Columbia High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia, NC)

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LAST WILL W TESTAMENT Township of Columbia, County of Tyrrell, State of North Carolina. , . We, the Seniors of Columbia High School, being of unsound mind and body, bestowing with envy our blessings upon our lower classmen, do ordain and witness this Last Will and Testament of the Senior Class of ' 51. We having passed this phase of our education, wish to dispose of our properties in the following ways: Article I To dear old C.H.S.’ we leave our honor and devotion through the years. Article 11 To our Principal, Mr. Tilson, and to the Faculty we leave our sincere thanks and appreciation for what they have done for us in the past. Article 111 Section 1 To the oncoming Seniors we do intrust: The great dignity of the Class of ' 51, the respect we have received from our lower classmen, and the ability to produce the ' 52 Columbian without argument or dissention. Section 2 To the oncoming Juniors we leave the right to criticize and argue with the Seniors. Section 3 To the oncoming Sophomores we leave our ability to remain quiet through all classes. Section 4 To the oncoming Freshmen we leave the ability to take all the punishment to be dealt them by the Sophomores. Article IV To the individuals specified the following generously confer: I, Jimmy Alexander, leave my curly hair to Floyd Rhodes. I, Allan Cohoon, leave my taxi service to Billy Parisher. May his load be heavy. I, Bobby Everton, leave my ability to go steady to Jimmy Pinner. I. Sterling Hamilton, leave my height to Carl Curlings. I, Ray McClees, leave my financing abilities to Hugh Thomas Davenport. May he use them as wisely as I. I. Earl Rhodes, leave my quiet ways to Jane Cohoon. I, Milton Snell, leave my ability to play football to Phillip Phelps. I, Russell Spencer, leave my two-timing ways to Jean Morris. I, Billy Spruill, leave my meddlesome ways to Deri Owens. I, Thomas Voliva, leave my bus-driving abilities to Egbert Liverman. I, Troy Weatherly, leave my love for the Army to Hubert Jackson. I, Mary Basnight, leave my agility to Pat Everton. I, Alma Dean Cohoon, leave my ability to get and hold a man to Dora Ann Roughton. I. Edna Etheridge, leave my quiet ways to Jean Swain. I, Gaye Hopkins, leave my big feet to Lendra and Billy Spencer, since neither of the two is equipped to handle the load. I, Nanette Jones, leave my neatness and attractiveness to Carolyn Brickhouse. (Continued on page 51)

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PROPHECY Ooh ' Boy. what a headache! Let ' s see what day is this ? Oh yes. June 1st, 1975 . My headache must be from the party last night. What party? Why the reunion of the 1951 graduation class, of Oh! My eye is really black. Wonder how that happened. Oh yes, now I remember. I made a pass at the lady wrestler, Mary Basnight, and she stuck my head through the television set. Nan Simmons, who is the tattooed lady in a circus, nearly stopped the party when she began showing her tattoos. She came all the way from Seattle, Washington, for the party. Amanda Rey¬ nolds. who is billed by the same circus as “The World ' s Thinnest Woman, ' 1 came with her. Allan Cohoon is now employed as a taster for Schenley ' s Distilleries, Inc. Most folks claim that he is paid over fifty thousand dollars a year but actually it costs him two dollars a pint. The pictures of Sterling Hamilton and Irvin Everfon have been shown in every newspaper in the country. Sterling ' s picture is labeled “before taking HADACOL. while Irvin ' s is titled after. Bobby Everton has become quite a Romeo” and has been tried twice for bigamy but was released when he proved that he was irresistible and that the women forced him to marry them. We all missed Billy Spruill but.he was unable to attend since His in the middle:of an important experiment. He is trying to prove that a human can sleep for a week. He says that he has never actually been wide awake. Edna Etheridge became famous when she discovered that “The Thing” was a picture of Irene and ' K ' lroy driving the Mule Train with a load of HADACOL Gaye Hopkins was once a professional football player, but she was so rough that now they pay her not to play Nanette Jones is bouncer at a bar in New York but she is thinking of quitting because things are too dull She has not had to throw anyone out since she broke Joe Louis ' back. Ethel Rhodes became a nurse. She fell in love and married a patient who said that he was Sena¬ tor LeBlanc. but she got a divorce when she found that he was actually No. 725694 from Dix Hill. One of the high spots of the party was when Ray McClees. a jetcycle salesman, and his assist¬ ant. Jean Woodley, did their version of the Charleston. Ray claims that by riding his jetcycle regularly he will do the Charleston on his one hundredth birthday. During the entire night the rival musicians, Jimmy Alexander and Milton Snell, tried to outplay each other. Finally they both collapsed from exhaustion. Alma Dean Cohoon, Carolyn Simmons, and Eudora Patrick, who have long been housewives, spent the first part of the night worrying about what. (Continued on page 44)

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SENIIIII SUPERLATIVES Best Looking, Neatest Nanette Jones Allan Cohoon Best Disposition. Best All-Around Mary Basnight Bobby Ever ton Best Personality, Most Popular Gaye Hopkins Bobby Everton Quietest Edna Earl Etheridge Thomas Voliva Cutest Jean Woodley Sterling Hamilton (not shown) Most Dignified Nanette Jones Milton Snell Most Likely to Succeed, Most Ambitious Amanda Reynolds Jimmy Alexander Most Studious Lenell Walker Sterling Hamilton (not shown)