Columbia High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia, NC)

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LAST WILL Hll TESTAMENT Township of Columbia County of Tyrrell State of North Carolina We the seniors of Columbia High School, Columbia, North Carolina, being of sound and unsettled mind, do hereby declare, scribble, deed, and publish this document to be our last will and testament, thus remaking and nullifying any previous will made by us. Article I. To Columbia High School we do will and bequeath better order (due to the fact of our absence) in the classrooms, the hall, and the library. To Mr. T. and the members of the faculty we leave our sincere affection and our gratitude for their help and guidance. Article III. Section A. To the oncoming seniors we leave the right to argue with next year’s Juniors. Section B. To the oncoming Juniors we leave the right to get the prettiest class rings yet. Section C. To the oncoming Sophomores we give you luck in Mr. Thompson’s Biology class. (You II need it.) Section D. To the oncoming Freshmen we leave you the great thrill ot being in high school. Article IV. To our devoted parents we leave the freedom from school expenses. Article V (Individual Wills). I, Frank Alexander, do will and bequeath my short hair to Hubert Jackson. I, Graham Bateman, will my ability to draw to anyone in Mr. Thompson’s Class. I, James Laughinghouse, will my big feet to Hugh Davenport. I, Lee Berry, will my funny books to Mrs. T’s English classes in place of the Reader ' s Digest. I, Lawrence Brickhouse, leave my weight to Billy Parisher. I, J. S. Howett, will my privileges to Sterling Hamilton. I, Bryan Liverman, leave my curly hair to Russell Spencer. I, Ernest Sutton, leave my ability to argue with the teachers to Burvell Jones. I, Billy West, leave my ability to study to Yules Clough. I, Cora Ainsley, will my quiet ways to Nan Simmons. 1, Rosa Lee Barnes, leave my sour looks to Iva Dean Van Horn. I, Joyce Bateman, leave my dignified ways to Pat Everton. I, Louise Cohoon, will my baby ways to Gaye Hopkins. I, Margaret Craddock, leave my curly hair to Jean Swain. I, Tibbie Daniels, will my modesty to Dora Ann Roughton. I, Winnie Davenport, leave my shyness to Alma Dean Cohoon. I, Polly Ann Etheridge, will my giggles to Nanette Jones. I, Kathleen Jones, will my ability to keep a boy friend to Jane Cahoon. I, Julia Parisher, leave my friendliness to Peggy Roughton. I, Nora Dean Patrick, will my cute ways to Eudora Patrick. I, Jackie Fay Reynolds, leave my long blond hair to Betty Jean Owens. I, Nell Spruill, will my sparkling smile to Virginia Davenport. I, Ruth Ann Spruill, leave my ability to win an argument in the class room to Billy Spruill. Kermit Walker; Testator Mr. W. E. Bateman, Witness Mrs. Madge Van Horne, Witness

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PROPHECY May 15, 1960. Dear Diary: Today I had a visitor. Ruth Ann Spruill, newly appointed editor of Look aS ' inEfclh rt TTJJ a t e l me t0 make 3 SUrV6y ° f the Seniors of ' 50 - 1 called airport ' Elizabeth City and oddly enough the operator who made my connection was Louise Cohoon abhH P |. ha I Ma cfu ret radd0C u h3d h 66 employed by the Company until she resigned to become “ lly r nn g ! ,S t0 be n WOrking there next week - lf is rum °re d that the girls plan to S k6 t Pk ° n f Cornpan y a d go into business. Before I boarded the plane that was to take me around umb ' lSh l TV JSS Wltl ? J T 6 BatSman 3nd Bi y WeSt JoyCe is a very lovel V teacher at Co- lumbia H ' ghSchool and Billy ,s the dean of Wake Forest College in Winston-Salem. He told me that Kermit Walker had been made an executive in the Reynolds Tobacco Company and is accumulating a fortune. I arrived at Nashville, Tennessee, just in time to attend the radio show, Grand Old Op’y Bryan Liverman ,s tops in the spot once occupied by Roy Acuff and J. S. Howett is Master of Cere¬ monies. I am spending the night in a hotel owned by Lawrence Brickhouse, the Millionaire. May 16, 1960. Dear Diary: My airliner landed at an airport in Atlanta at noon, and I found a char- tered bus waiting to take me to my hotel. Upon inquiry, I learned that it had been sent by the Man¬ ager of Atlanta s bus lines, Graham Bateman. Everyone expected Giz to make good because of the way he drove No. 15 at Columbia in 1950. That hilarious Comedian, Ernest Sutton, is making a personal appearance at a theater here and is bringing down the house with his impersonation of Bob Hope I at¬ tended a baseball games in which Rosa Lee Barnes pitched for the Women ' s Baseball League and I was slightly injured by a fancy curve that went out of control. I was taken to the hospital for treatment and to my surprise I found Kathleen Jones was head nurse. My doctor was Frank Alexander who talked so much I was glad when they released me. May 17, 1960. Dear Diary: I am now in Norfolk, Va. A big ship was launched here this morning. Admiral Lee Berry was appointed by the Navy to command this vessel, which is named SS Columbia ' 50 On hand to christen the great ship, was May Elizabeth (Tibbie) Daniels, recently voted America ' s Model Wife. Winnie Davenport, who, after accepting a position as stenographer for the FBI, married J. Edgar Hoover ' s son, was present in her old wise-cracking self. Off the harbor stands the Parisher-Patrick Bub¬ ble Gum factoy. owned by Julia Parisher and Nora Dean Patrick. An outstanding advertising feature of this firm is a mechanical mouth suspended from the roof, which blows multi-colored bubbles. May 18, 1960. Dear Diay: Here I am in Washington! At the White House yesterday, I visited President James Laughinghouse. James, having had so many places of leadership, decided to aim for a slightly higher office, and is now leading the world in peace and happiness. May 19, I960. Dear Diay: This is where I sign off: Hollywood. Over at Twentieth Centuy Fox Studio today, I talked with Cora Ainsley, who was having a gown fitted by the successful dress designer, Jackie Fay Reynolds. Cora has the starring role in the movie, Disgusted. Incidentally Jackie has been named the world ' s best dressed woman of the year. Since I have covered all the remarkable Seniors of ' 50, I’ll sign off simply as: Mrs. W. B. McDaniel (Nell Spruill) Prophetess

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SEIV10ft SI PEII L ITH ES Best Looking. Nell McDaniel Bryan Liverman Best Disposition, Best Per¬ sonality, Best All Around. Tibbie Daniels Lee Berry Quietest. Cora Ainsley Lawrence Brickhouse Cutest. Louise Cohoon Bryan Liverman Most Popular. Nell McDaniel Frank Alexander Most Dignified, Most Likely to Succeed, Most Studious, Most Versatile. Joyce Bateman Billy West Biggest Day Dreamers. Rosa Lee Barnes Bryan Liverman Most Bashful. Jackie Fay Reynolds Lawrence Brickhouse