Bethel High School - Key Yearbook (Bethel, NC)

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LAST WILL and TESTAMENT State of North Carol ina County of Pitt Township of Bethel High Village of Bethel Know ye by these presents that we, the Class of 19-49 of Bethel High School of Bethel, North Carolina, do hereby make this our last will and testament. Article I Section 1. We, the Senior Class, do will and bequeath our Senior privileges and responsibilities to the rising Senior Class. Sec. 2. To our parents we leave our great appreciation for the oppor¬ tunities they gave to us these twelve years. Sec. 3. To our principal, Mr. Latham and his family, best wishes for the coming years and our thanks for doing so much for our school. Sec. 4. To the faculty, our appreciation for their never failing efforts to help us, and also leave them with more plastic minds than some of us showed. Sec. 5. To Mr. Bell, we also leave our gratitude for his service to us during these four years. Article II Sec. 1. We. the Senior Class, leave our gratitude in behalf of the good meals Mrs. Hardy and her helpers prepared. Sec. 2. We, the Senior Class, leave to the Sophomore Class our ability to learn. Sec. 3. We, the Senior Class, leave to the incoming Freshmen some of the radiant beams of our faces, so there may be some brightness in the school in the future. Article III Sec. 1. I, Mack Whitehurst, leave my height to Cecil Simmons. Sec. 2. I, Louise Beverly, leave my place on the basketball team to Daphne Bowers. Sec. 3. I, Myrtle Manning, leave my talent of piano to Helen Griffin. Sec. 4. I, Jo Ann Crisp, leave-Jitterbugging! Sec. 5. I, Edsel Briley, leave my curly, wavy hair to W. R. Bullock. Sec. 6. We, Harold Whitehurst and Maurice Rollins, leave our studious¬ ness to Hilton Tetterton. Sec. 7. We, Celia Jane Allsbrook, Frances Rogerson, and Betty Lou McLawhon, leave our ability to be good wives to Mary Ella Moore. Sec. 8. I, Lorena Bailey, leave my wisecracks to Ralph Ford and Roy Whitehurst. Sec. 9. We, George Bowers and Claude Butler, leave—clutching our diplomas. Sec. 10. We, Doris Leggett and Irene White, leave in hysterics. Sec. II. I, Anne Whitehurst, leave my glasses to Thelma Grant. Sec. 12. I, Chicken” House, leave my place on the basketball team to Leroy White. Sec. 13. I, Patsy Rogerson, leave my sparkling personality to Louise Butler. Sec. 14. I, Bill Smith, just leave. Sec. 15. We, Dorothy Keel and Pauline Weathersby, leave quietly. SEC. 16. I, Jacqueline White, leave my working-girl’s ahility to Peggy Batchelor. Sec. 17. I, Edna Ruth James, leave my (auburn) hair to Elsie White¬ hurst.

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CLASS PROPHECY (Continued) I see a lot of different colored lights. It is Broadway and the Neon lights are very bright. I can see many names of people I know. Patsy Rogerson and Valeria Manning arc professional dancers in a night club. Myrtle Man¬ ning is the leader of an all-girl orchestra and the singer is none other than Anne Whitehurst, only now they call her Gloria White”. I am becoming so enthused and overjoyed I can hardly believe my eyes, but I keep seeing many things. ’Tis a ship ahead in a beautiful ocean. I mean it is beautiful and who could those people aboard be? Ah—there’s Edsel Briley, a noted writer, sitting on deck, and there is the captain who is none other than W. Z. Worsley with a pipe in his mouth—as u sual. Who is that pretty auburn- headed girl he’s talking to? It is Edna Ruth James and I understand she’s the ship’s dietitian. I remember how well she cooked when we were in High School together. In this vision I see Betty Lou McLawhon and Frances Rogerson put¬ ting out a big washing and they are talking over the back fence to Celia Allsbrook about Lois Mizelle who is now the wife of a prominent owner of a dry cleaning firm. Now I see many desks and chairs. Taking dictation from their bosses are Dorothy Keel, Frances Lewis, Betty Jean Wilson and Pauline Weathersby who, I might add, look mighty cute in their bosses’ luxuriously equipped offices. Wait! I see a spot trembling as if it were going to fall. Now I can see and understand why it is shaking. Lorena Bailey, the wife of a movie producer and one of his best stars, Merle Manning, are arguing with Doris Leggett, who has just been elected Miss America” of 1959. The vision is growing dim and there are two figures I can hardly make out. Why it is William Earl House, who is a big game football coach now, talking to Jacqueline White, the secretary for a sports writer of the New York Tribune. How dim it’s growing all the while! Before I knew it the fairy had disappeared and when I awoke I dis¬ covered it was only a dream, but I’m about convinced it is true. Won’t I have some interesting information to relate to my fellow classmates the next time I see them! I wonder if they will believe it or if they will only laugh it over. Let’s wait and see. MYRTLE MANNING Prophetess

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT (Continued) Sec. 18. I, Sam Keel, knock down only thirteen girls as I leave. Sec. 19. We, Frances Lewis and Betty J. Wilson, leave lueeine” oui shorthand books. Sec. 20. I, Merle Manning, leave my blond hair to Margaret Jones. Sec. 21. I, Earl Keel, leave my freckles to Edgar Barnhill and Edward Brown, (there are enough for both!) Sec. 22. I, W. Z. Worsley, leave my jitterbugging to C. D. Anderson. Sec. 23. I, Valeria Manning, leave my love-for-East View” to Mar¬ garet Manning. Sec. 24. I, Lois Mizelle, leave for E. C. T. C. Sec. 25. I, Thomas Whitehurst, leave my ability to cook to Frank Hemingway. Sec. 26. bookkeeping. Sec. 27. I, Dalton Rollins, leave to Cecil Jones and Ernest Scott my (It’ll take two to handle it.) I, William Keel, leave my job at Eas t View to James Knox. PATSY ROGERSON, Testator.