Cannon High School - Cannon Report Yearbook (Kannapolis, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the members of the Senior Class of 1940, being of sane mind and body, void of any threatening weakness or insanity, but realizing the uncertainty of our earthy existence, and wish to avoid any disturbance on the part of any inheritant heirs, do hereby, collectively and individually, will, bequeath, grant, bestow, and give the following gifts in the manner and form following: Item I To the members of the Junior Class we gladly and willingly bequeath the Senior expenses and few privileges, hoping that they can meet both with a smile. Item II To the school we leave our faculty advisors and our ability to find two sides to any and every question. Item III To the teachers and principal we leave our respect and desire that next year students will study harder than we and keep up the school spirit. Item IV To the Individuals: I, Mildred Heintz, do hereby will and beaqueath my wit to Hamilton Carery, hoping he will get by with it as I have. I, Alta Linn, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to keep out of trouble in study hall (by going into the library) to Ruth McBride, hoping that she will soon learn how to behave. I, J. W. Nelson, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to keep my name off Mr. Dupree’s “black list” to Carl Grady, hoping he will make use of it as I have. I, Jack “Mog Wau” Bassinger, son of “Doc,” do hereby will and bequeath my ability as most athletic boy to A. D. Strieker; my ability to write and give corny plays to Tommy Hallman, and if Carl Grady is still in school, I would like to drop the title, wittiest, to him. I, Jamima Powell, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to make love like the Irish to Mr. McCarns, but if he finds out that he really doesn’t need it, he may pass it on to Miss Gray so that she can show the next Irish character in one of her plays how to act. I, Nan Carroll Dulaney, do hereby will and bequeath my southern accent to Lester Griffin, Jr., and hope he enjoys having it as much as he has enjoyed teasing me about it. I, Doris Faggart, do hereby will and bequeath my love for taking and keeping up with the session house minutes to Frances Daves and my curly hair to Julia Anne McKnight. I, Virginia Law, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to make “A” on conduct, in spite of talking, to Robert Hobbs and Clinton Parker, knowing that they are forev er getting sent out of Mrs. Lewis’s English class for talking. I, Charlie Hunt, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to spell to Dick Osborne. I, Grover “Hoby” Ellison, do hereby will and bequeath my talking ability to “Gabby” Donaldson. I, Mary Cline, do hereby will and bequeath my most adorable and mighty ignorant nickname, “Poodle,” to Kat Deal, that she may be called a little dog. I, Edith Oates, do hereby will and bequeath my love for Mrs. Lewis’s study halls to Virginia Workman, hoping she might be in there in both her Junior and Senior years as I was. I, George Russell, do hereby will and bequeath my paying attention in Miss Gray’s English class to Howard “Moon” Deaton, fearing he needs it. I, La Nell Schuckle, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to make good grades in senior home economics to Evelyn McCall, and I hope she will be as successful as I was. I, Christine Dees, do hereby will and bequeath my long finger nails to Jimmy Bost, hoping he will profit by them. I, Ralph Hoke, do hereby will and bequeath my love for bookkeeping to Harold Brandon Puntch, and my ability to get along with Mrs. Jackson to Grey Roberts. I, Lucille Menscer, do hereby will and bequeath my tallness to Ralph Mann, hoping he will profit as much as I. I, Clarence Walker, do hereby will and bequeath my great ability to warm the bench in sports to Jason Honeycutt. I, Horace Robertson, do hereby will and bequeath my absent-mindedness to Mr. Dupree, believing that a little more won’t hurt him. r ' i ?.t p f r b 25

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Dorothea Cloninger, Mary Cline, and Mary Early are now famous promoters of safety. They preach safety, teach safety, practice safety, and give safety demonstrations to anyone who appears to be interested, while Elliott Brown is now the pastor of a church in New England. Garleen Pennington now owns a most outstanding beauty salon on 52nd Street. She has employed Hughleen Goodnight, Christeen Dees, Sarah Henry, and Helen Tow ell as her beauty operators. A famous lecturer of the world on “Life Begins at 20” and who tours the continent is Lorene Freeze who has as her companions and helpers, Luella Winecoff and Louise Sides. Vessie Chapman is the famed author of the book “How to Hold a Man,” which is very popular. The women of America literally fight for the copies. Robert Harmon and Clyde Hudspeth are the publicity managers and are kept busy night and day. Sarah Deal has gone into the field of interior decorating while Mary Bell Cashion speaks to all the little children of America on a most interesting subject, “Why Birds Build Nests.” Serving as her managers and handling her fan mail are Ruby Styles and Sarah Scarboro. Dorothy Pethel is employed by a Hollywood fii ' m as chief salesman for the new “Oomph” perfume which is endorsed by Ann Sheridan, while Lillian Messer has turned out to be the world’s greatest toe dancer. Ann Ketchum and Gladys Lear have invented a “Grow Tall Tonic” which is very popular throughout the country. Its great success is probably due to the efficient publicity managed by Clarence Walker. Mary Frances Bassinger entered the Ziegfeld Follies after finishing school and Maurvoreen Puntch became the Paris buyer for an exclusive dress shop in New York. Margaret Hess turned out to be a policewoman and is now serving on the New York police force. (She gets her man.) Ola Mae Barbee is a very successful actress on Broadway with her managers, Frank Smith and Vencie Nich- ols while Bryant Allman is a very distinguished piano player and often plays for the crowned heads of Europe. Ernestine Price and Leota Crenshaw are managing a dress shop in Alabama and serving as their sales girls and models are Arietta Johnson, Bertha Freeman, and Pauline Stewart. Now Forest Mahaffey has never married but has remained a bachelor in spite of the fortune inherited from his rich relatives. He prefers the life of a simple bachelor with a book, gun, dog, and a fishing pole. Sarah Yates is very happy because she has become the only thing in life that she desired to be, a missionary to China. She took along with her Edith Oates, Laura Moon, and Mary Propst, to help her in this great work. Paul Kearns has become one of the world’s most outstanding specialists and the folks pay him a fortune just to hear him tell them to eat less and exercise more. Ruth Carter is employed as his most capable nurse. (Mr. Kearns is a very accomplished “Penny Magician” on the sideline, and he entertains his little patients in this manner.) Clarence Pitts and Clarence Randolph, after leaving school got smart and invented a contraption for piping home all the oil under the North Pole. Naturally they became immensely wealthy, retired and at the present have taken up golf. Suddenly I realized that this was all of my classmates that graduated in the class of ’49 and I was very startled to see next the vague image of my own face! I had been permitted to know the future of all my class- mates; and now only my fate remained. What would it be? Eagerly I leaned forward to gain a clearer view of my activities in the future when CRASH!!! and I realized that I was being soused with water, and also I was back in the circus. People were talking very loudly, a man was trying to push the crowd back so I could get some air. Suddenly and a little foolishly I realized that I had run into the mirror and had been knocked out, also I was very disappointed because I knew that my future must remain unknown. But at the same time I was very happy to think that all of my former classmates were so successful and K. H. S. should be very proud of each member of the class of ’40 because each and every one has made a name for himself in the world. DORIS FAGGART, Prophetess. 24

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I, Sarah Elizabeth Yates, do hereby will and bequeath my dignity to Frances Daves, hoping that she may be the most dignified student in the Senior Class. I, Pauline Stuart, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in chapel to my sister, Edith, hoping she will be a Senior by and by. I. Lillian Messer, do hereby will and bequeath my “little brown moccasins” to Collene Sigmon hoping that she gets home at lunch-time as fast as I did. I, Edith Holloway, do hereby will and bequeath my fat to Anna Ruth Scott, hoping it won’t get in her way as much as it has mine. (With the consent of my friend, J. D. McCorkle) I, William Gibbons, do hereby will our ability to eat apples during homeroom period to each and every Junior. I, J. D. McCorkle, do hereby will by ability to chew gum in 4th and 5th periods to Billy Kiser. I, Ola Mae Barbee, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to go skating at least twice a week to Hazel Felker, knowing she enjoys it as much as I. I, Ruth Torrence, do hereby will and bequeath, my ability to drive my (“dad’s”) car and take players to all the basketball games; to Jo Suma Lindsay, hoping that she will have as much fun as I did, and to J. W. Cannon High School, my best wishes for the oncoming years. I, Marjorie Teal, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to keep pleats pressed in my skirt to Helen Sloop and Mildred Taylor. I, Julius Lewis, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to go through the 11th grade without skipping a class, to Harvey Turner. I, Helen Brown, do hereby will and bequeath the honor of being the most athletic girl in the Senior Class to Faynelle Coley, and to Frances Daves, my ability to play basketball and softball, knowing that she would love playing both sports. I, Frankie Patterson, do hereby will and bequeath my love for “Duke” to Anna Ruth Scott, knowing it will increase her love for “Duke” not a bit, and to my little sister. Dot. I will and bequeath the great name of “Carolina” hoping that she will love it as I have. I, J. E. Wise, do hereby will and bequeath my times and my old “jallopy” to Henry Lee Moses, hoping the best of luck to him. I, Coralie Roberts, do hereby will and bequeath my height to Frances Daves, in case she ever needs it. I, Estelle Peele, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to translate Latin (?) to all Juniors planning to take it, knowing how much they will need it before graduating. I, Gladys Lear, do hereby will and bequeath my slender waist-line to Anna Ruth Scott, hoping it will be of advantage to her, also my nickname. Shorty, to Tommy Hallman. I, Jackie Rogers, do hereby will and bequeath my black hair and brown eyes to Mary Frances Overcash, who is always wishing for black hair and brown eyes. I, Mable Stirewalt, do hereby will and bequeath my office in Hi-Y to anyone interested, hoping they will enjoy that club as much as I. I, Wynema Honeycutt, do hereby will and bequeath my nickname, “Cedar Chest,” given me by Alfred Morgan, back to him. I, Betty Ross Dellinger, do hereby will and bequeath both of my Glee Club vestments in the alto section to Mary Margaret Helms, hoping that she will be able to wear them, and my position of cheerleader to Mary Louise Dellinger, wishing that some day she may have the honor of being head cheerleader. To Cannon High, my best wishes. I, Paul Rutherford Kearns, do hereby will and bequeath to Julia Ann McKnight my position as president of the Student Body, my Senior dignity to Bobby Ridenhour, and my very best wishes to Cannon High. I, Annie Reece, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get along with bashful people to Ruth Gardner, and my walking companion and brother, Charles, to Imogene Poteat. I. Clarence Randolph, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to stay in school so many years to Alfred Morgan, so that he may grow up during that time. I, Lucille Safrit, do hereby will and bequeath my usual tardiness to Edith Stuart, hoping that she is as success- ful as I in evading detention hall. I, Dorothy Mae Murph, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to day dream to Mr. Hudson’s classes, and get by with it, to Creola Durham. I. Ruby Rogers, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to be quite in class to Mary Alice Smith, hoping that she will use it to her best advantage. 26