Holmes County High School - Ho Co Hi Yearbook (Bonifay, FL)

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CLASS WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the class of i944 of the Holmes County High School, County of Holmes and State of Florida, being in our right mind and sound body and realizing that we must part with sundry honors, talents, looks, and emotions do bequeath and bequit, leave, give, and get rid of the following in this our last will and testament. We hereby bequeath to Mr. Lewis, our principal, our affection and respect for his careful guid- ance, enduring patience and rare good fellowship. To the faculty we leave fond memories of our brilliant class and condolences over the loss they are about to experience. ' To our school we will our splendid records in scholarship, dramotics, music, athletics and citizen- ship. T To our successors, the Juniors, we leave Miss Ayers and our privileges and dignity as Seniors. We solemnly bequeath to the naive, unsuspecting sophomores a deeper sense of duty and more serious view on life, which we trust will aid them in becoming lordly Seniors, come l946. A dish of gratitude we will to the lunchroom for all of the tasty meals prepared for us during the three or four or five years that we have been here. The individual Seniors, each having valuable possessions, do hereby bequeath them as followsi l. John weeks leave his place on the gridiron to Tommie Miller. 2. Charlane Dykes wills her bedimpled cheeks to Marie Leavins who is indimpled herself. 3. Elwyn Davis leaves her studiousness to, and heart with, Archie Sims. 4. G. W. Barefoot wills his sense of humor and glib tongue to Edward Wood. 5. Juanita Williams leaves her perfect figure to Lonnie Brown who, we figure, has done all right by herself. 6. Anna Mae Russell bequeaths her gentleness to Betty Maude Peters. 7. Levi Smith refuses to leave his slowness to Thomas Fulford, who, confidentially, doesn't need Il. i 8. Velma Chesnut leaves her golden blonde beauty to Frances Mathews' dusky glamour. 9, Bessie Thomason and Mary Melson bequeath their cuteness to Edna Reece Brock who can handle both their shares. IG. Morris Sheffield gladly wills his quietness to Richard McKinna. ll. Juanita Majors Parker leaves her course of true love lwhich never runs smoothl to Kate Jernigan. l2. Margaret Browning unwillingly deeds her excellent scholastic record and flirtatious manner to Anna Matthews. l3. Homer Anderson leaves. l4, To Eva Frances Kelly, Barbara Hackney leaves her studiousness, taste and disposition. l5. Maxine Paul bequeaths a can of midnight oil to Doug Leavins, who could profit by its burning. l6. lra Hewitt, Jr. wills his perfect l?J physique to Jimmy Matthews. l7. Doris Hollinghead and John Rooks leave their perfect match to the next couple that needs a flame. ,

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SENIOR A few yeors ond some months ogo We brought forth upon this compus A new clossf Dedicoted to the proposition thot Anyone con leorn- Even us. And we did leorn, from books ond closses And otherwise. D During our three or four or five yecirs At l-l. C. l-I. S. os Green Freshmen, Wise Sophomores, Ambitious Juniors, ond Dignified Seniors, We hove leorned To strive, to seek, to find, ond not to yield, To hitch our wogon to o stor, And thot the reword of o thing well done ls to hove done it. As we look bock upon our short four yeors It seems we've seen more chonges in l-l. C. l-l. S. Thon ony other closs. For instonce, when we were freshmen, And chorges of lvlr, Borden, The librory wos on the second floor, When we were sophomores we sow the U. S. de- clore Wor. So, witnessing the greotest chonge in our four yeors, We begun to buy more ond more wnr stomps And collect scrop iron. As Juniors we lost Mr. Willioms And goined Mr. Lewis. We elected Brody Everett ond l-loword Stricklond Our presidents, And set out to roise funds to finonce Our first Junior-Senior Bonguet ond Donce, By croshing into the high school dromotic world With Aoron Slick From Pumpkin Creek, CLASS HISTORY Feoturing Tom D. Willioms os Aoron And Borboro l-lockney os Miss Rosey, Aoron's true love. Then come April ond report cords Soying Promoted-AC1rode Twelve And before we reolized it we were dignified Seniors- At leost we were Seniorse And Miss Ayers' prides and joys. We inherited the school store And priorities on Coco-Colos. We gove freely to Wor Relief And kept o perfect record for ottendonce At footboll gomesffor which Mr. Lewis gcive us A pencil shorpener And o holf-holidoy. ln the interest of the onnuol We begged We Hborrowedu We bought ond solde- But, os Seniors, we ployed hord, too, On chicken-fries And Senior picnics And Junior-Senior Porties ond Proms. We presented for our Senior Ploy Ignorance is Bliss And found out for certoin Thot it is. On groduoting some of us plon To volunteer into the ormed forcese- Unless we ore drofted firsteto Go to College, Cet lvlorried. Whotever we do we will never forget Whot we dideor foiled to do- At l-l, C, H. S.

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l8. To petite Jean Mason goes Louise Pate's plumpness. 19. Jack Thweatt wills her Senior dignity to Dorothy Balkcom. 20. Hilton Pate leaves his ability to jitter-bugnfbut he can't decide whether to give it to Ran- dall Roberts, June Terry or Joe White. 2l. Kathryn DeShazo bequeaths her sunny disposition to Clara Vonlandingham. 22. Jean Williams begrudgingly deeds her glamour to Sarah Catherine Creel. 23. Earl Bush wills his adequate store of knowledge to Joseph Fulford who, we grant, sorely needs it. 24. Mary Williams leaves her school spirit with, and leads three cheers for, Rebecca l-laglei' and Elouise Buie. 25. Hazel Sutton selfishly wants to keep her interests in the Marianna Army Air Base in the fam- ily, so she beaueaths them to Faye and Sally. 26. Howard Strickland leaves his dependability and his formula for attaining success with Lloyd Yates. 27. Comely Melba Ruth Yates leaves Jimmy Matthews in o low state of mind. 28. To Duane Savelle, Essie Davis deeds her quiet, unassuming manner. 29, James Childs grants his handsomeness to Bob Register. 30. Nell George unwillingly bequeaths her laziness to Betty Alford. 3l. A comb, a mirror, a dash of rouge-all of these Grace Peacock leaves to Doris Cotton. 32. Roger Sellers leaves with James Childs. 33. Frances Williams bequeaths her position as Miss lvey's girl Friday to Juanita McDonald. 34. To Gene Sims, Ruby Shepard leaves her books, her papers, her pencils, and her collection of admit cards-having excused absences. 35. Ray Everett leaves with the Marines 36. Annie Lou Brown and Louise Pitts leave their amiable dispositions to Grace Yates. 37. To Margaret Ross goes Roberta l-lodges' politeness. 38. l-loward Rogers leaves on his well deserved scholarship. 39. Dorothy Davis leaves her ability to play basketball to next season's team, 40. Ruth Adkins and Mary Lou Hicks leave their recipe for a lasting friendship with Nell Mcbriff and Mary Howell. 4l. Tom D. Williams leaves his duties as chief office boy, assistant janitor and motion picture projector operator in charge of Son Chance. 42. Billy Noblin leaves the presidency of the Senior Class to any deserving Junior who thinks that he, or she, can please Miss Ayers, Miss Ivey, and his. or her, constituents. SENIOR CLASS Witnesses: Professor Fail M. Sure Principal Pass M, On