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

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Seniors’ Last Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of Waveland High School being noted for intelligence, brilliant recita- tions, and refined qualities, knowing our days in this wonderful school are numbered do hereby de- clare this to be our last will and testament. I, Betty Handley, will my long blonde hair to Bob Greve. Time for a change, Bob. 1, Betty Jo Shular, will my ability to giggle to Burnam Tolliver. Let’s change to a horse laugh, Burnam. I, Lela Hutson, will my ability to wiggle through the aisle to Lucreta Hester. Let’s widen the aisles, Creky. 1, Dorothy Lou Foster, will my ability to try and get to school on time to Betty Miller. Keep on the run, Betty. I, Connie Van Hook, will my curly bangs to Keith Greve. Try and curl them Keith. 1, Kenneth Rogers, will my heart-breaking smile to Raymond James. See how many hearts you can break, Raymond. I, Phillip Hodgkin, will my broken bones to an ambitious tree surgeon. I, Mary Lee Tolliver, will my seventh period office job to Helen Hester. Don’t flirt with the Maestro, Helen. I, Richard Hockett, will my old flivver to Dick Johnson. Think you can handle it, Dick? I, Ruby Henderson, will my spectacles to Bob Hannah. Gives you a smart look. Bob. I, Ellen Reed, will my reputation as a man hater to Alice Brown. Watch out for the wolves, Alice. I, Robert French, will my love for all the girls to Larry Servies. Good Luck, Larry. I, Lucille McCloud will my Don Spraggs, to ----------on the second thought, I think I will keep him. I. Phyllis Greve, will my ability to get those cute out of town boys to Joanne Edmonds. Which do you prefer, Joanne? I. Donn Spencer, will my conceit to Wavne Seybold. Not that you need any more, Kid? 1, Harold Starns, will my ability to woo” the New Market girls to Donnie Whitecotton. Bet- ter watch out Donnie, you’ll get snagged. I, Carol Clore, will my right to wink at Mr. Grimes in Speech Class to Winnie Wendall. Catch him in the right mood, Winnie. 1, Lorene Staggs, will my fondness for the Freshmen boys to Helen Anderson. No love making in the halls. Helen. I. Russell Stockwell. will my ability to stay between the fence posts, while driving to Eugene Redden. Better take another test, Gene. 1. Ruth Johnson, will my extreme slenderness to Mary Allen. Bring on the bathing suits. I. Mary Elizabeth Brown, will my excellent driving ability to Jim Jackson. Better slow up, Jim. I. Carolyn Cord, will my tube of Pepsodent to brush my pearly white teeth, to Mary Lou Brown. Give them five minutes more, Mary Lou. 1, Cathleen Cord, will my diamond to-------- on second thought I think I will keep it. We do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. Signed and sealed this 21st day of April, 1950. Page Ten

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Lucille McCloud 4-H 8 Yrs., Jr. Leader 4 Yrs., Sunshine Society 1 Yr., Glee Club 4 Yrs., Band 5 Yrs., Orchestra 2 Yrs., Representative to Chicago 4-H Trip, Jr. Sextet, Octet Jr. and Sr., Recreation Leader 4-H, Re- porter Jr. Yr. Ellen Reed Contest Winner in Music, Band 7 Yrs., Saxophone Trio, Orchestra 2 Yrs.. Member of Pep Band, Sun- shine Society 1 Yr., Salesmanship Trophy winner (Magazine). Ruth Johnson Kenny Rogers Lorene Staggs Came from Rockville in Sr. Jr. 4-H Club 3 Yrs., Sunshine So- ciety 1 Yr. Page Nine

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Senior Prophecy Mr. and Mrs. Gale Grimes were seated in front of their fireplace one Christmas evening in 1959; Gale was enjoying the paper. No wonder; Some of the articles read something like this: New York, N.Y.—Dec. 23, 1959— Dick” Hockett, who got married soon after graduation from high school in 1950 to a mean old battle-ax whom he murdered the other day, is now on trial for his life. But he doesn’t care because he knows that once again he will be with his charming wife. He says he is get- ting lonesome for her nagging voice. This has caused a delay in the trial. The jury can’t stand for any- one to be satisfied. Who could with a jury consisting of: Gale Grimes, Cliff Davis, Clara Lou Milligan, Hose Peck. Lucille Hoffhaus, Jeanette Tatlock, Ed Hoffhaus, Lawrence Hazzlett. and the most cruel of all—Nor- man Walker. ADVERTISEMENT: Talent Show” headed by Professor Lucy Hoffhaus. With a cast consisting of only two people. But they are very talented! A wonderful opera singer whom all know as Phyllis Greve and the star of the show—a handsome young man from away out west who is famous for his yodel- ing, guitar playing, foot patting, and singing of that ever famous lulaby, I’m My Own Grandpa.” Not Harold Starns, but the one-and-only, NORMIE WALKER. Another ad from the class of ’50 was from “Shular’s Beauty Shoppe.” (Betty Jo has quite a knack for giving permanents. But the other day while Gale was getting groceries down-town he heard a scream coming from Shular’s Shoppe. He investigated (curiosity was too great.) and found that Betty Jo had given Lucille Spraggs a Crew-cut.” Some of the other old women thought it looked pretty nifty. Now all of the women in the vicinity are wearing them. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT: Born to the parents of Donn and Rosemary (French) Spencer was a pair of twins weighing only two pounds. (Gale thinks they are cute—too bad they had to be rats. They do have cute names too—“Blackie and Snowball.” Gale saw this on the Sports Page.—Harold Starns, who now pitches for the St. Louis Browns, said, the other day after a game with the Yankees, You all know that any player that hits the scoreboard in Yankee Stadium gets a new suit from one of the home-town merchants.—Well, after that game, the Yankees are the best dressed team in baseball.” Another ad read:—‘‘Come and meet your friends at the Tolliver Cafe and Taxidermist” for self-service. Our motto is: ‘‘Stuff Yourself.” Mary Lee Tolliver is the Proprietor. Gale glanced back at the front page again and found something that he had missed at the first glance.— Skunkvalley, Ind. Dec. 23, 1959.—Ray T. Miller has been crowned just recently as Watermelon King of Skunkvallcy for 1959.” He was given the prize for swiping the most watermelons without getting caught. On the Society Page he found:—The Taxi-Cab Service Co.” had their monthly meeting last night. The meeting was called to order by Cliff Davis, the president. (Gale thought, Well, can you imagine that! Back in ’49 he couldn’t even herd one of those things.”) Cliff says “You may charge your bills to us but you also leave your lives in charge!” Washington D.C.—Dec. 22, 1959.—Jeanette Tatlock, who took care of all of Waveland High School’s banking accounts back in ’50, was just recently appointed head of the “U. S. Treasury.” (Gale wouldn’t mind that job if they would let him take samples home.) Crawfordsville, Ind.—Dec. 23, 1959.—John Ward, the County Superintendent of Schools, was arrested last night along with some other men. He was caught playing poker with a marked deck. He says, ‘‘It was well worth a try. I had won $432,000 and Bob F rench’s trousers.” Runt” Hazlett, the great American scientist, said that in the early 1820’s the majority of the popu- lation of Vermont were sheep, not people, and he has come to the conclusion that because of this the sheep should run the government. After all, the majority rules. HOSPITAL NOTES: Virginia Moore was taken to the Culver Hospital in Crawfordsville late last night. It seems that she had been plowing the snow in the Frozen Foods Department of one of the gro- cery stores when the water on her brain froze over. They kept her in a very warm room all night and she is recovering very favorably. FOR SALE: One large pig in very good condition except for flat feet. Weighs 2 ton and goes by the name of anything you can think of to call him. Call Ratcliff’s Poultry Farm. Phone W-1949-H. Mrs. Grimes had been enjoying herself all of the time too. She had been looking over the cards that some of the Senior Class of ’49 and ’50 had sent them. For a brief summary here is what they said. (Quite interesting, Huh!?) Dot (Foster) Arvin says they have three mean little boys. Their names are Tom, Tommy, and Thomas. (Something new in triplet line.) Betty Handley says, ‘‘I’m getting adjusted to the life of an old maid.” She has accepted the job as cus- todian of the Waveland High School since Mr. Ewbank isn’t there anymore. It seems he had taken over as the second A1 Jolson. Some coal dust accidently blackened his face so he took up Jolson’s profession as a blackface singer. He did quite well at this until one day he got a transfer. He is now shoveling coal con- stantly but is having difficulty getting accustomed to the hot climate. There hadn’t been much news about Ruby Henderson until the Grimes got a letter from her. She seems to be a little down in the dumps because some other girl took her boyfriend, Artie Shaw, away from her. The name of the girl is Ruth Johnson. (Continued on page 17) Page Eleven