Franklin High School - Purrs and Scratches Yearbook (Franklin, OH)

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I, Manuel Cox, will my ability to study hard to my sister. I, Carl Hathaway, will Darrell Hedric my ability to beat Coach Born in pingfpongg and captain of the bas' ketball team to Earl Lansdale. I, Bob Dearth, will my position as half back to Jack Hammock, and my ability to keep quiet in Social Studies to anyone who will need it. I, Edith Dalton, will my love for shorthand to Jo' Ann Hoskins, and my ability to get out of class to my brother, Clarence, and my ability to get and keep my man to Barbara Bottles and Jeanette Chester. I, Dick Noland, will my experience in the band to any freshman entering the band, and my many hours of homework to all the freshmen because they need something to do. I, Dick Bothe, will my place on the football team to Benny Norris, and my spare time with Bill to Jo' Ann, she has it all the time anyway. I, Don Updyke, will my place in Social Studies class to anyone who can't find time to sleep at night, and my friendship with Freddy Combs and Bob Rossman to Pat Bennett and Janet Klaber, respectively. I, Dorothy Purkey, will my job in Miss Liles' office to anyone fool enough to want it, my love for Middle' town to Jo Ann Hoskins, and by clarinet to my sister, Joy Ann. I, Bob Shockley, will the girls in the Burg to Cap Leonard and Tom Doliboa if they are crazy enough to go up after them, and name of Hawkeye to Matt Johnson. I, Pauline Jacqueline Young, do hereby bequeath the following: my yellowmittens to Coach Born for wear at games to prevent his pulling out all that pretty blond hair, and my ability to get along with boys from Middletown to my sister, Louise. We, Daisy Tinch and Betty Thacker, will our hair and bobby pins to Mr. Hartzler, who needs some for a wig, all our problems with Miss Gaulke to Mary Lou Williams and Lois Tinchg and our ability to play bas- ketball to Miss Augspurger. I, Ann Simpson, will my crush on Mr. Davis to Nancy Johns, and my ability to come in late to Public Speaking class without being caught to anybody who needs it. I, Betty Thomas, will my love for kissfproof lip' stick to Eula Holt, and my favorite song, As You Def sire Me , to Juanita Monk. I, Barbara Tinch, will my wonderful times in Senior High School to my little sister, Mary Sue, and also my speed and athletic ability to Nancy Johns and Helen Robison. I, Dick Taylor, will my nickname Dagwood to Ted Beukeg and my position in the Bachelor's Club to any natural born bachelor. ' I, Boyd Alexander, leave my nickname, Beany , to JoAnn Larick because she likes it so well and besides, it fits her so wellg also, I leave my locker in the con- dition it is in to Bob Hunt because I know he will keep it that way. I, Jerry Egelston, will the editorship of the Cat's Meow to Georgie Basore when she is a senior, and my brother and I will our hotfrod truck to anyone who thinks they can live through the ordeal. I, Eleanor Phillips, will all the squeaks from my clarinet in band to Mr. Toms, and my love for the Carlisle basketball games, to Pat Scholl and Phyllis Thomas, because they like them better than I do any' way. I, Maegene King, will my first name, Mary, to the school, and my crush on Mr. Hartzler to my sister, Peggy. I, Ronald Weaver, will my ability to get a car and run all week on 'a dollar's worth of gas to Earl Lansf dale, and my home in the oilice to my little brother, Lawrence, better known as Sibi. He is there as much as I am anyway. I, Mamie Leonard, will my crush on Mr. Davis to Janet and Jog and my name, Problem Child , given to me by Miss Gaulke, to Barb Young. I, Nathan McMurrin, will my motorfscooter to any' body with strong ear drums, and my sense of humor to next year's clarinet section, just so they can stay sharp and don't go flat. I, Millard Marshall, will my ability to get bad grades in Senior Social Studies to anyone dumb enough to take them. ' In Witness Whereof, we, the Senior Class of 1949, the testator, have set our hand and seal hereto this first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fortyfnine f1949J. Signed, sealed, published and declared as and for their last will and testament. THE CLASS OF 1949. Compliments of Scholl's Hardware Store

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strain, and my seat in Room 28 to Laura Lou Hollon. I, Marianna Clase, will my ability to stay out of the office to my brother Bill, and my giggles to Laura Lou Hollon. I, Marilyn Beckman, will my nickname Pug to Pat Hall, who can fill it properly, and my job at the DanfMar to anyone who likes the Franklin students. I, Gene Murray, will Miss Kelly back to Danville, and my ability to get along without buying any note- book paper to my little sister, Betty Jo. I, Erma Coffey, will my ability to stay single until I graduate to Joanne Eversole, and my friendship for Fern Stapleton to R. B. Hedric. I, Dot White, will my love for football players to my sister, Betty Jean, my ability to get on a basket' ball team to my brother, Cttis, who has been trying for two years. I, Ray Kindred, will my ability to get along with Miss Wardwell to Nancy Ruppert, who seems to need it, and my love for a certain sophomore to anyone who thinks he can beat my time. I, Marilyn Kindred, will my ability to chew gum in Mr. Brown's classes to anyone who can chew quietly and without moving his mouth, and my job as business manager of the annual to anyone who likes to get out of first period class. I, Raymond Wade, will my ability to kick extra points and kickfoffs to my cousin, Alfred Sears, and hope he gets to kick more than I did. I, Bob Lackens, will my ability to memorize Social Studies reports in order to get in good with Miss Kelly to anyone, and my ability to tell Korny jokes in class to Don Croll. I, Phyllis Bair, will my grey hairs to Mr. Brown, fHe put them therej, and my ability to get a man and keep him to Alice Bruce. I, Delores Farmer, will my seat in English in front of Otis Ferguson, to Nancy Ruppert, and my love for Miss Gaulke to Joanne Eversole. I, Barbara Glossip, will all my extra credits to Paul Buckley and Robert Dearth, my job in the office to anyone who can stand the strain, and the right halff back on the football team to Daisy Tinch. I, Warren Tinch, do hereby will my nickname, Cook , to Big Babe Hanes . I, Juanita Adams, will to my nephew, Danny Ray, who is six months old, the new building in hopes that he will get to use it. I, Bill McCabe, will my hair to Mr. Wetzel, my seat in Social Studies to anyone who can't get out of taking it, and my nickname Mac to Paul McMurrin. I, Johnny Reese, will my love for the song entitled, Carry Me Back to Old Virginnyv to any Franklin boy who gets the yearn for dear old Blue Ball in his heart. I, Bob Bottles, will my position on the football team to Jack Hammock, and my being able to study a little bit to Don Hanes. I, Jim Imes, will my berth on the Little Six to Jack Hammock, and my weight to Darrell Hedric. I, Alexander Bors, Will my seat in Room 28 to any Junior who wants it, and my ability to make new cars look old to Don Croll. I, Leola Chester, will my seat in Senior Science to my sister, Jeanette, and my bottle of hair restorer to Mr. Hartzler, and if that doesn't work, he can have my fluffy blue ear muffs. I, Frank Dalton, will my ability to get second year algebra to anyone who will take it next year. I, Luther Lamm, will the Flunkie Club of Room 28 to next year's Senior Class, and Bill McCabe's Toni to Mr. Wetzel if it's alright with JoAnn. I, Norma Gambill, will my Social Studies book to anyone who is crazy enough to take it. I, Paul Buckley, will my ability to skip eighth per' iod and go to Floyd's to Clarence Lonicker. I, Rose Plessinger, will my seat in Senior Science to my sister, Jo, and my ability to get along with Miss Halladay to Joan Huff. I, Bud Young, will the job of treasurer of the HifY to next year's bookkeeping class. That should keep them busy, and myself I will to Edwina. I, Jim Jeffrey, will my ability to live in the woods to anyone who has woman trouble, and my courage to go through school to my brother. I, Robert Blackford, will my nickname, Blackie , back to the school, and my love for track to all boys with energy enough to run. I, Clarence Taylor, will my seat in Mr. Davis' study hall to anyone who likes to read pocket size books, and thinks he can get away with it. I, Ken Hinkle, will my ability to do algebra to any' one who needs it, especially to those cute freshman girls, and all my dates, which I didn't go on, to Jack James. I, Helen Brown, will my seat near Warren in Social Studies to Dorothy, as he will be there a couple more years anyway. I also will my job as hall monitor to anyone who doesn't like to sit in Study Hall and likes to hear all the latest gossip. I, Barb Owens, will my attention to Miss Gaulke since she has been trying to get it all year, and all the blouses I have been wearing to school to my sister, Phyllis, because they are hers in the first place. I, Jack Kellis, do hereby will my ability at pool to my little brother, Dale, and my teamroom name of Lacey to Lowell Klaber. I, Vernon Lynch, leave my basketball shoes to John Born, and Miss Kelly to the Junior Class. I, Dick Ruppert, will my position as Vice-President of the Bachelor's Club to Cap Leonard, and Franklin High School back to the Indians. Compliments of C. W. Montgomery

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PROPHECY '-652' Paul Buckley and Bob Dearth are cofinventors of a new corn machine. They now live in Moonbeam juncf tion and are producing purty good corn. Daisy Tinch is on a steamer heading for Moon- beam Junction. We hope she can stand the corn. Barbara Glossip takes care of all the sales of the corn machines in Moonbeam Junction. This seems to be a pretty busy place. Phyllis Routt is living on a farm raising little Hens-sees! Gene Murray is President in Woody Woodpeck- er's junction. The Franklin High School basketball team coached by Carl fBorisl Hathaway won the Championship at Columbus. Carl certainly used up a lot of toothpicks. Miss Helen Johnston, formerly connected with the Toni Do It Yourself Beauty Shop, is opening her own beauty shop on Main Street today. Luther fRedj Lamm and Vernon fBuckj Lynch are traveling around the world as hobos. They hope to become CofPresidents of the Hobo Union someday. Word has been received that Alexanders Bors has just graduated from Franklin High School on condif tion of boredom. This is a very special occasion and should be celebrated with great rejoicing. Bob Bottles has just broken jim Taylor's world record for the mile race in the Olympics. Two dogs were nipping at his heels in the final sprint. Nathan McMurrin has worked his way up in the world as a great singer. He now sings on the 100th floor of the Empire State Building. Bill McCabe is now wearing bellbottom trousers. You guessed it, he's in the Navy. Juanita Adams and Norma Gambill have just join' ed the Waves. Maybe they will be shipped out with a certain redfheaded sailor. Gene Egelston now sells his farm products to one of the Egelston Grocery Stores-supervised by Phyllis Owens. Millard Marshall is living out West. He is a fam' ous cowboy. fThat's what happens when you read too many cowboy stories., Bob Shockley and Ken Wilson have set a long dis' tance hitchfhiking record. They went all the way from Franklin to Miamisburg. Jerry Egelston has broken the allfworld record of pitching the most no-hit games in the entire baseball history. do Qfe Dick Noland is really a great entertainer in the world. He plays the trumpet in a night club every Saturday, and expects to get another contract soon. Pat Morey is teaching her first graders how to hitch' hike to Florida for the winter. Hope she keeps her job. Ann Simpson is giving driving lessons on Wayne Avenue. She's the only teacher who tells them to go through stop signs and then look. There seems to be a scarcity of people there now. Edith Dalton has settled down on a farm with Eddie. However, she still occasionally draws-water from the well, that is. Delores Farmer is giving courses in jitterfbugging in Middletown. Stardom guaranteed with every course. Mamie Leonard is now raising cattle out in Kansas. She seems to like being a cowgirl on a ranch. fThey call their ranch the Bar HJ Marilyn Kindred has given up the idea of being a veterinarian to be a housewife to jerry. Doris Hipsher still lives in Franklin and has a fine new home called Dixon Manor. fGood luck, Doris., Pauline Young is now the best cook in Middletown. Why not? Bob is cook at the Manchester Hotel, and with his teaching she's really made fame. fShe actual' ly can boil water nowlj Mary King lives in the center of the Red Lion com' munity. She and Edgar built their house where the community pump used to be. Betty Thomas has turned out to be a foreigner. She has moved back to a farm in Kentucky. fHope you like it, Bettyj Ray Kindred was a famous butcher until he backed into a meat grinder. That was the end. Jim Jeffery and Dick Bothe, Ambassadors to Russia and Germany, have returned home for diplomatic conf ferences with Secretary of State Robert A. Blackford. It has been rumored that they were requested to return home because of conduct unbecoming to an Ambasf sador. Miss Phyllis Bair, the second Kate Smith, sailed on May 30, to make a tour of the African continent. She plans to get a recipe for missionary fricassee. Miss June Redding, star of the Metropolitan Opera, is confined to her home with a cold caught while walk' ing to the bus station with her chauffeur, Kenneth Hinkle, who was unable to get the town car started. Marianna Clase has a lifelong job of raising little puddles into big Lakes. Compliments of Fedders Supply Company