Lemasters High School - Parnellian Yearbook (Lemasters, PA)

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Class of 1941 turned over in due time to the beneficiaries herein namedc Juno Mollctt requests that hor rheumu.tiz and all the torn ligaments and other misfortunes she received, while practicing basketball be held in reserve and inflicted upon any L.HxS. basketball player who allows the ex- uberance of his own importance to stand before team work ' Vere Ettor loaves her attractiveness to the alumni to Mary Pfcutz, uid and her captoincy of the basketball team and hor first team suit te x'Soupy Funk. She believes hor suit may fit botterfthen some Soupy has appeared in. Verde Foreman bequesths lttle Elmer her good-luck charm to Dick McFadden with the hope 'thbt Elmer will charm Dick in athletlos until he graduates ' Helen Heisey wills her artistic inclinations to Bruce Weller and Ed lfeefer, by the use of which they might improve the designs of their desk doodling - A Sara fitter leaves her elephant, Issdore, to anyone who needs per- suasion in changing politics fShe suggests Jean Gluokj. She also leaves a three-hundred word theme to anyone who might accidentally need it. June Hissong bestows her pleasing personality upon Hazel Ryder with the advice that it usually gets one farther than tongue-lacings, Phyllis Keefer bequaths her capacity for loud cheering on basketball trips to Mary Hornbalcer Harold Hamil wi1ls.his fondness for hoboeing to Ray Byers and his laziness to John Grahm. His aversion for barber shops he leaves to the laziest senior in 1942 Rowe Byers bequeaths his pretty wavy hair to Junior Snyder. His love for the Democratic Party goes with his best wishes to Helen Gift- Jane Eckstine leaves her knack for issuing orders to Helen Fritz and her pride in her brothers to anyone else who has brothers they can Abe proud of Mabel. Weller requests that her methods for trapping the opposite sex be left to Kenneth Hornbaker to add to his already copious collection. Betty Crawford leaves her willing attitude to Bob Hill with the directions that he should bathe well in it each morning before coming to school Creston Rosenberry boqueaths his peskinoss and stubborncss to Junior Negley, his likeness for squeezing the girls to Eugene Crouse, and his persistence where he is not wanted to anyone who asp1res to 1110150 D 155-P1 say yes to get rid of him. He requests also that the Class leave some of his 'dignity to Joseph Shoemaker Mildred Reeder has bundled together hor politeness and hir guflitness to bo turned over to noisy freshman Freemont Rockwell, or c or o efficiency she leaves to next yee.r's N.Y.A. crow. Laura I-.fiae Brant loaves hor singing voice to Miriam Crouse with orders to uso it without straining it Marvin Beoler grants his fondness for hard cider to anyoni wha knows when he has enough Hc leaves his freshmen girl to anyone un or oy who will promise to take good care of her. Edgar Stoner loaves his fondness for teasing tho girls to Dec Beckman his silliness to Viola Mellott and his love for smearing him- self on,the mimoograph machine te Jim ,1x'icLuoc.s, Eoxitzld I-'lollott grants Dick McCullough his manlinoss and polite- necs o e fairer sex.

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G E, ML We, the Class of 1941 of the High School of Lemasters, Pennsyl- vania, howbeit we find ourselves of perfect minds and sane health . but tired of teachers and books, howbeit we also find within our- , selves the unquenchable desire to try our ovm wings in 0. new and freer world, do hereby, on the day of our departure hence, the twenty- ninth day of May in the voar of, our lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, declare this to be our last will gud tes-bmnentg ' A It is the wish of' the departing class that all bequests hex-eine bequeathed be accepted by tho beneficiaries with an attitude! of sincere reverence and high respect for the donors, who, moved by the spirit of altruism, so kindly paused in their leave-taking preparations to endow those they were leaving behind -ra-ith equipment, advice, and traditions necessary for them to follow successfully in the foot- steps of their predecessors. Bo it noted,thcxfefore, that all bequests be handed ovor immediately upon the departure of the donors, so that the Classfs successors lose no time in equipping themselves for their advanced stations in school life. Item I - To the Junior Class we leave our ability for obeying orders, our example of having o. cheerfu1 committee to temper tho' serious . dignity oi' the Seniors, the privilogeof visiting a court, 11 jail, and e factory, the disconcerting knowledge that underclsssmcn like to not like Seniors before they reach the station which grants them that honor, Item II - We bequeath to tho Sophomore Class our knock for staying out of the hallways, for getting to classes promptly, for carrying all books necessary for a half day's work, for -keeping desks and wells free from markings, and for not spooning in tho hulls and ouditoriurn. Item III - To thc Freelnnan class we grant our high sense of honor which koops us quiet in study halls and when tho teacher is absent from the room,' our clean-up committee to help thcm keep thc paper off their floor, any ,junlc loft behind that is not claimed by tho classes ebovo them, and the well-meant advice that the timc- to 'begin wo:-lcing for o. fully qualified diploma is when one is still very, very young. Item IV - To the faculty wo shomefully loave an increase in grey hairs and wrinkles, u tendency to frorm much more readily - due to frequent practice, and our compliments for what they have accomplished against such great odds, - Item V - Bo the fO11Ol'J'fL1'1fQ individtml bequests of thc. monitors of the

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' x SE Leona Whitmore leaves her' to Phyllis Rosenberry, and hor' ,f'.:.N , , I ,. , 511 . xfrlllingness to run any kind of an er:-and 1i:tsh-to satisfy to. Donald loxryer, who has recently acquired o. den't-aggroe-with-anything complex. Mildred Phenieio loaves her non-blushing skin to Clare Doris Rock- well. Her 4-H edlf club cetivities and responsibilities sho bestows upon Boyd Bard. Catherine Shoemaker requests that hor hebit oi' not publishing hor dates be used by Mary Jarrett, Richard Deck vrllls his sedatonoss to Betty Snyder and his ability to keep out oi other poople's affairs to Scupy Funk. . Samuel Meyers bequeeths his ready smile to Lorme MeLuoo.s and his ability to blush easily to Pauline Hake, His mild temperament he gives to Richard Hoge. Guy Martin requests that anyone who can afford to haul the girls around take that responsibility off his hands. Pepper leaves his peppory temper to anyone who can handle it better than he, Raymond Overeesh donates Mary Foilor his fondness for going down Greencastle way , He leaves his nickname Dizzy in custody of the student body to be applied by them to anyone who in the future might equal him in that ro spcet, On the twenty-ninth day oi' May, in tho year of our lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, we, seal and signature to this our the Class ef'l94l do hereby affix our . lest will and testknent, thereby setting aside as invalid ony preceding promises or vrllls made by us. Q K d Jean Bement - Good heavens! ll Marvin Beeler - Holy balls! laura Mae Brant - Oh, mother Rowe Byers -. Oh, s--tl Betty Crawford - Mo,I cou1dn't ga'em. q . ' Richard Deck - Hail Columbia Sara Etter -- Jiminee ' Vera Etter - Gee whiz! Jane Eokstino - Oh, heck! Verde Foreman - We1l,I'll be switchedxn Harold Hamil - You dope Helen Heisoy - Ch, mam The Glass of 1941 Joi-.n ferment , - Exccutrix Siem Phyllis Keefer - Heck no Guy Martin - You big ape - Howard Mellott - You bum Juno Mellott - Sh, heck! N Samuel Meyers - Judas priest Raymond Overcash - Gosh darned it Mildred Phenicie - Oh, Johnnie Mildred Reeder - Oh, goshL Creston Rosenberry - H--ll Catherine Shoemaker - Goo whiz! Edgar Stoner - Bite mel Hcmbed Weller - My geshzzu Leona Whitmore - Oh m June-Hissong - For f9etZ's sake!