C H Friend High School - Chit Chat Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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192 CHIT-CHAT Rosa Ragland leaves her Valedictory address to John Brooks. May he have as much fun delivering it as she did. Margaret Stebbins leaves all the fun she has had holding class meeting and checking up invitations to the next Senior President. Ella Webb reluctantly leaves her love for Pretty Babies to Sarah Edmondson, who we are sure will have a quieting effect upon them. Lera Anderson leaves her attractive giggles to Louise Hen- derson. J , Dorothy Newcomb bestows upon John Blackwell her cute nickname, Dimpy. ' Wilbur Owen leaves his beautiful blushes to Mary Watkins. Dick Noblin wills his timid little laugh to Frank Sizemore. Frances Lantor leaves her great love of Algebra to Cary Stebbins. Doris Bane wills her ability to see into our future to- Doris Wood leaves her needles and thread used in Home Economics to Pearle Wechsler. Frances Bane bequeaths her unbroken flow of conversation to Louise Bennett. Ina Dun leaves her poetic genius to all budding rhyrnsters. 'race Blalock wills her permanent. wave to Freida Lantor. Nancy Patterson bequeaths upon Theresa Pence her en- viable ability to clog. Jesse Strickland leaves her hatred of playing the piano to Thelma Childress who does so love to practice. We, the class of 1927 do hereby declare this our very last will and testament. In witness whereof we hereunto set our seal this third day of June 1927. ' THOMAS TRAYNHAM Testator. MAC SWAIN Witnesses .' EDNA HAsH HANDLER AA V 4441.

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f H CHIT-CHAT 191 Tyree W1'ight bequeaths his long legs to Frances Moore- field. William VVatkins bequeaths his size to Little Emma Cole. Robert Reaves bestows upon Keith Elliott his exalted posi- tion of Assistant Bell Hop. ' Philip Johnson leaves his dislike of -grumbling to Martha Slate. L William Puryear bequeaths his intense hatred of studying to Tucker VVatkins who we fear is endangering his health by his long poring over books. Lessie Wilborn leaves her tongue to J. J. Lawson. Louise Anderson wills her seat in a 'gccrtainv car to who- ever applies. Janey Anderson bestows upon any girl who wishes them all of her letters that have a habit of coming to the school build- ing. V Mabel Blaekstock leaves her typical Southern drawl to Margaret Lasley, who insists upon talking so fast that she is absolutely unintelligible. 1 Virginia Crews leaves her fun of being sponsor to? Nathalie Farmer bequeaths her love for her friend Cicero to James Garrard. L Beryl Gordon bequeaths her extensive vocabulary to Byron Hubbard. Ruth Hale leaves her gray hairs, wrinkles and other signs of premature old age, caused by editing CHIT-CHAT to Vir- ginia Clarke, the assistant editor. Carolyn Hodges wills her seat in Detention Hall to William Waller with the hope that tardiness will not make his at- tendance in that august assemblage as regular as hers has been. I Margaret Moon bequeaths her grim and frowning facelto Arch. Johnston whose face is always wreathed in smiles.

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EXTRA PROPHECY OF CLASS OF 1927. Doris Banc The South Boston Herald August 13, l947 SOVTH BOSTON, VA. Price 281.50 STEBBINS ELECTED RESULTS CONFIRM POPULAR EXPECTATIONS VIRGINIA CONTRIBUTES ANOTHER LEADER TO OUR SHIP OF STATE Pretty little Miss Mar- garet Stebbins, Mugwvumps candidate, won the presiden- tial election by an overwhelm- ing majority, it was an- nounced at the Princess Theatre to-night. After a comparatively short but bril- liant career, the highest hon- or of the nation is conferred upon our South Boston po- litical leader. JUDGE MITCHEL GRANTS DIVORCE Halifax, Va., August 13. Judge John Mitchel granted a divorce to Countess Skilli- boochsly, before her marri- age Miss Janie Anderson. The lawyer for the plaintiff was Honorable IVilliam YVat- kins, of international re- pute. The grounds for grant- ing of the divorce was Un- likability. GENEROUS SUM DONATED TO G R E A T INSTITUTION Mr. Tyree NVrigh.t, emi- nent financier of South Bos- ton has come to the rescue! lle has donated 953.50 for the repair of Dorson College, Jay Long, Va., which was seriously damaged by fire last month. MAKES FLIGHT T0 PARIS New York. Aug, 13 The French Cable Company this morning received news that the renowned a e r 0 n a u t T h o IH a s Traynham had reached Paris well and hap- P.Y- i NEW TROLLEY CONDUCTOR APPOINTED Miss Louise Anderson has been made conductor of the South Boston-Halifax Trol- ley line. She has the honor of being the first woman trol- ley car conductor in Vir- ginia.