Wilkesville High School - Falcons Yearbook (Wilkesville, OH)

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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...

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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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CLASS PR OPHECY Whmle vxsxtmg m Newport News V1rg1n1a thls summer an uncle of mme asked me to vlsxt has home on Washmgton Avenue He wanted me to see a televxsxon set whlch he was perfectmg Whxle loungmg on the dzvan after a very mce dmner he suggested we tune 1n on several dxfferent statlons The screen grows plam and a face IS takmg form The face looks fam111ar Oh It IS Dot Camp she has changed so much I hardly recognized her Dot 15 now the owner of the largest beauty salon 1n New York I must look her up some tzme 1n the near future Wh11e tumng to another statlon that face grows dxm and a great factory appears There stands a group of young men and among them IS our old classmate Floyd Sayre who IS now one of the worlds greatest electrxcal engmeers I know he IS domg very well 1n h1s work The d1a1 IS agam turned to another statlon and there on the screen stands a group of young soldxers My Thexr commander ln charge IS Ronald Cornell The gold bars on his umform fade away and a new face takxng form lt as Leon Strausbaugh the great lover who 15 now Vxce Presldent of the United States Now Leon s face dxsappears and a white umform xs commg mto v1ew It IS Gladys Snyder who xs now a nurse m one of our great hospztals The nurse IS gone The screen IS blank for a moment then another famzhar face appears It IS Bonn1e DeVault a great model ln Hollywood Agaln the screen IS blank then we see a movxe star It IS Vella Thacker Vella has hmshed her latest pxcture The Love s of Carmen Vella s face dxsappears But hsten someone IS makmg a speech Who xs 1t? Oh It IS Donald Schzllmg a great pol1t1c1an who IS 1n the cam pangn for Presxdent of the Umted States Whlle rxdmg home afterwards I Edmth Prxdemore was very happy thmkmg of the great successes all my old classmates had made If they had not been happy I could not have enjoyed my own success as Secretary to the Presxdent of the Umted States 12 1 . . I . . .. , . . - . , . . . . . . . . v r . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . - . . . . IS . , ' . , . . . . . . . . . o 1 . , . , . . ' on v u , . . . . . . .. , . .. ... .. . - . . . . a 1 n .