Stanford High School - Memo Yearbook (Stanford, KY)

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CLASS WILL We, the graduating class of nineteen hundred thirty seven, being of sound mind and in full possession of our faculties do feel necessitated to leave to posterity our gifts and accomplishments. WHEREAS: We make this, our last will, and do bequeath; To Mr. Embry, our superintendent, the joy of starting next year without us. May next year's Seniors please him more than we have. To Miss Davis we leave the Seniors' ability to get married. Miss Pettus needs it also, but she is younger. Luck to you Miss Pettus, you may get by without it. To Mrs. Cash we leave Clayton's history ability. She will need it next year for Dump Berry! Nancilynn leaves her love for Mr Ellison to Naunerle. Claypool gets all Nancy's now. To Miss Platt, Ollie Bourne leaves his ability to read Shorthand. Charlotte Berlepp leaves her pencil to Miss Grimes to crack M. C.’s head with. To Mr. Letton, Jean Marie leaves her ability to draw; he always wanted it when we were Juniors. Tommy Gooch wills to Owsley Rochester his technique of having all the girls ride with him. We all know that Owsley has purchased himself an auto for that purpose. J. A. Tucker gives M. C. Newland his shy and retiring manner. Helen Price leaves her ability to ask questions to Catherine McLean. Henry Hester leaves his position as Class President and his good looks to Carl Carter. B. G. Goode leaves his ability to make love to Billy Bryan. Ida Belle Farmer leaves her love for S. H. S. to Anna Vanhook. J. W. Holtzclaw leaves his art of football playing to Harold Lewis.

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Jennie Katherine Miller leaves to Mildred Gooch her biology notebook. (Mildred 'will need it!) Billy Williams ability to make wise cracks and his popularity with Lancaster girls, he leaves to George Dozier. Mary Margaret McKenzie gives the love the teachers have for her to Eddie Broaddus. (Looks like you are surely going to need it, Ed.) Juanita Reed gives her carrot top to nnn Braden. (Aldish water blonde) Christine Rankin gives her big mouth to Eunice Sudduth. Gladys White leaves her ability to put up a brave fight in class meetings to Dotty Fox. (You'll need it Dotty, if conditions continue as they are now.) Sammy Holtzclaw gives to Alfred Harris Pence his technique for flirting with girls. Annola Wilmot gives her typing ability to Richard Fisher. Nancy Lee Newland leaves her geometry book to Johnnie Cabell. Nancy says she hopes she's through with it forever. Carl 4shley leaves his ability as an actor to Victor Greer. Polly Lovell leaves her slender figure to •Vickie Pence. Betty Woodward, her government position is leaving to Geraldine Morgan. (Apply at court house for further information.) Myrtle Nave leaves a coupon, food for five dollars, at the Nu-Wuy cleaners, to Martha Lee Hiatt. Margaret Chasteen leaves Mr. Embry's devotion to her to Vannie Hampton. Lucy Long gives her Robbert Goggin to Tummy Kill, and Christine Holtzclaw her J. A. Tucker to Anna Lee Baxter—if these boys will stay. Joe Gilliland gives his love for ’Vickie to Jesse Sharp; Robert Goggin, his appetite to Bill Mobley. Martha Belle Caldwell leaves her bookkeeping book to EU Robinson. He has already used three and isn’t through yet.