Greenbank High School - Mountain Breeze Yearbook (Greenbank, WV)

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w a a» Section IV As individuals, we hereby will the following;, being; of sound mind and absolute willingness, as is re- quired by law; I, MARTHA CAMPBELL, will my knowledge of Chemistry to Patty McPherson. I, BETTY RUTH CONRAD, will my many boy friends to Lorraine Alderman. I, GEORGE CROMER, will my dimples to anybody lucky enough to get them. 1, MAXINE CASSELL, will my force to swing a ball bat to Jewell Wilfong. I, GERALDINE GUM, will my few extra pounds of weight to Peggy Taylor. I, MARY DARE HEDRICK, will my A’s to Edward Lee Varner. I, ELOISE LAMBERT, will my red hair to Betty Sutton. I. JOYCE MICK, will my affections for typing to John Neil Ralston. I, IRENE MILLER, will my matrimonial expectations to Carolyn Ryder. I, OPAL WRIGHT, will to the girls of G. H. S. a book entitled “How to Get and Keep Husbands.” I, LOUISE MULLENAX, will my hard hours of study to Ben Poscover. I, HELEN MULLENAX, leave my pleasing personality to Helen Taylor. 1, FREDA REXRODE, will my cheering voice and ac complishments to Wanda Belle Tracy. I, LORENA SHEARS, will my talent for singing to Sonny Kane. I, LOUISE SHEARS, leave my typing speed to Mildred Michael. I. JEANNE SHEETS, leave my sewing basket and cook bock to the Home Ec teacher. 1. BERLIN GALFORD, will my curly hair to Raymond Moyers. I, BOB GREATHOUSE, will my new shoes and love for typing to William Arbogast. I, VIRGIL B. HARRIS, leave my laziness to Gertrude Blackhurst. I, WILLIAM HALTERMAN, will my solicitude to George Plyler. I, REON LAMBERT, will my voice to anyone who thinks he can handle it. I, JUNIOR MAHAFFEY, leave my football management to Zane Taylor. I, JULIAN McLAUGHLIN, will my happy laughter to Aneta Buterbaugh. I, STANLEY ROBERSON, leave my neatness of appearance to Steve Barnasky. I, LEON RYDER, will my football prowess to George Wilmoth. I, BONNIE SHEETS, will my love for arguing to Mary Alice Aider man. I, MARIE SIMMONS, leave my quietness to Gloria D ean Eye. I, EVELYN TAYLOR, leave my knowledge of Math to the Fifth Period Business Arithmetic Class saying, “Please use it.” I, MARY TAYLOR, will my library experience to Miss Smith. I, HELEN TRACY, will my Boyer swing to Buddy Simmons saying, “Shake it, but don’t break it.” I, LOUISE WILFONG, leave my experience of love making to Leonard Meador. I, MARY WIMER, will my love for the opposite sex to Hazel Brewster. I, NELLIE SIMMONS, will my love problem of choosing between boy friends to anybody who has a satis- factory solution. I, BLAKE BREITENHIRT, leave my clarinet and talent for music to Ruby Vandevander. I, GENE CRIST, leave my intelligence and love for the woman to Lake Sutton. I, ROBERT SNYDER, will my musical power to Bobby Wilfong. I, JIMMY WOODDELL, leave my place in the hearts of the girls to Edsel Hiner. I, ARCHIE WILFONG, will my excess height and pounds to Neil Cassell. I, JULIAN TRACY. leave my love for reading to Joyce Hamrick. I, JOHN SLAVIN, donate the book entitled “How to Be Happy Through Marriage,” to anyone interested. I, LUSTER SIMMONS, will my secret of getting by in classes without studying to anybody who thinks he can carry on as well as I. Section V In testimony whereof we, the said Graduating Class, do hereby cause this will to be signed and sealed on this, the nineteenth day of March, A. D., 1948. —THE SENIOR CLASS.

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WE, the SENIOR CLASS OF 1948, after due consideration of our many at- tributes and effects which should be passed down to our underclassmen and teach- ers that they might be retained in our ALMA MATER, do hereby, make and af- firm this, our Last Will and Testament, declaring all previous wills null and void. Section I To the faculty we bequeath our sincerest thanks and appreciation for the guidance which they have bestowed upon us to meet life’s difficulties in an educated manner. To the individual teachers we leave the following: ITEM 1. To MR. HARRIS, our understanding principal, we will our dear radiator beside the Senior door that we treasured in our hearts so warmly. ITEM 2. To MR. BLACKHURST, our Senior sponsor, we bequeath the worn pages of Macbeth in our English IV book, saying and we quote, “Nothing in our Senior year pleased him like our leaving i:.” ITEM 3. To MISS PARC, we will a new time clock because the one she now possesses is too slow for her speedy students. ITEM 4. To MRS. COYNER, our dear friend and teacher, we will this----------------------“Spare the rod and spoil the child,’’ because she has a heart as big as the ocean and kindness deeper than its foam. ITEM 5. To MRS. DAVIS, we leave a cookbook, can opener, and a rolling pin for use in her new do- mestic life. ITEM 6. To MR. RILEY, we will a new method of constructing curves and angles to the students of his Math Classes. ITEM 7. To MISS SMITH, we will a new set of vocal cords to replace those worn out keeping discipline in study hall. ITEM 8. To MR. ANDERSON, we leave a pair of colored glasses so he will not be blinded by his bright ties. -TEM 9. To MISS POST, we will a spool of thread, needle, and thimble to patch up the problems caused by her Home Economics students. il EM 10. To MR. SMITH, we leave a book entitled “Problems of Matrimony” for use in the near future. .TEM 11. To MR. HILL, we dedicate the following: CHEMISTRY LAB. BLUES I have a Chemistry teacher, I shall not pass. He maketh me to show my ignorance Before the whole class. He lowereth my grades, Yea, though I walk through the valley of knowledge I do not learn. He fireth questions at me In the presence of my classmates. He anointeth my head with problems My eyes runneth over, Purely atoms and molecules shall Follow me all the days of my life, And 1 shall dwell in the Chemistry Lab FOREVER! Section II ITEM ITEM ITEM 1. To the JUNIORS, our successors, we bequeath all of the privileges which we have obtained by long and faithful studies. 2. To the SOPHOMORES, we donate a book entitled, “Good Behavior,” which we hope will re- sult in giving you the pleasing characteristics possessed by the Senior Class. 3. To the green FRESHMEN, we will our A’s in conduct and the excess energy which is pos- sessed by the Senior Class with the hope of bringing good results during the next three years of G. H. S. Section III iTEM 1. To MR. TAYLOR, our janitor, we will all the knowledge found on scrap paper in the waste baskets. 2. To the BUS DRIVERS, we donate a “Disciplinary Rod,” and all articles found in the busses except gold trinkets. ITEM

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Our Commercial Department, organized for a better train- ing in the business field and improvement in letter writing, is demonstrated by the group of interested typing students. ----------------—-——-------------------------- ( t ( ( i Our Lunch Room proudly displays the “new look” for 1947- 48, meeting all Federal regulations for school lunch rooms. Greenbank serves wholesome food to approximately four hun- dred students and personnel daily, in the midst of pleasant sur- roundings. We may truly say: “So great is the effect of clean- liness upon man that it extends even to his moral character.”