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

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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

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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, Dorothy Jenkins, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in public speaking to Margaret Lewis and hope she will enjoy it as much as I have. I, Mary Propst, do hereby will and bequeath my two and one-half inches over fiv e feet to Margaret King so she may be five feet two and half inches tall. I, Buddy Mundy, do hereby will and bequeath mytitle as the best-looking boy in the Senior Class to any Junior boy interested. I, Mary Frances Bassinger, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in Norris Dearmon ' s car to Ruby Lowder, my fondness of olives and doughnuts to Elizabeth Smith, and my love of Glenn Miller’s orchestra to Herman Hudspeth. I, Nell Price, do hereby will and bequeath my love of having a good time to Faynell Coley, hoping that she will enjoy her Senior year as much as I, and to Mary Lee Tesh and Opal Munday my seat in bookkeeping. I, Earl Correll, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to squirt water to Fredrick Glass. I, Marvoureen Puntch, do hereby will and bequeath my honor as cutest girl in the Senior Class, to Mary Levine Alexander, knowing that she deserves it more than I do. I, Frances Scarboro, do hereby will and bequeath my third period office job to Helen Harrington and hope she enjoys it as much as I have. I, Virginia Hartness, do hereby will and bequeath my seat at the piano to an up-coming Freshman, K. Lee Scott, hoping she will find it more comfortable than I did. She may also have my vestment, and I hope that she will get to wear it more than I did. I, Vessie Mae Chapman, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in algebra class to my younger brother, Ira, hoping that he will not be forced to occupy it as long as I did. I, Dorothy Pethel, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to have a good time during my Senior year to Norris Dearmon, hoping that he may have a better time (if that is possible). I, Cliff Fowler, do hereby wi ll and bequeath my ability to stay out of love to Violet Blackwelder and Willie Green Belk, hoping they will take advantage of it. I, Hoyle McCombs, do hereby will and bequeath my love for bookkeeping to Harold Puntch. I, Helen Towell, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to talk in Study Hall along with my good times in the past year, to my Freshman sister. Ruby Towell, hoping she will love Cannon High as well as I. I, Murray Jackson, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to insult Mrs. Neal and my affection for under- graduates (Freshmen especially) to Billy Robertson (although he needs neither). I, Shirley Tate, do hereby will and bequeath my blushing ability to Beulah Tate and Varina Barts, hoping it will not embarrass them as much as it has me. I, Elizabeth Smith, do hereby will and bequeath my old brown and white saddle shoes to Ruby Childers. “Now, Ruby, you had better keep them real white and don’t run the heels over, for I am entrusting them to you, so please don’t abuse them.” I, Hughlene Goodnight, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in the auditorium to Harold Barringer since he had to stand up practically all this year. Also my seat in the Glee Club to “Dot” Cadell. I, Leota Crenshaw, do hereby will and bequeath my column, “Campus Camera,” to my sister, Betty Sue, hoping that she can make it more interesting than I did. I, Bryant Allman, Jr., do hereby will and bequeath my ability to listen to symphonies to Frank Perry. I, Lillian Cassell, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to finish high school in four years to my brother, Charlie. I, Janis Dawn Day vault do hereby will and bequeath my dimples to my sister, Juanita, hoping that she will carry my smile on through her years in Cannon High, and my very best wishes to Cannon High and the on- coming Senior Class. I, Jack “Gob” Scarboro, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get along with Miss Alexander to Bill Byrd, seeing that he needs it. I, Ruby Morgan, do hereby will and bequeath my long fingernails to Dorothy Hampton, hoping that she will not bite them off as she does her own. I, Lois Gray, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in chapel to Garland “Gabby” Donaldson, hoping he will get to use it some day. I. Dorothy Walters, do hereby will and bequeath my height to Frances Daves, hoping that with her own and mine she will be quite a moderate young girl. On this the eighteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and fortieth year of our Lord, I do hereby declare this to be the Last Will and Testament of the before said Senior Class of nineteen hundred and forty in the pres- ence of witnesses. Testator JAMIMA POWELL Witnesses BOBBY McCLARY — HORACE ROBERTSON 30