how to surround a feminine neck with two masculine arms to the Junior boys. Alleen Mayo leaves her art of counterfeiting, that is making a Junior girl good looking, to Marguerite Royer. To Earl Corbin, Charlie Pritchett wills his ability to steal kisses. Audrey Palmer bequeaths her studious style to Virginia Stokes. Borden Ray wills his special privilege of leaving school at any time to Hugh Anderson.

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Senior Qlass history Twelve long, short years ago a happy but shy bunch of little boys and girls came to the large brick building which was the only school building Fort Meade boasted of then. Some came alone, some with loving mothers and proud dads; some walked, others came in cars and the rest in Fords. Slowly the years came and went and each year saw us struggling on. When we began to understand what school meant and began to tire of it, the World War, which plunged our nation into blood and sacrifice, inspired us. And as we sat at our firesides at home and heard our people talk of the needs and necessities to carry on the war to a successful close, then with renewed ambi- tions we pursued our studies. In the fifth grade our class purchased a basket-ball and football and with these a majority of our present High School athletes (both boys and girls) learned the fun and skill of the games. Our class has furnished F. M. H. S. with more athletes than anv other since we have been in High School. At last we were “Rats,” but were respected as much as the rest of the classes. We immediately organized and prospered much throughout the year under the ca] able leadership of Milo Holden, our president, and Robbie Dean Pennington, our vice-president. We chose green and white as our class colors, and have kept them every year. It was during this year that we entertained the Seniors at Kissengen Springs. Next, we became the Sophomores, and elected the following officers: Mrs. S. W. Keen, sponsor; Robbie Dean Pennington, president of the “Jolly Bunch”: ! Miriam Head, vice-president, and Hazel Overstreet, secretary. Soon we gave the Seniors a Kid Party.” It is with genuine pride that we recall the fact that our class won the loving cup and fifty dollars offered for getting the most mem- bers to the Chamber of Commerce. Then we became Juniors, with Robbie Dean Pennington, president; Miriam Head, vice-president; Hazel Overstreet, secretary; Alleen Mayo, treasurer, and Miss Miriam Slaughter, sponsor. As Juniors, we were entertained at the home of Nellie Mae Meek by the rats. At the end of the year we gave the Seniors a banquet and all pronounced it the best ever given in our fair “City of Smiles.” Now after all these years we have at last reached our Senior year. To be grand old Seniors has been the height of our ambition for so long. Our class officers are: Richard Langford, president; Alleen Mayo, vice-president; Ce- leste Edwards, secretary and treasurer; Alleen Hancock, class reporter; Miss Hazel Black, sponsor. We have given of our best to our school, and we have had a wonderful class these last four years. And may Graduation, the Com- mencement of our real life, only make us more determined to “keep faith with the high ideals we have held during our brief High School career. The past four years are history; it is for us to make the future even more worth while. Page Twenty-three

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■ F(J 3t(£H Ida Peifer bequeaths her ability to vamp the male sex to Lillie Baggett. Hanson Watson wills and bequeaths his lady friend to anybody that will have her. Lillian Smith wills her afternoon nap to the loudest snorer in the Junior Class. Lorcna Smith bequeaths her school girl complexion to Lucy McAulay. Marguerite Keller wills her knowledge of English Literature, most of which was obtained in History Class, to Lillian Collins. Edith Yearwood leaves her tardy excuses to Hcttie Hendrix. Pate Yearwood wills to O. B. Lewis his athletic ability. Article VI. We hereby appoint the Honorable J. J. Hattaway, Chief of the Night Police of the City of Fort Meade, Polk County, Rorida, our sole executor of this our last will and testament, and instruct the Probate Judge of Polk County to accept Sir George Saxon, sole owner of the Saxon Motor Co., as his bondsman for the faithful performance of his duty. Signed, sealed and published by the Class of 1927, as its Last Will and Tes- tament, this twentieth day of May, 1927. (Signed) CLASS OF 1927. Senior 0oss Prophecy In my travels over the United States giving concerts as a solo pianist it has been a great pleasure to encounter and visit my classmates of '27. They are the same people and in their lives is plainly revealed the foundation of virtue and honesty with a determination to succeed gained back in old F. M. H. S. After completing my musical education in New York, 1 gave a number of concerts there. Among my callers one morning a young man by the name of J. B. Davis, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., introduced me to his wife and said that she was an old acquaintance of mine. Much to my surprise it was Ida Peifer whom I had known in high school. The purpose of her visit was to arrange for me to play for her class of music pupils in Pennsylvania. My visit in Pennsylvania was quite enjoyable as 1 had the pleasure of seeing two other of my classmates while in the state, Snell Mills and J. D. Hancock, who were owners of one of the largest construction companies in the East. I had heard of Miriam Head’s great success in moviedom, but it was not until this trip that 1 had the pleasure of seeing her in “Flappers-up-to-Date.” This was one of her most successful roles in which the new invention which reproduced the voice with the picture was used. My next concert was in Washington, where 1 saw Ansel Holt, president of a large railroad company. The next day Ansel and 1 went around to see Milo Holden and Howard Barker. They were both members of the House of Representatives, and were having some trouble about a widow. Page Twenty-five