Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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I, Beatrice Harrison, will my shorthand vocabulary and dictionary to Ida Lee Belt. I, Katherine Baccus, will to Mary Lou Mescher, my ability to say the wrong thing at the right time. I, Ruth Adams, will to Margaret Conger my ability to keep quiet, as I think she could use this trait to advantage. I, Mary Kathryn Shelton, will to Dorothy Willis, my ability to stay little. I, Jane Teague, do bequeath to Virginia Marberry my abiity to pester Miss Neuhoff in hopes that she will take Home Ec next year and carry on her regular work. I, Loraine Buldtman, will to Elizabeth Dyer, my place in the front row of the History class. I, Mary Louise Inman, will to anyone who is very strong, my load of shorthand books. I, Doris Roberts, hereby will to a Junior girl in the Home Management class, my silence. I, Elva DeJarnett, will to Elizabeth Huss, my typing ability. I, Ruby A. Brugger, will to Wilma Mescher, my shorthand ability. I, Reba Fern Dunn, will my back seat in shorthand to any one unfortunate enough to get it. I, Blaine Kennedy, will my place in next year’s operetta to Bob Fulkerson, hoping he is as lucky as I, in getting his opposite. I, Hope Moseley, will to Anna Louise Oaks, the pleasure of spending her leisure time with a special friend, as 1 have so consistently done. I, Norval Evans, will to Troy Mescher, my temper, hoping he will have better success in controling it than I have had. I, Kathryn Goheen, will to Kathleen Smith, my tall willowly stature. I, Charles Gross, will to Jick Ray my ability to stay away from women. I, Geraldine Leukering, will my evening rides with Russell Simpson to any one who can appreciate them. I, June Simpson, will to Ruby Schaffer my privilege to “gad about” at odd hours. 1, Bob Elliott, will my united shoe strings to anyone who hasn’t the energy to tie their own. I, Bettylee Brown, will to Geneva Baynes, my place in the Commercial room. May it be coveted in the future as it has in the past. I, James Park, will to Oliver H. Tripp, my perverted sense of humor to dispose of as he sees fit. I, Merrell Hood, will to Geneva Baynes my slenderness and height. I, Mabel Copley, will to anyone who will take it, my job of selling candy. I, Deloris Kotter, will my hard spent hours in Physics to anyone who wants them. I, Dale Baker, will to Wallace Maddox, my ability to get along with Mr. Sulivan. 1, Virgil Riepe, will to Gerhart Winterfelt my ability to pass subjects without studying. I, Eugene “Pee Wee” Nave will to “Shortdog” Steele my ability to stay out late and still attend classes regularly. I, John Jessing, being of sane and sober mind do hereby will to Mr. Tripp all the gum I threw in his waste Basket. On this 14th day of April, I, Ben Thane in sane mind and sober state will my English knowledge to Jick Ray. I, Donald Triglaff, will to “Shortdog” Steele, my managership of the gym. I, Mildred Hohman, will my office as President of the Home Ec. Club to anyone who knows how to make money for the club. I, Robert Hodge, will and bequeath my hobby for the night work to Floyd Lasley, Jr. I, Ruth Mitchell, will to Ruby Schaffer part of my size. I.Valora Bess, will all my Bookkeeping sets to Catherine Miller, hoping she can use them to better advantage than I have. I, Warren Main, will to no one the privilege to talk to a certain Freshman girl. I, Lettie Matthews will to some worthy Freshman my happy days in M. C. H. S. I, Francis Jean Lasley, being in sober and sane mind will to Jean Strubinger my ability to “truck on down.” Signed, sealed and published by the said Senior Class for their last will and testament in the presence of us, who, at their request have inscribed our names as witnesses to said instrument. RICHARD A. FIOCCHI. ELAINE MUNAL. Paye 23

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the class of 1938 of Metropolis Community High School, in the County of Massac and the State of Illinois, being blessed with a reasonable degree of intelligence and a desire to aid everybody do herby create, ordain and sanction this, our last will and testament. After payment of all debts and lawful claims, we request that the remainder of our possessions be distributed as follows: To the class of ’39, we leave our dignity and hope they may become a pattern for all underclassmen to follow. To the Class of ’40. we leave our jollity, in order that they might live up to the name of “Jolly Juniors.” To the Class of ’41, we leave our ability to later learn what high school is all about. We, the Senior Class of ’38 do hereby will our numerous individual possessions: I, Pauline Siebold, will to Wilma Mescher my place on the Bookkeeping, Typing and Shorthand teams. I, Corlis Davis, will to Catherine Main my place in the Chemistry room next year, providing I’m not here to take it myself. I, Walter Schmidt, will to Russell Simpson my place on Mr. Sullivan’s judging team. I, Edward Verberg, will to Carl Mescher my American History work book, hoping he will finish it. 1, Mac Mann, being in a sober state of mind do hereby will to Harvey Laird my English Review, trusting he will use it before I’m dead with old age. I, Mary Berneice Parmley, will my place in the Shorthand room to Mary Alice Rush. I, Dorothy Busclaus, will my seat in Latin IV to anyone dumb enough to accept the offer. I, Loraine Buldtman, will to Mr. Sullivan a new gavel—of steel. I, Dorothy Helen Van Hooser, in sane and sober mind hereby bequeath to Dorothy Willis my size 12, if she wants it—if not, I’ll take it back since I might need it again sometime. 1, Mary Elizabeth Park, will to Virginia Woodward, my ability to write letters in school, to foreign countries, providing she can get away with it as well as I have. I, Carol Sabel, will my beautiful tresses to Lucille Hood, who seems to have as much trouble with her hair as I have had with mine. I, Mary M. Helm, will to my brother Milton, my “three day” vacations providing he can annoy the teachers in the future as I have in the past. I, Katherine Albright, will to Maxine Lamar, my ability to get to school on time. I, John Bill Estes, will my place in the band as “dish pan and spoon” player, to Robert Rush. I, Robert Graman, will to Elmer Gibbson iny place with the “Sweet Potato Syncopators”. I, Ruth Swinford, will my ambition to grow to Malissy Estes providing she is good and studies hard. I, Laverne Elam, being of sane mind, hereby will to my good friend Laverne Cass Austin my privilege of talking to Lodena Hurt during the first period. I, Rachel Reams, will to Mr. Sullivan a sledge hammer to keep order in the assembly providing he can keep Dorothy Hutchins and Lodena Hurt from talking. I, Sue Moreland, will my eighth period locker room slips to Virginia Marberry providing she can stay out all period as I have. I, Evelyn Garrett, knowing her great need of them, will to Maxine Lamar my Home Ec. grades. I, Frances Bremer, do herby will my ability to get Mr. Tripp to work our Physics problems to any one taking Physics next year. I, Ruby Hillebrand, will my sudden spasms of anger and giggles to Helen Wehymeyer who, I trust will use them to advantage. I, Charles Girtman, in sober but not sane mind will to Louis Brooks my ability to get out of classes at least once a week. I, Edna Foreman, will to Dorothy Willis my place in the band as saxaphone player. Long may she squeak. I, Jean Barber, with great reluctance, leave to “Donald Duck” Moorman my ability to cheat at anything, to Guy Gene Baker, I leave a song—“The Old Apple Tree in the Orchard’,, and to Miss Munal my maidenly blushes. Page 22

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CLASS PROPHECY Metropolis, 111., June 6, 1950. The 1938 class of Metropolis Community High School held a class reunion yesterday at the Parkside Hotel, Metropolis. Many noted and outstanding men and women were members of this class, as well as many unknown and insignificant. Reporter. Bettylee Brown. Mary Hotter is now an air stewardess and has just made the around the world non-stop flight on the famous Pan-American liner. Corlis Davis, better known as “Corlis Corlis”, is America’s leading dress designer. Norval Evans has proven to the world that there’s no such thing as love, in his popular novel, “Hearts Away”. Ruth Adams and Ruth Swinford are joint-owners of Chicago’s leading night club—“Club Parezian”. The dance team now featured at the “Club Parezian” are none other than our own James Park and Edna Foreman. Mary Bernice Parmley has a very exclusive school for children at Boston. Kathryn Albright is the world’s outstanding authority on bridge. Frances Jean Lasley is the owner of ■'“Lasley’s Lucious Peanuts”, world-wide in their fame. Mary Helm, Sue Moreland and Evelyn Garrett are mannequins whose pictures appear frequently on current magazine covers. Dorothy Helen has brought fame to the name of Van Hooser by her ability to transform “Baffled Brunetts to Beautiful Blondes”. If there are any young men having perplexing problems with the opposite sex, consult Charles Gross, authority on women. Blaine Kennedy is the youngest member of Metropolitan Opera. Don Trieglaff is assistant to the President of the United States. Hope Moseley is the leader of the “Be Kind to Animals” Humanitarian Movement. Eugene Nave “Fields” has been awarded the Pulitzer Literature Prize for 1950. Lorraine Buldtman, Valora Bess, and Thelma Carson are featured dancers in the “Follies of 1950”. Ben Thane and Mary Kathryn Shelton have won great fames with their adagio numbers. Jane Teague deserves the credit for molding the beautiful figures of Hollywood. Virgil Riepe has just made a startling discovery—that air is unnecessary to mankind. For further details see the June issue of the “Scientific American”. Deloris Hotter and Mildred Hohman are now making personal visits to Home Economic classes in leading high schools. Beatrice Harrison has taken the place of Jean Harlow as America’s number one glamour girl. Kathryn Goheen is publicity manager for Miss Harrison. June Simpson is the wife of the President of the United States—the brains behind our government. (Continued on page twenty-five) Page 24