Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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I, George Liptak, leave a great school to those who will obey and respect it as those who have gone on before have done. I, John White, will my bright red blush to Charles Beezel. I, Helen Sakaley, will my good study habits to Delores Watkins. I, Frank Lucente, being the party of the first part, do hereby bequeath my seat and all the other necessary accessories including the teacher to Harold Napier, party of the second part. I, Helen Jean McCarty, will my seat in band class to Shirley Bramer. I, James McCoy, leave to David Knight my right to grow a mustache. I, Ella Jean McElroy, will my seat by the Senator's desk to any unfortunate junior who takes D.E. I, Rose Marano, will my eight o'clock office job to my sister Jean. I hope she enjoys it as much as I did. 1, Barbara Martin, wish to leave my trombone to anyone who has the ability to play it since I didn't. I, Hester Martin, being of sound mind and body will my ability to be a senior for two years to Tom Tenda. 1, Jeanette Pierce, will my Victory spirit to any girl thinking she can keep the pace. I, Altha Powell, will to any junior who does not want to walk down the steps when there is a fire drill the ability to have someone push her down. I, Frank Pulice, leave in the care of Mrs. Morgan a carton of Gillette razor blades for the basketball team to be used when she sees fit. I, Wilma Louise Randolph, will to Nellie Seamon my ability to fall down the front steps. I, Judy Rebrook, will my unusually good manners of always knocking on the girls' restroom door before entering to my sister Connie. We, George Reed, James Rogers, and David LeFevre, the retiring members of the Victory Four, leave to Mr. John Nuzum and Rondel Rogers our love for square dancing and hillbilly music. I, Dorothy Shipplett, hereby will to Pat Fitzhugh my ability to take shorthand at 120 words a minute. I, Patty Husk, will my reserve to Charlotte Gains, who will need it next year. I, Gene Hickman, will my body and brain to Mrs. Martin, because she said it was of no earthly good to me. I, Janice Richards, will my time to have a good time if you can find time to all of the clock watchers. I, Carl Riley, will to the juniors the privilege to walk up and down the senior steps. I, Ralph Matthey, will my intelligent mental ability to any junior who likes to make D's. I, Donald Leasure, being of sound mind will to Claudette Murphy all my memories of V.H.S. I, June Meams, will to Delores Roby all my tallness, because she needs it more than I. I, Lowell Mayer, do hereby will my ability to hand in all my homework late and yet get credit for it to Fibber Bumgardner. I, Marchetta Moats, will my position as colorguard to a cute little blonde such as Patty Costa. I, Nada Montgomer, will my majorette boots to anyone who can lift them high enough. I, Chuck Moore, will to anyone who thinks he has talent enough my seat in band class if he promises to make more noise than I did. I, Nancy Moore, will my position of president of the Y-Teens to any girl desiring it. I, Emily Mullen, will to Claudette Murphy my ability to learn Shakesperian lines and bring a few laughs to Mrs. Morgan.

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I, Anna Mae Fowler, will all my notebooks and papers that have been accumulated in the Fowler family to my dumb sister who has no brain. I, Jerry Robey, leave my newspaper route to Shirley Goodwin. I, Charles Hannah, will my ability to study figures (math that is) to Ted Bow. I, Commie Garcia, being of sound mind and body do hereby leave my special chair in the Public Library to any junior who wants to have it. I, Robert Flint, will my ability to go to sleep in the library without being seen by Miss Van Horn to some lazy junior who does not get enough sleep at night. I, Barbara Gould, will my seat in A'Cappella to anyone who will work for it as hard as I have. I, Jimmy Griffith, will my love for speed to Robert Alton. I, Jo Griffith, leave my seat in shorthand class to Shirly Jenkins. I, Ruth Gulas, leave my sympathy to the poor teachers who will have my brother for the next three years. They'll need it! I, James Hamilton, will my tallness to Hubert Modispaugh. I, Martha Hammond will my position in the library to any junior who may need it. I, Jack Hart, leave my position as chaplain in Hi-Y to John Spadafore. I, Dominick Jerome, leave my ability to barely get through Victory to anyone who can get by with it. I, Don Kopp, leave Tuffy Knight my football jersey. I, Clifford Jones, leave my ability of being a Casanova and to skip class without being missed and still pass to Donald Hefner. I, Vicki Secreto, will my ability to water flowers for Miss Gray, to anyone who gets to school at 7:15 in the morning. I, Eugene Kight, leave my ability to sleep to any junior. I, Cora Ann Reider, will to my sister Kathryn, my screechy clarinet. I, Duane Knight, being of sound mind and body upon leaving Victory leave my evenings at the library to George Smith. I, Claude Amsler, leave to Virgil Palma all my old lunch sacks. I, Robert Knight, will my number tens to Jimmie Kopp providing he can grow into them. I, Norita Kooken Poling, will to Linda Powell my ability to catch a husband in leap year. I, Patty Lamm, leave all my wonderful times at Victory to Phyllis Canfield. Note: This does not include Russ Miller. I, Janet Caussin, will my ability to sing soap operas to La Donne Martin. I, Barbara Lantz, will my ability to get into messes to anyone who can get out of them better than I could. I, Harold Wilhelm, leave my shyness to Sub Defazio. I, Alberta Lawson, will my place at Victory to my brother, Billy. I, David LeFevre, will my get up and go to all the juniors who haven't already got up and gone. I, Barbara Linsbeck, leave my office job to any girl who likes to run up and down the steps. I, Beverly Linsbeck, will to anyone who likes to look at teachers that early in the morning, my job of taking the announcements to every class.

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I, Bill Parker, will my ability to make dough to Nada Gola. I, Jack Patterson, leave my size to anyone who will be satisfied with it. I, Glen Perine, will to any junior couple my seat on the bleacher at noon if they can keep it as long as I did. I, Barbara Ritter, leave to Sue Flint my seat in front of Mrs. Morgan's desk, in hopes that she can influence her to cut down on the assignments. I, Mary Robery, will to any junior the nerve to go to ballgames when he has lessons to do. I, Charles Robilliard, will my wavy hair to anybody who can keep it out of his eyes. I, John Welks, will to Don Welks my ability to get my work o.k. all of the time. I, Tom Sharpe, will Carl Thompson the ability to get along with Mrs. Pyle as well as I did and still flunk. I, Joe Simonette, will to Ronnie Carey my art of sleeping in a hard chair at Victory. I, Jerry Skinner, leave my position as center on the basketball team to Phil Messinger. I, Frank Smith, will my good looks, charming personality, and my ability not to say the wrong thing at the right time to all the rest of the Smiths at Victory in the years to come. We, Mary Jayne Snodgrass, Janice Holder, Nancy Zeck, Mary Ann DeMicco and Imogene Sirk will our nickname The Five Horsemen given to us by Coach Brummage to Catherine Walsh, Sue Johnson, Shirley Swisher, Barbara Cunningham and Morent Kimble. We, Eleanor Bolle and Dan Janiack, will our eternal friendship sprinkled with stardust to all other Victory couples. I, Andrew Greaver, will to John Anania a new water bucket for the football team. I, Richard Vassar, will my ability to drive around curves at 80 miles per hour to Mrs. Morgan. I, Eatha Jean Cain Stewart, will my seat in the classrooms to Freda Gallo to return home and take care of my husband. I, Elizabeth Stier, leave Victory High School talking 200 words a minute as usual. I, Otto Matheny, will my seat in D.E. class to anyone who can fill it. I, Teresa Mae Perri, will my ability to use my big eyes for a good purpose to Norma Dalton. I, Robert Wetzel, will my ability to hide purses to any future journalism student. I, Richard Wilson, will my ability to talk the teachers into joining the National Guards to a future. I, Anna Pearle Wilt, will my job at Murphy’s to a future D.E. student. I, Norma Jean Canfield, will my ability to take D.E. and still keep an eye on Victory to any girl who needs to. I, John Simonette, will my ability to make D's in journalism to Russ Miller. I, Connie Sayre Marshall, will my knowledge of English to Miss Xenakis so no one will have to answer all her questions next year. I, Barbara Golden, will my ability to know everybody at Victory within three weeks to some shy sophomore. I, James Lovell, will my ability to still be friends with Miss Van Horn after three years. I, Marlene Fontaine, will my natural curly hair to all those pin curl girls. I, Vance Fisher, will my ability to drive a car with one head light and one arm to Shafter Drumons. I, Eddie Duncan, will my lovable personality to a shy junior. I, Patty Dennison, will my love of red hair to any junior girl who has a special red haired admirer. We, Carl Carr and Kelcel Reed, leave the D.E. classroom with a few more nicks and scares in it.