Columbia High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia, NC)

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Last Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of ’49, being of unsound befuddled minds and in a run-down physical state due mostly to our exasperating high school experiences, do hereby make and declare this to be our last will and testament, through which we hope to justly distribute the following among our needy under¬ classmen. ARTICLE I To our parents we leave possible. greatest respect and sincere appreciation for making ARTICLE II graduation To our Alma Mater we leave our best wishes and the hope that it will recuperate from the Class of ' 49. To Mr. Tilson we leave our gratitude and our appreciation for his kindness and co-operation. To our faithful teachers we leave our thanks for their guidance and patience, also maybe a few moments of peace. To Miss Midyette, our Senior Advisor, we leave patience and fortitude. ARTICLE III To the oncoming Seniors we leave the ability to tolerate the Juniors. To the oncoming Juniors we bequeath our dignity and ability to make good grades. To the Sophomores of next year we leave the right to torment the Freshmen. To the Frosh of next year we leave the comforting thought that someday they will become Seniors. ARTICLE IV The following individual bequests are made by Seniors who wish to leave their most valuable as¬ sets where they will do the most good. Bobbie Basnight bequeaths her slimness to Mary Virginia Basnight. Ann Brinn wills her grace and dignity to Jane Cahoon. Elva Rae Moore leaves her calm manner to Ruth Ann Spruill. Ollie Cahoon leaves her matrimonial ideas to Tibbie Daniels. Dorothy Spruill bequeaths her right to primp so much to Winnie Davenport. Tillie Cooper leaves her height to Dora Ann Roughton. Doris Rhodes wills her witty wisecracks to Cora Ainsley. Iris Jean Simmons wills her ability to play basketball to Alma Dean Cahoon. Christine Ainsley leaves her ability to get her General Business assignments to J. S. Flowett. Guy Litchfield leaves his quiet humor to Russell Spencer. Jimmy Tweedy leaves his intelligence to Ray McClees. Roy Reynolds leaves his secret formula for making his own jokes to Jimmy Alexander. Vernon Cahoon leaves his right to read so many funny books to Frank Alexander. Billy Clough leaves his ability to cut classes to Durwood Cooper. Early Hopkins leaves his husky physique to Sterling Hamilton. Berline Spencer leaves his right to have the loudest laugh in Columbia Hi to Lawrence Brickhouse. Billy Spencer leaves his neatness to Elloyd Litchfield. ' Phyllis Liverman leaves her versatility to Louise Cohoon. I. Virginia Clough leave the responsibility of writing this Last Will and Testament to the unlucky soul who is chosen next year. VIRGINIA CLOUGH Witnesses: Testatrix. L ' lL ABNER DAISY MAE MAMMY YOKUM

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CLASS PROPHECY It IS Friday night the twenty-seventh day of the month of May. and the moon is not yet in sight. A blue and ghostly light swims through my open window and I hear a hair-raising sound of clanking chairs and rustling garments. With chattering teeth I gasp. What? A hollow voice replies I am the future. With curiosity. I stammered. O. Spirit, roll back the scroll of the future and tell me where and what of the Senior Class of Columbia High School of 1949 in 1969. Then in a weird voice did the spirit answer. Twenty years from now in a spacious parlor of the Plaza Hotel of New York, you will find seated a tall, graceful woman. Around her are seated a host of admirers each hoping that he may have the next dance. This woman is known far and wide for many marriages, first to a German Count who she quickly divorced in order to marry an English Earl. Tiring ot English life, she fled to America with an American millionaire, none other than her old classmate— Berime Spencer. In this much admired one, you will recognize the glamorous face of Ann Brinn. At this time a terrible scourge is sweeping the Southern States. Hospital service is quite inade¬ quate and many women have volunteered to relieve the sufferers. One of them is a tall, slender wom¬ an, clothed in white and is the famous and widely-known nurse, Elva Rae Moore. Another is a short, stout woman who is dressed in a black dress and veil of the order she represents—the Catholic Nun¬ nery. You will soon own your friend Doris Rhodes. On a srnall country estate in Frying Pan you will see a colorful neon sign ' Iris Jean Simmons and Christine Ainsley’s Bachelors ' Home. ' On the well lighted veranda I see the famous Professor Guv Lifchfield. ' If you venture through a city in your own state at this time, you would learn that one of the few famous authors lives there. Near the window in a room of a huge, stone mansion, you will see a frail, delicate figure, Bobbie Basnight, who in this very room has completed many of her famous books. As you stroll down Fifth Avenue you will see a mob of fashionable dressed women. The side¬ walks are jammed, traffic is stopped, while shrill cries add to the confusion. Finally the police clear a space and out strolls the New Prima Donna. As a sedan, upholstered in purple rabbit fur glides away, a well known voice, hard to miss, addresses the driver, The Waldorf, Roy. And you recognize Ma¬ dame Dorothy Spruill. Tell me please, did Dorothy have Roy Reynolds for her chauffeur? Mysteriously— Yes—But now you can see a wh ite, rose covered cottage in the town of Gum Neck. In the garden js Phyllis Liverman, now Phyllis Jones, watering the daisies while a small tot pleads with her to ' Let him. ' So this must be Jr. But alas a great fight is being waged in your Tar Heel State—a political fight. The battle is a fierce one as it approaches its crisis. Minds are in turmoil waiting for the decision—but why should they be? Do they not want a high minded, capable man for governor of their state. And tell me what can be more pleasing than the headlines stating that this place is filled by Mr. Early Hopkins, the Republican. Let me hurry. You can see in a foreign country a woman, aged with worry tor the little home¬ less children. Now she stands on the ashes of one home ruined by war and as she turns, anyone would recognize her as Virginia Clough, the ' Mother of all Children. ' On posters all over the state of Maine are pictures of the famous Reverend Vernon Cahoon and his wife Ollie Vera. They read that the governor will welcome and accompany them to his mansion in which they will stay throughout their visit. Oh, but listen. Tonight in Central Park there is a celebration for the erection of the statue of the baseball champion of the country, who is a man of thirty-eight years and weighs about one hun¬ dred ninety pounds. He is about to speak and when he does, his voice reveals the Columbia brogue so characteristic of Jimmy Tweedy. ' Oh, my child, one in your midst faces much criticism. But when did any person accomplish a great work without this punishment? Twenty years from tonight he reaps his reward, and gives to the world a more free life. Down in the History of Inventors will go one of the greatest — Billy Clough. Be not amazed, but grasp that which I speak, it continued. But in the barren fields of North Dakota is one who sits alone dreaming of happier days. For here he came to minister to those who need help. If you could call him, you ' d say, Billy Spencer, dream no more. Come back to Colum¬ bia. Tillie, dear Tillie, shudder not for you have a long and weary path to travel as you assume your modeling profession day by day. And the spirit was gone. Darkness—darkness—darkness—mystery—the future. TILLIE COOPER, Prophetess,

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JUNIOR OFFICERS Motto: THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO PREPARE FOR IT. JUNIOR SUPERLATIVES TIBBLE DANIELS. BILLY WEST.Best All-Around NORA DEAN PATRICK, LAWRENCE BRICKHOUSE .... Most Studious MARGARET CRADDOCK, ERNEST SUTTON.Most Athletic NELL SPRUILL, BRYAN LIVERMAN.Best Looking KATHLEEN JONES, LEE BERRY.Wittiest CORA AINSLEY, LAWRENCE BRICKHOUSE.Quietiest KATHLEEN JONES. KERMIT WALKER.Friendliest NELL SPRUILL, FRAND ALEXANDER.Most Popular KATHLEEN JONES, FRANK ALEXANDER.Bett Dressed