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mind and body, do hereby gladly bequeath
Taft Union High School and all the
pleasant and friendly teachers and
counselors thereof to the class of 1965.
I also bequeath to them all the
tolerance and patience of the class of
1964, which they will need if they want
to get out of here.
I, Suzanne Marshall, being of tiny mind
and tinier body, do hereby bequeath my
charm and personality to Janet Helms,
who needs it very badly.
I, Evonne May, being of generous mind
and poorly-developed body, do hereby
bequeath my hair roller to Marla Reed
and the good time in Mrs. Faust's paint
factory to Nick Comstock.
I, Jim McIntosh, being of one track mind
and hopeless body, do hereby bequeath my
tachometer and steering wheel to the
person who already has them and to next
year's swim team, my sweatshirt and
bucket I dragged behind all those hours
of fun in the pool.
I, Linda Meeks, being of innocent mind
and capable body, do hereby bequeath all
the Kleenex I could find on New Year's
Eve and the half-used bottle of tips to
Pam Ciaremitaro and Charlotte Carpenter.
I, Helen Mollohan, being of sufficient
mind and bony body, do hereby bequeath
my incessant charm, fascination and
allurement to Gloria Mickey.
I, Dan Myers, having enjoyed four good
years of high school, do hereby leave
TUHS and the many enjoyable hours and
evenings that can be had to my sister,
Cheryl.
I, Dell Alvin Newsom, being of superior,
Athenian intellect and pure, Spartan
body, do hereby leave our senior lounge
( which I made a very "spirited" attempt
to obtain . . Hah, Hah ! ) to Dennis
Brenneman and John Frailing, who won't
last a week. To Steve Haskins, John
Oxford, and all of the other clods, I
leave a blonde, a brunette, and a
red-head.
I, John Pappa, being of brilliant mind
and handsome body, do hereby willfully
and whole-heartedly bequeath the drum
section of the band to Carol Garratt,
all my good manners to Etta White, and
all my empty bottles to John Miller.
I, Marian Rasmussen, being of radical
mind and disturbed soul, do hereby
bequeath all of my discussions with Mr.
Dodd on civil rights, poverty, Latin
America, and religion to Cheryl Taylor.
I, Judy Salyards, being of intelligent
mind and frail body, do hereby bequeath
all of McLean's lies to a certain
sophomore girl who by this time has
heard almost all of them.
I, Joyce Snyder, being of over-worked
mind and under-worked body, do hereby
bequeath my forged report cards, the
quearter I lost in the cafeteria, my
torn-up senior lounge card, and my extra
20 pounds to Chark Huddleston.
I, Don L. Swearingen, being of sound
mind, do hereby will two broken arms,
two broken ribs, two broken fingers,
water under the knee cap, and a broken
spirit to the future football players of
Taft High.
I, Sue Ane Turner, being of clean mind
and drained body, do hereby bequeath to
all the seniors everything we seniors
had. NOTHING ! !
I, Larry Ward, being of questionable
mind and strong spirit, do hereby
bequeath all my pre-stamped request
passes and natural ability to get out of
my classes, all my used, false ID's, and
my cheat sheets and other assorted notes
to any lower classmen worthy of such an
honor.
I, Sam Witten, being of dumb mind and
perfect physique, do hereby bequeath Mr.
Ben Smith to all the lucky stiffs who
will have him next year.
I, Nikki Zwaschka, do hereby bequeath my
four years of GAA fn and my MILLIONS of
written English rusle to Dinah Ormsby
mind and decrepit body, do hereby
bequeath one-way ticket to the mental
hospital of their choice to all of the
teachers who were unfortunate enough to
have me.
I, Harold Dean Artz, being of lazy body
and lazy mind, do hereby bequeath my
tremendous ability to get by without
doing much to my brother, Mike Artz, who
already gets by with less than I did.
I, Bill Baker, being of weak mind and
deformed body, do hereby bequeath on
tube of Wilhold glue to Mark Rogers to
fix his broken poles and one box of
catnip to Cat Caylor.
I, Sharon Ballard, being of cruel mind
and revengeful body, do hereby bequeath
all the love notes to Keith written by a
certain L.L. of the junior class to
Lurene Livengood.
I, Steve Barber, having confused ideals
and scorned moral values, do hereby
bequeath this intellectual drunk tank,
Taft High, to all who think they deserve
such an "honor."
I, John Basinger, do hereby bequeath the
imaginary senior lounge, ruined
building, memories of the senior class
party, and burned cigarette butts to the
juinor class punks.
I, Betty Belin, being of over-worked
mind and under-fed body, do hereby
bequeath my chemistry jacket and my
moo-moo to Charlene Thomas and my
physics notes to Margo Clark.
I, Henry Benson, being of eloquent and
abated mind, do hereby leave the
momentous senior class party to the
juniors, and my hill-climbing jeep to
all the young lovers; to all others I
leave $1 to buy the latest fashionable
peruke.
I, Mary Blanco, being of feeble mind and
feebler body, do hereby leave good ol'
Mr. Smith to all you "fortunate"
juniors. I also leave my sore muscles
and flat feet to all the underclass
girls who get Miss Mjolsness in the
years to come.
I, Larry Bonner, do hereby bequeath the
few B's I got to Mary Robertson so she
won't get grounded anymore.
I, Roger Brown, being of sound mind and
body, do hereby bequeath one copy of
Speaking the English Language and a
driving-made-easy pamphlet to Mike
Miller, alias "Crash."
I, Mike Burnham, being of some kind of a
mind and some kind of a body; do hereby
bequeath Marian Rasmussen to my brother,
Steve Burnham.
I, Carol Captain, being of educated mind
and innocent body, do hereby bequeath
all my curfew warnings from Officer
Snoddy, my knowledge of disconnecting
speedometer cables, my good standing in
the AA, and my uncanny power of charming
young men to Debbie, Chark, Susie, Vicki
L., and Allison.
I, Richard Casagrande, being of a myopic
mind and a beautiful bronzed body, do
hereby bequeath our reputations as sober
citizens that stemmed from our senior
class party, to all the juniors in hopes
that they will keep up our exceptionally
distinctive work; plus my insurance
policy that covers decrepit old schools.
Also, all the restrained enjoyment I had
on the tennis tam ( while I lasted ) to
Tom Woodward.
I, Gerald Dragoo, being of demented mind
and disengaged body, do hereby bequeath
my colleciton of 6,231 3/4 bubble gum
comics to Judy Steury; all my linament,
bandages, pain pills, and strained
muscles to my brother, Jim; my SPCMJ
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Mr. Flick ) card to Mr. Watts; and my
Harvey E. Whyte Fan Club membership to
the first period physics class.
I, Kay Frazier, being of depraved mind
and deprived body, do hereby bequeath my
ability to have learned the Fish, the
Pony, Twist, Watusi, Soupy Shuffle, and
Mashed Potato, ( not to mention the Bass
Lake Stomp ), in just four short years
to my sister, Nan.
I, Charles Gardner, with a feeble mind
and a muscular body, do hereby bequeath
all of my discus abilities and brains to
Don Knick.
I, John Gibson, being of fevered mind
and broken body, do hereby recognize
Darrell Cross as a human being and just
plain recognize Nancy Dykes also leaving
to my cousins my full race 1932 Essex
gas cap. Not forgetting the beautiful
Pam McCarty to whom I leave the book
"Kissing Made Easy" or "How to Kick the
Hand Shaking Habit."
I, Leslie Hall, being of feminine body,
do hereby bequeath all John's book
covers on which I scribbled her name to
Judy Kinnikin so that she can plaster
them on her walls and wish her heart
away.
I, Les Harvey, being of wicked mind and
frail body, do hereby bequeath all my
wild weekends, my Beatle wig and my
shot-hot-rod to any bored, bald, and
transportationless freshman.
I, Gary Houk, being of well-developed
grey matter and an adamantive body, do
hereby bequeath my taradiddle screede,
my kaleidoscopic adecedarian atrium
authorization, my genuine fake
unauthorized authorizations, and my
enamoured Californian abattoir, TUHS to
Steve Haskins or some other sacrosanct
catechumen.
I, Larry Jones, being of inimitable mind
and body, do hereby bequeath all the
senior "prominence" to the juniors who
won't find much use for it, and my
senior lounge card to Lynn McCarty who
will find as much use for it as I did.
I, Bill Kirkpatrick, being of infested
mind and sexy body, do hereby bequeath
all my unused surfboard wax to the
wipeout king, Les Harvey, all my empty
pint bottles to Dell Newsom, and all my
love-making techniques to Larry
Schryver.