Rushford High School - Valley Legend Yearbook (Rushford, MN)

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I, CARL JAHR, do will and bequeath my bass to Gordy Torgerud, my ability to get the car to Gordy Quale, and my natural dislike for English to Donald Runger. I, MAUREEN JENSEN, do will and bequeath my trip to Girls State to the lucky girls who will go in the coming years, my editorship of the Ripples and all the headaches connected with it to Diane Larson, and my musical ability to my sister I, RAMONA JERVISS, do will and bequeath my cheerleading position to Arlysse Peterson, my majorette post to anyone who likes the extremes of the weather (freezing or oooking), and the thrill of being Homeooming Queen to a lucky girl in the junior class I, DARLENE JOHNSON, do will and bequeath my interest in bookkeeping to my sister, Nina, my dislike for sooial soienoe to the junior class, and my interest in a certain farm lad near Hart I will keep all to myself I, RAYMOND KJOS, do will and bequeath my ability to get the oar to Gordy Quale, my interest in FFA to Donnie Runger, and my drum to anyone who can play it better than I I, VERNA KLUNGTVEDT, do will and bequeath my string bass to Myrna Boese Bind my transcription tests to anyone who can keep his temper I, CONRAD LARSON, do will and bequeath my bookkeeping to anyone who has the spare time to do it in, and my love for old-time music to Diane Larson I, THORA MAGELSSEN, do will and bequeath my long hair to Ann Rislove, my marks to Joanne Bjorge, and my long, noisy bus ride to anyone who can stand it I, STANLEY MANN, do will and bequeath my interest in girls to Richard Anderson, except for a certain Peterson lass, my marks in English to Quentin Walker, and my levis to Donna Ferden I, DONALD McELMURY, do will and bequeath my car to the junk dealer, and my ability to make girls mad I keep for use throughout my life. I, PETER MILLER, do will and bequeath my ability to sneak into the assembly to Don Runger, my black hair and tallness 1 11 leave to Merlin Helgemoe, the problems of a longer lunch period and more comfortable chairs to Ur. Sonsteng, and the job of cleaning out my desk when the year is over to the janitors. I, LILA NELSON, do will and bequeath my short stature to Carl Huseboe, my good marks (?) in shorthand to Louise Markegard, and my long bus ride to my sister and brother. I, DELORES OIAN, do will and bequeath my piano ability to Jeanette Otis. I, JOHN PRINZING, do will and bequeath my numerous A s in algebra to George Berg (he needs them) and my various talents that I have not found yet I will keep for future use. I, MARY SANDSNESS, do will and bequeath my speech work to Joanne Bjorge, my play work to Marilyn Olstad, and my long and tough bus rides to my sister. I, RICHARD SIM, do will and bequeath all my troubles and worries to Nina Johnson, my class arguments to John Jertson, and my favorite sport, playing hookey, to Robert Rislove. I, DICK SMABY, do will and bequeath anything that I have to anyone that wants it and can make use of it, except my ability for putting a bag of wind through a small hoop, which I will keep for future use in college. I, JAMES STEPHANS, do will and bequeath all my abilities and lack of abilities to anyone who is not suitably endowed, and my state superior rating in extemporaneous speaking to anyone with a large enough net to catch all the butterflies that develop in the process of such competition I, MILLARD VITSE, do will and bequeath my engineering boots to Douglas Boyum, and my trips to Rochester to anyone who oan stand them 12

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CUE BEQUESTS, BEQUESTS, CONQUESTS, AND OTHER TESTS We, the memhers of the graduating class of 1953 do hereby, herewith, and now ordain, maintain, explain, and complain that this, our first will and last testament, is composed with as sound a mind and body as is seniorically possible To the school hoard we leave our sincere appreciation for the many educational opportunities and advantages which they have made available to us To the faculty, we extend our deepest thanks for the time and patience that they have devoted to us To the juniors we leave our desks, replete with arm rests, in the dignified section of the assembly by the windows To the janitors we leave all the gum under the seats, all the paper in the aisles, and all other such reminders of our twelve-year occupation of the Buahford Educational Institution I, MAVIS ANDERSON, do will and bequeath the pest that sits to the right of me in the assembly (Quentin Walker) to anyone who can hang on to their own books and pencils I will my quiet manner to Orlie Moger, my cheerleading ability to my brother, Donald, and my low blood count to all the dear teachers at R.H S I, LORN A B REM SETH, do will and bequeath my carefree manner to anyone with many worries and my constant chattering in the assembly to anyone who can get by with it I, ANN BREVIG, do will and bequeath my quiet manner to Glen Boynton, my love of dancing I will leave to Jeanette Otis, and the nice, quiet, long bus ride to my sister I, BERNADETTE CORCORAN, do will and bequeath my smallness to Larry Lang, my nervous disposition to Quentin Walker, and my love for dancing I'll keep for myself I, HENRY COLBENSON, do will and bequeath my interest in all good looking girls to Robert Rislove0 my ability to tip over corn shocks to Beverly Olness, and my Studebaker to anyone who doesn't mind walking. I, MARILYN DEAN, do will and bequeath my position as a majorette to anyone who is cold-blooded and my love (TIT) for shorthand to Betty Nowlan I will my interest in English to Buzzy (He'll probably need it 1) I, NANCY DUBBS, do will and bequeath my ability to get the car to anybody who is long-winded and can do a lot of fast talking, and my trips to LaCrosse to Ann Rislove. I, LOUISE EGGERT, do will and bequeath my long blond hair to Marlene Nelson, my love for music to Betty Ronnenberg, and my interest north of Rushford I will keep all to myself I, SHIRLEY LOU ERICKSON, do will and bequeath my love of reading to anyone who has time for it and my speech ability to someone who can make something out of it I, SHIRLEY EVENSON, do hereby will and bequeath my love for bookkeeping to Joanne Bjorge, my ability to have fun anywhere to Donna Perden, and my long, cold walks to the bus I leave with my brothers I, ROGER HAMMER, do will and bequeath my baritone to dear Kathleen, ray trapping ability to Jackie Rislove, and my fullback slot to Bob Forsythe I, YVONNE HASLEBUD, do will and bequeath my used clarinet reeds to Donna Ferden, my experiences in manuscript reading to anyone who has good eyes and strong knees, and my love of ice skating to all the basketball boys who are afraid they might fall down. I, LOIS HOFF, do will and bequeath my majorette baton to Madeline Howe, my second soprano part in girls' sextet to Kay Jaastad, the squeaks and squalks of my clarinet to Eileen Highum, my nice cold walks from Brooklyn to Nancy Hammer, my love for transcription and theme writing to Beverly Olness, and my seat in the assembly to Harriet Oolbenson I, EVELYN HOVLAND, do will and bequeath my early morning library periods to anyone who can be in school at 8 15 and my shorthand notebooks to anyone who likes to waste paper 11

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CLASS PROPHECY THORA MAGELSSEN, lady legislator, is the author of a bill in the state legislature which will make illegal any passes that men make at girls She has been fighting this problem since she got to be a representative and says that something ought to be done about it. The bill is expected to be defeated. OIAN and Boyun, makers of Bunions and Trunions, who were married last year, just had a new product. ANN BREVIG, woman explorer, made her third trip to the north pole this past winter. She was asked how she got the dogs to travel so far and also what she ate during her trip. She said she could answer that with one word, Mush. Vaudeville comedian, LORNA BREMSETH, lectured on how to stop that Romeo when he gets in the romantic mood. She says that when he starts talking about your nice teeth, you should tell him that his are like stars—they come out at night. If he is still persistent, tell him his ears look like flowers—cauliflowers I She guarantees this to stop him I Two of the world s most famous painter, Norman Rockwell and RICKARD Rembrant SIM, displayed their paintings in the snazzy La Ritz in Chicago. Sim’s paintings are reported to sell for ?100,000 a square inch. CONRAD LARSON, world famous economist, was recently asked to what he attributed his success. Said he, No women. MAVIS ANDERSON, world renowned polka dancer, is getting in shape for another tour this winter. She leads the Green Bay Packers in their calisthenics. The coach is amazed at the interest shown in practice by the boys. ROGER HAMMER, famous engineer, is making plans to build a skyscraper 209 stories high in New York. Says Roger, We (you know who) like privacy so we are going to live on floor 208. London Times—A bright, new opera star, MILLARD VTTSE, made a smashing hit in his new opera, De Fiddle’s Bow. Cast as the leading singer, this man with his rich baritone voice, also set a new record by folding a note for four minutes and 49 seconds. Asked how he ever did it, he replied, It has always been my life’s ambition. NANCY DUB3S, head of the Huff and Puff Bubble Gum Company, has invented a new gum called Nothing. Her idea is that when the teachers ask the pupils what they are chewing, they can reply, Nothing. RAMONA JERVISS, world famous skier and skater who is competing in the winter Olympics, was reported to be doing fine until a certain Scandahoovian skier came along. She has dropped way behind because, it is rumored, she is falling for him. VERNA KLUNGTVEDT, with her bass fiddle and her all girl orchestra-the Plunkavets- have just returned from a very successful tour of Europe. Verna said they had a plunkin good time. Flash I MARY SANDSNESS and Earl Windstorm are blowing up a sandstorm together in society circles. USAF General, honorable STANLEY MANN, flew nonstop around the world 6 times in his own designed XY-269 ram jet. He told this reporter when he landed that it got pretty lonely up there so next time he went up to try for a new record of 7 times around the globe, he’d bring a girl along. JIM STEPHANS won the Einstein award for the most advanced mathematician by figuring out how many grains of sand were in the Sahara Desert. He figured this problem out after spending only five years on it. He was asked in an interview what sensation he felt after he finally completed itj he said, VlT-t-Tr3 A young new star is rising fast on the ice skating scene and is threatening to overtake the current star. Miss Hortence Goof. Executing her famous jump, turn, twist, loop, with a double gainer has gained for YVONNE HASLERUD, world renowned fame. PETER MILLER and DICK SMABY just were released from a prison mental hospital. Besides going nuts writing the prophecy for their annual, they were sued by most of the members of their class and are now on county relief. 13