Redmond High School - Juniper Yearbook (Redmond, OR)

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CLASS PROPlIECY Bob Povey is Central Oregon's most famous cow-rustler. Glen Brenchley has recently acquired his degree as a mortician. David Chamberlin is advertising agent in a soap factory. His slogan is, 'Tm Forever Blowing Bubbles. Dean Lowe has become a jeweler. He specializes in fitting diamonds on young ladies' fingers. Keith Ferguson is the U. S. diplomat to Germany, and, therefore, his flaming hair has turned grey. Bobby Varco is at Harvard now, training to be U. S. President. Agness Alexander is like the 'twandering Jew, still wandering, and where she stops nobody knows. In Witness Whereof, we, the investigation committee do hereby affix our seal. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Realizing that we, of the class of May, 1940, shall soon cease to exist in the memories of those we leave behind, and mindful of the unknown and obscure future, we do hereby solemnly make our last will and testament and do make the following distribution of our earthly possessions. Firstly: To Mr. Means, our kind and sympathetic principal who has guided us through our four years in this school, we leave behind our deepest appreciation. Secondly: To our advisors and members of the faculty who have by patient and uncomplaining efforts aided us in realizing our highest ambition, we leave our respect and love. Thirdly: Individual bequests. I, Gene Gaston, will my well-worn paths up and down the hall to Dale Dorn who will need to get out of senior English next year. ' I, William Hall, will my long legs and arms to Tommy Ammon. Dan Kilgore, leave my memories as a good football and basketball player, but am taking every- I, thing else with me-SHE graduates tool I, Doris Williams, will my quiet ways to Minnie Lowe, in hopes they will be put to use. I, Amy Dunn, will my ability to learn English easily to Bud McDonald because he needs it very much. I, Betty Mae Weigand, will the alumni boys to DeFriese Johns and any other girls who want them, on condition that I can keep one for my own amusement. We, Betty Kingsbury and Alice Freeman, will our interest in Bend to no one. We want to have some more fun ourselves. I, Warren Parr, will Betty Frakes to any boy who can get her, on condition that she be returned if she starts talking. I, Norval Grubb, bequeath nothing to anyone. I am taking everything with me but my locker. LHe's Scotchl. I, Dean Lowe, leave what little I have left to anyone, and give my undying sympathy to the poor freshies who still have four years of struggle. I, Will Kanoff, will to Chan Ray my arguments to get Bend-Redmond school dances so they'll be carried on. I, Marie Rutherford, will my swearing ability 'to Bernice Stoner who needs it badly when she gets mad. I, Gene Damewood, leave my ability to pitch woo to Zell Cooley. I, Vern Hartford, bequeath my ability to study to Emma Nan Peden.

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CLASS PROPllECY Flora Logan is just starting to be a writer. Her first publication is Proper Conduct of a Student. Gene Damewood recently put his application in for foreman of the W. P. A. Evelyn Ryder is trying to replace Ann Sheridan. She has the oomph but not the it, We have just heard Warren Parr has to go to the hospital again. One of his legs is shorter than the other from farming on side hills in Washington. Amy Dunn has come back to R. U. H. S. where she is teaching English to the younger generation. Dorothy Croghan is making a trip around the world. The trip is made possible by the alimony from her former husband, Chuck Hiatt. Pat Follon is now living a peaceful home life in Bend with her husband. People are beginning to fear that William Hall is losing his mind, a condition caused from trying to make a new set of parliamentary rules for the F. F. A. Betty Iverson and Helen Inman have discovered a new vitamin, L, in spinach since becoming dietitians. Betty Mae Weigand and Glenda Stephenson are selling cigarettes at the tables in a night club in a suburb of Los Angeles. Marvin Coss and Gene Gaston earn their bread and butter as bellhops in the biggest hotel in Chicago. Donald Moore and Robert Scott own an airplane factory in Southern California. They have built a monoplane so like a bird that it roosts in trees. Will Kanoff and Charles Sawyer have started a new venture on life's ladder of success. They have bought a confectionery in Alaska and sell double-dip ice cream cones to the Eskimos. Doris Abernathy and Alma Beougher have started a beauty parlor in Central Africa, specializing in permanent waves for the aristocratic natives. Delora Davis and Helen Tellefson are modelling clothes for Montgomery Ward's spring and fall catalogs. Jean Clevenger has become Chairman of the Deschutes County Fair Board. Out in the Cloverdale School House, we find Anna Saxton with a bunch of students around her skirts trying to learn something. Virginia Swendig has followed up her high school activities by becoming editor of the Redmond Spokesman. Dan Kilgore recently became head designer of one of the three big automobile companies. Robert Nichols is boxing the punching bag and singing Western ballads to the strains of his new guitar. Keith Shepard is slowly but cheerfully driving a team across the black rich soil of mother earth, with a plow behind making dainty incisions in the dirt. Betty Lou Shelley is in the East, specializing in voice training and leading the world's most famous swing band. Clarence Allen is a coffin salesman. He goes around pounding doors and following in the footsteps of the life insurance salesman, Ralph Klann. Marie Rutherford has just opened up a dancing school in Bend where she is teaching tap and ballroom dancing. Doris Williams is out on a public speaking tour on Why Men Shouldn't Become Hermitsf' We find Rev. Ray Sturdivan trying to convince his congregation they should become Christians. Virginia Park is a radio commentator for the exercise hour over KBND. Miss Annarose Hall has become a snake charmer in the South Sea Islands.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, Lester Chitwood, leave my sister Eleanor to Jack Elrod, but insist on taking Marge with me. I, Keith Ferguson, will my red hair to Anna Dean Weigand. I, Pat Follon, will my diamond to Darlene Holmstrem, and from the looks of things she is going to need it. I, Hartley Hobbs, bequeath my way with the teachers to anyone who wishes he could do pranks and not look guilty. I, Chuck Sawyer, leave with anyone who will go with me. I, Sam Parsley, leave Redmond Hi for sure-I hope. I, Marvin Christy, leave all my cartoons to Marvin Newton and vanish in a cloud of dust. I, Alma Beougher, bequeath nothing-I take even my well-worn books. I, Chuck Hiatt, will my interest in the Mayfair theatre to no one. I, Marjorie Jorgenson, will my dimples to Dorothy Hodge. We, Betty Iverson and Helen Inman, will our seats in roll room to Lloyd Houk and Jack Strickland. I, Richard Logan, will my standing with the faculty to anyone who can't get through school with- out it. I, Carmen Newell, leave a troup of mourning boys and also promises. I'm not leaving Redmond- at least not for a while. I, Anna Saxton, will my pleasing plumpness to Jerold Cyrus in case he should start losing weight. I, Rex Richardson, will my ability to go with underclassmen to Rhoda Anne Peterson. I, Alice King, will my shy ways to Mary Ellen Hutchins. I, Jean Clevenger, will my gentle voice to Veokra Heath. I, Phyllis Means, will my ability to argue to Donald Grubb who will need it in debate. I, Donald Moore, will my ability to keep quiet to Max Richardson. I, Ed Booth, will my art of showing new girl students arbund to ,Franklin Nolan. I, Evelyn Ryder, will my ability to keep the boys in hot water to Barbara Scott. I, Clarence Allen, will a portion of my conceit to ten juniors, twelve sophs, and thirteen frosh to be evenly divided among them. I, Betty Lou Shelley, leave my bright and witty comebacks to anyone who is smart enough to get 'em off. I, Keith Shepard, will my ability to argue to John Young. We, Doris Abernathy and Flora Logan, will our place to anyone who can use it to a better ad- vantage. I, David Chamberlin, will my enormous size to Gilbert McFadden who we think could use it. I, Glen Brenchley, will my size to Carl Copper, in case Carl should want to reduce. I, Ila Mae Kissler, will my dislike for gym to some poor freshman girl. I, Virginia Swendig, bequeath my breezy stories to anyone who can get them. We, Helen Tellefson and Virginia Park, will our quiet ways to the junior boys roll room. I, Gene Johnson, will my books to Ellen Braid and hope she uses them to the greatest of advantage. I, Glenda Stephenson, will the good example I have set in school to Joyce Means. I I, Edwin Schmidt, will my athletic ability to Elliott Kingsbury. I, Ray Sturdivan, will my way with Bend girls to Raymond Barnett.