St Agnes Academy - Markings Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Aw Wd! Au 7uzmeur We, the Class of 1952, reassuring ourselves that we are of comparatively sound mind and body, Qdespite rumorslj do hereby ordain this to be our last will and testament. To our beloved Principal and Faculty we leave: Our sincere gratitude and deep appreciation. We will try our utmost to live up to the high standards you have instilled in us at Saint Agnes. To Sister Anne Raymond we leave: Our own self-composed, unabridged dictionary of slang! qWe want her to ger the brighter, lighter side of the English languageq Also, the fond, everlasting memory of a class no one could forget! To the Class of 1953 we leave: our good habits, alertness, irresistability and magnetic personalities, with a fair warning that those who follow these will attain success. Now come the individual gifts to be received with the tender spirit in which they are given. Kathryn Robinson leaves her iitterbugging ability and superb jive vocabulary to Catherine Heuertz. Billie June Carr leaves, with a generous heart, her most treasured gift-her blond tresses-to Billie Jo Meador, and hopes she'll keep them intact. Mary Della Quinn leaves her reputation as sweetest senior' to Thelma Remmers. Suzanne Hogan leaves her ability to get out of trouble, even when trapped into it, to the innocent-looking junior--Tommie Claire Scruggs. Jean Bain submits her well-know reputation at the local post office to Patsy Hardwick. Bug Brothers regretfully leaves her front rowseatin her favorite 10 o'clock class to Betty Creel. Lorraine Dominguez wills her handy compact, lipstick, comb and also her wild ability todrive a car, to Shirley Marino and Lillian Heffeman respectively. Teddy Io Yotmg donates her sporting blood to Ann Lee. 1 Barbara Dodge bequeathes her solid reputation as 'Babblin' Bess' to Joan Stalm. June Payne leaves her 'So Whatr' attitude to Virginia Bonner. Janet Alford leaves her C.B.C. and Texas MLM jewelry to Grace Gavin and Lucy Mascari. Julia Hodgson leaves her cute freckles to Amelia Donati. Jagoe Brown leaves her cherished halo, harp and wings to Barbara Jean Faquin. Poochie Dolan leaves her reserved seat at Russwood Park to Tootsie Lucchesi. Kay Wade transfers her ability to 'get 'em and keep 'em' to Jo Ann Wade. Mary Valsamis leaves her quiet, reserved manner to Carolyn Ward and Anne Marie Fachini. Bobbie Grehan leaves her endless chatter and excitement to Ann Weir and Carroll Lee. Ruth Ann Warren leaves her fond ability to keep thin as a rail' to Lois Rubino and Mary Jane Heckle. Claudine Migliara leaves her well learned QU secretarial knowledge to Mary Donahue and Kay Cook. Of course, our greatest gift to this honored class are our many Senior Privileges, and the abtmdant enthusiasm with which we received every one of them. I Lorraine Dominguez Barbara Dodge Testatrices. Witnesses: Al Capone jerry Lewis Artie Shaw Yasmin Khan Dennis The Menace

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Alford, Texas April Fool's Day 1962 Dear Sister Anne Raymond, You can't imagine how thrilled Iwas last month when the stage pulled up in front of our ranch and I received your letter asking about the seniors of '52. Now that the children are in bed and the cows are in the barn for the night I send a belated reply. Suzanne, who helped me compile all this information, is residing in Washington where she is raising horses and Oldsmobiles. qSue never could stant to be plain Jane you knowlj Our former President, Kay Wade ishappily married and settled in California where she and Bill are cultivating fruits in their prosperous fruit orchard. Two of their children, Adam and Eve are simply adorable in their fig leaves which they wear. Jean Bain Holland, working in peace and war for the F. B. I., is trying hard to unlatch herself from Fran's Yankee accent because she's becoming notoriously known as 'The Yankee Spy' . Kathryn and Tommy are trying hard to raise a football team. So far they're having pretty much luck, and after the children are in bed at night Kathryn says she has plenty of time for working on her favorite hobby-- keeping up Tommy's scrapbooks. Barbara Dodge is a famous Hollywood secretary and I've heard she's about to become the bride of the boss's son, Gary Crosby. After the wedding she plans to resign and give her good friend, Poochie Dolan, a chance for one of Bing's younger sons. Poochie decided to give up on the ballplayers after all. Mary Della Quinn entered the convent and is at present teaching at the Good Will Institute for Wayward Waifs. Little Ted and Melanie O'Brien are her chief problems. They got so tired of posing while their parents sketched them that they ran a little wild. Iagoe is now running for President of the United States. QShe's been president of everything else.j She's known these days as Gyping Iagoe . Frances Brooks, who felt that one member of the family in the armed forces was not enough, turned in her S.A.A. uniform for another navy blue one, only this time it's the Waves. Speaking of S.A.A. uniforms. Ruth Ann Warren just couldn't bear to give hers up so she joined the Salvation Army. Billie June Carr is still winning beauty contests, just last year she was signed by M.G.M. Her first movie, 'Loves of Blondie is having it's grand premiere at the Joy Theater in West Memphis, QBi1lie's home town.j Lorraine is Veep in charge of the Hollis Happy Motoring School. She's teaching her little girl, Holly, to drive young but makes sure the car keys are carefully hidden' when Holly is home from kindergarten. Poor Lorraine still has memories of those days at reform school. Mary Valsamis has inherited quite a fortune so I hear. She's secretary for a foreign airline company. Bobbie Grehan is happily engaged, at present, as the soprano at the Metropolitan--with Bug Brothers doing all her bookkeeping and stuff. Bobbie never could get that stuff, you know! It seems that Jtme Payne, I'm sad to relate, is serving a hard two years' labor at Sing Sing Woman's Prison. She was caught while tryingto steal X -ray slides from a prominent doctor's office for her old friend, Sister Clara. It was all in the interest of biological science, she defended herself. Two more former classmates, who have distinguished themselves as star entertainers, are Julia Hodgson, that throaty torch singer, and Claudine Migliara, renowned television comedienne. I hear a strange noise in the yard. The turkeys must be loose so I'd better investigate, leaving you with the happyqry memories of our days at good old S.A.A. Sincerely, Mrs. 'Hopalong' Huettel