McComb High School - Momento Yearbook (McComb, OH)

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I, Marje Mapes, hereby bequeath my ability to always go steady, to Ramona Bennett, if Ramona pro- mises to keep the number down to a minimum. I, Jerry Martin, hereby bequeath my slowly balding head to Charles Norway, providing Diz continues to drink his milk and eat his spinach. I, Betty Metz, hereby bequeath my blue jeans and my bobby sox to Mary Lou Foltz, so Mary Lou can have' the casual look . I, Ramon Myers, hereby bequeath my ability to get home in time to do the morning chores to Richard Haddox, providing Richard doesn't race his little red truck too much. I, Eugene Neiderhiser, hereby bequeath my great talent for throwing erasers and Never getting caught to Herb McMaster, because Herb does not like detention. I, Lester Payne, hereby bequeath my way with women and my fatal attraction to Paul Showalter so Paulie can be in Top-Nitch condition for his coming years. I, Jim Rader, hereby bequeath my presidentship of the 'KGiddy-Girls , Inc. to Forest Peneton, who has earned it and who will surely want to read the most interesting minutes of all the former meetings. I, Pat Rader, hereby bequeath my ability to stick to one boy to Clara Williamson, if Clara promises to give up all her ardent fans. I, Ethel Rider, hereby bequeath my high voice to Charles Wasson so Chuck can sing Indian Love Call to his numerous girl friends. I, Mary Ritter, hereby bequeath to Jane Fisher, my hope-chest. It is a known fact that Clyde is bash- ful, Jane, but in time he will recover. I, Mary Joe Roy, hereby bequeath the ability to come in late at night and not have to put my hair up, and still have it look O. K. the next day, to Virginia Miller. This will come in handy on Sunday nights, won't it, Virginia? I, Berneice Rozelle, hereby bequeath the way I wink my eye at all the teachers Cespecially the history teacherb to Bernadine Cusac, whose new pastime will suit her better than her old, which was always being hungry . I, Mary Jo Self, hereby bequeath my quiet nature to Gene Routson so'Gene will keep quiet in study hall. I, Sam Smith, hereby bequeath my position as too-honor man on the Wolverines to anyone in high school who can live up to the rigid schedule of wolfing . I, Roy Spitler, hereby bequeath my dear little green car that took all of us so many places to Ted Martin, so Ted will have no excuse when he is asked to escort a girl to a class party. CWatch the brakes on it, Teddyj. I, Marilyn Wasson, hereby bequeath my red hair and my dark-rimmed glasses to Dal Lawrence. WOH,t he look simply stunning when he winks his eye and wiggles his ears to please all the girls on the school bus? I, Catherine Williams, hereby bequeath my nickname Prissy to Bonnie Wedge, providing Bonnie does not use it too much! We, the Senior Class of 1949, declaring ourselves to be of sound mind, do set our seal as this our last will and testimony. SIGNED: The Senior Class of -1949. WITNESSES: Jeanne Fisher Jean Keckley Ramon Myers 22

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Will We, the senior class of McComb High School, county of Hancock, State of Ohio, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and forty-nine, and having passed the rigid laws of execution, are now rea-dy to take our final leave from the dear old gates of McComb School, never to pass this way again. It.1S with sadness that we part into the cold, dark world, little knowing what will befall us, and hardly realizing how We dread to leave the cheerful faces of all our classmates, our friends and teachers, the pleasant assemblies, the plays we put on, our parties, all our little cliques we made, and all the other many memorable times we all had together in our schooldays. 1 So, on this sad occasion, we hereby bequeath our final possessions, hoping that they will be well cared for during our long departure from our now-narne.l Alma Mater . To the school we will our talents heretofore mentioned: Musical Ability, Athletic Ability, Beauty, Wis- dom, Aristocracy, and Popularity, with the comforting thought that never again wall such great master- minds pass this way. The underclasses are willed the following: To the Juniors we will this three-fold motto: Act as we did . Study as we did , Be as popular as we were . With this motto you will never go wrong. To the Sophomores we will our cultured minds and wise, intellectual habits, because, after taking a recent survey, we find that they badly need it. ' To the Freshmen we will our nerve, which is the only thing that aided us in skipping chapel, class:-es, and school, and being caught only a few times. To the faculty we will all the things we should have learned, but still don't know, all the things we should have done, but didn't do, and all the weary hours spent in the detention hall. I, Kenneth Adams, hereby bequeath to Tom Loy my famous ability to get along so wonderfully well with women and never argue or fight with them so Tommy won't have to be alone evenings. I, Pat Altman, hereby bequeath my mouse-like step when I walk in late at night to Micky Pingle, just in case Micky has car trouble some Sunday night. I, Eirlean Andonian, hereby bequeath my school-girl giggle to Sue Lawrence, in order to enable Sue to look at the brighter side of life. I, Norma Jean Conrad, hereby bequeath my temper to LeRoy Butler, because LeRoy could use some Winsome approach to his beguiling ways. I, Richard Crilly, hereby bequeath my title, The Perfect Gentleman to Ed Perkins, provided Ed can act the part and will need no coaching from his fellow classmates. I, Dorris Dishong, hereby bequeath my popularity with the members of the opposite sex, and my dispo- sition, to my sister Joyce, so Joyce can always boast of her sisterly love . I, Raymond Donaldson, hereby bequeath my baby picture to Bill Joseph, providing Bill doesn't think it is himself and start cooing over it. I, Joyce Ewing, hereby bequeath my ability to skip school and always get caught, to Dave Dreisbach, so Dave will always get a ride in Mr. Joseph's new car. I, Jim Finley, hereby bequeath my great ability at marble-playing to Kenny Winegardner, hoping that Butch will be able to live up to my ability. I, Jeanne Fisher, hereby bequeath my conscience to Betty Hoyt, knowing that Betty will keep it free from dust like I always did. I. Jim Hall, hereby bequeath to Charles Coakley, my shocking modesty, so Chuck can form new habits to his old tricks. I, Virginia Harper, hereby bequeath my outlandish ability to arrive at school just as the last bell is ring- ing to Bob Preble, who is Never late. I, Jean Keckley, hereby bequeath my magnanimous ability to stick to one man for a reasonable length of time at least, to Betty Rozelle, because Betty has to settle down sometime! 21

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Prophecy It is such a nice, sunny day in spring, and Jerry Martin has just awakened from a little nap he has taken. It is the year 1965, and Jerry had an hour's leisure from his work, so he climbed Mt. Blanchard, overlooking tne great Metropolis, McComb. At the top of the hill, he fell asleep, but was suddenly awak- ened from his sleep by a clattering sound. Looking, he sees a most peculiar sight trudging up the hill. lt is two ladies, swinging before them in a most ludicrous manner, an old, rusty lamp. The lamp seemed to be quite heavy, and as they ran the last few steps. Jerry knows who they are. It is Jeanne Fisier an. Jeanne Keckley, two of his old classmates. Upon inquiry, Jerry asks about the lamp they are carrying, and the confession was made that it was ,an olu Alladin's Lamp that their Superintendent in 1949, Mr. Pees, had given to them as a graduation gift. If you rub it, said Jeanne, a little man, called a Geni will appear, who will give to you any wish your heart desires. Well, what are we waiting for? Rub it!! commanded Jerry. So Jeanne Keckley vigorously rubbed it, and out jumped a little mang imagine our surprise when we found it to be our friend and very good classmate, Re mon Myers. He looked peculiar, too. He had on a bright red coat, satin pants, green rimmed glasses, arid a green hat with a little green feather stuck up at the top of it. He smoked a long green pipe which smelled of incense. He certainly was a modern geni. Oh yes, and was he surprised to see his good friends and classmates, Jerry, Jeanne and Jean, who wish- ed for a trip around the world, with visits to everyone of the class of 49 . No sooner said than done, said Ramon, hop into my limousine, escorting them to his magic rug. In a minute we were on our way to lands unknown an ,- our first stop took us to Cleveland, Ohio where we found Jim Finley busily slaving away in an electrical laboratory. He was very surprised to see us, and told us that after going to Ohio State and making the All-American End on the Football team for two years and then playing with the Cleveland Browns he had retired from football, and opened this little electric shop in Cleveland called the DOT, Then we came to the bustling air base of Findlay, Ohio, and found Raymond Donaldson, who was always interested in accounting workin high school, and who is now an accountant in the office of Marcus Down- ing, an attorney of law in Findlay. There also in Findlay, we located Sam Smith, who had inherited his father's chicken business which he ran profitably and extended it to be one of the biggest chicken houses in the state of Ohio. His new name for it is Rooting Roosters. And who do you suppose we found in Columbus. Ohio? None other than Joyce Ewing. After teachiiff in grade and high school for a number -of years she became superintendent of schools in Ohio, and alsc became popular as a politician, and a ship in the U.S. Navy was named in her honor. After leaving Ohio, we traveled south to Florida where we visitel the Sun Tan Sanitarium on Miami Beach. and found Mary Joe Roy. Catherine Williams, and Marilyn Wasson. We were not able to stay too long because Ramon could not stand the smell of ether from the hospital. At the sanitorium, Marilyn was working as a registered nurse, and on the side line, was perfecting a new way 10 cremate bodies. She even had her own establishment, called the Was-on Creamery . P Here we lost our friend, Jerry Martin, who had spent the last fifteen years hunting for his school-girl sweetheart, who had departed from him on their graduation day. But Jerry's time was well spent, because he was prominent business executive in McComb, owner of the new Meatier Meat-Market . There also at the sanitorium we were surprised to find that Mary Joe Roy was a baby specialist who believed that any baby weighing under 24 lbs. at birth was premature and had to have special attention! Since Catherine Williams, fame as a nurse had become so widespread, she was busy treating patients on the moon. She made three trips there each day, and when we saw her, she was on her way to a tonsil- ectomy of one of the Moon-Chiefs . Realizing the importance of her duties. we did not stay long, but hur- ried to the Gulf of Mexico, where we heard we would see Mary Jo Self. We found her sitting on a sandy beach, all by herself, looking out into the sea. She was here because the rolling waves gave her new in- spirations for her new novel she was writing, entitle:l Drop Dead . n Our next stop took us to the Island of Cuba. Here we found Mary Ritter. who was now a cafeteria dietician. She had already perfected the Odorless Onion , and was now working on a new project, the Usouirtless grapefruit . Looking out onto the ocean we saw a ship just pulling into the harbor. The ship was commanded by Lester Payne. and the name of it was the U. S. S. Ewing. Lester told us that after swabbing decks for al- most 13 vears in the U. S. Navy, he finallv worked his way up to his present position and was enjoying him- self immenselv wandering around all the islands in the far Pacific. Lester said he would take us for a little trip if we wished it. so we rolled up the rug and boardfd the ship and sailed to New York, where we bid Lester Good-Byen and Good-Luck . In New York we visited Manhatten Island where we ran into Norma Jean Conrad. About three years after she made her final exit from good old M. H. S., she was married, and she and her husband traveled 23