Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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Seventh: To Pete Gladding the laziest member of the Senior-Class - to-be, we bequeath Joan Hubbard’s ambition. If it is combined with the laziness previously mentioned, the result will be normal activity. Eighth: Gay Snyder leaves his sports ability to Kathryn Morrow, hoping she will go out for the all star championship girls’ team in basketball, track and baseball. Take good care of this, Kathryn, because it is really worthwhile. Ninth: To the nicest girl in high school, (Harriet Chapman), Shirley Huntley wills her ability to flirt with any man, any age. But, please, Harriet, don’t carry this too far. Tenth: Esther Doolittle leaves her studying talent, good marks and ability to get along with anyone to Bugs Kellicut. Eleventh: To Don Brown comes the future happiness as a singer, Kenneth Carrick is leaving you his wonderful voice. So don’t get laryngitis. Twelfth: Carl Hilding to receiving Henry Russell's curly hair, so you had better let it grow a little. Thirteenth: Ronald Walker leaves all the girls in high school to Mr. Howard. We hope he won’t miss any of these pretty damsels. Fourteenth: Eugene Switzer leaves his mechanical talent to Elden Curtiss. It will help you in years to come. Fifteenth: Howard Funsch leaves his ability to get along with people, especially girls to Jack Willard. Sixteenth: Vivian Hillard leaves her laughing ability to Arlene Crosby. Only don't let Mr. Demorest catch you laughing in the printing room. To the Junior Class, we give also reluctantly but of necessity our mantle of dignity. We realize that this class can never fill it, but, since it is expected of them, our advice is “GRIN AND WEAR IT.” Besides these bequests, we leave our best wishes to any and all who may desire them. Any property or personal possessions of ours that may remain in addition to the items specified, we give and bequeath to the Vestaburg Board Of Education, to use as it sees fit. We can think of nothing that we have forgotten, except our old books and we suggest that they be given to the Freshman and Sophomore Classes, thus saving money which may be applied to the teachers salaries. Finally, we do hereby name and appoint as the sole executor of this, our last will and testament, our class advisor, Mr. Stauffer. 8

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£7aii UJill We, the class of 1949, in the town of Vestaburg, the county of Montcalm, and the state of Michigan, being in as good mental condition as usual, and in much better temper than usual, do hereby make this, our last will and testament, rendering void and of no avail any former will or wills that may have been previously made by us during a period of temporary optimism, and in this manner do we dispose of our possessions: First: We leave the Junior Class our good luck. It has made us what we are today, and it should satisfy them. In addition to this, all our privileges and rights as Seniors in the classroom will revert to them, as well as any notebook, pencils, fountain pens, unfinished bags of popcorn, lollipops, or unfinished business, including debts contracted while engaged in the business of being Seniors. Second: To our teachers, the faculty of the Vestaburg High School, we hereby bequeath, free from all inheritance, luxury, or income tax, our entire store of knowledge. We lack space for details, but shall simply state that our arguments against final exams as well as those for bigger and better holidays, louder and funnier lectures, and no higher mathematics or school cafe- teria, not to mention our shortened list of requirements for graduation, are of vital importance and should be familiar to every earnest student of education. Our Sndividual (Request c4re follow A: Third: To Mr. Wilson we bequeath Milton Johnston’s valuable sense of humor, without which he would have found school life painful, indeed, and which will do much to make it endurable for you. Fourth: To the undergraduate, needing it most, we bequeath Junior Erskin’s supply of language which will enable the recipient to talk more and say less than any other human being. Fifth: To the undergraduate who is most in danger of not passing next year, we bequeath Joanna Markham's store of information, which will make it easy for him to pass any test in any subject, any time. Sixth: To the over ambitious Laurence Chapman, we leave the perfect indolence of Leland McConnell. Some people just sit and waste time. This indolence, properly used will insure him against nervous breakdowns resulting from overstudy and fully qualify him, in late life, for the job of founding a phony Oriental cult, which specializes in relaxation and response. 7

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In witness whereof we, the class of 1949, the testator have set our hand and seal on this 25th day of May in the year of 1949. In the year of 1949, as I was cruising in my rocket ship, over Michigan, I looked down and saw some familiar buildings. I circled my ship and landed. Lo and behold! I was back in good old Vestaburg where I had graduated thirty years before. I walked up the street in search of my old classmates. As I neared the post office I bumped into one of my former teachers. Naturally I was curious as to the whereabouts of the members of the class of 1949. Much to my surprise I was able to learn about all of them. The last anyone heard of Esther Doolittle, she was a great opera singer in the Metropolitan Opera House. « Buhl Crosby had planned a life of quiet farming but he turned out to be a notorious river boat gambler. He is still on the loose. Vivian Hillard is sailing the high seas as a rough sea captain’s wife and seems very happy. Shirley Huntley instead of settling down to one man has gone to Boston and is driving a streetcar on the Boston Common where she can continue her flirting. Joan Hubbard who had her one and only picked out in her Junior year of high school, lost him to another woman and is still out looking for another to take his place. Leland McConnell who was all out for the pitcher’s box for the Detroit Tigers had turned to preaching in an Episcopalian Church in Mass. Henry Russell is pitching for the Boston Braves and seems to be doing a very excellent job. They have lost every game since he started. Judy Caris finally hooked a man according to her mother’s plan. A hillbilly from Kentucky fell for her line, and she is now singing on the GRAND OLE OPERY, Nashville, Tennessee. Eugene Switzer who was a whiz at Mathematics in school has now dropped all of that ability to become a race track driver. Milton Johnston was always such a great speech maker, when it wasn’t necessary, is now the greatest soap box orator in the country. 9