Bessemer High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Lindsay Simpson leaves his nerve to be rough in football to Donald Janies. Carolyn Starr leaves her sweet disposition and quiet temper to Thelma Buckner Van Berckman leaves his good personality to Jimmy Mills. Frances Nabors leaves, period. Vida Lou Maness leaves anything to anybody who wants it. Alton Gilbert leaves his success in marriage to George Collier. Betty Meadows leaves her ability to catch a man to Doris Manuel. J J To Peggy Joyce goes Janet Marsh’s “Most Popular” title. W. W. Brady leaves his position on the baseball team to Ralph Swing. Ernest Smith didn’t leave anything, but took Ferry with him.. Jeannette Tussey leaves her stunning figure to Dean Pearson. Rueben Leonard leaves his friendship with Mr. Jett to Connie Lovings. Ferry Thompson leaves her ability to get along with boys to Mable Venable. Dale Wood leaves his height to Charles Taylor who needs it. Joretta Hall wills her ability to cut classes and get away with it to Ruth Blake Tommy Woodard leaves for Korea. Shirley Harris leaves her place on the annual staff to Dottie Bryant. Ervin Chambers leaves his piano music to Donald James. Carolyn Murray leaves her short hair to Louise Stanley. Lewis Jones left at the end of the first semester. To Mary Smith goes Betty Bunton’s boisterous ways. Vernon Swafford leaves his curly hair to Harold Smith. Glyndora Dixon w ills her brilliance and congeniality to John Ingold. To IT N. Lemons goes Larry Allen’s Jolson voice. Louise Douglas leaves her artistic talent to Erika Nau. John Cranford leaves his Atlas build to Buck Bridges. Wanda Lou Kinley leaves her fainting ability to Louella Myers. Gene Murr leaves his class ring to the person who found it. Rachel Lloyd wills her perfect attendance role to Doris Griffin. O’Neil Blake leaves his ability to charm girls to Doug Crenshaw. Roberta Wilson leaves her ambition to be a doctor to Vera Sue Ellis. William DeLancey leaves his little book of telephone numbers to Josh Harris. To Sue Brown goes Erma Hamlette’s modeling ability. D c? J Bob Oakes leaves his pretty legs to Monk Oakes. Ann Wilson leaves her “Biggest Baby” title to Billie Cooper. Norman Lovings leaves his personality and affection for girls to Clyde Smith. To Marjorie Hayes goes Betsy Ring’s cheerful chatter. Martha Pickard leaves her housekeeping ability to Jane Coble. Witnesses: Mr. W. H. Cude M iss Mary Anne Clegg Anne Wilson Eleanor Clapp Carol n Murray Janet Marsh Harvey Starr 25

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7Vtil zad 7c fartieat Bessemer High School City of Greensboro County of Guilford We the Senior Class of 1951, being of sound mind, do hereby declare this to be our last Will and Testament; hereby rendering null and void any former wills and bequests that may have been previously made. We leave no special instructions regarding our departure, but we hope to be remembered in the days to come for all our many virtues and accomplishments, instead of our few and trivial faults. It is to be understood that this is the composite will of the thirty-eight separate souls who are combined into a powerful organization known as the Senior Class. Item I To our principal and faculty we leave thanks for a job well done, as well as the memory of those four short years during which we were under their guidance. Item 11 Oh! You lucky “will be Seniors,” Juniors that you may be now—you are to be left many varied and valuable possessions and privileges! We leave you the luck that we never had for being able to plan and carry out class activities. We also bequeath upon you the ability' to go to the corner any time during the school day without being caught. Item III Give thanks O lowly Sophomore, along with the allegedly honorable title of Junior, you are being left the well known nerve of the Seniors. Use it well and your path- way will be smoothed by it, but remember that a man’s hardest fall is over his own bluff. The rest of our patience we bequeath to you also, for you will be in sore need of it when these cocky Juniors have come into their own as Seniors. Lastly, we have for you our most prized possession, our good will. Item IV Freshmen, read and rejoice. Such generosity as befalls you, comes only once in a lifetime. Along with the presumptious rank of Sophomore, you are to be given the privilege of striding up and down the hall as if you were really of some impor- tance. You will be permitted to speak of the graduating class, in a reverent manner, of course. Also, to you we give our patience, as you will need much of it in order to endure the shortcomings of the Juniors. Item V To our most recent offspring, the new Freshmen, we leave the ability to create for themselves the name by which we were famous, the best behaved class in Bessemer’s history. We also leave them the right to fill in our places on the varsity teams. Item VI To the school we give the right to gaze with admiration upon the trophies and to remember the many honors that we have won in the past four years. Item VII Individual Bequests and Bequests of a Lesser Nature: Harvey Starr leaves his new football helmet to Riley Montgomery. Frank Welch leaves his knowledge of good dressing to Don Adylette and Monk Oakes. Eleanor Clapp leaves her athletic ability to Betty Williamson. Kay Montgomery leaves her place on the cheering squad to Jo Anne Hobby. 24

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By Kay Montgomery and Reuben Leonard Gone forever arc the wonderful days we had at Bessemer, but the memory lingers on. Our class- mates are scattered to the four corners of the earth and tonight we visualize them wherever they are. Shirley Harris, who majored in English at Converse College (Miss Guill’s college;, is teaching English at Bessemer to relieve Aliss Guill of her duties so she can have two Dramatics classes a day. Shirley followed in her Mother's footsteps and married a preacher. Reuben Leonard is now playing pro-baseball for the Boston Argyle Sox during baseball season; in football he is coaching Carolina’s Tarheels who hold six straight victories over John Jett’s Wake Forest “Demon Deacons.” Milton Berle of TV has long been run out of business by Gene Murr, whose funny faces and witty wisecracks, is capturing the hearts of millions that once looked to Berle for topflight entertainment. Eleanor Clapp is now coaching girls’ basketball at the University of Tennessee while her school- day sweetheart is now Professor of English. We congratulate W. W. Brady, our Senior class president, who has just been voted in as the President of the United States by an overwhelming majority. I he first lady of the White Llouse is not envied because “Dubby” was the best looking woman hater we have ever had at Bessemer. Jeanette Tussey, the only girl in town with a boy friend on every street, is now the talk of Hollywood since she divorced Mickey Rooney, her thirteenth husband. She is now starring in “Aly Husband had Nine Lives.” Van Bcrckman, whose dreams of the sea and the navy have attained for him the rank of Admiral, is now Chief of Staff of the U. S. Armed Forces. One of our outstanding fiction writers of today is Joretta Hall, who is finishing her latest book, “I Alarried a Grease Monkey.” She has written many books in her career as a writer but also as a housewife because as of now she has six children. Alton Gilbert is now the head surgeon of St. Leo’s Hospital and his most able assistant is Treva, his wife. Alton married way back in High School. The new contract is being let for the ultra modern Bessemer High School and guess who got it, O’Neil Blake, who is now in business with his father, a contractor. Lindsay Simpson, whose childhood idol was Coach Jett, is now playing pro-football with five broken toes and a broken arm like Jett who once played with five broken fingers. Vernon Swafford, with his delicate handwriting, is now in business making new one-dollar bills for the Treasury Department. We hope! Janet Marsh, whose love for a certain “Fryar,” has led her and her husband to buy and maintain the largest chicken farm in the South. Besides having fryers in the chicken coops they now have five little Fryars running around the house. The great predecessor of Flonty Flock, John Cranford is now burning up the speedways with his ’36 chartreuse and black Ford. Carolyn Alurra is now owner of the largest candy wholesale store in the country. A new university was named after her last year and this year she has been named “Aliss Candy Bar of ’61.” Rachel Lloyd’s ability to sell people things they don’t want has led her to selling the Eskimos refrigerators, ice cream, and French bathing suits. She is still engaged but can’t take time off from her duties to set the date. Norman (Lover Boy) Lovings is now getting the chance to show his love on the screen with such beauties as Shirley Temple, Elizabeth Taylor, and Margaret O'Brien. His latest picture was, “I WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU A RING, BUT I HEARD THERE WAS A TELE- PHONE STRIKE.” William DeLancey, who had a knack for managing things, especially girls, is now manager of the Park Avenue Alodeling Company in New York. William has never found a girl pretty enough for himself as of yet. 26