Prophetstown High School - Prophet Yearbook (Prophetstown, IL)

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CLASS WILL we, the dignified members of the distinguished class of 1940, leaving our dear old P. H. S. and believing our- selves to be both physically and mentally sound, and quite capable of giving advice, do hereby give and bequeath these certain accomplishments, characteristics and what-not to those whom we see are fit to receive them. We express our deepest gratitude to Mr. Mummart, who taught us the difference between right and left by making us practice it on the stairwaysg to Mr. Layman, who tried to penetrate our somewhat uninterested selves with American historyg to Mr. Lindsay, whom the girls didn't know very well but always thought he had the cutest smileg to Miss Rumble, who had to stand at least three years of our pres- ence in her English classes and who so ably directed our talented class in our plays, to Miss Murray, who so will- ingly helped us with the anm al and who so ably helped the P. H. S. Syncopators with her little old saxophoneg to Miss Forney, who directed our way around the libraryg to Miss Smith, who came to P. H. S. our senior year but who strug- gled with some of our great mathematicians, to Miss Thor- elius, who also came this year and taught us how to cook and sewg to Mr. Olmstead, who taught us the Udo, re, min of music, to Mr. Perrin, who taught some of us to use our energy for tooting horns instead of talking so much, to Coach Craig, whose beaming face we were honored on several occasions to see before our student bodyg and last, but not least, we would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Week- ley, the capable custodian of our building. We will our good behavior to the underclassmen, so we know they won't cause Mr. Weekley a lot of trouble. Also, we do individually bequeath the following: Jean Lawrence, the senior class spit fire, leaves WGusW to do or die all by himself. Anita leaves Bob in the expert care of Marjorie Van Rycke. Marjorie started her duties a little early. She even tried to run Anita out of office this year. Jana leaves her ability as a writer to anyone who thinks that he or she is capable of filling her shoes. We would rather Jana would keep her ability because'Bhets doing excellently with it herself. Jack Murphy leaves his Hromanticn personality to the

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headlines. You will be remembered as the first page boy in the White House to receive an old age pension. Brace Baldwin, as a representative for the Potter, Potter, Potter, and Potter Pottery Company, it is your Job to buy up all the best clay deposits in the country. Don't let anyone beat you to the dirt. My crystal ball shows you, Keith Curry, still carry- ing the old torch. It seems as if you don't care to hunt for a new one. THE LITTLE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE He bids a cheery good morning to his trans-parents. Then he eats a heavy breakfast of Ghost-Toasties and sliced doughnut holes. Dashing out to the mirage, he backs out his Phantom 8 and heads for the Seven Lost Cities of Cibola. Upon arriving at his office, where he works at monkey business, he peers through the opaque glass into his pri- vate office to find his secretary already on his lap. He silently dictates a letter to her and tells her to throw it out the window because it must go by airmail. Having a successful failure of business for the day, he closes his office. - He leaps into his Phantom 8, which is waiting at the curb in the middle of the street, and gets picked up for going through a black light at the stop light. He is taken to the tennis court and brought before the unlawful judge to be tried. Being-convicted, he happily makes his way homeward. As he is tired and weary, he eats lightly of lead and butter spread with marble-ade, dashes up cellar to a nice soft, fluffy pin feather bed. Soon he is snoring on into a sleep- less night. Mike

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rest of the Wwould-be 'sheiks'N in school. Examples: Clark Woolums and John Bauer. Keith Curry leaves Donna Jo with no one to dodge while she is trying to get to school. Dean Dorathy leaves Hwinnien Thede and her Buick to go back to the farm and keep on herding the model WAN. Brace Baldwin leaves his ability to stumble around the ballroom to Clyde Toppert. Earl Brooks wills his ability to trip people in the study hall to Dean Larson. Harry Farrell leaves his technique in herding his big gray bus around to anyone who thinks he is man enough to handle it. Jean Clary leaves her giggle to Helen Oetzel. Ruth Bayles leaves her ability to play basketball to the freshmen girls. It seems as if they need any ability that they can get. Bill Johnson leaves his artistic ability to the art- ists of the next annual staff. nFennoN Wilson leaves his cute little ncookie dustern to Eileen McCoy, who, we are informed, will be tickled with it. Daisy Van De Wostine leaves her ability to sew to Jim Mathis who intends to have a career as a tailor. Marilyn Hansen leaves Amos and his Nnew earn to ride to and from school all by themselves. Phyllis Heller leaves her ability to wear the latest styles and Ndoodadsu, including umbrellas and kerchiefs, to Shirley Hodge. Bill Zinser leaves Jane Stewart to Slate Morris as Bill claims she doesn't even know how to cook. Wwhitien Zinser leaves his excess bushy hair to Mr. Mum art. Jack woolums leaves Clark to take better care of the women than he has.