Griffith High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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Shumate Davis wills his winning ways To all the junior girls, whom he does amaze. Willie Ragsdale wills the hall pass he uses To all the other guys who make excuses. Pat Thompson gives to Jean Cockerham the winning smile That has always kept her right in style. Lloyd Lyons wills his husbandly love To Mr. Hunter who needs a little shove. Flora Mahaffey wills to her sister, Ruby, Ezra Layell, her love now to be. Bill Donaldson wills to Allison Thomas his funny sounds To put on bus 42 so it can make the rounds. Mae Long wills Petitness” to a charming lass, Barbara Cogging, of the next senior class. Roy Beckerdite wills his job in D. E. To Travis Cleary with hearty glee. Jack Combs wills his neatness of clothes To Jack Foltz, from his head to his toes. Lavanda Harrill will do the office work right Willed to her by Aldine Snyder and Mary White. Shirley Myers wills her understanding manner To a ’53 senior, Shirley Danner. Connie Smith wills her newspaper work To Gail Blackburn, our newspaper clerk. Montez S aim wills her tasty pie recipes To Mary Lou Swaim who could use some of these. Ivey White wills his listening ears To Bertha Wall for the coming years. Charles Brown wills his coal black hair To Emory Fishel whose locks are fair. To rising seniors wills Florence Holder How To Get Your Man” compiled in one folder. Fay Thomas leaves her ability to lead a yell To Myrtle Templeton, who can do swell. To Kenneth Myers, Joann Gentry wills her horses And all the books which are their sources. Jeanette Teague and her quiet ways Go to Sharron Allen, we hope it stays. Jimmy Tesh bequeaths his Key Club work To Jimmy Swaim, who duty will not shirk. Jack Cranford wills his seat in English class To anyone who thinks he may not pass. To some lucky lads. Bob Thompson and J. C. Will their jobs down at Purity. Louise Shouse wills her library career To Louise Snyder who helped her this year. Glenn Northrop wills his chemistry skill To Tommy Welborn who’ll fill the bill. Evalina McCuiston wills to Nancy Wiles Her graceful ways and many smiles. Engaged Betty Martin and Patsy Inscore will Their sparkling fingers to gals who need such skill. Billy Joe Lakey wills his little car To Mervin Miller, to help her go far. Sis” Davis wills her scorekeeper’s role To a deserving lass—Carol Cole. B. H. Bowles wills bus No. 93” To Joan Crouch, a driver to be. His dancing lessons Homer Widener will pass To all the boys in the rising senior class. We, Jane Snyder and Ruby Shaw, With our little knowledge of law. Now pass our verse that does half rhyme To anyone who might find the time. ARTICLE V Seeing the need of an executor for this We looked around for just the right miss. Miss Sarah Hunter is the one we chose For the job of filling the executor’s hose. We now have completed our very last will And stamp it with our own special seal. We place it here for all to see On June, 1952, A. D. Testators: JANE SNYDER AND RUBY SHAW. Witnesses: RUDOLPH, LITTLEST ANGEL, LUCIFER. IS

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the class of ’52 Are leaving, other work to do. Here we make our very last will, But memories of Griffith will linger stilL ARTICLE I To Mr. Kuykendall who helped us all Through trying moments on him we did call. We leave to him apprecia¬ tion and thanks For looking over our crazy pranks. Mr. Chilton has guided us through Many a trying day and blue. Our thanks in one verse we could never express For filling our senior year with so much happiness. ARTICLE II For our sponsors, Mrs. Livengood and Mrs. Swift, We haven’t the money to buy a big gift. A word of gratimde we now give you. For patience, encouragement and understanding, too. ARTICLE III To the rising senior class We leave a bottle of laughing gas. To take when studying Chaucer and Macbeth, ' Cause that darned stuff will lead to death. Our ability to run and snatch the food first. We leave to the next seniors, who could do worse. Our chapel position we leave behind, And any other privileges you might find. ARTICLE IV At the head of the council G. B. did well. For this job he thinks Don Snyder would be swell. Bob Welborn is president of the ’52 class To William Davis this position he does pass. As class treasurer. Fay collected our dues For this position Barbara Hayes she does choose. Julia George turns her editorship in To the rising seniors, May the best man win.” Red” Pope wills his place as basketball star To Dillard Golding who, we know, will go far. Jimmy Welborn wills his corny wit To Jimmy Eddinger to do what he can with it. Barbara Myers wills her title of beauty queen To Nancy Gilbert, a beauty to be seen. Mary Lee Beale would like to will To Hermon Fort her artistic skill. Nancy Moore wills her way with a song To a worthy person, Carmell Long.” Bobby Mahaffey wills his star football roles To a rising senior, Don Boles.” Betty Parks wills her position as wife To Colleen Lakey for the rest of her life. Joe Bill Davis would like to give brains to all of us. Since it’s true he has just a Touch of Genius.” Don Hunter wills his ability to charm us all To a handsome young lad, Hassell Hall.” Caroline Mock wills her beauty and poise To each of the rising senior boys. Wilma Everhart wills her ability to get around To Robinell Reavis, who’s quite a gal about town. Emma Williams, who is friendly as can be. Wills to Colleen Rierson her wonderful personality. Barbara Mock, Marie, and Joann will their talent to sing To anyone who wants to give it a fling. Ruby Casey’s skill for making friends Out to Shirley Thomas she sends. Aldine Wilkins’ basketball skill is hard to beat To Jerry Cole he wills this feat. Henry White wills his basketball role To Frank Orrell, who can make the goal. 24

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PROPHECY The golden sun began its nightly journey to its resting place, and the quiet of evening fell around the shoulders of the earth as if it were a tender prelude for the moon and stars that were to follow. Slowly the moon ascended to its heavenly throne and each twinkling star took its appointed place. The peace and quiet of this summer evening of ’62 penetrated the shell of forgetfulness that ten years had built about my mind; and as I gazed into the celestial arrangements, each glittering star portrayed the life of a fellow senior of ’52. Venus, the goddess of love had taken her toll of that senior class. Even before graduation three of our midst had been married. Florence Holder was a solid supporter of the Griffith P. T. A. since her children had started to Griffith. Lloyd Lyons was still happily married to his lovely mate. Betty Jo Parks, another married senior, was living a quiet life in her Ardmore mansion. Bill had made millions in the United States Army and had already retired. Mary Lee Beale and Johnny had put another ring with the diamond she had worn in her senior year. They were good neighbors of Shirley Myers and her husband Ed. Betty Martin, Patsy Inscore, and Homer Widener had also said their vows in the summer of ’52, and were living in little white houses with picket fences to keep the kiddies at home. What could have been more surprising than to see our quiet boy of ’52 Roy Beckerdite, com¬ pletely revised, giving G. B. Myers a tough race for the Mayorship of Winston-Salem? The former Barbara Myers, who had married a sailor soon after her graduation, was making a tour of her old home town as Mrs. America of 1962. Virginia Davis and Pat Thompson were living in style in a New York penthouse and occupied their busy days with playing canasta. J. C. Robinson had become sole owner of Purity Market. Ruby Shaw had become a famous comic strip artist. Her friend, Jane Snyder, had also become famous as a surgeon at a local vetenary hospital. Policeman Don Hunter was working hand in hand with the warden of the state pen, Jimmy Welborn. It was rumored that Mr. Welborn would soon be released from his position because so many people were trying to get into the penitentiary—just to hear his jokes. Aldine Wilkins had pursued his studies after leaving Griffith and now was professor of physics at Oxford University. Bobby Mahaffey was world renowned as the greatest broken-field runner in the nation and Joe Bill Davis was his private photographer. Mary White and Aldine Snyder had remained on their farms and held daily conferences over their back yard fences. Fay Thomas and Flora Mahaffey had gone into the bakery business after discovering their talents for cake baking in their senior year. 26