Smoot High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Smoot, WV)

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CLASS WILL We the Class of 1949 bemg m sound mlnd and healthy physique do make this our last w1ll and testament Each art1cle here described is bequeathed severally to the below mentioned mdwxduals accordmg to the terms of th1s w1ll and testament We hereby declare all prevxous promises to pay wxlls or testa ments made by th1s class as null and void We hereby appomt as sole admxmstrator of thxs will our Prmcxpal Mr E W Cooper to admmxster this w1ll and testament as he sees best I Josephme Bennett do bequeath my ablhty to be good and not get 1n trouble to Eva M1dk1fi We Raymond Anderson and Max Wells do bequeath our favorite seats m the office to Charles Farren and James Puckett I Bonnie Butler do bequeath my matr1mon1al success to Ruby Jean Cavendish I Betty Cohenour do bequeath my bad temper to Myla Jean Bxggs I Juan1ta Cadle leave my tltle Giggles to Ann Houchms I May Coughlm bequeath my success m bluffmg to Mazle Bennett may she have more of It I Marjorxe Coughlxn do bequeath my baby blue eyes to Shlrley We Paulme Donahoe and Ruth Holland do bequeath our boyfrxends to Clara Lou Perluns and Frances Sheppard We Norma Jean Hobbs and Magalene Schoolcraft bequeath our ab1l1ty to get mto trouble w1thout knowmg at to Norma Jean Lackey and Mary Lou Mxller Johnnie Houchms bequeath all of my trouble wlth women to Preacher Martm Martha Martln do bequeath my male collectxon to B1ll1e Ann Anderson Charles Bland bequeath my masculme handsomeness to B111 Miller Clara Martin do bequeath my grrlxsh flgure to Mary Lou Holcomb Herman Rogers leave my appetite to all those who rob the cafeterxa of edlbles each noon I Bud Sharpe leave my ability to play a pxano to anyone who IS smart enough to fmd the lost chord I Bob Shafer leave my abzllty to argue with Mrs Lovell m Chemistry to anyone who IS brave enough to use it I Ethel Zlcafoose do bequeath my abxllty to get along with the boys to Helen Clemens I Lee Thompson do bequeath my ablluty to get straight A averages to Charley Houchms and my success with the g1r1s to Lacy Zimmerman O Sharpe. L . . , . L . , . . . L , . . L . ' . . . I. , ' 1

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Agam I mterrupt I uttered words of no meanmg at all Please Please dear snr said I of questnonmg mmd How do you know all of th1s'P I have told you once was h1s sharp retort Please remam stlent lf you want me to contmue I signlfned that I would and he pro ceeded Johnnie Houchms will become a Vl.011nlSt of world renown I-Its mustcal fans w1ll desire hxm radio w1ll pay htm and a certam gxrl will adore htm Buddy Sharpe will blossom mto success as the reputable owner of a nation wlde cham of servxce stations H15 lov Franlue w1ll msptre him to deeds of greatness m the busmess world Clara Martm wxll become a lawyer of prommence not small For a stzable fee many a witness shall she confuse The profession of dentnstry Paultne Donahoe will occupy and do xt great honor She will relieve the dental tortures of man or gwe them more as the case may be So far as you can plamly see my attempts to discover the xdenttty of thxs stranger had been futile Agam my curloslty overcame me That prophecy IS absurd cr1t1c1sed I Who has ever heard tell of a woman being a dentist Certainly this supposedly human creature answered sharply why can they not be denttsts? Thls stlenced me and more futures dld he unfold Norma Jean Hobbs IS to be a famous cook all males who taste her cookmg w1ll want to marry her soon Ruth Holland and Juamta Cadle w1ll be employed in the world of Journallsm Ruth w1ll become a newspaper columnist and make Drew Pearson fight for his Job Musical composxtnon wlll be Juanita s call to fame Her many ballads will recewe world w1de acclalm Magelene of the Schoolcraft famlly Bonnxe Butler and Ethel Zncafoose w1ll all be unxted 1n marrtage and lwe a happy married hfe Really Mr Future mterrupted I ln a sarcastic tone of voice your prophecy has so much marnage involved in it that lt IS becoming monotonous Magelene Schoolcraft as I have sand before will marry Jack Honey or It may be Hundley I can never remember names Darrel Keffer will be the husband of Bonme and Ethel will unite ln the holy bonds of wedlock with the mayor of Smoot As for the Mr Bob Shafer he wxll be employed nn the barbermg trade and many a man will be separated from his hlrsute adorn out for a dollar a shingle That ns the last and now I wnll depart Want Want cried I You have not told my fortune yet Oh yes Mr Thompson quote he with a wmk and a grimace I almost forgot about you You w1ll travel around the world and see all the sights but your greatest thrill will always be the blood and thunder movies to be seen on Friday nights Then he was gone and I was left alone to ponder the thmgs he had foretold and with nothing to recall his strange visit except the events I have here related to you. 9 . . . ,, , . ,, . . . . ., I 1 l ' I0 is on ' so ' , . . . . .. . . . - .. . . . . . . . I I . - . . . . u . it . , . . . I I il U ID ' ' .' ll ' 1 - ' ' II Cl ' II ' I I a woman can do such work. If women can be doctors and scientists, ' II . . . ,, I . , . . . . . . . . . .. u u - - - - I I I I gg . . . . - . . II II ' ' I Q I I .' . ,, ll ' l ' ll! ll If I I I ' ll OI ' ' I I u I I ll 0 . V . . ' II I

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To our Prmclpal and teachers we do severally and jomtly be queath our good w111 and respect as well as a world of apprecxatxon for thexr many kmdnesses and thelr great loyalty m helpmg brmg us to this good hour To the Junxors who wxll soon become Senlors we convey all the mlstakes blunders maccuracxes and lapses commxtted by us durmg the last excltmg year of our school l1fe By acceptmg ours they may be able to avold makmg so many of theu' own To the Sophomores and Freshmen collectwely and mdlvldually we bestow the rlght to say and do the rxght thmg m the wrong or the rxght place as the occas1on may be Thus should be easy for them to accept as they seem to have llttle dlffxculty m accompllshmg those thmgs now To the Board of Educatnon of Greenbrzer County we wlll a sm cere des1re for a gymnasmm and audltorlum so that the classes follo v mg us may not be demed the advantage of many actwxtles that are enjoy ed m schools havmg these bulldmgs Subscrxbed and sworn to by the qenlor Class of Smoot I-hgh School th1s twenty th1rd day of March Nnneteen Hundred Forty Nme 1 1 , - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , - . . . X - L - - - , - -