Appalachian High School - Laurel Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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I, Evelyn McCracken, do will and bequeath my French Horn to Joy Brown. I, Betty Jo Miller, do will and bequeath all the letters I have typed for the Annual Staff to the city dump. I, Rita Norris, do will and bequeath my sunny disposition to all the grouchy underclassmen. I, Margaret Phillips, do will and bequeath my soprano voice to Carlton Lyons. I, Helen Presnell, do will and bequeath my ability to get along with teachers to Vance Northern. I, Marshalee Presnell, do will and bequeath all the excuses I’ve had for being late to first period to Dr. Shaffer. I, Harold Ragan, do will and bequeath my good behavior in homeroom to the members of Mr. Tripp’s homeroom. I, Helen Winebarger, do will and bequeath my soft voice to Mary Gladys Teague. I, Robert Cooke, do will and bequeath my technique with the women to Joe Moretz. I, Alma Gentry, do will and bequeath. my long, blonde curls to Carol Gragg. I, Robert Gilley, do will and bequeath my ability to play ping-pong and pitch no hitters to Bernon Procter. I, Joanne Greene, do will and bequeath my love for Cove Creek to Joan Brookshire. I, Katherine Greene, do will and bequeath my guy that Uncle Sam has borrowed to anyone who thinks she can get him. I, Peggy Greer, do will and bequeath my love for loafing in the Pharmacy to Lillie Lyons. I, Tom Greer, do will and bequeath my love of the Democratic Party to Armfield Coffey. 1 Worth Greer, do will and bequeath all my experiences to Bobby Ray. I, Rebecca Shoemake, do will and bequeath m y love for Myrtle Beach to Peg Klutz. I, Betty Jo Smith, do will and bequeath my best wishes to the passengers and the driver of Bus No. 11. I, Billie Jean Storie, do will and bequeath my laugh to Patsy McGuire. I, William Tabb, do will and bequeath my love for Lenoir High School to Norma Greer. I, Coaker Triplett, do will and bequeath my dramatic ability to Milton Barden. I, Lee Triplett, do will and bequeath my interest in the Student Store back to the Student Council. I, Gerald Troutman, do will and bequeath my baby face to “Butch” Blanton. I, Tyre Walsh, do will and bequeath my intelligence to Helen Hardin. I, A. E. White, do will and bequeath my huge feet to John Jackson. I, Evelyn Williams, do will and bequeath my chewing gum to Joann Wood. Joann, it’s under the first desk—second row, in Mr. Rogers’ room. I, Carolyn Wood, do will and bequeath my ability to get diamonds to Gerry Brown. Article II—To the Junior Class, we leave our position as Seniors at A. H. S. Article III—To the Sophomore Class, we leave all our old English books. Article IV—To the Freshman Class, we leave all our over-due library notices, just in case they don’t accumulate enough of their own. Article V—To Appalachian High School, we leave our thanks for many wonder- ful days. Article VI—To the faculty of Appalachian High School, we leave our deepest gratitude, in the hope it will in some measure pay the debt we owe them for their helpfulness throughout our high school careers.

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(Clie Will We, the Seniors of 1952, being of sound mind, do hereby make this, our last will and testament. Article I—Since our earthly talents and blessings have been very abundant, we leave to our friends the following possessions, in the sincere hope that they will treasure them as we have. 1, Clyde Austin, do will and bequeath my coal black hair to Mack Wellborn. I, Conrad Barlow, do will and bequeath my becoming blush to Kermit Ashley. I, Peggy Bowman, do will and bequeath my ability to “get my man” to all the old maids at A. H. S. I, Sallie Brendell, do will and bequeath my love for the HIGH LIFE gossip column to Janie Cline. I, Paul Brookshire, do will and bequeath my ability to work trig. problems to Jane Rivers who needs it worse than I do. I, Orlando Brown, do will and bequeath my love for Indiana and I. S. C. to Mr. James Leek. I, Peggy Brown, do will and bequeath my interest in the Proffitt Family to Betty Jean Edmisten. I, Lewis Brown, do will and bequeath my reputation as a lady’s man to Don Miller. I, Hilda Castro, do will and bequeath my Spanish accent to Mr. Lancaster. I, Douglas Clawson, do will and bequeath my love for agriculture to Harbin Moretz. I, Nancy Coffey, do will and bequeath my studious attitude to Jim Brown. I, Anne Cooke, do will and bequeath my ability to play the piano to Keith Van Dyke. : I, Martha Councill, do will and bequeath my talented admirers in the cornet section to Jean Templeton. I, Nan Culler, do will and bequeath my love for Physics to Charles Winkler. I, Mary Edmisten, do will and bequeath my tiny figure to Ala Hodges. I, Harry Farthing, do will and bequeath all the chewing gum I have given the Senior girls to anyone who can send me 1,000,001 Dentyne Chewing Gum wrappers. I, Ruby Hollars, do will and bequeath my love for the sixth period health class to next year’s Seniors. I, Jimmy Holshouser, do will and bequeath my love for Davidson College to Guy (Lieutenant) Hunt, Jr. I, Gene Honeycutt, do will and bequeath my love for school to Dick Lavender. I, Jimmy Johnson, do will and bequeath my V. F. W. Card to Bill Jones. I, Larry Kerley, do will and bequeath my place as President of the Student Body to the next poor fellow. I, Fairy Lunsford, do will and bequeath my organized manner to Catherine Stevens. I, Wade Lewis, do will and bequeath my favorite ping-pong paddle to Keith Phillips. I, Josephine Miller, do will and bequeath my quiet lady-like manners to the girls who need them most. I, Wade Miller, do will and bequeath my athletic physique to Tom Lawrence. I, Frieda Moretz, do will and bequeath my scholastic ability to Jime Graham. I, Olive Moretz, do will and bequeath my habit of always having my homework to Della Shull. I, Peggy Gross, do will and bequeath my poise to Clara Teague. I, Bill Hartley, do will and bequeath my love for the Recreation Room to Faye Greene. I, Billie Ann Hodges, do will and bequeath all the knowledge I've gained in Psychology this year to Pat Aldridge. I, Ruby Greer, do will and bequeath my locker to J. E. Greene. I, Jane Keplar, do will and bequeath my typing ability to Norma Jean Bumgarden. I, Hugh Hartley, do will and bequeath my love for PONTIACS to Bill Talbert. I, Fern Henderson, do will and bequeath my love for “Hot Rod” cars to Mary Wanda Hodges.

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Prophecy We all wish every now and then that we could take a look into the future. We could see all the wonderful new inventions in a changing, and completely new world. We could see the new personalities who are molding our world and perhaps the universe. It might even be members of our senior class who are leading figures in the world of tomorrow. Let’s take a brief glance, just to satisfy our curiosity! Since our classmates are scattered now, back at Appalachian is the natural place to start. There are quite a few of our classmates on the faculty now. Coaker Triplett and Billie Ann Hodges are the physical education teachers and athletic coaches. (Coaker’s basketball teams have won the Journal-Sentinel Tournament for two straight years now.) Betty Jo Miller is the school secretary now since “Frankie” has decided to take a long-deserved rest. Frieda Moretz is the instructor of the business courses, and Olive Moretz is in charge of our new library. Jane Keplar is the director of the glee clubs and the mixed chorus. (Another set of Lyons boys are still making life miserable for our chorus director.) Hilda Castro has become the Spanish teacher. Nan Culler is the home economics teacher now since Mrs. Doughtery has resigned, and Jo Ann Greene is in charge of the school lunchroom. Lee Triplett is the manager of the student store. (Incidentally, they've added a juke box and a sandwich bat.) Next door, Peggy Greer is now running the Drive-In Soda Bar (although Peggy never did stay there very much in the old school days, you know.) Douglas Clawson is the new agriculture instructor and the 4-H County Agent. The nation’s newspapers are screaming the praises of Larry Kerley, who has been elected President on the Dixiecrat Ticket, and Paul Brookshire, our delegate to the United Planets. These two diplomats kept our world out of the second war of the planets. Worth Greer has replaced Senator Kefauver as head of the crime investigating committee. He has just brought a scandal into the open about TV sets owned by hundreds of friends of our representatives. Tyre Walsh has been acclaimed the greatest physicist of our age. Bill Tabb has just set a new speed record for a flight from Earth to Jupiter in one of Tyre’s rockets. Conrad Barlow is now one of the chief civil engineers in the south. Clyde Austin has also become famous in that field. He has helped to design the new southern turnpike that will be constructed soon. Jimmy Holshouser is the sports editor of the New York Times now. Incidentally, the sports pages are full of headlines about some of our classmates. Bob Gilley is now the star pitcher of the Chicago White Sox. Harold Regan is the ace centerfielder of the Cleveland Indians, while Bobby Cooke is the shortstop for the Detroit Tigers as well as the leading hitter in the major leagues. Gene Honeycutt is the national badminton champion and Wade Lewis is the third-ranking ping-pong player in the country. Jerry Troutman is the football coach at Lenoir Rhyne (he still has his undertaker’s parlor on the side.)