Buckingham Central High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Buckingham, VA)

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CLASS WILL We the Senior Class of Nineteen hundred and forty one, of Buckingham Central High School, State of Virginia, being of sound mind and good judgment, do make and declare this our last Will and Testament. To the faculty of B. C. H. S., we leave our deepest sympathy for their task during the years to come - that is, if the other classes are as troublesome as we were. To the Juniors we leave the privilege of being Seniors next year and our Senior English textbooks. To our underclassmen we leave the green grass, shrubs, and trees that we hope will some day be found on our lawn. I, D'Ella Rainey, do will and bequeath my acting ability to Beulah Rozell. We, Rufus and Junius Oliver, do will and bequeath our red hair to John Oliver and Tom Grigg. I, Edna Smith, do will and bequeath my knowledge of chemistry to Marietta Baird. We, Maude Jones and Celia Llewellyn, do will and bequeath our neatness to Mary Strausburg. I, Frances Kidd, to will and bequeath my sunny smile to Pearl LeSueur. I, Gertrude Charlton, do will and bequeath my black hair to Molly Winston Pearson. I, Christine Johnson, do will and bequeath my ability as a softball player to Winnie Davis. We, Cale Harvey and Elinor Purvis, do will and bequeath our high school romance to Nancy Agee and T. J. Bailey. I, Lacy Rush, do will and bequeath my long-occupied seat in English to Orson Gillispie I, Mary Emma Tapscott, do will and bequeath my spelling ability to Ruby Stowe. I, Ella Spencer, do will and bequeath my place on the honor roll to Ethel Kitchen. We, Richard Morgan and Ben Word Jr. de will and bequeath our ability to make chemistry experiments to Laurel Rigney and Iris Davis. I, Violet Lowe, do will and bequeath my Mae West figure to Doris Word. I, Evelyn Seay, do will and bequeath my make-up to Catherine Beatty. I, William Snoddy, do will and bequeath my ability in activities to Thornhill (Baby) Snoddy. I, Mable Wilkerson, do will and bequeath my good sportsmanship to Christine Cunningham, 22

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Miss D'Ella Rainey is now teaching art at Mary Washington College at Fredericksburg. Another member of our class who entered the teaching profession is Miss Evelyn Seay, now teaching the first grade at Dillwyn Virginia. Mr. Bobby Tapscott, a successful agricultural engineer of South Carolina, had with him his recent bride, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Word, Jr. came up from their Virginia Dairy Farm to be present at this reunion. Lieutenants Raymond Jamerson, Beverly Price, Cale Harvey and Clarence Phaup have recently been promoted for their distinquiched service in the air corps in the U. S. army. Mr. Eugene Davis, pilot of one of our great air liners, was present in the company of a charming young lady from Enonville, Miss Betty Jean Jones. She hed with her a friend, Miss Odelle Dunevant, secretary for a large business concern in Philadelphia. Mr. Harold Snoddy, Mr. Richard Gary, Mr. Frank Harris and Mr. Ivan Davis have recently received medals for their distinguished service as telephone operators in the rescue of the passengers and crew of the Roosevelt ship. Other members from our class who are telephone operators are: Miss Frances Kidd, Miss Lela Clabo, Miss Frances LeSue- ur, and Miss Frances Simmons. All of these are located at various points in the state of Virginia. Miss Nellie Maxey and Miss Mary Emma Tapscott have just received their B. A. degrees from University of Richmond. Later in the evening Miss Virginia Elcan, and Miss Mary Apperson, now home economic teachers in the State of Ohio, Miss Ruby Crews, and Miss Geraldine Flood, secretaries in the same state, sang a quartet, our old school song, Here's to Dear Old Central . During the evening the class was largely entertained by moving from table to table and discussing their good old school days and raising a general racket as they had always done when together. Couples danced to the strains of Billy Spencer's orchestra with William Snoddy playing the saxaphone; Calvin Blackwell, at the piano; Hay Baber, playing a guitar; Rufus Oliver, playing bass fiddle; and Junius Oliver playing the trombone. The motion was made and carried that the class of 1941 from the Buckingham Central High School have at least one reunion every five years throughout their lives. Mary Apperson Virginia Elcan rae

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I, Ivan Davis, do will and bequeath my manly beauty to James Rush, I, Gladys Moss, do will and bequeath my privileges as a Senior to Ealnor Shumaker. I, Leota Senger, do will and bequeath my seat beside Flood Harris to Ella Senger. I, Frank Harris, do will and bequeath my Ford to Carroll Gills to use for his numerous dates. I, Harold Snoddy, do will and bequeath my shortness to Clyde Davis. I, John Griffin, do will and bequeath my place on the basketball team to Ernest LeSueur. I, John Emert, do will and bequeath my place on the safety patrol to Lloyd Carter. I, Virginia Llewellyn, do will and bequeath my love affairs to Doris Robinson, I, Anderson Banton, do will and bequeath my place in the pitcher's box to George McLaughlin. I, Nancy Rushing, do will and bequeath to Grace Payne my interest in Monks Guthrie. I, Billy Spencer, do will and bequeath my geometry book to John Morgan Harris. I, Tom Fitzgerald, do will and bequeath to Nick Snoddy my ability to ignore the fair sex. I, Ruby Crews, do will and bequeath to Bessie Daye my ability to make eyes. I, Dorothy Rush, do will and bequeath my singing ability to Annie Gay Wood. I, Mamie Garland, do will and bequeath my blushes to Norma Allen, I, Betty Jean Jones, do will and bequeath my brown eyes to Doris Barwick. I, Maggie Dunevant, do will and bequeath my sunny smiles to Sarah Wright. I, Calvin Blackwell, do will and bequeath my bash- fulness to Robert Fitzgerald. I, Raymond Jamerson, do will and bequeath to Ted Bransford my respect for school rules. I, Martha Spencer, do will and bequeath my daintiness to Helen Baughan, I, Virginia Elcan, do will and bequeath my carefree ways to Lucy Bowling. We, Grace and Pauline McCraw, do will and bequeath our lady-like ways to Martha and Mary Kitchen, 25