Durham High School - Messenger Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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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,

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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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and Nancy Weaver do will our ability to get our bookkeeping in on time to the Juniors. 7. We, Henry Addison, Wallace Long, and Ronnie Yeargan, do will our good times and ability to graduate to Dot Dan- iel, Betty Whitfield, and Ann Green. 8. We, Shirley Parks and Marie Hob- good do will our charm as married Sen- iors who can finish school to a Junior girl who has the same ambition. 9. We, Robert McLaurin and Billy Ferrell, do will our intelligence and our East Durham girls to Irby Mangum and Jimmy Satterwhite if they can get them. 10. We, Mary Ellen Berry and Peggy Elliott will our ability to type all hours of the day to all Juniors who weep bitter tears over their typing grades. ll. We, Vernon Carroll, L. T. Par- rish, and Benny Anderson, dohereby will our luck with the draft board and our ab- ility to stay out of the army to Fred Hamilton and other 19-year olds. 12. We, Janice Kesterson and Judy Frazier, do will our cheerleading honor to anyone who loves the County Counts as much as we do. 13. We, Carolyn Holt, and Babs Neal do will our ability to skip school to any- one who thinks she wants it--providing they can get out of it easier than we did. 14. We, Faye Oakley and Graham Chappell, do will to Tommy Hull our love for dancing and high school life hoping it will bring him as much plea- sure as it has us. 15. We,Curtis Foreman,Bobby Fal- low, Harrison Register, andBobby Vea- sey, do will our appreciation for good science-fiction to Little Fallow, Tommy Hull, and Ma Green. 16. We, Doris Sharpe and Earl Pope do will our ability to go steady and still keep up with our studies to Joan Aiken and John Allen because we think they can use it. 17. We, Morris Riley, Ronald Rigs- bee, and Maynard May, do will our ab- ility to leave school and write our own excuses without getting caught to Judith White, Norma Lou Markham, and Lewis Deacon Jones. 18. We, Rhodes Dodson, and Barbara Suggs, do will our honor as the best looking couple in the senior class to Helen Suggs and Billy O'Quinn. 19. We, Thelma Browning and Dot Bishop do will our everlasting friend- ship to Tommy Hull and Little Fal- low, I, Dot, do leave my aches and pains from editing such a major production as the Nugget to the future editor. May she rest in peace! I, Thelma, do will my love for Bragtown land teachers, to Carson Weaver. 20. In conclusion, we, the Senior Class of 1953, realize that we, too, must leave Bragtown and pass on. Behind we leave four years of our young lives, years well spent. A part of us we proudly leave to remind all future generations of our stay in these good old halls, and with us we take our memories so that we may never forget this truly great school. DOROTHY BISHOP Attorney-at-law, Class of 1953 Witnessed by: JUDY FRAZIER PEGGY McKEE