Class Will by: Billy Dyer We, the Senior Class of 1936, being mentally balanced, physically straight and wishing to dispose of a few of the trinkets gathered during our childhood days, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby making void all wills of any former timer.

At first, we do direct that our final rites be conducted by our dear friends, with Mr. Kreger, our principal, directing the services and with all the pomp and ceremony to which we are entitled.

As to such belongings, we dispose of same as follows, viz:
1. To our esteemed masters, the Purdy faculty, we will the right to issue our excess demerits to those who deserve them.

2. To our closest competitors, the Juniors, we will our study hall seats and the right to place their gum on them (unless Albert discovers this fact).

3. The following is a list of personals: Regna Grace Aabel wills her modest manners to Nadine Gray. Daniel Atnip, Junior wills his inferiority complex to Kenneth Noll. Ruby Blankenship wills hr dramatic ability to Lois Marlow. Billy Dyer wills his melodious giggle to Ruel Noll, with this request: It must be kept at the same pitch and not to get near Miss Kelly while practicing. Carl Edwards bequests his giant and muscular form to Junior Morlan. Cornell Evans wills his spectacles to Austin Roller, hoping Austin can see better. Clyde Farmer wills his nick-name “Bess” and the manner of acquiring it to Wayne Lowery. Herbert Henderson wills his ability to flirt with the girls to George Roller. Helen Linebarger wills that loving disposition to Ruth Edwards. Erman Henson wills a row of books in the library which he purchased during his Freshman year, paying fines, etc., and the north glass in the library which he purchased in the Senior year, to P.H.S. Joe Mathis wills his ability to make good in English V to Oliver Keeling. Al T. Nichols wills his shyness around girls to Ersmond Swaffar. Cyntha Ozbun wills her coquettish habits to Ruth Taylor. Pearl Rehwinkle and Mildred Roller will their habit of sitting together and laughing, in Mr. Kreger’s study hall to Nadine Higgs and Nadine Taylor. Cletus Swaffar wills her place in the commerce room to made Dinkins. Bert weeks, Floyd Whitney and Earl Rehwinkle (last but note least) will their habit of making notes for tests to Doyl Shepherd. We trust that these bequests will be sued at the best opportunities of the heirs to whom they are assigned.

Finally we as a class leave our good points, our pleasing personalities and our initials on the gym to the future Senior classes. We sincerely hope that these classes will always hold our names in reverence and always endeavor to follow in our footsteps.
In Witness Whereof: We, the Class of 1936, do set our hand and seal to this our last will and testament, on this 24th day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.
1936 Purdy, Front Cover 1936 Purdy, Back Cover 1936 Purdy School Building
Front cover Back cover School building photo
1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy
Dedication Faculty
Keith S. Kreger
Aubrey W. Keeling
Katerine Nagle
Rowena Kelly
Ruth Browning
School Bus photo
1936 Purdy Seniors 1936 Purdy Seniors 1936 Purdy Seniors
Seniors
Regna Grace Aabel
Dan Atnip
Ruby Blankenship
Billy Dyer
Seniors
Carl Edwards
Cornell Evans
Clyde Farmer
Herbert Henderson
Seniors
Erman Henson
Helen Linebarger
Joe Mathis
Al Nichols
1936 Purdy Seniors 1936 Purdy Seniors 1936 Purdy
Seniors
Cyntha Ozbun
Earl Rehwinkle
Pearl Rehwinkle
Mildred Roller
Seniors
Cletus Swaffar
Bert Weeks
Floyd Whitney
Misc. Senior Photos
1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy Juniors 1936 Purdy Juniors
Senior Will Juniors
Alieene Williams
Austin Roller
Vedas Jackson (Vice President)
Junior Morlan
George Roller (President)
Doyl Shepherd
Kenneth Noll
Wayne Lowery
Ersmond Swaffar
Miss Nagle (Sponsor)
Marguerite Henry
Ruth Edwards
Ruth Taylor
Reba Weeks
Nadine Gray
Madge Dinkins
Lois Marlow (Sec’y Treas.)
Nadine Taylor
Nadine Higgs
Freda Hughey
Ralph Henderson
Harlan Gatula
Gwendolyn Henderson
Edith Jenson
Dena Jenson
Jack Gurley
Fern Henderson
Richard Gardner,
Worth Eden,
and Joe Hemphill
Misc. Junior Photos
1936 Purdy Sophomores 1936 Purdy Freshmen 1936 Purdy
Sophomores
Eulalah Sharp
Earl Farmer
Mildred Miller
Paul Dyer
Ava Madison
Robin Nichols (Vice-President)
June McKee
Loraine Linebarger
Mr. Kreger (Sponsor)
Clyde Riddle
Imogene Mullins
Billie Burg (Sec’y-Treas.)
Rebekah Weeks
John Pleasant Chastain
Mary Lou Cox (President)
John Shipman
Freshmen
Don McPhail
Howard Smith
Bert Catron, Jr.
Gladys Aldridge
Gene Smith
Robert Dye
Eugene Terry
Howard Harper
Effie Nichols
Richard Kirk
Gladys Walters
Jewell Bowman
Mildred Sapp (Vice President)
Haskell Counts (President)
Roscoe Nichols (Sec’y Treas.)
Wanda Pennel
Miss Browning (Sponsor)
Pauline Keeling
Keith Crawford
Ava Leigh Rhea
Dayton Shepherd
Opal Nichols
Derald Ferguson
Lucille Robinson
Vester Akin
Room Four and Room Three
Truman Thompson (Teacher)
Evelyn Sinclier
Willa Dean Henderson
Noveta Leonard
Leonard Atnip
Juline Gipson
Doyle Marbut
Howard Terry
Dorris Leonard
Hershel Hall
Faye Walters
Lois Henderson
Neeley Spain
Kenneth Farmer
Virgil Riddle
Gerald Wallace
Virginia Spain
Wilma Swearinger
Jessie Blanche Chastain
Ruby DeRue
Geraldine May
Mary Virginia Linebarger
Leon Long
Carolyn Edwards
Glen Dyer
Burl Swaffar
Junior Wilson
Maurice Lane
Bill Long
Millison Lasley
Keith Higgs
Kathleen Hampton
Willa Dean Gray
Eleanor Hall
Inez Hankins
Ernest Cowherd Room Three
Eula Mullins
Betty Swearinger
Virginia Swearinger
Edward Stephen
Ida Haney
Max Weeks
J.O. Nichols
Harvey Aldridge
Jack Gordon
Bert Smith
Harry Jensen
Miss Edwards (Teacher)
Mary Cornell
Neomi D. Shaw
Betty Lou Marbut
Carl Lee Whittington
Marjorie Nikols
Winona Basye
Bertha Haney
Norma Alice Webb
Vera Smith
Ruth Norine Chastain
Gevada Bowen
Vera England
Glen Lane
Howard Gray
Wilma Campbell
Willa Dean Robinson
Darrel May
Bill Morlan
Billy Gene Shipman
Charles Horton
Junior Cornell
Marjorie Swearinger
1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy
Room Two & Room One
Room Two
Geneva Gray
Gene Miller
Ora Gene Haywood
Teddy Moser
Junior Bowen
Emory Lansdown
Junior Wormington
Walter Spain
Raymond Lansdown
Bernice Spain
Charles Kackley
Rose Ann Williams
Ruth Whittington
Bobby Hemphill
Velma England
Oral Webb
Leroy Howard
Billy Gene Leisi
George Harold Boedecker
Roland Kackley
Charles Benett
Helen Opolka
Dorthula Higgs
Helen Swearinger
Virginia Gray
Irene Campbell
Glen Hall
Frank Jensen
Frankie Long
Dewey Aikin
Ruth Lane
Edna Nichols
Wilma Marbut
Dixie Joe Whittington
Mildred Swearinger
Jimmie Black

Room One
Howard Spain
Cleo Ghan
Helen Dreyer
Virgil Heard
Carl Ghan
Edwin Wormington
Ludean Gipson
Ruth Boedecker
Edgar Lee Shaw
Jimmy Dinkins
Charles Moser
Virginia Shepherd
Galen Swearinger
Leo Ghan
Myrtle Kackley
Helen Whittington
Ila Phae Battorf
Don Henderson
Willa Mae Bowen
Morris Henderson
Roy Dye
Velma Lee Wilson
L. E. May
Marie Ghan
Wilma Swaffar
Curtis Sinklier
Sheridan Lane
Maxine Wormington
Betty Heard
Bobbie Gene Swaffar
Bobby Lou Gilliam
Evelyn Sinklier
Anna Mae Stroud
Activities Girls’ Basketball
Lois Marlowe
Mildred Sapp
Gladys Aldridge
Nadine Gray
Pearl Rehwinkle
Lucille Robinson
Loraine Linebarger
Reba Weeks
Bertaline Roberts

Boys’ Baseball
Coach Kreger
Kenneth Noll
Ruel Noll
Austin Roller
George Leonard
Earl Rehwinkle
Junior Morlan
Dan Atnip, Jr.
Joe Mathis
Carl Edwards
Erman Henson
1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy
English V
Billy Dyer
Dan Atnip, Jr.,
Clyde Farmer
Erman Henson
Cornell Evans
Miss Kelly
Cletus Swaffar
Madge Dinkins
Regna Grace Aabel
Helen Linebarger

Commerce
Herbert Henderson
Regna Grace Aabel
Wayne Lowery
Joe Mathis
Ruth Taylor
Marguerite Henry
Nadine Gray
Lois Marlowe
Boys’ Basketball
Junior Morlan
Floyd Whitney
Ted Counts
Earl Rehwinkle
George Leonard
Coach Kreger
Dan Atnip, Jr.
Austin Roller
Carl Edwards
Eng. V and Commerce
1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy
Glee Club and Chorus
June McKee
Mary Lou Cox
Pearl Rehwinkle
Gladys Aldridge
Mildred Miller
Madge Dinkins
Ruby Blankenship
Nadine Gray
Eulalah Sharp
Helen Linebarger
Effie Nichols
Regna Grace Aabel
Mildred Roller
Rebekah Weeks
Roscoe Nichols
Ersmond Swaffar
Billy Dyer
Doyl Shepherd
Don McPhail
Bert Catron, Jr.
Robin Nichols
Junior Morlan
Austin Roller
Vedas Jackson
Paul Dyer
Earl Rehwinkle
Erman Henson
Cornell Evans
Clyde Farmer
Miss Nagle
Nadine Taylor
Opal Nichols
Marguerite Henry
Ruth Taylor
Lois Marlowe
Loraine Linebarger
Ruth Edwards
Billie Burg
Dayton Shepherd
Derald Ferguson
Al Nichols
Carl Edwards
Dan Atnip, Jr.,
Howard Harper
John Shipman
Band and Orchestra
Virginia Linebarger
Rebekah Weeks
June McKee
Jerald Wallace
Charles Edwin Horton
Ersmond Swaffar
Doyl Shepherd
Al Nichols
Helen Linebarger
Nadine Gray
Roscoe Nichols
Loraine Linebarger
Paul Dyer
Bert Catron, Jr.,
Miss Nagle (Director)
Madge Dinkins
Billie Burg
Mary Lou Cox
Lois Marlowe
Mildred Sapp
Carl Edwards
Ruby Blankenship
Willa Dean Gray
Mary Virginia Linebarger
Dayton Shepherd
Mildred Miller
Regna Grace Aabel
Vedas Jackson
First National Bank of Purdy – signature page only
Earl Rehwinkle
Mildred Roller
Herbert Henderson
Al. T. Nichols
Rowena Lee Kelly
Billie Dyer (himself)
Floyd Whitney
Carl Edwards
Erman Henson
Cornell Evans
Clyde G. Farmer
Dan Atnip, Jr.
Ruby Helen Blankenship
Regna Grace Aabel
1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy
Par Coffee; Aurora Wholesale Grocery – signature page only
Barbara Baker
Mary Lou Cox
Billie Burg
Derald Ferguson
John Shipman
June McKee
Paul Dyer
Ruth Edwards
Ruth Taylor
Junior Marlan
Alieene Williams
Reba Weeks
Nadine Taylor
Lois Marlowe
Don McPhail
Gene Frost – signature page only
Kenneth Noll
Ray Terry
Eugene Terry
Vester Akin
Roscoe Nichols
Gladys Walters
Juanita Riddle
Eulalah sharp
Edna King
Raymond ???
Veda Jackson
Junior Shipman
Marguerite Henry (just a pest!)
Robin Nichols
Advertisements
Purdy Hardware Company
Farmers Elevator
Blue Front Café – L. Chastain, Proprietor
Garrett Brothers Garage
Sanitary Barber Shop
Electric Shoe Shop
Pelican Café
Gentry’s Store
Everett Bros.
1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy
Advertisements
F.P. Howard, Merchant
City Market
Whiteway Beauty Shop
Aurora Creamery – H.F. Garnsey, Proprietor
Triangle Service Station – Sid Henry, Proprietor
Powells’ Café
Jeromes Sanitary Creamery
Shepherd & Burg Garage
Daniel’s Grocery
Advertisements
Gillioz Bank and Trust Co.
Callaways
MVS
J. Will Smith, M.D.
“Duck Inn”
Peck’s
Garnsey’s Motor & Implement Co.
Hazel’s Beauty Shop
Page 32 - Advertisements
V.B. Hall Wholesale Co.
J.W. McCraw Drug and School Supplies
“Bill” Grays Skelly Gas and Oil
John Dillard & Son
Sanitary Barber Shop
The Red Front
Garrett’s Café
Shepherd & Burg Garage
Ash-Bennett Harness and Repair Work
1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy -
Advertisements
Fields Photo Shop
D.X. Gasoline and Oils – Charles Long, Proprietor
Millsap Brothers
Logan D. McKee Drug and Book Store
Harrison Groc. Co.
J.C. Penney
Wooten Bros. Drug Co.
Monett Drug Co. – Kenneth McShane, R.Ph.
Advertisements
Robinson-Davis Lumber Company; John Moore, Mgr.
East Purdy Store; H.H. Stacy, General Manager
“The Cassville Democrat”
Advertisements
1936 Purdy Juniors 1936 Purdy 1936 Purdy Freshmen
Juniors - Crop - See Above Sophomores - Crop - See Above Freshman - Crop - See Above
1936 Purdy - Room 4 1936 Purdy - Room 3 1936 Purdy
Room Four - Crop - See Above Room Three - Crop - See Above Room Two - Crop - See Above
1936 Purdy - Room 2 1936 Purdy - Room 1 1936 Purdy - Commerce
Room One - Crop - See Above Room 1 - See Above Commerce
1936 Purdy - Boys Basketball No Data No Data
Boys’ Basketball - Crop - See Above No Data No Data


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