Charlotte Technical High School - Technique Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT State of North Carolina ) County of Mecklenburg j Charlotte Technical High School City of Charlotte ) We, the Senior Class of nineteen hundred and forty-one, of Tech High School, being sound in mind and having completed our high school education, do hereby make our last will and testament. Article I To Miss Clegg and Miss Kittles, we wish to leave our deep appreciation for their patience and guidance and all that went to make our senior year a successful one. To Mr. Selby and the other members of the faculty, we leave our love and respect. Article II To the class of 1 942 , we leave our senior dignity, and the honor of publish- ing a 1942 Technique. To the Sophomores, we bequeath our good looks and good grades. To the Freshman class, we leave our best wishes for their future success. To the Sub-Freshmen, we leave our cooperative spirit and, most of all, our sympathy. Article III The individual Seniors, each having fond memories and recollections, do hereby bequeath with sorrow, all their priceless possessions. Fred Shu wills his leadership and aptness of thought to Charles Bradshaw, and to Louise McCall his ability to jitterbug. Pat Brinkley leaves to Willene Worrell her happy disposition and her position as cheerleader. William (Forty) Lyles wills to Jack Holleman his ambition to be a golf pro. To Peggy Simpson and Billie Helms, Dot Fisher leaves her sportsmanship. Anarah James wills her happy-go-lucky attitude to Jean Sherrill and Mary Alyce Broome. Herschal Shore leaves his ability to pop chewing gum in Study Hall to Frances Smith. Kathleen Williams leaves to Elizabeth Purser and Doris Brown her attractive appearance. Frances Lundy bequeaths her title as the Best Looking Girl in the Senior Class to Sadie Carnes. Carrie Sinclair leaves to Betty Jean Ridenhour her talented ability as a pianist. Forest Scarborough bequeaths his senior dignity to Marjorie Helms and Madge Bright. Lawson Threatt wills his big feet to Floward Worrell and his ambitious nature to Thomas McCall. Helen Torrence reluctantly bequeaths her front seat in shorthand to Ray House. James Reynolds leaves his masculine nature to Lewis Moser. Page Sixteen

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Josephine Sykes and Helen Torrence, clever and celebrated piano players, have been caressing the ivories to the tunes written by the composers, Helen Hall and Evelyn Horton, who rate tops in the music world. Ruby Kiser and Elizabeth Lindsay are making record- ings with Jack Moyle and his orchestra. Catherine McCall is chin deep in her business of designing gowns for Paramount Studios. Helen Wood, the famous journalist, and Rubye McKnight, society editor of the newspaper owned by Wilburn Putnam, are vacationing together in the paradise of Hawaii. Eliza- beth Sanders is Mr. Putnam ' s private secretary. I see Lucille Parker hurrying home from her secretarial duties in the office of Van Sanders, the crack auto mechanic, to pretty herself for a date with Asa McNeely, financier and so-called “King of Wall Street.” A deep search into the clouds of the future finds Elizabeth Craig skating to her heart ' s content on her own skating rink. I see William Lyles trying to convince Elizabeth that his credit is good until Tuesday for a pair of skates and a soft cushion. Three of the class of ’41 have become teachers. Evelyn Russell is teaching dancing at her private school. Virginia Pendleton and Ellen Scarborough have joined the faculty of Tech High School, Virginia as athletic instructor, and Ellen as World History teacher. With this last revelation, I put away my crystal and settle down in my easy chair, confident in my mind that my prophecies will come true. I do not ask you to believe all I have said ; I only ask you to wait and see. I do not guarantee the successes and achievements of the class —I only give my version of the future; because 1 believe that this class, as a whole, will succeed and will step into some of the most prominent positions in the nation’s industry. Bobby Hattrick, Class Prophet. Page Fifteen

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Helen Hall wills her huge frame to Margaret Grass. Lib Craig leaves her school spirit to Ray Selvey. Whit Davis leaves his “way with the ladies to Roy Lee Barbee; and his foot- ball ability to Henry Barr. Ruby Kiser bequeaths her “gift of gab” to Lottie Mae Griffith. Bobby Hattrick wills his wise cracks to Marcus Yandle and hopes someone will laugh at Marcus; Bobby couldn ' t succeed. Rubye McKnigbt reluctantly bequeaths to LeVerne Jones her vocal cords; and to the Editor - in - Chief of the 1942 TECHNIQUE, her newly acquired wrinkles and gray hair. Jack Moyle gladly gives his English grades to Harold Kimmons. George Seib leaves his artistic ability to Edwin Kerr. Virginia Pendleton wills to Anne Lewis Helms her gym suit and hopes that Anne doesn ' t get lost going in or out. Lucille Parker wills to Miriam Smith her height, hoping that she will not cast any s hadows. Evelyn Russell leaves her ability to dress appropriately to Virginia Belk. Ellen Scarborough bequeaths her tact to Dorothy Carpenter. Wilburn Putnam leaves his excessive tallness to Louise Wicker. Earl White wills his business ability to Sara Ruth Brown. To Peggy Pope, Josephine Sykes wills her alert mind. Bill Leister wills his seriousness to Carl Hice and David Holmes. Mary Bailes leaves her A s in English to Joyce Crenshaw. Van Sanders bequeaths his knowledge of automobiles to Douglas Austin and George Hagler. Raymond Abbot leaves his orator ' s ability to James Ferguson. Elizabeth Lindsay wills her neatness to Juanita Lackey. Asa McNeely leaves to R. C. Navy his distinction of being the best-dressed senior boy. Clarence Cobb wills his afternoon job to William Thomas. Helen Wood wills her idealistic mind to Edith Pope and her wit to Bette Wentz. To Mirah Robertson and Hazel Jenkins, Reppie Mae Buckaloo leaves her position as dish washer in the cafeteria. Catherine McCall wills her seat in the fifth period “bull session to Ruby Harding. To Joe Brackett, Marvin Nipper wills his curly hair and to H. P. Roberts his title of being the cutest boy in the Senior Class. Evelyn Horton bequeaths to Ruth Dunn and Ruth Selvey her pretty clothes. Lib Sanders leaves her quiet and wistful attitude to Virginia Williams, Lura Simpson, and Alice Horne. We, the members of the Senior Class of Tech High School, have put our hands and seals on this, the nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-one. (Signed) Marvin NIPPER, Class Lawyer. Signed, sealed, and published in the presence of; Rubye McKnight, Eari. White. Patricia Brinkley. Page Seventeen