Harding High School - Acorn Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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FAMGUS LAST WDRDS A recently published book of Famous Last VVords has in it such quotations as the following: Stonewall Jackson's last utterance was, Let us cross the river and rest under the shade of the trees. Dryden expressed the opinion that, None but the brave deserves the fair. Among such famous words we find the last words of the class of 1940. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT . We, the class of 40, of Harding High School, City of Charlotte, and State of North Carolina, hereby publish, and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament. make, We, the senior class hereby bequeath our most treasured possessions in the manner that follows: ARTICLE I-To TH!-1 SCHOOL To Mr. Hawkins we leave our extreme gratitude for his guidance throughout the years. We hope that the class of 40 has left a pleasant memory with the school. ARTICLE II-To THE Oncommc CLAss We hope that you have the privilege of using the public library in your school next year. We leave behind us the hope that you will not impose too much upon your senior privileges. ARTICLE III-To Ti-is TEACHERS 1. 2. I. 2. l. To Miss Yelvington we leave the hope that she has enjoyed her first year with us. 2. To Miss Watson we leave our sincere gratitude for advising us during the past years. 3. To Miss Brockwell and Mr. Cook we leave our appreciation for bringing out the talent in our music-minded students. 4. To Mrs. Mary Davis we leave our gratitude for her helpfulness to our class. 5. To Mr. Edwards we leave the hope that he can develop a basketball team out of his scrubs next year. 6. To Mrs. Giles we leave the hope that her next class knows the ditierence between an asset and a liabilit . 7. To Mrs. Mackey we leave our gratitude for advising our 40 annual. 8. To Miss Magginis we leave the hope that she has more studious English classes next year. 9. To Mr. Powell we leave the atmosphere of his chemistry lah. 10. To Mrs. Roach we leave the hope that she can find the olice practice papers we filed this year. 11. To Miss Sandifer and Miss Batten we leave our student council debts. 12. To Miss Smith we leave the hope that she gets a basketball team that doesn't go in for trucking. 13. To Mr. Tewkesbury we leave an audience to listen to his tall tales. 14. To Mrs. Sawyer we leave a bottle of aspirin tablets. IS. To Mr. Powers we leave our appreciation 'for the title of city champions. 16. To Mrs. Nancy Davis we leave the hope that she adds Gone With the Wind to the library. ARTICLE IV-To Vntous STUDENTS 1. To Bronze Trull, Bill Miller leaves his drum major's uniform and baton. 2. Bill Wright leaves his basketball ability to C. S. Stuart. 3. Helen Norris and Edna Linder leave their ability to hold offices to Margaret Hunter and Nancy Sharp. 4. To Laura Mae Johnston, Sara Basinger leaves her gay laugh. 5. Virginia Taylor and Mildred Robinson leave their petite figures to Love Barkley and Rose Threatt. Br an Woollen leaves his title of Most Likely to Succeed to Joe Messina and Joe Wilson wills 6. his bookkeeping ability to Sterling Jordan. 7. To Helen Harkey, Elaine Scruggs leaves her daintiness. 8. To Margaret Seegers, Nancy Lee and Weasie Howard leave the remainder of the basketball team. 9. Jack Howell, Walter Dixon and Hope Funderburk leave the office practice room to Jack Moore. 10. Alexander Pardalis and Lamont Hudson leave their perfect figures to Bill Yount and Frank Kendall. ll. To Jane and Jean Allison, Betty Jo Greene and Urby Lee Godfrey leave their quiet manner. 12. Hilda Hanes leaves her love for the boys to Betty Jo Reinhardt and Joe Hicks leaves his girl friends to Jack Demas. 13. 14. 15. titles 16. front Jean Sehorn and Becky Ferguson leave their megaphoncs to Aileen Hipp and Norma Muse. Oscar Jenkins and Howard Pringle leave their basketball ability to Sam McAllister and Martin Scott. To Wallace Bunn and Nannie Mae Stephens, William Conrades and Marguerite Taylor leave their of best looking boy and girl. John Livingston leaves his desk in English to whoever wants it, and Robert Thomson leaves his seat to William Hodges. 17. Doris Jones and Irene Ross leave their sweet disposition to Grace Parker and Mary Reilly. 18. Mary Noble and Henrietta Patrick leave their giggles to Dot Stubbs, and Ned Kissiah wills his grin to Lee Walker. I9. To Donald Walters, Krueger Wright leaves his position as manager. Doris Culbreth leaves her baby face to Jean Carroll. To Franklin Vita, J. C. Leary leaves his tallnessg Thelma Braswell leaves her height of 5 feet to Maurice Green. 22. Cecil Adams leaves his high scores to J. B. Groom and Bill Smith, his pigskin to Harry Brickhouse. 23. Eiicangeline Garr leaves her locker to J. B. Orr, and Mary Ramsey bequeaths her Nazi Uniform to Mr. Coo . 24. Margaret Black wills her dignity to Betty Collins and Stewart Butler his quiet ways to Ed. Watt. 20. 21. 25. Jimmy Booker leaves his ability to be absent to Henry Stokes. 26. Sally Shull, Elizabeth Griggs, and Margaret Hubbell will their shy, modest manner to Katie Stone. 27. To Dorothy Rudisill, Carrene Stubbs wills her ability to be considerate. 28. Margaret Senter leaves has dainty laugh to Montese Blankenship. 29. Hertle Bumgardner and Walter McGrady leave their indifference to girls to Louis Boyd, and Warren Wallace leaves his title of lady killer to Harold Milam. 30. To Donald Keistler, Weon Runyan leaves his flashy clothes. 31. Frances Cox wills her traditional red sucker to Blanche Nelson. 32. Kathryn Lomax and Betty Clapp leave their English grades to Barbara Williams and Norma Booker. 33. Elizabeth Kerr and Mary Lilly will their sly grins and winks to Gwendolyn Lehman. Henry Little leaves his ability to take the best looking girls to Junior-Senior banquets to Lee Walker. . Margaret Aldred leaves her title of most attractive to Margaret Leonard. 36. Joe Overeash leaves his suspenders to Thomas Wetmoreg Joe Butler, his brogans to Curtis White: Robert Hager, his nickname Lacy to Bobby Fisher. 37. Charles Norman leaves his ability to make talks to L. J. Solomon. 34. 35 38. G. C. Tickle wills his bluff to Joe Muse and Bill Jefferson leaves his brag to Tom Lefier. 39. June Rankin wills her ability to chew gum to Anna Taylor. 40. Charles Miller leaves his ability to kick about homework to Bill Knox. 41. Evelyn Ballard leaves her respect for her teachers to Ruth Crowson. 42. Molcy Kerr leaves the cafeteria to the undergraduates. 43. Mary Harriet Sawyer leaves her position in the honor society to Claudine Norman. 44. Fred Morrison wills his big feet to Bill Collins. . To Jack Williams, Nancy Farr leaves her admiring smile. We hereby make, constitute and appoint Mr. J. R. Hawkins to be the executor of this, Our Last Will and Testament. IN Wirusss Wuslsor, we. the class of 40 have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed our seal, the first day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty. CLASS OF FORTY, tSigned7 BRYAN Woor.u:N, Class Lawyer. 45 I

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HARDING HIGH sc:-Ioor. IUNIOR OFFICERS AND MARSI-IALS JUNIOR OFFICERS HENRY STOKES President MARGARET FUNDERBURRI Vice-President AUDREY PARISH Secretary BETTY Jo REINHARDI Treasurer MR. EDWARDS Adviser JUNIOR MARSI-IALS MARGARET HUNTER Chief IVIARIE NELSON Assistant Chief JIEAN ALLISON JEAN CARROLL JACK GREENI: .IOIZ MESSINA LEWIS PADGITI I BI2'I l'Y .Io REINIIARDI J. C, RHYNIE MARUARIQT SIEEGIERS NANCY SHARP Fu WATT f J