Martha Was A Very Popular Girl...Sorta

Found a high school yearbook from 1962 that had belonged to a graduating senior named Martha. It was filled with short & sweet platitudes from friends and acquaintances of Martha, who was apparently a very popular girl.

But there was also this:

Man, this was difficult to read...and not just because of the sloppy handwriting. This is the literal definition of forlorn.

BTW, what the hell are advertisements for funeral homes and mortuary services doing in a high school annual?