Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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I, Virginia Lindsey, do hereby will my ambitious spirit to Bobby Tricglaff, long may he strive. I, Lorene Wharton, in my sober if not sane mind, do hereby will my ability to write shorthand to Millissia Estes provided she doesn’t write too fast. I, Lodena Hurt, being of sane and sober mind will to Millissia Estes my ability to take shoi'thand at 10 words a minute providing she can read it back. I, Billy Wetherington, in my sane and ambitious mind, will my place in the band as saxophonist, drummer, and trumpeter, to some one who can play afl three. I, Hal Trovillion as always, in sane and very sober mind and temperament; after due consideration and thought, do herewith and hereby will to nobody nothing as I wish to retain what few things of value that I possess. I, Jack Kidd, sane and sober as I ever was? Will my gift of being unusually talkative in any classroom to Beulah Leukeiing in the hope she will receive better deportment grades than I. I, Virgil Smith, will my ability to legitimately escape classes for unknown reasons to anyone wise enough to do it. I, Laverne Ellerbush, in sad and sober mind will my red-polka dot tie to any fool enough to take it. I, Jack Barfield, with undue consideration will my mystic and enticing power over the weaker sex to Joe “Dope” Powell. I, Norman Sherfield, in sad, serene, and sober mind will my revised theory of relativity to the Junior Scientists of Metropolis High School. I, Lavere Austin, for once in my sane and sober mind, do hereby will my pugilistic abilities to Alex Harrison so he may te qualified to fill my shoes when I retire as heavyweight champion of the world. I, Elizabeth Huss, will to Mary Lou Mescher my ability to remove typewriter covers efficiently if not quickly enough, hoping that it may prove of more value to her in the future than it has to me in the past. I, Wilma Mescher, will to Eleanor Jean Cummins, my ability to read shorthand notes better out of class than in class, hoping that she may not need it as badly as I. I, Carl Williams will my ability to wisecrack at the wrong time to Prather Creson. Long may he crack. I, Ruth Broadway, will to Elizabeth Bivens the ability to catch secret loves. I, Harry Humma, being in jolly and frivilous mind, will to John Sleeter Jr., my ability to keep girls in awe ot me, any may he escape unscathed as I. I, Mary McDaniel will my place in the shorthand class to Mary Virginia Bartield and may she pass without the struggles I had.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, Troy Mescher, in my sane if not sober mind, do hereby will my guarding ability to the oncoming guards provided they don’t slack up any. I, Ida Lee Belt, of sober if not sane mind, do hereby will to the Shorthand I class (500) Bass Drums providing they can make as much noise in the future as the Shorthand II class has in the past. I, Dorothy Hutchison, in may sane and sober mind do hereby will my ability to say everything at the wrong time and nothing at the right time to Alice Betty Cagle. I, Jack Holmes, not being under the effects of narcotics or alcohol, do hereby will and give to anybody who wants it my ability to get and understand English IV. I, Louis Stratemeyer, give to anybody my seat in the fourth hour English IV class providing he can sleep longer than I. I, Ray Speckman, being of sane and sober mind, will to anyone who likes to copy my lonely seat in the eighth period English class. I, John Aikens, will my place on the football team to Short-Dog Steele although it wasn’t very regular and may he be called the name of All American Quarterback. I, Bill James, will my ability to climb Mts. to the one and only John William Busclas. I, Lucille Hood, will my cherished ability to wait patiently after football games to Betty Flemings, iong may she wait. I, Vacne Moyers, after years of ceaseless effort will my ambition to become a good Latin student to William “Cid” Humma. I, Guy Baker, in the sanest of sane minds, will my divine gift for getting along with “Dutch” Schneeman to anyone who will take it. I, Velma Pitt, leave to the boys of M. C. H. S. my dancing ability in the hope that they will some day learn to dance for the benefit of the fairer sex. I, Dixie Marbury, will my ability to never become “Jealous” to Betty Baker. I, Rex Speckman, will my ability to discover the most comfortable seats in the assembly to Wallace Maddox. I, Charles Campbell, will my ability to get A’s in deportment to Dale Speckman. I, Harvey Wilfred, will my ceaseless efforts to fill that Am. History W'oikbook to any one having enough patience. I, Ethel Wilson, in sane if not sober mind will to Typing I class the old battered typewriters and long may they rattle. I, Virginia Marberry will my abilities (if any) as yell leader to my understudies Mathis and Miller in hopes it will spur them on to success in the future. I, Mary Alyce Rush, will to Pat Barfield my “brass plated heart” of gold. I, Opal Henson, will my many cross-ups and ties to anyone capable of criss-crossing and untying them. I, Geraldine McClusky, bequeath the consulship of the Latin Club to any entei prising Junior who can pull it out of debt and bequeath to it a p.ivate endowment. I, Margaret Williams, in sober and partly sane mind do hereby will my happy cays in High School to eveiy student that makes good use of them.

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CLASS PROPHECT June 1, 1959. After months of painstaking research, biographers have traced the careers of the members of the Class of 1939 of Metripolis Community High School. Delores Alliston invented a beauty aid to help distracted girls: a warm cream to melt an icy stare. Laveve Austin, prize-fighter, states he owes his strength to his music teacher, Marie Owens. For hours he has sung while she thew the songs back for him to catch, thus developing his arm muscles. Guy Baker and Billy Wetherington have crossed a turtle with an automobile. The result is “slow-traffic” through which they speed. “Uncanny!”, said newspaners when Big League Player, Jack Barfield threw a baseball across the Atlantic. But we knew him when! John Aikens surprised the world in a record-breaking pole vault jump without the pole. George Barger is a criminal lawyer and right-hand man of Louie Stratemeyer, Public Boogie Man Number One. Ida Lee Belt, New York’s “Torchy Blane,” surely was surprised when all the clues of a sensational murder pointed to her. Mildred Bohannon is teaching hopeful secretaries the proper technique for sitting on a boss’ lap. Lady Van Custard, formerly Ruth Broadway, says she will honor the States with a visit in early spring. Charles Campbell, dietician, says one thing he detests is soup. Iris Dassing is perfecting a new version of the Tango called the “Tangle.” Elizabeth Dyer was recently chosen “Miss Rural Housewife.” Ilal Trovillion has introduced a blank newspaper to aid sightless readers. His most ardent fan is Laverne Ellerbush. Opal Henson is proprietress of the Hence Inn. Their special dish is snake steaks. Jack Holmes, after years of research, has come to the decision that the earth is not the earth at all, but a huge rubber ball that the man in the moon bounces around. Lucille Hood is a social worker in China, trying to collect a set of Haviland. Harry Humma, a successful druggist, has turned his attention from druirs to learning the rumba, which he says gives him “inspiration.” His teacher, Virginia Woodward, says he is a most “trying” pupil. Harry Hurt gives advice to the love-lorn on the air every Thursday evening. Bill James has introduced air-conditioned seats to all high schools in Illinois, in remembrance of his own high school days. Jack Kidd, movie idol of thousands of women, is suffering from amnesia. His condition has always been serious. Virginia Lindsey danced her way to fame and fortune. She tapped cn the Empire State Building (Fame!) and the Honorable Mayor, Vance Moye's, allotted §10,000 (Fortune!!) to her estate for the publicity she gave New York. Virginia Marberry, chambermaid in a Tenth Avenue hotel, has invented a new mop, “no stoop, no squat, no squint.” Now she works on Paik Avenue. 1939 Th