Covington High School - Puffs and Patches Yearbook (Covington, VA)

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last illflliill anh Testament nf the Glass ut '24 W'e, the graduating class of the C. H. S. in the City of Covington, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, being in sound health, both of mind and body, do hereby write and'publish this, our last will and testament, in order that the faculty and Student Body may keep these bequests as reminders of the Class of '24. ITEM 1-To the honorable gentlemen of the School Board-A calendar with the holidays which we wish to be given to future students, enclosed with a gold braid. ITEM 2-To our beloved Superintendent the plans for a new school building. ITEM 3-To Mr. Rufus joseph Costen-Xlfe leave the much talked of but never put into practice, Student Government. ITEM 4-Mrs. Mary Dickey Smith, use Miss Mary Alice Dickey-W'e of our own free will and accord leave the best wishes for the remainder of her life. ITEM 5-Miss Catherine Cecilia Clynes-VVe leave two Remington type- writers so she may write and tell us of the official information concerning our High School. ITEM 6-Miss jessie Murray Hammerly-NV e leave a door and a secure lock to the Domestic Science room. ITEM 7-Miss Irene Vivian Marie Flemings Crowder-VVe bequeath the library to her for the remainder of her life under the following conditions: l-That she keeps said library in good condition for ten years. 2-That she pay her assistants out of her own salary. 1'risM 8-To Miss Elvira Houston jones-W'e bequeath: l-A pair of wings by the means of which she may arrive at the proper place at the appointed time. 2-The best wishes and a sad farewell of the Seniors. ITEM 9-To Miss Ronnie Kathryn Talley-NVe bequeath a volume, most valuable, entitled, Subjects for Senior Essczys. ITEM 10-To Miss jane Douglas. Summers--We will and bequeath a copy of her favorite song, The Spanish Cavalier. lVe hope that on her next trip abroad that this may serve as a constant reminder of the real Cavalier if Circumstances should prevent his appearance at every port.

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The sands in the hour-glass of Father Time seemed to trickle through faster. NN'e found ourselves in our Senior Year, with mixed emotions we realized the magnitude of our undertaking, more so, as we could remember the seasons that had passed. They have passed, but the effect can not be obliterated. X-Ve could now discern clearly, not only the harvest, but also what its culmination meant to us. The reward of all of our struggling, for We have won through our vigorous endeavors a fair heritage and it is ours to make or mar. The knowledge acquired and associated with interest- ing details will be indefinitely retained. The times that have tried our souls are over, the harvest is reaped. VVe stand today upon the threshold of newly-made ambitions which will carry us into the struggle of the World around us. It may carry ns into the world of letters or into the limitless employments of the business life. The dangers are more subtle and menacing, but if our ideals be worth the struggle they need not affright ns. Undaunted we await what' lies before us in the untried fields of life, never forgetting the painstaking labor of our faculty who have freely given us such valuable instruction. VVe, the Class of '24, have not set our ideal too high, we have done our duty and an abund- ant harvest is ours. -EVELYN A. PEDIGO, Historian. :if v f'--'M Niece, - 'sis pflrvw we K' G63 - ffgijires QQ Qsgtgiir- . 6x,'1 H ,ffogU 1g39ggQ9.' L 105 Qi if 3 Avi

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-ITEM 11--To Miss Elna Arden Talley-lfVe bequeath a passport to Canada and some wedding bells to be used at her discrimination. ITEM IZ-To Miss Jean Marie VVyatt-XN'e leave a period for music, with the permission of the school board, because of her success with the Student Body. ITEM 13-To VVoodson johnson-VV e leave two shares of stock in the Dia- mond Match Company and appoint him as general inspector of the boys' behavior in the basement. May he keep up his good work in keeping the building warm and comfortable. ' ITEM 14-To the Junior Class-lVe bequeath the Senior privileges, may you get them, cherish them, and receive them with open arms. ITEM 15-To the Sophomore Class-Time-honored, chalk-battered, and spit-balled pictures, the same having been in possession of the Senior Class for time imniemorial. ITEM 16-To the Freshman Class-All sticks, boards, straps, and old books, said implements to he used on incoming Freshmen. ITEM 17-To the incoming Freshmen-VVe bequeath the Faculty. God bless 'em. CSignedj R. BOWLER DELANEY, Tcslator. I I 'itnc.r.rc.v.' IXLVIN N. BMLEY XVA1.'rER T. OwENs Dom GLEASON In witness whereof, we, the Senior .Class of '24, the testator, have to this, our last will and testament set our hands and seal, this third day of June A. D. 1924. U fSigneclj S1-:N1oRs '24. Sfatv of V irginia, County of iflllvgll-a11.y.' I, Gordon Letcher Taylor, a Notary Public for and within said county in the said state aforesaid, do 'hereby certify that the Class of '24 personally known to me as the real class whose name is subscribed to the foregoing last will and testament as having been executed the same appeared before me in person and acknowledged that it is signed, sealed, and delivered the said instrument of writing as its free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein set forth. ' Given under my hand and seal of oliice, this third day of June A. D. '24. . GORDON LICTCI-IER TIXYLOR, Notary Public. iv 'Q