Palm Beach High School - Royal Palm Yearbook (West Palm Beach, FL)

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I, Dorothy Mae Smith, leave Betty Bowe my bash- fulness. I, Miriam Smith, will my talkativeness to Geneva Brown. I, Peggy Smith, do leave thankfully my sewing ma- chine in the home ec. room to any unsuspecting sopho- more. I, Ronda Stephens, do will and bequeath to Gloria Griffith, my enchanting way of singing There'll be Some Changes Made. If Mqsgg do hereby will to Paulette Blank my ability to get by without studying. I, Marilyn Stone, do leave my French horn to some struggling high school musician. I, Ethel Strohm, will my seat in Mrs. Louttit's home room to Marie Fairbanks, I, David Sutherland, want all the juniors to remem- ber Mr. Sutor's history class. I, Joanna Taggard, do hereby will to anyone who needs it, my ability to get along with the teachers. I, Marion Tessier, will to Barbara Brown my ability to attend school. I, Jane Thomas, leave the hope that my brother, Jackie, will carry on the traditional family good looks. I, Lutishia Thompson, leave my desk in Mr. Holt's bookkeeping class to my old friend Mary Benton. I, Mickey Tomassello, do hereby bequeath to Aileen Mitchell my ability to find plenty of time to do nothing. To my sister Irene, I, EleneTreadwell, will my ability to get away with anything, and all my old boy friends. I, Jerry Treadwell, hereby will to Betty Jean Huff my ability to get along with Mr. Holt. I, Erwin Vanstrum, own nothing and owe much. The rest I leave to the junior class treasury. I, Nancy Trimble, hereby will to Ann Wooten my courage to have two subjects with the same teacher a day. I, Jimmy Turnage, will to Peggy Buford my big feet and jitterbugging ability. I, Robert Nose Underwood, do hereby bequeath my beloved nickname, Nose, to Bobby Lund, and my ability to be high point man for Palm Beach High's Basketball opponents, to Bone Dickens. I, Sadie Vassar, bequeath to Hilda Hodges my ability to make excuses and get by with things. I, Beth Vaughan, will all my love to a boy just a little bit north of South Carolina, my books to dear old Palm Beach High, and if there's anything left, the dogs can have it. I, Pat Ventura, do hereby bequeath my priority on aspirins to next year's annual editor. I. Roy Voorhees, to any junior, do hereby leave this school and all the contents of knowledge therein. I, Pauline Walker, do hereby leave my bookkeeping seat to any ambitious junior who wants to find out what he doesn't know about bookkeeping. I, Jewell Wall, leave my best wishes for a happy and glorious senior year to Merrie Benton. I, Robert Ward, will my chewing gum and bad grades to Gloria Griffith and wish her luck. I, Nancy Ware, do will to Virginia Peters and Paul- ette Blank my ability to tease and get away with it, also to skip third hour lounge without getting caught, except once. I, Earldine Watkins, do hereby bequeath to my sister Eva, ess. W+ I, Alexander Wells, leave my R.O.T.C. command to the besgnilnih n handle it. Il' 'Carlton West, hereby bequeath my set of left handed rncTrik6y'317e'nches in auto mechanics class to Clifford Del Santo. I, Regina Wheatley, do hereby will to Katherine Ayres my seat in home room class, I, Bob Widell, hereby in view of the 1942 football season, will to Glen Day my ability to play end. I, Elsie Widell, hereby leave to Beatrice Plummer my wrinkled slacks to wear in Spillman's class if Spillman will let her. I, Bob Wattenbarger, leave my handsome face to some sophomore who hasn't seen me, I, Eunice Widell, do hereby will to Anne Barnes, my special technique in getting along with the Dean of Girls. I, Dorothy Wiggs, leave to Margaret Oldford, my small build. Maybe she could improve it. I can't. I, Virginia Wilburn, do will my ability to operate the switchboard to Doris McDonald. I, Steve Willis, will my yellow sox to Harvey Morgan, and my peroxided hair to Betty Barrow. I, Anna Jean Woesner, leave the hope that next years D.C.T. clubs have as grand a year as this one. I, Rita Zadaney, leave to anyone who thinks he can do it, the ability to make As and Bs in bookkeeping under Mr. Holt, without any real studying. tSignedl CLASS OF '43 Testator: Mrs. Marguerite Savage. Clerk: George Miller. Witnesses : Nancy Ware, Bobby Riggs, Peggy Riggs, Lillian Burton, Steve Willis, i w ' 7 i 'wlglwwx if -fl H 3?

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I, Harold Lund, hereby will and bequeath my long hair to the first junior with a butch that claims it. To my cousin, Jeanne Wheatley, I, Carolyn Lydy, leave my ability to pass tests without studying. I, Geraldine Mathis, do will to my sister, Doris, my ability to get excused absences. To Billy Printz, I, Marian McCarley, bequeath my ability to be late to Home Room and not get caught. I, Blanche McCall, hereby will my ability to take kidding to whoever may need it. I, Lois McGhee, do will and bequeath my fondness for talking to Annie Rogers. I, June McKenna, bequeath to my loving brother the fitting title of Fish-Face. I, Elizabeth McKissick, do bequeath my ability in bookkeeping to Betty Alderman. I, Ginnie McVey, in a liquid state of mind, do hereby bequeath to Gloria Griffith, my ability to figure out every- body's love troubles except my own, I, Noreen Meldrum, do hereby bequeath to Catherine Scotten my ability to slate out late and come to school the next morning. I, A. W. Merrell, will my desire to be in the Navy to Bill BEE-Hfxf I, Betty Jean Merrell, do will to Louane Holden my gift of gab. She will probably need it. I, Pearl Micksch, will the knowledge that I have and my laugh to Betty Webb. I, M. C. Miles, will my lonely seat in Mr. Hold's eco- nomic class to Clifford Delsonto and hope he keeps it company. I, George lVIiller, will to Jimmy Hollenbeck and Kenny Littrell my unique ability to get out of class for luncheons. I, Rayarine Miller, do hereby will to Lois Ann Hol- lenbaugh, my ability to laugh at anything tincluding her jokes.l I, Dorothy Miller, being of sound mind t?l and body til, do will and bequeath to Clara Duck all the fun we've had on trips made by Glee Club, provided she will strike a sour note in my memory every once in a while but not where Lottie B. can hear it. I, Thelma Jean Miller, do hereby will my ability to play the piano to Gloria Hendry, and may she enjoy it as much as I. I, Allen Mo1lineaux,will away all my English wor- ries to anybody who wants them. I, Gladys Moon, leave my ability to fail to who- ever wants it. I, Nora Moree, wish to will my seat in Mr. Sutor's 2nd period class to anyone who wants it. I, Pearl McGregor, do hereby will to Beverly Hale my ability to get along with all teachers. I, Loraine Murray, will Betty Sue Henderson my favorite rationed rubber curlers. I, Jacqueline Murray, do hereby will to Mrs. Mc- Kenzie all the sheet music I found in my notebook. After meditating extensively on the subject in ques- tion, I, Norman Nelson, finally arrived at the extremely happy expedient of cheerfully passing on my less lucid moments, and my morbid outlookon life to Dick Hill, Jr. I, Elizabeth Netto, in a slightly dazed state of mind, hereby bequeath to my cousin, Mary Clark Warwick, the intelligent look on my face when I am asleep in school. To the school I, Richard Newlon, leave my reputa- tion tI won't need itl. To the girls I leave my heart tlet them bleed itl. With the teachers I leave my knowledge tI've decreed itl. I, Jack Obee, do hereby will and bequeath to Snooky Stambaugh, Jr., my ability to behave in class as can be verified by all teachers and also to catch all the jokes. I, Jane Owens, do hereby bequeath to my talkative sister , bility to keep quiet during class. This is for the benefit of the teachers. I, Anna Paluga, will my ability in certain subjects to help friends in this line of work from written matter. I, Gus Peeples, will to T. J. Miller my ability to man- age a theatre. I, Warren Peper, hereby will my ability to argue with Mr. Gathmann on the theory of time infinity to anyone who can do any better. I, Bill Phiel, hereby will to Gene Grant my C's and D's. I, Eileen Pinder, will my ability to make B's in Glee Club to Alice Wells. I, Helen Pinder, will my 80 words a minute short- hand certificate to Lorraine Madison. I, Martha Pittman, will to any Junior who wants it, my position as treasurer of Spanish Club. I, Frances Pointek,do hereby bequeath to anybody who wants it, anything that I have that they think may dc them any good. I, Bryan Poston, bequeath to my younger brother, George, my ability to ignore the girls. I, Martha Powers, in an almost sensible state of mind, do hereby will to Paulette Blank one slightly used aspirin and wad of gum. I, Virginia Puckett, will to Frances MacLaughlin my seat in the Palm Beach High Glee Club room. I, Bobby Riggs, in an insane state of mind, do will and bequeath my position as President of the Senior Class, to some poor unsuspecting person who'll be sorry he got it. I, Peggy Riggs, do hereby will and bequeath to Chick Fagan, my shy manner and my ability to blush whether I'm embarrassed or not. I Betty Anne Robbins, will my ability to make good grades in all classes to Juanita Clemens. I. Marian Roberts, in a forgetful state of mind, will to my little brother, Jack, a worn out mind, a stub of a pencil, and an old history notebook in hopes that it will cause him as much trouble as it did me. I, Betty Roebuck, in a sound state of mind, do hereby will my last pair of jive shoes to be equally divided be- tween Frances Mayhew and Mary Alyce Ray, so they may walk as I did in Palm Beach High School. I, Myrtle Roebuck, do hereby will to Helen Simms my ability to go to the beach on Fridays and enjoy myself without being caught. I, y, being in the usual state of mind, do hereby will my wonderful ability to daydream my way through high school to any worthy student. I, Murielle Ruiz, give and bequeath my entire collec- tion of men, except one, to Murial Warshawer and hope she enjoys their company as much as I have. I, Butler Russell, being of liquid state of mind, do will to Eugene Sykes my seat in Mrs. Deason's history class and hope that he will use it to her disadvantage. I, Irene ' do hereby will all my woes and worries o school to anyone moronic enough to have them. I, Carol Ann Sands, leave my special speech talent t?l in Miss Wiley's room for the first unfortunate person who needs it next year. . I, June Schroder, leave to Marjorie Sharp, in this day of rationing, the points of my pencils. I, Betty Sheen, do hereby bequeath to Jimmy Hollen- beck my ability in Spanish. I, Wynelle Shellhouse, hereby bequeath to any able bodied junior my ability to stay in the doghouse so much. I, Harlow Shotwell, leave my ability to keep quiet in history class, to John Witt. To my sister, Dale, I, Jean Simon, leave my bad reputation with teachers and sincerely hope she has as good a time arguing with them as I had.

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STOP! Have you read this far? Then you are literate. But how literate? Test yourself on your ability to ap- preciate the V-Annual. College student average is 0442?-5 High School average is 89f?. C10 pointsl I. HOW MANY TIMES HAS YOUR PICTURE APPEARED? a. Once b. Twice c. Oodles d. None lyou're not doing so well are you?J 110 points? II. WHOSE PICTURE DO YOU LIKE BEST? a. Yours? b. Yours? c. Yours ? d. Yours ? III. 410 points? a. DO YOU THINK THIS ANNUAL IS tthis question MUST be answeredl A Swell? Stupendous? Gigantic? Colossal? IV. IS MICKEY MOUSE A CAT OR A DOG? 120 points! b. 130 points! c. l40 points! d. V. VI. VII. a. You can? b. How well? c. Tonight '? d. It's a date! VIII. IX a. 1932 ? b. 1928 ? C. 1924 ? ' d. 1886 ? X. B.. b. C. d. lTime limit: 30 minutes? ON PAGE 62 WILL BE FOUND A PICTURE OF AN ABSOLUTELY IDIOTIC THIRD CLASS MORON AS DETERMINED BY PALM BEACH HIGH PSYCHO- LOGICAL INSTITUTE. RECORD YOUR GUESS AS TO WHO HE OR SHE IS ON DOTTED LINE BELOW. ON THE INSIDE OF THE COVER IN 200,000 WORDS OR MORE WRITE YOUR OPINION OF THIS ANNUAL WITHOUT USING ANY DERROGATORY WORDS. If this can be done, forget about the rest of the quiz. CAN YOU WHAT COLOR IS THE WHITE COVER OF THIS YEARBOOK? CThis will require the student to do a little research on his own. Time: 11A min. WHEN WAS THE 1924 ROYAL PALM PRINTED? KBecause of the complexity of this question, the student may omit it if he chooses and answer the following question instead.l NOW THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THIS MUCH OF THE TEST, WON'T YOU AGREE THAT: You're pretty ignorant? That it's a waste of time? That the author is a twerp? It sure did a good job of filling up this page. 'This is the correct answer. -Hank Baldwin