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How Freelg we Gave We the 1953 class of Rossvalle Hagh School Rossvalle lndaana beang of sound mand and body do make thas our last wall and testament I Harold Austan wall my abalaty to keep late hours to anyone who thanks he can hade the after effects I Joyce Ellen Avery do humbly offer my rosy cheeks to Betty Sapes who maght enaoy the change I Maralyn Black wall my seat an the study hall to my saster Sharon so that she may enaoy Ross Malners company I Ball Braden gladly let Jam Gross have some of my heaght af he thanks he can actually use at I George Burkhalter donate my fleetness on the basketball floor to the future champ Art Gross af he can avoad fallang over has own feet I Max Calloway gave to the manly Phal Carr the art of growang a beard I Connae Chattack would lake to leave my habat of stayang home evenangs to Kay Barnhart provadang she doesnt turn anto a stay at home I Margaret Curnutt wall my breezaness an shorthand to next year s shorthand class af they can hold up under at I Darlene Devore generously pass my abalaty to erase an typang on to next year s typers af they re as messy as I was I Ball Dunk bequeath my ever exastang endeavors to make the A honor roll to Sylvan Eller who may some day use at I Lala .Io Dunk wall my senaor skart to senaor garls of 54 who may shy away from the tradataonal decorataons I Doras Eller hand my blue fanger naal polash to Maralee Brenneman af she can take the rabbang I Chester Flora wall let Merrall Gaylor have my abalaty to out referee the re feree af he learns to shout as loudly as I dad I Ronnae Gaylor leave my Wald Cat anterest to any Rossvalle fellow provadang has anterest asnt aamed darectly at mane I Aranettae Good pass on to Don Chattack my occasaons of dravang wathout a Iacense af he wall be more careful whale passang cars I Gene Hardesty leave my appetate to Meredath Sknles under the condataon that he doesnt gaan any more weaght than I have I Sharley Hufford wall to my saster Pat my half of the alarm clock provadang she gets to school on tame I Joyce Kangery leave my aob as mameographer to Martha Tacen af she can fand a way to keep the machane an perfect shape I Gary Kate wall let Charles Coffman have my abalaty to snatch cough drops an the study hall af he promases not to get caught 6 6 Q 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 . . , . . . . , 1 1 1 1 I ' I 1 1 . , . . . . . . . , 1 1 1 1 I I - - . ll ' II' ' ' ' 1 1 . . . , . . . Q 1 1 1 1 , . . , 1 1 1 ' 1 1 , , I .. . . I I .
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'How Uavad the 'Past The straans of POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE are echoang through the gymnas aum and as I look about me at the tharty eaght other eager classmates gavang a last manute touch to thear caps my mand goes back to a day an September when twen ty one excated and cute youngsters clambed onto the farst step on our staarway to Commencement 1953 I remember as af at were yesterday Mrs Cochran was our teacher that farst year Dad she ever have her hands full wath twenty one ampash youngsters Tom Skales MarshallSheets Esther McGall Dor as Eller Chet Flora Lala Dunk Sharley Hufford Terry Peters Max Calloway Ron Gay lor Annettae Good Russell Long Jesse Shavely Daxae Sheets John Cook Keath Guan Sandra Stoms Sharon Deboy Rachard Fatzwater Merrall Gaylor and Laura Gascho On the second step we were guaded by Mrs Fasher Oh those wratang lessons' We were loaned by Gary Kate and for a whale Bobby Lane but lost Sandra Stoms Rachard Fatzwater and Merrall Gaylor Mrs Fasher was our teacher agaan an the thard grade Annettae really took the Wszard of Oz to heart she would sat an tne hall and cry whale at was beang read' Ball Young loaned us here and Ralph Delp lourneyed wath us for a few months Shar on Deboy abandoned us on thas step On the fourth step Joe Parr clambed Eugene Katsman and Martha Crouse were wath us temporaraly and we lost Laura Gascho ln the fafth grade we davaded our tame our mornangs were spent wath Mrs Catron and an the afternoon Mr Wolfe taught us our multaplacataon tables What mental torture' Don Wampler and Lloyd Huffer came to Rossvalle whale Joe Parr moved away Jean Salverthorn loaned us on the saxth step and Keath Guan moved to Lafayette entered our class an the seventh year and Lloyd Huffer left On the eaghth step Pat Mohler stepped an whale Barbara Rolston left When we entered hagh school our class roll increased ammensely by the follow ang transfers from Owen and Owasco Joyce Avery Maralyn Black Harold Austan Ball Dunk Dack Reddangton Ball Yoder Darlene Devore Carolyn Neher Ruth Sloan Phal Lee Joyce Kangery Ronald Devore Phyllas Gascho Ruth B'edsoe Joy Metzger Dorothy Newhouser Connae Chattack Wanafred Purcell George Burkhalter Sharley Metzger and Francas Ward Ron and Don Harshman came from Florada ln the maddle of the year we were loaned by Pat Snellang and Nancy Mclntare whale we had lost Pat Mohler ln our sophomore year we welcomed to our class Ball Braden Frances Scott and Clayton Ames who was wath us only a short tame After a few months spent an Florada Ron and Don Harshman F8lOlned our class Remember our excatement when we receaved our class sweaters and how for weeks the study hall was bedecked wath grey specks Cheaper by the Dozen was the prade of our lunaor class And the way we held one hand out when we got our rangs' On the eleventh step entered Margaret Cur nutt and Gene Hardesty We were sorry when Nancy Mclntare and Ron and Don Harshman left us durang the year Phyllas Gascho left our class after the tenth grade We approached the fanal step of oJr school days lourney wath forty class members havang lost Daxae Sheets Ronald Devore and John Cook Frances Scott left after the farst three weeks leavang us tharty nane an our graduataon class How dear to our hearts wall our senaor year always remaan' The senaor play our maga zarae subscraptaon drave our paper draves our senaor pactures ball games our won derful trap to Washangton and New York and the last days spent an our classes lt seems at was all only yesterday . But now the farst senaors are enterang the gym Walkang toward the stage l am assured that as we leave our halls of avy we shall stall remember though we be far far away C C O 0 C I D . . . I - . n . . - . I I . I - 1 1 I I 1 I ' I I I I I I I I I I I ' . . , . I I I I , . O I 1 u I - 1 n Q . F I , . . 4 . l . Junior High!-How adult we felt as we sat in the study hall. Barbara Rolston . I . . - : I K I I I I I I I I I I I I ' I I I I I I I ' I I , . , . ' I l . l I l l . I . . . I I n . . . l . I - I I I 1 ' , . I . . . . l I . I ll v ll I I , .
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I Phulup Lee bequeath my pew un physucs to a 54 senuor boy who wull promuse to eruuoy teasung the gurls as much as I dud I Russell Long wull my senuor cords to anyone who has the patuence and us careful enough to keep them clean I Esther McGull do humbly leave my demure demeanor to Trudy George pro- vudung she takes the change to heart I Joy Metzger wull leave my petuteness to Evelyn Scolley uf she promuses not to let ut go to her head I Shurley Metzger guve my attendance record to anyone who has been ab sent more than I have uf thats possuble I Carolyn Neher hereby leave to Ella Cook my abuluty to play volley ball pro- vudung she doesnt beat the opposung team too much I Dorothy Newhouser agree to leave my note passung to Maruorue Gochenour I Terry Peters wull my posutuon as student manager to Bob Hunesley provudung he doesnt forget to vusut the gurls at the halves and between ball games I Wunufred Purcell pass on to Sue Kungery my front seat un government and hope she has more success un getting A s than I dud I Duck Reddungton bequeath my curly haur to all boys wuth crew cuts uf they wull pun ut up every nught and keep ut combed un soft curls I Marshall Sheets leave my haur style to Muckey McCoy provudung he doesnt Cut ut to watch out for Mr Fox whule playing un the lubrary I Jean Sulverthorn gladly guve my uob as busuness manager of the school paper to anyone who doesnt mund headaches I Thomas Skules wull my stutterung to Juluan Bell uf he makes ut as useful as I have always trued to do I Ruth Sloan pass on my posutuon as chuef squaw un trug class to any gurl who us brave enough to take ut I Pat Snellung bequeath my habut of whusperung un class to Aluce Muller uf she does ut whule the teacher usnt lookung I Don Wampler do humbly offer my abuluty to take puctures to next years LARS photographer uf he doesnt try to take flash puctures wuthout the bulbs I Francus Ward would luke to leave my resustance to femunune wules to anyone whose resustance us low I Bull Yoder donate my seat un the offuce to anyone who wull promuse to use ut as fauthfully as I dud I Bull Young wull to my brother Rex my luck un attracting cute freshmen gurls uf he promuses to waut untul he us a senuor We the Class of I953 nomunate and appoint Mr Howard Muller to be execu tor of thus our last wull and testament In wutness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal thus twenty nunth day of Aprul un the year 1953. CLASS OF I953 I . . I ..,. . . I I . . . . I - I I I . . . g. I ' l I ' ' -. I , . ' , . . . I I . . . D I I . .. . . . I . . I . . I . . I . . I . . . . . , I I I, Jesse Shively, will my talent of playing jacks to Rolland Crow if he promises I . I . . . , . I I . . ,, . ,, . . . I I I . I . . . . . . . I I . . . , I I I I I I I I . . U . - , . I - .
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