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PRUPIIEGY ln the annals of hustory we have become famuluar wuth the great gold rush of I8-19 un whuch much speculatuon and aspuratuon were seen un the eyes of our puoneer ancestors but not to be outdone our pres ent generatuon also has some revolutuonary udeas of uts own whuch shal come about un the year l9b9 Maunly responsuble tor thus braun fever are two gurls or should we speak of them as beung two dugnufued old malds who have seen the necessuty of world progress lt was one fune sunny day when Rosemary Taylor and Maruellen Replogle put theur heads together and devused a scheme whuch would beluttle all scuentufuc achuevements up untul that tume by promotung the furst passenger llught un a rocket srup Theur furst problem was to secure the means the passengers and most umportant of all present to the board of scuentusts theur braun storm Luttle hope dud they have at furst of obtaunung help from these stone hearted men but funally ut was Keener Jackson head physucust emerrtus who persuaded hus loyal board to accept the plan Stll there was great doubt un the munds of hus assustants Jummy Patterson Bobby Rogan Irvune Cherry Jum Akers and Bob Jones but they funally saw the lught and succumbed to the valuent pleas of these sweet old hags By thus tume word had leaked out as to the purpose of the plans and unstantly response was heard throughout the natuon Such unterest was stumulated that a woman s socual organuzatuon headed by Marulyn Pulsk Betty Kornman Peggy Zager and Maruorue Weber undertook the responsubuluty of funancung thus expedutuon unto space as theur pet prouect lmmeduately the development of the plans were put unto operatuon One of the most outstandung enguneers wuth hus crew of mechanucs was chosen to construct the modern rocket shup John Fant was thus man buut not only he was responsuble for thus huge task for hus grease monkeys Henry Carlusle Ed Blackford Rudy Wulluams and Robert Babb added theur two buts worth when thungs became complucated lCan you umagune that7l The day has funally arruved Gur trusty pulots lworkung on day and nught shuftsl have mounted unto the cockput wautung for the anxuous passengers to board the shup Look at that fearless valuant courage ous terror strucken bunch of people No better group could be qualu fued for the strenuous excursuon than Herman Ambrose Mary Lou Bellamy Sefton Lucas Betty Halluburton James Swack Lubby Sputz Bull Solomon Bully Thomas and Shurley Schwartz who realuze the danger and rusk of leavung theur luves un the hands of Mary Graf Sally Herman Betty McGuure and Betty Orr theur capable pulots As the stewards Eugene Hubbett Jack Knox Monroe Temple and Ronnue Lockenback fastened our safety belts for the take off Beverly Kunser and Joe Ports sang us off wuth Racung to the Moon and our long awauted trup had begun After speedung through space at the rate of 5000 mules a munute we arruved at the heart shaped gates of Venus Heaven of Matrumony where ut was no great surpruse to see Don Reed Ava Jane Baxter Charles Newcomer Ellen Butterfueld Louus Hubbetts and Jean Sums who were beung advused by Barbara Martun Vantrease Paulune Odum Grugg and Jean Bowman Fox sunce they BCQUIVCG an early start back at West un l949 Sunce the Haven was rapudly becomung full we saw Kay Ogulvue Ann Barton Louuse Morrus Jo Ann Hawkuns Rosue Wulluamson and Sara Turner makung applucatuon for the wautung lust Sunce we had to hurry on to the Bug Dupper un tume for the maun show of the Celestual Coney Island we left after wushung the gurls the best of luck Who should be there to welcome us but John Coles the barker for the Donald Arnold and Arkovutz Freak Show He unsusted on guvung us free passes unto the maun tent and so sunce nothung at West was ever free we accepted um rrueduately As we made the rounds we saw Ann Stacks the Snake Charmer the Rutledge Suamese twuns Kaku Fat Woman McLaugh lun Katue Foyer the Bearded Lady and Fred Muscles Graham the 5000 lb weughr lufter After eatung our full of cotton candy uellued apples popcorn and peanuts we decuded that bucarbonate and tne drug store would be our next stop CRASH' What hut us? lf you can walk get out and see Why uts a shup from Mars' What are you doung here7 Thought we left you back on earth un I949 Charlene Appleton told us that she Aluce Westpha' Barton Jones and Duncan Everett had trued to get away from the untrucate Complucatuons of mankund by fundung happy seclu son un the sky Here bearung down on our left us the fabulous Mars Patrol led by Bully Sherlock Petty and hus assustant John Dr Wat son Engel followed by Hedy Reunheumer and Patsy Moore gurl de tecvuves and Walter Malone General Nuusance Beung that we were un such a batteued condutuon they suggested that we fly over to the hosputal where that erruunent surgeon Dr Jerry S Kleun would treat s fo upset stomachs and unuurues obtauned un the collusuon After beung bandaged and burped we took a look un the clunuc where we saw Joe Sellars and Bully Eggleston fugutuves from Alcoholucs Anony mous Jane Mason and Johnny Kyle beung treated for heart trouble and Raymond Crossfueld receuvung meducal attentuon as a result of unuurues obtauned fron' a wreck on hus space cycle As we turned to depart Donald Gregory stopped entertaunung the patuents long enough to guve us hus regards Now on to the Moon' Look' People ahead' Why uts Betty Gunn Johnnue Mae Armstrong and Wull Allen Smuth provung the statement that they had rather swung on a star than be monkeys carryung moon beams home un a uar besudes ut s good muscle exercuse As we waved good by the stewards entered wuth our lunch At last we reach the moon sungung Full Moon and Empty Arms fWell uf you havent done any good by now l7 Before proceed ung to the hotel we must drop un at the famous Moon Bar where we see Phul Parsons busy Ut at work brewung hus unfamous moonshune Well uf ut usnt Harvey Freeman Dot Van Dresser Buddy Weuner Gerald Sleepy Henderson and Jean Puryear hangung furmly to the raul Potent stuff Phl lt s best we leave whule we re able Watch ut folks don t trup over that crater' Ahl There s lust the bus that wull take us rught to the door of our hotel After arruvung sungung Love on a Greyhound Bus ldont ask us whyl' who should we see runnung to meet us but Jack Grady manager of the most elaborate and exclusuve hotel un the unuverse Look at those darlung bell boys comung to carry our bags Ut They look famuluar yes they re C P Hagan and Courtney Smuth but my good ness look at the elevator boy lt s none other than George Sterlung Guy better known un the old days as Gooey What more could we ask than to have as our chambermauds Bobby Nell Danuels Mary Jean Clymer Mary Lee Cowan and Barbara Farrar? After a flyung day a good nughts rest certaunly sounds wonderful Let s take ut After wakung early the next mornung by the brughtness of the earth shune we proceed on a sught seeung trup As our guudes we have Eddue Moe Randolph and Tommy Funley who furst show us the studuos of Mars Productuons Inc owned produced and operated by James Orsen Austun who could scarcely manage wuthout hus most capable head photographer Bull Doak and hus assustants Martun Zeutlun and Howard Byran along wuth the studuo artusts Marue Lullard and Betty Hutcheson Lunda Brumley Paul Tanksley Yvonne Shurk and Ann Babb the stage crew can certaunly share all the glory for luttle could be done wuthout theur effucuent servuces What a thrull to see such great movue stars as Dorena Davus Betty Faust Vuolet Free man Grace Guvens Roland Gable Guff John Barrow Thomas Ben ton Ruth Weungart Ted Vaughn lMonroel and hus Moon Mauds Dot Hute Betty Ge1try Carol Shaunberg Nancy Townes and Annette Bubus' We hate to leave but tame flues and we must be on our way We ve come uust un the nuck of tume-our shup us almost demolushed See what the trouble us It mught have been expected uts General J Y Crawford wuth hus newly formed Junuor Burd Men of the Moon on an expedutuon trup Comung toward us we see among thus selected group Donald Edwards Ken Hackerman Horace Holley Ruchard Hunter Robert Wulson and belueve ut or not stull un exustance wuth hus horn us Re d Hot Lups Leath offucual bugle boy Well our destunatuon has funally been reached and beung that all good thungs must come to an end we must head back for home to see what our fellow earth crutters are doung All aboard folks tughten your belts for a quuck trup back through space on our heavenly flught Sunce we re so close to Whats that'7 No ut cant be' There s Kay Townley and Ann West collectung entrance fee at the gates of the Mulky Way Well have to stop and see what cooks' Get your money out folks we are now goung to be among the turst lthey always tell youl to become memoers of the Mulky Way Club lbeffef WOW to u as tne get ruch Pyramud Club back un the good old days of our youthl Whats all that nouse uh musuc for? Wheres ut comung from? Of course ut s an all gurl orchestra welcomrng us to the Mulky Way T make thungs worse we fund Louus Lupshutz and Paul Leeper durectung t Ah' Lusten to that heavenly musuc' No wonder look who s un the orchestra Whule Sarah Batts us sungung luke a burd the remaunder of the orchestra us supplyung a gloruous melody What could be sweeter than the strungs of the fuddles played by Ida June Brown and Dorothy Bryant Seldom do Trunu Muckel and Sue Lyddy have a chance to add the clamor of theur drums and cymbals but they are lust as essentual as Sue Hagan s golden trumpet Muldred Kenedy s clarunet and Con nue Hardun s trombone Look' How could we have mussed thus' lts Ruby Jane Lewus the tuba player and the Last Puano uartet whuch uncludes Mary Katherune Pearl Helen Myers Carol Rutherford and Dot Walden Wuth such a receptuon as well as a send off we cant help but be lueve that nothung could be more heavenly except heaven utself Y . . . . , I ' ' ' . 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LAST WILL AND TESTAMEIIT We the members of the Senaor Class of nlneteen hundred and forty nrne beang of confused nfand and tand body resultang from our mad pursuat of knowledge do hereby testment Flrst as a class we leave West radataon than at was leat us darnage Second as andavaduals we leave Jam Akers leave my ha home room to Mass Dembsky a mat thas to be our last wall a d Hagh to the Junaors an a var worse the hope that they can repaar the the lollowang to the underclassmera UI memoraes of Mass Dembsky s Arnold Donald and kata Arkovatz leave West wathout any Arkovatzes I Charlene Appleton leave for Humboldt Ida June Brown fagures she needs everythang she has Therefore e takes at a wath r I Irvane Cherry leave my many nacknames to whoever as entatled to them We Annette Bubas ano Carol Shaanberg leave our gossapplng ln Hlsrory Class to any lucky enough o have Mrs Murray Jlmmy Cohen leaves has ab laty to charm Mass Dembsky to Bobby Youngerman Betty Faust leaves her Yankee accent to Wallaam McDonald I J Y Crawford leave my posaton an ROTC to anyone who can w rk 7 w y up to v gleston leaves l ally l Katae Foyer leave my d avang skrll to Coach Greer s Draver Traan ang Class We Tom Benton Donald Gregory Bally Petty and Barton Jores leave Jammy Drak to Hel en Anderson Mary Graf fetuses to leave anyth ng and an the meantame takes wath r all o ass Hanes penca s Ann West leaves her abalaty to charm 7l all of her teachers to Jo Ann Scott We Paul Tankslev and John Pant leave our new Physacs theorles to Mass Hanes a ms ve m a e an sho natura o Wayne Snoddv Dorothy Walden Dorean Davas and Bobble Huddleston leave our love tor West behand us James Austan reluctantly leaves Ann Wolfe durang fafth peraod lunch e John Coles and Paul LeeDer eave our never gave up technague to Allan Edmundson and Bobby Davas Jane Mason leaves her energetac cheerleadang to Davad Wolfe We Labby Spatz and Bette Hutcheson leave our art talent to Mass Adams I Horace Holley leave my ch ldash ways to Henry Paper Howard Bryan eaves has photographac studao to Ball Dawson I Alace Westphal leave tor Calatornaa I wonder why7 Gerald Henderson wakes up long enough to graduate M ralyn Palsk leaves her swangano ways to Sharley cott I Vlolet Freeman depart for Jackson Massasslppa I Duncan Everette beoueath my natural bowlang talent to next years Bowllng Team Tommy Fanley oeparts tor Petes Pool Parlo an great haste I Betty Gentry leave roy monator post at the lunch lane to anyone who can faght oaf the boys who try to slap an lane G e Gavens waa m abalatyt play basketba Hrckerson Otasane I Roland Gulf leave my susceptabalaty to beang framed ln Mr Mortamer s room to anyone who lakes to run through the belt lane I Connae Hardan leave my love for a Ryan boy to Dot Campbel George Guy wall my aba aty for gettang an trouble to my a e brother Budd, I Jack Knox do hereby bequeath my massave frame to Bobby Bowers Jo Ann Hawkans leaves for the woods or should I say Forrest? C P Hagan leaves has romantac voace to Bally Barnes I Maldred Kennedy leave my seat an the Sunset Club to Helen Lard Beverly Kan er leaves her labrary work to anyone who thanks they nht want at Keener Jackson leaves has above average mand to Braanless II Payne I Bob Jones leave my abalaty to argue wath Mass Bowen to anyone who can stand the srraan We Betty Ko nman and Ma torae Weber and Peggy Zaoer w Il our knattano needles to Amelaa Whate and Nancy De bradqe an hopes that they wall fanash as many sweaters an class as we dld We Henry Carlasle and Johnny Kale leave our many notes gavang us aserlrrassaon to leave school tor a smoke to Phl Rosentleld and E H ar er I Read Leath leave my gardle to Mass Battle I Sue Lyddv leave my g eat talent for dramat cs to Phyllas Schwartz Betty Claar Mahon lett too soon to leave anythang We Sefton Lucas and Louas Lapschutz leave our football and Easketball bookang establashment to Freddae Gross and Norman Gold e Q Praal Parson and Betty McGuare wll thear bottles of peroxade to Barbara Nc Paer We Barbara Ma tan Vantrease and Paulane Odum Graggs leave to take ca e of our homes and famalles B LIIRonnae Lockenbach am at last able to leave my Spanash to Mass a e a Trana Mackel gladly leave the West Wand I Jammy Patterson beoueath my bow legs to Wesley Kanser We p5lSY MOOre ano Jean Purvea leave Helen Anderson an peace a ras Eddae Randolph leave I-aas bay wandow to Sgt Claffe knowlng hell look good wath two I Ball Solomon leave Edna Mae Stout wath an empty coke bottle to blow on at the games next year We Kay Ogalvae and Kay Townley leave Morras Wlllaams and Bob Vearh wath hands oft sagns around thear necks We Jean Sams and Louas Habbatts leave our seats an the labrary be for school to Jean Eckhardt and her latest John Engel leaves has monator post to anyone who thanks they can make peopae stop runnarag I Ruby Lewas leave my dagnataed manner and blushlnq countenance to Joan McEwen Robert Babb leaves Dot Mason hopang she wall be true Rachard Hunter leaves has musac talents to Jerry Downang Ann Stacks leaves very wallangly I I We Maraellen Replogle Dot Hate Kaka McLaughIan and Dot Van Dresser leave our noasey get togethers an the audatoraum at lunch peraod to Sara Austan June Tucker and Peggy Malton SJohn Barrow leaves has seat an Mass Hanes Physacs class to Allen late Jack Grady leaves has abllaty to run the movae proyector at the lunch peraods to John Lank I Mary Katherane Pearl leave a y Barnes but wal return ou e frequently to keep a watchful eye on ham I Mary Thornton George leave my roamang up and down the hall durang classes to my lattle saster Betty Eugene Habbett leaves has warm seat on the bench at the basketball games to Carl Jenkans Vaughn leaves to future Physacs students sympathy I I I Alvas Davas leave my work backstage to anyone who lakes to keep late hours Joe Sellers leaves has tall dark and handsome appearance to George House We Ava Jane Baxter and Don Reed Ellen Butterfaeld and Charlae Newcomer leave our seats an the audatoraum at fourth peraod to any up and comang young lovers who maght want them Courtney Smarn and Bobby Rogan leave thear dark curly har to Wallaam McDonald and Bobby Caldwell We Mary and Martha Rutledge leave our resemblance to each other to Maxane and Carlene Collaer Here s hopang they can tool as many people Sharlev Schwartz Ruth Weangart and Hedy Reanheamer leave a fond farewell to the corradors they ve strolled so often I Fred Graham leave my knack for gettang my own way to next year s Presadent of the Student Body CIDonald Edwards leaves has charmang personalaty to the entare Junlor a s Rosemary Wallaamson leaves her manuscrapt How to Fllrt and Not Be Obvaous to Joan Feldman Y onne Shark a d Marae Lallard leave thear lack of altatude t Barbara Ellas and Mary McNulty l Herman Ambrose leave I hope' We LaNata Selle and Betty Orr leave Shakespeare and Macbetn to Mass Bowen Jerry Klean leaves a aock of has haar to all has temanane admarers bl Joe Potts leave my ammense heaght to Norman Shorty Gold erg Louase Morras regretfully leaves Bert Sandler We Ba bara Farrar and Bobbae Nell Danael leave hopang to follow former Westerners to TPI Betty Gunn leaves her bass voace to Betty Joe Bell We Sara Barts and Mary Lee Cowan leave our quaetness to Gay Hancock and Betty Sams I Ann Barton leave to be wath Tony Ball Doak leaves has leather racket to Mass Bowen We Sara Turner and Sue Hagan leave our pretty as a plcture appearances to gust anyone IIJean Rosenberg leaves her many questaons to anyone who can answer t em Helen Myers and Carol Rutherford leave the D O Class wathout and Mr Mortamer crying over the loss of two praze pupals Johnny Mae Armstrong leaves her athletac abalaty to Joan Hamllton I Ann Babb leave takang my strakang resemblance to Mass Bowen wa me That as at he doesnt mand We Ann Allen Barbara Shappey and Nancy Townes leave the D velopment Ot Amerlcan Hastory to any Junaors who stall th nk t would be so wonderful to be a Senaor Mary Lou Bellamy leaves West wathout her traendly presence I Sally Hermann leave my farst peraod otlace 'ob to anyone who lakes to come an late We Daxle Brumley Dorothy Bryant and Mary Jean Clymer leave the halls ot West wathout a backward lance Wall Allen Smath leaves has tootba I abalaty to Alfred Greenfaeld I Rosemary aaylor wall my tackle nature to Sharley Foley Monroe Ternpae leaves washang Bob Shockley was gorng wath h rn Bally Thomas wall my poase whale an the presence of the faarer to Ball Tur r I Syd Pague leave my brallaant answers an Mass Bowen s Englash class to anyone who takes rry place an her class next year lntrusted and attested to by four annocent bystanders ELLEN BUTTERFIELD CHARLES NEWCOMER JEAN SIMS LOUIS HIBBITTS , I d . . . 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