Lincoln High School - Lincolnia Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT No score and eighteen weeks ago Lincoln High School brought forth a new senior dess bound by the ambition of graduating. We, the seniors of the JANUARY CLASS, of 1956, of Lincoln High School, City of Cleveland, County of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, Nation of U.S.A., Continent of North America, of the Western Hemisphere, the Planet Earth in the Solar System of the galaxy of the universe, hereby declare this last will and testament. Being of high-fidelity, sound mind (everything is hi-fi these days), and healthy body, we hereby bequeath the following: To the 1 2 B's, we leave 85 empty seats which will be very difficult to fill. We also leave the 12B's the Psychological Test, every one of the 150 questions. To Mr. Byran, we leave our gratitude for his guidance and understanding which has inspired us greatly. We will to our sponsors, E. D. Collings, C. E. Zupan, and G. I. Kitzerow our utmost respect for being able to endure us these past eighteen weeks. To the school in general, we bequeath all the worn books with all the doodles executed by the unprincipled artists. Also to the school, we leave the memory of being the first senior class to graduate from the new auditorium. Pete Pugliese leaves all of his campaign promises for next year's class president to fulfill. Lois Cook wills her notebook of the minutes that were never taken at our senior class meetings. Ronny Lotz, concert master, leaves a worn-out violin siring to his successor. Offering their giggles to some Sad Sack, arc Carol Richardson and Audrey Oskay. Bill Bowser is leaving his flashy drapes and shirts to next semester's Cat. Paul Bayer wills a much appreciated stool at Art's to anyone strong enough to defend it. Leni Boepplc leaves her cheerfulness to some Moppy Moe or Sad Suzy. Ernie Stefanick leaves his sharpshooting eye in basketball to next year's dribbler. Mary Ann Forbrizzio and Carole Hugo leave a few strands of their blond hair to those who prefer that color. Gary Gregorek just leaves, much ?o the relief of his teachers. Marlene Burkhardt leaves her position as head majorette to anyone capable of filling it. (Nice going. Mar.) George Golcmatis wills his unused razor blades to the next bearded scul. Teresa Pshyshchanitsa bequeaths the key to pronouncing her name to anyone who can find it. Norman Gutauckas leaves his baggy pockets to anyone else who doesn't know what to do with his hands. Joan Iwon bequeaths all her used straws to a fellow milk sipper. John Kostantaras leaves a vacant spot in the choir to someone with as deep o voice as his. Valentina Lisachenko wills her bookkeeping ability to anyone who needs it. Paul Rohde, Theresa DeMio, and Helen Glashauckas leave their talkative manner to some meek souls. Marge Harrington leaves her shyness to any loudmouth under-classman. Bob Gilbert and Ed Pestovic leave the paint brushes they forgot to dip in turpentine to anybody who wants to clean them. Dorothy Slezak leaves her art of just missing telephone poles. She also leaves Mr. Rutledge a few gray hairs. Fred Michael and Rich Rizzo leave to the 1956 football team all the good luck they didn't have. (And that's plenty!) To all the ailing patients in the dispensary, Betty Borosh wills a bottle of aspirin and instructions on how to take them. Larry Altenburg and Andy Banik leave something that Lincoln can use more of, their empty locker. Barbara Benesh isn't going to leave anything. She's taking her appetite with her. Pete Alesandratos leaves a record behind as the only boy who can raise a fullgrown goatee overnight. To someone less fortunate, Venice Abraham bequeaths her charm and poise. Eddie Schenk leaves his job os line captain of the football team to next year's lucky player. Eleanor Bruno leaves the memory of her shorthand pins as an inspiration to all of Miss Kochmit's future classes. Donato Narducci leaves a title behind for being the shortest boy' in the senior class. Joanna Porelli and Donna Vargo leave their nice personalities and warm smiles to all of the needy lower classmen. Bill Esker bequeaths, to Mr. Rolland, his psychology book, with no page left unturned. Although he didn't read the whole book, at least the pictures were interesting. Joyce McPeek leaves her secret of that sylph-like figure to some overweight undergraduate to learn.

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Ronald Pawl leaves the memory of his leather carving and also the memory of the prize he won in the Ford Contest. Audrey Morrow leaves her gossip to any uninformed Lincolnites. Eugene Zeiger wills his pearly teeth to anyone who needs them. Ludmyla Narizny leaves her seat in the A Cappella choir to anyone with as good a soprano voice as hers. Mike Ochall leaves his job as movie operator to any mechanically-minded individual. Janice Schultz wills her job as attendance checker in Mr. Kane's modern history class to anybody who would like to spend the first few minutes of the period looking at a bunch of smiling faces. Anyone want a trigonometry book? Nick Habian gladly bequeaths his to any student who is interested in taking the course next semester. (We know you hate to part with it, Nick.) Marian Wish bequeaths her baton because it's too beat up to take with her. (Just kidding, Marian.) Ted Sidlcski leaves his quick sense of humor to any deadpan. Dona Dunn and Laverne Toth leave the memory of their big, brown eyes to anyone who might be envious. Tom Malcolm leaves the memory of all of his hard-won medals to some striving musician. Mary Ann Smerk leaves her place in the dispensary to anyone who wants to put her time to good use. Bill Kronen wills his worn-out, tattered desk in homeroom 214 to anyone of lighter weight. That desk won't fake another 200 pounder. (Don't throw that desk at us Bill. We're only kidding.) Eloise Petro, Pat Socha, Antoinette Spaganlo, Helen Kusmicki, and Eunice Steenstra will all their unwashed pots and pans, that they never got around to cleaning, to more tidy girls in Miss Anderson's cooking class. (Put away the guns, girls.) Bob Pilck and Bob Ruprecht leave all their uneaten sandwiches to next year's third period psychology class. Gayle Vician wills her crown as football queen to someone with enough ambition to earn it. Steve Savron leaves all the headaches of selling graduation cards to next semester's financial genius. Do ycu want to tecch? Well, Gail Schlien-ger leeves a vacant piece in the F.T.A. to anyone interested. Ted Wrubleski wills his 180 bowling average to anyone who would like to improve his game. For lessons inquire at 1939 Aiken Avenue. Special winter rates. There will be a vacant spot in 108. Betty Mayfield wills it to any person who enjoys silence. To the June class of 1956, Don Burke wills his job as dues collector to anyone capable of extracting money. Pat Peters leaves her violin, slightly worn and a little out of tune, to some worthy musician. Gary Huspaska leaves a well-worn path between 214 and 108 to the next ambitious job hunter. JoAnn Flowers leaves her excuses for not being at the Student Council meetings to next year's representative. Alex Demkowicz wills the reed from the saxophone he played in Music Please, to a musician with a reedless horn. Verna Oehlstrom leaves her studies very gladly, but she leaves her teachers and fellow students with regret. Ronny Bugala leaves his worn-out gavel to the next victim of the Student Council. Pat Shutty donates her worn-out typewriter used by the publicity committee. She also leaves a few worn-out fingers and quite a lot of broken pencil points. Bob Galla leaves his witty remarks to the comedian of the next senior class. Marvin Mariani and Gary Bennett bequeath the locks of their red hair for souvenir hunters. Zone Dawson leaves four stripped-out transmissions from his 47 Mercury to anyone who wishes to rebuild them. Erika Glatz leaves her A report cards to the next class genius. Big Art Loyd leaves a pair of elevator-shoes to anybody who wishes to get up in this world. To the plump students of Lincoln, George (Snake Hips) Hartwig leaves a book on How to Stay Slim. To Mr. Hunsicker's fourth and fifth period art classes. Bill Catanese leaves a cleaning bill for a pair of trousers which got full of clay in a little mishap when he was an innocent bystander. Carl Makarek leaves his skill for collecting class dues to next semester's assistant treasurer. We, the Senior Class of January, 1956, henceforth declare this last will and testament legal until the year, 2156, because by that time nobody will be able to understand it. (This is to prove that we have quite a bit of foresight.) Witnessed by; V. R. Through V. R. Glad R. V. Sure May B. Not This document was drawn up in the presence of a reputable, upstanding, and respectable lawyer. Signed, I. M. A. Shyster Attorney at Law