Milford Rural High School - Panther Paths Yearbook (Milford, KS)

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Class Will We the class of 1954, of Milford Rural High School, of the County of . Geary, and of the State of Kansas, being in as good mental condition as usual and as much better temper than usual, do hereby make this our last will and testament, revoking all former wills and bequests heretofore made by us, W e, the Seniors, will to the faculty all the excuses in the past that we have been so good about bringing from home, To the Juniors we leave our highly honored seats of esteem in the very ' west side of study hall, and hope they will respect this honor that his been bestowed upon them as they gaze upon our initials carved thereupon, To the Sophomores, 'we will our ability to get along with everybody, knowing that will need it in order to endure the Seniors next year, And to the little green Freshmen whom we gave such a terrible timellast fall at initiation we will our wit and humor and hope that they will use it to a good advantage throughout the coming years, The smaller individual bequests are as follows: Charlotte Bentz wills to Janice Brighton my good figure so she can get a steady boy friendg to DarleneWa1ters her ability to get in early so she can stay within basketball rules, Velma Stevens wills to Anna Johnston her ability to get along with the teachersg to Beverly Puck her ability to play basketball, Y Gene Christensen wills to jim Head his ability to play basketball so he can make the first team: to Charlie Luthi his shyness with the girls, Roy Head wills to Gary Shandy his good looks so helwill have better luck with the girlsg to Larry jones his ability to sing, Martin Dornberger wills to Stanley Shivers his 4-7 Ford so he will have a car when his breaks downg to jay Christensen his ability to tease the girls, Raymond Shivers wills to Richard Kanawyer his ability with the girls: to Ron Shandy his 4-7 Chevrolet so he can get in earlier, what Would M. R. H. S. Hate Been without Them???? Velma ------- She speaks her mind, Charlotte ---- There is none like her---none, Gene -------- A friend to all--what more. Raymond ---- Sure and dependable, full of fun. Roy --------- A good scout in more ways than one. Martin ------ To take life as it comes is his creed,

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S Class History , Looking back over the years in the history of Milford Rural High School, we find that in the fall of 1954-, the old dusty trail has come to an end, We are now leaving our old Alma Mater and are going into a new and strange life. As we look back, we see many exciting experiences, There were seven scared and excited boys and girls that started our Freshman year, They were Velma Stevens, Charlotte Bentz, Raymond Shivers, Gene Christensen, Roy,Head, Merrill Jones, and Bill Bruce, Mrs, jones was our sponsor who helped us over the rough spots of our first year, During our Sophomore year we lost one of our members, Bill Bruce. Our class was now six in number, Mr, Spear was our sponsor, Going into our junior year, we started with six hard studying pupils, There were many exciting experiences such as doing things to make money for our Senior year, with the aid of our sponsor, Miss Thacker, The time finally came when we could call ourselves Seniors, With a new recruit, Martin Dornberger, from Wakefield, Cur Senior year was the most joyous of our years in high school, aided by the ,splendid co- operation of our sponsor, Mr, jones, W E THE SENIORS As Freshmen, we entered high school Practically as green as gourds, Some of us losing and gaining And some of us somewhat bored, As Sophomores, we were ready to start anew Thinking that we were a part of the school, But at the end of the first semester We were knocked completely off our stool, We became juniors with quite a thrill Keeping in mind the work along with the fun, All the while having to work up hill Until the year's work was done, , As the Senior year floated along, some of Us shed a tear, some shouted with glee But I say let bygones be bygones, l'rn for questioning the future of us all,

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Class Prophecy As I was sitting on the post office corner in the year 1970 discussing local politics of the city of Milford, I noticed a book lying in the gutterg the booklwas old but still legible and clean, This we owe to Mr, Raymond Shivers, the local street cleaner and oil magnate, who struck it rich while digging a cesspool for his filling station there, As I began scanning the book I saw the author was Roy Head, who has also written the well known book on, How to Win and Woo a Woman, I will now quote the preface, Roy Head dedicated this book to his fellow classmates of 1954, The dedication and main entries are as follows: There are few names in this book, but not few enough, The only entrants who deserve aplace on this roll of honor are the members of the class of 1954, 'a distinguished and intel- lectual group, In order to fill up the pages, other names were inserted, but need not be taken seriously. Gene Christensen, the heartbreaker of the class of '54, is a noted Veter- inarian in the fair city of Milford, Since he established his professional business there, the little town .we once knew is not a little town any more. Milford haslthrived under the direction of Mr. Christensen who was elected as mayor, Velma SfevenS.wh0Se ambition has always been to become a nurse now has a hospital of her own, She has taken over the hospital building and has devoted all her time taking care 'of all the stray dogs and cats that have been around Milford for several years, trying to make their last moments on earth comfortable, ' Martin Dornberger, a noted athlete of his highschool days decided not to become a professional basketball player after all, Instead he decided to follow' in his father's footsteps and become a farmer, He and his wife are now at home on a farm west of Milford, Charlotte Bentz, now Mrs, Larry Denver, is teaching school in the little school she attended when a child, Milford Grade School, Little Larry Jr, is in the first grade this year and his mother is having quite a time controlling him, how- ever, she hopes someday he will forget all the things his father taught him and amount to something after all, Roy Head, whom I mentioned before as author of this book, has won fame for his literary work, He and his wife, are now visiting in the Ozark hills gathering material for their new book, entitled' Hillbilly Paradise, Roy a prominent member of the class of '54 has gone a long way since we last saw him, Raymond Shivers, as we previously mentioned, is local street cleaner and oil magnate, fMilford now has all paved streets and guttersj Raymond is now busily occupied cleaning up and rebuilding the old Mellinger Store which burned in the year of '48, It is said that Raymond had fond memories of the old store and this is the reason for rebuilding, Our old coach and annual sponsor, Lauren Gaddis is becoming famous for his all boy basketball team which consists of his seven sons, Five, are already on the main string with two reserves, It seems that Gaddis got discouraged coaching girls' basketball at Milford High School in the year '53 and '54,