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

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I, Garleen Pennington, do hereby will and bequeath my long hair and finger nails, to Nola Nichols as her’s seem to be stunted in growth. I, Harold Patterson, do hereby will and bequeath my love for Carolina and hatred for Duke to Anna Ruth Scott; may she carry on where I left off. I, Nancy Lee Long, do hereby will and bequeath my red hair to Edna Mae Sims in hopes it will grow more for her than it has in the past for me. I, Mike York, do hereby will and bequeath my job as business manager for the subscription campaign to Reid Lemly in hopes that he can make up the additional seven hundred and fifty dollars necessary to get the com- munication system. I, Clarence Pitts, do hereby will and bequeath my speed in center field and weakness at the bat to Lester Brown; more power to you, Lester. I, Martha Louise Goodnight, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in Miss Gray’s English class to Mildred Taylor, hoping she accomplishes more good than I did and my love for basketball to Janie Goodnight. I, Forrest Thomas Mahaffey, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in typing to Durwood Bost and hope that he will keep it warm as I did. I, Ruby Styles, do hereby will and bequeath my red hair to Frances Barbee. I, Frances Powell, do hereby will and bequeath my love for French to Julia Anne McKnight and hope she will continue to like it as much as I. I, Margaret Hess, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to take my vacation in summer school to Mary Lee Tesh, since she has a perfect record so far, and my love for tall blond boys to “Dot” Benson. I, Dorothea Lee Cloninger, do hereby will and bequeath my love of band music, especially Cannon High Band, to “Dot” Benson hoping that she continues to like it as much as I have. I, Robert Poston, do hereby will and bequeath all of the “blessing outs” that I received while on the clean- up committee, to the very able chairman of the before mentioned committee, Wylie Yarborough. I, W. A. Ritchie, Jr., do hereby will and bequeath my acting ability to Harvey Turner, Jr.; my ability to know all the good-looking girls, but to have one favorite, to Bud Brown. I, Hoyle Efird, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to annoy girls to John MacDonald and may he make a better job of it than I have. I, Eunice Lovette, do hereby will and bequeath without reluctance to Christine Troutman, two pounds of my excess weight that I have tried so hard to lose climbing the steps to Miss Gray’s English class, and my love for music to “Lib” Goodnight, hoping she will be in the Girl’s Glee Club in the near future. I, Bernice Winecoff, do hereby will and bequeath my V-8 Ford to Clinton Parker, hoping he will have better luck with it than I did. I, Thelma Furr, do hereby will and bequeath my K. H. S. songbird voice to Rosemary Godrey, hoping she will get as many praises as I did. I, Frederick Brown, do hereby will and bequeath the honor of living “fartherest” down Main Street to Harry Hastings, hoping that thumb will get him to school more promptly than mine did. I, Doris Lindsay, having no special attributes, bequeath my best wishes to the students and teachers of Cannon High School. I, Harold Belk, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to sling hamburgers to Melvin Faggart. I, Ann Ketchum, do hereby will and bequeath my nickname, “Go Getum,” to Irene Shaver, seeing that she needs it to add to her list. I, Donald Laws, do hereby will and bequeath my height to Norman Hamrick, hoping he can use it in play- ing basketball. I, Helen Sides, do hereby will and bequeath my love for the library to Rea Huss, knowing that she will need to use it next year. I, Ruth Cannon, do hereby will and bequeath my monitor seat to my brother Richard, and my ambition to play tennis to Frances Daves, knowing she will carry on my desire. I, Hazel Lewis, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to sing in a trio to my sister, Helen. I, Louise Sides, do hereby will and bequeath my Glee Club vestment to Bonnie Beck, hoping she will enjoy singing as much as I have. I, Laura Moone, do hereby will and bequeath my naturally curly hair to Vivian Hampton, hoping that she will not have to roll it every night. I, Ronald Huss, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to swing on the cornet to Arthur Wooten, hoping that he will be a great success. hs 28

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I, Nay Delle Mattox, do hereby will and bequeath my ability of riding a bicycle to Miss Killian, hoping she will get as much enjoyment out of riding as I have. I, Vencie Nichols, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in chapel to Blondene Spry, hoping she enjoys it as much as I have. I, Helen Alexander, do hereby will and bequeath my position as typist on the Cannon Report staff to Kath- leen Carter and my ability to make “A” on conduct to my brother, Troy. I, Dorothy Ann Bell, do hereby will and bequeath my office as news editor of the Cannon Report to Mary Ethel Foster, hoping she will enjoy reporting and writing news as I have. I, John Perry, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to chew chewing gum in Miss Gray’s English class without getting caught to W. D. McDuffie. I, Lorene Free ze, do hereby will and bequeath my position on the basketball team to Anne Byrd, hoping she will have good times, as I did. I, Gaynelle Cooke, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play romantic and sentimental parts in plays to Lennie Tillie, since she likes that kind, but never gets them. I, Homer Fisher, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to bum cigarettes to Hugh “Diz” Leazer. I, Charles Alexander, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to pass English under Miss Gray, to Roy “Bruer” Deaton, who thinks English is an easy subject. I, Luella Winecoff, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to not skip classes to Phyllis Cooke, Gaynell Grayson, and Katherine Winecoff. I, Louise (Dick) Dayvault, do hereby will and bequeath my dark complexion to Mable Echerd, hoping that she will receive as many compliments on it as I. I, Virginia Collins, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to comb Margaret Biles’s hair to suit her to Fay- nelle Christy, so she can comb it for her next year. I, Paul Upright, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to sleep on class to Harold Hinson, hoping that he will be as successful as I have been. I, Mary Alice Beaver, do hereby will and bequeath my red suit to Betty Jean Puntch hoping it will brighten her next three years as it hasn’t mine. I, Mary Earley, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get out of first period class to go to town to Doylan Walsh, hoping she will enjoy it as much as I have. I, Clyde Hudspeth, do hereby will and bequeath my nickname, “Tex,” to all prospective cowboys and my appreciation for western movies to Charles Dees. I, Claude Moss, do hereby will and bequeath my good looks and singing ability to Mr. Paul Hudson. I also leave my ability to learn bookkeeping to Harold Brandon Puntch and John Remo Teague, Jr. I, Karl Fisher, do hereby will and bequeath my inability to pass French I and II to Bill (Foo) Whitley. 1, Maxine Lumsden, do hereby will and bequeath my position as president of Miss Whitley’s home room to Ralph Barnhart. I, Carl Fisher, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to resist the temptation of staying out of school to Gene Efird, for he can use it. I, Carol Overcash, do hereby will and bequeath my ability (?) to get in an argument with Mr. Hudson to Junior Sloop. I, G. F. Coble, do hereby will my dumbness in history to Charles Misenheimer and hope he can get by as I did. I, Mary Belle Cashion, realizing that my school days are closely drawing to an end, do hereby will and be- queath my ability to pass all subjects to Harold Teague. I, Margaret Goodman, do hereby will and bequeath my freckles, red hair, and turned up nose to Edna Mae Sims. I, Laura Lewis, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to keep my hair rolled to Cleo Ketner and to Farrell Roberts my ability to get to class on time. I, Leona Graybeal, do hereby will and bequeath my beloved nickname, “Bright Eyes,” to Annie Ruth Brinkley and my ability to warm the bench in all sports to E. F. DeMarcus, Jr., hoping he will have as much fun as I have. I, Sarah Helms, do hereby will and bequeath my nickname, “Harpy,” along with my height to Ruth Mc- Bride, hoping she will enjoy them as much as I have in the past. I, Robert Harmon, do hereby will and bequeath my love for speeding to Lester Brown, and hope that he gets by as long as I have without breaking his neck. r k 27

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I, Frank Smith, do hereby will and bequeath my few scattered brains to my brother, Ben, for I know he can use them. I, Sarah Scarboro, do hereby will and bequeath my curls to Loma Griffin, hoping she won ' t have much trouble keeping hers curled. I, Sarah Henry, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to talk in study hall to Reid Lemly and “Buck” Miller, knowing that they are very bashful boys. I, Ruby Lunsford, do hereby will and bequeath my “Scarlett O ' Hara” figure to Anna Ruth Scott, and my love for “Pontiacs” to anyone that loves them as much as I do. I, Ruth Carter, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in chapel to Helen Harrington, hoping she won’t change as often as I have. I, Ray Lamb, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in French to any dumb person who might get it. My French book must be given to someone who is smart to make up for the past which has been very bad. In order that my wittiness may be kept among the Julias, I, Julia Mills Driver, do hereby will and bequeath it to Julia Anne McKnight. I would also like to will my nerve for talking both publicly and conversationally, to Charles Ferguson. I, Marvelle Teal, do hereby will and bequeath my shortness of statue to Ralph “Shorty” Barnhardt, and my long straight hair to Ruby Chi lders, hoping she can keep it rolled better than I have done in the past. I, Harold Sides, do hereby will an bequeat my ability to get math to my sister, Lillian, hoping she will be able to get it by herself. I, Bobby McClary, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get along with Mr. Dupree to Junior Griffin and Howard Deaton. I, Myra Wilson, being possessed of nothing of any particular value do hereby will and bequeath my love for the Cannon Report to anyone whose emotions can stand it. I, Joe Douglas, Jr., do hereby will and bequeath my one curl to my kid brother, Billy, hoping he can keep it in place better than I can. I, James Edward McCall do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get to school on time to Hugh Leazex-, a rising sophomore, in hope that he will not be tardy so much of the time. I, Avanell Willeford, do hereby will and bequeath my love for the principal to Jerl Dean Julian, hoping that she is more successful in her Senior year than I have been, and my love for eating and sleeping on class goes to Farrel Roberts. I, C. L. Maulden, do hereby will and bequeath my love for music to Feldman Corn, and I hope that he enjoys music in high school as I have. I, Gaither Critz, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to change Mr. Dupree’s mind to Lester Griffin, Jr., hoping that it will be as beneficial to him as it has to me. I, Jim Russell, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get back on the basketball team after being kicked off to Bill Byrd, hoping that he doesn’t have to use it as much as I did. I, Blonnie Pethel, do hereby will and beq ueath my love for Salisbury to Alice Stevens, since she likes it as much as I. I, Hazel Karriker, do hereby will and bequeath my slimness to Cornelia Hess. I, Edward Osborne, do hereby will and bequeath my four, and only four, successful schools years and my ability to play baseball to my brother, 0. C. I, J. C. Safrit, do hereby will and bequeath my way with the girls to Jimmy Nolan, seeing that he needs it. My ability to pass second year Latin (the second year) goes to Clinton Parker. I, Bertha Freeman, do hereby will and bequeath my freckles to Faynell Christy. I, Sarah Deal, do hereby will and bequeath my smallness to Anna Ruth Scott, and my good times and luck to Ruby Childers. I, Ann Lynn MacDonald, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to argue with and provoke Mr. Hudson, to Fred and Robert. I, Ethel Rogers King, do hereby will and bequeath my long strolls during the lunch period to Mrs. Oehlei’. I, Mary Elizabeth Johnson, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in chapel to Hazel Gatton, hoping she will like it as much as I. I, Ernestine Price, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to type to Daisy Ruth Nash and my love for basket- ball to Edward Henderson. I, Elliotte Brown, do hereby will and bequeath my pi ' ivilege to come to school late to Earl Helms, so that he may be able to get the extra hour’s sleep. % ri? ' ' 29