Allen Jay High School - Aln Ja Hi Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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MOST POPULAR Peggie Morgan Warren Newton BEST SPORT Gladys Robertson Bobby Weaver SENIOR MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Betty Jo Johnson Jack Barnes BEST ALL ROUND Bonnie Smith Warren Newton MOST COURT EOUS Margaret Bell Ronald Brown MOST FRIENDLY Jean Gaddy Bobby Hall

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, ,, .,., , ., v . .-.. .. .. --.--N. ---,-rv........ LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-three of Allen Jay High School, in the County of Guilford, State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and strong body, having attained ample knowledge to graduate and take up the toil and hardships of life, do set pen to this document. ARTICLE I To the faculty: To Mr. Early we leave many thanks for his leadership and helpfulness. To our teachers we leave our sincere appreciation for their guidance and counsel in our years of high school . ARTICLE Il To the buses, buildings, and special equipment we leave deep feeling for their treatment after the great care we tookl of them. ARTICLE Ill To the Undergraduates: To the Junior class we gladly leave the iob of getting out the annual. To the Sophomores we leave the big iob of paying for the Junior-Senior Banquet. Want to buy a magazine? To the Freshmen we leave our experience in high school-- May they be varied and profitablel Individual Be uests: During our struggle we have acquired some priceless articles which we would like to bestow upon individua un erc assman. They are as follows: Von Ella Gamer, to you has been willed Anita Strader's love for cheerleading and basketbal I players, and Norma Jean Bartlett and Anna Lou Howard's love for driving. Peggy Sue Brower and Acey Thomas leave their dignity to Laurine Gaddy and Carson Powers. To Donald Lomax goes Norma Grayson's temper--Not that he needs itl Pat Tuttle and Betty Jean Gaddy leave their witty remarks and friendly ways to Barbara Ridge--You have your share of both, Babs. Nancy Jean Ingram, Peggy Powell, and Bettie Lou Ridge will their love for playing basketball to Betty Sheffield --Watch that little sister, Bet! Robert Gray can afford to leave nothing, but takes all with him for future use. To all the Junior boys Donald Creasey wills his ability to cause Mr. Greene to lose more hair in typing class. Willed to Pat Keams is Peggie Morgan's ability??? for public speaking. Wayne Tucker leaves his knack for being caught in mis- chief to Pat Pierce--You're well on your way to living up to the set example, Pat. To Ruby Sheffield and Frances Hill goes Margaret Bell and Gladys Robertson's close companionship. Marion Yarborough willsher m i sc h i evou s ways to Martha Ann Smith and Bemell Mendenhall, who have plenty of their own. Bobby Weaver and Warren Newton leave to Charlie Brewer and Bobby Dunbar their ability to make their teachers' heads ache and their classmates' sides ache. To Fred Taylor, Arnold Mills leaves his height---Come on Fred, stretch a littlel Darrell Younts leaves his love for school fha! hall to Douglas Bartlett. To Gary Stafford goes Wilton Sledge's ability to hitthe tackle dummy. Let's see how hard you can do it Bear . Also to you is willed Warren Newton's love for the cafeteria. The ability of Ronakl Brown and Douglas Dabbs to help Bobby Dunbarout in basketball is willed to Kenneth Black. To the entire Junior class goes Bonnie Smith's charming ways and ready smile. David Leonard, to you is willed Hoytt Zachary's example of hard work. To Tommy Cooper is left. Faye Trotter's big mistakes of laughing and talking on class. To go along with that a- bility you already have to play IDGSRSIIDCII I, GeraldineVan Horn, Nancy Blackwell leaves her good looks. Raeford Yarborough wills his long arms and lege to Jerry Rodden, hoping he can use them to an advantage. Bette Jo Craven, Nancy Dabbs, and Shirley Gray leave nothing, but they would like to wish the Junior girls a lucky hunt. To Jimmy Stutts goes stage-struck Howard Lawrence's acting ability. You've got a good start, Jiml Bettie Jo Johnson leaves her yeam for flying to anyone who is willing to assume the risk. Are you game Clifton Shackleford? Betty Coltrane and Garland Robbins, to you Doris Underwood and Gary Freeman leave their quiet ways. Charlie Pegram wills hislove for pestering Miss Chilton to Charlie Brewer. Which Charlie will you choose, Miss Chilton? To Egg Ingram, Buck Vamer leaves his love for the out-of-doors. How many rabbits did you kill last year, Jerry? Jimmie McDaniel wills his love for study hall to Virginia Sexton. How many units of credit have you earned in study hall, Jim? Jack Bames and Bobby Hall leave their report card grades to Carl Phillips and Bobby Cox, but do they match??? To Eugene Ven- able, Robert Warren, and Harold Robertson goes Dewayne Nance, Billy White, and Jerry Rich's industriousness, initiative, and hard-working ability????? Margaret Jordan and Peggy Myers will their good times ??to Judy Spencer and Evelena Hines. We hereby appoint Mrs. Lalah Purvis, our class advisor, as sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we the Senior Class of l953, do set seal on this, the twenty-eighth day of May in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-three. ' 'id' - U A' M

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SUPERLATIVES MOST STUDIOUS Betty Jo Johnson Billy White MOST DEPENDABLE Gladys Robertson Bobby Hall BEST LEADER Peggie Morgan Ronald Brown BEST PERSONALITY Bonnie Smith Donald Creasey T' HARD EST WORKER Doris Underwood Hoytt Zachary MOST ORIGINAL Norma Grayson C. A. Thomas W'