Meadow Grove High School - Trojan Yearbook (Meadow Grove, NE)

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Class LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. We, the Senior Class of 1943, of the high school of Meadow Grove, state of Nebraska, being of sound mind, and memory, do make, constitute, publish, and declare this our last will and testament. First: I, Norman Hicks, leave my surplus of Popeye Muscle to Richard Boelter. Don't let this drastic change go to your head, Rocky. I got this large increase of strength from bouncing the theater-ites out on their heads. Second: I, Gene Phillips, give my gunning days to John Hopkins. Third: I, Dorothy Ferry, leave my ability to lead the Pep Club to Joan Stewart. In case I recover my voice, you can also have that. Fourth: I, Marilyn McMillan, will my ability to teach grade children and ability to pop popcorn to La Donna Weiting. Fifth: I, Robert Stewart, bequeath my A and B gas ration book to anyone that will take my place in hauling the girls. (Flat tires included!) Sixth: I, Flora Mae Kerstine, will my blonde hair to Shirley Ann Williams. (It really comes in handy sometimes, Cracky). Seventh: I, Patricia Werner, award my title of ''Queen to Imogene Stewart. You can pick your own King. Eighth: I, Kenneth Galyen, bestow my red hair and speedy Ford to Charlie Dunivan. Ninth: I, Jeanne Lewis, bequeath my Hedy Lamarr figure to Gertrude Pfisterer. You can also have the vitamin pills. Tenth: I, Dale Inness, donate my silent running Ford (and what tires are left) to Mrs. Gaskill. Eleventh: I, Betty Hayes, gladly hand over my ability to be on the D list to anyone who feels that he knows too much for his own good. Twelfth: I, Helen Schutt, award my A's to the little Moron.

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(Seniot Class (Histo'nj In the spring of '39 twelve inmates got their parole from school to get convicted for four more years in the local Sing-Sing. Three months hence, twelve more thugs were tossed into the padded cells. The ring leader for the first year was Jeanette Kinne (president). Dean Mon-son (vice-president), Darlene Becker (secretary) and Patricia Werner (treasurer) were assisting gunmen. Those making a clean get away the first year were Donald Collins and Darlene Becker. Evelyn Wilson and Janice White, sentenced for four years, joined our mob. We managed to make a getaway, but after three months we were soon caught. Anne Halsey escaped our warden, Mr. Payne. For the year of 1940-1941 we chose Kenneth Galyen as ringleader, Flora Kerstine and Bob Stewart as gunmen. Jack Boyer, Janice White. La Rene Halsey, Dean Monson, and Bernice Weinberger were transferred bcause of good behaviour. La Rue Anstine was sent to Beatrice, but was sentenced to return. In the fall of '41 while glancing over our records we discovered we had only two years left. Sent up the road for a stretch of two years were Eunice Dahl, Vera Lenz, Donna Nelson, Helen Schutt, and Delores Rudnick. We, desiring some pleasure, enjoyed the play Riding High. We had two new wardens this year, namely, Miss Bastian and Miss Harsch. Ringleaders for our chain gang were Gene Phillips, Norman Hicks, and Bob Lewis. We gave a banquet for the convicts getting their paroles. After breaking rocks for three years on the hopes of higher education, we started on our last year. As final big shots, we chose Bob Lewis as president, Evelyn Wilson, vice-president, and Helen Schutt as secretary-treasurer. During the latter part of the year, feeling brave, we sneeked into Omaha, assisted by our warden, Bornhoft. This day will long be remembered by all because it was our first real taste of freedom. An outsider came in and took our pictures for the rogues gallery. We chose pink and blue as our colors, pink carnations as the flower, and Ready, Willing, and Able for our motto. We must have gone soft. Yet, we Seniors wish to say to the undergrads, that while you're in school you might be reminded of a prison, when you stop to think that you are not returning the next year, school days are really happy days.

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Thirteenth: I, Jeanette Kinne, award my ability to sell war stamps (and bonds to the teachers) to that up and coming Pamela Sessler. Fourteenth: I, Dolores Rudnick, will my Little Gene to my sister Opal. Fifteenth: I, Donna Nelson, leave my getting to music on time to Hertha Terry. I never was more than an hour late. Sixteenth: I, Sylvia Rezac, assign my flirtatious ability with boys to Una Lee Wright. Of course you can use these, Una. Seventeenth: I, Evelyn Wilson, will my slow and cautious driving rules to Bill Osborn. Eighteenth: I, Eunice Dahl, will my way with that certain junior boy to Mary Louise Huelle. Nineteenth: I, Bethene Collins, leave my giggles to Hertha Terry, fearing the assembly would not be the same without them. Twentieth: I, Bob Lewis, award my way with women to Looey Holtman. Twenty-first: I, Virginia Apfel, bestow my ability to date Tilden boys to Isabelle Munger. Lastly: I, Vera Lenz, will my 177 pounds and my ten day diet to Marjorie Johnson. P. S. The diet doesn't work. My mother was always having trouble with either my father or the furnace. Every time she would watch one, the other would go out.