Parker High School - La Reata Yearbook (Parker, AZ)

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 £aat 'ZOtCl a td 7catawtetit t£e (Zlata a( (950 Inasmuch as we feel the day gradually approaching when school will be out; and since we realize that on that day our life cycle will terminate, and from that day on we will be social outcasts; that no one will speak a kind word for us; give us a single molecule of water to slake our thirst; nor uplift his hand to protect us from the raging multitude, and lastly, since we are perhaps deserving of the fate: Therefore, we do execute the following document: We, the 1950 class of Northern Yuma County Union High School, of the county of Yuma, the state of Arizona, do hereby make, publish and declare this our last will and testa- ment. hereby revoking all former wills, bequeaths, and devices of whatever nature by us made. FIRST: We give and bequeath to the 1951 Class of Northern Yuma County Union High School, our sincere hopes. SECOND: We give and bequeath to the present Junior Class, our senior nerve. Our hot air we will keep, realizing the juniors are not lacking in this. THIRD: We give and bequeath to the lower classmen, our ability to get out of giving assemblies. FOURTH: Individual Bequeaths: 1. I. Ralph Reid, leave as short as I was when I entered. (Old adage, stand up and grow tall not true.) 2. I, Elmer Radford, leave Mr. Motes wondering where I was supposed to be last period. 3. I. Mary N. Tabor, being of generous heart, do hereby leave to the N.Y.C.U.H.S.. my little sisters, Betty Jean and Dorothy. 4. I. Jack LaMar, leave them there grammatical errors to Mr. Walker. 5. I. Ben Simms, will my senior torture equip- ment (erasures and pea shooters) to Harold Allie. May he use it to advantage. 6. I, Bobby Gelvin, will all my past experiences to anyone who is sucker enough to want them. 7. I. Carol Irwin, will my untidy locker to some unfortunate, unsuspecting junior and may he always be able to get it unlocked. 8. I. Melvin Gardner, will my bruised shins and bloody noses to Spencer Welsh and all the fellows playing Basic next year. 9. I, Pat Wilkinson, will to Ray Simmons my atomic ability to get up in the mornings, especially Monday mornings. 10. I, Elmer Radford, seeking revenge, will my love of arguing to my little sister. Peggy, who al- ready has too much. Heaven help the teachers. 11. I. Jack Garner, will to my sister, Carolyn, my title, and may she long carry on the name, ‘‘Breezy.’' 12. I. Jack Price, will my taxi” service to any- one who w'anls it. 13. I. Jack LaMar, leave my headaches, acquired from bookkeeping assignments to Mrs. Witzle- ben. who is the cause of it all. 14. I. Ben Simms, leave my ability to get out of class to go hunting to anyone lucky enough to have it. 15. I. Ray Stephan, will Betty Jean to the mercy of the junior boys requesting that they treat her kindly next year. 16. Wc, Jack and Zack Price depart leaving be- hind us our little brother. Billie Ray. the last of the Prices, to struggle through alone. 17. I. Elmer Radford, leave without persuasion, never to return again. 18. I. Marjory Hoover, leave, but gladly, to go to art school. This Page Contributed by City Drug Store—Jess Bowman and Parker Lions Club II

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Pancho was nodding again. I slipped a No Doz tablet in a coke and began plying him with inquiries about the rest of those wonderful people in the class of 50. With all his renewed vigor he began to tell me about Carmen Aceves, the owner of Parker's one and only beauty shoppe, and the amazing success of Pat McCutcheon's smart dress shop where she sells only fashions of her own design. “Elmer Radford, too, is in the designing business. He is designing a hot dog of a different size and shape. He grew tired of looking at just one kind while selling them to people who stopped at his Shell Station, remarked Pancho. “Z. Payne Price, better known to you as Zack Price in 1950, is now one of the country's leading artists specializing in the painting of beautiful girls. Needless to say Pancho's words brought a look of amazement to my face, but he assured me that this was not as startling as the fact that Bob Gelvin was national president of the Lonely Hearts Club, although he was still a bachelor. I agreed with Pancho. With eyes sparkling with “No Doz Pancho romantically reported that Virginia Ramos was teaching dancing at her studio in Hollywood. In the same breath he reported Pat Talla’s amazing success at the Julliard School of Music in New York which had led to a concert series beginning in Carnegie Hall soon. I jotted down this information in my little black book so that I might remember the success of these two classmates in case I was ever in need. “But, Senora, one of the greatest honors to be bestowed on a graduate of '50 has been bestowed on the Honorable Ralph Reid, now mayor of Parker. Arizona, the garden spot of the Southwest. He was elected by a unanimous vote because of his contributions to the devel- opment of raising better cattle in and around Parker.” Pancho also had a report to make on another successful Parkerite, Ray Stephan. “Ray has done much to promote the sale of Hudsons by making speeches over all of Arizona. He and Betty Jean are married and live at the Dude Ranch. Pancho remarked. With this, the head of my informative friend drooped, showing that the artificial awakener was now wearing off. As he collapsed in a heap in the road, I muttered an un- heard “Thanks,” backed the car, drove off into the sand so I would not hit him. and contin- ued my journey down the Parker-Hope highway. This Page Contributed by Sophomore Class—Northern Yuma County Union High School 10

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19. I. Zack Price, will nothin’ to nobody cuz I ain’t got nothin’. 20. I. Carl Harper, will all my forged absence slips of which I have a good supply, to whom- ever may need them. 21. I. Bobby Gelvin. leave to go “DEAR'' hunting for good. 22. I. Carol Clayton, will 20 pounds to Ardy King, hoping it looks better on her than it did on me. 23. I. Pat Talla, being of sound body, leave after four years in this institute. I no longer have a mind to will. 24. I, Carol Clayton, will leave with Jackie. 25. I. Joyce Robinson, will my hidden knowledge to anyone who can find it. 26. I, Virginia Ramos, dislike wilis intensely. 27. I, Carmen Aceves, will will nothing. 28. I. Jack LaMar, if by some small chance I should graduate this year, will to Bobby Maddox my height. 29. I. Ben Simms, leave, knowing Mr. McKisson will be shedding bitter tears. 30. I, Jack Price will leave, I hope. Besides these enforced gifts, we leave, not of necessity, but of our own free will, our blessings and tender memories of our pleasant associations to- gether and our forgiveness of anything that we may not have appreciated in the demonstration of the past and a pledge of friendship from henceforth and forever and we do hereby appoint and constitute the said Sponsor sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness thereof. We, the Class of 1950, the testators, have to this, our last will, written on one sheet of parchment, set our hands and seal this nineteenth day of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty. £ tnri rnCb .(La - KAAn TU gjJb 1 This Page Contributed by Parker Commercial Company—Gran and Ruth Fuquay 12