we ul | = ul Uf A wy ) 4) CLASS WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty, in the city of Maroa, in the county of Macon, and in the’ state of Illinois, being such en extraordinarily, brilliafft class, do hereby bequeath our possessions as follows; As a class we bequeath the following: FIRST: To the student body as a whole we leave our acting ability, and to the sophomore class, our ability to play basket- ball so they can win the tournament next year. . SECOND: To the school we leave our good reputation for yee gue dest mannered and well-behaved class that ever left ° Ue . ° . THIRD: To the faculty we leave our quietnéss » so they can slip up on the junior class without being heard. ‘ Individually, we bequeath the following; I, DONALD THOMAS ADKINS, bequeath my popularity with’ the English teacher to Roy Foulke so he can get better grades, I, FRANCIS ELIZABETH AGEE, bequeath my quiet ways to Ruth Stréight and hope she doesn't get into any more trouble than I did. Nani se a I, EUGENE B. ANDES, bequeath my acting ability to Rolla Crouch because we think he needs it, a I, DARRAL DALE BERNARD, bequeath my tap dancing ability to Donald Massey so Virginia Cramer might like him better, I, DOROTHY JANE BRADEN, bequeath my girlish giggle to Evelyn Friis, and if there's any left over, give it to any unfortunate person that wants it. rr ee | I, WILLIAM EUGENE BRADEN, bequeath my basketball ability to James Clough so he can be the star of the basketball tean next year. 4, I, NORMAN KEITH BRETT, bequeath my reserved section of the bleachers to James Stoutenborough. 7 I, EVELYN ELOISE BRICK=R,; bequeath my: half of Keith's section of the bleachers to Phyllis Thomas so she can share Jame8s reservation. . 7 | , I, EDWIN PAUL CARDER, will my small stature to Bob Reed because I think he's too little, I, FRANK CRUTCHER, JR., will my baby: blue eyes to Johnny Zelhart so he can win back Shirlie Karr's attention. I, CARL KEITH DIAL, bequeath my boisterous ways to Glenn White, so he can make himself heard. I, WILLIAM HAROLD ELLIOTT, bequeath to Margaret Beasléy my cheer leading ability so she can be cheer leader next yeare
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A S Cc, tad ( au tee aan ies i { | : be : Ayal, Y me “Wag ; : 1 ae tS y ( I ‘ ‘| Lo » | ; d | ‘ 7. a wane, Wie 4 | YN F ; 7 | i , { , Me | ly I . LAL CAD Le Par he I, ROBE RT SAMUEL RAINEY, will my presidential ebility to next years senior preside so ho cen carry on in my place. L, WILLIAM M. SCHULTZ, becuenth my humorous laugh.to Herman Gardner so it won't be forgotten. : I, “ILLIAM BUTLER STONZEBRAKER, bequeath my ability to laugh at my own jokes to Bill Stoutenbdorough, because no one else will, I, RUTH LENORE SUTTON, will my ability to carry on conversation with Bob Rainey to the coming; s@nior class so their 9th hours won't be so dull. i I, NORMA JEAN THOMPSON, bequeath to Kathleen Nelson my singing ability. I, HSLEN JEAN THOMAS, beaueath my smooth dancing to Dorothy Cooper. I, DENIAL EUGENE VAUGHN, bequeath my ability to get along with Rosemary Streight to Barney Halladay. ; I, MARION DARLST VAUGHT, will my bow legs to Nina Miller, although we'd hate to widen the doors. I, VENETA’ EVELYN WEIKLE, will my ability to wait on tables to Norma Burks. I, JSANETTE EILEIN WENDLING, will my power to get dates with Barney Halladay to Tirrel Stoutenborough so she can heave a more steady boy fricnd. After we have paid the law suits derived from this testament, and after we have been restored to freindly terms, we bequcath what's heft (if any) to our cxecutive, Mr. Nicol. IN WITNESS WHENEOF, we hereunto subscribe our name this twenty third day of May in the’rear of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty. (A. D. 1940) (SEAL) CLASS OF 1940 Thelma McIlvenna Martha Foulke Vern: Himes
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