Manlius High School - Mirror Devil Yearbook (Manlius, IL)

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I, Gene Hart ., do give my even temperament to Dorothy Engels, to use whenever you may have need. I, Robert Engels, will my motorcycle to Gordon Drayton. It’s better than walking, Gordo! 1, Lowell Drayton, do hereby leave my willingness to work to Billy Nehring. It’ll give you free time between the hours of 12:25 and 12:45 .pm., Bill! 1, Csail Eetheridge, do hereby bequeath to Grant Heuer the ability to use my left hand as w ell as my right. Ambidexterity is a useful thing. Grant! I, Calvin Hanson, do give some of my finesse at the pivot spot to Box Cox. I, Dean Jensen, do will to any Sophomore or Junior who may have need, my ability in Physics class. I. Joe Johnson, do solemnly pass on to Eugene Wirth the chance to sneak a third period snack. Don’t let Miss Coleman catch you, Eugene! I, Warren Lathrop, do leave my wit and aptitude at telling jokes to Neil Wise. 1 know you’ll make good use of it, Neil! 1, Stanley Miller, do bequeath my hard-used Buick to Merv Wilson, There’s still a lot of good mileage for muddy roads in it, Merv. I, Keith Olson, leave my “too-much-a-de-muscle” to Robert Rudiger. I, Jacqueline Steers, do will my good behavior in class to the most “problem child” of 1948-49. I, Richard Vetter, do bequeath to Mr. Rice, if he can find it, my board stretcher. I never had much luck! We, Bernice Thompson and Rita Jensen, do leave our graceful cheerleading ability combined with our enthusiastic school spirit, to Bucko Hanson and Fearless Freddie, so that they may some day become Manlius’ most outstanding pep-leaders. 1, La Verne Labahn, leave my characteristic of minding my own business to Bobby Nelson. I, Dick Oloffson, do give to my beloved twin brothers the ability to get along with the faculty in general. 1, Bill Ven de Velde, do bequeath my ability to get around corners, even if on two wheels to Rocko Hubbard. I, Cliff Vandermoon, do will to Gene Jensen my large hands with the hopes that he will catch every pass made during the coming football season. 1, Rosemary Gorman, do hereby will my of astrology to Donna Mae Coggins. Sec what is says about C. V., Donna. We, the members of the Senior Class, have set our hands and seals hereto this twenty-eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight. 21

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Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1948 We, the Senior Ciass of 1948, of the City of Manlius, County of Bureau and State of Illinois, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking any will or wills heretofore made by the aforementioned. First ,wc leave our good wishes and the hope of new stage curtains to the school board. Second, to the faculty we leave our most sincere hope that they will be able to carry on without our provision of “disciplinary problems” and that they will find someone worthy to fill our memorable places in that noonday haven, presently known as the “detention room.” 1 bird, each members of the Senior Class hereby give, devise, and bequeath to some underclassman one of his cherished possessions, personalities or properties with the command that they value and treasure said characteristics with due respect. I, Gail Anderson, do bequeath to Ned Swanson the fight to keep the Tailholt spirit alive. I, Judd Doty, do will my curly hair to you, Cleo Jean Gumfory. I, James Carlson, do hereby leave some of my excess height to Billy Gaunt. It may take a while to acquire it, Billy, but be patient! 1, M i11 is Barber, do give my ability to get an A in Ag Class to LeRoy Wirth. All things come to those who wait, LeRoy! I, Donna Lee Jacobson, do hereby leave in my last will and testament the art of catching a man and holding him to you, Lois Sandcn. I, .Marilyn Hadley, do leave this beloved institution with the hope that, in behalf of Dorothy Engels, the roads from .Manlius West may someday become smooth. Pretty good excuse, though, wasn’t it, Dorothy? I, Warren Taylor, do will my knowledge of Sheffield boys to Vera Schune-man. I know you’ll make good use of it. Vera! 1, “Chubby Isy,” do leave to Norma Wilkinson my famous giggle. Develop it to a high pitch, Norma. It goes well with us! 20 1, Neuman Kirkpatrick, do bequeath my ability to pass a timed writing in typing class to Dean Hapner.

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CLASS PROPHECY o After being away from Manlius High for some thirty years, we were indeed happy to take a vacation from our airship designing to attend the 30th Anniversary Homecoming Banquet honoring the Class of ’48. Upon our arrival to the old stamping grounds, what should we see, much to our amazement, but the biggest “boom-town” in the world—the “Tri-Cities of the Midwest”—Manlius, New Bedford, and Thomas. Their combined population numbered something over ten million. My, how the old school district had changed! We arrived at the Municipal Terminal at 7:00 a.m., in our own plane, the “Jet Special.” I lardly had we stepped from our plane when we noticed two men getting off the local freight. They looked familiar from a distance and why not? For as we approached these bewhiskered individuals, we discovered these two bums to be none other than Cliff Vandermoon and Judd Doty, co-editors of the new society magazine, “The Bum’s Rush.” T hey seemed happy to find someone they knew so we took them with us to the picnic grounds which was the former campus of our Alma Mater. As we opened the gate to our old Alma Mater, we were glad to see that the Federal Government had recognized its importance to a degree where they had made the spot into a National Park. We were greeted by its caretakers, Lowell Drayton and Gail Etheridge. They hadn’t changed much in these thirty years as neither of them were married. In fact, they informed us that they were receiving great returns from a book of which they were coauthors entitled “Fun and Single Blessedness.” While strolling up to the pavilion, we were charmed to meet a striking woman whom we recognized immediately as Marilyn Hadley. She informed us that her husband, Gail Anderson, was in the trucking business with Richard Oloffson, their company being the first to use steam engines in their trucks. With Marilyn was Donna Lee Jacobsen, who by this time had won her way to Broadway as a dramatic star. What a start “Junior Miss had afforded her! Next to greet us was Richard Vetter, M.A., now professor of English at the Thomas University. His latest addition to the curriculum wsa a class called the “Art of Blowing Bubble Gum.”