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

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To Bobby McClellan, T. J. Davis leaves all his stormy sessions with the principal. Ernest Dean wills his Jimmy Stewart physique to Mac Lanier. Anita Doke wills her ability to go with three boys at once to Janet Davis. Frances Douglas wills her dime store laugh to Marian Tillis. We, Patsy Durrance and Carolyn Knight, will our ability to go with brothers to Mildred Hunter and Peggy Smith. Flash Farr wills his hidden singing talent to Manley Walker. Margy Farr wills her ability to get to class on time to Joe Warren Joiner. Billy Fitch bequeaths his little black book to Wilbur Sellers, so that the girls won’t feel so lost when Billy leaves. Shirley Green wills her studious disposition and all time record for continuous study to Eunice Greene. Marian Grunholzer wills her musical fingers that can beat out boogie or play a symphony at will to Betty Jo Collins. Tony Hancock leaves Fay to F. M. H. S. for just one more year. Patsy Harward wills her gift of gab” to Margaret Lamb. Mildred Hendry wills her big blue eyes to Dorothy Arnold. Jerry Hurst wills her chewing gum (though we hate to make her part with it) and her ability to pop” it to Betty Dotson. To J. D. Jackson, Jimmy McSwain leaves $.21 to buy him a Girl Wanted Ad in the Black and Gold. Stuart Ringdahl leaves his ability to go through school without opening a book to Park Allred. Evelyn Rowell wills her vim, vigor and vitality to Hildred Scott. Barbara and Betty Rushing will their title, Senior Twins”, to Jerry Adkins and Betty Lou Watson. Edward Scott wills his Van Johnson complexion to Connie Mack Curls. Jo Ann Shirley wills her position on the cheering squad which she has held for three years to Veda Walker. Marian Spieth wills her scholastic achievements to Martha Richards. Maurice Stokes wills Jerry Adkins to no one. Dorothy Swafford wills her book, How To Keep That School Girl Figure , to Lila Rae Clark. Irene Tucker and Marcella Wyser will their ambition to be knee-action secretaries to Wanda Guest, Bertha Johnson, and Idell Mott. Wilma Waldron wills her ability to get a man on his own to Evelyne Rivers and Hazel Newsome. Earl Walker bequeaths his willingness to wait for Cupid to come his way to Marcell Butler. Howard Williamson wills his 125 pounds of manliness to Joe McMillan. Section X: We hereby constitute, make and appoint the faculty of the Fort Meade High School our lawful executors and trustees of this last will and testament by us made. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal, this second day of June, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand nine hundred and forty seven. Witnesses: FRED SPEIGHT ANDY HURST J. C. DURRANCE (SEAL) CLASS OF 1947 PATSY DURRANCE, Attorney at Law.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the highly respectable and honorable members of the 1947 graduating class of Fort Meade High School, in the County of Polk and State of Florida, having survived the last four years of high school, being still sound in body and mind, do hereby bequeath, make, publish, and declare on this second day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty seven, with witnesses and notary, this our last will and testament, in manner and form following: Section I: As we commend our ambitious selves into the hands of Life, going forward to replace the losses in our lines, we leave this, our 1947 FoMeHiSo, in appreciation of our basic training. Section II: To our ettemed principal, A. J. Hargrove, we bequeath our admiration and respect for him for all his advice, in- formation, reproofs, and admonitions which we shall retain in our memories long after the time of our departure from the afore mentioned High School. Section III: To the members of the faculty, we leave our deepest sympathy for the loss they shall sustain by our graduation. Section IV: To our Sponsors, we will our appreciation for th ir cooperation, their willingness to work, whatever the task may be, and their devoted time and interest which they have given us this our last year in High School. They both have won a place in each one of our hearts. Section V: To our coaches we will a football, basketball, and basbeall team that will be Ridge Champs next year. Section VI: Wc give and bequeath to the Juniors our Senior Room and any valuables contained therein such as old notebooks, chewed pencils, pin-ups, and chewing gum found under the tables and chairs; our front scats in chapel, and any other such privileges as were bestowed upon us. We bequeath to them also our most prized trait, our dignity. Section VII: To the Sophomores, we leave our sympathy for thiir heavy burdens—their swelled heads. Section VIII: To the Freshmen we will success through all th;ir years of high school. The football boys of the Senior Class will to the Freshmen their slogan, FOWARD MEN”. Section IX: We do hereby will and bequeath the following: Bill Acuff and John Barnett will their ability to ask useless ques.ions and get the teacher off the subject to Robert Altman and Roderick Streetman. Clark Adams, Edward Richards and Calvin Howe will their ability to become seniors at the last minute to Gene Holloway and Johnny Robinson. Evelyn Albritton wills the gardenias that so frequently adorn her hair to Mary Jones. Martha Bass wills her ability to get her man to Florida Dennette. George Bell wills his motto, Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you , to George Atwell. Margie Bevis wills her ability to keep 'em guessing to Elouise Mizell. Edna Brown bequeaths all her unprepared assignments to Myra Smith. Vernon Clyatt passes on his ability to talk faster than any other student to Glen McLean. Lillian Conner, Helen Driskell, Clara Goff, and Alice Keen will their boy friends who were left behind when they became Mrs. to all the girls who have been handicapped by the man shortage. Oren Crawford wills his ability to love ’em and leave ’em to George Compton. Lcola Crews wills her ability to be seen and not heard to Ida Pea “I Duncan.

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CLASS PROPHECY It is now the Spring of 1957, and the class of 1947 has bumped and jolted along the road of life for ten long, hard years. Before graduation ten years ago, our class planned to have a reunion picnic at Kissengcn Springs, exactly ten years aft- er our graduation. I was elected to see that the rest of the ole gang received word about it in plenty of time. Since I am a cub reporter on a paper, The Sun”, of New York, it wasn't too hard to keep track of them, as they are all famous for something. I first got in touch with PATSY DURRANCE, who is head of the Phoney Publishing Company” annuals. which publishes Next, I called on my friend, BARBARA BELL, who was RUSHING around hanging out baby clothes—she always did like babies, remember? Well, she now has quintuplets. She promised to be there and that she would tell GEORGE, who is a composer. His latest gift to the music world is a symphony entitled Don’t Wait Up If I’m Late, General, Just Leave a Sergeant turning In the Window.” JERRY HURST is a star in the Metropolitan Opera so I 'phoned and told her the glad tidings. CLARK ADAMS was next on my list and I knew where he was; so I hurried over to the city docks. He is still in the Merchant Marines and is Admiral of the good ship Rough-House”. EDWARD RICHARDS is his Chief Cook and Bottle Washer. Found out through the paper that LILLIAN CONNOR was touring the country giving a series of lectures on having a husband and a career”. LATIMER FARR is a sports broadcaster and you can hear him each Saturday afternoon over station F-L-A-S-H”. As a matter of fact, you can hear him anytime if you’ll just listen. Remember how JOHN BARNETT loved to DEBATE”? He’s now a member of the We Never Lose An Argument No Matter How Wrong We Are” debating team. SHIRLEY GREEN is head of the Lonely Hearts”. Its headquarters are in New York and upon visiting it I found that EVELYN ROWELL, IRENE TUCKER, and LEOLA CREWS were there. All of their husbands were dead except Shirley’s and she never had one. Anyway, they are all in the market. MARIAN GRUNHOLZER and VERNON CLYATT are now happily married. She is a concert violinist and made her debut in Paris. Vernon is a comic script writer and his brain baby is Buddy Is Gung”. ALICE KEEN broadcasts each morning over station KITTL POT”, giving recipes and advice to newly weds. Alice is now the proud mother of three boys. ANITA DOKE did go to Webber College and train to b? a stenographer. She got a job in Detroit as secretary to the vice-president of the Buick Motor Company, a former Wauchula boy she knew in high school days. The old fable about secre- taries marrying their bosses came true in this case. An advertisement came through the office one day announcing that the Rhodes Rodeo”, featuring as King of the Rodeo, OREN CRAWFORD, their riding, romping, and roping star, would be in Madison Square Gardens soon. EARL WALKER attended a school in Maryland and studied Electrical Engineering. But the protons and electrons just would not cooperate, so now Earl is math teacher in Ft. Meade High. FRANCES DOUGLAS lived up to the class’s expectations and became a movie star. She is living in Hollywood now with her fourth husband. MARGIE BEVIS is also in Hollywood. She is owner and operator of the Hubba-Hubba Beauty Parlor”. JIMMY McSWAIN always did like pretty faces so when we graduated he, too, heard the beckoning call of the City of Glamour”. He is still there and is prop man for Twenty-First Century Fox.