James Monroe High School - Echo Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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AXX STEPHENS and ANNE SHELTON bequeath their secretarial abilities to GARNETTE PAYXE and MAR.JOKIE GARNETT. MARY STOTT bequeaths her title of “most sophisticated” to INDIA LINDSTROM. SUE STRAUGHAN bequeaths all her many duties in the athletic department to CAROL KESEL. We hope Carl does as fine a job as Sue did. RUTH YANOW bequeaths her love for talking anytime and anywhere to BETTY McGINNISS. JOHN BRITTON bequeaths all his many girl friends (which HE says he never had) to JAMES CARTER ROWE. GEORGE CAL AMOS bequeaths his willingness to exert himself to BILLY WILKERSON. CHARLES DOWLING bequeaths his ability to preside over matters of importance to the class, above the noise of the seniors, to next year’s senior class president. GARY ELLIS bequeaths his love for hot-rods to WILSON EMBREY. Here’s hoping he, too, thinks more of cars than women. BOBBY GOOLRICK bequeaths his ability to get up at 8:45, and still be on time when school takes up at 8:50, to RICHARD CLOE. JOHN HALL bequeaths his athletic ability to CHARLES LEONARD. Hope Charles wins some trophies as a result of this ability. GERALD HART bequeaths his ability to get Bobby Goolrick in “dutch” to JACK APPER- SON, so Jack can practice on JOHN W ILLIS. PERRY HOLCOMB bequeaths his presidency of the S. C. A. to next year’s president in the hope that he will also guide the students wisely. CHARLES JONES bequeaths his membership in the Bachelors’ Club to MAC QUANN. Don’t let those gals make you lose your membership. BILL SCHRIER bequeaths his tremendous lieighth to LARRY SNIDER, with the hope that Larry will someday be as tall as BILL CORNELL and they can lose their title of “Mutt and Jeff.” WIRT SHELTON bequeaths his clever remarks, especially in English class, to PETIE TAXSILL. DONNIE SXELLIXGS bequeaths his one-hundred-and-one excuses for not having his home¬ work to LLOYD SULLIVAN. We hope they’ll come in handy! JOHNNY SURLES bequeaths his ability to charm the female population to ERNEST DONAHOE. We bet he’ll be a real “Don Juan!” BUDDY SWEENEY bequeaths his musical talents to SUE FREEMAN. GERALD TALLEY bequeaths his love for the senior home room to anyone who wants to occupy it for succeeding years. TAYLOR TURNER bequeaths his witty remarks and a laugh for every occasion to JOHN GOOLRICK. DEBRA HOLL1BAUGH bequeaths all the fun, (and a few headaches) she had while writing this will of the Class of 1952, to the lucky person who has the honor of writing next year’s class will. Executed on this second day of June in the year of our Lord, nineteen-hundred and fifty-two. Witnessed by: Joyce Monroe Signed: Joyce Quann Debra L. Hollibaugli Sue Straughan T wenty-Three

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1952 We, (lie GRADUATING CLASS 01 ' 1952, being of sound mind do hereby establish this, our last Will and Testament. ITEM I To tin 1 FACULTY of James Monroe we leave our most sincere thanks for all the help they have given us throughout our high school career. ITEM II To tlie CLASS OF 1953 we leave the senior home room, the well-used radio, and our best wishes for a most successful senior year. ITEM III To the SOPHOMORE CLASS we leave the problem of entertaining and catering to the Class of 1953. ITEM IV To the FRESHMAN CLASS we leave the hope that they all live through their three years of hard work still before them. CODICIL BEULAH ARMSTRONG, PEGGY LIMERICK, and ISABEL SEARLES bequeath then- profits, made by working part-time at .1. J. Newberry’s, to the general fund for the benefit of the Class of 1953. VIVIAN BEAZLEY bequeaths her beautiful eyes and long eyelashes to ANGIE VENTURA. NANCY BROWN. RUTH ENGLISH, and GLORIA TOE PEER bequeath their ability to get their man and hold on to him to all the engaged girls at James Monroe. JEANETTE CARTER bequeaths her talkativeness in classes to BETTY ANN NOLAN. Remember, Betty, never talk about the subject being discussed. AUDREY FINES bequeaths her nickname Smoochie to PEGGY GARRETT. Hope Peggy lives up to the name. SHIRLEY GREEN bequeaths her quietness to ZENELDA WHITTAKER. R1NDA LU GRUBBS bequeaths her extensive vocabulary to MARGARET CASTLE. We hope she can find uses for all the words. BARBARA Li M BRICK bequeaths her jolly personality and her laughter to PATSY JENNINGS. NORMA MITCHELL bequeaths her voice PATSY PEYTON, so Patsy can croon to her boy friend the way Norma does. JOYCE MONROE bequeaths her ability to be a good wife and keep up with her scholastic work to SHIRLEY MIDDLETON. EMILY GRACE MORRISON bequeaths her deft note-passing—even when the teacher is sitting behind her—to ANN BRYANT. PEGGY PITTS and PAT SNELL1NGS bequeath their driving ability to anyone who can drive the way they did and still keep their permits. We think ANN WILSON and MARY FABER can well use this ability. JOYCE QUANN bequeaths her wonderful personality and her many friends to BETSY POWERS. GRACE ROBBINS bequeaths her love for issuing S. G. A. monitor slips to SAMMY GREEN. CATHERINE SHELTON bequeaths her good looks and charm to JOANNE 1NSLEY. Watch out guys! DOROTHY SMITH bequeaths her love for writing letters to BETTY ' FAYE KING. PAT SMITH bequeaths her skillful trombone playing to JIM WILHOUR. Twenty-Two

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SENIOR PERSONALITIES Most Talented: JOYCE QUANN and BUDDY SWEENEY Best Athletes: SUE STRAUGHAN and JOHN HALL, Most Cheerful: DEBRA HOLLIBAUGH and TAYLOR TURNER Most Intelligent: EMILY MORRISON and PERRY HOLCOMB Best Dancers: SUE STRAUGHAN and BUDDY SWEENEY Most Likely To Succeed: RINDA LU GRUBBS and BOBBY GOOLRICK Most Popular: PEGGY PITTS and JOHN HALL Most Romantic: PEGGY PITTS and CHARLES DOWLING Most Sophisticated: MARY STOTT and BILL SCHRIER Most Witty: JEANETTE CARTER and TAYLOR TURNER Most Versatile: DEBRA HOLLIBAUGH and PERRY HOLCOMB Best Dressed: RUTH ENGLISH and CHARLES DOWLING Best Looking: CATHERINE SHELTON and JOHN HALL Best Personality: JOYCE QUANN and JOHN HALL Twenty-Four