Laurel Valley High School - Laurel Yearbook (New Florence, PA)

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RONALD ROBINSON surrenders his masterful ways with the women to Dennis Cook. RONALD RUFFNER gives his inquisitive attitude to anyone who thinks he could make use of it. DONALD SHETLER conveys his record of perfect attendance to Danny Short. JANET SIGMUND wills her agrumentative manner to her brother Bill. LINDA SIMPSON gives her small stature to her sister Connie. VERNA DEANE SPARE wills her secretarial ability to Beatrice Henderson RICHARD STIFFEY gives his position on the basketball team to Irvan Miller. GEORGE WAGNER bequeaths his love of game hunting to Eddie Layton. WILMA WYNN donates her devilish ways to Ruth Baird. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, DO HEREBY AFFIRM THAT THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SENIOR CLASS. SIGNED AND WITNESSED THIS FOURTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR. WITNESSES:

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1954 of Laurel Valley Joint High School, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. Item A We give the faculty our most hearty appreciation for the leading role they have played in our successful production. Item B To the school at large, we leave the memories of our happy days. Item C To the Junior Class, we bequeath our stately position in the school, our dignity, and great wisdom. Item D To the Sophomores we give two more years of school with everything included--tests, books, teachers, etc. Item E To the Freshmen we leave our dreams of the new school building. May each of yo'u play a part in order to make this dream come true. Item F We, as individuals, wish to will the following personal traits to show our loving affection towards you all: PATSY ANTONIO bequeaths his curly black hair to Bill Golis. CLEO BAIRD leaves her record of perfect attendance to Sandra Rolley. FRANKLIN BETTON leaves his seat on the school bus to any person who is fortunate enough to grab it. MAXINE BETZ bequeaths unto Mabel Piasente her job as editor of the HI-LITE. BEVERLY BORING grants her list of old book reviews to Don Cummings. JACK BISS gives his electric blue hot rod to Jerry McGeary in order that he may take all his admirers for a spin. BARBARA BOSKE wills her ability to play basketball to Lillian Piasente. GEORGIA CARMICHAEL donates her much used shorthand book to Jean Hendricks. ROBERT CARNEY bestows his dancing ability to Skinny Ambrose. This includes the jitterbug also. GENEVIEVE CHESLA donates all her fine commercial ability to Onie Cunningham. Make good use of it. RUTH CRUSAN gives the two minutes that she missed in English class daily to Roy Heming. Use them efficiently, Roy. MARY LOUISE DIPOFI wills her big brown eyes to Peggy Baird. ROSIE DIMARZIO gives her wavy hair to Margie Burkett. SHIRLEY HEAP gladly wills the task of writing a will to any LAUREL Staff member of 1955 who wants to work. DOLORES HENDERSON transmits her position on the cheering squad to Norma Robinson. JIMMY HENDERSON leaves his Jeep for the use of the entire student body. Each of you will have to take turns using it. MARY JANE HENDERSON transmits her position in the Home Ec room to Beverly Saxton. RONALD HENDERSON wills his crew hair cut to Bill Rebarich. PAUL HEPNER leaves his week end dates in Bolivar to Pat Lynch. You'll have to find your own girl, Pat. SALLY IGO leaves her name on the honor roll to Bob Yeager. WANDA K1SAMORE gives her natural curly hair to Shirley Ludwig. HERBIE KLODELL wills his clowning act to Elliot Henderson. PUCK KUCHENBROD donates his manly physique to Bill Kelly. HARRIET LONG transmits her walk to school to Joann Schumucker. ROBERT MARINO leaves his position in the driver's seat of Mr. Pahach's car to Stanley Long. LOUISE MARTIN consigns to Sonnie Horrell her good grades in literature. WARNER McDOWELL gives his artistic ability to Miss Cunningham's art classes. SHIRLEY PAYNE wills her P. O. D. book to any Junior who wants it.

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Prophecy It is 1964. As a roving reporter for The New York Times, I have just been given a new assignment by my editor. Of course, everyone probably knows my editor, Maxine Betz, who is the first woman ever to head this large city newspaper. My assignment is to find out what Miss Betz's classmates of 1954 of Laurel Valley are now doing. To begin my job I don't have to go far because on the first floor of our building is the book critic, Ruth Crusan, seated behind a large desk. As I leave our office building, I hail a taxi; it happens to be a yellow cab and that company is owned by Ronald Henderson and George Wagner, two members of the class of '54 who came to New York to make their fortune. I give the driver the address of the Webster Theater where Bob Carney is the dancing star of a musical which has had a very successful season. After interviewing Bob, 1 hurry back stage to talk to Richard Stiffey who designed all the stage sets for this Broadway show. After this I return to my temporary home, the Long Stay Hotel, to pack my clothing in readiness for my trip to western Pennsylvania. This hotel is owned by Harriet Long. One of the reasons I live here is that the food is delicious. Harriet's old classmate, Franklin Betton, is head chef. Another reason for my living at this hotel is that as a newspaper woman I am always looking for interesting people to interview and many famous people cross this threshold. The women especially do so because the famous hair stylist, Patsy Antonio, has his salon located here. As I boarded my plane later that evening, I felt sorry because I wanted to see the wonderful Rosie DiMarzio's Polka Dotters at the Palace before they leave to fulfill an engagement at Miami. My depressed feeling disappeared when I recognized the air line hostess was Barbara Boske. I knew Barbara was employed by an air line, but I did not expect to find her on this flight. After we ascended, Barbara took me to the cabin where, to my surprise, I found Jim Henderson, the pilot, and Bob Marino, the radio operator. When my plane landed in Pittsburgh, I observed a great deal of excitement around another plane. My this is really a scoop for my paper! The famed wild animal hunter. Jack Biss, is just returning from his latest safari in Africa. His favorite prize of this trip is a huge panther which he is going to give to the University of Pittsburgh because his old friend. Herb Klodell, is head basketball coach there. The next day I continued my assignment in this fair city. The first Pittsburgh address I had listed took me to the penthouse studio of Shirley Heap and Sally Igo. Shirley was assisting Sally in the illustration of her latest novel. This book is sure to be on the best seller list as it is being published by the Boring and Kisamore Publishing Company. It seems that anything published by Wanda and Beverly is always a success. My next stop in Pittsburgh is the Dede School of Dance, where Dolores is having a little relaxation while visiting with her old friends, Janet Sigmund and Mary Jane Henderson, housewives who are spending the day in the city. I must hurry on my way for I have been invited to the first press tour of the Rocket Proving Grounds located on Laurel Mountain. As I enter the main office, I see many members of the press; among them is a feature columnist, Cleo Baird, for a rival newspaper. I find a seat and am just getting settled when Paul Hepner, manager and financial advisor of the proving grounds, enters. In his statement, Paul tells us that all the money for this development was donated by Georgia Carmichael and Mary Louise Dipofi who became millionaires overnight after accidentally discovering a large vein of uranium near Lockport. Paul conducts a tour which is primarily to publicize the launching of the first rocket ship to the moon. Naturally, the most excited person on the grounds is Warner McDowell, the scientist, who along with his right hand man, Ronald Ruffner, is making the trip. Donald Shetler, the mathematician, who stepped into Einstein's place.