Grayville High School - Gusher Yearbook (Grayville, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of One Thousand, Nine Hundred Forty-six of the Grayville, Community High School of White County, of the State of Illinois, as usual, being of unconscious state of mind and overfed bodies, do hereby make and publish this, our last will and testament. We do hereby disregard all former statements, promises, or any other written or verbal declarations. We, the Senior Class, do hereby will and bequeath to our beloved sponsor, Miss Jamerson, the Juniors, on-coming Seniors, and our sincere wish that they may be as conscientious in their studies as we have been. To the Junior class we leave our dignified ways and our willingness to help the struggling “greenies.” To the Freshman class we will our intestinal fortitude to endure all initiations. As individuals: Gene Arnold and Ken Pritchett will their ability of “Low Muggin” (commonly known as coon hunting) at 4:00 in the morning to Loren Strohm and James Finch. Dolores Elliott wills her exercises in reducing (chasing midnight RABBITS in an open field) to Patricia Wickham. Gladys Newman wills her height to Etta Wheatley and weight to Ruth Phillips. Charles Blackford (the penny pincher) wills his ability to save money by-borrowing all his typing paper to Loretta Hardin. Vonda Hortin wills her talkative ways to Audra Cooper. Jackie Reese wills her ability to date short boys to Dolores Jordan. Betty Reese wills her driving ability to Mary Ellen March. Betty Coe wills her traveling from Grayville to New Jersey to Don Kuykendall. Kelly Gross wills his “Kplly Machine” to Jack Ward with hopes that in the future it will be as famous as Bell’d telephone. Helen Hailey wills her ability to get and hold boys to Jeanne Williams. Pat Hayden wills her ability to play a musical instrument to Betty Johnson. Bob Kotulek wills his bottle of “wave set” to Jimmy Martin. Clella Malone wills her ability to get reservations at the Waldorf Astoria to Barbara Hallam. Jo Ann Robinson wills her singing ability to Lola Eck and her advice------four years of CHOIR. Mary Edd Aston wills her ability to read English poetry slowly and clearly to Velda Butler. Minnie Boling wills her troubles of checking the attendance to Patty Williams. Norma Carter wills her ways with men to Joyce Coe. Erma Dyer wills her excellent ability as business manager of the Beacon to Hilda Hailey. Margie Girot will her swerves and curves to Colene Woodmency. Peggy Haas wills her pleasing personality to Len Rose Bruce. George Knight wills his ability to get movie contracts by forging Van Johnson’s name to Richard Snyder. Doris Madden wills her love for other people’s clothes to Mary Jo Schmittler. Marilou McCurdy wills her artistic ability to Delmar Girot. Phil Samson wills his charming smile and bashful manner to Bob Glover. Doris Daugherty wills her perfect size nine figure to RaMona Givens. Jerry Gibson wills his “Cow Country” (Texas) to Ernest Mahan. WE, the Senior Class of 1946, leave this our last will and testament as words of wisdom from the wise. SENIOR CLASS (seal) Norma Carter Margie Girot Attorneys-at-Law.

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SENIOR PROPHECY One summer evening in the year 1965, the people of the United States, including the President, gathered around their television sets ready to listen to their regular evening program. And now if you listen closely you can hear the announcer say — “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Station XYZ bringing to you your favorite program, of proving that ‘People Are Nuts’, by reviewing for you our latest report on the graduating class of 1946 of Grayville Community High School. This program is brought to you through the courtesy of the Green network.” Gene Arnold, always the class leader, was first to be interviewed. In describing his flea corporation in North Africa, he assured us that it would rid our houses of mothers-in-law. Mary Edd Aston, who really had something to shout about, told us about her children. Time prevented her from telling about all of them but she covered a large percentage. Charles Blackford, the Nobel Prize winner of 1964, read to us his latest poem, “Hanging From a Star”, which was simply out of this world. Since Minnie Boling had just departed in her rocket ship for a week-end trip to the moon, we were unable to contact her but were told that she plans to establish a “Green Cheese Restaurant” there in the near future.. Norma Carter, the nation-wide Oats manufacturer, is doing fine. Surely everyone has heard of Carter’s Oats. Betty Coe, who was always sort of windy, now owns a balloon factory north cf Cowling. Her business is expanding constantly. Aubra Driggers, after his discharge from the navy, discovered a gold deposit near the banks of the Wabash which, unfortunately, someone else had deposited. Erma Dyer has just applied for a patent on an electric tooth brush. It not only cleans your teeth but fills the cavities, massages your gums, and pulls all the loose teeth. Doris Daugherty, the world’s champion wrestler, is still undefeated. Kelly Gross, the penny pincher, is making a nation-wide tour giving lectures on “How to Live on Two Cents a Day.” Dolores Elliott has just reached the states after circling the world for the second time in a row boat. What some women won’t do for a man! Margie Girot, after finishing her latest picture “The Return of The Moron,” is spending a much needed vacation in Europe. Jerry Gibson has just discovered a military use for doughnut holes. This is indeed a great asset to the United States. He is kept in solitary confinement so we won’t lose the secret. Peggy Haas, chief executive of the Mahogany Gum Corporation, reports her business is growing like a bubble. Helen Hailey, after becoming acquainted with the grocery business, decided to try it herself. She now has chain stores all over America, including Calvin. Pat Hayden, whose greatest ambition was to become a musician, has accepted a life-long contract with Spike Jones. Vonda Hortin, head of the Illinois State Department of Agriculture, has at last,, after many years of research, discovered how to get blood from a turnip. The subway between the assembly and the pool hall is now operated by Bob Kotulek.