Ashburn High School - Ace Yearbook (Ashburn, GA)

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(F SENIOR WILL {-if e, the Senior Class of Ashburn High School, City of Ashburn, State of W Georgia, in the year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty, being of sound mind and body and being about to venture forth into the world, do hereby devise this as our last will and testament: Item I. To our beloved faculty we leave our appreciation for their patience, guidance and instruction. Item II. To the Juniors we leave our acknowledged superiority in things academic. Item III. To the Sophomores we leave the sincere wish that they will not perish by the wayside, but that they, too, will some day be seniors. Item IV. I, Mary Berry, do bequeath my ability in typing to Betty Hawkins. Item V. I, Reginald Ann Cox, do bequeath my charm and poise to Martha Dryden Item VI. I, Mary Florence Porter, do bequeath my chances to become Miss America to Fay Carter. Item VII. I, Bobby Suggs, do bequeath my knowledge of Psychology to Marvin Hobbs, in the hope that it smooths his way. Item VIII. I, Bo Miller, leave my energetic temperament to Milton Watson. } Item EX. I, Helen Sego, do bequeath my dignity to Peggy Britt. Item X. I, Junior Smith, leave. . . period. It’s a chance I never hoped to have. Item XI. I, Doris Collins, leave my hair dressing ability to Sujette Peacock. Item XII. I, Betty Joy Scott, do bequeath my placating smile to Marilyn Spivey. Item XIII. I, Katie Ruth Hardin, do bequeath my constancy and capability of un- swerving devotion to Margaret Stewart. Item XIV. I, Nellie Ruth Smith, bequeath my equanimity to Kay Rose. Item XV. I, Duane Akin, do bequeath my studious nature to Tommy Owen. Item XVI. I, Willene Watson, do bequeath my dependability to Anne Solomons. Item XVII. I, Peggy Lanneau, do bequeath my ability to be a basketball guard to Dot Walker. Item XVIII. I, Conrad Story, do bequeath my steady nerve and unruffled disposi- tion to Buddy Gibbs. Item XIX. I, Wyatt Smith, do bequeath my quiet classroom manner to Sonny Scott. Item XX. I, Wayne Speight, do bequeath my spot in basketball to Grady Williams. Item XXI. I, Hazel Ireland, do bequeath my sunny nature to Betty Coffey. Item XXII. I, Richard McGraw, do bequeath my physique to Boyce Raines. Item XXIII. I, Sara Adams, Do bequeath my nonchalant attitude to Joyce Johnston. Item XXIV. I, Faye Wilson, do bequeath my loyalty to anything connected with A. H. S. to Carolyn Whiddon. Item XXV. I, Vivian Ellerbee, do bequeath the trust I inspire in my teachers to Betty Jo Stanford. Item XXVI. I, Hank Raines, do bequeath my joy in life and my irrepresible spirits to Sandra Griffin. Witnesses: MARILYN SPIVEY TOMMY OWEN 36

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CLASS HISTORY 0F the twenty-three members of the Senior Class, seven who began in ’39 are finishing in '50 without ever straying from these halls. Eight of our number began in ’39, moved away and rejoined us at intervals and eight entered our lists along the way. Mrs. Mary Raines began our instruction and training. There were many in the class but only fifteen of the original group are graduating. The seven who have had all eleven years under the roof-tree of A. H. S. are: Duane Akin, Mary Berry, Reginald Cox, Vivian Ellerbee, Bo Miller, Nel- lie Ruth Smith and Bobby Suggs. Peggy Lanneau left us in the 2nd and came back to us in the 7th. Betty Joy Scott and Helen Sego moved away in the 4th and rejoined us in the 6th and 8th. We were joined by Mary Florence Porter in the 6th grade. Conrad Story who began in ’39 moved to Savannah and rejoined us in the 7th. Katie Ruth Hardin moved away in the 4th grade and rejoined in the 8th. Willene Watson left in the second grade returned in the 4th and Faye Wilson left us for a short time in both the third and the fourth. - (i A ’ ■J Hank Raines became one of us in the second grade when Miss Ella Jack- son was our mentor, left in the seventh and returned in the eighth. Mrs. C. E. Thrasher guided us through the 3rd grade. Mrs. Effie Whatley, the fourth. We met Miss Blanche Cockrell in the fifth grade and Miss Corrie Johnson in the sixth. In the seventh grade Miss Lucy Wade introduced us to diagramming and American History. The 8th grade marked the beginning of a new era--High School with all its varied activities! Doris Collins and Hazel Ireland were new members in this grade. We found it confusing to have a teacher for each subject. Miss Elizabeth What- ley and Miss Evelyn Griner were our homeroom teachers. In the 9th grade, Miss Florence Baxter was our homeroom teacher. Sara Adams, Richard McGraw, Wyatt Smith, Junior Smith, and Wayne Speight joined our ranks. Mrs. Louis Spivey was our 10th grade homeroom teacher. It was in this grade that Mary Florence Porter and Nellie Ruth Smith were on the State Champion Debating Team. It was here that Hank, Wayne, Conrad, and Rich- ard covered us with glory at the District Track Meet. In the 11th grade we again have Miss Baxter as our homeroom teacher. During this year we have worked tirelessly at our responsibilities. We played basketball, worked on the annual and prepared for the District Meet. Our days here are limited. The end is in sight. Graduation looms large on our horizon. Life--here we come! 35

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