Belmont High School - Clarion Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the members of the Senior Class of ' 43 of Belmont High, being sound in body, mind, and soul and realizing the nearness of our departure, do hereby make and declare this to be our last will and testament on this second day of June, nineteen hundred and forty-three. I terns : Article I 1. To our Alma Mater, Belmont High School, we leave our most sincere loyalty and deepest gratitude. 2. To our superintendent, principal, and faculty we do will and bequeath our appreciation for the effort they have put into our care and supervision. 3. To the Junior Class we leave our courses of study, our seats in assembly, our senior privileges, and the good times we have had during our senior year. Article II 1. We. Edith Abee and Rachel Brackett, leave our love of Belmont High to Johnnie Mae Horton and Betty Haney. 2. I, Joe Abernathy, will my violent temper to William Stephens. 3. We, Stanley and Willard Allman, bequeath our ability to keep silent at the right times to Bassy Bass. 4. I, Pauline Auten, will my big smile to Mary Sue Carroll. 5. I, Lola Bain, will my ability to learn to Troy Mills. 6. I, Perry Baucom, leave my habit of chewing gum in class to Ray Burns and hope that he doesn ' t get caught as much as I did. 7. I. Herman Beatty, will to Clinton Wilkinson, my ability to take orders quietly. 8. I, Betty Sue Blanton, leave to Betty Wright my position as chief cheerleader. 9. We, Faye Brandon, Kathryn Millen, and Margaret Noles, leave our positions on the Spy staff to any juniors who can fill them as well as we have done. 10. We. Carolyn Brown and Eldora Hovis, bestow upon Allene Hipps and Emma Hodge our irrepressible habit of talking and giggling in class. 11. I, Helen Brown, leave my very quiet ways to Grace Carrell. 12. I. Mildred Burch, leave my good nature to Ruby Shepherd. 13. I, Virginia Carpenter, leave my love of reading to Lottie Jean Barnette. 14. I. Cecil Cloninger. do will my conscientious regularity in attending classes to Richard Frazier. 15. I. Jack Cowden, leave my mania for blondes to Sir Lancelot Armstrong and hope he does as well as I have done in high school. 16. I. Clyde Cox, will my skill in getting out of tight spots to Ralph Hoover. 17. I, Betty Daugherty, will my yellow locks to Kay Carson. 1 8. I, Wilbur Dellinger, will m y position as president of the Student Council to Sam Lineberger. 19. I, Dennis Dixon, bequeath my love of getting the class off the subject to L. D. Henderson. 20. I, Martha Dixon, do will my musical ability to Jimmy Hughey. 21. I, Cletus Duncan, will my ability to act to Billy Jefferson. 22. I. Regis Duncan, will my South-Sea-Island hair to Mabel Warren. 23. I. Virginia Duncan, will my position as assistant librarian to Elsie George because she handles students well. 24. We, Betty and Mary Frances Ellington, leave our close companionship to Annie Mae Medlin and Louise Edwards. 25. I, Robert Ferguson, leave my supply of wise-cracks to Mason Lynch. 26. I, Alice Ford, will my ability to make friends to any junior who may leave Belmont next year. 27. I, Gertrude Fortner, do will my attractiveness to Gloria Dean Hovis with the hope that she may also catch a man. 28. I, Max Gaddis, do will unto Clarence Parrot my ability to knit so he may become a model husband. 29. I, Bobby Gardner, leave my prowess in football to Bobby Lloyd. 30. I. Irene Garrett, will and bequeath to Bonnie Wilson my courteous ways. 31. I, Mildred Goins, bequeath my hatred of men to Beulah Brooks. 3 2. I. Maybelle Haney, will my sweet temper and impulsive nature to Norma Heafner. 33. I, Pauline Hansil, leave my soft voice to Ralph Tate in the hope that he will soon learn to use it for an example. 34. I. Georgia Hartgrove, give unto Mearl Stowe my ability to pull clever stunts. Page T wenty-four

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CLASS POEM Belmont High — school of magic, Built ’neath a halcyon sky, Surrounded by a land of enchantment. Where heaven seems ever so high. Here the river, Catawba, rolls onward In its own solemn, turbid way, And the tiny birds soar song-ward As pines softly whisper and sway. Here, on your campus and playgrounds, We have formed memories fond and dear, While the kindness of loving teachers Has drawn us more infinitely near To the One who fain would bring us Away from all thoughts dark and drear. Here, dim-lit halls have sheltered us From the fierce tempests raging without, While cheery classrooms have helped us To proceed on life’s road without doubt Of our ability to overcome from within The hardships that are ever about. Today we stand at life ' s portal Looking yonder at the road just ahead Not afraid of the challenges greeting us Because through your halls we have trod. So, now as we bid you goodbye, Dear school that has guided our way. Be assured that gratitude n e ' er shall die. You’ll be proud of this whole class someday. — Tulita Pickens Miller. Page T wenty-three

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Items : 35. I, Evelyn Hartness, will my dignity to Pearl Hartness. 3 6. I, Mae Fisher, do will my height to Marie Matheson. because I am tall a-plenty. 3 7. I, Max Helton, do will unto Paul Lackey my habit of sleeping in class. 38. I, Junior Kirby, will my love of airplanes to Bobby Groner. 39. We, Darcus Horsley and Hal Pratt, do will our love for Abbey boys to Hazel Crenshaw and Anne Dixon. 40. I, Elizabeth Hovis, will my art of blushing to Junior Stowe. 41. I, Sybil Huffstetler, leave my quiet and truly sincere manner to Hazel Queen. 42. I. Colette Jefferson, leave my position on the Debating Team to Libby Jean Huffstetler. 43. I. Inez Johnson, will my quiet voice and manners to Joyce Reep. 44. I, Carl Lewis, bequeath my ability in chemistry to Bill West. 45. I. Connie Leatherwood, do will my winning personality to Juanita Traywick. 46. 1, Bobby Lorance do will my love for taking drill to Kenneth Armstrong. 47. I. Rose Ethel Lineberger, leave my love of making book reports to Harold McKnight. 48. We, Syvilla Lutz and Lillie Rankin, will to Homer Bumgardner our ability to sing along with our song books. 49. I. Rosa Lynch, leave to Mary Muse my make-up kit. 50. I, Jimmie Mattox, do will unto Wilson Stewart my athletic, he-man stature. 51. 1. Jean Maus. leave my position as secretary of the Student Council to Nell Elmore. 5 2. We, Virginia Lowery and Dorothy McCarn, do hereby bequeath our serious and reserved attitude to Ruby Bost and Ida Craig. 53. I, Nancy McLean, will my pretty face to Frances Munday. 54. 1. Jimmie Miller, leave my fondness for red-heads to Bill Hendrix. 55. I. Tulita Miller, do will my boisterous manner to Josephine Britton. 56. I, Dennis Moore, will my friendly disposition to Prep Hall. 5 7. I, Faye Nichols, will my position as office assistant to Margaret Ramsey. 58. I, Annie Sue O ' Daniel, do bequeath a little of my gray matter to Henry Greene. 59. We, Wilma Parnell and Frances Phillips, do will and bequeath our quiet and diligent efforts to Charles Harrison and Charles Lineberger. 60. I. Truett Pressley, will my quietness and politeness to Fred Smith. 61. We, Gladys Queen and Eunice Robinson, do will our ability to remain calm and collected at all times to Faye Ellington and Emily Going. 62. I, Margaret Reid, will my carefree attitude to Grace Carrell. because I ' m beginning to learn. 63. I. Margaret Rhyne, bequeath my ability to write English prose to Willie Anne Hicks. 64. I, Royce Robinson, leave my A-model Ford to Melvin Rayfield. 65. We, Lois Rowland and Helen Cloninger, will our poise and neatness to Laura Barefoot and Mary Frances Smith. 66. I. Albenia Rumfelt. will my hope chest to Betty Frances Yount. 67. I, Doris Satterfield, will my love for basketball and all other sports to Betty Hanna. 68. I, Bill Sitton. leave to Lee Drake my position as the president of the Senior Class. 69. I. Aubrey Smith, bequeath my habit of saying what I think to Cecil Lawing. 70. I. Mildred Smith, do bequeath my super-duper aspirations to Culyner Gosnell and hope he may be fired by them too. 71. We. Pauline Smith and Lucille Wilkerson. bequeath our life-long friendship to Jack Ellington and Robert Dagenhardt. 72. I, Howard Stanley, bequeath my desire to enter the Navy to Edward Goins. 73. I. Ralph Stewart, will my alarm clock to Robert Ramsey so he may be as punctual as I. 74. I, Herbert Suttle. leave to Jack Litton my ability to please Mr. Hoyle. 75. I. Herman Teeter, do will my position as a bus driver to Buren Goins. 76. 1. Earl Thomas, leave to John Lineberger my job of mimeographing the Spy. 17 . I, Robert Traywick, do will unto Harold Rodden my ability to refrain from staying in. 78. I, Helen Thomson, will my reserved nature to Stewart Cashion. 79. I, Harold Whitner, do leave unto Robert Glover my ability to be prompt in every detail. 80. I, Robert Wingate, will my naturalness for being a goat to Jack McCall. 81. I, Billie Willard, leave my disinterested attitude to Gaynelle Smith. 82. We. Pauline Wright and Dorothy Young, will our record of perfect attendance to J. R Thomas and Billy Fulton. James Franklin Miller. Lawyer Witnesses : Eugenia Avery Thomas L. Woodard Emma C. Austelle Page Twenty-five