Cottonwood High School - White Timber Yearbook (Cottonwood, AL)

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Lonnell Smith wishes to leave nothing. She wants to take everything with her. Judy Windsor wills her position as class attorney to any deserving and long-suffering senior. This includes the thankless task of helping some stingy seniors find something that they are willing away. The band members do bequeath all of their good times, their concerts, and the sleepless nights at band camp to the band members who follow them. Finally, we do hereby name and appoint as executers of this, our last will and testa- ment, the Senior II Class. In witness whereof, we, the class of 1955 have set our hand and seal on this 27th day of May 1955. Judy Windsor, Class Attorney Mr. G, L. Baxter, Principal Mrs. A.B. Windsor, Sponsor To the high school students of tomorrow we leave . . . . S sw Perlene - A who helps to keep our building clean Our biology classes with their interesting experiments. . . and hard work

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MZ,-4ad7 When 1n the course of human events It becomes necessary for a class to w1thdraw 1tself from the whole know1ng that 1ts members w1ll soon be conslgned to an uncertam worldly exper1ence It 1S customary to make a last w1ll and testament Therefore we the d1gn1f1ed and 1ntell1gent members of the Semor Class of Cottonwood Hlgh School l though exhausted by long years of tlrlng study and cramm1ng nevertheless do declare our selves to be of sound rnlnds fthough some would d1sagree and do declare th1s to be our last W1ll and testament To the class of '56 we leave our homeroom w1th 1ts worn and txrne honored furn1sh1ngs Also we gladly bequeath our exam1nat1on quest1ons to the sa1d class We would bequeath the answers too but they have long been m1splaced by us therefore they cannot be mcluded 1n th1s legacy Ind1v1dual bequests are as follows Ann S1des W1SheS to bequeath her blond ha1r to Jean Bush hopmg that the latter w1ll not use perox1de aga1n Juan1ta Henderson leaves her love for Coach Sellers to Amerlys Godw1n Charles Varnum leaves h1s ab1l1ty to Sklp study hall to J1mmy Hardy James Earl Wells bequeaths h1s t1tle as All W1reglass' football player to any future football player who 1S good enough to w1n It Evelyn Guy w1lls her beloved geometry book to Just any sucker Frankl1n Brooks bequeaths h1S hab1t of leavmg school at d1nner to W1ll Roney Bess1e Howell and Cab1ra Smlth w1ll the1r shy ways to Peggy Snell and Martha Jackson Jam1e Math1s leaves h1s ab1l1ty to call plays on the football team to Robert Love Bett1e Goff w1shes to bequeath her Cal1forn1a accent to Grace Ca1n Robert Str1ckland leaves h1s ab1l1ty to make all A's 1n algebra and geometry to Harold Burnham Edward Hmson and Robert Earl Nowell leave the1r sk1ll ln playmg basketball to Robert Love and Buford Love We are sure that the two w1ll make a f1ne comb1nat1on V1rg1n1a Sellers and Ruth Franklm w1ll the1r ab1l1ty to get along w1th all the teachers to Charles Earl Exum and Mary Lou Maddox Betty Sue Womack leaves her glasses to the person who took them Gene Guy bequeaths h1S pos1t1on on the football team to Robert Ray hopmg that he w1ll be heavy enough to carry on Glenda Sk1pper w1lls her ab1l1ty to pass algebra w1thout tak1ng tests to Dorothy Bl1ssett Charles Morrls Whlte and Talmadge Holland leave all the1r necessary '7 tr1ps to Dothan to Jerry Watford and J1mmy Hardy Loulse Bruner w1shes to leave her t1ght sk1rts and old boyfrlends to Nell1e Sellers hop 1ng that she w1ll make good use of them E1Ou1S6 Hardy w1lls her ab1l1ty to learn shorthand to anyone who 13 crazy enough to take lt Frank Deese bequeaths h1s talent for pass1ng bookkeepmg W1thOut studymg to Harhe Halstead Don Holl1s leaves h1s 1n1t1at1ve for studymg Engllsh to Johnny Johnson Lonnell McCall w1lls her pubhc speak1ng talent to Joyce Lamb Baxter and Earl Holl1s with the assurance that there 15 not enough to f1ght over Sue Meadows leaves her blessed qu1etness to JoAnn Thomas Ray S1zernore and Allen Fowler bequeath to Jack Meadows and Dormle Bruner all the rn1sch1ef they got 1nto 1n Mr Sellers' classes Annette Love and Ann Johnson pass on the1r places 1n the typlng room to Sammy McCall and Rex Granger, who Just love to type Raymond Meadows leaves h1s ab1l1ty to gOSS1p m class to James Edward Odorn Don Askew cons1dered leavmg h1s knowledge of bookkeepmg to James Edward Odarn also but, on second thought he dec1ded that he had better keep lt Ann T1nde11 bequeaths to Robert Robmson her ab1l1ty to be absent from school two days every week and st1ll make good grades 15 I I 1 o 1 n v a ' , - 9 Ds 0 0 - 1 9 . . . . I - . . . . . . . . , . n Q . - , - . YV- . 0 0 u u a Q J n Q I . . . u . . Q . . . . I , 1 .

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diem. LONNELL MCCALL The year IS 1908 The place PaT1S France T1me Late afternoon 1n early autumn Just a few hours ago I thought I would rest qu1etly 1n my hotel room But no, to my d1smay n1ne of my senlor h1gh school students g1rls Wlth whom Iam tourlng Europe came bounc1ng 1nto my room shoutlng at the tops of the1r vo1ces Oh' that guy' My 1sn't he handsome' Gee he s slmply out of th1s world' M1ss McCall p1ped up one l1ttle pug nosed blonde we've got to go we Just s1mply must go' Go where? I asked wonder1ng what was caus1ng all of the confus1on Oh' d1dn't you know? Tall1e Holland IS g1v1ng a personal appearance tomght at the Moul1n Rouge Tall1e Holland? Yes one of my h1gh school classmates IS now the world's No 1 crooner He s1ngs 1n f1VC languages MISS McCall are we gO1I1g7' I qu1ckly came back to the present and repl1ed 'S1nce we re go1ng get dressed We want a good seat you know ' As I walked 1n the door of the famous theater where Talmadge was performlng I spotted an attract1ve young woman whose face was fam1l1ar I looked aga1n and saw she too was watchlng me Then I remembered Bett1e Goff another h1gh school classmate We took seats together and I learned that It was she who was turn1ng out such excellent novels under the pen name of Robb1e Norse Talmadge's program was wonderful and after an hour an half of 1ntens1ve wa1t1ng we f1nally met hlm back stage H1s greetlng was exuberant and we were soon talk1ng about all our old fr1ends Talmadge and Bett1e seemed to know the where abouts of them all Th1s IS what they told me In New York Frank Deese has a large real estate f1rm H1s partners are Gene Guy and Raymond Meadows In nearby Brooklyn IIVS Robert Str1ckland and h1s famlly Robert IS manager of the 'D1ety D1ety D1aper Manufactur1ng Company Allen Fowler 1S the owner of a large cattle ranch fw1th a few o1l wells on the Slde 1n Texas He IS tne nat1on's most sought after bachelor Lou1sa Bruner 1S now lead1ng a very popular band 1n Ch1cago In the Louvre Art Museum hangs a symbol of Judy W1ndsor's success She IS very famous for her modern pa1nt1ngs Ann Johnson Annette Love Cablra Sm1th Ann T1ndell and Ann S1des are nurses at the Baxter Hosp1tal 1n Cottonwood Ruth Franklm s husband 15 manager of a large cloth1ng store HIS ass1stant IS Bessle Howell's husband Rumor has lt that actually the managers are Ruth and Bess1e op sc1ent1st at Oakr1dge T nnessee IS Don Holl1s our h1gh school 'sc1ence w1zard Charles Varnum 1S the operator of a large bus l1ne runnlng out from Cottonwood Juamta Henderson has just returned to Cottonwood from Afr1ca where she has been servlng as a mlsslonary for the last four years Jamle Mathls and Edward HIHSOH are a comedy team on TV They are really a h1lar1ous duet Ray S1zemore 15 runnlng the new S1zemore Buslness College ln Cottonwood The people who returned to Cottonwood School for to work are N1rg1n1a Sellers the f1rst woman pr1nc1pal of Cottonwood James Earl Wells head coach and Elouxse Hardy teacher of shorthand On the Slde Eloulse has a class called MY METHODS FOR LEARNING SHORTHAND They say these classes really help her shorthand students l7 . , ' . . ' . . . , . . . ' Y . . . . . H , . . ' I. ' ' YI . , . nv ' ll ' ' ll ' ' 9 ' 1 1 ll ll Il ' ' ' ' Y u H . . . . . . ' ll ' -- 1 I - . H . . ' . . ' . ! ' Y I ' v , - . , . 1 . , . , . Il ' n I . - 1 c , . . . . I . . H . . . . . . l I Y . , . A t , e , . . . I .f a . V' ' ' - v . r 1 . . ,, . 0 1 ' ll - B .