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Cast Will And Testament We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Four, of Crabtree-Iron Duff School, in the county of Haywood, the State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and realizing our impending departure from this school, do here by declare and make this our last will and testament. Article I. To Mr. Safford, we wish to express our many thanks for the interest and lead¬ ership he has shown us during the past years. To our teachers, we leave our deep¬ est appreciation for their efforts toward increasing our wisdom. Article II. To the buildings and buses we leave our deepest sympathy after the care we gave them for the past twelve years. Article III. To the undergraduates: To the Juniors we leave the jobof issuing the two great publications: the “Crabtree Hi-Life” and the “Highlander. To the Sophomores and Freshmen, we leave our hopes that before long they will occupy the position that we now occupy. Article IV. Individual bequests: During our years of school we have accumulated some well-known articles which we would like to bestow upon specific underclassmen. They are as follows: Betty Arrington leaves her inability to make decisions to Elizabeth Ann James. Eugene Arrington wills his love for the Clyde girls to Bobby Brown. Billy Best leaves his corn patch to anyone who wants to be a state winner in the 4-H Club. Mark Brown wills his slow motions to Kathleen Hoglen. Edwin Bryson wills his ability to get out of class to Palmer Caldwell. Harrison Caldwell wills his basket¬ ball suit to Steven Walker in hopes that he will get as much pleasure out of wear¬ ing itashe did. Jewel Clarke leaves her good per sonality to France s Sanford hoping she will be able to use it. Thad Crawford wills his bus to Johnny Crawford in hopes that he will soon get rich. Jewel Dotson leaves her typing ability to Claudia Sue Ferguson in hopes that she can get more than twenty words a minute. Jewel Dee Ferguson wills her Algebra book to anyone who wants it. Also her love for dia¬ monds to Jean Bradshaw. Valaree Henderson leaves her Latin book to anyone who thinks they will need Latin as much as she will! Also her love for Fines Creek. Eddie Hill leaves her seat in English to Edith Cogdill hoping that she will learn more than she did. Shirldean Hoglen wills her freckles to Lorraine Sanford. Bon¬ nie Sue Justice wills her basketball suit, comb, brush, and mirror to Polly Mc- Elroy in hopes that she will comb the kinks out of a few basketball teams. Doris Kinsland wills her 22 inch waist line to Bobbie Joan Parks. Roy Pope wills his tickets for speeding to Don Chambers. Helen Price wills her place as assistant libarian to Jean Crawford in hopes that she won ' t have as hard a time keeping the books in order as she did. Robert Sutton wills his love for Fines Creek to Carroll Smith. Shirley Smith leaves her art work on the school paper to Jack Bishop hoping that he will have a successful job. Floyd Stevenson wills his mischievous ways to Charles Parks. David Tate leaves all his innocent flirtations to Jack Kinsland. I, Sybil Bradshaw, will my ability to laugh at nothing to R. A. Gillett. Sybil Bradshaw, T e stator
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Class History After eight years of drilling and training we twenty-five sailors were judged capable and fit to launch our ship on a four year voyage that would complete our training and prepare us to take up life for ourselves. (Our crew had decreased by fifty-three members since the fall of 1942.) Our captain that year was Mrs. Glenn Noland with Sybil Bradshaw, Jewel Dotson, and Doris Kinsland serving as officers under her. The first thrilling event of our journey came when we were able to attend the F.H.A. and F.F.A. Banquets. The second year of our journey found us better tra ined seamen and feeling more dignified. We entered into more social affairs than we did the year before. Our captain was the same as the year before, and Jewel Dotson, Roy Pope, and Harrison Caldwell helped her to keep the ship steady. The tide was high when we began our third year voyage. Mrs. Frank Kirkpatrick was at the tiller this year with Sybil Bradshaw, Billy Best, and Jewel Dee Ferguson to help her direct the course. Three of our members had abandoned the ship and two new members had come on board. The excitement began to rise. We ordered our rings to proper¬ ly identify us as third year seamen. We Juniors were apparently ahead- ache to the faculty, for we were far more interested in the Junior-Senior Banquet, ‘ ‘Hitch Y our Wagon to a Star, and our Junior play, ‘Grandpa ’ s Twin Sister, ” than in our studies. We were sorry to see the seniors before us go, but we were thrilled at the thought of taking their places. In the fall of 1953 our ship was entering the last year of its journey. Mrs. O. L. Yates was our captain with Billy Best, Harrison Caldwell, Roy Pope, and Jewel Dee Ferguson to help her drop anchor at the end of the way. (Two members had jumped the ship.) The first thingto thinkabout was the annual, followed by the choosing of invitations, pres¬ entation of the class play, the Junior-Senior Banquet, where we were the honored ones, and graduation preparations. All too soon, we left our beloved ship, dear ole Crabtree-Iron Duff, that has trained us for bigger and better futures. Thus ends the history of our class- The class of ‘54; May our happy days be remembered- By each of us and many more. Valaree Henderson, Historian
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