Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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ARTICLE IV Item 1. We, the members of the Torch Light Society, bequeath to our suc¬ cessors this “Great Epic”: “In chapel we go up the aisle, Holding our candles all the while. Garbed in robes of snowy white, We try to show the school what’s right.” Item 2. We of the magazine staff leave 1 to Mr. Willie Wunsch our job, con¬ sidering the fact that he has all the ideas and does all the work, anyway. Item 3. Student Council: We leave to the Student Council a room for their meetings and new sug¬ gestions for penalties. Item 4. To Glee Clubs: We will a real “Steinway.” Item 5. To “High Life”: We bequeath cables and news items about our adventures on “Parrotania.” ARTICLE V Item 1. Raymond Bennett reluctantly wills his marked mathematical ability to handsome little David Swdft. Item 2. John Betts and Marvin Isley bequeath to Malcom Moore and Edwin Mendenhall their height, as the said legatees need just this amount to make them of average size. Item 3. Bob Bishop and James Peterson thoughtfully leave their Beau Brummel appearances to baby dear, George Newman, and Glenn Holder. Item 4. To Louis Glascock, Ned Lipscomb, and Bill Ilorney we leave Joe Faulkner’s, Edward McNeely’s and Chester Strader’s gallant and dashing ways. Item .5. We bequeath to Kathleen Nussman Mary Price’s winning tears, hoping that they will make her life with the teachers as easy they have made Mary’s. Item 6. We will Paul Scurlock’s look of “On through the valley of death rode the six hundred” to Harmon Sullivan. Item 7. To James Tidwell we leave Carolyn Simmons’ formula for “auburn” hair. Item 8. Elizabeth Morris and Roy Smith will their chewing-gum to Eliza¬ beth Campbell and Joe Armfield; although the flavor is gone, we guarantee it will still pop with vim and noise. Item 9. Elizabeth Umberger leaves her boyish bob to Betty Brown. Item 10. Troy Ziglar w ills to Henry Biggs his cherished jar of slickum.

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Item 11. To Mr. Rowe we fondly bequeath a handful of pebbles, a la Demosthenes. Item 12. To Miss Coleman we leave the new dance records to add to her famous collection. Item 13. To Mrs. Comer we leave a schedule of next year’s football games, so that the toast and eggs may be arranged for in advance. Item 14. To Mr. Wunseh we leave a book of plays full of pep and with no love scenes. Item 15. Item 16. Item 17. ton steps. Item 18. Item 19. To Miss East we leave a new patented noiseless typewriter. To the coaches we sincerely bequeath an ideal football team. To Miss Blackmon we leave Jimmie Mans’ much practiced Charles- To Miss Causey we leave our very dilapidated hockey sticks. To Miss Ivillingsworth we leave the love and cherished memories of the first class of ’26. Item 20. To Miss Grogan we most sincerely bequeath the many memories of good times had in G. II. S. during the year 1925. Also to “Our Own” we leave the new edition of Wallace’s reducing rec¬ ords, in the hope that she may soon indulge daily in Mrs. Comer’s alluring desserts. Item 20. To the remainder of the faculty we leave our heart full of sym¬ pathy for not having had the pleasure of teaching us. ARTICLE III To you, 0 Juniors, we leave: Item 1. Our well known ability to bluff the teachers (we hope you will appreciate our much used art). Item 2. We unwillingly leave our dear old 106 to the coming class. May you cherish and respect its “The bell has rung”, “Are you chewing gum”? “Girls! Girls!” “Baby, dear, sit down,” “Tammany Hall disband,” and “Paul, close the door.” Item 3. Our last possession, Miss Grogan’s “Betty”, we leave to the Junior museum; may it be preserved with much care and appreciation. How’s zat? To the Sophomores we leave the duty and privilege of wielding a wicked paddle on the young and insignificant Freshmen. We also bequeath the joyful anticipation of sometime, in the near future, taking up residence in the main building. To the Freshies we leave our favorite Latin poem: “Please check your chewing-gum and ponies at the door, And hear seme fairy stories you never heard before.

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Item 11. Dorothy Lea and Helen Felder leave their ever-faithful curling irons to Hilda Smith and Ange Applewhite with the understanding that they will use the irons daily. Item 12. To Margaret Ferguson we bequeath Cecile Lindau’s brown, eyes, although said eyes have already been so overworked that we fear they will be of little use to Margaret. Item 1.!. Randall Martin wills the copyright of his latest manuscript. Sheik, and 5 oil Shall Find, to John Mebane. Item 14. Jimmie Mans leaves his football ability to play “way back” to Graham Todd. Item 15. Inez Murray wills her fainting spells to Ruth Watson. Item 16. Irene Hester s, Gertrude Ilobb’s and Nelda Cox’s paint and flap- perisli ways to Louise McCulloch, Joe Abernathy and Jewell Waugh. Item 17. Elizabeth Crews, Ruth Curtis, and Mary Lyon will to Marguerite Harrison, Mary Tilley and Glenn Boyd MacLeod their bold and daring manner. Item 18. With fond memories Margaret Crews wills her cherished powder puff to Ethel Lockamy. Item lit. Sammy Goode and Marshall Campbell haven’t anything to leave, so they leave it to Henry Goodwin and George Stone. Item 20. Lattis Johnson’s collegiate overcoat he fondly bequeaths to Perry Hvames, since he is the only one that has the required height. Item 21. We gladly leave our fire escape to P. B. Whittington. Although acting bars are scarce around the school, P. B.’s physical culture shall not be slighted. In witness whereof, we do hereby cause the seal of our class to be affixed to this, our last will and testament, on tliis twenty-eighth day of January, nine¬ teen hundred and twenty-six, and, moreover, we do appoint Wheeler Morehead and Annie Moc k as our sole executors. (Signed) The Senior Class. Witnesses: C. W. Phillips Fannie S. Mitchell Ione Grogan