Myrtle Point High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Myrtle Point, OR)

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SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the class of ’26, being sound of mind, sounder of body, soundest of voice, and about to take leave of our beloved friends and high school, do hereby devise, declare, and publish this, our last will and testament. We do appoint as executor of this will, our worthy janitor, Mr. Schroeder, and do command him to carry it out to the best of his ability. Clause I. To our sponsor, Miss Frazier, we leave our utmost gratitude for the help she has given us through our four years of high school. Clause II. To the faculty, we bequeath days of peace and nights of dreamless sleep—also all the startling information and amazing knowledge we have imparted to them in our various exams. Clause III. To the juniors, all our superior qualities and privileges along with our illustrious title—Senior. Clause IV. To the sophomores, we bequeath the demerits we have acquired in our four year course, also our superfluous pep. Clause V. We leave with the freshmen some of our discretion, also the hope that they will change their color to one of more fitting hue when they are sophomores. Item. 1 I, Ovid Hervey, bequeath my sense of humor to those Juniors who have no sense at all. Item 2. I, William Ladd, leave my vocabulary to be divided among the freshmen, with the hope that they will live to profit by it. Item 3. I, Maybell Dey, leave my gift of gab to anyone who can acquire it. (She couldn’t be persuaded to leave her contagious giggle.) Item 4. I, Edwin Keltner, leave my English book to anyone who understands it better than I do. (Come early to avoid the rush.) Item 5. I, Dena Mast, will my tactics in basketball to Thelma Snyder. Item 6. I, Norman James, leave to Llewellyn Southmayd my place on the honor roll, providing he will fill it. Item 7. I, Aileen Barker, bequeath my extra credits to Lyle Knight. Page Eleven

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MARGARET SHORES—“Wouldn’t I make a peach of an angel?” Coquille Hi 1; North Bend Hi 2; Typing team 4; Senior Volley Ball 4; May Fete 4; Senior Co-eds 4; Girls’ League. SANFORD WAGG—“Wiser men than he may have lived, but we doubt it.” Coquille Hi 1-2: Myrtle Leaf Staff .‘1-4; The Pointer Staff 3. LELAND WAGNER—“Tall and slender is he, A mighty fine lad to see.” Debate 1-2-3-4; Football 4; Basketball 3; Treasurer Student Body 3; Council Representative 2; “Arrival of Kitty” 3; Order of M. P. LENA WALLEN—“I wear no man’s collar.” Arago High 2; “Arrival of Kitty” 3; Senior Volleyball 4; Secretary Senior Co-eds 4; Girls’ League. GERALDINE WATZLING—“If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when Gerry appears.” Salem Hi 1-2; Glee Club 4; Girls’ League Council Representative 4; Senior Volley Ball 4; President Senior Co-eds 4; “Adam and Eva” 4; May Fete 4. JOSEPHINE WILSON—“She is just the quiet kind, whose nature never varies.” Glendale Hi 1-2-3; Glee Club 4; May Fete 4; Senior Volley Ball 4; Senior Co-eds 4; Girls’ League.

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Item 8. I, Margaret Shores, bequeath my school girl complexion to Leslie Barklow. Item 9. I, Rodney Davenport, will my position as student body president to some worthy junior. Item 10. I, Verna McNair, will my long waving hair to Hilda Fredenburg. Item 11. I, Wilda Barker, leave Shirley in the loving care of the Sophomore girls. Item 12. I, Sanford Wagg. bequeath my sober mien to the incoming freshmen. (They'll need it.) Item 13. I, Geraldine Watzling, will and bequeath to Libyan La-Branch one book on “Flirtations.” Item 14. I, Florence Felsher, leave to Herman Nelson my excessive pep. Item 15. I, John Dickson, leave the faculty expert readers of hieroglyphics. Item 16. I, Robert Ladd, bequeath to Albert Stibbits a “Contestant ribbon for next year’s oratorical tryout. Item 17. I, Helen Russell, leave a vacant place in the orchestra for some ambitious person to fill. Item 18. I, Robert Redell, leave my place on the all county football team to some boy in M. P. U. H. S. Item 19. I, Leland Wagner, leave my permanent wave to Elsie Axe. i- ‘ Ardyce Clinton, leave my unassuming manner to be divided between Crystal Guerin and Avolia Baker. Item 21. I. Alethea Barklow, joyfully leave mv bookkeeping desk to the next innocent martyr. Item 22. I, Josephine Wilson, bequeath the grand piano to someone to finish what Paderewski started. Item 23. I, Milton Schroeder, will mer Knight and William Baker. my attitude toward girls to El- Item 24. I, Eugene Hermann, leave my readv smile to the underclassmen to be used exclusively on the Seniors. Item 25. I, Lena Wallen, bequeath my place of being most highlv elevated person in the class to Bill Hulet. ' Hem 26. I, Lyla Holloway, bequeath to Jacque Holloway tondness for ice-cream suckers. my In witness whereof, we, the Class of ’26. do set our hard and seal to our last will and testament, this twenty-first dav of May, Anno Domini, one thousand nine hundred and twenty six. Page Twelve Class of ’26.