Geneva High School - Legend Yearbook (Geneva, IN)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT SENIOR CLASS OF 1947 We the SQIIIOI Class ot the Yea1 One Thousand N1ne Hundred and Forty seven pre sumably of sound m1nd and memolx and possessxng a certaln degree of knowledge U5 galned durmg our career xn hxgh school do hexebx make publlsh and declare th1s to be our last vxlll and testament heleby revokmg any w111s heretofore made by us FIRST To the teachers we glxe dex 1se and bequeath a memory of the best days ol our 11ves iso tax that IS, for we know that they w111 never forget them SECOND To the class of 5: we bequeath our sponsor Mrs Rhoades THIRD To the classes of 48 49 'JO vue glve the pr1v11ege of tlymg to get rn and out of more sc1 apes than we d1d Of poss1b1eJ and st111 rece1ve the1r coveted dlplomas FOURTH We as 1nd1v1duals QIVQ dew lse and bequeath the followmg I Loren Affolder w1l1 mv ab111tx to Sklp school and not get caught by Mrs Rhoades to Shel 1dan Potter I Bernadme Lax on Amstutz do hereby w111 my worn out purse that Ive carr1ed to classes all xea1 to any one who can stuff more 1n It than I d1d and st11l be able to close 1t I V1o1et Bo1ce w111 mv ablhtx to get to school before the last bell rlngs to Marjorre Affolder I Rachel Burrx w1ll my ab111tx to stay out late and get to school on t1me to Betty Agler I Anna Mae C11ne w11l my place 1n the cheermg sectlon to Dorothy Farlow to all future class treasurels the use of the commf rc1a1 room addlng machlne and to Carl Halt I w111 mx ab1l1tv to get along w1th all the assembly teachers I B111 Doherty do hereby w1ll my ab111tx to be w1tty at anytlme or anyplace to John Reasoner I Jane Farlow do hereby w111 my hab1t of w11t1ng 1n my text books to my COUSIH Betty Farlow I J1m Gardner bemg of sound m1nd fsomeumesj do hereby w111 land glve awayj my abllxty to get along w1th Mrs Rhoades to all ol the present and future students of English and Llterature I Harold Johnson w111 my ab111ty to play basketball as a bench warmer to John Stanley and mv curly halr to Davld Shepherd I Rlchard Mathys bemg of sound body and weak m1nd w111 all my love for MISS Jackson to Davld Shepherd who really needs It I Carl M111er do hereby w1l1 my ab1l1tv to be qulet and studlous duung assembly perolds to Sher1dan Potter I Iva Lou M111er w111 my natuxallv cullv han to Betty Dalley and my dearly be loved health book to Esther Stucky I Gene Nelson w111 my ab111ty to dr1ve old cars to Harold Smlth and Carl Hart I Lee Dale Neuenschwander do hereby w111 my superb handwr1t1ng to anybody who can understand It Wlth any degree of accuracy I Thomas Potter do hereby wlll my qulet d1spos1t1on to D1ck Clapp I Maxme Pyle W1ll bv meek and qulet dlsposltlon to Roscoe Purdy also my manx freckles to Phylhs Hofstetter 1n hopes she makes the best use of them w1th her black han I Peggye Reynolds bemg ot sound m1nd UD and body do hereby will my pOS1t1OH as cheerleader to Evelyn Snow and my seat IU the Senlor sectlon to any Jun1or pI'OV1C11Dg they don t Wflte on xt or scratch out any names I Sherman Roth knowmg that I w111 need all my possesslons and ab111ty UQ for fu ture use do hereby w11l nothlng to anybody We Susan Edelle Schlagenhauf and Joanne Elame Meyer belng of sound m1nd 111 posslble after these twelve years of schoolj do hereby w11l our ab111ty to cut up and es cape punlshment to W1ll1am Kamman and Duane Farron Shoemaker 1 Lester Stanley w111 my ab1l1ty to get a g1rl wlth a car to Tubby Teeters I John Zurcher do hereby w1l1 my ab111ty to get along w1th Mrs Rhoades to Roscoe Purdy and Jarvls Stelner also mv ab1l1tv to keep qulet 1n class to D1ck Clapp PATENT No 4A 1947 Any mfrlngement IS subject to punlshment as prescrlbed by the Const1tut1on of the Semor Class of 1947 Ten X ' . . . . . . X , - A i - . U ,, , Y i . . . , ' ' . . ' 4 - V ' ' V V 1 1 ,' - 1 - r ' . 1 , , . . V 7 ' - ' . Y 1 I , . h . 4. 1 1-1- . , . . .5 1 1V 1. 1 11 as 7' 1' ' ' ' ' . y . u ' 7 K ' ' I 1 U v. 1 3 ' , . 7 ' 1 . ' ' V . 1 1 a . - . 7 - Y , , 1 I . . . , . y ' , . ' . . . y Q . ' , , 1 1 M ., 1 ' ' 1 - ' x 1 Q sf I 4 .1 - . . . . . Q . ' . 1 7 , 1 - x 1 . . 7 I 5 r ' , I 'X . 1 - . . , , 1 . 1 ., . 1 ' . , 1 Y I I , . . v 1 9 . ' M . . y . 1 1 1 1 . ' - 1 . . .1 , . . i i . v . - 3- 1 1 .I .1 , 1 1 ' 7 3 n I , , .. 1 1 , - .. 4 ' 7 1 1 a 1 . . Y V . - . 1 , , 1 , . . . . 3 ' . . . i - 7 7 , ' 1 .1 ' 1 1 . . . . . . X 1 7 V , , ' 1 ' . ' ' .1 nf P ' r ' ' - ' ' at 11 '

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HAROLD JOHlNSON Jefferson H S Geneva H S Ba eball Basl etball JlOLET BOICE Geneva H S Glee Club ANNA MAE CLINE L eneva H S Cl ss Treasurer Glee Club Cla s Play Annual Staff Vlce Pres1dent Sec Treas of G1rls l L1b1ar1an 'IOM POTTER Geneva H Class Play Annual Staff RLCHARD MATHYS Ceneva H S Basketball Baseball Class Play Annual Staff MAXINE PYLE Geneva H S Glee Club Class Pla 123 1234 1234 1234 134 ee Club 12 3 4 1234 234 1234 1234 Y G1rls Glee Club V Pxes 4 GENE NELSON Geneva H S 1234 Nme

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CLASS PROPHECY 110 years laterl I Carl Mrller' after 3 years of busy pastoral work rn Seward Alaska fell herr to a month s vacatron Immedratelv my plans fc r the vacatron were determrned Thats rrght I must xrsrt my classmates After a month s vacatron taken rn my prry ate plane the Roth Super Sonrc 901 I re turned to my dutres agarn wrth manv surprrsrng and rnterestrng findrngs to remember about my classmates B111 Doherty was operatrng a very unrque busrness rn Ohoopee Ga He had perfected a cure for bald headed men namely tellrng harr rarsrng mysterres Ixa Lou CM1lle1J Darley her husband and four chrldren were resrdrng rn Mrcanopv Fla They were rarsrng seedless watermelons Swell rdea Located near Experrment Va was John Zurcher J Berng a great strawberry country competrtron was extremely keen John howey er was not to be beaten He de veloped a cross between the strawberry plant and the mrlkwced Instantaneously he erected a srgn whrch read Fresh Strawberrres Sz Cream Prck Your Own John was a m1ll1ona1re' Because of closeness I decrded to stop n Washrngton D C for a short VlS1t Here I located Jrm Gardner who casuallv remarked that he was now Chref of the Weather Bur eau Upon further rnvestlgatlon I drscovered that Harold Johnson had set up radro Com munrcatrons wrth Mars and was runnrng the Mars Sentrnel newspaper on the srdelrne here rn the caprtal crty also My next stop was rn New York Crty Vrolet and Rachel were runnrng a beauty salon They sard that busrness was fine After leaving them I bought a newspaper Leafrng through rt I notrced Peggye Reynolds and Susan Schlagenhauf wrll be srngrng at the Stork Club tonrght Eyery body Welcome Brrng your Frrends The next day I met them on Frfth Avenue Peg sard that her husband Mr Stanlev Teeter was none other than Manager of John Wanamaker s huge store Sue remarked that she was now mar rred to Captarn Harold T Flelds Jr Wrth best wrshcs to them I hurrred down to the prer so that I mrght see the new U S S Marlne Rocket shrp set sarl It was there that I chanced to see Bernad1ne Amstutz She sard that she was gorng to Ch1na on thrs shrp to be a mrssronary there for the next five years The greatest surprrse was at Vassar College Joanne Mever was rts presrdent Joanne had rntlmated rn hrgh school vou remember that she would certamlv never get rnto the educatronal realm Well here she rs and she says that rt rsn t so bad after all An honor able posrtron Id say Anna Mae CCl1neD Hart IS marrred to the Honorable Melvrn Hart Chref Hrghwav Commrssroner of Indrana Oh yes they have three lrttle Harts They are lrvrng rn Indranapolrs She sard her Hart fheartb drdn t do so bad at that Ihad to agree Lee Dale Neuenschwander l1V9S rn Lonejack Mo He rs dorng very well out rn the wrde open spaces He has a huge stock farm that markets oy er 1 000 steers annually Wrth a yearly profit of S66 000 he seems to be dorng all rrght More power to vou Lee Dale keep those steaks comrng In Calrfornra I made two marn stops 'Phe first was at San Drego Here I found Sherman Roth to be the owner of the Roth Super Some Arrplane Co Whrle chattrng wrth hrm he told me to be sure to go see Thomas Potter and Loren Affolder partners rn the P Sz A Ignrtron Co who were resrdrng rn Ignacro Cal Bes1des makrng rgnrtlon sys tems for Sherman s planes they sard that they wer makrng a specral type for those of the Senrors whose self starters had worn out It S H good thlhg they cared for us It would be terrrble rf any of us should turn out to be old cranks Rrchard Mathys rs an accomplrshed anlmal trarner rn Chrcago Ill He IS trarnrnv seals to legahze rmportant papers Leave rt up to a Senror of 1947 to do rt Belreve rt or not Lester Stanley and Gene Nelson are sellrng Frrgrdarres to the Eskr mos rn Greenland The Eskrmos say rt rs swell tO haxe a place to put therr food to keep rt cold wrthout rts freezrng My last stop was back rn the States namely at Castor land New York Here rt was that Maxrne Pyle and Jane Farlow were engaged rn the devrlrsh busrness of manufactur Ing Castor O11 for all of the unfortunate chrldreh In the U S In the process of our con versatron they mentroned that one lrttle bov wrote rn and asked Can t vou at least put some peppermrnt flax or rn the stuff After a hearty laugh I returned to Seward C M Eleve 1 . , . I . , . , K. 1 1 . .f - . 9 ' ' X ' ' 1 ' . q - .f . , . y 1. ' ' ' ' ' 'r 1 s - ' Q , - Q 7 v W - ' .f .1 , 1 K 1 ' ' 1 . 1 ' , - Y W 7 1 Q. . . . I Q . . Q S. . ' I' I 1 - v 1 'Y I ' . Y Q . v ' Y ' . ' N ' . A X , ' ' at X . .' . , ' , 11 ' , v - B . . ' I ' ' ' 1 , . ., , - Q . . . U . . . ' 1 ' V y , . ,' 11 I . N . 1 . i ' Q ' V V 7 . . . . 1 . Q . 1 X 1 . . , . . , . ' 1 A, . V .1 7 sf . . . . , . , . - . . , , . 1 .. ' H 1 . . . . . . . , Q , , . ' v Q 9 7. . 7 ' ,, ! , . . A . - . -9 1 - ' , . 'G . . X, 4 . , . . V . s - :, Q . . ,Q . H ,, . 7 - ' Y 'Q 1 V y , . ' ' ' . ' 14 9 . t , 1 , , ou 1 y L I 2