Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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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.

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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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We, Ruth Chipps and Betty Short, will our eternal friendship to Margaret Short and Shirley Alkire. I, Eddie Ash, will my whiskey still and boldness to very bashful Bud Newbrough. I, Roy Phillips, will my ability to make the teachers happy to Kenny Skinner. I, Franklin Sam Hurst, will my seat in D.E. class to another happy go-lucky senior. I, Corinne Lawrence, will my ability to laugh at stale jokes to a future senior of Victory. We, Mary Ann Hayes, Patty GreynoIds, David Fernandez and Charles Brown, leave our D.E. class to next year's Tyrants . I, Mary Robey, will leave dear old Victory with much regret. I, Carol Youmans, will my ability to make friends so easily to a bashful junior. I, Ted Hupp, will my ability to make straight A's to Ronnie Sprouse. I, Harold Stewart, will my seat in band class to anyone who can play a drum as badly as I. I, Roy Pratt, leave dear Victory to hunt myself a wife. I, Donald Caloccia, will gladly leave. I, John Plivelich, leave my ability to make straight A's and not be on the honor roll to Archie Glaspell. I, Dominick Marano, will my love for sports to all Victory fans. I, Jimmy Schmidt, will my ability to stay from girls to Dorsey Rader. I, Anna Mae Derby, will my natural blond hair to all the peroxide blondes. Signed, published and acknowledged by Norita Kooken Poling and Patricia Ann Wetzel as for their last wills, in the presence of us, who, in our presence and in the presence of each other; and at each request have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses. Bob Daugherty Charles Garrett Don Leasure