Mason High School - Anchora Yearbook (Mason, MI)

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....-. ... ... ... -..-..- -..-.- - - ...-.- -,-,.,..-.,-n- Anchora..-.,-.,-.. Here is a license, Vera: it gives you the right to roller skate on any sidewalk in Mason. From this copy of the Farmers Wife , Betty, I hope you will study up a little bit. With this pair of gloves, Helen, you won't miss any rides home from Coral Gables by having your hands in your pockets. Here is a package of bird seed, Ardisz I think it will help your singing. Janet, as you have never received an in school, may I be the first to give you one. As you are so bashful about saying what you think, Mary, here is some paper on which you can write down your thoughts. Here is a bow, Marguerite, you can just fiddle around with it if you want to. How would you like this round trip ticket to Niagara Falls, Howard? I think June would be a good time to go. Here are some safety Laws , Martha, after all, safety is the best policy, you know. Here is a horse, Lillian, just in case you can't get your car started sometime. Here is the key to the furnace room, Tom, you can store your radios down there. Mr. Potter, here is a bolt I found the other day. Now all you have to do is iind the Burr , Did anyone ever tell you how good looking you were, Kenneth? Well, here is some cream to keep you looking that way. Miss Farnam, here is a hunch of Violets . I think they were named after you. Here is some pep for you, Robert, I am sure it will speed you up in your dancing. If you were a girl, Phillip, you would make a good Taylor but I guess you will have to be satisfied with just being a pest, here is a little flea powder. It may help you. As you are a taxiderinist, Holbert, I wish to give you this White Owl: let's sec you do your stuff. Here is a pencil, Ellen: maybe you will need it to get your treasurer's report made out. I want you to be sure to get your share of game next hunting season, Roy, so I am going to give you this license now. Here is a bottle of peroxide, Edithg maybe you would like to be a blonde just for a change. A saw for you, Douglas, just in case your parents won't let you go out sometime. If you should ever get lost sometime when you are wandering around at night, Helen, here is a map to show you how to get back. S0 you are going to be a nurse, Ercella! Well, here is a knife to start you out. You should be a big help to your mother when you grow up, Madelineg here is :: scale to see if you are gaining any. Lorna, you have been Rusching around here so for the last four years I think you should take a vacation, here is a ticket to the north pole. Miss Holmes, you have always been rather quiet around school so I want to give you this whistle so you can make a little noise. Jerald, I hear you have a hard time getting any sleep, here are some powders to help you out. To myself is given the honor and privilege of giving each one of you a gift which I hope you will keep in memory of the grand times we have all had together here in school, -Darrell Huntington.

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-.,...- -.- Anchora..,:.: 2 :I I.: Z.: I.: :,...:.:.:.:.,:.: ...:...,. GIFTATORY With these next few days comes the end of our activities here in Mason high school. So these years will not be lost from memory I wish to give each member of the Senior class a gift. In terms of money these gifts are worth very little, but I hope many years from now they may bring recollections of the many friends each one of you has ac' quired here. I am going to give you a Williard battery, Glenna: may it give everlasting service. Here, Margaret, is a bar of candy: maybe it will make you sweeter, or maybe more nutty. - A handkerchief for you, Rowena: maybe you can Flagg yourself a man. jean, I would like to give you this book of jokes: remember, laugh and the world laughs with you. A cigar for Mr. Oesterle: when you are able to smoke it you may consider yourself a man. To you, Budd, I wish to give this jewsfharp in case you should like to become .4 musician sometime. Don, here is a No Trespassingu sign: you can post it on your Field if you want to. Here, Dan, is some hair grower: maybe it will restore some of those you havc pulled out. Knowing how you like to chew gum, Frances, I will give you a stick and woe be unto the one who tries to stop you. Maybe you would like this lotion for your sunburn, Betty. Or is it Sanborn? Here is a Burgess battery for you, Alvin: may it light your way all through life. A copy of Woman's Rights for you, Colleen, just in case you should need some reference sometime. How would you like some candy, Dermont? It will keep you from being under- weight. Here is a crust of bread, Charles: I have heard it will make one's hair curly. I have a brush for you, Doris: I think it is a Fuller . I think that this wave set would be a better way to keep your hair curly than permanents, don't you, Duane? Irene, I am going to give you this picture: personally I think it is pretty Punk . I hope you will accept this apology, Malcolm, for all of the Petty things that have happened to you here in school. Here is an eligibility slip, Paul, and believe it or not every member of the faculty has signed it. An automobile for you, Argial: I hope it will take the place of the one you left in the ditch last winter. Russ, you have been telling me you are going to be a barber when you grow up: here is a pair of shears just to get you started. I think I will give you this book, Romeo and Juliet , Wesley': maybe it will help you a lot with the ladies. Maybe this suit of armor will help you if you should want to take chemistry again. Marjorie. I am going to give you this ring, Buster: I think you will find it an outstanding Bergin fbargainj.

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CLASS WILL Realizing that the time is near at hand when we, the Senior class of '37 must pass forth from the life of Mason high school, and being desirous of removing all of our accumulated treasures, we do hereby express our will as to the proper distribution of said treasures. Being of sound mind at this time we do agree upon this our last will and testament, drawn upon this Hrst day of May, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and ThirtyfSeven. To the junior class we will the right to pay our debts. To the Sophomores we bequeath the right to have larger sandwiches at their sales. To the Freshmen we will the right to be dignified Sophomores. To the Eighth grade we bequeath the right to attend the All High parties. To the Seventh grade we will the right to indulge in history. To the teachers we bequeath the following: To Mr. Walcott we will the right to walk on the lawn. To Miss Sutterby we will a thimble. To Miss VanPatten we will a larger boy's glee club. To Miss Lucas we will the right to be a preachers wife. To Mr. Murray we will the right to be superintendent in a larger school. To Mr. Bartley we will a book on How to Catch Butterflies. To Miss Mitchell we bequeath the right to buy a new tennis racquet. To Mr. Dawson we will the right to become coach at home. To Mr. Pearsall we bequeath some baling wire for his Ford. To Mr. Pierce we will a piece of rope so he can keep better track of his study hall chart. To Mr. Yale we will some Dixie Gas fthe power to passj. To Mr. Wyman we will a 'LBazooka in place of his trombone section. 'To Miss Knight we will some matches for her Campfire Girls. To Miss Anderson we will some nimble fingered typist. To Mrs. Riker we bequeath the right to throw the eighth grade cutups out of class. To Cordie Hunt we will longer and stronger broom handles. To Mr. Michitsch we will neater students so that it won't be necessary for him to pick up so much paper. Personal wills as follows: Martha Laws wills her red hair to Eileene Carrier. Colleen Maddox wills her book of Fine Etiquette to Alice Dunn. Paul Young wills his dilapidated Latin book to Beverly jewett. Walter Zimmer wills Kathleen Bailey the right to blush. Betty Bergin wills her influence in the Bullen family to Dick Brown. Helen Holmes wills her shorthand book to Patricia Taylor. fWishing her more successj. Glenna Childs wills her ability as a typist to Goldie Petherick. jean Heins wills her fascinating laugh to Tom Green. fSomeone must have itj. Helen Baldwin wills Doris Michitsch the right to go to the Coral Gables. Lorna Rusch wills her shyness to june Petherick. Phillip Williams wills Rolland Diehl his wavy hair.