Jefferson Township High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Mexico, IN)

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The Senior Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1951, being of sound mind and body, do make and ordain this to be our last will and testament in connection with the Jefferson Township High School of Mexico, Indiana. We declare that all of the following articles are our most precious and desirable possessions: We, the Senior Class, will all our seats on the south side of the assembly, which are looked forward to so very much by the oncoming class, to the Junior Class, who, we hope, will be able to fill them as well as we have in the past year. We, the Senior Class, will our ability to act in both farce comedy and dramatic comedy plays to the Sophomore Class. We, the Senior Class, will to the Freshman Class all our luck in advancing I through high school fthey ll need itl. We will and bequeath our abilities, properties and characteristics as follows: To Mr. Miller, we will the right to give what fatherly advice he has left to the next Senior Class. To Mr, Shambarger, we will the right to allow the next bookkeeping class to run down all stairs in order to be first in line for dinner. To Mr. Gaiser, we will the boys of all incoming classes to be trained to play basketball. To Mr. Powell, we will all the drawers in a filing cabinet in which he may hide erasers from the next Senior boys. To Miss Curnutt, we will the ability to drive her big Nash as fast as she can without getting a ticket for speeding. To Miss Fisher, we will the right to watch the person who occupies Bernita Adkins' seat in the front of the assembly. To The Juniors: I, Bernita Adkins, will and bequeath my height to Mary McCutcheon. I, Donna Arnold, will and bequeath my extreme quietness to Mary Katherine Draper. I, Merna Ault, will and bequeath my ability to skate to Maxine Kraning. I, Jim Bacon, will and bequeath my liking of Freshman girls to Ronnie Krieg. I, .Terry Bernard, will and bequeath my beautiful blond hair to Freda Miller. I, Lois Jane Dunnuck, will and bequeath my ability to write long letters every day to Phyllis Butler. l, Mary Kline, will and bequeath my short legs to Bob Romine.

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Next, came the traditional Halloween Carnival. We changed the J. T. H. S. gym floor to a Carnivalcade of bingo, basketball throw, dart throw, fish pond, baseball throw, and refreshment stands. The most exciting event of the evening came when Delores Donaldson, Freshman, was crowned Carnival Queen. Attendants were: Lois Jane Dunnuck, Senior: Doris Fouts, Junior: and Dana Rozell, Sophomore. No sooner had we cleaned the gym floor of the carnival remains than it became time for our Senior play. We chose Ma's New Husband. After two postponements, we finally presented the play on December 12 and 13. Although this play was of an entirely different type than our Junior play, we feel sure that the audience enjoyed the extreme humor of it as much as they did the more dramatic incidents in our Junior play. On December 19, we had a Christmas party at the home of Bernita Adkins. After stuffing ourselves with candy and nuts, singing carols,' and exchanging gifts, we traveled to Mi11er's pond for an ice skating and wiener roast party. For the final money-making project, we sponsored a fish supper, served by the Famous Akron Jonah Club, on March 9. On May 2, the glorious day arrived. We were graduatesi The speaker was Dr. Tennyson Guyer. For our class colors, we chose rose and silver: class flower, old rose, class motto: Life ls Now Our School. The following week we left for a six-day trip to Washington, D. C.---our last Senior event and the one week we had slaved for during those four school years. Now, you ask, is this the end of our story? Why, of course, noti True, it is the end here at old J. T. H. S., but hardly the end of our history. Here's hoping we go out into this old world and each and everyone of us, as individuals, sets a more glorious record in the history of our world than we have here on the pages of our Senior Annualiii

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I, Dave Miller, will and bequeath all chalk and erasers that have been thrown in the assembly to any Junior boy who is daring enough. I, Donna Otiker, will and bequeath my ability of being a photographer to Nancy Kinney. I, Betty Postill, will and bequeath my ability to drive Buicks to Jerry Williams I, Donald Runkle, will and bequeath my way with redheads to anyone who can stand them . I, Norma Shambarger, will and bequeath my beautiful singing voice and ability to play the accordian to Bill Yoder. I, Marjorie Snyder, will and bequeath my ability to speak rapidly to Norman Fisher. I, Max Sullivan, will and bequeath my ability as rebounder on our basketball team to Harold Richardson. I, Erma Swayer, will andbequeath my temper to Howard Richardson. I, Marabell Kraning, will and bequeath my bashfulness around boys to Marcia Carpenter. I, Bernita Adkins, will and bequeath my ability as a great clarinet player to Byron Swayer. I, Jim Bacon, will and bequeam my large, bony, frame to Roy See. I, .Terry Bernard, will and bequeath my singing ability to Don Cover. I, Donna Otiker, will and bequeath my ability as secretary of the Senior Class to Carole Benedict. I, Mary Kline, will and bequeath my good fortune in being the first in the Senior Class to receive a diamond ring to Doris Fonts. I, Merna Ault, will and bequeath all my freckles to Claris Ann Guillaume.