Odessa Montour Central High School - Odessanean Yearbook (Odessa, NY)

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Joy Smith leaves her ability to get along with teachers to Pat Callahan. Barbara Wagner leaves her sweet personality to Harriet Coon. Lynn Reynolds leaves his bus driving job to anyone who can get it. Dean Nordquist leaves his athletic ability to Bill Gardner. Marjorie Flatt leaves her typing ability to Ray Dickens. Bruce Woodworth gives his diet to Lisle Anderson in hopes that he will grow up. Helen Jean Chapman gives her shortness to Loretta Cole. When Louie Robyler left he bequeathed his leadership ability to Wilson Archer. Douglas Aber wills his basketball skill to Wayne Abbey. Henrietta Appel leaves her smile to Sally Brewer. Shirley Bradley gives Lillian Crout her technique of staying out of trouble. Wilma Smith leaves her hair to Barbara Conklin. Marilyn Lovell leaves her ability to get away with things to Irene Jenkins. Robert Brown leaves his car to the future drivers of O. C. S. Wendell Learn leaves his height to George McLaughlin. Beverly Harrington leaves her darling figure to the cute Junior Carol Wood. Pat Sidle wills her acting ability to the girls who try out for the class plays. Delvan Decker leaves his pretty eyes and ability to use them to Clayton Crout. Shirley Barrett leaves her ability to catch a man to Gay Hoy. Shirley Hodge leaves her glamour to Eloise Grover. Clyde Beebe leaves his knowledge of chickens, to Bill Cate, so Bill can whistle, “There ain’t nobody here but us chickens” Mary Borra leaves her ability to go steady to Georgianna Herrman. Helen Bement leaves all the boys to the girls of O. C. S. Don Taylor leaves his knack of getting out of work to Milton Smith. Paul Pelham leaves his wolfish ways to Ted Covert. Any of our possessions that remain we leave to the Odessa Board of Education to use as it sees fit. Finally, we do hereby name and appoint as the executors of this, our last will and testament, Elsie, the Borden Cow, Richard, of Open the Door Richard, and Influence. In witness whereof we, the Class of 1947, the testator have set our hand and seal on this Twenty-third day of June in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven. Class of Forty-Seven 26

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We, the Class of 1947, in the town of Odessa, the county of Schuyler, and the State of New York, being in unstable mental condition and of not much better temper than usual, rendering void any former wills made by us during a period of sound mind. We are leaving no specific directions concerning our funeral. We do hope you will bury us with the respect that is due us, forgetting the faults that we had. And in this manner we dispose of our possessions: We give and bequeath to the Junior Class our well known nerve, notebooks, pencils, fountain pens, unfinished lollypops, and bad debts Incurred during our Senior year. To the Sophomore Class we leave any patience we ever had. To the young and unlearned Freshmen Class we leave our ability to take the good with the bad. To our dear old school building and the janitors we leave all our apple cores, wads of gum, paper wads, broken seats, and anything that we have forgotten. To Mr. Gould, our principal, we bequeath a sense of relief that we have at last graduated. To our teachers, the faculty of Odessa Central School, we hereby give, free from all inheritance, luxury, or income tax, our entire store of knowledge. We obtained it from them, and to them it shall be returned, that others may benefit by it. We bequeath to the Hall of Fame of O. C. S. our illustrious deeds and the 1946-47 Basketball trophy. Albert Drake leaves his bashfulness to Jack Cline. Mary Alice Wheaton leaves her quiet ways to Phyllis Hager. Vera Carrigan leaves her horse sense to Elsie Beebe. Art Covert wills his pretty, curly hair to Mr. Dolan. Frances Decker leaves her ability to get free taxi rides to Eugene Gardner. Wilbur Decker sadly leaves Jeanette Harrington to the wolves of O. C. S. Marjorie Palmer never liked school so she leaves the worn out building to anyone who wants it. Rose Povero leaves her overalls to Jean Van Vleet. Geraldine Sherman leaves her ability to use her head to Fred Miller. George Van Buskirk leaves his musical knowledge to Chuck Woodworth. Paula Champagne leaves her wonderful vocabulary to the Junior Class. She hopes they will use it extensively. 25

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rMil’ll ICCY “We’re taking you on an imaginary journey—far into the future. Now can you imagine that this is 1957? We are boarding our stratosphere rocker ship in London. Won t you join us as we go to the Class of ’47 reunion at Monessa. Monessa? That’s a strange name. Oh, i see. Wilma Smith, a fellow-passenger, tells me that her home town Montour and Odessa have merged into one large city. Wilma is happily married to a young doctor. Fasten your safety belts! We are landing at Paris. A tall handsome couple board the plane. Well, for gosh sakes, if it isn’t my old friend, Henrietta Appel. What are you doing in Paris, “Hank?” So you’re returning to Hollywood after several appearances with your husband Art Rogers. It’s too bad you will miss our first reunion. My goodness how fast these rocket-ships go. Here we are at Rome, Italy. A dis-tinguished looking gentleman in a business suit is entering the plane. Why, it is “Foo” Brown. What brings you to Rome, Foo? Are you going to the reunion? The hotel managers convention, I remember, you are owner of FOO’S INN 1 So you are going to the reunion. Next stop, Moscow. Fasten your safety belts! Bruce Woodworth, what on earth are you doing in Moscow? You have a world-wide plumbing business. How do you manage to get all over the world? Oh, I see, you have a special equipped atom-plane with which you make weekly trips around the world. Gee! Who would have thought in ‘47 that in ten years it would take only fifteen minutes to go from Moscow to Tokyo. Keep your seats everybody. We are only stopping five minutes. Fasten your safety belts I We’re landing at San Francisco. So long Hank. Maybe you both can be with us next year. Look everybody! What a stupendous flying field it is. It’s the new Cotton-Hanlon air field! Isn’t it a beautiful sight from the air? Let’s find a taxi everybody and get over to the school. Here’s a taxi. Odessa Central School, Sir. You don’t mean it I It’s the Monessa Junior College and High School. Our school always was a progressive one but this is a pleasant surprise. I should know you driver. Your name is Roblyer. Why sure. You’re another old classmate of mine. So you’re the owner of “LOUIES TAXIS” We’re on Main Street----good old Main Street. Louie is telling us about some of our former classmates as we go down Main Street to the school “See that fellow with the mink coat? That’s Wilbur Decker. He has traps all over the world that he controls by radar. Remember my girlfriend, Shirley Bradley? She is owner of Ada s Beauty Salon. See that store made of plastic? Well, that’s her place of business. Oh! Look there! One of France Decker’s famous helo-buses. They certainly revolutionized transportation. Now watch on my left and you 11 see a large grocery store and meat market made of glass. Yes, —you’ve guessed it. Don Taylor bought Redner s store. There in the That’s Rose Povero’s RECORD SHOP. By the way, Barbara Wagner is the window is Lynn Reynolds, the meat surgeon. See where all those teenagers are going? They go there just like we did ten years ago. Soloist there. There’s an example of a successful man.—that gentleman going up the bank steps. It’s another old friend, A1 Drake. He’s president of the First National Bank. The County Court House is on my right. The District Attorney is Marilyn Lovell. She certainly has a wonderful job. Look at that beautiful church. It s the FIRST BAPTIST. Now think, who would be the pastor. Of course, it’s Dean Nordquist and Geraldine Sherman is assistant pastor. They certainly are doing wonderful work. 27