Marlinton High School - Marlintonian Yearbook (Marlinton, WV)

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Hass BENNY MALINE wills his powerful physique to years experience on the grid¬ iron to George Ardell. BILL MOORE wills his last quar¬ ter on earth to Mr. Davis to buy typing paper for Stanley to borrow next year. HOWARD MOORE wills his ability to hold (that line) to any romantically in¬ clined moonlight cruisers. GENEVEIVE McKENNEY wills her en¬ gagement ring to the Salvage Drive, hop¬ ing it will be replaced by a wedding ring. COE McCLURE wills his civilian clothes to Herold Campbell saying, “I will be wearing Uncle Sam’s soon”. PAULINE McCLURE wills her Chem¬ istry Manual to Mr. Richardson to be used as a key. SARA MULLENS wills her old love let¬ ters to Joe Yanko for samples. Chester McLaughlin wills his popularity with all the students of M.H.S. to Peggv Smith. SHAD McLAUGHLIN wills his car to the Army Air Corps in hopes that they too can makp it fly. EVERETTE NOTTINGHAM wills to Miss Smith his patented recipe for Moon¬ shine together with full instructions on use. MARY FRANCES OVERHOLT wills her wise cracks to anyone who can add a little more and make them worth hearing. NYTA PARSONS wills her vanity to anyone who enjoys looking at themselves as much as she does. BETTY PIFER wills her line, “Hello there you big hunk of man”, to Betty Jo Kramer. KATHLEEN RHEA wills to Penny Ar- bogast her list of alibies so that she won’t have any difficulty in explaining class ab¬ sences. Wills GLADYS ROGERS wills her high tem¬ per to Case Knife Company so there won’t be a shortage of temper for knife blades. MARGARET SMITH wills her ability to get things done by hook or crook to next year’s A. D. D.’s and Senior Class. MAUDE SMITH wills her love for Jul¬ ian Sharp to Uncle Sam for the duration. BARTHEL TOWNSEND wills the key to his heart to Ramona Sharp saying, “Now that I’ve changed the lock, you can have the old key”. HILDRETH TOWNSEND wills her place as Senior Treasurer to the most hon¬ est person in the Junior Class. MAXINE THOMAS wills her fishing tackle to Betty Jo Kramer saying, “Catch a nice one like I did”. CORA VANREENAN wills her charm¬ ing bedside manner to Lois Jean Wagner saying, “Holding the patient’s hand helps.” EVERETTE WELDER wills his flirta¬ tious manner to the next tall, dark and handsome Romeo of M. H. S. DOTTY WEIFORD wills her tendencies to say and do exactlv what she thinks at all times to anyone who has the nerve to do it. MAXINE WITHERS wills her manner of talking to the teachers of M. H. S. to anyone who thinks they can get by with it. ARCH WOODDELL wills his way of taking things with a smile to the next Sen¬ ior President. ELZEY WORKMAN wills his love for Mary Lou Minnick to anyone who can foot the expenses. GRACE WILLIAMS wills her strut to the majorettes.

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( ' lass Wills MARIE ADKINSON wills her “high flown” language to Catherine Pritt so she can talk her wav out of messes. MATTIE BEVERAGE wills her number of male admirers to Uncle Sam as a relief for the manpower shortage. RALPH BOGGS wills his bicycle to the scrap drive because that’s all it’s good for after the way he ha.s treated it. JEAN BRIGHT wills her job riveting handles on pang whang to her sister, Bet¬ ty, hoping she wins her title, “Rosey, the Riveter.” SAM BRILL wills his perfect coordina¬ tion of lips in his trumpet playing to George Ardell—anv other use of the same will have to be obtained the hard way. MARY JEAN BUZZARD wills her can¬ vas, pallette and brushes to the first Mich¬ ael Angelo who comes along. DOTTY CLUTTER wills her place as vocalist in Sam Brill’s Orchestra to Penny Arbogast. LOUISE CURRY wills the honor of be¬ ing the most beautiful girl in M. H. S. to Marguerite Shiffler hoping she will make the most of it. JUNIOR CHESTNUT wills to John Johnson a good lawn mower so that the barber may save undue labor when John comes for his monthly shave. IRIS DEAN wills her pleasant smile and manner to Polly McDowell. We’ll see if that helps any. HUBERT DEAN wills his slow walk to some of the swifter ones to make the halls I safer. THE DILLEY TWINS will their blonde hair to any blonde with the saying—Per¬ oxide won’t last forever. EUGENE DILLEY wills his excess fat for glycerine and hopes it will explode with a “bang”. BILL FOWLER wills his ability to get by in a close shave to anyone who is at¬ tended by Lady Luck as he seems to be. AZALEA GALFORD wills to John Johnson a book entitled “How to Keep the Girl Friend When College Boys Are Home.” MABEL GALFORD wills her red hair to any good looking blonde saying, “I don’t want to set the world on fire”. STERLE GIBSON wills his ten minute dates to John Johnson. SIMPSON GRAGG wills his love for birds, especially the Buzzards to the boys of M. H. S. RUSSEL KYLE HANNAH wills his farm to Arnold Weiford with a note say¬ ing “No work, no pay”. ALICE HIVELY wills her sense of humor to the Laughing Hyenas in Wash¬ ington Zoo, now that’s something to laugh at. REBECCA JACKSON wills her effort to come up in the world to Max Kirkpatrick —don’t give up. MINNIE KELLY wills to Betty Jo Kramer a tricycle by which she may cover the distance between the club and Harry Sharp’s in a much shorter time and save energy. NELLIE KESLER wills her silence to Catherine Pritt because she knows “silence is golden”. NORMA JUNE KELLISON wills her black eyes to George Schofield hoping they look better than his man-made one he us¬ ually has. JAMES KIRKPATRICK wills his A. B. degree to Smokology to all those future students to Professor Moore.

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Class MARIE ADKINSON—-timid voice is heard over the radio telling bedtime stor¬ ies to the little ones. I’ r ii p li e ci e s EUGENE DILLEY, having survived the food rationing, is now the heaviest man around, tipoing the scales daintily at 101 pounds. MATTIE BEVERAGE is No. 37385069 in the Lonely Hearts Club. RALPH BOGGS will be seen on the South Sea island with a torch setting grass skirts on fire. JEAN BRIGHT is so bright that she has just designed the latest hat style—a light shade. SAM BRILL’S one-piece orchestra is heard each Saturday night over station P-H-E-W at 11:15. MARY JEAN BUSSARD is seen model¬ ing the clothes she is designing in her Fifth Avenue Shoppe. DOTTY CLUTTER is known as the Sen¬ timental Lady of Soring or the Lady Who Made Scrooge Crv. LOUISE CURRY is playing for New York University’s gill basketball team and they have just fought their way to Na¬ tional Girl champs. JUNIOR CHESTNUT is seen 20 years from now lying under a shade tree near Frost whistling “Don’t Get Around Much Any More.” HUBERT DEAN is seen on a West Vir¬ ginia Hog Farm calling hogs for 25 cents a day. IRIS DEAN is seen quitting her position as secretary to a business executive be¬ cause he was so bow-legged that she fell through his knees. BILL FOWLER has become the great¬ est scientist of all time. He first came into the limelight when he discovered that the tears of a rejected lover contain SALT. AZALEA GALFORD is seen as the ma¬ jorette for the Woodrow Flats Home for Aged Women. MABLE GALFORD and her husband are seen picnicking with some little “carrot” tops. STERL GIBSON is still rolling his eyes at the girls, but not too freely. There is the shadow of a rolling pin in the back¬ ground. SIMPSON GRAGG is a tobacco auction¬ eer for the Reynolds Tobacco Company. RUSSEL KYLE HANNAH is seen as a yodeling cowboy in Saturday night horse operas. ALICE HIVELY is seen in Washington as a humor editor for the Readers Digest. REBECCA JACKSON plays lullabyes nightly on her clarinet. MINNIE KELLEY is seen conversing with her neighbor over the fence in Frost. NELLIE KESSLER is seen with her family, a canary and a cat. NORMA JUNE KELLISON has just re¬ ceived her R. N. degree at the “Kill or Cure” Hospital. JAMES KIRKPATRICK is seen as pro¬ fessor of the Smokeology Class at M. H. S. JEAN and JANE DILLEY have just won the first pri “ as the most beautiful twins in the world. BENNY MALINE is a retired country gentleman heard telling his experiences as a fisherman. V.