Florence High School - Eagle Yearbook (Florence, MS)

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SENIOR CLASS WILL We, MAXINE CRAIN and MILDRED CRAIN, bequeath our ability to get our names mixed to Gloria Crain and Mildred Crain. I, ELSIE WANSLEY, bequeath my irresistible giggles and happy disposition to Kathleen Loflin. I, HELEN NEELY, bequeath my ability to hook fiance to Sara Nell Steen. I, DORIS HEMPHILL, will my envied place as most dignified senior to Halbert Ethel Whittington. I, WANDA JEAN WHITTINGTON, leave iny notes and letters to Martha Ann Burke for publication in next year's school paper. We, JOAN WEBB and PATSY LOFLIN, will all our excuse blanks and absence privileges to Percy Thorn and Pat McNatt. I, RUTH BYRD, bequeath my ability to obtain a job to Margaret Chastain. I, FAYE STUCKEY, do bequeath my ability to make straight A average to john Shivers. We hereby declare all previous promises to pay, will or testaments made by this class as null and void. We hereby appoint as sole administrator of this will, our Superintendent, Dan T. Keel, to administer this will and testament as he sees best. In witness whereof, we attach the signature of the class of '49, the second day of May in the year of the restless age.

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SENIOR CLASS WILL I, JOHN WALTON, bequeath my masculine handsomeness to J. R. Bridges and Jack Shows. I, ARTHUR COMPERE, leave my ability to argue with Mr. Holladay to Paul Sebren. I, JEANETTE THOMAS, bequeath all the slightly used gum under my desk to Mary Jo Brinson. . I, JOE ALLISTON, leave my enormous appetite to Alvin Thompson and Derwood Grantham. fIt's big enough for two.J I, RITA MAY, do bequeath my height to Carl Austin and Martha Ann Courtney. I, EMILLE GRIFFIN, leave my ability to play the great lover to Gary Frazier and Harvey Taylor. I, ROSIE LAYNE MERCHANT, do bequeath my ability to get my bookkeeping by fair means or foul to Jeanette Smith and Virginia Stevens. I, NOLAN SIMS, do bequeath my suave, masculine charm to Joe Ferguson and Gary Butler. I, AMELIA WHITFIELD, do bequeath my favorite seat in the office to Fay Nell Felts. We, JOE PAUL MATTHEWS and HARVEY FEASTER, leave our membership in the Bachelor's Club to Kent Harper and Duane Kier. I, BOBBIE NELL SCARBROUGH, will my mouth organ ability to Elizabeth Bethany. I, BILLIE WALTON, bequeath my talent of bluffing to G. B. Bethany, may he have more of it. We, JEANETTE HARPER and JEANETTE SHEFFIELD, do hereby will our matrimonial success to Jean Mullican and Willie Mae Hydrick. I, ESTELLE PRISOCK, bequeath my place as co-captain and center on the basketball team to Velma Lee Quimby. I, MARY ETHEL RENNO, do hereby will my characteristics of an old maid to Frances Jo Renno.

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THE CLASS VISION They had told me I must prophesy, but, I knew not what to do, For I was not born a prophet any more than one of you, I had spent the day in study and in thinking, hard and deep, So I now, all worn and weary lay me down and fell asleep, I had lain there but a moment in that slumber, calm and sweet, When I rose, refreshed and strengthened, and stepped out on the street But I very soon discovered that I was in a strange place, For I saw not one known figure nor an old familiar face. I could scarce believe my senses when I saw an airship line Reading Welcome Florence Seniors of nineteen forty-nine, While I puzzled over this problem, staring round with open eyesg' Looking for some one to question of this marvelous surprise, I beheld near me a lady coming on with footsteps slow, And I thought I would ask her and learn what I wished to knowg As she came to be still nearer, I thought I had seen that face, Somewhere else, yet could not put it in exactly its right place. But at last she stood before me and all wonder vanished quite, 'Twas my old chum, Rita May, and I met her with delight, She seemed quite surprised to see me, said I had been long away, And gave me an invitation to remain with her that day, Her kind offer I accepted, and she took me by the hand Led me to a near by roof-top where the sign read News Stand There she purchased a copy of The Eagle , and away we went Anxious to recall memories and look over our current event. Soon we passed a corner that looked like old times to me, For it was the well-known corner where our High School used to be! Now the campus had changed, modern buildings occupied the ground In fact, the school was so large it looked like a small town, By and by we reached Rita's home-her husbands too, But he was a traveling salesman, so I didnlt find out who! With delicious cookies and cup filled with piping hot tea We hurriedly sat down with the Eagle to see what we could see. This current issue dated April, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, Featured Nolan Sims, our class president, in the headline, As a super fisherman, he had evidence of his tall fish tale For he had succeeded in landing a three thousand pound whaleg Below this was a picture of a handsome man riding high, I knew it must be joe Paul, by the twinkle in his eyeg He had broken the world's speed record as the flying Ace, His wife, a blonde, had been his co-pilot throughout the race.