Nortonville High School - Badger Yearbook (Nortonville, KY)

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Class Will We, the class of 1948, in the town of Nortonville, the county of Hopkins, and the state of Kentucky, being in as good mental condition as usual, 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 a period of temporary optimism. And in this manner do we dispose of our possessions. We give and bequeath to the Junior class, cur most important and valuable properties, viz., our self-satisfaction, our importance, and our wisdom, all of which we possess in enormous quantities. We also leave the Junior class our good luck. It made us what we are today, and it should satisfy them. In addition to this, all our privileges and lights as Seniors will revert to them, as well as any notebooks, pencils, fountain pens, or un- finished business, including debts contracted while engaged in the business of being a Senior, also any boy or girl whom we may have left behind in our haste. We give and bequeath to the Junior class our well-known nerve which they will need next year, and all examination questions we have been given during the past year. To our good friends the Sophomore ciass, we leave our patience. It will be found useful as the only means by which they can endure the Juniors. To the young and unsophisticated Freshmen, we leave a map of the school building so that they will not get lost and roam about in everybody's way looking for their classrooms. It will be noticed that, although we have left bequests to the Junior class, soon to be Seniors, to the Sophomores soon to be Juniors, and to those who will in the fall become Freshmen, we have made no mention of the present Freshman Class. We have left them nothing, because by the time they are Sophomores their self-valua- tion will have attained such heights that nothing in our possession would be regarded by them as worthy of their distinction. To our dear old school building itself, we leave the peaceful quiet caused by our absence, and any apple cores, wads of gum, or crumpled notes that we may have left about. To our principal, Mr. Jenkins, we give and bequeath a sense of relief that we have at last been graduated. To our teachers, the faculty of the Nortonville High School, we hereby give, free from all inheritance, luxury, or income tax, our entire store of knowledge. From them it came and to them it should be returned, that others may be benefited by it as we have been. To our teachers we bequeath our valuable sense of humor, without which we should have found school life painful indeed. This valuable sense of humor should make future years of teaching more endurable. We also give and bequeath to the teachers our very kindest regards and our sincere gratitude for their unfailing kindness and aid. The smaller individual bequests are as follows: I, Amon Cavanaugh, will my privilege of smoking in the boiler room to Buster Dillingham. I Marvin Teague, will my membership in Bachelor’s Club to James Lovan. — 17 —

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Then came the fourth and greatest year in the history of our class. Miss Laselda Hamby became our sponsor for the second successive year. We began our senior year by observing our rights of taking a sneak day. After taking our sneak day, we understood that the remainder of the year was to be occu- pied with business instead of fun. The senior play, “The Hobgoblin House,” was one of our first activities. After it proved to be a success we undertook the task of publishing an annual. Through endless days of work, we, with the help and cooperation of all the students, patrons, and faculty members, successfully completed another activity. The time of the publication of our annual finds us eagerly looking forward to the Junior-Senior banquet. As we end our senior year, we realize that without the help of our sponsors and faculty members, all of our main activities would have failed. To them we wish to express our sincere appreciation. Faithfully have we labored through these four years until today we represent the graduating class of 1948. Somebody’s Taking Our Place Somebody else is taking our place, Somebody else will occupy our space; Though we are leaving no one is grieving, They go around with a smile on their face. Little they care the things that we’ve done, Little they care that we will be gone; There’s no mistaking, our hearts are breaking, ’Cause somebody’s taking our place. 16 —

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We, D. O. Morgan, Don R. Brown, Bobby Clark and Donald Smith, bequeath our ability to think up excuses to get out of fifth period English to all the Junior boys. I, Christine Ashby, will my blonde hair to Joyce Love. I, Ray Brackett, will my height to Edwin Davis. I, Maxine Davis, will my studious ways to Dorothy Jean Poe. I, Bettye Moore, will my girlish figure to Doris Hunt. I, Juanita Ferguson, will to Betty Jane Sharber, all my slightly used gum in room 2, fourth row, third seat. I, Bobby Barnes, will to Buster Dillingham my ability to repair any and every- thing which is broken around Nortonville High School. I. Wanda Comer, will my permission to sign my own excuses to Jimmie Majors. I, Hilda Dillingham, will my extra pounds to Betty Sue Cobb. I, Dottie Hight, will my ability to make noise and chew gum in class to Jessie Bell Johnston. I, Howard Lloyd, will my ability to manage basketball teams to James R. Lovan. I, Billy Buchanan, will my height to Thomas Smith. I, Lloyd Key, will my ability to work bookkeeping to anyone who needs it. I, Odenia Woodruff, will my ability to argue in class to Joyce Prowse. I, Christine Bates, will the mole on my chin to Dorothy Ashby. I, Jean Love, will my ability to get to school on time to Evelyn Ferguson. I, Troy Dean Smith, will my ability to work arithmetic to Thomas Carroll. I, Bill Smith, will all my excuse blanks and absence privileges to Billy Saint. I, William Crunk, will my place at typewriter No. 9 to Wilfred Davis. I, Bill Franklin, will to Joe Walker 20 pounds of weight which I don't need. I, Andrew Holmes, will my permission to leave school grounds to Buster Dil- lingham. I, J. C. Smith, will my good manners to Beatrice Atkinson. I, Dorothy Blakely, will my perfect attendance record to Kathleen Fowler. I, Willodean Cotton, will my sweet disposition to Gwyn Fox. I, Dorothy Martin, will my ability to get to class on time to Jo Ann Mansel. W?nda PhelPs- wil1 my ability to get married before close of school to Elaine Whitfield. I, Minnie Rodgers, will my freckles to Margaret McIntosh. Wilfred Davis Hamby’ wil1 my ability to 8et UP at 8:29 and get to school at 8:30 to I, Thelma Jean Finley, will my bashful ways to Mary Helen DeMoss. I, Ruth Sneed, will my ability to make speeches in English class to Etoile Teague. .... h- Melodean Morris, will my position as secretary to the principal to Elaine Whitfield. I, Walter Prowse, will all my extra inches over and above six feet to Donnie Holmes. book ’ ean Prank 'n' leave my notes and letters for publication in next year’s year-