James B Dudley High School - Panther Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Superlatives For The Class Of “57” Most beautiful girl . Shirley Taylor Most handsome boy .Lazelle Free Smartest boy .William Bell Smartest girl .Annie Suber Best dressed girl . Barbara Miley Best dressed boy .Charles James Friendliest girl .La Vern Davis Friendliest boy .Leon Goolsby Most athletic girl . Hattie Logan Most athletic boy .Harvey Ramseur Most versatile girl .Blanche Taylor Most versatile boy .Jerome Gaither Wittiest girl . Bettye Hickman Wittiest boy .Jerry Watkins Girl most likely to succeed .Catherine Hinson Boy most likely to succeed .Willie Green Most loving couple . Catherine Bruner Robert Young Best dancers .Maurice Drake Juanita Tatum Shortest girl .Carrie Simms Shortest boy . Rufus Boyd Tallest girl .Dorothea Brooks Tallest boy .Rudolph Beasley 21

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Wilkie, Verdie Nickname: “Cootie” Ambition: Secretary Williams, Henrietta Irene Nickname: “Little Baby” Ambition: Social Worker Woods, David Nickname: Ambition: Electrical Engineer Wooley, William Nickname: “Wooley Wooley” Ambition: Brick Layer Williams, Vivian Nickname: “Viv” Ambition: Teacher Winford, Gladys Irene Nickname. “Pudding” Ambition: Nurse Young, Robert Williams Nickname: “Bobby” Ambition: Mech. Engineer Senior Class Executive Officers Beasley, Rudolph Bruner, Catherine Caldwell, Mary Dansby, David Davis LaVerne Doggett, Mary Gaither, Jerome Goins, Jo Ann Graves, Claudette Haith, Peggy James, Charles Johnson, Walter Ledwe ' l, Jean McAdoo, Lyvonne Mebane, Barbara Morton, Barbara Shaw, Mary Suber, Annie Tanner, James Thomas, Wilhelmina 20

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CLASS WILL We the members of the graduating class of the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, of the James B. Dudley High School, in the city of Greensboro, County of Guilford and State of North Carolina, being of full age, average intelligence and for four years members of this great institution, do hereby publish and commend to be executed this our 1st Will and Testimony. To our principal and teachers who have worked so diligently with us, we leave our best wishes and a very fond farewell. We shall strive to prove your efforts were not spent in vain. To the juniors, we bequeath our coveted positions on the honor-roll and in all student activities and clubs. We hope that you will do your best to maintain these places. We are also very happy to leave with you our front seats in the auditorium, our lockers on the first floor, and two dozen discarded notebooks. And to the sophomores, the most recent addition to the Dudley family, we leave the hope that you will take ad vantage of the many opportunities that are offered to you here at Dudley, and that you will prove to be a most out-standing graduating class in 1959. In addition to the above legacies, some individual members of the graduating class wish to make the fol¬ lowing dispensations of their personal possession: Kay Frances Henry wills to the new Miss Dudley High” a successful reign. To Frances Croft, Blanche Taylor leaves a pair of stilts and a microphone so that she can be seen and heard. Franklyn Cheek bequeaths to the students and teach¬ ers peace and quiet during the coming year. We know that this can be achieved since Franklyn is leaving. To next year’s senior English classes Bettye Summers leaves a walking dictionary and a book of examinations. Leon Goolsby leaves David Peay his senior authority around the school. Juanita Tatum leaves to Joel Caldwell a voice, so he may be heard when the group sings. To Emma Whitsett and Mary Wright, Olivia Alston bequeaths a pair of boxing gloves. Now girls you can really battle it out. Rudolph Beasley wills Freddie Neal his height so that he can dunk” a ball as well as palm” if. Lola Campbell leaves Willie Nichols a book containing 180 jokes so that every day of the school year Willie can crack a joke that is really funny. Harvey Ramseur bequeaths to the entire football team a small part of his famous go power.” To Delores Blackman, Jo Ann hopes the fertilizer will prove effective. To Serdina Slade, Pauline Boyd wills a microphone. We hope this will help you to tone your voice down Serdina. Mary Ella Caldwell leaves a ton of mathematical knowledge and skills to the underclassmen. Lonnie Ingram wills to Vernon McRae a voice. Ver¬ non may now sing like Johnny Ray without too much effort. To David Richmond and Richard Daye, Modesteen Thompson bequeaths a big block of ice. Please use this as a reminder, boys. You must hold your temper. Donald Jones wills to Andrew Gill and Freddie Neal the First National Bank. Donald hopes that these boys will have no monetary problems in the future. To Ann Bailey, Mary Peay wills a supply of shoes so that her feet won’t freeze in those ballerinas. John Rhodes bequeaths to Jo Ann Simpson a book entitled Ten Easy Steps To Dancing”. Wilhelmina Thomas leaves Vivian Johnson her place on the patrol force. To Elreece Hedrick, Martha McLeod wills a stand in the cafeteria. Now Elreese you will never have to rush at meal-time. Kenneth Wall bequeaths to Willie Wilson a steady girl friend so that he can stop beating around the bush.” Elizabeth Harris wishes success to all students who take Physics next year. And finally, to the entire Dudley Family, we hope that these tokens will serve as tiny symbols of our affection for you. Hereto we do affix our hand and seal this seven¬ teenth day of May in the year of our graduation, 1957. 22