Lompoc High School - La Purisima Yearbook (Lompoc, CA)

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Will: I, Wilson Brick Burrill, will my bashful manner to Mary Vail, hoping she can use it. Ambition: College Education. Will: I, John Beattie, do hereby bequeath my ability to graduate, II hopel, to Squirt Gillette, hoping that she can accomplish this by going to school. Ambition: Sleep, eat, and drink. Will: I, Dean Burton, being of sound mind and body, do hereby will my speed in basketball to Earl Speed Demon Howerton, knowing he will need it in the coming years to get out of the way of the other players. Will: l, Alan Barrett Carlton, being of sane mind and sound body, do hereby will to Lawrence Dickenson my ability to win arguments with Mr. Seffens, providing he will bis a good boy and not cause the study hall to be evacuated any more wit H Sl. Ambition: To become a chemist. Will: I, Margaret Daly, will and bequeath my ability to get Mrs. Enga to let me leave early seventh period to anyone who may need it. Ambition: Secretary. Will: I, Agnes Delte, will my straight hair to Bethel Roher and hope it will save her more money than it has for me. s Ambition: Keeping house. Will: I, Thelma Donelson, do hereby will my membership in the Scholarship So- ciety to Douglass Everett. It is sadly in need of boy members. Ambition: Teacher. Will: l, Evelyn Downing, do hereby will and bequeath my tall, slender figure to Mary Balaam, hoping it will enable her to reach greater heights in future years. Ambition: Beauty Operator. Will: I, Ethel Egan, do hereby will to Squirt Gillette my extra tubes of lipstick in hopes that she will have enough to last her through the coming year. Ambition: Clerk. Will: I, Edward L, Everett, being of sound mind and body, do hereby will my basketball ability and high scholastic standards to Stanley McCabe, hoping he will profit by them. Ambition: Fire Chief. Will: I, Betty Foster, bequeath my dignity and quiet acceptance of circumstances to George Learned. Ambition: Journalist. Will: I, Ethel Galloway, hereby will my ability to type to Mary Vail, hoping it will not be the cause of too many headaches and sleepless nights in the future. Ambition: Court Reporter. Will: I, Virginia Guerra, sane of mind and sound of health, do hereby will and be- queath my boisterous ways lthose that I do havel to Malcolm McCabe, hoping that he won't put this inheritance among his souvenirs but will use them. Ambition: Beauty Culture. ' Will: I, Betty Gunderson, do hereby will my muchly borrowed gym shorts to Patsy Upton knowing she will land doesl use them more than I do. Will: I, Mary Henderson, hereby will and bequeath my place on the most honor- able stage crew to Mary Vail, knowing she will be fully appreciated. Ambition: High School teacher IStage, Econ., Englishl. Will: I, Bettie Herdman, do hereby will and bequeath my athletic ability to Mary Vail, knowing she will acquire a perfect sense of balance. Ambition: Teacher. .I .

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SENIOR DIARY Frosh. Initiation-Some fun-for the Soph's. Sophomore Return Party-Games and dancing. Fun for all. Freshman-Sophomore Brawl-We surely gave them a good fight, Guess who won? lThey did.l Soph. Freshmen Initiation-Did we give them the works! ! I Sophomore Return Party-The green ies gave us a very nice return party. Sophomore Dance-Huge success in the gym. Freshmen-Sophomore Brawl-Boy! Did we get them! l l Juniors. Junior Play- Let's be Somebody. Plenty good, even though l do say so myself. Junior Prom.-Held in the new Legion Memorial building. The best Prom. ever held. iSo we say.l Seniors lat Iastl . Senior Dance Held at High School Gy m, and another success chalked up for the class of '38. Senior Play- Goblin Gold. Another wow for us. La Purisima -Put out by the Seniors, and we are very proud of it. SENIOR WILLS Will: l Joe Allen, will that oft-center lathe to the next slicker and hope he will do better. Ambition: Chief Engineer of a battleship. Will: l, Ralph Amezola, will my ability to do the tango to Douglass Fat Everett and Helen Slim Huyck. Ambition: Professional Baseball Player. , Will: l, Leah Barnes, will my ability to play croquet to Carol Cooper, hoping that she will become an expert. Will: l, Leon Barnes, will my quiet ways in 4th period study hall to Miss Fee. Ambition: Get out ot Lompoc. Will: l, Eugene Begg, being of sound mind and body, do hereby will my ability to play basketball to .lack Dimock, hoping that he will make good use of it in the com- ing years. Ambition: Mathematics Teacher. Will: l, lda Bondetti, hereby will my quiet ways and manners to Mildred Gillette, providing she will guarantee to live up to my standard the rest of her school years. Ambition: Beauty Operator with a heatless machine for permanent waving. Will: I, Le Roy Bowersox, being of sound mind and able body, do hereby will and bequeath to Lawrence Dickenson my ability to slide down the Chemistry room bannister, hoping he will use it next year. Ambition: To fit the world with glasses. Will: l, Dorothy Briggs, do hereby will and bequeath my remarkable ability to take Spanish iforever and everl to all young and ambitious students. Ambition: Journalist.

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Will: l, Louisa Hollister, will my best ability to box to Joe Santos, knowing it will help him next year. Ambition: Personal Secretary. Will: l, Ray Houk, being sound of body and mind, do hereby will my ability as an artist to Miss Bucher, hoping she will profit by the acquired skill. Ambition: To become a Multimillionare. Will: l, Fern Howerton, will the croquet set to Virginia Black in the hope she will become a better player than l. Will: l, Andrew Huyck, will my red hair to Peter Rizzoli, hoping that he will like it better than l. Will: l, Bill Jett, will and bequeath my ability to keep quiet in Mr. King's Class to Dorothy Kalin, hoping she will be able to use it in the near future. Ambition: An Electrician. Will: As is to be expected, I, Elnathan Kimbel, will the Souzaphone lTubal to Jerry Laubly, knowing that with his muscular build he can take care of anything, especially the girls. Ambition: Music Teacher. Will: l, Virginia Knight, do bequeath with utmost solemnity my ability to get to class on time to Miss Bowen, knowing she will cherish it among her most prized virtues. Ambition: Beauty Operator. Will: l, Betty Kolding, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to think up excuses for not taking gym to Mildred Gillette, hoping she will always have one. Ambition: Interior Decorator. Will: I, Victor H. Kolding, being of sound mind il hopel, do hereby will to Henry Morinini my ability to walk around in the third period study hall without waking up all the late sleepers in town. Ambition: To follow Leon Barnes. Will, I Hazel Kyle, do hereby will and bequeath my sarcastic ways to Frances Hen- derson. Will: I, Geraldine Lewellyn, being sound of mind, do will to Helen Huyck my quiet and meek make up, hoping she will profit by them. Will: l, Wilma Lewis, being of sound body and mind, do hereby will and bequeath my excessively quiet, timid manner, and my total lack of a sense of humor, to George Learned, hoping it will serve to subdue him somewhat. Will: l, Bryce McCabe, hereby will my winning ways with Rose Ghere to George Dixie Learned. - Will: I, Wilma Moody, will the croquet set, and my ability to play, to Joyce Jen- sen, hoping she will become an expert. Will: l, Margaret Martin, do hereby will my ability to flirt with the boys to my bashful sister, an incoming Freshman, with the hope that she will at least be able to keep from fighting over them with her good friend, Miss Davis. Ambition: Cosmetician. Will: l, Margaret Nordin, do hereby will my ability to knock home runs to Mary Vail, hoping shell get to first base in the years to come. A Ambition: Nurse. Will: l, the undersigned, Dante Victor John Pensa, bein in an unsound, unstable, unreliable state of mind, body, and maybe soul, will, bequeath, behest, and bestow my very skillful ability to drive a car safely and surely, also my law- abiding ability, to the one and only safe and sane driver Reckless Jacobs. Ambition: Own Hawaii.