Draper High School - Crest Yearbook (Draper, NC)

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I, Bill Spencer, wish to leave to June Hodges my position as President of the Student Council. This will be a surprise. I, Rudolph Dalton, wish to leave my position in back-field to Jackie Powell. Live up to it Jackie. I, Gene Carter, leave to Wayne Walker my ability to be talkative. Wayne, you have my deepest sympathy. I, Billy Minter, leave to Leonard Smith my desire for a date with a certain teacher; Leonard don’t waste your life like this. I, Ann Saunders, leave to Thelma Smith my slender build. I, Frances Mills, leave to Kathleen Hyler my wonderful married life, I, Revell Morrison, pass my football experience on to Gary McBride. I, Garvin DeHart, wish to leave my mischief to Douglas Hopkins. I, Betty Carol Johnston, leave to Marcine Booth my musical talent. I’ll keep Bill for myself. I, Jack Rorer, leave my eye for the girls” to J. E. Kirks, but keep my girls for myself. I, Barbara Radford, leave to Dorothy Bolick my business course. I, Shirleen Hall, wish to pass on to Rheta Conner my ability to argue. Watch out for trouble Rheta. I, Dorothy Stevens, leave my noisy manner to James Morris. I, Paul Cassell, leave to Barbara Williams my friendly smile. I, Joan Holt, pass on to Calvin Gillie my light, straight hair. I, Barbara Motley, would like to pass my married life on to Lois Hankins. I, Barbara Gillie, wish to leave my singing voice to Doe Grant. Oh Frankie!” Good luck to you. I, Marcell Spain, leave my big mouth to Frances Saunders. L Eugene Chandler, pass on to James Barber the ability to ask smart questions. I, Robert Hutson, leave to Lonnie Lawson my chunky build. I, Mary Edith Lawson, pass on to Billy Joe Minter my love affairs. I, Anna Lee Francis, wish to leave to some boy Anna Lee I, Rebecca Barrow, wish to pass on to Marion Tullock my giggles. THE CLASS OF 1951 RICHARD LEMONS, Testator Witnesses : RONALD REINERT, President MISS REBECCA DALTON, Sponsor R. M. AINSLEY, Principal

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT State of North Carolina Rockingham County City of Draper Draper High School We, the senior class of 19SI, being of sound mind and good memory, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament and rendering void any former will that may have been made. Article I—To The Faculty To Mr. Ainsley—we leave the summer to grow some hair, because he will start losing more next fall. To the single teachers—We leave our deepest sympathy, because Uncle Sam is taking the boys. To Mrs. Hodges—We leave our hopes that she will never have another Shot Edens to teach. Article II—To The Individual Students I, Tyrus Blackwell, leave one hundred pounds of my weight to be distributed between Roger Wright and Johnny Hairfield. I think this will be a great benefit to all three. I, Bill Curry, leave my height to Wayne Handy. I, Maxine Bowers, leave to Edna Furches my title as Best all around.” I, A. C. Gillespie, leave to Wayne Burnette my short curly hair. I, Ronald Reinert, leave my studious ability to Curtis Giles. I, Marie Ball, leave to Nellie Handy my high temper. I, H. D. Howell, leave my good grades to Mary Ann Wilson. I, Juanita Howlett, leave to Dessie South my maturity. I hope Dessie benefits by this. I, Richard Lemons, wish to pass on to Jerry Johnston my perfect attendance record. I, Tommy Howell, after much persuasion, decided to leave my muscles to C. B. Tiller. (Now C. B. you can throw away your Hadacol bottle). I, Ernest Walker, leave my good manners to Harold Dean Price, which I feel is a wise decision. I, Frances Gardner, leave my quietness to Patsy Ellis. I, Bernice Dalton, leave to Ann Gilbert all my silly questions. I, Wesley Shot” Edens, wish to pass on to Earl Hammock my clownish ways. Too bad Earl! I, Pete Overby, would like to leave to Herman Searcy my tremendous build, since Herman is so small and puny.

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CLASS PROPHECY In the year 1971, after retiring from the Air Force with twenty years’ service, Captain Bill Minter and I decided to go home and look up our old classmates of the class of 1951. The first place we went when we arrived in Draper was the Post Office where we found that Paul Cassel had taken over as Postmaster when his father retired. We asked him about some of our classmates, but he couldn’t tell us anything about them. He told us to go and see Rev. Ronnie Reinert, who was the pastor of the Draper Baptist Church. When we arrived at the home of Rev. Reinert we found that he had kept track of the members, and he told us what the class of ’51 were doing for a living. He said that Juanita Howlett was a missionary to Africa and that recently she ran into Jack Rorer over there. Jack was known as the only big game hunter to possess a built-in moose call. Rev. Reinert told us that Marcell Spain had made good as the owner of a local Funeral Home, Gene Chandler was the owner of the Knotty Pine Grill, and Bill Curry had just bought out J. C. Gilley’s Bus Line. We learned too, that Rebecca Barrow was the head nurse at Leaksville Hospital. Bill Spencer was doing a good job as principal of old D. H. S. and Dot Stevens was his secretary. A. C. Gillespie was the Glee Club Director of the high school, succeeding his favorite music teacher, Mr. Forest Ray. (By the way A. C. and Ann Saunders were married and had nine children). We were in¬ formed that Bernice Dalton was the owner of a Furniture Factory on Draper road, and that Dr. Garvin DeHart had opened DeHarts Drug Store in Greensboro. Frances Gardner was choir director at the Meadow View Methodist Church. Rev. Reinert told us that the majority of the class of ’51 were seeking their fortune in other cities throughout the U. S., and we decided to take the first month of our retirement and look them up. As we were leaving Draper we ran into Maxine Bowers, and she said that she was a popular stock car racer and that H. D. Howell had a controlling interest in the race track at Daytona Beach, Florida, and that Anna Lee Francis was his secretary. We decided to start our trip from Raleigh, and we found that the Pan-Atlantic airline in Raleigh was owned by Richard Lemons and we decided to drop in and talk over old times with him while we were waiting for our plane. When we reached his office we found that his secretary was Barbara Radford.