Hartsville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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no longer keep them, but as valuable assets to those who may receive them, and a continual reminder of the generosity of heart displayed in our free and full bestowal. 1. I, Joab Watson, do will and bequeath to Marcellus Parrott, my position on the baseball team, and my old razor blades. To Pete Turner I leave my cool nerve and voice, and the love and admiration I received from Ruby Pennington, I do most heartily bestow upon Bruce Bair. 2. I, Sarah Howie, will and bequeath to Dorothy Tillotson, my big feet, providing she never wears shoes that hurt her toes. 3. I, Edith Renfrow, do will my permanent wave to Mary D. Chambers, hoping that she will take better care of it than I have. 4. I, Pink King, do will and bequeath my parking place to Leslie Graham on condition that he does not use it while I am here. 5. I, Sarah Parrott, hereby will my ability of getting into trouble, to Margaret Phoebe Reynolds, also my knowledge of Algebra. 6. I, Charles Funderburk, do will and bequeath to some benighted Freshman—anybody who will accept it as it is yet unclaimed—all my trouble as business manager of the school publications. 7. I, Ava May Billingsley, do will and bequeath my athletic ability to Maud West, provided she will not surpass me in the future. 8. I, Lyndal Perry, do hereby will and bequeath my loud voice and my ability to say uh between each word, to Monroe Crossley, Lena Blackmon and Roberta McKinnon. 9. I, Otto Wilkerson, do will to Mr. Hungerpiller my great vocabulary which has increased so much under his direction. 10. I. Vivian Wallace, do will my quietness and disposition to Percie Ingram, hoping she will reform in the future. 11. I, Hartridge Miller, do will and bequeath my ability as a French student to Carson Steen. 12. I, Margaret Hoover, bequeath to Marguerite Benjamin my short dresses to be worn especially on windy days, and to Mary D. Chambers my beautiful handwriting with the hope that when it is especially illegible, she will, as I have, be given the benefit of the doubt. 13. I, Florence Elliott, do will and bequeath to Ruth Stewart my curly and golden locks. 14. I, Mary Stewart, do will and bequeath to Mary Emma McDonald my size and height, hoping that she will enjoy being large and tall. 15. I, Margaret McDonald, will and bequeath to Marguerite Benjamin my height, curly locks and cosmetics with sincere wishes that she will appreciate them and care for them as I have. 16. I, Harry Oates, do will and bequeath my ability to play football to William Funderburk, hoping that he will get as great a thrill out of it as I have. 21

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THE WILL OF THE SENIOR CLASS We, the Senior Class of 1927, in forty individual and distinctive parts, being about to pass out of this sphere of education, in full possession of a crammed mind, well trained memory, a strained energy, and almost super-human understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills and promises. First. We do direct that our funeral services shall be conducted by our friends, our superintendent and his wise faculty, who have been our guardians for so long, only asking that our funeral be carried on with all dignity and seriousness that our worth, attainment, and position as Seniors, must certainly have deserved. As to such estate as it has pleased the fates and our strong hands and brain to win for us, we do dispose of the same as follows: One. We, The Senior Class, do will and bequeath to our Superintendent, Mr. J. H. Thornwell, and our Principal, Mr. J. C. Hungerpiller, our sincere affection, our deepest reverence, our heartiest gratitude, and the whole unlimited of our eternal memory. It shall be their’s to watch every step of our upward and onward flitting, to note each trial, each attempt, each victory, each success and honor that we may achieve in the arena of the world and to accept for themselves, as interest on our deathless debt, every ounce of the praise, every iota of the honor, knowing that it is all due to their faithful instructions. Two. We give and bequeath to our dear Faculty—who have been our instructors in all the wisdom of the ages—a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. No longer need they lie awake through the long watch of the night to worry over the uncertainty of whether this one is doing her night work or that one will have his math for the morning class, or the other one will remember every ironclad rule of compositional technique in the preparation of her essay. It has been a long strain on them for Seniors are said to be at all times, and under all conditions, difficult to manage. But they have all done their duty, and verily now shall they have their well earned reward. We also give all amazing and startling knowledge and information that we have furnished them from time to time in our examination papers. Three. To the Freshmen we leave our utmost sympathy. Four. To the Sophs we leave any overlooked mounds of gum that we may have left adhering to the underside of desks, banisters, or any likely or unlikely places. We have sometimes had to rid ourselves of them in too much haste to be able to pick and choose the most desirable means of disposal. Five. To the Juniors we leave our dignity, and our Senior privileges. The following may seem but trifling bequests, but we hope they may be accepted, not as worthless things lavishly thrown away because we can 20

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17. I, James Lide Jordan, Jr., do will and bequeath my unusual ability in arguing and filibustering in history class to Pierce Parrott. 18. I, Dorothy McDonald, do will and bequeath to Irene Sparrow my ever increasing height and newest pair of shoes, hoping that they will fit her exactly. 19. We, Miriam Gandy and Eleanor McKinnon, do hereby will and bequeath to Mary Lee and Lee Redfearn an elevated platform on which to walk across the neighbor’s cotton patch. This will expedite their progress to and from school, and at the same time, preserve the cotton crop. 20. We, Lillie Watford and Ruth Seymour, do will and bequeath to Helen Howie and Mildred Folsom, our job at recess and after school, erasing blackboards and watering flowers. 21. I, Caroline Gillespie, do will and bequeath my vanity case, rouge, lipstick, and eyebrow stick to Miss Baker, hoping that she will be able to use it as effectively as I did. 22. I, C. T. Miller, do will and bequeath my ability to run and tease to Robin Askins, hoping that he will get as much fun out of it as I did. 23. I, Pennie Rhodes, will and bequeath to Ruby Pennington, my love for work and good behavior during school hours, providing she will speak only when spoken to. 24. I, Billy Abbott, do will and bequeath my ability to bluff, to any member of the Junior Class—apply early to avoid the rush. 25. I, Opal Powell, do will and bequeath to Janie Parrish my ability to laugh, seriously hoping that she will get as much pleasure as I have. 26. I, Katherine Powe, will my knowledge of Geometry to Bosie Egle-ston. 27. I, Eva Walters, do hereby will and bequeath to R. W. Stogner, my unusual love for the study of French and the wish that it will bring as much happiness and joy to him as it brought to me. 28. I, Rupert Harden, will my ability to learn math to Marcellus Parrot, hoping that he will be as successful as I have been. 29. I, Susan Hicks, do hereby will and bequeath to Frank Ellis, my false teeth, hoping that he will get as much pleasure out of eating as I did. 30. I, Hartridge Miller, do will my ability as a French student to Carson Steen. 31. The Senior Class wills to Rachel Miller, Mildred Miller, Katherine Morgan, Leslie Rhodes, Tom Ham and Lever Edwards, all old stub pencils, note books, test books, and all other sources of information which will help them decide what they wish to will by the time they are Seniors in College. As a parting shot, we appoint John, the Janitor, as sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we attach the signature of the Class of 1927. Charles Funderburk, Jr., Lawyer. 22