Wilkesville High School - Falcons Yearbook (Wilkesville, OH)

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VALEDICTOR IAN ADDR ESS Dear Frxends Teachers and Classmates Our httle boat stands at rest tomght at the bendxng of the stream and we are pausmg awhrle to draw m our breath for the work ahead The voyage of hfe 15 through many deep and unknown channels w1th many wmdmgs and turnmgs that often make xt hard for us to tell just what we have passed by and what we are yet to meet It seems a long course to follow as we row through the waters and we are often tempted to let our bark drrft wxthersoever It may but as we rest upon our oars and look back how very short a dlstance we seem to have come after all and how close the banks appear to be lt 15 pleasant to pause here at the bendmg of the stream and conslder for a httle the pleasant calmness of the wave rrpples through whlch we have so easrly been rowlng but we cannot lmger long for already the nozse of hfe s larger waters rs cal11ng us and we know that we must row ahead out of the peaceful shallow current of our young l1fe where we have been able to draft through so much of our passage and pull hard through the deeper channels agaxnst the stream of actmve lxfe We cannot pass forever out of th1s quxet channel into the deeper waters awaxtlng us wrthout thanking you from the bottom of our hearts for the prlvxlege of begxnnmg th1s voyage of hfe on the breast of so clear and calm a stream For these happy years our bark has glided so smoothly along between the banks that we could reach over and gather the l1l1es through which we were gurded and were scarcely consclous of our own efforts an propellmg our little craft up the stream Our teachers have carefully Shel tered us from every adverse wmg of thought and have warned us with the most zealous pams of the ev1l rocks and shoals or tangle of sea week so sure to be met wxthxn the broader channels of our onward course We realrze that had you saddened by many disasters and retarded by many a barrxer that mxght threaten to wreck our vessel even at the very begmnmg of our voyage and we want you to know how much we appreczate your lovmg thoughtfulness before we ton1ght sa1l onward through the deeper channels to the sea of the larger lxfe awaltxng us To you dear teachers we must also express our earnest thanks Often and often rn the days to come when we are thrown more and more upon our own guxdance and mtuntron our mmds w1ll travel back to you and we wxll see how many txmes you have helped to steer our frarl bark around tlus or that dxfflculty t1ll we shall long I am sure to return to the shelter and protectlon of your pxlotmg but have glven us both our chart and our compass and as our boat ghdes out of the waters where you have been xts guide so long and your eyes follow us on mto the deeper channels ahead you may ever see our green and whrte as signals of promlse and grateful resolutron from the class that must never be afrald to show lts colors as we push out to perform our mrssmon in the splendid sea of a blgger opportunity And thus classmates we lxnger at the bend of the stream the end of our course We have paddled together through the school waves behmd us but each must row forth alone mto the deeper channels to come wherever and mto whatever they may lead Let us keep our green and white flyrng wxth all that they slgnlfy to each one of us and face every duty of the unknown waters bravely and boldly the prmclples of honor ever turn mg the pilot wheel as we sa1l to the success no graduate of th1s dear school can ever fall to wm 10 not made this possible for us, our start on the voyage of life might have been

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Now our teachers got to thmkmg We would shp from Sharps to flats But let me tell the solemn truth We were just naturally The Funny Erats To entertam the Senxors VN e took them up the way Vxsxtmg zn Columbus Oh1o We spent an over lapplng day Now w1th the end of our Senxor year Drawlng very nlgh We have knowledge reachxng From the earth up to the sky lnqulrments we ve been makmg On the subject of vocatxons And here s the report that we recezved Dear frlends and fellow cltlzens Nothlng else can we chance do For your class has topped our records As the most lntellxgent Crew That we ve had the chance to wxtness Smce the beg1nn1ng of our tlme May you be just as successful As you move on up hfe s 11ne Now m rhyme dear frlends and classmates I have told you of the days We ve spent ln hlgh school together Now we re at the parting ways So goodbye dear lads and lasses And our teachers dear and true As the years stretch out before We wxll often thmk of you 9 . . Y ' ll 91 It ll I I ' ll 1 7 1 I Y , . . , . , D , . From the Board of Education: ,, . . . I 7 S I , , . i Y . I ' O ' 'P . i . I I , . . I , . i I I us,

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CLASS WILL We the Sen1or Class of 1949 1n sound mmd and healthy physlque do make thxs our last w1ll and testament Each artlcle here descrlbed IS bequeathed severally to the below mentxoned md1v1duals accordlng to the terms of th1s w1ll and testament We hereby declare all prevlous promlses to pay w11ls or testaments made by thrs class as null and vo1d We hereby appomt as sole admmst rator of th1s w11l our Superxntendent Mr Wells to admzmster th1s w1l1 and testament as he sees f1t We Leon Strausbaugh Floyd Sayre Donald Sclullmg Ronald Cornell and Wendell Unroe do bequeath our ab1l1ty to play basketball to Coach s prod1g1es 1n the form of Paul Nelson Dzck Denny Pat McKenz1e .hm Mxdklff and Grover Weese We V endell Unroe and Bonme DeVault do bequeath our lastmg fr1endsh1p to Dons Schzlhng and Jxmmle Lee Wood I Floyd Sayre bequeath my masculme handsomeness to Roy Sorrell I Edlth Prxdemore do bequeath my blond han' to Red Grace Snyder I Vella Thacker do bequeath my actmg ab1l1ty to Margaret McK1nn1s I Dot Camp w1ll my mouth organ abxlzty to Pat McKenz1e I Ronald Cornell do bequeath my helght to Don Sp1res I Gladys Snyder do bequeath my ablhty to do the wrong thxng at the rlght tlme to Bonn1e Denny I Leon Strausbaugh do bequeath my shyness to Eugene Jarv1s I Donald Schlllmg do bequeath my membersh1p ln the Bachelor s Club to Dxck Denny I Bonme DeVault do bequeath my abxlxty to get along w1th the male population of thls mstxtutxon to Vlfglnla Delaney I Wendell Unroe do bequeath my abzllty of drlvmg a 38 Ford m the wee hours of the mornmg to Davld Duffy and Nolan Martyn We Bonnxe DeVault and Vella Thacker do bequeath our cheerleadmg abxlxty to Bonnxe Denny and Margret MCGIHHIS We the Semor Class hereby bequeath our ab1l1ty to behave 1n classes and our hxgh scholast1c average to all of the future Semor Classes of W1lkesv1l1e Hxgh School IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have hereunto set our hand th1s 24th day of May in the year nmeteen hundred and forty nme Senxor Class of 1949 ll 1 l 1 . . . . . Q . -.. . . . 1 l . .. . . . .. . . l I ' I l J D 1 I .. ' l 1 I y u 1 I - i I I ' ' ' ll li J 1 9 a I 1 u . -. . I D 'i 9 Of n 1 I Ul .. .. , . I . l I . .. . - ... ' o .. .. . . D 9 - l Q .. . - . Q 1 l - . . s I I 0 .1i.--....m...