Rainier High School - Emeraude Yearbook (Rainier, OR)

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SENIOR CLASS WILLS Being of sound mind and body, we, the class of 1950 of Rainier Union High School, do hereby make, publish and declare this, our last will and testament. We hereby bequeath: To next year’s Seniors we will our ability to sit in the back of the auditorium. To Mr. Kurath, we will our old American Observers. Personally we do hereby will the following: I, Allan Kimble, will my ability to get along with girls to Dale Docken. I, Ann Larson, will my excess height to Mr. Hendricks. We, Ardis and Betty Bare, will our last name to Jean Marshall. I, Bert Parcher, will my ability to stay in the office to Gene Flippin. I, Betty Gressett, will my ability to get to chorus on time to Mr. Leslie. I, Betty Hyde, will my old alarm clock to Mr. McBride. I, Betty Zimmerman, will my height to Mickey Rea. I, Bobbye Beane, will my scholastic standing to Garland Brown. I, Bobby Johnson, will my job as referee for the Letterettes to any unfortunate junior. I, Clairice Michelle, will my black hair and complexion to Lillian Peterson. I, Dale Bonser, will not will anything I, Delores Thwing, will my smiles to Jean Hansen. I, Donna Benson, will six weeks of Macbeth to anyone who is dumb enough to take Senior English. I, Donna Walker, will my giggles to Joann Manly. I, Eleanore Van Swoll, will my height to Shirley Thompson. I, Florence Weller, will my ability to blush to anyone who will accept it. I, Gordan Ford, will to Wendell and Gary Barnes all the knowledge I did not get in Geometry. We, Gail Snow and Zolene Carpenter, will leave. (P.S. — We’re glad!) I, Grace Renshaw, will my ability to lose things to Trudy Larson. I, Herb Ridderbusch will my locker to anyone who will put a new door on it. I, Jack Williams, will my bashfulness to Sally Hansen. I, James Marshall, will my spot near the school furnace to anyone cold enough to take it. I, Jean Fields, will my ability to get to school on time to my sister Joann. I, Jimmie Davis, will my job as president of the F. F. A. to Dick Samples. I, Kenney Davis, will my seat in the Journalism class to any sucker that wants it. I, Lee Heckathorn, will my locker in the senior hall to anyone who doesn’t like to work a combination. I, Leslie Furer, will my habitual promptness to Frances, my sister. I, Lloyd LeSollen, will my hot rods and bubble gum to Mr. Cunning. I, Lucille Pierce, will my place in Social Ec. to some lucky (?) senior next year. I, Marie Thompson, will my ability to go steady to Josie deMent. I, Margaret Lance, will six gallons of “Rubber Cement’’ to next year’s Emeraude Editor. I, Mary Ellen Andes, will my ability to be quiet in typing to Joan Lafitte. I, Mary Farwell, will my typing ability to Marlene McBride. I, Orrin Granlund, will be glad when my time is up. I, Pat Asbury, will my red-headed temper to Carol Thwing. I, Pat Finigan, will my 7 o’clock bus ride to Janice Harvey. I, Pat Winchell, will my height to Jean Zimmerman. I, Patty McGlone, will anyone my place in bookkeeping. I, Phyllis Remick, will my monkey-like instinct to Barbara Kosina. I, Robert Whitbeck, will be glad to get out of R.U.H.S. I, Rockne Foshaug, will my whiskers to Jack Fields and Miss Sundell. I, Ruby Balza, will my ability to get straight ones in Social Ec. to next year’s star athletes. I, Thelma Kamp, will my brother to Pat Winchell. I, Willard McCollam, will leave my parking place to some other poor sucker with a Ford. I, Rodney Kellar,will a pair of clean sweat sox to Jim Clayton. I, Ray Jessee, will my straight ones to Darrell Parcher. I, Biruta Steinberg, will my ability to speak English to Wendell Barnes. I, Pete Robinson will my coordination to Gene Hickle. Signed this twenty-sixth day of May, in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty. Witness: Mr. Kurath, advisor Witness: Orrin Granlund, president Witness: Zolene Carpenter, secretary

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SEiJIUU WWUMMUK NAME WEAKNESS AMBITION WIND-UP Thelma Kamp Jackie Lee To shrink Fat lady in a circus Dale Bonser Shyness To say something Barker for Barnum Bailey Betty Zimmerman Someone else’s man To get him Lady wrestler Jim Marshall Running from girls To get that womanly instinct President of Vassar Jean Fields Boys To get married Baby sitter for Newell’s grandchildren Betty Hyde Tall, dark boys To find one Married to a blonde midget Ray Jessee Smooching None! Selling kisses for 1£ each Patty McGlone Eating Hair dresser Jimmy Durante’s hair- dresser Jack Williams Home-made wine To sleep it off Wino Betty Gressett Scooge Mother of 10 redheads Old Maid Allan Kimble St. Helens gals Senator from Oregon Dress designer for Jane Russell Marie Thompson Clifford To be Mrs. Boyd Miss Thompson Pat Finigan Social Ec. School teacher Student Leslie Furer Lee To go with a boy with a new Cadillac Buyer for Odle’s surplus Eleanore Van Swoll A certain college boy Nurse Nurse at cat and dog hospital Margaret Lance Physical Education To get out of taking P.E. Forest fire lookout on Robinson’s hill Donna Benson Peeking at Barometer before it was done To star in Macbeth Still griping about Barometer Ruby Balza Slaughter house To know “Why??” Mrs. Rose Winans Bobby Johnson St. Helens girl friends To drive Dale’s car Working for Ajax Wrecking Co. Mary Farwell Horses Raise horses Bookie for Portland Meadows Phyllis Remick The post office To get a letter Mail carrier Rodney Kellar Donna Basketball coach Water boy Jim Davis F. F. A. Ag. teacher City slicker Gordan Ford Flirting College Bum Bert Parcher The office Run projector at Paramount Theater Mouse catcher at Rainier Theater Lee Heckathorn Pajama parties To get there Selling car batteries Mary Ellen Andes Talking To make “whoopie” Caretaker of a graveyard Zolene Carpenter School To get out Still there Gail Snow Snooping at Barometer page before it was done To sing in Carnegie Hall R.U.H.S. janitor Pat Winchell Bob Kamp Bob Kamp Bob Kamp Florence Weller Dean To stop blushing Paleface Ann Larson Bell Bottom Trousers To make up her mind Married to a soldier Grace Renshaw Schools To stay in one school School teacher Lucille Pierce Shorthand To take 120 words a minute Binding shorthand pads Donna Walker Giggling To quit giggling Still giggling Duane Swart Necking To pass chemistry Blown up Peter Robinson Girls To own a car that runs Mayor Robinson Willard McCollam Rainier State Bank Signal Oil Distributor President of State Bank Lloyd LeSollen Hay fever To grow tall Can’t stop growing Herb Ridderbusch Radios Radio technician Night watchman in a Westport Radio Shop Biruta Steinberg Studying Doctor Dr. Steinberg Bobby Whitbeck Hot rods To go to school two days in a row Truant officer Klairice Michelle Health class To be blonde Platinum blonde Delores Thwing Parking at Prescott Grade School More parking Installing parking meters in Prescott Pat Asbury Skipping school To own a convertible All wet Rockne Foshaug Shaving To catch the next Mule Train to Seattle Pres, of House of David Ardis Bare Life in the country To change her last name Mrs. Bear Betty Bare Art Artist Pasting signs on billboards Bobbye Beane Arvie Wife of a mint farmer Allergic to mint Orrin Granlund Mobil Oil Station To have order in the Senior class Author of book “Orrins’ Rules of Order” Kenny Davis Brothers To be a bachelor Father of 13 girls