Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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Last Will and Testament E, the Senior Class of 1942, of Altavista High School, though frail in body and feeble in mind because of the hard examinations we've had, but revived in spirit and being in a generous mood, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament. ArtICLE | To the high school faculty, we leave the following recordings: To our principal, Mr. Meade, “Daddy” and “Blues in the Night.” ArtIcLe II To Miss Phillips, our home room teacher, “We'll Think of You When We're Gone.” Articce III To Miss Simmons, our English teacher, “I like New York in June.” Arrticce IV To Miss Cline, “Let’s Have Another Cup of ‘Coffee’.” ARTICLE V To Miss Harris, “It’s so Peaceful in the Country.” ArtTicLe VI To Mr. McIntosh, ““Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Aeticte VII To Mr. Tillotson, “Bicycle Built for Two.” Artic.e VIII To Miss Mary Bailey, “Oh, Johnny!”’ ArtIcLe IX To Miss Irene Bailey, “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire.” ARTICLE X To Miss Annie Arthur, “Any Stamps Today.” ArtTIcLE XI To Mrs. McIntosh, “Day Dreaming.” ArTICLE XII To Miss Ellis, “There'll Be Some Changes Made.” ArtIcLe XIII To Miss Davies, “Begin the Beguine.” ARTICLE XIV To the Junior Class, our privileges if they have any that we don’t have. ARTICLE XV To the Sophomore Class, a set of shock absorbers to be used by their teachers to calm them down from their Freshman year. ArTICLE XVI To the Freshman Class, a big, big sack of coarse salt as they are still too fresh. ARTICLE XVII ‘Lo the whole school, we leave the hopes that they will be as happy as we have been during our years of school. 20 Loe NUNS

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ARTICLE XVIII To the Juniors, the following individual bequests are made: To Vernell Reynolds, someone to talk to after Guy is gone. To Rachel Sparks, Calvin Carter leaves his Civics nap. To R. E. Snyder, Leona Farmer leaves her “golden voice.” To Elizabeth Wooldridge, Margaret Payne leaves her “Carole King” figure. To Annie Hamlette, Lois Robey leaves Samuel Smith. To Lloyd Brown, Dorothy Roberts leaves her “devil-may-care’’ ways. To Marie Spence, we leave Jacqueline Barker's fast movement of the tongue. To Hazel Barker, Helen Richards leaves her last minute arrivals at school. To David Burkhart, Marjorie Gregory leaves a hairpin to hold his hair in place. To Richard Barney, Shirley Dowdy leaves her curley hair. To Rebecca Unrue, Gene Cecil leaves her “pig tails.” To Agnes Hundley, Shirley Preston leaves her abilit y to remain cool and calm. To Zada Walthall, Kathleen Cox leaves her tiny waist. To Reginald Pearson, Tommy Holt leaves his ability to tease girls. To Billy Smither, L. D, Laughon leaves his ability to dodge girls so that he might graduate next year. To G. E. Sparks, Paige Clanton leaves his ability to blush. To Kelley Shelton, Christine West leaves her business ability. To Edward East, Louis Barnard leaves his place in Juanita Clifton’s affections. To Juanita Clifton, we leave Lucille Pugh’s typing speed. To Frank Hilton, we leave Ray Plymale’s ‘‘kid curlers.” To Annie St. John, Connie Shelton leaves her everyday school attendance. To G. W. Goodman, J. R. Hogan's ability to yodel. To Harold Johnson, Billy Travis’ ability to speak distinctly. To Boston Lambert, Odell Tippett’s popularity. To Earl Nelson, George Smith leaves his place on the football team. To Hampton Owen, we leave Malcolm Drinkard’s date book. To Warren Wilks, Wayne Walters studiousness. To Melvin Williams, Dick Smith leaves his peculiar way of spelling words. To Irene Tuck, Rachel Preston leaves the box her diamond came in in hopes that it will bring Irene good luck. To Laura Bowers, Gertrude Haislip leaves her infectious giggle. To Edwin McCrickard, Jess Burgess leaves his masculine strength. To Alease Deaner, Doris Morris gladly leaves four inches of her height. To Alma Cox, Frances Cox leaves her cheerful laughter. To Billy Gregory, we leave Dorothy Hobbs’ position as the youngest senior in our class. To Faye Adcock, Martha Qualls’ jitterbug fever. To Richard Smith, we leave E. B. Quarles’ supply of chewing gum. To Frances Roberts, Kitty East leaves her dignity. To Virginia Hall and Robert Seay, Mae Holley leaves her love of typing. To Jeanette Pickrel, Hazel Crawford leaves her position as leader of the senior class. To Jeannette Hall, sister Nancy leaves her position as the only girl in the geometry class. To Virginia Jeter, Elrie Moore leaves her nice ways and good grades. To T. T. Andrew, Nancy Robbins leaves her French accent. To Nancy Wilks, Rebecca Smith leaves her blonde hair. To J. T. Walker, Jim Bennett leaves his witty jokes and ways. To Pauline Chapman, Rosa Belle Lane leaves her position on the basketball team. To Marian Bennett, Pauline Cecil leaves her day dreams. To Libby Hall, Loma Brooks and June Worley leave their list of soldiers to write to. To Elva Marsh, Ruth Anthony leaves her quiet ways and manners. To Elizabeth Hall, we leave Dorothy Reynolds’ seat in the library. To Surena Sizemore, Iberia Reynolds leaves her love for the movies. To Evelyn Gibson, we leave Rachel Andrews’ and Virginia Shelton’s place as helpers to Mr. McIntosh. To Betty Mason, we leave Elizabeth Owen’s love for Home Ec. To Frances Stinnette, Polly Hancock leaves her love for driving a car south. 21 aOR Mice ew clieee ree Obl C).@ L