From the Nevada County Picayune
Thursday, May 17, 1973.
Grads Reveal Last Wills
We, the PHS Senior Class of 1973, being of sound mind and body do hereby declare this as our last will and testimony and do bequeath the following:
I, Bobby Adams, leave my lost books to any junior who finds them.
I, Shirley Ammons, leave my knowledge that blondes do have more fun to Kelly Clearley.
I, Kenneth Anthony, will my ability to call a girl or a boy to James Burton.
I, Timmy Ashbrook, will my extraordinary taste for wholesome literature to Mr. Mike Miller.
I, Donna Avery, will my ability to be called "motor mouth" to Pam Cottingham.
I, Wanda Box, will my ability to handle Elaine Murphy to Carolyn Sue Hopson and my car and driving ability to Danny Gillard.
I, John Brannon, leave my long black hair to Mr. Hamilton.
I, Herman Brown, leave Mrs. Perry the other half of her glasses.
I, Robert Burke, will my loud laugh to Mr. Kirby.
I, Debbie Butler, will my ability to talk all day and never say anything to Paula Guthrie.
I, Henry Butler, will my track ability to Carl Haynes.
I, Patrick Capps, will one week of soberness to Tim Heath.
I, Linda Christopher, will my ability to control my tears to Levita Sandifer.
I, Randy Clifton, will my nickname "Pug" and my curly locks to Miss Anderson.
I, Nancy Cornelius, leave to Patricia Buford a bottle of tranquilizers to be used when Catherine is driving.
I, Sandy Graham, will my driving ability and a reserved plot in the cemetery to Katherine DeLamar.
I, Jackie Crayne, leave much to my father's surprise.
I, Steve Crow, leave my great ability to the next great PHS football manager.
We, Donna Daniel and Joan Barton, will our ability to uphold the "Wolf Spirit" at PHS to Melinda Hooker and Suzanne Suitor.
I, Dewayne Daniel, will my girdle to Scotty Bryson.
I, Richard Deaton, and
I, Kathy Pearson, leave PHS in Holy Matrimony.
I, Alice DuCharme, leave my unmatchable clothes to Donna Langston.
I, William Duke, leave my ticket for intoxication and out of town trips to McNeil to Cole Wingfield.
I, Dwain East, will my ability to date two girls in one night without getting into trouble to Hal Cummings.
I, Danny Ellis, leave my ability to attend all sport events, where the cheerleaders are to Steven Suitor.
I, Steven Ferguson, will my nickname, "Bimbo" and my beard to Billy Smith.
I, Dan Fincher, will my ability to play the saxophone to Hilton McDonald.
I, Calvin Flemons, will my coolness in Mrs. Gordon's class to the practice teacher, Miss Smith.
I, Herbert Fort, will my fist to Brian Smalley.
I, William Franklin, will my "rapping" ability to Mrs. Stinson so she can get over like I did.
I, John George, leave my old Chevy to anyone who can catch me and then pay for the tow charges.
I, Teressa Gillard, will my pigtails to Shirley Evans.
I, Sammy Graham, will my Senior year in Chemistry to any Junior dumb enough to take it.
I, Linda Greening, will my voice to James Burton.
I, Gwen Gulley, will my ability to get along with others and to sing to Pet Ned.
I, Otis Gulley, will my ability to sleep in class to Jerry Flemons.
I, Doug Guthrie, leave good luck to Mike Jones.
I, John McWilliams, leave my mustache to Mr. Shaver.
I, Nelson Haynie, leave my physique to Herbert Adams.
I, Vicki Henry, will to Faith Foster my Volkswagon so when it decides not to start every day, she'll at least have a radio to listen to.
I, Debbie Inscore, will my ability to be a good librarian to Billie Bolton.
I, Larry Inscore, will my quiet ways to Steve Niemeyer.
I, Ronnie Johnson, will never set foot in PHS again!
I, Tommy Johnson, will to Mr. Kirby my nickname "Rat" because he is always catching somebody in wrong places.
I, Vanessa King, will my figure to Pet Nedd.
I, Brenda Livingston, will my back seat chuckle to Elaine Murphy.
I, Gary Lyons, will my dark room abilities to Roy Steed who desperately needs them.
I, Sam Marlowe, will my smile to Jesse Woodley.
I, Willie Martin, will my basketball ability to Tony Meeks.
I, Richard McGough, will my trouble making abilities in Mrs. Gordon's class to Jack Tomlin.
I, John Mitchell, leave my high confidential cheat sheets to Jessie Woodley.
I, Anne Morehead, will my Raggedy Anne costume and happy face to Mrs. Gordon.
I, Ellen Morgan, will to Nancy Clark, my long hair.
I, Sandy Morman, will my "64" Fairlane which has been pushed off the road on every corner in Prescott to Scarlet Young.
I, Bertha Muldrow, will my figure to Mrs. Smith.
I, Roger Muldrow, leave my paddle I made for Mr. Kirby to be used on Levita Sandifer when found talking to other boys.
I, Gwen Needham, will my top "36" to Pam Williams.
I, Scotty Nelson, leave an army of spies to keep tabs on Sherry Taylor while I'm away.
I, Iris Nixon, will my quietness to Lee Smith.
I, Betty Oglesby, will my ability to live in Hope and go to PHS to Vanessa Ward.
I, Dale Orren, will my nickname "Jibber" to Ralph Harris.
I, Geraldine Overton, will my blonde tresses to Kathy Hunter.
I, Angela Payne, will my ability to skip school and not get caught to Anna Sue Cummins.
I, Dennis Pruitt, will my determination to play football in spite of my eyes and misfortunes to Mark Estes.
I, Bobby Purifoy, will my athletic talent to Sandra Burton.
I, Tommy Purifoy, will my nickname "Pickle" to William Purifoy.
I, Cathy Reese, will to Jamie Hill, my ability to cause a pile up in front of PHS.
I, Mike Reese, will my walk to Gay Campbell.
I, Gary Simpson, will my height to Dickey Stewart.
I, Scott Smyth, leave all my mischievous experiences on Saturday night to Gregg Smyth.
I, Terry Spearman, will to my old girlfriends to my best man, Jerry Langston.
I, Danny Stewart, will to Scotty Bryson my nickname, "Elmer Fudd".
I, LaVetta Stinson, will my ability to go to Logan's twice a week or more for the NHS Bookstore to anyone who wants it.
I, Terry Talley, will my physique to Donnel Hart.
I, JoAnn Thompson, leave my false eye lashes to Patsy Laws.
I, Sandra Virden, will my most embarrassing moments on the football field to Nancy Clark.
I, Joey Waddle, will my sex appeal to Perry Nelson.
I, Gloria Walker, will my legs to Faye Kirby.
I, Pat Ward, will my hot rod cars to Jimmy Wesson.
I, Jeff Watson, will my scholastic ability to Ronnie Leavitt.
I, Kris Wesson, leave my Betty Crocker Award to Martin Jameson.
I, Sammy Westmoreland, will my ability to associate with females to Aubrey Lee.
I, Herbert Williams, will my "rapping" ability to Calvin Gay.
I, Monica Woodle, will my lounge corner to Mr. Malcolm and Mrs. Craig.
I, Wendy Wren, will my ability to keep a girl friend longer than a boy friend to Ann Jones.
I, Edward Young, will my brains to Tony Meeks.
I, Lois Young, will my awaiting chair in the office to Brenda Dansby.
I, Donita Hale, will my height to Irene Fort.
We, the PHS Seniors of 1973, will the Juniors our reputation to be called the worse class in PHS history.
Typed from the original newspapers by Debbie Butler O'Keefe.