Belwood High School - School Daze Yearbook (Belwood, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAM ENT We the class of 1954, 1n the town of Belwood, 1n the county of Cleveland, ln the state of North Carolma bemg as sound in body and m1nd as usual do hereby declare th1s our last w1ll and testament To the Jun1ors we leave the followmg To Troy W11l1ams Hllda W1111S leaves some of her curls hopmg they won't get 1n h1s way Dorxs Sa1n w1lls to Nancy Cooke some of her Casar boys hopmg she w1ll have as much fun as she has had w1th them J B Sm1th w1l1s h1s ab1l1ty to use the study hall per1od for anythlng but studymg to Kenneth Meade To Sue Warllck Amta Norman w1lls her br1ght remarks and hopes she w1ll get lots of laughs Jo Ellen Lutz w1lls to Carrol Sa1n her bottle of Marchand and hopes he can get h1S ha1r as whlte as she always wanted hers Nor1s Sam wllls h1s dear old bus No 17 to Harry Sa1n hopmg the roads won't be as muddy Mary Jane Seagle w1lls her ab1l1ty to stay out of study hall flrst per1od wa1t1ng for the mall to Marlon M1ller To Mlckey Beam, Mary Beth Dellmger w1lls her love for Algebra knowmg he w1ll have l1ttle use for xt next year Mable Randall wills to Annette Yarboro her love for North Brook and hopes she w1ll make progress Don Yarboro w1lls h1s Ch11d1Sh ways to J erry Wl111S Frances Davls w1lls to Kenneth La1l her ab1l1ty to be late for school hopmg he won't be qulte as late as she To Dorls Norman, Sue Wl111S leaves her love for P1edmont and advises her not to stay over there too much Donald Earwood w1lls h1s pos1t1on of Basketball Manager to Charlie Wellmon Peggy Rlchards and Dorls Earwood w1ll the1r ability to go to the store for the lunch room to Mary Sue Meade and Bryte Newton Glen McCurry w1lls to J1mmy H1cks h1s ablllty to get out of sweepmg 1n the shop Mae Fredell knowmg she w1ll need 1t, w1lls to Dorothy Davls a degree of her quletness Franklm Buff wllls h1s frlendly ways to Conley Lall J erald1ne Ledford w1lls her talkatlve ways to Ruth Swmk Edlth Tallant w1lls her ab1l1ty to sl1p out of class to Vlolet Fredell Dorxs Hamby wills to Joyce Wxlhams some of her he1ght, hopmg lt w1ll be helpful Fred Benton wllls to Junior Sw1nk h1s ab1l1ty to sk1p school and pass away the t1me by readmg a book Frances Peeler w1lls her lxterature book to Charlene Bradshaw hopmg she will use It more To the Sophomores we w1ll a degree of our patxence, th1s being the only way they can endure the using Semors To the Freshmen we wxll all our cuds of gum, stubs of penclls, erasers or scraps of paper we have left behmd To our beloved faculty we glve and bequeath all the amazmg knowledge and startllng information that we have furmshed them from t1me to txme 1n our varlous examlnatxon papers We trust they w1ll feel at llberty to make use of all such b1ts of wlsdom for the education of the classes to come after us Class Lawyer Nor1s Sa1n l 4 ! 4 4 4 4 . 7 4 4 4 Q 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 , 4 4 4 4 o 4 4 4 4 4 4

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CLASS PROPHECY For many hundreds of years It has been the accepted herltage of the gypsy to possess the remarkable power of foretelling the future Recentlyl had the good fortune of encounterlng such a person Her name was Madame Belwoodxa, and when I explained that I had been elected the Senxor Class Pro phet of Belwood Hlgh School, her eyes gl1stened wlth ant1c1pat1on She accepted my S1 00 offerlng and here IS the story she told The year 1S 1974 the season is wlnter In a large offlce bu1ld1ng in Washington, D C I-l1lda W11l1S is a pr1vate secretary to a Senator from North Carollna Three stor1es below her, Mary Beth Dell1nger 1S employed as a f1le clerk for a very prom1nent legal f1rm Movlng over to the alrport a large s1lver plane has just landed and Dor1s Sam 1n the blue umform of a1rl1ne hostess, is asslstmg the passengers as they leave the plane One of the passengers IS Don Yarboro who has just completed h1s latest novel and lS vacat1on1ng at the Nat1on's Cap1tol H1s secretary Amta Norman, is now 1n charge of h1s executxve offlce 1n Charlotte North Carolina An outstandmg feature of th1s modern bu1ld1ng is the un1que beauty Saloon and barber shop located on the f1rst floor and operated Jomtly by Mable Randall and Fred Benton At the large sw1tchboard on the second floor Dor1s Hunt, Ann1e Sue Will1s and Mae Fredell are bus1ly engaged 1n the art of answermg phones and placlng long dzstance calls In another part of the bu1ld1ng Edxth Tallant and Jera1d1ne Ledford are hurrxedly preparmg for the noon rush at the1r soda fountam and sandwlch shop It IS rumored that they are plannlng to open a branch restaurant 1n Shelby And speaklng of Shelby Glen McCurry has just opened h1s new garage and dlrectly across the street Franklm Buff IS operat1ngh1s new service station Wlth tremendous success Across tovsm, Donald Earwood IS now work1ng 1n h1s own rad1o rapalr shop In the Shelby Hospltal Frances Peeler and Dor1sHamby are employed 1n the Nurslng Profess1on One of the Med1cal Doctors at the hosp1tal lS the now famous J B Smith At the h1gh school Mary Jane Seagle IS now teachlng math and Dor1s Earwood lS 1n structlng her physical educat1on class 1n the art of basketball J o Ellen Lutz IS now employed as SOC1ety editor of the local newspaper Peggy Rlchards IS employed at the Hudson HOSICPY and It IS rumored that weddmg bells w1ll rlng for her 1n the near future Frances Dav1s plans to leave for Washlngton 1n one week to contlnue her career asac1v1l serv1ce worker Nor1s Sam, now a famous rumors that he w1ll campaign for the United States Senate 1n the next electlon And w1th that f1nal statement the SYPSY lady pol1tely ushered me out into the crowd and the intervlew was over Prophet Jo Ellen Lutz 'Lxl vs ll, V9 ll H N X527 X criminal lawyer, plans to fly to Richmond, Virginia for a meeting. There's ll: 1 IQ I ' lf .E r , I4 f f ' H X f y IM gffxt 7,7 - f ,Ol ., f X Nm ff v x

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