Columbia High School - Columbian Yearbook (Lake City, FL)

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AND TESTAMENT I Constance Stewart, will my intellectual ability to Aubrey Mears, who is in very much need of it. I, Jimmie Darrell Brown, will my nothing to anybody. I, Gene Sheely, will my ability to sleep in class to Ivy Jeff Goss. I, Rachel Wilson, being of sound mind, will my “good personality” to Robert Byrd, and my ability to go steady and like it to Loretta Commander. I, Charles Morgan, will my ability to make the Honor Society six years in a row to Lamar “Snowball’ Farnell, who really needs it. I, Gerald McCray, will my ability to play end on the football team to John Wood; my smiles to those who want the world to smile with them; and to those who want the best in life, my faith in God. I, Jesse Thomas, will my ability to play football and my size to Bill Ellis. I, Morris Williams, will everything in the Sears Roebuck catalog to Flabby-Jaws Bed- enbaugh, provided he marries Nancy Chasteen before he graduates. I, Wilmer Burnett, will my ability to keep ahead of the bookkeeping class to Ralph Little and Edward Douberly. I, Kenneth Leist, being of large body and sane mind, will my size to Mrs. Means, my golden voice to Ray Johnson. I, Barbara Caldwell, do hereby will my ability to be quiet in school and stay out of de- tension hall to Doris Harrington. I, Robert D. Pickens, being of unsound mind and consequently being a student of CHS, do hereby will, to Mrs. Rivers, Shakespeare and all the other immortals, and my money I leave to those who can find it (I never could). I, Jean Ogden, will my “dignity” to Mary Beth Phillips, with hopes that she will get as big a kick out of it as I have. I, Imogene Touchton, will my ability to not go steady to Lamar Ellis, who surely needs it. I, Tommie Stewart, being of sound mind (?) and body, do hereby will my ability to pass shorthand to Emma Lou Darley, who undoubtedly needs it. I, Jewel Sapp, being of sound body and partially sound mind, do hereby will my broad- mindedness to my sister, Rochelle. I, Margaret Wiiliamson, being of sound mind and body, will my ability to keep my mouth shut for at least ten minutes at a time to Rochelle Sapp. I, Vonceil Markham, being of sound mind and body, do will my natural blond hair to Betty Babb. I, Gene Downing, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get along with my girl friend’s mother to James (Precious) Montgomery, and my height to Dickie Munn. I, Iris Pueschel, being of sound mind and body, do hereby will my ability to sew to the second-year Home Ec. class. I, Elizabeth Smith, do hereby will my ability to get on the Honor Society to Josephine Smith. I, Florence Weeks, being of absent mind and not-so-absent body, do hereby will my afore- said absent mind to Ann McBride. I, Mary Lou Edenfield, will my 23-inch waist-line to Faye Wilson. I, Eunice Huggins, do hereby will and bequeath my bangs to Fay Ree Edenfield, and my position as basketball manager to Jo Ann Wheeler. I, Albert Weaver, do hereby will my ability to be quiet to Hugh Randall. I, Lavelle Langston, being of sound mind, do hereby will my friendliness to my sister, Sybil. I, Billy Prescott, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to pay attention in my classes to Frank “Pee-Wee” Brannon. I, Cy Perkins, do hereby will my ability to keep my books where I can find them to any poor critter who needs it. I, Freeman Baumgardner, will and bequeath my large feet (size 81 ») to Arthur Sasser (size 12). I, Sylvia Sweat, do hereby will my ability to play basketball to my sister, Sonya. I, Crockett Smith, will my ability to be ignored by Mrs. Means to anybody, and my handsome body I will to Rodney Dicks and Ralph Albritton. I, David Davis, hereby will my height to Billy Ogden and my ability to get along with all my teachers to James Montgomery. I, Jack Montpetit, being of sound mind, hereby will my ability to play tackle to Jack Griffin. 27

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LAST WILL LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SENIOR CLASS OF 1950 I, Jack Alexander, being of unsound mind and undernourished body, do hereby will and bequeath my athlete’s feet and ability to play hands to Mr. Ted Tucker. I, Buddy Goodbread, being of small mind and large body, will my nickname “Bones” to Merry Lou Shepard, and my inability to pass Latin to Edward Epling. I, Frances Brown, bequeath my figure to Kay Melton. I, Betty Kemp, bequeath my long skinny legs to Faye Wilson. I, Elino Cabaldo, being of sound body and unworthy mind, (I think), will the top part of my plaid shirt to Ann Barker, and the tail off my shirt to Donna Jean Johnson. I, Ouida Bell Anderson, being of sound mind and will-shaped body, will my ability to sit on the bench during basketball games to Jackie Piasta and my ability to become engaged I leave to my sister, Kay. I, Francis McNeil, being of erratic mind and negligible body, will to Edmund Milton my capacity for using gigantic words, and to Edward Epling my appellation “Big Monster”, bequeathed to me by Frank McCullough. I, Louise Bulthuis, will my ability to make good grades, and also the long walk to and from school, to Nina Fountain. I, William Floyd, will my good looks to Dolphus Rivers. I, Gene Tomlinson, do hereby will my ability to make A’s in World History to any un- fortunate victim who appears to take this bodacious subject. I, Jimmy Moore, do bequeath my title of “Most Absent-Minded” to Lamar Farnell, and my ability to play the trombone to Wayne Hollingsworth. I, Wanda Lee Douglass, having never been in my right mind, will my ability to get married to Gloria Harrison, and my ability to make one “A” in Home Ec. in three years to Betty June Pearce. 1, Tommy Ives, will my nickname, “Squeaky”, to Jack Cole; and my ability to blow my nose without using a tablecloth to Gene Cox. I, Gertrude Powell, being of unsound mind and body, do hereby will my brother, Otis M. Powell, to Mildred Purdy. I, Wanda Cason, do hereby will my height to Miss Elaine Brown. I, Cora Lee Larramore, will my good nature to Phyllis Randall and Frances Harrell and my ability to graduate to Delia Larramore and Jerry Bedenbaugh. I, Shirley Melton, do will and bequeath my ability to play basketball to Donna Jean Johnson, and my height to Glenadine Davis, who is badly in need of it. I, Betty Coarsey, being of unsound mind and body, will my ability to write shorthand (which I do not take) to Jane Leslie. I, Julia Geoghagan, will my ability to get along with Mrs. Hiers in second year typing to Jane Leslie. I, Joyce Chambers, will bequeath my energetic nature to Faye Wilson, who really doesn’t need it, and to my “little” brother, Guy, my ability to finish school. I, Tommie Bullard, will my ability to get along with Miss Madge Hutcherson to Pee- Wee Brannon. I, Bob Beard, will my ability to sing “The Holy City” to Marvin C. Christie; and my ability to keep a notebook I will to Lamar Farnell. I, Daisy Mae Jones, being of unsound mind and body, will my ability (?) to take dicta- tion to Norma Robinson and Geneva Cox; and my ability to graduate I leave to Josephine Jones. I, Maxine Richards, will my “date book” to Jackie Piasta and Shirley Witt, hoping they will get better use from it than I did. I, Walter Brown, will my ability to go steady to James “Caesar” Thomas. I, Richard Adicks, will my job as assistant editor of the TIGER to Ann Barker; and my purple-and-gold yo-yo I bequeath to Miss Madge Hutcherson. We, Byron Hollingsworth and Billie Hammons, being of unsound minds, will our abilities to be the “Biggest Flirts” to James Montgomery and Mary Virginia Ives. I, Theta Farnell, will and bequeath my ability to always be late to Betty Jane Gregory. I. David Montgomery, will and bequeath my nickname, “Baby Doll”, to my big brother, James Montgomery. I, Ray O’Cain, will my ability to have fun in Business Arithmetic to Wallace O’Cain. I, Edith McNair, being of fairly sane mind and sound body, do hereby will my athletic ability to Kay Melton, and my “pleasing plumpness” to Mary Beth Phillips. I, Truett Sheely, being of sane mind and body, do will my ability to play football to Pee-Wee Brannon. 26

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Left to right. Front Row: Edmund Milton, Treasurer, Carolyn Bearden, Secretary, Ann McBride. President. Second Row: Miss Corinne Van Iderstine, Mrs. Bessie Biers. Third Row: Mr. Jim Dunaway, Mr. Bill Armstrong, Mr. Ted Tucker, Sponsors. unior C L S Leonard Adams I). H. Bevan Ralph Albritton Billie Attaway Annie Merle BracewellMaymie Lou Bradshaw Anne Barker Sam Bradshaw Carolyn Bearden Billy Brannon