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

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Besides these enforced gifts, we ieave--not of necessity, but of our own free will--our blessing, tender memories of our pleasant associations together, and our forgiveness for anything that we may not have exactly appreciated in the de- monstrations of the past, and a pledge of friendship from henceforth and forever. All the rest and residue of our property, whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind, and quality whatsoever it may be, and not herein before disposed of after paying our debts, we give and bequeath to our Superintendent, for his use and to be disposed of for the good of the coming classes as he may see fit. And we do hereby constitute and appoint the said Superintendent sole exe- cutor of this, our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we, the class of 1951, set our hands and seal this eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one.

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Class Will We, the Class of 1951, in the town of New Bloomfield and the State of Missouri, being in the usual mental condition and in much better temper than usual, do hereby make this, our last will and testament, rendering void and of no avail any former will or wills that may have been previously made by us during any period, or periods, of temporary optimism. We have no specific directions to leave concerning our funeral but we do hope you will come prepared to praise as well as bury us, forgetting the trifling faults that may have been ours, remembering only our manifold and remarkable virtues. We feel that our brilliant record and our unusual achievements will live after us; but not wishing to take any chances we suggest that a tablet on which shall be inscribed our several names and a few of our most astounding deeds be purchased and placed in the auditorium of the school in a position where it will strike the eye of all who enter. And now we open our entries: HARRY BAKER wills his mustache and side- burns to Carl Colter. HOWARD BERRY wills his height and his left hand basket- ball hook to Melvin Moore. JACKIE BOMMEL wills his build to Jerry Drinkard. Watch out, Jerry, don’t get too big. GENEVA CAIN wills her ability to write letters to Polly Yancey. You’ll have to write a lot to keep up with Geneva! MARGARET DOOLING wills her way of transportation to school to Mary Dooling. VELMA HAMPTON wills her natural curly hair to Hattie Bullard. Watch out, Harrie, roll- ing doesn't agree with it. BOB HOLT wills his maniac driving to Jerry Goboney. Watch it, Jerry, that Crosley is very small. VIRGINIA HURLEY wills her ability to get demerits to Mary Lou Yancey. DONALD SWEETEN wills his ability to go with the girls to H. C. Berry. CARL THOMAS wills his ability to get kicked out of class to Roland Meyer. BILLY TRAMMELL wills his ability to get along with the girls to Timmy Suggett. “I’m glad you can get along with them better than I did.”

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Junior Class History On September 5, 1950, the Junior class met to organize for a new school yeai Within the first week, we elected class officers: Phyllis Gathright, President; Polly Yancey, Vice-President; Mary Ruth Irwin, Secretary-Treasurer; Dorece Sweeten, Reporter; Mr. Long, Sponsor. Other members of the class were Shirley Boren, Faye Wilson, Lola Murphy, and Jo Ann Lane. The following members of the Junior Class participated in the three-act comedy, “Aunt Silly,” which was presented by the P. T. A., September 14-15: Lola Murphy, Faye Wilson, Phyllis Gathright, Polly Yancey, Mary Ruth Irwin, Jo Ann Lane. On October 5th, we enjoyed our annual fall party. We had a square dance in the school auditorium and served refreshments. Our special guests were the Senior class. On November 8th, the Glee Club and Music Class gave a Negro minstrel, Banjo, Bones and Burnt Cork, in which the entire Junior class took part. Just before the close of the first semester we lost a member. Mary Ruth Irwin transferred to the Junior College in Jefferson City. The P. T. A. sponsored an all-school carnival on the night of December 16th. A carnival queen was elected by popular vote. The runner-up candidate was Phyllis Gathright. After losing Mary Ruth Irwin we chose Lola Murphy to fill her office as Secretary-Treasurer. Dorece Sweeten and Phyllis Gathright were elected to the Student Council. We enjoyed Christmas vacation from December 22nd to January 2nd. On January 15th, we began practicing on our play, “Cheerio, My Deario, a three- act comedy. We had planned to present the play on February 9th, but two mem- bers of the cast, Jo Ann Lane and Tim Suggett, took the mumps; so the presentation