Marlinton High School - Marlintonian Yearbook (Marlinton, WV)

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WILIS We the Senior Class of 1947, being of cracked mind, and wracked b ody, do hereby will and bequeath the following: I, AGATHA MILLER, do hereby will my three seats in study hall to any lovelorn couple who needs them more than I do. I, BETTY MOORE, bequeath and devise unto the “Big- Three,” Styrl, Raymond and Jimmy, my love—for lollipops and ice cream. I, JEAN MOORE, bequeath my love for the boys to Libby Johnson so she won’t be so shy around them. I, NAOMI MOORE, do hereby will my ability to write shorthand to the Fresh¬ men boys so that they can write something constructive on Miss Moore’s walls. I, PHYLLIS JOAN OVERHOLT, do hereby will my ticket-selling stall to Mr. Moore for fuel so he can keep it as hot around school as Dot Waugh. I, ARTHUR PESCOSOLIDO, bequeath my knowledge to “Pig” Arbogast, because he really needs it. I, PAULINE PESCOSOLIDO, will my love for a Freshman to the girls of the Junior Class. I, FLORINE RICKETT, do hereby will my glasses to anyone who can afford wind¬ shield wipers to keep them clean. I, GRACE ROGERS, do hereby will my love for “Dick” Workman to Jean Moore saying, “Take good care of him for me.” I, ELEANOR SHARP will my six short¬ hand books to anyone who has time tc. write twenty pages every night as Mr. Davis would have them do. I, MARY FRANCES SHINABERRY, do hereby bequeath my Pepsodent smile to Jim Livesay in hopes he will use it. I, JULIAN SHRADER, do hereby will and bequeath my part in the Senior play to anyone who likes to hold hands. I don’t! I, HELEN SIMMONS, will my red hair to Dot Waugh so she will have something to go with her temper. I, ELTON UNDERWOOD, bequeath my seat in third period English to anyone who can get out the door faster than I do. I, NADA UNDERWOOD, will my eyes to the Chemistry class for experimental purposes. I, LEWIS VARNEY, do hereby will my books to John Showalter, knowing that he will use them as much as I do. I, GARTH VANREENEN, will my books to my brother Donald in hopes he will use them more than I did. I, DOROTHY LEE WAUGH, bequeath my position in the band to anyone that CAN get a credit out of it. I, BETTY WANLESS, will my love for good books to some Junior with the hopes that they enjoy them as much as I did. I, MAX WHITE, do hereby bequeath my “quiet” nature to Harry Cutlip. I, JOANNE WHITT, bequeath my love for the Army to anyone who likes to write letters as well as I do. I, IVAN WILFONG, do hereby will, de¬ vise and bequeath my pipe to anyone who can pass the strict Smokeology entrance test. I, BILLY JOE WILSON, do hereby will my grades in bookkeeping to “Bud” Adki- son to add on to his own. With the two together, he ought to pass. I, IVAN WITHERS, to hereby will and bequeath my ability to type to anyone who would like to make an F.

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ill J i I s We the Senior Class of 1947, being of cracked mind, and wracked body, do hereby will and bequeath the following: I, LORRAINE ADKISON, do hereby will my slacks to anyone who is not bow- legged or knock-kneed. I, HELEN ARMSTRONG, will my talk¬ ing ability to Leo Buzzard in hopes he makes as good use of it as I did. I, GENE BEALE, will one pack of Cam¬ els to the person that can puff the hard¬ est in Smokeology. I, SUE BROOKS, do hereby will my tendency to say and to do the first thing that comes into my mind to Buddy Mead¬ ows (not that he needs it). I, MARY LOU CALHOUN, will my horn tc anyone who has the strength to blow it as long as Miss May wants. I, ROBERT CARPENTER, will my curly hair to Jean Burdett so she won’t have to worry with her hair so much. I, WILMA CARR, do hereby will my love for shorthand to anyone who has the courage to stay in the room and try to get it. I, FRANCES CURRY, will to my sister Lois nothing, of which she already has plenty. I, ROSALIE CHESNUT, bequeath my long, black eyelashes and rosy cheeks to anyone who finds mascara and rouge ex¬ pensive. I, ANNA LEE DEAN, do hereby will everything concerning commercial studies to anyone who can stay with it to the end. I, CHARLES DILLEY, will my empty cider jugs to Tommy Gibson in hopes that he will fill them up and send them back. I, HAZEL DILLEY, bequeath my dim¬ ples to anyone that can take them along with the teasing. I, SHOT EADES, do hereby will my Bookkeeping book to Margaret Ellen Webb with the statement, “You’ll Be Sorry.” I, HENRY DAVID HIVELY, will my stray book-reports to anyone who needs them worse than Jean Moore. I, LEE HIVELY, do hereby will and be¬ queath to the future Seniors all of my meanness and devilment in order to keep up the Spirit of M. H. S. I, TRUDIE HIVELY, will my love for basketball to Ephie Adkison, saying, “Good Luck.” I, HAZEL JACKSON, do hereby will my mild speech and manner to Margaret Anne Coyner hoping she will do so and take it easy. I, HERBERT JOHNSON, “Will my Lit¬ tle Brown Jug” to Dink Moses, hoping h? can make it to school on Monday morning. I, DELMA KENNEDY, do hereby be¬ queath my blond hair to Mr. Moore who lost most of his hair over our class. I, LIGON KESLER, will my recipe for homebrew to anyone who can drink it and live to tell about it. I, MAXINE KIRKPATRICK, do hereby will my position as Captain of the Girls’ Basketball team to Catherine Rexrode, and I hope she enjoys it as much as I did. I, ANNA LEE LANDIS, will my flirta¬ tious manner to the next happy-go-lucky Seniors. I, VIRGINIA LANTZ, bequeath my love for Miss Smith to Robert McLaughlin hop¬ ing he will make good use of it. I, NELLIE MALCOMB, will my plat¬ form sole shoes to Nancy Underwood so she can see through the window of the door in Miss Moore’s room. I, ROBERT McLAUGHLIN, do hereby bequeath my football uniform to anyone who will play like the rest of the Mc¬ Laughlins have played.

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r r 4 j) J 0 s) NAME AND NICKNAME USUALLY SEEN FAVORITE BY-WORD “MIKE” ADKISON “SKEEZICS” ARMSTRONG GENE BEALE “SUSIE” BROOKS “DORDIN” CALHOUN “BOB” CARPENTER WILMA CARR “ROSIE” CHESNUT “FRAN” CURRY “CHATSIE” DILLEY . “BUTCH” DILLEY ANNA LEE DEAN “SHOT” EADES . “FATS” HIVELY “AARON” HIVELY “EPPIE” HIVELY “SHORTY” JACKSON “HERB” JOHNSON . “BLONDIE” KENNEDY LIGON KESLER “KIRK” KIRKPATRICK “SALLY” LANDIS “GIN” LANTZ “QUEENIE” LARUE NELLIE MALCOMB “mac” McLaughl in “BETT” MOORE JEAN MOORE “TOAM” MOORE . “BOOTS” MILLER “JO” OVERHOLT “PESCO” PESCOSOLIDO “PESKY” PESCOSOLIDO MERLIN PROVANCE “MAB” ROBINSON . “RENE” RICKETT “GRACIE” ROGERS “EBBY” SHARP FRANKO” SHINNABERRY “MERT” SHRADER HELEN SIMMONS “SNEAK” UNDERWOOD “PEGGY” UNDERWOOD GARTH VAN REENEN “LOUIE” VARNEY . “BETTY” WANLESS . “DOT” WAUGH MAX WHITE . IVAN WILFONG . “PETE” WITHERS “JO” WHITT “BILLY JOE” WILSON . At Cass . With Maxine . At Campbelltown . Most Any Where .. In A Black Ford Car Talking To Girls .. With Virginia .... . With Nancy . In A Ford . .. At Byrd’s . At Cass . Walking To Riverside Pool Room . Talking . Over Town . With Nada With Johnnie Pool Room With Truda Loafing In Halls Landacre’s Plumbing Shop At The Show Landacre’s Going To Movie Driving A Car At The Movies At The Movies Harry Sharp’s Drugstore With Lois Ann Loafing In The Halls With Florine ... Mimeograph Room With Jean Frances With Pauline With Maxine . On Douthards Creek With Eleanor Drug Store . With Hazel With Lee . . Loafing . . At Home . . At Church . With Virginia . Theatre . Pool Room . Pool Room . Pool Room . . At Theatre . Pool Room . . So What? . . Holy Cow . Horse Feathers .. . I’ll Be Dipped . . . Huh . . Oh . . Good Gosh . Well What Do You Know . Hope-to-Die On Your Father’s Mustache . . Shucks . . Dog-Gone . Dumb Thing . By Golly .A.. Well Gee Whiz . Shucks . . Thunder . . Aw! Rats . You’re Gonna Get Hurt Heck . . Gosh . . Ah .. Heck . . Censored . Holy Cow . Nothing . Jeepers .. . Gosh . ..... . Shoot . I’ll Have You Understand . . Probably Not . . Yeah .. . . My Goodness . . Has None . . Oh . For Crying Out Loud . Heck Fire . . My Gracious . 1 . Oh! Yes! . . Gee Whiz . Holy Cat Fish . . Jimmeny Christmas . For Heavens Sake ... . Jimmeny . . Oh Shoot . . Heck . . Censored . . Heck . . Censored . . Well Gee Whiz . . Gosh Sakes . . Censored