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

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PUFFS Er PATCHES 1936 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT E the departing Seniors ol? C. Il. S., in the City ot Covington, in the Coins monwenl th elf Virginia., in the yeen' of our Iiorcl, one thouszincl nine lnnillrell Zlllil thirty-six clo will :incl ormlnin that this be publisherl us our last will Emil testament. Item I. To the gentlemen ot the School Board we will :incl bequeath them as full eustoilian ol' our heloverl school which we have loverl. playerl, anal worked for in the past lfour yezirs. Item II. To our S1lIllil'll1ICIlf,l011t, Stanley T. Goclhey, we leave full possession ol the rooms, hulls, clesks and the iiznnes inseribefl on them to remember us lay. Item III. To Captain Walter IR. IIUVIDIQIII, our principal, lriencl and uclvisor during the tour-yeatr stay we halve enjoyerl so much, we do will zinml bequeath it new eivies elziss with more clemoerzits than republiezins. Item IY. To Slielburn S. I,lfl1'111iLCli, our couch, we leave 21 group ol? husky boys to show Clifton Forge that Covington is still. on the map and going strong. Item V. To Miss Helen ilIll01112lS we bequeath full charge olf the sm-liool paper and si good stalf ot lmrtl workers to insure 21. bigger and better school paper next year. Item VI. To Miss Elise Goode we leave ri. new algebra, elnss minus Jimmy Jordan :incl Roy Livesziy. litem VII. To Miss Iiatherine Drake we will uncl bequeath a liatin elziss without the magnetic personality of Iilarry Lamb and the lianiclsonie profile of .Izunes Miller. Item VIII. To Miss Ann Bulloch we leave 21 new English class to be taught the art of speaking English and not 1llll.l'flC1'lllg it. Item IX. To Miss Hazel Allen we will :intl bequezitli El new eonnnereial GQPZI-TLIIICIIIZ to teaeh the future business men and women olf Covington the lost art of bookkeeping. Item X. To Miss Kzitliryn Miller we leave an experienced staff of stuclents to publish next yeaifs Puinfs AND I'ix're'r1lcs with less trouble than we had. Item XI. To Miss Elizubetli Kelly we bequeath a new history elass and proof that the Battle ol' Bull Run XVZISIIII fought at IIIIVIIHIII, C. Item XII. To Miss Virginia Moore we leave 21 group of Sophoniores to initiate the oncoming Freslnnen. 26

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PUFFS 6' PATCHES 1936 eoniposed of J runes Miller, JlllllO,l.' Ujlirien, president of an eleetrie eonipany 5 George Hodges, a eonilnereial artist, and Robert West, an areliiteet. They seemed to be diseussing the lront page elf a newspaper. On that page I saw in head lines Miss Margaret Bowers, secretary, 1I1il.1'1'lCS the wealthiest nian in the United States, under- neath was written Olin Payne, the niost daring flyer of all times makes another record. Alter that seene faded another olliee hall appeared, on one o lf the doors was written John D. Davis, President of the Davis Coal lfoinpany. On the adjoining olliee there was the nanie, Miss Roxio Dale, Secretary. The next pieture presented was that oit a huge boat, on the door of one ot the eahins 1 read the naine of Harry Lamb, President ot tl1e Starboard Steamship Coin- pany. As the recreation rooni appeared, lll tl1e :tlanies I recognized Betty Greig, who was the hostess ol the ship, entertaining Virginia Rhodes and Melha Landis Zlllll their liusbands. Finally, the arrival of the boat in France was shown. As the pas- sengers descended, l saw Pat lrvine aeeoinpanied hy a large erowd of his niovie admirers, meeting Martha. lflolloinan Hllll Mae Sizer, who were famous actresses. There then appeared i11 the tlaines, the register ol' the .llitz liotel. On it I, read the names ot Ruth MeDaniel, writerg Nancy Boyd and her husband: Louise Walton, artist: Phylis Eaken Pllltl Alina Ergenliriglit with their group olf eollege girls: Anne Marie Woodson, traveler. Near by there was 2111 announeeinent ol' the opening ot the 11ew Ritz Beauty Salon OW1lCil hy Edna Norcross and Eudora Huffman. When that seene went up in smoke, Ql found that seene was again laid in the lv. S. at Madison Square llardeii where there was ?l.lJ21SliGtl321ll game heing played. l saw that Bill Childs and Lanier Snyder were the eoaehes, and that Robert lleardon was liroadeasting the ganie. As the ilanies li0I'lllUll the faces ol' some of the people illllflllg' the onlookers l reeognized, those ol ,Burns Severson, who looked like the president ot a eollege. Lloyd Uarter and Junior Manek were with them and looked very niueh like pro lfessors. The next pieture appeared illlfl l saw 1113' ow11 image, suddenly l realized that l had heen dozing and had seen into the future. It seeined that all the players in the sf-enes had realized the dreanls that they had in liiOYlllgl0ll High Sehool. -Isonici. ljHII,l,Il'S 25

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PUFFS E: PATCHES 1936 Ite1n XIII. To Miss Jacqueline Crinkley we leave the honor of coaching next year's girls' basketball team without her star players of this year, Mickey Sizer and Madeline Burch. Item XIV. To Miss Ruth Sisson we will and bequeath a. group ol? house- keepers to be taught the modern way ol making biscuits and not the way olf the stone age. Iteni XV. To M r. Robert Douthat and Mr. Fred Smith we leave our many thanks and praises for the splendid help and encouragement they have given athletes of U. H. S. Item XVI. To Mr. Allan Barnwell we leave complete possession of the labora- tory and pleasant memories ot all the explosions in experiments we ha.ve made there. Item XXII. 'I'o Mr. Alan Beamer we leave the Industrial Arts Ilepartment to teach the Freshmen the di'll?erenee in a right-liand screw driver and a left-hand mon key w ren eh. Item XVIII. To Mr. Xelsen we leave a class of new Freshmen to be taught that two and one three and not shoe polish. ' Item XIX. To Mr. Frank Caddy we leave a boxing team with more experience and we hope to have ifewer knoek outs next year. Item XX. 'I.'o the candidate eleeted as president of U. H. we leave Junior Mauek's elliieieney and versatility. Item XXI. To Sonny Loekridge we leave Olin Payne and Bob IVest's ability to kill cats. Item XXII. To Ralph Sizer we leave his brotlier, I?rank's, athletic ability. Item XXIII. To Lewis Kincaid we leave a pair of size thirteen football shoesg may he till them well. Item XXIX. To Mutt Ilaikes we leave Buster Ballengees ability as the biggest romeo of C. H. S. Item XXX. To Bob Iflolloman we leave Martha's ability to make excuses lor being tardy. Item XXVI. Last but not least we do will and bequeath to our janitor, Mr. George Lewis, the honor ot' keeping' the home lires ol' our Alma Mater burning until Huck Rayne graduates with a Magna Cum Laude. In witness whereof, we the Senior Class ol? '36 the testators, have set to this our last will and testament, our hand and seal, this lfWC1lty-Glglltll day ot May. Signed, iR0l3l'IRT Rn.xnDoN 27