Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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I, BILL COMPTON, will my curly locks to any newcomer arriving at this dear school of ours. I, MARY ANN JULIAN, do hereby will my position as majorette to any girl willing and able to fill my boots--and my uniform. I, NATE BAULD, leave my Modern Problems and English notebooks to GENE HICKMAN. I hope he finishes them I! 1 I, NINA HARDMAN, will my ability to get out of doing things without letting the -sweet teachers catch on to my beloved brother NOEL. I, STEVE KOVACH, hereby bequeath my ability to keep from the girls to all the poor souls who can’t. We. ALICE LASKO, DOTTIE MARSHALL, LUCY VIZZARI, and GEORGEAN KOURPAS, regret that we are leaving. We will our ability to make noise and to laugh to all those who take life too seriously. I, EUGENE STREETS, do hereby will my wavy hair to EUGENE KIGHT if he can keep up its reputation. I, EDWARD PASTERNAK, leave my luck with any person who will need it. (I’ll probably be here next year to claim it myself.) I, JEAN ANN CORK, leave to PATTY DENNISON the thrill of waiting for the holidays to come around. I, DAVID ROBERTS, leave my love of Hillbilly songs and records to MRS. BELL so that she may learn to appreciate music. I, JOANN FITTRO, not knowing what I am saying, hate to leave dear old V.H.S. I, TOMMY MERANDI, do leave my third base spot on the baseball team to my little brother ALBERT, who will be here next year-like to keep it in the family, you know. I, ROSALIE CUMMINGS, leave my knowledge of Henry the Eighth to all junior boys interested in having six wives, and I, BEVERLY WOLFE, leave my knowledge of that particular king to all junior boys interested in knowing how to get rid of them. I, PAUL PEE WEE ANDERSON, bequeath my talent to get those girls to a very bashful sophomore, DAVID KNIGHT. I, MARLENE PHILLIPS, will the Optic Nerve to anyone who can dig up enough dirt to put in it. I, TONY BELLOTTE, leave my beard to EDDIE ASH since he wishes he had one and only gets to shave once a week. WE, PHYLLIS KNIGHT and ELEANOR SMALLWOOD, do hereby will our great ability to make our teachers think we know it all to two junior pals who are as close as we. I, ROBERT KENNY, leave my power of speech to JOHN SIMMONETTE. WE, JOAN FOX and NINA MOORE, do hereby will our seats on the school bus to any girls who are to put up with JIM FURY I, DICK CALDWELL, leave my famous wolf-howl to any junior who can duplicate it successfully. I, HESTER MARTIN, will my wonderful teacher and seat in our A Capella to my best friend, GUY VENTURA. WE, PAUL STARKEY and NORMAN STEELE, will our hotspots in Commercial Law and Bookkeeping classes to any junior boys crazy enough to take the Commercial Course. I, PEARL GRIFFITH, hereby will my ability to behave on the school bus to JORETTARELKO.

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Article III, To Individuals I, JIM DAUGHERTY, being of sound? mind and body do bequeath my jokes and good times with the Joy Boys to my brother BOB and hope that he will be as lucky as I have been in Victory. Sadly, I leave. I, LESLIE FARRELL, will to CHARLES ORVILLE MOORE my Joy Boys hat with all the trimmings. I, PHIL ROSSANO, will my ability to wear a hat at anytime with the permission of Miss Van Horn. I hope he can get away with it. I, BILL DESIST, will my boots and spurs to any junior whoTl get the point. I, JIM GAINES, leave my Whiskey Still and bottling machine to TOM SHARP. I, KATHYRN MOORE, bequeath my ability to borrow typing and shorthand paper to all the juniors who are afraid to rob banks. I, JOANN PICCOLO, will my quietness and ability to sit still for more than two minutes to MARY CATHERINE BARBERIO. I, JUNIORGIAQUINTA, leave my golfing ability to MISS BABE XENAKISand MR. SAM YOUNG. I, CAROLYN HUPP, will my fickleness and ability to change boy friends every week to any junior who thinks she can keep up the pace. I, DORIS LEE FERNANDEZ, relinquish my infectuous giggle to PATTY WEST. I, MARY MARTHA PERRI, will my ability to hiccup to anyone who has to have a sip of water every period to keep him going. I, VIRGINIA LORIA, leave my enthusiasm to my brother ANTHONY. He needs it! I I I, CARL RIGGS, leave to the unlucky juniors my ability to come out of the office every time with a white absence excuse. I, JEAN DRUMPUS, do hereby bequeath my favorite spots around Victory to my sister CAROLE. Note--this does not include NORMAN STEELE, who is my favorite fellow. I, DENNY CUNNINGHAM, leave my ability to take exercises and still thumb rides while in front of Ray's to anyone who thinks he can do it. I, RACHAEL FAZZINI, will to MISS GRAY my rich uncle to end her romantic problems. I, FRISKIE MIROTTO, request as follows: When I die, bury me deep. Put my Modern Problems at my feet. Put my English at my chest. Tell my teachers I did my best. I, CAROLYN HANNA, hereby will my position as drum majorette to the person chosen. I, OKEY RICHARDS, will to JANICE GILL all of my Modern Problems, and I do mean problems III!! I, VIRGINIA LYNCH, will my place at the Public Library to any junior who has the mistaken idea that he wants it. I, BILL ALLEN, do hereby will all the fun and great times and especially my position among the headhunters and good boys to my good pal, ROBERT ROBERTI. . I, BETTY MESSINGER, being insane, will my position as the school crack-pot to anyone who has big enough feet; it might be my brother, PHILLIP.

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I, RALPH HOLDER, leave my two seats on the bleachers to BOB BYRNES and NANCY ZECK. WE, NANCY BOW and JOYCE FLOYD, sorrowfully leave and wish to will to all the juniors and sophomores our Victory spirit. I, EDWIN FULTZ, leave my nose guard to any football player so dumb as to get his nose in the wrong place. I, NORMA LAYFIELD, will gladly leave. I, ERNEST COSTILOW, leave to some unfortunate sophomore the right to sit in class and wait for the bell to ring. I, CATHERINE LOPEZ, do hereby will to an intelligent junior the pleasure of reading the announcements at 8:45 every morning. I, CLIFFORD NUTTER, will my ability to get along with Miss Greene at the Public Library to anyone who needs to, and believe me, you will! 11 1, CORNELIUS MIHALIAK, will my name corny to anyone thinking that he can stand it. I, CLOVIS HELDRITH, hereby bequeath my ability to ask more questions of Mrs. Morgan than anv other senior in our class to any junior who thinks that he can keep up the steady flow. I, SAM OLIVERIO, will my ability to borrow pencils to HOLLIS HIGGINBOTHAM and hope that he doesn’t have as hard as time as I did in my senior year. I, NORMA LEE HOLBERT, do hereby will my way with the sophomore boys to some sophomore girl who will make better use of it than I did. I, JAMES PUKEY, leave my ability to just get by- and barely slip under- in English and Modern Problems to JOHN WELKS. I, ROSE BARBERIO, leave my seat in ACapellato anyone who will miss it as much as I will after graduation. I, BILL REEVES, leave my position on the Audio-Visual Staff to GORDON FAT-BOY BOWMAN. WE, JOYCE BULLOUGH and CAROLYN SHORT, the Toni Twins, leave in order not to confuse the juniors again. I, JOHN PROPST, will my good looks to any unfortunate fellow who needs them. I, KENNA LAYFIELD, leave all my aches and pains from football to MIKE FAHERTY. I, DONALD TIPPER, leave my build to MOON WETZEL. I, ANDY GARCIA, will my nicknames to any sophomore by the name of Arthur van Snorten. He has my sympathy 111 I, GLENN HAMRIC, leave my ghost to haunt MISS GRAY. We the Senior Class of 1952 leave in hopes that the juniors and the sophomores will preserve the Victory spirit and uphold its great reputation. Signed, published and acknowledged by Miss Joann Gambazza as for their last wills, in the presence of us, who, in my presence and in the presence of each other; and at each request have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses. Rosalie Cummings Marlene Phillips Paul Anderson Tom Merandi