Madison High School - Panther Recall Yearbook (Madison, MO)

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I, Allene Campbell, do w1ll and bequeath my good and bad t1mes at M H S to anyone who has the nerve to take them and my luck to Dorothy Down1ng I, Patsy Bugg Campbell, do w1ll and bequeath my typewr1ter to an up and com1ng Junlor who wants lt and my place 1D bookkeeplng to Dorothy Downlng I, Jlmmy Davenport do w1ll and bequeath my bookkeeplng book to any one that 1S dumb enough to take 1t, my love for all the g1l1S to Frank1e Houch1ns, and my ab1l1ty to get by all year wlthout buy1ng any typlng paper to Ronnle Thomas I Gary Dav1s, do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to make a racket to Ronnle H1ll, my knack for p1ck1ng pretty shlrts to Dav1d P1erce, and last but not least, my ab1l1ty to loaf to Donn1e Davls I, Karen D1ckerson, do w1ll and bequeath my g1ggle to Dorothy Down1ng, my ab1l1ty to get out of P E to Cunn1e Hoffman, my love for Engl1sh?? to Betty LaForce and our memory of our happ1ness and sorrows 1n hlgh school to the underclassmen I, Maxlne Down1ng, do Wlll and bequeath my pleasure for torment1ng peo ple to Beverly McCann, my love for basketball to my s1ster, Dorothy, and my shorthand book to Utha Alexander I, Jun1or Hogan, do w1ll and bequeath my books to whoever w1ll have them, my love for Ca1ro g1rls to whoever wants 1t, but on second thought, belleve I'll keep that I, Beverly Holohan, do w1ll and bequeath my seat ln dr1vers tra1n1ng to always have a pa1r ava1lable when she needs them I, Frleda Holohan, do w1ll and bequeath to my Cousln Carol Ann Amerlcan Hlstory course to do 1D her le1sure moments and my ab1l1ty to re member th1ngs to Shlrley Manuel I, Tommy Jones do w1ll and bequeath my love for 'Doodles' CJoyce Garnettj to Ronnle Thomas, my bookkeeplng book to Karolyn Rlley, and my candy mach1ne to anyone who loves candy I, J1mmy Klrtley, do w1ll and bequeath my locker to Van Botklns I, Marcella Kramer, do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty 1D algebra to Joan Beauchamp I, Irv1n Lute, do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to put on a boxlng match w1th the P E teacher to whoever wants lt I, Charles Manuel, do w1ll and bequeath my foreman's Job 1D shop to Percy H111 and my deer tag to anyone who l1kes to hunt deer or DEARS' I, Betty Mart1n, do w1ll and bequeath my love for shorthand to anyone who has the nerve to take 1t, and my seat 1n Engllsh to Dorothy Down1ng I, Joe McCall do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to get along w1th g1rls to Marlon S1ms, my meaness 1n math to'Belva M1lholl1n, my wavy ha1r to Ronnie Thomas, and my Dreamboat to DuNard Cooper, so he can court Ruth1e every n1ght . , . . - , . . . , . .I . I Carol Ann Holohan. To Beverly McCann, I leave my tennis shoes so she will . 1 f . .. 'my ., . . ' nl' ,. , . . . . ,

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Class Wlll and Testament We, the Sen1or Class of 1956, C1ty of Mad1SOD, State of MISSOUFI, b 1ng of sound m1nd and body, do hereby declare th1s to be our last w1ll and testament To Mr Sklnner, we leave an electr1c letter opener and a heavlly pad ded cha1r for v1s1tors To Mrs Swartz, we leave a new desk w1th a spec1ally equ1pped robot beh1nd lt to teach her classes, wh11e she carr1es on the dut1es requlred of her as pr1nc1pa1 To Mrs Harmon, we leave two dozen bottles of 1nk erad1cator to be d1str1buted among the bookkeep1ng students next year so she won't have use so much energy correct1ng errors To Coach Sears, we leave a 'robot to carry the basketballs 1nto h1s room from the gym floor To Mrs Stateler, we leave f1fteen cha1rs equlpped w1th electr1c cur rent, that w1ll rem1nd the pup1ls 1D her speech and Engl1sh classes to study To Mr Thompson, we leave a reduc1ng manual and a booklet on 'How Play a Banjo' and several handkerchlefs to 'mop the persp1rat1on To Mrs Treuthart, we leave an automat1c tardy tabulatlng mach1ne, that she can keep track of the tardles' 1D her classes To the Jun1ors, we leave our d1gn1ty, our progresslve att1tude and our exper1ence we have had 1D our money maklng projects To the ers and the To the hlgh school 1, Bob Sophomores, we leave our patlence to get along w1th the teach undergrads Freshmen, we leave our knowledge to get through four years of w1th pass1ng grades Alexander, do w1ll and bequeath my Job at the pop mach1ne to anyone who has the nerve to fool w1th lt and my ab1l1ty to have a few sheets of paper and a pencll to anyone who needs lt I, Frankl1n Alexander, do w1ll and bequeath my bookkeeplng book to anyone who wants lt and the rest of my school books to George Ragsdale I, Phy1l1s Bassett, do w1ll and bequeath my locker to Dorothy Down1ng, and my love for Delbert no, I th1nk I'1l keep that for myself I, Jane Botk1nS, do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to borrow penc1ls from my cous1n to Sandy Hoffman my old shorthand book to W1ll1e Thomas and by the way, Sandy, Tommy Wood has a treasure of penc1ls stacked away Somewhere ' I, James Brooks, do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to h1t the waste paper basket from my seat to Frankle HOUCh1DS, my basketball u1t to anyone, preferably my brother who w1ll be a Freshman next year, and r seat 1n study hall to Donnle Thomas O , . . . . e- C C l l . - ' 'V ' ' Y' O ' ' ' H ll . . ' . . A , to . I H ' ' . . - U . ' ' To ' I ' I ll ' ' , 0 . . . . so ll - ' I ' . . . . . ' U I . I ' C . . A . -nn I . . , i . . , ... . iv' J , .

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I W1lma McMorr1s do w1ll and bequeath all my love for blue Fords full ! I of Par1s boys to L1nda Cornica I, R1chard Peterson, do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to get along w1th the Engl1sh teacher to Frank1e Houchlns, and my bookkeeplng book to anyone who 1S smart enough to take lt I, J1mmy Southern, do w1ll and bequeath my basketball su1t to Ronnle H111 and my typ1ng ab1l1ty to Dav1d P1erce I, Nancy Sudsberry, Patty Woods I, Tommy Wood, do w1ll and g1rls to Larry Johnston The forego1ng document by the Sen1or Class of 1956 1D the year of our Lord one w1ll and bequeath my love for shorthand to and bequeath my school books, motor scooter, was s1gned, sealed, publ1shed and declared of Madison H1gh School on the fourth day of May thousand and nine hundred and f1fty s1x, as and for our Last W1ll and Testament Class Prophecy I was 1D my Jet propel tak1ng my trlp over the world, a tr1p wh1ch I take every ten years As I was gett1ng t1red of the h1gh alt1tude and my get needed some fuel, I landed at a new a1rport wh1ch I had never seen be fore Th1s happened to be the new Mad1son, M1ssour1 A1rport Just as stepped out of the Jet someone snapped my p1cture When the blur was gone from my eyes I recognlzed Tommy Jones Tommy and I began a conversatlon and he told me he had been tak1ng group pictures at the old h1gh school bu1ld1ng When he saw the unusual look1ng plane com1ng 1D for a land1ng he dec1ded to take a snapshot of lt I asked h1m about some of the other class mates He sa1d Bob and Frankl1n Alexander were runn1ng a hatchery down town and were hatchlng a new color ch1ck they could attract the g1rls that I dec1ded to Journey downtown I walked by the school and there, tak 1ng care of the f1rst grade, was Betty Martxn Betty yelled at me and told me she was st1l1 wa1t1ng for a certain sold1er I went downtown and stopped at the cafe for a cup of coffee There I found Gary Dav1s runn1ng the cafe Gary sa1d he had plenty of chances to play the p1n ball mach1ne and 11sten to the Juke box Wh1le I was s1tt1ng there, a couple of bachelors, J1mmy K1rtley and R1chard Peterson, came 1D for the1r lunch Their lunch was prepared very carefully by the cook, Marcella Kramer J1mmy told me that JUD1Or Hogan had marr1ed a Cairo g1rl and was l1v1ng 1n Ca1ro Richard sa1d that J1mmy Davenport had dec1ded wh1ch of h1s old g1rlfr1ends he wanted to marry, but d1dn't tell me Just exactly wnlch one lt was As I was leav1ng the cafe, T ran face to face w1th Joe McCall and h1s w1fe, the former W1ll1e Thomas They told me they had brought the1r cream and eggs to town to txe Southern Feed and Produce, now owned by J1mmy Southern They asked me f I knew that gone to Colorado to help her husband 1D become of Max1ne Down1ng Joe sa1d she her 1H1t131S and she was now a nurse at Phyllls Bassett had marr1ed and h1s mus1c stud1o I asked what had had marrled but she hadn't changed one of the Moberly hosp1tals S1nce she was so good 1n shorthand, she had had no trouble 1n gett1ng the Job do ' - . . . , . . . . . . . I way. A ' VV ' ' Il - - I. w ' . A . i ' '