Bedford High School - Peaks Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

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A CE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the class of 1943 of the Bedford High School, do hereby make and declare this to be our last will and testament, in form and manner as follows: To the school as a whole we leave the example we have set as worthy and blameless students. Our record has been spotless and in all the annals of our career we have done no deed that we need blush for. To the Junior Class we bestow our richest and rarest treasures. We scarcely expect them to bear up under the shock when they hear of the rare articles which will fall to their possession. Our senior dignity, our ex- celling wit, our superlative brilliancy, our good looks, our charming man- ners, our favor with the teachers, our splendid grades, and our triumphant exit as the most popular class this school has ever seen, are hereby left to the lower classmen. The following are personal bestowals which have heen awarded to in- dividuals after careful consideration as to the fitness of the receiver: ‘lor Vuillie Lee Nichols wetleave a worm. Thus Kathryn Slusher leaves her the royal title of bookworm. Hilda gives her most cherished possession, a bettle of peroxide, to Mar- earet Saunders. Patty Smith shall have Sarah Cary Delaney’s Frevch accent which de- cidedly has traces of a southern drawl. Claude Reynolds leaves his unusual knack at conversation, especially over the telephone, to Claiborne Arrington. Dickie Synan’s love for his drums is given to Billy Marshall. Frances Turner’s jolly sense of humor, putting it mild, is left to Bar- bara Johnson. In witness whereof, we attach the signatures of the class of 1943... MARY SHANNAE KENNEDY

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30 is Margaret.” But she had gotten them backwards again. This year an addition was made to our class when Marie Smith joined us, but she seemed so small that we thought at first she was a freshman. During the last few months we have heen discovering more and more what the ambitions of our classmates are. There are some surprising thing's found in those memory books. I wonder who that southern gentleman is that June Watson wants to be employed by? However, we are sure that 3ernice really wants to be a secretary after her oration on that subject in 4th history. Verona, Audrey, and Anna, also have such an ambition— but we wonder «if they will become working gals. Aren’t they the home loving tvpe? Does Julia want to become a farmer or a farmer’s wife? Lois has already displayed her future. Although we have had quite a taste of hard work along the way, we have enjoyed numerous laughs in our classrooms as well. The teachers, believe it or not, have been largely responsible. How about the time the new loud speaker system had just been installed and Mr. Borden was away for-the day? Mr. Thomas, wh ile experimenting with it, caused a lot of static, and then decided to tune in on Miss Ida’s room. Just about that time she remarked about him, “When the cat’s away the mice will play.” Do you remember the time Mr. Partlow said, “Today we have studicd the Flow chart for the Solvay process, and tomorrow we will take arsenic” ? We have other memories of good times—those of the Hi-Y dances, picnics and gala assembly programs. Yes, we have had happy days at Bed- ford High. And though many changes came this year in the schedule, we can say indeed that we are physically fit. We have made sacrifices it is true, without our former clubs, senior play and other activities, but we are proud to have given up something for our country. As the years pass, we may look back over our school metnories with pride as well as pleasure. So let us always remember our happy days as the class of 1943 at Bed- ford High School. SARAH CARY DELANEY; Class Historian

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BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM ih WA li BEDFORD VA REF 370 975 BED 1943