Woodlan Senior High School - Arrow Yearbook (Woodburn, IN)

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I, Mel Delagrange, with a car quite new, Will to Ronald Nietert, with eyes so blue, The ability to successfully pick up a girl, Take them for spins and give them a whirl. And also to a Junior who is bright and fair, Mike Moser, I give the wave in my hair, But since some day I might use it myself, I'll turn around and give you my health. I, Dorothy Gerbers, am going to give, Something you'll use as long as you live, So dear Darlene Roemke, as you might know, I am giving to you my ability to sew. I, Dean Weaver, short and stout, Will to Paul Bellis, without a doubt My ability to always be happy and hearty, And also be the life of the party. I, Harold Gerig, Prof. by name, Will to Marvin Hockemeyer of Junior fame, My earnest desire to study art, If you can do it, you'1-e really smart. And also to Harry Stoller who's really keen, My ability to say big words, and not know wh I, Sh' n Purk, a pert young dame, Wil 4 im Shanebrook who's very tame, My ability to comb my bright red hair, Take good care of it, it's very rare. I, Betty Lilly, do bequeath, To Lynda Smith, one class beneath, Something you are likely to need some day, My strong-arm Lady part in the play, And to Dick Helmke I do bestow, My typing ability to keep numbers in rows. I, Gerald Smith, my future mapped for me, at they mean Will to Charlie Wells my Hoosier Farmer Degree, I worked hard out on the farm, Try it, it didn't do me any harm. Also to Roland Buuckl do bestow, My ability of a baseball to throw, Sometimes straight and sometimes fast, But always toward the catchers mask. I, Kenny Becker, with holes in my pockets Will to Larry Murphy a safe full of dockets, And hope you count the money correct, So your mighty class will end out of debt. And to Gailyn Roemke Ido bestow, My ability to get on the Honor Roll. You must study hard both day and night, And work and slave with all your might.

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Senior Will We, the Senior Class of 1953, being in sound minds, and memories, and con sidering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore make, ordain, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all other and former wills made by us at any time. I, Barbara Brager, with hair so fair, Will to Joyce Schulenburg who's without a care, My ability to draw and also to sing, Try it, though you can't sing a thing. I, Bob Arnos, the Senior Class President, Will to Thelma Weber a Junior Class resident, My quiet manner and suitable ways, You know, the kind that keeps you in a daze! I, Shirley Harris, who loves to go steady, With a certain boy who's willing and ready, Will to Mary Butt her power to woo, I can do it, maybe you can too. I, Suzanne Souder, being of sound mind, Will to Pat Carpenter both good and kind, The old choir piano that's all out of tune, Bang it hard, kid, it will make the kids swoon! I, Lucy West, so mild and fair, Will to Louise Reddersen her pretty brown hair, Lucy, a lively sort of gal, But everyone seems to be her pal. I, Corinne Wetter, am going to give, Something I'll miss as long as I live, My old French book to Marianne Killian, You couldn't find a better book in a million. I, Marjorie Bumpus, with abilities few, Marianne Coomer, I give to you, My old office job with which I now part, If you do the job well, it's really an art. I, Betty Nahrwold, with eyes so blue, Gerald Long, I will to you, My ability to be quiet and cause no commotionk If you can do this you'll deserve a promotion. I, Vivian Witte, with abilities rare, With Shirley Flint would like to share, My ability to sew like whiz, And become the greatest seamstress there is.

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I, Betty Gerbers, a quiet young lass, Will to Carolyn Gregg in the Junior Class, My ability to ride in classy new cars, And look at the moon and gaze at the stars. I, Bob Stafford, so tall and lean, Will to Bud Fry my starting berth on the basketball team Also my ability to argue in class, To sleep and dream and still get to pass. I, Johnny Ehresman, with abilities rare, With Walter Webster I would like to share, The catcher's job on the softball team, Keep up the chatter and stay on the beam. And also with Donald Becker I will part, My crew hair cut which is dear to my heart, Long hair is quite an aggravation, Cut it off and you have ventilation. I, Jerry Becker, with a laugh so rare, Will to Bob Persyn a boy so fair, The ability to laugh in the typing room, And watch the girls in the assembly swoon. I, Lawrence Wells, the flirt of the class, Will to Phyllis Sweet, a timid young lass, The power to talk throughout the day, Without running out of something to say. I, Lowell Becker, full of ambition, Will to Roselyn Stucky a great musician, All my old trombone parts that really toot, It may be hard to read since you play a flute. And also to Lonnie Voorhies I will bestow, The ability, of which you all know, To keep quiet in the study hall, Five whole minutes that's all. In witness whereof we have subscribed our names and fixed our seal this twenty-fifth day of April, in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty three A. D. The Senior Class