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

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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.

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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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FAREWELL TO THE BLUE AND GOLD To the Blue and Gold that has flown so high We Tech High Seniors bid good-bye; As we leave you, Tech, and all depart We leave you a corner of our heart. But each of us knows he cannot stay We must enter a world that seems far away, We must enter this world of war and sorrow To help build a greater world of tomorrow. We leave you Juniors a wonderful place May your Senior year be one of grace! We leave you our school with the hint of a tear But we feel you can carry on next year. When we have dried our tears and settled our heart We will enter our work with a vigorous start We’ll do our job so that we can say “Tech will be proud of us some day.” So with heads up now, and shoulders back We leave Tech to follow a longer track; And as we meet the world that to man is old We bid our farewell to the Blue and Gold. — Aileen Ewing. CLASS SONG TUNE: “White Christmas We ' re dreaming of our school days, And all the fun that we have had, And our hearts are listening — There’s nothing we re missing — This parting will always make us sad. We ' re dreaming of our school days Memories we never will forget, And our thoughts will linger at TECH — And through life our hearts are here With you. —Lois Rushing.