Wilkesville High School - Falcons Yearbook (Wilkesville, OH)

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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 .

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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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SALU TAT OR IAN ADDRESS How many many tmmes m l1fe we are forced to admxt the madequacy of mere words to express the deepest sentxrnents of the soul Our hearts fxll wlth emotxon and we learn when our tongues falter Tennyson had 1n h1s heart when he wrote I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that anse 1n me Dear frlends one and all thxs occaswn 15 one of those txmes For after all our f1ne words our lofty sentlments and h1gh soundmg phrases how much more can we really put 1nto th1s greetmg to our frlends We hope you are well, we see you are come and we know you are welcome Dear frlends to you th1s may be mdeed a pleasant occas1on for we shall certamly do our best to make lt so but at the best at w1ll be only one of many many such occaslons m your l1fe whlch enjoyable as they may all be at the tune w111 be but fleetmg mn then' mfluence To us rt IS a great occas1on a red letter day one of the brxghtest spots ln all our hves and bound to hve forever m our memorxes To you It may be but a pleasant place to be amused for an hour and whxle the tzme away to us xt IS a gleamxng m1lestone along the Journey of l1fe, and the mterest you show 1n us by commg to b1d us God speed on the way IS most deeply and truly apprecxated To those of you who have a personal mterest ln us as course far more than to the chance guest to whom we appear but as strangers To those too who can remember themr own thoughts and emotxons of sxmllar occasxons 1n thexr own lzves It w1ll be a pleasant remmder of those early hopes and auns and w1ll enclte 1n them a deeper sympathy and understandmg of all that we are feelmg and dreammg as we enter 1nto the exerclses of the day To our parents and relat1ves xt IS an hour of prxde and affect1on, to our teachers an hour of m1ng1ed Joy ln our success and regret we trust over the necessary partmg So much you see depends upon the mdlvzdual pomt of v1ew As for us thls occaslon closes an epoch ln our hves the most lmportant perlod that we have yet known and one of the utmost value ln 1ts bearmg upon all our future career As we look back over the past few years we feel that we can truthfully say that we have done our best at all txmes and mn all places to make the most of every opportumty so far as our young m1nds were able to understand xt We mean to continue to do that same best all of the tlmes and 1n all the places where Fate may hereafter dlrect our paths And we are sure that at thls tune everyone must reahze somethmg of what It means to us and whxle gr1ev1ng w1th us at the sundermg of the dear class tzes that each year has helped to make stronger must at the same txme rejoice with us that we have been able to accompllsh as much as we have wh1le wzshmg for each of us greater trxumphs m whatever work may he ahead of us We hope that you may all feel that It has been good to be wxth us today and may see 1n all that we do and say some assurance of your welcome even wh1le reallzmg that as a class we cannot well ask you to Come agam 13 ' I . . . 5 , . ll ' ' Ill . y , . . . . I . , . Y . - . ' - . 9 , . . , . . . y . . S . . , . . . , . ' . . ' , . . . ' . . . . . , ' ' 3 the boys and girls you have seen grow up from infancy, it means, of Y I I l . S . . . . . , , . . . I 1 I . 9 1 , . , . . . . - l I . . ' . . , D 1 . . . . . , . . . . ' . , . . . ll ' DI' I I o