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

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT State of North Carolina County of Mecklenburg ; Charlotte Technical High School City of Charlotte ) We, the senior class of nineteen hundred and forty-three of Tech High School, being sound of mind and having completed our high school education, do hereby make our last will and testament. Article I To our teachers we leave the school and all therein and hope they will do by the following class as well as they have done by us. To Miss Wheeler, Mrs. Davidson, and Miss Balle we leave our sincere thanks for the help they have given us in working on the 1943 TECHNIQUE. Article II To the class of 1 944 we leave our places as dignified seniors and sincerely hope that they may have a 1 944 T ECHNIQUE. To the sophomores, we leave our good reputation in school. To the freshmen, we leave all our troubles. To the sub-freshmen, we leave our years of hard work. Article III In addition to these general bequests we would like especially to remember certain of our needy friends. Martha Wright leaves her blonde beauty and good acting ability to Betty Bowers and hopes that Betty will continue to make good use of them. Earl Sechler wills to Carl Sawyer all his girls with broken hearts and an extra jazz bow. George Smith leaves to Johnny Pyron his name as the wittiest boy in the senior English class and to Envoy Nance his position as president of the senior class. Roy Berry wills his studiousness to Holland Hargett. Wilford Kistler leaves all his nice clothes to Van Polk and hopes that they fit. Mack Moyle wills to “Chunk Helms his popularity and also his place on the All-Star Football Team if he will grow a little taller. Oten Sanders bequeaths his dignity to Ralph Wall. Delora Adams leaves her dignity to Annie Wylie and advises her to learn to stand on her head. George Belk leaves his old book reports to C. C. Tyler so that he won’t have to work so hard next year. Regina Barbee wills her ability to sell stationery to Glenn Youngblood. Aileen Ewing leaves her athletic ability to Dot Moser and her dark make- up to Bruce Tucker. Benny Shaw wills his good looks to Howard Moore. To Glaydeese Reeves, Doris Stutts leaves her sweet disposition. Ruth Rowland leaves her position as cheerleader to Peggy Thomas and her new gray hairs to the Editor-in-Chief of the 1944 TECHNIQUE. Lois Rushing wills to Geraldine Troutman her skating boots, including the red shoe strings. Juanita Propst leaves her second year shorthand book to Clarence Pope. Joshua Shields wills his sincerity to Hudson Favell.

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prise, the afternoon ' s concert is by Lois Rushing, soloist, and Betty Fulbright, accompanist. As I go from the hotel, I meet Nettie Stevens coming out with all her former charm and dignity. Edna Wright, who has also ven- tured into matrimony, is waiting for Nettie in her new limousine. In the lobby stands Dorothy Torrence, with her usual convincing argument, selling a Frigidaire to Janie Hall, proprietor of the South ' s finest Woman’s Store. She tells me interesting news. Attorney Murphy Mauney is prosecuting Janette Mims on a charge of speeding; however, James Stevens, in his talkative manner, is testi- fying for her. Peggy Huff is a nurse in a hospital, giving aid and comfort to her patients. She is associated with head nurse, Mildred McDonald, who is connected with Mayo Brothers in Rochester, Minn. Together we visit the Green Frog, Irvine Hager’s book store. She tells with enthusiasm of Juanita Propst’s latest book, School Days.” After leaving Cleveland, we window shop. In passing a news- paper office I see a telegram posted outside. It reads as follows: Mack Moyle accepts position as Harvard Coach.” While standing there, who should come up but Margaret Edge? She is leaving tomorrow for her honeymoon cruise around the world in her husband’s private yacht, “Queen Charlotte.” Before leaving, Margaret presents us with a morocco-bound copy of “Who’s Who in America.” We hastily scan it. Regina Barbee is the world’s wealthiest woman financier; Harriet Williams is ranked as one of the foremost car- toonists in America. Margaret says that Evelyn Taylor and Syvella Helms are running a florist shop. Daphne James, representing the English department of Columbia University, is to discuss before the assembly her latest book on “How to Make English Easy.” As we walk on. I see a crowd gathering around Trinity church. A wedding is in progress. At last, the bride comes! I can’t believe my eyes! It is Mildred Stegall. Who is the groom ? But it is too late: I can no longer distinguish the characters in this scene. Just at this time I walk up from my long slumber and realize that it has all been only a dream. Mrs. Kistler is looking at me in a disgusted manner. Alas! she speaks, “George, if it is not asking too much of you, will you point out the adjective clause in sentence number nine on page forty-two.” But who knows — maybe dreams come true. George Smith, Class Prophet.

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Stanley Wisdom leaves his ability to get along so well with the girls to Buddy Jones. Worth Austin wills his neatness to Buford Mason. Tom Brown leaves to G. L. Russell an old barrel so that he may be well dressed too. To Allen Locke, Horace Boger leaves his tininess. Murphy Mauney wills to Walter Shannon his winning smile. Robert Wentz leaves his place as cutest boy in the senior class to Luther Buckaloo. Ernest McSwain wills his afternoon job to James Horne. Jimmy Kerley leaves his blue and gold sweater to Glenn Hopkins so that he may have plenty of school spirit. Peggy Huff wills the latest comic book to Catherine Balowsky. Max Cobb leaves his plaid sweater to Nick Putnam. James Stevens leaves to James Craddock a part in the school play next year. Rebecca Martin wills her dislike for work to Gretchen Carson. Edna Wright leaves her love for the navy to John Conder. for she knows he will make a handsome sailor. Billy Plummer leaves his car, tires and all, to Ralph Hartsell. Daphne James leaves her speed in typing to Boyce Geer. Nettie Stevens leaves her name as the best dressed girl in the senior class to Frances Aimar. To Talmadge Sloan, Evelyn Taylor leaves a little red wagon in which to carry papers for the annual next year. Mildred Stegall wills to Charles Rouse her good grades. Jakie Shu leaves to Edith McGill her name as cutest girl in the senior class. Janette Mims wills her string of admirers to Evelyn Brown. To Dan Norton and Mildred Preslar, Janie Hall leaves her friendliness as a classmate. To Charles Byars, Mildred McDonald wills her quietness and hopes it will help him in his senior year. Syvella Helms bequeaths to Frances Twitty her neatness. Margaret ' Edge leaves her English book to Roy Fowler so that he won’t have to copy his work next year. H. B. Polk leaves his position in the band to Earl Gibson. Betty Fulbright bequeaths her quiet ways to Leonard Wallace and Charles Everhart. Irvine Hager wills to Eugene Johnson a pair of rose colored glasses so that he can look at all the pretty girls without straining his eyes. To Cecil Baker, Harriet Williams leaves her sparkling personality. Lefty House wills his draft number to Richard Mullis. Dot Torrence, who is very patriotic, wills to Howard Hayes a ten cent War Stamp. We, the members of the senior class of Tech High School, have put our hands and seals on this, the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. (Signed) RUTH ROWLAND, Class Lawyer. Signed, sealed, and published in the presence of: Martha Wright, Edna Wright, and Lois Rushing.