Waveland High School - Hornets Nest Yearbook (Waveland, IN)

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MR. ISAACS The guy with the hammer, so fond of farm shop, When it's time to eat, he hates to stop. MR. HOFFHAUS What’s the noise in the back of the room?” Just a perpendicular dropped by some goon. MRS. HOFFHAUS Cicero, Lucius, Virgil, Venus and Mars, In Latin, she can tell you the names of the stars. Page Six

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FACULTY MISS AUMAN Our model” teacher so tall and straight. Can quote history dates at any rate. MR. DAVIS Our coach, with a gift of gab that never ends Has a mile long list of devoted friends. MR. GRIMES If in speech we laugh at jokes by Grimes, Everyone knows to an A” he climbs. MRS. MACHLEDT She teaches the girls to behave on a date, To mind their manners, and find them a mate. MISS COX She specializes along the commercial lines. She'll make us go bankrupt some of these times. MR. WALKER With his piano, chorus and band, He is master of the music land. Page Five

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1948 of Waveland High School, (being of sound mind as our grades indi- cate), do hereby declare this our last will and testament this ninth day of February, 1948. I, Marlene Miller, will my right to remove my shoes and wiggle my toes in all mv assemblies to Barbara Staggs. This means you’ll have to wear your shoes next year, Barbara! I, Halph Williams, will my choice seat in the assemblv and mv solo clarinetist’s chair to Dick Seybold. Work' hard. Dick. I. Dorenc Miller, will mv liking for jazz bands and red hot swing music to Faye Reynolds. Get hep, girls. I, Pauline Whelchel. will mv ability to sing to Jessie Mae Busenbark. provided she doesn’t sing lullabies to Bill Newell. 1. Martha Jo Walker, will mv ability to ride a donkey to Barbara Hughes, provided she rides the same one I rode last January 5. I. Kenneth Ebert, will mv fondness for the Sophomore girls (anyone in particular, Kenny?) to Karl Moser. Oh. Karl!! I. Herb Shular, bequeath my fondness for Greene Township girls to Raymond Deere. (Something wrong with Waveland girls. Herb?) I, Virgil Claycomb, will my right to drive my Dad’s new Ford at breakneck speed to Bill Newell. Let’s watch the Fords go bv—eh what? I. Max (Rosebud) Weaver, will my China blue eyes and dimples to Maxine Oswalt. Time for a change, Maxine. I. Ardell Rivers, will my long eyelashes and my speech b x)k to Bob Wendall. Watch out for girls. Bob, with those lashes. I. Jeanne Welsh, will my right to comb my hair in all classes, especially Speech, to Loretta Newell. I. Martha Haves, will my right to pester every- one sitting within four rows of me to John Hughes. Don’t let the teacher catch you. Johnny. I. Della Mae Tolliver, will my uncontrollable fits of giggling to Dolores Bavless. I. Natalia Hodgkin, will my ability to wiggle when I dance to Billy Ed Walker, provided he controls himself. I. Lowell Ilarbison. will my ability to drive carefully to John Miles, provided there are no Russellville dames in the crowd. I. Martha Jo Walker, will my gay laughter and soprano voice to Charlie Hannah. Now don’t ask us what to do. Charlie. We didn’t know—that’s why you’re the goat. I, Eileen Smith, bequeath my dislike of men in general to Mona Lee Hester. What are they trying to do anyway, start a female “Twerp Season”? I. David Hester, will mv curlv hair and six- foot stature to Bill Keys. Tall tale, eh? I. Natalia Hodgkin, bequeath my sharp ton- gue and mv last period in the office to Martha Lou Fuller. All vou’ve got to do. Martha Lou. is to laugh at Mr. Grimes’ cornv jokes. I. Virgil Clavcomb, bequeath the little curl that hangs down ov »r mv forehead to Tunior French, provided of course, that he doesn’t use it to hide behind when winking at the girls. I. Ralph Williams, will mv right to make “oodles” of trips back and forth across the as- semblv to Bob Wheeler. I, Buster Rogers, bequeath mv seat next to the center aisle to Dale Anderson. Guess that’s so von can pester the seventh graders. Dale. I. Ardell Rivers, will mv seat next to the win- dow to Ronnie Smith. That’s so you won’t strain your eyes reading the comic strip. Ronnie. I. Mary Priebe. bequeath to Bettv Brvant the right to snitch all of Mr. Hoffhaus’ erasers and then write “Almighty Seniors” all over the black- board in his room. I. Joann Poole, bequeath my blond hair and mv fondness for bovs to all Junior girls. (Her motto, it is said, is—“Boys! Oh-h-how I love ’em!”) We. the illustrious Seniors of 1948 as a whole, leave the school building in fairlv good condi- tion. having onlv fourteen broken seats, three cracked windows, twentv-seven missing erasers, one missing gradebook. and three brand-new wrinkles in Mr. Grimes’ forehead, to say nothing of that one grev hair in Miss Anmanns head. It’s up to the Tuniors to complete the demolition work next vear. Page Seven