George Washington Carver Regional High School - Hawk Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Seniors of 1955-56, being of sound mind, hereby bequeath this last will and testament. ARTICLE I To the faculty, we bequeath our solemn pledge to ever uphold our Alma Mater. ARTICLE II To our advisors, we bequeath the prayers of power and wisdom that they may continue to counsel and advise others as they have done for us. ARTICLE III To the Juniors, we wish to will a successful and happy year such as we have had. To the Sophomores, we wish to will them our ability to have a very successful prom. To the Freshmen, we wish to bestow upon you our well worn text books for your Senior studies. To the Eighth Grade, we wish to will to you our courage to go on and complete your five years here at Carver. ARTICLE IV To Mr. Finlay and Mrs. Blair, our thanks in making our Senior term a happy one. To Miss Taylor, a Senior Class that will remain in their seats. To Mr. Hawkins, a steel ruler to slam on the desk during his government classes. Ruby Lightfoot wills her ability to make good grades to Alberta Lightfoot. Mary Ellis wills to Joyce Lewis her ability to make an “A” in history and her office as Senior Class President to Arthur Jones. Earline Daniels wills her ability to match colors properly to Sylvia Vaughan and Elizabeth Walker. Martha Harris wills her leotard to Betty Spottswood. Louise Jackson wills to Barbara Taliaferro her ability to flirt. Ora Wallace wills her English book to Frances Wallace. Charles Mills wills his position on the football team to Jackie Taliaferro. Laura Watson wills her ability to keep striving until she reaches the right of achievement to Viola Robinson. Geneva Greene wills to June Johnson and Julia Warring her ability to play with the opposite sex and still don’t freeze. Margaret Brown wills her ability to keep a secret to Gloria Jett. Deloyd Avery and Marion Hughes will to Robert Dorsey a doll baby to play with in his classes. Mattie Hill wills to Bernice Jameson her boy friend John Hawkins. Mary Johnson wills her Shirley Temple curls to Virginia Jordan. Robert Beasley wills his front seat in Miss Taylor’s room to Gilbert Robinson. Marilyn Ferguson wills her seat in the nurse’s room to Lillie Mae Morton. Warren Spottswood wills his first trumpet position to Beverly Brown. Alvin Brown wills his ability to draw to Lawrence Beasley. Hattie Gray wills her ability to get along with others to her sisters Regina and Claudine. Gene Brown wills to W ' illiam Bowler his ability to do well in school. To all future Seniors we leave our hope that they will keep striving until their goal is reached. Margaret Brown Gertrude Willis

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Teaching basketball at Hookersville, Texas, is none other than Helen Vincent. The majority of her varsity team are children of Ora Lee Wallace. Marilyn Ferguson is the private secretary of Harold Arrington. Mary Dade is owner of a Crocheting Shoppe at Grassland, Oklahoma. At pre- sent she is crocheting a sweater for Reuben Lewis. Marion Hughes is en-route to Germany to meet her husband. Freddie Williams and Lucy Randolph own a five-hundred acre farm in Brown Cedar, Montana. Lottie Goodall is doing private bookkeeping for Robert Beasley in Pencilhead, Indiana. At the present Ruby Lightfoot is teaching neatness at Crowhill High School, in Rockhill, Missouri. Irmeshen Jordan is teaching Home Economics at Button Hall High School, in Dice City, Michigan. Most of the children belong to Mary Johnson. Martha Harris is now professor at Cortez Peters’ Bussiness School, in Wash- ington, D. C. Clarence Yeager is now in a fast trot and can’t stop. Geneva Lewis has won Her Chance of a Lifetime’’ on The Pinkey Lee Show. ’’ Crystal Ball Gazers Frances Wise Deloris Bridgett The Future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does. whoever he is.

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WHO ' S WHO MOST POPULAR DOLORES BRIDGETT GENE BROWN MOST DIGNIFIED HATTIE GRAY ALVIN BROWN MOST SOPHISTICATED MARGARET BROWN EDWARD WORMLEY MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED LAURA WATSON ALVIN BROWN MOST RELIABLE FRANCES WISE ALVIN BROWN MOST TYPICAL EVA TALIAFERRO EDWARD WORMLEY MOST VERSATILE DOLORES BRIDGETT EDWARD WORMLEY BEST DRESSED EARLINE DANIELS FREDERICK BRAXTON NEATEST RUBY LIGHTFOOT ROBERT BEASLEY MOST COOPERATIVE MARGO BROCK ALVIN BROWN BEST LOOKING DELOYD AVERY WARREN SPOTTSWOOD SLOWEST MARGO BROCK WILLIAM GREENE QUIETEST MABLE LEWIS JAMES FINKS BEST ATHLETE HELEN VINCENT JAMES WARD CLASS BABIES VIRGINIA CARPENTER ALVIN ELLIS MOST TALKATIVE GERTRUDE WILLIS ALVIN ELLIS LOUDEST MATTIE HELL ALVIN ELLIS FRIENDLIEST ROSIE WISE ROBERT BEASLEY MOST IN LOVE MARY CARPENTER CHARLES MILLS BIGGEST FLIRT ■ANNETTE JACKSON CHARLES MILLS BIGGEST EATER MATTIE HILL GENE BROWN MOST MUSICAL MARY BECK WARREN SPOTTSWOOD