Franklin County Training School - Fracotrasco Yearbook (Louisburg, NC)

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Last Will and Testament On behalf of my client, the class of 1953, of the Franklin County Training School, city of Louisburg, State of North Carolina, I have called you together upon this solemn and serious occa- sion to listen to her last will and testament, and to receive from her dying hand the few gifts she has to bestow in her last moments. To our Principal and Faculty, we will our love, best regards, and hope that they will be more successful in the future. To the Junior Class, we will our ability to graduate. To the Sophomore Class, we will the front lawn. To the Freshman Class, we will our home room. To Willie F. Perry, the Senior boys, will the ability not to argue so much. To Annie Mae Bridie, Mozella Allen wills her slowness around F.C.T.S. To Eugene Martin, Russell Davis wills his money and land. To Edith Allen, Austina Clemonts wills her fine brown frame and her cute little smile. To Shirley Young she wills the ability not to be afraid. To Bessie Harris, Leora Harris wills her ability to graduate. To Mary Helen Branch, Betrice Young wills the key to Halvester Leonard's heart and hopes that she will be able to use it. To Easter Rose and Eleanor Shearin, Oteen Shearin wills her ability to become a dignified senior. To Jordan Harris, Thelma Green wills the key to her heart, and to the remaining girls of F.C.T.S., William Lemay. To Jessie Davis, Joseph Davis wills his abi- lity to be a better bus driver. To Eugene Martin, Otis Hawkins wills his legs and to Randolph Williams his strong knees. To Jackie King, Russell Davis wills about forty pounds. To Randolph ‘''Mudo ’ Williams, Wilbert Williams wills his daily trip to the bank. To Shirly Young and Margurite Spivey, Beu- enia Younge wills her ability to get her lesson better. To Lila Kelly, she wills her charming personality. To William Lemay, Richmond Davis wills bus No. 45. To Mary Helen Branch, Sallie Richardson wills her everlasting friendship. To Gladys Eaton and Mary Rose Williams, Joanne Dent wills her ability to drive a car. Toe Shelton Rodwell, Willie Brodie wills his football uniform. To Shelton Rodwell, Willie Davis wills his football shoes, and to Johnnie Lee Bobbitt, his bad pitching arm. To Sue T. Johnson, Ilean Hawkins wills her height and size. To James Yarborough, Willie F. Hilliard wills his kindness. To Ruth Leonard, Eva Yarborough wills her basketball suit and hopes that she will use it to the best of her ability. To Claude Leonard, Henry Evans wills his driver's license and his ability to act like a gen- man around ladies. To Joe Lewis Moore, Jordan Harris wills his ability to play football, and to Edward Perry, his height. To Yvonne Hawkins, Magnolia Perry wills her position on the basketball team, and to Grace Johnson, her courtesy on the bus. To Tommy Tucker, Ernest Kearney wills his ability to keep a hair cut, and to be a gentle- man around ladies. To Ruth Leonard, Shirley Young, and Mar- guerite Spivey, Ruth Moore wills the brick column to the right of the lawn. To Mary H. Hicks, Mary Johnson wills her will-power to resist food. To Mary Gupton, Martha Williams wills all her school books. To Sallie Hawkins, Clara Thomas wills her ability to get her lessons. To Grace Johnson, Mary H. Manley wills her ability to talk all day long. To Althea Young, Mildred Williamson wills the key to her heart. To Dorothy Perry, Geneva Williams wills her Sociology book. To Marie Evans, Leora Harris wills her seat in Mr. Himbry's Guidance class. Novella Lewis wills her quietness to all the noisy girls at F.C.T.S. To Johnnie Lee Bobbitt, June A. Edgerton wills his musical ability. In witness whereof, we, the class of 1953, set our hands and seal this 28th day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. Witnesses: Clara Thomas Otis Hawkins Novella Lewis W ritten by: Austina Clemonts

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Class Superlatives Herman Nicholson Earnest Kearney Russell Davis Herman Nicholson Merlyn Macon June A. Edgerton Wilbert Williams Jordon Harris Otis Hawkins June A. Edgerton Robert Burrell Willie Davis Richmond Davis Robert Greene Willie Brodie Joseph Davis Willie Hilliard Willie Davis June A. Edgerton Willie Hilliard Earnest Kearney Willie Hilliard Otis Hawkins Earnest Kearney ‘Most Scholarly ’ ‘ Most Dignified ’ ‘ Most Cooperative ’ ‘ Most Witty”’ ‘ Most Humorous ’ . ‘ Most Popular’ ‘ Most Conservative” ‘ Most Boisterous ’ ‘ Most Athletic’’ ‘Most Musical ’ ‘ Most Responsible” ‘ Most Industrious”’ ‘ Most Lazy” ‘ Most Talkative” ‘ Kindest ’ ‘‘Most Disagreeable ’ ‘ Most Versatile ‘ ‘Largest’' ‘ Neatest”’ ‘ Most Quiet ‘“Youngest ’ ‘ Oldest ' ‘Best Dressed” ‘ Beau and Belle ’ Thelma Green Ruth Moore Austina Clemonts Ilean Hawkins Clara Thomas Sally M. Richardson Louise Macon Mary Johnson Eva M. Yarborough Mary H. Manley Beuenia Young Mildred Williamson Leora Harris Gladys Moss Edith Brodie Magnolia Perry Joanne Dent Beuenia Young Eva M. Yarborough Novella Lewis Martha Williamson Betrice Young Betrice Young Sally Richardson

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Class Song (Tune: ''Flow Gently, Sweet Afton'') We're parting to-night from the friends of our youth, We part from the school that our valor inspired. It quickened our zeal and our love for the truth, All the bounteous wisdom and wo Her children will stay to her memor While deeds of devotion add ligh Class Poem LET US ADMIT IT (With apologies to Kipling) ’ Let us admit it fairly as high school Seniors should; We've had no end of lessons, and they've done us no end of good. We entered as timid Freshmen, we leave as graduates bold, And we find it hard to realize the knowledge our young heads hold. We've had our foolish notions knocked higher than Franklin's kite; Our minds have been made over, and we know it served us right. We've spent four tears in labor hard to Prove the fact once more That life is quite confused, and two and two are seldom four. We're crammed to the brim with learning, and now we must turn it to use, And if one of us is a failure, he hasn't a single excuse. The more we work and the less we talk the better results we shall get, For we've had four years of training; it may makeus successes et. Let es admit it fairly as high school Seniors should: We're proud of Franklin County Training School; it's done us a lot of good.