Yale High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Yale, MI)

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THE CLASS WILL Ladies and Gentlemen, Board of Education, Superintendent, Teachers and Friends: Upon behalf of our client, the Class of 1938, of Yale High School, of the City of Yale, State of Michigan, U. S. A., we have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion, to listen to her last will and to receive from her dying hand, the few gifts she has to bestow in her last agonies. Owing to the flighty condition of her brain, and the unusual disturbance in its grey matter, she begs us to state for her that she may quite possibly have been mistaken in her inventory; but such things as she thinks she has, she here- by gives into your possession, praying that you will accept them as a sacred trust from one who has gone before. Listen, then, one and all, while I read the document, as duly drawn up and sworn to: To the dear Faculty, I, the lass of 1938, leave all my power of seeing through a stone wall, that power which, in the time past has made my course in life so spectacular, and the lack of which has brought my career to an ig- nominious failure. Kenneth Kook leaves his wee wee number 12 shoes to Loetta Burton. Leonard Meharg with tears leaves Rex Heideman about three feet and five inches to make him up in the world. lean Sparling wills her efficient ability as Fditor-in-Chief to Mr. Double- Dip” Main. Marian Shaw wills her love and charm to that blushing little minister’s daughter, Eleanor Remein. Clarence Fair and Eldon Palmateer will their golden singing ability to Charles Winkler. Anne Conroy wills her sophisticated ways to that very sophisticated Jun- ior, Emily Sosnowski. Thelma Beal leaves her rubber gum and steel jaws to Elizabeth Moore, so help her. George Graves wills his flat feet to Beverly Dodds. Treasure Groat and Irene Hilliker bequeath their knowledge of traffic jams in the great metropolis of Melvin to two very traffic-minded back-seat drivers of the Junior class, Imogene Tenniswood and Thelma Harmer. James Old wills his F. F. A. pin, which carries honor, degree, and no work to Gerald Zinzo. Viola Young leaves her speaking ability with all strings attached to that great orator, Leola Brown. Donna Hall wills her red hair to Warren Sparling to comb and to brush. Harold Rector bequeaths his art of love-making, which is the one and only Rector method to Anne Furlong. Beatrice Ryder bequeaths her talkativeness and quiet ways to our quiet little Junior, Mary Weymouth. (Continued on next page) 22

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CLASS OF ’38 STATISTICS • Most popular boys Marvin Chandler, Allen Boughner Most popular girl Rita Miller Prettiest girl Lois Middleton Handsomest . boy Eldon Palmateer Laziest Charles Radloff Meekest Marian Shaw Social highlight Helen Halsey Most versatile Helen Graves Best athlete Allen Boughner Slowest jack Colden Most likely to succeed Ken Kook Class optimist Dom a Hall b Class pessimist Rawland Clemens Best natured Thelma Beal Brightest Ken Kook Wittiest Tom Mullaney Biggest bluffer Tom Mullaney Class dude Jack Colden Worst grind Morton Clark Class giggler Remelda Gerlach Shortest Jennie Wixson Tallest Russel Maplethorpe A ewcomer Eleanor Durski Scrappiest couple Rita Miller and Allen Boughner 21

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THE CLASS WILL ( Continued ) Anne Jerlecki wills her intelligence and poetic ability to smart little Rober- ta Palmateer. Josephine Samson leaves her dancing and singing ambition to Henrietta Beausir. Lucille Carless, who can catch men like you can catch a cold, leaves this secret charm formula, which never fails, to Mary Herrst. Rita Miller leaves twenty pounds to Chester Palmateer. Fay Norris wills her skinniness to Katherine Denton. Elsie Bybee leaves her appendix to the Juniors to preserve and put in the Smithsonian Institute for her grand-children to gop” at. Rawland Clemens wills his long and slender mustache which is just sprout- ing to that Romeo of the Juniors, La Vern Buddy” Carl. Elsie Barr, who wishes to keep a famous name in the minds of Yale High students wills her famous name Sarah” to Betty Barr who should be proud to inherit it. Eleanor Durski leaves her very comforting patent leathers and polish to that swift-moving dancer, William Walters. Margaret Armstrong, our little farmer lass, wills her hog-calling cham- pionship voice to another farmer miss who does it quite well, Margaret Mona- han. Morton Clark wills his high hot blood pressure to J. D. Hull. Helen Graves wills her non-political, non-partisan president’s office, or as she calls it the doghouse,” to that political minded lad from the H. A. Smith Store, Donald H. A.” Sloat. Lawrence Spencer wills his shyness and embarrassment to that quiet little girl, Beulah Harmer. Helen Halsey bequeaths her social standing to Florence Hosner. L- Allen Boughner leaves his speed, manliness, and acting ability to another speedster, Harry Lazybee” Dodson. Jack Colden leaves his curly, dusty locks and twenty-fifth century side- burns to Joe Turco. t Everett Shaw wills his extraordinary vocabulary to Bob Evans who will store it in the attic for a rainy day and we know he’ll never use it. Berenetta Park wills her deep blue sea rolling wavy eyes to Alma Wilson. Marion Collins wills her Avoca charms of which she is very proud to Mar- ion Urban. Marvin Chandler wills his bunny habits of being here, there, and everywhere to Everett Havermahl. Charles Radloff leaves his southern dialect to Arland Lohr. Lois Middleton wills her polished manners and quiet ways to Lawrence Rasch. Jennie Wixson wills her art of being short but lively to Helen Priehs. ( Continued on page 56) 23