Westfield High School - Shamrocket Yearbook (Westfield, IN)

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Class Will We, the Senior class of the 484th Leap Year. being of insane mind and unsound body, having seriously considered the certainty that our school life is drawing near its close. and being desirous of leaving our worldly possessions in the hands of our most beloved schoolmates and faculty. do here by affix our infamous signatures to this document. our last will and testament. Part, the First: I We. the Seniors ol 1936. do ht-re by bequeath our charm and friendliness 'and also our troublesi to our dearly beloved faculty. II. We. the Senior girls, leave to the Junior girls our ability to write and publish gossip in our school paper. III. To the Junior fellows: we. the Semoi fellows do bequeath our literary abilities. The aforesaid abilities having made themselves manifest in tlns edition of the annual Sham-Rocket. IV. To the Sophomores we will our remarkable ability to disagree among ourselves. V. We will to the dear little chlorophyll Freshmen our ability to remain as fresh as the freshest freshman through all ot the dignifymg stages of high school life. Part the Second: I, I, Dorothy Htidson. do hereby will my placid ability to make friends to Thelma Allen, I. I. Beth Bray, bequeath my doublebass to any person in the Junior class who thinks they are physical able to uphold it. III. I. Raymond Cox. bequeath to Ralph Wood my ability te handle more than one girl at a time. IV, I, Gladys Jobe. give to Kathryn Vries my Past-master degree in the gentle art of flirtation. V. I, Gene Williamson. will my ttastng ways to Byron Gamble. VI, I, Charlotte Wood. give my ability to enjoy going steady to Faye Nichols. VII, I, Kenton Hershey. give my last name to the Juniors as nourishment to be taken every five minute period. VIII. We. Edith Hill and Emily Ke-esling bequeath our kind and comforting ways. which are hidden Linder our flirtations exterior. to Lois Jrsstip. We know she will guard them carefully. IX. I, Robert Powell, give te any other worthy man my superiority in athletics, tlf anyone desires my superiority in my studies they are welcome to it.l X. I, Clinton Fields. give my leading roles in all future opetettas to Merrill Griffin because he has all the qualities of a perfect lover. XI. I, Ann Jessup. give all fttture dramatic roles to Dora Ellen Baker. XII. I, Margaret Crostreet. bequeath my I..ttly in Waiting for the Right Person qualities to Eleanor Sumner. XIII. I. Thurman DeMoss. leave my political ability including orations and manage- ment of the class. to Philip Overman, in the hope that he will bt able to use them. XIV. We. Wretha Fern Ballard and Mara Martha Roberts. give our jobs on tht Shamrock Times Stiff to Beatrice Moore. secure in the knowledge that she will adequately fill them. XV. I, Max Ballard. give my title of Rubinoff and his violin to Donald Hinshaw. His music 4'?1 is to be used for the purpose of pleasing Miss Martin. XVI. I, Marilyn Randall, give my interest in football captains to Betty Ann Parker. XVII. We. Olive Jessup and Avanelle Harvey, give to Mary Bower our interest in the opposite sex. Please take care of il. Mary. as it is our most precious property. XXVIII. I, Kenneth Gilpin. bestow upon Billie Hedden my indifferent attitude caused by 6 years of unfailing devotion to one girl. XIV. To Jeanette Roberts. I. Alpha Allen. leave my Mae West intentions in the hope that it will aid her as much as it has aided me. XX. I, Earnest. Baue1'. will my 'Maxie Baer attitudes to Leslie Wheeler. XXI. I. Eclell Matthews. will my inucn sought atter blush to Vaughn Nichols, XXI. To Wavern Baker. I. Victor Roberts, give my saxaphone. to be used in seran- ading The Girl Friend. XXIII. We. Yvonne Stanbrough and Lueile Walker, lease our excellent secretarial talents, to Mary Louise Williams. XXIV. I. Marlin Reveal, leave llly handsome manliness to William Statzer. XXV. I. Cecelia Stuart, bestow my coquettish ways upon Geraldine Cheezum hoping she'll get more value out oi them than I. XXVI. I, Billie Rogers. having been persuaded to part with my magnetic attractions for the opposite six. bestow il upon Everett Babb. 'Continued on Page 17m .L

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MARY JOAN SMITH Orchestra, Glee Club, Madri- gal Club, String Ensemble, Managing Ed, of Shamrock Times, Sham-Rocket Staff, Mixed Chorus, Zaida Finch in Agatha's Aunt , Ed.-in-Cleief of Shamrock Times, Mrs. Grimes in Call of the Ban- shes. Ft-w things zirt- iinpossiluli- to tliliigvnm- and skill. RAYMOND COX Football, Basketball. He dues nothing' in particu- Izir, and dm-Q it wi-ll. LUCILE WALKER Zionsville High School' Sec. of Junior Class, Glee Club, Madrigal Club. Shamrock Times Press Staff, Sham- Rocket Staff. Her pleasing in-iwniiizility has nizult- hor 1-vi-ryimily's frivntlfi KENTON HERSHEY Football Student Manager, Sports Ed. Shamrock Times, Co-Ed. of Sports in Sham- Rocket, Sec. Sophomore Class. Clem in Call of the Ban- sheef' Life has taught mv not to trust fine sp:-t-1-in-s. AVANELLE D. HARVEY Glee Club, Madrifzal, String Quartet, Mixed Chorus, Band, Orchestra, String, Ensemble. 'I'ln- secret nf imppiiit-ss is in linkin harinuny with um-'s Sf' . EDELL MATTHEWS Band, Orchestra, Glee Club, Madrigal Club, Mixed Chorus, Linda Perkins in Call of the Banshee. Happy am I and from mirr- I'm free. XYhy ai'en't tht-5' :ill 1-uiiia-lit like me? LOUISE DANIEL Band, Orchestra, Glee Club, Madrigal Club, Vivian in Bon Voyage , Mrs. Knox in Agatha's Aunt , Bus. Mgr, of Shamrock Times, Contribut- ing Ed. Sham-Rocket, Feature Ed. Shamrock Times String Ensemble, Treas, of Freshman class, Master of Ceremonies at Jun.-Sen. Reception, Blanche in Call of the Banshee, She works for what she gets, :intl nets what sho ilu-sires. GLADYS JOBE Glee Club. Songs unsung uri- tv-r tin- ewn-vlm-ui ROBERT POWELL Football, Captain of Football team, Basketball, Basketball Captain. ii- still str-:vnu mam in hlul- 'itll l:in4l. EMILY KEESLING Whitestown High School. Une who talks littlt-, Init thinks ii L2l'1'lll thrall, MARLIN REVEAL Boys' Glee Club, Peier Adair in Call of the Banshee. 'l'li:- ont- wish foul zillion: us. EDITH HILL Orchestra, String Ensemble. Shamrock Times Press Staff. Phemie in A'Agatha's Aunt . Tibbey in Call of the Ban- sheef' 4'fI'iI wziv-mint lit-r liuurt- u'lmlv.'A P -

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l- ... l l So Thot's What They Do Scene: Office of the chief woman newspaper editor. Time: May 4, 1950. The first edition of the book So That's What They Do! by Mary Joan Smith, is hot from the Press. Let us go through the first copy with hcr, We find that: ANN JESSUP is a famous scientist working in Alaska searching for the cause and cure of Oveya Lya. AVANELLE H, BURROUGHS has won the thanks of every mother in America by developing her secret method of preserving spinach. KENNETH GILPIN, it is feared, has been captured by the beauties of Arcturus, as he has not been heard from since the Rocket passed Mars. ROBERT POWELL rose to magnificent heights in his new picture, Last Minute Inspiration. EDELL OGLE nee, MATTHEWS is famous for the Clark Diamond Mine, which she discovered upon emptying dishwater. CECELIA STUART ???, after trying her wings in grand opera, has settled down to a peaceful life as a loving wife. MARILYN R. POWELL holds patent rights to the Tenny-Weeny Reducing Tablets. These tablets are endorsed by the great screen star. Robert Powell. MAX BALLARD was last heard of in Mayukas, Africa. where he is trying to instruct the little savages in the science of chemistry. DOROTHY HUDSON has a very profitable occupation. She is employed as a Swedish masseuse connected with Charles of the Ritz, CLAYTON FIELDS and VICTOR ROBERTS are partners in Escorts, Inc., a bureau for the purpose of supplying escorts of all types, sizes, and nationalities for lonesome girls in the city of Moontown. CHARLES SMITH is the greatest diplomat this country has ever known. He success- fully combines the qualities of saying nothing, knowing nothing and yet looking wise. THURMAN DeMOSS has erected a factory to manufacture a camera for ortho stereo- scopic micrographs. ALF-'HA A, STULTZ is acting as a reporter for the Noblesville Daily Ledger, It is said that she turns in at least two hundred Westfield items in one week, EDITH HILL is running a daily column in an important svndicate of newspapers on advice to the lovelorn and how every woman should hold her man. BILLIE ROGERS has Won the title of Speed Demon of the Century, by winning the Speedway races three consecutive years. KENTON HERSHEY is the perpetuator of a system devised for the sole purpose of en- abling students to write and pass notes without their being confisticated. GENE WILLIAMSON, alias Baby Face Williamson, Public Enemy No. 13, with his band of desperadoes, has become most proficient in the throat-cutting business and is startling the population with his daring and nonchilnnce. BETH BRAY has become a Virgil teacher and with the help of her experience in W. H. S. is able to explain all the intricate passages. RAYMOND COX, after a successful college career, took up his life's work of running an orphanage which has developed into an interesting and exciting affair. LOUISE DANIEL is house mother at a fraternity house at Purdue University, the only means of membership being that the students have :in extensive knowledge of the science of the elements. MARA MARTHA ROBERTS, blues singer. is hoard daily over the radio in that clever little skit, commonly known as Peters Peachy Pickles Program. CHARLOTTE WOOD has achieved her ambitions and is editor of the paper, News of the World as Seen By the Children. WRETHA FERN BALLARD is living in the desert as a hermit because her nerves gave way under the terrific strain of work on the Shamrock publications. MARLIN REVEAL joined the circus as strong man, He attributes his strength to his methods of relaxing which developed in his classes in W. H. S, MARGARET CROSTREET has given up art for arts sake and is drawing the comic strip. Geepo, the Gecpf' LUCILE WALKER is head of the House of Walker an establishment for designing dresses which is located in Paris, France. GLADYS JOBE. as expected, is enjoying the bliss of marital ties in a rose-covered cottage in the suburbs of Jolietville. ERNEST BAUER is chief gong-ringer on the Amateur hour conducted by Major Bowes. He was only an amateur before he got the gong. 1Continued on Page lla