Powder Valley High School - Badger Yearbook (North Powder, OR)

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Last Will and Testament of the Class of ’49 We, the Senior class, of the city of North Powder, county of Union, and state of Oregon, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revok- ing any will or wills heretofore made by us. We do hereby will and bequeath to the Junior class our ability to have a sneak day. Also to the Juniors we will our class room in hopes that some of its intellectual capacities will pass on to them. To the Sophomores we will our ability to co-operate and our many good times. To the Freshmen we leave our persistence and our sophistication. .-4s individuals we will the following: 1, Ronald Young, will my bad habits, late hours, fast driving, and beer opener to my little brother, Ted. I, John Lawrence, will my wild times and dancing ability to Robert Aldrich. I. Guy Pritchard, will my slow driving and way of romancing to some poor underclassman. I, Carol Bradfield, will my ability to get the car to the next person lucky enough. I. Evelyne Stephens, will my obnoxious nature to Olive McCanse. To anyone that has the ability to win it, I will my honor of being Mr. Zike’s pet. 1, Keith Lewis, will my ability to take advantage of skipping school to Rodney Toney who has never missed a day during the past two years. 1, Stanley Hansen, will my ability to wear a false tooth to the next foot- ball guard that loses one. I, Norma Thompson, will my ability to juggle the wrong numbers and get the right answer in bookkeeping class to the next one that en- counters the subject. I, Pat Johnson, will my job as accompanist to my unfortunate successor. I, Willis Marsing, will my nearsightedness to Carl Loennig since he en- joys wearing glasses so much. 1. Elsie Leonnig, will my job as secretary of the Senior class to Bonny Johnson, who likes to write letters. 1, Pat Shaw, will my ambitious nature to the Freshmen boys who are desparately in need of it. I, Larry Toney, will my way with the women to anyone that needs it. I, Edgar Newman, will my “handy-man” abilities to Arlen Tally. In the event that the Junior class should predecease us, we give, devise, and bequeath the portion of our estate which they would have taken, if living, to the Sophomore and Freshmen classes. In IV it ness IV hereof, we, the Senior class, have set our hand and seal hereto this twenty-fifth day of May in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine.

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CLASS PROPHECY (continued) Dozen” while in high school, and 1 guess that is where he obtained the idea. He and his wife have had four sets of triplets. He had gotten married just after graduation and has lived in Key West, Florida, since. He told me that next was a girl who had done very well in teaching. None other than Norma Thompson had been made dean of women at Vassar for several years when she resigned to get married. She married the dean of men at Yale and they moved to England where she was now teaching social studies. This had been her sole ambition since graduation. Suddenly the old fellow said he could see a big puff of smoke. As it cleared he saw Elsie Loennig standing behind a burnt cake. She was now a home economic teacher and in all her years of cooking, that was the first cake she had ruined. She was not married yet, and she was planning to continue her career in the field of home economics. Next the old man said he could see Monsieur Larry Toney in Paris, France. He lived in a very exquisite suite that his rich uncle had willed him. Larry was still a bachelor, although still quite a lady killer. 1 simply couldn’t wait any longer, so I asked him what I was doing since my graduation ten years ago. He said I was star reporter for the New York Times daily paper and was married to the editor and had one little boy, Charles IV. The old prospector seemed to start to fade out just as he had come in, and 1 remembered I was talking to the mirage I had seen on the desert. Before he com- pletely disappeared, I asked him who he was. As he faded from sight, he said: I am the spirit of ’49”. He went on to explain that he came back every one hundred years, and that he always found a good listener, then told him the future and happenings of the ’49 preceding the present time. Your New York Times Reporter.

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SENIOR SNEAK On a beautiful, rainy day, Thursday, April 21, twelve seniors and their 3 chaperones left for a sneak that was to last for a day and a half. At 1:45 p. m., Mrs. Claude Toney, Mrs. Chris Johnson, and Miss Ivankins left with cars containing the following: Carol Bradfield, Evelyne Stephens, Pat Shaw, Pat Johnson, Norma Thompson, Elsie Loennig, John Lawrence, Guy Pritchard, Ronald Young, Larry Toney, Stanley Han- sen, and Edgar Newman. The destination of these individuals was Pull- man, Washington, where they made their grand entrance at 9:00 p. m. The girls stayed at the Kappa Delta House, which is Miss Lankins’ sor- ority house, and the boys stayed at the Delta Upsilon House just across the street. The group was awakened by a beautiful sun shining in their win- dows. Up bright and early, a guide was appointed to the class that they might visit the complete campus at Washington State College. Among the many things visited that morning were the boys’ and girls’ gyms and swimming pools, the museum, Todd hall, which had just been completed; the new library that was in progress and will cover a block when com- pleted; the football stadium, and Washington State’s mascot which is a caged cougar—Butch. The stadium holds a capacity crowd of twenty- six thousand without the temporary bleachers. The class thought that Washington State had a very beautiful college. About noon the class headed for Moscow, Idaho, where they were to visit the University of Idaho. We enjoyed the many places we visited there including the football stadium, the boys’ gym, the radio station, fraternity houses, the engineering building, and of particular interest were trees planted by President Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Moscow has a very nice college, also. The group was very tired after so many sights, so about 5:00 p.m. they started for Powder. We arrived at Walla Walla about 8:00 p.m. where dinner was eaten and all attended a show. The grand return was made into Powder about 2:15 a. m., except for the Johnson car which had light trouble and arrived at Powder about 3:00 a. m. All had a wonderful trip and all were without bad effects until the lack of sleep was noticed Saturday morning. Everyone thought the trip was very educational as well as loads of fun.