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

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.lad Wdlmd We, the members of the dignified and brilliant Senior Class of 1957, though exhausted by long years of tiring study, declare ourselves to be of sound mind falthough most teachers think it differentj, and do declare this to be our last will and testament, Each article described herein is bequeathed severally to the below mentioned according to the terms of this will and testament. All former wills are this day declared null and void, and this is the only original and true copy of the said document. To Mr. Walters and Mrs. Windsor, we lovingly leave all our happy memories of the 1956-57 school year. We will to the Junior Class the privilege and pleasure, as well as the responsibility, of occupying the wonderful Senior homeroom, and the dignity of occupying our place in the auditorium. Individual members of the class wish to make the following bequests: I, JoAnn Thomas, bequeath my many talents to Mary Evelyn Mathis, because she needs them very much. I, Robert Danford, bequeath my long hair to Marvette Calloway. I, Merlene Deese, will my love for typing to anyone who wants it. I, Billy Don Anderson, leave my position on the football team to Baby Tom Wiggins. I, Bobbie McCord, will my nickname, Legs, to Thelma Amold. I, Gerald Hollis, pass on my ability to make 60's to Kent McCall. I, Frances Adams, will my love for shorthand to anyone who is crazy enough to take it, I, Allan Wells, will my ability to go to Dothan every day or night to Eulon Holland. I, Erin Granger, will my love for Elvis Presley's wiggle to Virginia Forehand. I, Talmadge Hall, will my good looks and curly hair to Dorman Whitehead. I, Sue Parker, bequeath my ability to become engaged while still in school to Geraldine Taylor. I, Norma Jean Etheridge, will my school-girl figure and winning ways to Ella Ruth Whitehead. I, Louise Calhoun, pass on my ability to eat every hour on the hour and keep my school -girl figure to Virginia Forehand, I, Bobbie Fears, will my love for the Ashford boys to Jean Bush and Lynda Sellers. I, Ouida Dickerson, leave my good times in school to anyone who is expecting nothing but pleasure. I, Annie Earle Grace, will my place in the many activities in which I participate, to Althea Meadows and Gail Hardy. I, Big Robert Love, will my love for football to Little Robert Love. I, Mary Lou Maddox, leave my place as Drum Majorette to anyone lucky enough to get it. I, Earl Hollis, pass on my place as President of the Senior Class to anyone with brains enough to fill it. 'W 'infix . , 1 'A ' ' Nasa-:4'l. r A A I f Ak Il nbc? T5 3 :W i S lp Qs tw 3 ,,,,,,, t if i X 'ww K :K 'Ai ,f N-MXL? 4 ' ' ' 4:1 If W fW 1' 'E fi 1 To all the boys and girls who come after us, we leave the good meals prepared by Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Snell, and Mrs. Bruner. sPoNs'oRED BY Moss RAMAGE PLUMBING qgs'f,,. g f,r,f'f. ,. at gi? A

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Valedictorian: NADINE CALLOWAY Salutatoriansz NANCY JEAN MESSER RUTHIE JEAN SCOTT Captain of Band and Good Citizenship Girl: ANNIE EARLE GRACE ig .Mn W ittiest HFIEPFXWJSMY f wp A X ni P LOUISE CALHOUN GERALD HOLLIS QQ, ,aft Best Actor, Actress ERIN GRANGER HERMON ANDREWS 2? Most Athletic GLORIA SNELL LADON HALL Best A11 Around DOROTHY BLISSETT DAVID BAXLEY

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W. to I, Martha Tindell, will my polite ways and sincere thinking to Lelia Adams. I Louise Webb, leave a one-way train ticket to Spartanburg, S. C. to a certain boy, hoping he will use it in the near future. I Glenn Jones, will my ability to sit through Geometry to anyone who is foolish enough to take it. I, Gloria Snell, bequeath my worn out shorthand books to anyone willing to stay home every night and study, I, Nelson Hooper, will my ability to make good grades in physics and be friends with the teachers at all times to Bud Sellers. I Amerlis Godwin, leave my desire to go to National 4-I-I Club Congress by winning the dress review contest to JoAnn Mixon. I David Baxley, will my ability to get hurt during warm-up practice before a football game to anyone wanting to try it. I, Dorothy Blissett, bequeath my position as head cheerleader to Mary Ann McCord. I, Alvin Granger, leave my ability to stay in school until I am twenty-five years old to anyone who loves it well enough . I, LaDon I-lall, pass on my place as president of the Student Body to anyone who can satisfy thirty teachers and eight hundred students. I, Nancy Jean Messer, will my quietness in class to JoAnn Watson. I, Wayne Kirkland, leave my good looks to anyone good -looking enough to inherit them. I, Esther Watford, leave my smallness to Virginia Forehand. I, A. J. McCardle, leave nothing, in fear of needing it all later on. I, Lonnell Merritt, will my quiet ways and sweet disposition to Geraldine Taylor. I, Virginia Johnson, bequeath my love for Coach Bruner to Janice Askew. I, Jean Scott, will my love for the boys to anyone who thinks she can handle them. I, l-lermon Andrews, leave my love for being a member of the class plays to Bernice Skipper, hoping he can do a good job as I did. I, Billy Wayne Bradberry, will my ability to stay out of school to anyone who thinks he can get by with it I, Glenn Traylor, pass on my ability to skip school to anyone with the nerve to try it. I, Donny Bruner, will my ability to cut classes without getting caught to anyone who thinks he can do it. We, Larnette Love and Nadine Calloway, will our ability to get along with the teachers to Patricia Lord. Signed, sealed, published -and declared as and for the last will and testament by the Senior Class of 1957. Annie Earle Grace Class Attorney Sponsored by -4 WHITE'S FOOD STORE