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

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SENIOR SNAPS Page Twenty-eight

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Alease Swacker and Henry McGraw leave their ability to hold hands to Faye Martin and Robert Helms. Patsy Crenshaw bequeaths her shortness and her mischievous way to Jane Helms. Pat Beck leaves her many extra-curricular activities and her office as president of the Forum to Herbert Fisher. Tony Helms wills his love for women to Billy Ferguson. Frank Kerchner leaves his title as “Mr. Tech and his outstanding football record to Ned Smith. To Harriet McKnight, Kenneth Keesler wills his many troubles in English. Jack Griffin bequeaths his grand physique and his portable typewriter to D. W. McCaskill. To John Kiser, David Geer leaves his ability to write English themes and his love for school. Joyce Irby wills her cute smile and good looks to Frances Mangum. To Phyllis Smith, Edith Barton bequeaths her excellent history grades. Ray Elliott leaves his old typing budgets to Betty Justice, hoping she will have some use for them. Clyde McGill wills his great vocabulary and his love for study halls to Clayton Foster. Bobby King leaves his cue stick and chalk to Billy Crowell, warning him not to get behind the eight ball. Lewis Thomas bequeaths his love for money and clothes to Kenneth Deese. To Geraldine Norkett, Dot Bass wills her many social events at school. Betty Funderburk leaves her artistic ability and her cute disposition to Pat Bass. To Sarah Wentz, Mary Woidyla bequeaths her ability-to-do-anything. Earl Wells leaves his many desires to Perry Fisher. Jane Thomas wills her bookkeeping grades and love for the boys to Virginia Phillips. To Herbert Crump, Frank Poison leaves his love for holidays, especially at Christmas. Steve Economos bequeaths his good time in study hall and his title as “Wittiest” to Leroy Courtney. Martha Williams wills her quiet manner and studious ability to Norman Williams. To Maxine McGraven, Bill Martin leaves his dislike for studying. Sue Watts leaves her many good times at Tech to Dorothy Miller. To Geraldine Williams, Pauline Welborn bequeaths her tube of lipstick, hoping Geraldine can make better use of it. Ann Shue leaves her pretty hair and her typing ability to Eleanor Strawn. Betty Brown wills her cuteness and desire to be great to Shirley Ross. R. D. Moser bequeaths his title as the “Yo Yo Kid” to anyone who can compete with him. Betty Robinson leaves her many problems and the ability to solve them to Louis Stogner. To Peggy Roper, Mary Sue Kennedy wills her faded gym trunks and old tennis shoes. Lloyd Nance leaves his ability to ' get along well with others to Gloria Green. Mabel Johnson bequeaths her desire to become intelligent and rich to Patsy Rhyne. To Peggy Peeler, Maybell Bradwell leaves her good times on Saturday nights, hoping that Peggy can make good use of them. Omer Foster wills to Robert McIntyre his desire to graduate before he is fifty. Betty Duncan bequeaths her title as Heartbreaker to Lorraine Little. To Ann Fisher, Betty Eudy wills her pleasant attitude and sincerity. George Sykes leaves his bank account and check stubs to Geraldine Geer. Daphne Helms leaves her date book to Jo Ann Corriher, hoping that she can have it filled very soon . Catherine Doster Fisher bequeaths her love for nice clothes to Helen Murphy. To Lorean Lipe, Hilton Hipp leaves all his knowledge of the “Bronte” sisters, hoping that Lorean will use this knowledge on her research theme. To Vivian Burnette, Doris Deckert wills her Monday morning blues. Herbert Phillips leaves his many important views about life to Peggy Love. To Edith Haywood, David Wilson bequeaths his doctrines on strict education. Peggy Deckert and Betty Jean Johnson will their many ideas about boys to all of the future Seniors. Wyatt Bell congratulates any Junior who will have as many good times at Tech as he has had in his Senior year. Wyatt Bell, Class Lawyer Page Twenty-seven

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CLASS VOYAGE It was a bright morning in September, 1943, when we boarded the good ship “Tech High.” It was the same old ship that had landed many students safely in the “Land of Great Wisdom.” As we went aboard we gazed around in wonder, dazzled by the newness of everything. We began at once to get acquainted with the others who were to be our fellow-passengers through the Seventh Grade Cruise among the Islands of Smaller Learning and on through this voyage on the sea of High School Life. As we became adapted to the newness of the big ship, we grew very enthusiastic and asked many questions of our Captain as to the nature of our voyage and its probable length. He assured us that if we were persevering and diligent in our duties we should reach our destination at the end of six years. So it was with hopeful hearts and smiling faces that we steamed away from the wharf and out of the harbor, actually embarking on our Voyage of High School Life. We sailed along fairly smoothly through the sub-freshman seas but the water became rougher when we reached the islands in Freshman Sea. Naturally we had a few cases of seasickness. Various ones were tempted to throw up algebra, shorthand, and other disagreeable dishes and toss some of their valuable belongings overboard as the sea became rougher, hut we had an extremely capable staff who assured us that these disagreeable dishes could be digested over and over until they were perfectly assimilated. Heretofore the waters upon which we had sailed seemed small and sheltered, hut as we stood on the deck of the ship and raised our held glasses to our eyes, we saw a seemingly endless body of water. The Captain explained that the voyage of High School Life was really over four bodies of water, so closely joined together that they seemed but one immense sea. It was during our voyage in the Freshman Sea that we received the glad tidings that the Second World War, which involved so many of our friends and relatives, was over. By the time we had traversed the Freshman Sea we had begun to wonder if we began to be more hopeful as we entered Sophomore Sea and realized that we were drawing nearer our destination. During our voyage on the Sophomore Sea we elected the following people to guide us and help make our voyage easier: Jarvis King, President; Joe Lassiter. Vice-President; Betty Eudy, Secretary, and Betty Jane Funderburk, Treasurer. Our very capable pilots during this phase of the voyage were Mrs. Wheatley, Miss Riggins, and Mr. Hintz. After so long a time we had grown tired of shipboard, so we decided that we would stop and have an afternoon of recreation. We took a trip to Morrow Mountain and everyone really had a wonderful time. Almost before we realized it we had reached the next to the last phase of our voyage, the Junior Sea. We were fortunate to have as our very capable leaders: Lewis Bacot as President, Betty Brown as Vice-President, Frank Kerchner as Secretary, Betty Eudy as Treasurer, and as our advisers, Miss Pridgen, Miss Hinson, and Mr. Hintz. This was a very momentous year of our voyage in the good ship “Tech High.” Immediately we began to make preparation for one of the biggest events of the year, the Junior Play. The play chosen was “Aunt Susie Shoots the Works,” and our very talented cast made it a huge success. The proceeds, of course, were used to hnance the biggest event of the year, the Junior-Senior Banquet, which was held in the Spring. It was during our journey over the Junior Sea that we sailed through the roughest part of our voyage. One of the obstacles that nearly wrecked us was the English research themes, but finally, after nearly driving Mrs. Kistler insane, stampeding the Public Library, and rushing like mad to make the deadline, we survived the rough sailing, and by the time we had gone through this awful experience, we had really acquired our “sea-legs.” We were sailing smoothly along on the waters of School Life when suddenly we realized that we had but one more body of water to cross before we embarked on the great sea of Life— we were now on the sea called “Senior.” We were encouraged when we found that our able advisers were to be Miss Hinson, Mrs. Reid, and Mr. Goins. We elected as our student leaders Wade Black, President; Lewis Bacot, Vice-President; Mary Woidyla, Secretary; and Pat Crenshaw, Treasurer. We ran into rough water again in Senior English, but Mrs. Kistler was an extremely capable pilot and somehow managed to get us through without too many casualties. As we near the end of our voyage we realize that had it not been for our advisers, who helped us in every way possible, we never would have made the harbor. As we launch out into an even more majestic ocean on the Voyage of Real Life, we shall always remember and be loyal to our friends and leaders of the good ship “Tech High.” Joyce Harwell Page Twenty-nine