Benson High School - Tatler Yearbook (Benson, NC)

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J.a t Will and Vediametit County of Johnson TOWN OF BENSON We the members of the Senior Class of Benson High School, in this year of 1952, having reached our goal and being of sound mind, declare and publish this our Last Will and Testament, leaving to our faculty, parents, classmates, and our Alma Mater the things we have accumulated during our stay here. Section I Item . To our parents we leave our sincere thanks for the r long enduring understanding and patience. Item 2. To Benson High School we leave our most pleasant years. Section 1 1 Item 1. To Mr. Barefoot we leave our orderly and systematic manner in which to square up. Item 2. To Miss Phelps we leave a one way ticket to France. Item S. To Mrs. Massey we leave a set of library rules. Item Jf. To Mr. Nance we leave a champion basket- ball team, predicted to beat the Wolfpack. Item 5. To Mrs. Smith we leave our love — funny books. Item 6. To Mr. Hockaday we leave a girl seven feet tall and wish him luck. Item 7. To Mr. Godwin we leave an atom bomb with which to experiment. Item 8. To the remainder of the faculty we leave a course in Child Psychology. Section HI Item 1. To the Freshmen we leave the saying, Oh, you ' ll get used to it, and hope you won ' t hear it as much as we did. Item 2. To the Sophomores we leave the responsi- bility of making money for the 1953 Junior-Senior banquet and borrowing the rest. Item S. To the Juniors we leave our quiet and dignified manner and hope they will be loved. Section IV Item 1. To the students: 1. David Auman leaves his gray ford and Belva to Ray Allen. 2. Lou Jeania Barlett would like to leave her friendship with Mr. Godwin to Martin Parker. 3. Betty Bell gladly leaves her ever burning torch to Pat Gregory. 4. Jackie Blackmail wants Sue Wheeler Denning to All the vacancy she leaves at the Princess Theater. 5. Delia Brady says Gwen Johnson is to take charge of all her old beaus with the advice, Never get serious. (i. Doris Carroll, in order to get rid of it, leaves her orange hair to Hixie Johnson and says, May the bottle do the job. 7. Fditli Clifton hopes her position as secretary of the Student Council will be filled by someone like Willie Young. 8. Jean Clifton, better known as the dime store kid, leaves her job to Sue Sugg. 9. Bryan Coats leaves his Bop style to Harvey Johnson and says, Go cat. 10. Lila Dorman would like to leave her intellectual mind to Sally Byrd. 11. Rose Marie Dixon leaves that love of basket- ball to Sylvia Moore. 12. Lois Godwin would like to bestow her quiet ways upon Clara Beasley. 13. Sara Godwin leaves her wit to Faye Surles with the slogan Laugh and the world laughs with you. 14. Vera Godwin would like to give her sweet disposition to Sara Adams and says, Make good use of it. 15. Owen Hall wants to bestow the honor of being Senior comedian upon Dewey Mangum. 1( . Yennie Hardee decided to give Shelby Coats a little help by leaving her the great talent of being able to flirt. 17. Tommy Johnson thinks Leroy Johnson would like to receive his height. 18. Walter Gregory leaves his love for Sophomore girls to Graham Mosley. 19. Janice Langdon wills her long red hair to Julia Ellis, who needs it. 20. W. C. Lee leaves his love for Four Oaks to Jerry Medlin. 21. Charles Marler leaves his hats to Frank Watson under one condition, that Frank will cut his hair. 22. Nancy Sugg leaves to Patty Denning her string of males. 23. Howard Moore leaves his presidency and promptness to Ray Allen. 14

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Left to right: 1. Gone Cats; 2. Prettiest yet; 3. Our Christmas Party; 4. Rugged but right; 5. Dem were the good ole days; ( . Who ' ll be wearing it next week; 7. She ' s mad again; 8. Our Miss Brooks; !); Did we have a time; 10. Summertime; 11. All aboard; 12. Concentrating on that love book; 13. Good ole Horace; 1-t. And they all got loaded; 15. Queen of the mules; l(i. Turn around one time; 17. Go crazy; 18. Waiting for the Shrimp Boats. 13

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21. Dorothy McCal] says her trim figure is fine for Thurlean Norris. 25. Janie McLamb leaves her mile-long walk to Rollins Johnson. 2(i. June Dale McLamb leaves her weedie ideas to Catherine Parrish. 27. Joyce Parrish leaves her love of Mrs. Smith to Joan Eason. 28. Graham Pleasant leaves his devoted love for the teacher to Jaek Lyles. 29. James Raynor leaves his jokes to Homer John- son. 30. Mary Alice Ryals leaves cold nose and the others to Stacy Miller. 81. Margaree Stewart leaves her aggravating ways to Kenneth Johnson. 32. Billy Norris leaves his moon pies to Robert Smith. 33. Leroy Young wills his nickname Daddy Rab- bit to A. T. Johnson. 34. Morris Woodall leaves his public speaking ability to Marvin Bryant. 35. Inez Sorrell leaves her Kool ways to Shirley Whittington. 36. Waylon West leaves his duck hunting trips to Graham Mosley. 37. Peggy Coats leaves her short hand ability to Hazel Lee. 38. Faye Woodall leaves her one man deal to Belle Matthews. In witness thereof, we, the Class of 52, do hereunto place our seals of this, the nineteenth of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two. Witnesses: Testator: Mrs. Catherine P. Smith, Lii.a Dorman. Miss Ann Johnson. We, the Seniors of Benson High School, have reached the point of graduation. We look back reminiscently and almost longingly upon the years of fellowship, studying, working, and playing. We first became known or recognized in nineteen hundred and forty-nine when we entered high school as puzzled but lively freshmen. We tried for every- thing: basketball, baseball, cheerleading, and most anything else that came along. We even helped with a few of these. Doing all we could to help, we gave the seniors a wiener roast at Williams ' Lake. Yes, we had quite a time. We really started our Sophomore year off right; we elected Morris Woodall for our president; Jackie Blackmail, Vice-President; Jean Clifton, Secretary; and Vennie Hardee, Treasurer. We sold magazines to earn a few extra pennies. The Beta Club tapped their members after mid-term exams and we were very jiroud when five of our sophomores were among them. We were now beginning to feel like upper- classmen. At last we had become a name — the Junior Class. Fate took a hand and we lost three girls for marriage and our president, Alsie Wheeler, to the Nayy, The most important and exciting event for us was the ike fyeaiA Junior-Senior banquet which to us is one never to be forgotten. We sponsored a play, Maybe Love, and Stunt Night, the success of which encouraged us; we really felt like somebodies. At last! Seniors, the day we all had been waiting for. We moved into our final year with much vigor and determination. Our rings came, and a prouder class you ' ll never see, for they were the prettiest yet. We knew from past years that our biggest task was producing Tin: Tattler; we worked very hard, for this was our last high school book. Our hearts swelled with pride at the Homecoming Dance when Betty Bell, one of our classmates, was selected by popular vote for Homecoming Queen. In order not to forget school days, we presented Our Miss Brooks for our play. There were so many eventful things but these were the important ones. We ' ll always remember —participating in sports to- gether, craming for exams, loafing down the halls when we should have been in class, writing themes, pajama parties, ball games, and caps and gowns. Each of us feels that Benson High School has been a mold for our future, along with a wonderful and never to be forgotten part. Historian, Joyce Parrish. 15