New Bloomfield High School - Beacon Yearbook (New Bloomfield, MO)

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CLASS WILL We, the Class of 1946, in seventeen individual and distinct parts, being about to pass out of this sphere of education, in full possession of a crammed mind, well-trained memory, and almost superhuman understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills or promises by us at any time heretofore made, or mayhap, care- lessly spoken, one to the other, as the thoughtless wish of an idle hour. As to such estate as it has pleased the Fates and our own strong hands and brains to win for us, we do dispose of the same as follows: Lois Burre wills to Bonnie Schneider her ability to stick to one man. Take care of it, Bonnie, and don’t break too many hearts. Doris Thomas leaves her tall, gangling figure to Harry Sweeten. Betty Hickman bequeaths her extraordinary ability to write love letters to Laura Gray. Guard it carefully, Laura. We don’t want Karl unhappy next year. Dorothy Whyte Ferguson bequeaths her experience in home making to Miss Vaughan’s next year’s home economics class. Claud Reiter wills his masculine handsomeness to J. T. Gathright. Just bleach your hair and widen your shoulders, J. T. Betty Sue McKim leaves her theme song, “Bell Bottom Trousers,’’ to the freshmen of 1945-46. Sing it, kids. Frankie Stokes wills her unexcused absences to Curtis Yancey. Don’t lose any, Curt. Dorothy Schreen wills her famous book, “How to Get Your Man and Hold Him, to Betty Hurley. Take care of it, Betty. We girls may want to borrow it in the future, Nellie Smart bequeaths her love for Andy Cave to Lillian Moore and Betty Bickel. Nellie wants you to take good care of him, girls. Russell Holt has the formula for growing tall. He leaves it to Doyle Thomas, as the girls say that’s all he needs. Claudia Reiter bequeaths her ability to get up at 8:44 and get to school at 8:45 to Anna Ruth Young. Margaret Sparks leaves her bowed legs to the senior girls of next