Durham High School - Messenger Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Norma Jean Rigsbce Peggy Joyce llowcll Transferred from Thomasville High School. lidwin Morris Riley Doris Marie Sharpe Glee Club 2,3g 4-H Club 2,3g Student Council 2g Public Speaking Club 3g Recitation- DeclamationContest3g Debate Team Zig Photography Club lg Office Staff 4g Homeroom Queen 8. Bobbie Ann Suggs 4-l-l Club lg FHA Club l,2g Band lg Dance Club l,2,4g Glee Club lg Basketball l,2,3g Stu- dent Council l,4g Place Card Chairman, Jr.-Sr, 3, Wade Wesley Tilley Margaret F. Ward Spelling Club 3g FHA Club 2g 4-H Club l,2g Journalism Club 4g Glce Club 2. Nancy L. Weaver Student Council l,2,8g FHA 2g 4-H Club l,2g Journalism Club Officer 1,4. Patricia Ann Wright Glee Club l,2g 4-H Club 1,2,3g Public Speaking Club 2,3g De- bate Team 2,3g Recitation -De- clamation Contest 2g ISpcak for Democracy Contest 2g Dance Club 2,3g Band l,2g Lit- erary Staff 2g Journalism Club 4. Robert Lewis Veasey Joe Austin Veasey Glee Club 3g 4-H Club 3. Fredrick Ronald Yeargan Glee Club 1,2,4g Photography Club lg Baseball 2g County 3, 4g Football 2,3,4g Homeroom Officer 4g Class Officer lg Physical Education Club 4.

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Robert Lee McLaurin Photography Club l5 Dance Club 2,35 Band 2. Bobby Lee McNeill 4-H Club 2,3,45 Dance Club 45 Basketball 15 Baseball 15 Bus Driver 2,3,4. Leaton C. Meachum, Jr. Photography Club 15 4-H Club l,2,3,45 Dance Club l,2,3,45 Student Council 25 Class Of- ficer 4. Anna Belle Murphrey Transferred Courlland High School5 FHA Club 25 Dance Club 3,45 Softball 1,2. Curtis Maynard May Football l,2,35 Glee Club 2,35 Model Club 25 Office Staff 25 Art Club 25 4-H Club l,2,3,4. Barbara Gene Neal Glee Club 1,25 Dance Club 1, 25 Class President l5 Audio- Visual Club 45 Public Speaking 1,45 Debate 25 Basketball 15 Student Council 1,4. Delores Faye Oakley Student Council 35 FHA Club 25 Glee Club 1,25 Dance Club 35 4l-I Club 1,25 Latin Club 15 Homeroom President lg Vice- President Class 2. Alma Carol Parrish Y Teens 15 Photography Club 15 Glee Club 2,45 Student Council 35Offic,e Staff 45 Nuggett staff 4. Luther Tilly Parrish, Jr. Basketball 1,25 Football 1,25 Baseballl,25 4H Club 15 Photo- graphy Club 15 Bus Driver 4. James Earl Pope Photography Club 15 Glee Club 35 Office Staff 2,35 Basketball Manager 2,45 Bus Driver 35 Basketball Team l. Leon Harrison Register Homeroom Officer 15 Student Council 1,45 Class President 15 Latin Club 15 Glee Club 2,35 Glee Club Officer 25 Office Staff 25 Ass't Editor-in-chief, Annual Staff 45 Talent Show 1,2,3,4. Earl Winfred Rhew Transferred Sanford High. Radio Club 25 Dance Club 3,45 Bus Driver 2,3,4.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the renowned and honored Class of 1953, being of sound mind and body and overflowing with the accumulated knowledge of our reign at Bragtown High School, desire to bequeath aminute por- tion of our collection of talent, accom- plishment, and character, which have eclipsed the endeavors of allpredecess - ors, to the underclassmen, in order that they may aspire to the utter impossi- bility of equaling our mountainous achievements. For the above stated purpose, we do solemnly on this first day of December in the year One Thousand, Nine Hundred Fifty-three, publish and declare this document our LAST WILL AND TEST- AMENT. ARTICLE I--TO THE FACULTY Items: 1. To Mr. Goodwin, we bequeath our most sincere gratitude for his guidance and help in the solution of our many prob- lems. 2. To our two Senior teachers, we leave our everlasting thanks for their friendly, sympathetic advice and coun- sel. 3. To the faculty in general, we leave: a. The appreciation of each one of us for the countless hours spent in attempting the impossible task of filling our brains with knowledge. b. The many students who because of their passionate devotion for their be - loved teachers have chosen to remain within the hallowed halls of Bragtown High for another year. ARTICLE II--TO THE UNDERCLASS- MEN Items: 1. To the Juniors, we leave the time- honored and respected title of Seniors. Give it your best, lestit collect the tar- nish of ill-repute. Z. To all underclassmen, we leave our most cherished possession, Brag- town High School. Her .spirit and trad- ition are the best, do your part to im- mortalize her ideals. ARTICLE III--TO IMPORTANT PER- SONALITIES Items: 1. We, Marie Casey, Ruth Bradford, and Faydene Lockamy, do will our mis- chievous ways and that special dent on the south side of Fairview Skating Rink to anyone who uses it and fits it as well as Faydene and Ruth did. 2. We, Loretta Deitz and Betty Fogle- man do will our ability to sing specials to Sylvia Goodwin and Joyce Shaw. 3. We, L. C. Meachum and Earl Rhew do will our weekly trip to the skating rink and our dancing ability to Tommy Hull. Also, I, Earl, do will my bus, No. 31, to Vernon Weaver and I, L. C., do will my ability to go to Neal's without getting caught to the Junior Class. 4. We, Bobby McNeill, Claiborne Hudson, Vic Browning, Joe Veasey, Doc Holloway, Steve Apple, Arliss Brantley, Don Handcock and Abe Slitgat will all of our brains and superior intelligence to the rising Seniors. 5. We, Carol Parrish, Helen Hunt, Pat fPoodleJ Wright, and Peggy Howell, will our Wednesday nights at Fairview skating rink to any Juniors who are lucky enough to get a way out there and have as much fun as we have had. 6. We, Norma Jean Rigsbee, Peggy McKee, Margaret Ward, Anna Murphy,