Lexington High School - Bearer Yearbook (Lexington, AL)

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Cast Will and Zestament I, Carlton Griffin, leave my ability to be absent from school when the notion strikes me to Alfred Williams. I, Wynell Wiley, leave my neatness to Sue Weldon. We, Frances Springer and Bobbie Shook, leave our friendly and quiet ways to Opalene Craig. We, Vertie Mae Hill and Elizabeth Collier, will our love for each other to Leota Ridgeway and Virginia Cole. We, Sue Collier and Virginia Puttus, will our happy married life to anyone who can get a man. I, Carolyn Phillips, leave my ability to go steady to Myra Jane Killen. Allen Green, wills his piano playing ability to anyone who can use it. We, Nello Rhe Pettus and Bonnie White, will our typewriters to anyone who doesn't mind keys that stick. I, Harold Glover, leave my witty ways to Morris Braly. We, Lanee Balch and Jane Bradley, leave our places as cheerleaders to Joan Smith and Barbara Allen. I, Billy Ray Barnette, leave my salesmanship ability to Edward Smitherman. I, Travis Cates, leave my interest in English to Gayther Cottles. I, Myrtie Davis, leave my knowledge of all the latest movies to anyone who can get to see them. I, Bobby Gene Hill, will my gift of giving chewing gum to all the girls to Theo Mashborn. I, Lewell White, will my love for blondes and universities to Billy Jones. We, Hollis Nunley and Donald Burks, will our bashful, sneaky ways to Vernon Jones. We, Jerry Bergin and Charles Beavers, will our ability to attract attention to anyone who is fool enough to do it. 1, Grant Roberson, leave my ability to quit school and start back when I take the notion to Billy Neal Hammond. I, Lowell Howard, leave my name of Uncle Dan to anybody who is man enough to take the honor. I, Ezra Howard, leave my dancing skill to anybody who is fast with their feet. Class Testator Shirley Griffin Senior Class Prophecy I have just finished a check on my old classmates of Lexington High and after twenty years I find many interesting things about them. First and foremost, Sue Collier is to be President of the United States. Now that women have the ballot, they'll soon relieve men of the duties they have left. Arnold Wilboum is becoming the most famous cook in the whole world. He now owns a big Dine and Dance at Grassy. I was reading that Lewell White is to become a biologist and will discover some of nature’s deepest secrets, for example, why an oyster isn’t a tadpole, and similar never-before solved problems. Jerry Bergin and his wife Shirley Griffin are running a big steam laundry in Chicago. Imagine A washerwoman with his talents. Charles Beavers is running a large soap factory in Philadelphia. I asked him why Philadel- phia? Because, was the quick reply, it is said to be the cleanest city in the world and they must need a lot of soap. Hollis Nunley and his Rascal Town play boys, Luther McCafferty and Branson Applegarth are appearing daily on WLHS TV. Sponsored by KING AND ALEXANDER, Kingtown, Alabama

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Cast Will and Zest ament We, the Senior Class of Lexington High School, State of Alabama, in the year of 1953, being of sound mind and a generous disposition, do hereby make and publish this, our last will and testament, all wills other than this to be considered null and void. To our principal, Mr. Bailey, we bequeath all the echoes of our voices which are sure to re- main, and a generous bottle of aspirin for headaches we have caused. To our janitor, we wish to give with our sincerest gratitude, all the candy and gum papers which we spread over the lawn so generously, and all the old books we are sure to leave behind on purpose. To our teachers, who have been so wonderful, we extend the wish that they have a more attractive class next year. A class who will bring in their homework on time, keep it neat and refer to the dictionary for words they cannot spell. To them we also leave a bottle of aspirin. To the Junior Class, we leave the following: our broken chairs, our books with half the pages missing, our typewriters which wouldn't write half the time. All the athletic equipment and sore muscles, and all the reference material which we have avoided so carefully all these years. And all our money making projects that we got rich on. To the same class, we will all the honors and privileges which we think we can do without. We, Wilma Cottrell, Dorothy Jean Hammond, and Doris Jean Howard leave our never ceasing giggles to Doris Ann Michael, Betty Jean Hill, and Sue Hill. Hope you get by with it. I, Jackie Davis, will my ability to make book reports without reading a book to Jimmie Lou Shelton. I, Tommy Smith, hereby leave my ability to play Basketball to Harold Rit r. I, Arnold Wilburn leave my place on the bench at basketball games to Altc King. Keep it warm Pee Wee. We, Luther McCafferty and Doyce Ray Killen leave our way with all the girls to Mack Tid- well. I, Joyce Lamar, leave my flirty ways to Barbara Putnam. I, Joet Glover, leave my ability to get married to Virginia White. I hope you make it Ginger. I, Doris Ann Springer, leave my quiet ways to Evelyn Thornton and Judith Nix. I, Ann Dean, leave my studious ways to Faye Holden. We, Branson Applegarth and James Thigpen, leave our laziness to Otis Thigpen and Hulon Burbank. I, Martha Alexander, leave my ability to win beauty contests at box suppers to Dean Jones. I, Shirley Newton, leave my blushes to Joy Rea Ritter provided they are kept in constant use and returned when necessary. I, Agnes Cox, leave my love for playing basketball to Nell Robinson. I, Yvonne Fields, bequeath my FHA interest to Nina East. We, Carmon Howard and Etna Killen, leave our place in the library to Bonnie Hammond and Bonnetha Davis. Keep those books straight. We, Marjorie Newton and Charles Black, leave our loud mouth, provided you use it, to Faye Newton, Edna Shook and Presley Thornton. We, Doyce Springer, Alton Peck and James Hammond, will our quiet ways to Gerald Camp- bell and Lloyd Cox. We, Betty Jean Hammond and Shirley Griffin, leave our short stature to Ruth Putman. This page sponsored by PUTTEET' S PHARMACY, Florence, Alabama

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Senior Class Prophecy Shirley Newton is a model in New York. Virginia Pettus is a famous actress. She has taken Doris Day's husband Grant Roberson away from her. Doris Jean Howard has recently written a book on how to raise butterflies. Vertie Mae Hill is a famous cook at the Snip Snap and Bite Restaurant. With her small family of 10 children, Etna Killen has settled down to a quiet home life. Nello Rhea Pettus has now taken Mrs. Springer's place in the Library. Bobbie Lee Hook is now serving with the WACS in Africa. Frances Springer is over-seer of a large nursery. Wynell Wiley, famous lady barber, has recently employed Doyce Ray Killen as shoe shine boy and Bonnie White as manicurist. Ezra Howard has won world heavy weight championship from Rocky Marciano. Dorothy Jean Hammond has taken the late John L. Louis' place. Joet Glover has raised enough little Glovers to produce a football team and a water boy. I read where Jackie Davis is now a famous dancer. In High School she was so fond of dancing she could hardly walk decorously out in the line. Wait, what is this article? It says that Charles Black and Harold Glover, two of the most desperate criminals of modern times were captured yesterday by F. B. I. agent Tommy Smith. They were caught trying to be first in the Lexington Bank. I hear that Billy Ray Barnett has been elected Mayor of Peppertown. Donald Burks and Travis Cates are now operating one of the largest gambling Casinos in Anderson, Alabama, and are doing a very good business. I hear that Alton Peck who has been eating his wheaties has now reached the height of 5'1 . Carolyn Phillips and Carmon Howard are now married and have twelve kids. Carolyn always said they were cheaper by the dozen. Carlton Griffin and Lowell Howard now own a big goat farm in Goodman, Alabama. Here is the want ad, it says that Martha Alexander has taken over her daddy's business and is looking for an eligible bachelor to help her out with it. Elizabeth Collier is now running the Lexington Bakery. She has as her helper Betty Jean Hammond and Agnes Cox, who by the way, is married to that famous Cowboy Allen Green. James Hammond is Dean of Mississippi State College for girls. Myrtie Davis has been elected Sheriff of Lauderdale County. Majorie Newton is the recently appointed voice instructor at Auburn. James Thigpen has been appointed Principal of Lexington High School. Bobby Gene Hill and Joyce Lamar have recently discovered how to prolong the life of a fly. Doris Ann Springer is an air line hostess. I see where Lanee Balch and Jane Bradley are now with Ringling Brothers Circus. Lanee as a tight rope walker and Jane as a juggler. Doyce Springer now owns a corn farm where he sells it by the gallons. His wife Wilma Cottrell supervises the molasses mill. Ann Dean is not President of West Point. Yvonne Fields is Home Economics teacher at Lexington High. Class Prophet Tommy Smith This page sponsored by DAVIS FARMS, Lexington, Alabama