John D Bassett High School - Timber Tints Yearbook (Bassett, VA)

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SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Mo3t Athletic Magdalene and Billy Most Attractive Prank and Magdalene Dependable John and Ruby Typical Seniors John and Martha Chatterboxes Douglas and Barbara I - . Most Popular Frank and Esther Congenial Tommy and Doris Lady and Gentleman Lik Annie Ruth and John

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Last Will and Testament The last bell has rung! Our knell has sounded! We, the Senior Class of 1946 of Bassett High School must take our diplomas, which signify that we are now eligible to enter a new and different way of life and to leave you. Being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, we, the Seniors, have decided to make our last will and testa- ment in order to distribute fairly our surplus talents and possessions to you who may need them. To Mr. E. Carl Hoover, our beloved principal, along with our love and best wishes, we will a handkerchief to catch all the tears he sheds on Commencement. To Mr. R. P. Via, our assistant principal, we leave our sincere affection and extend our gratitude for all his instructions given us in physical education. To him we will a book in which to keep his basketball dates recorded. To our senior counselor. Miss Louise Matney, we will and bequeath our warmest affection, our fondest remembrance, and our heartiest gratitude for the wisdom, patience, and understanding which it was our good fortune to receive from her. To the faculty of our school, we will our gratitude for all their patience and forbearance with us through our many trials and tribulations. To the Class of ’47, we will and bequeath the fortune of the Senior Class. To each of the Juniors who will be the Senior Class of ’47, we dispose of our property as fol lows: 1. Christine Horseley wills and bequeaths to Kathryn Bailey and Mickey Jones the ability to outlaugh any other Senior. 2. Doris Nash wills and bequeaths to Betty Jane Baker the secret of her popularity. 3. Louise Richardson wills and bequeaths to Geneva Joyce and Una MacMillan her ability to skip classes. 4. Martha Stultz wills and bequeaths to Dorothy Gibbs and Lois Prilliman the secret of her greatness. 5. Emily Martin wills to Ruth Dalton her sweetheart. 6. Ermigene Cannaday wills and bequeaths to Elva Turner and Hazel Scarborough her studious attitude. 7. Eloise Smith wills and bequeaths to Charlotte Pendleton and Mary Fisher her ability to express much through silence. 8. Glenwood Hutchinson wills and bequeaths to Betty Howell and Ellene Norton the secret of her success- ful love affairs. 9. John Lee Brammer wills and bequeaths to Rommie Moore, R. J. Fisher, and Rudolph Spencer the ab ility to accomplish whatever he undertakes. 10. Billy Young wills and bequeaths to Dennis Prilliman and Lawrence Rorrer his ability to use the com- pass constructed in the Solid Geometry Class. 11. Herman Byrd wills to David Dyer and Ray Frith the ability to see themselves as others see them. 12. Mildred Franklin wills and bequeaths to Elva Booth and Nancy Fretwell her ability to write and re- ceive letters. 13. Frances Spencer wills and bequeaths to Gladys Moore and Betty Vernon her technique of catching boy friends. 14. Barbara Byrd wills and bequeaths to Fay Wrenn White and Patricia Philpott the secret of keeping her dates straight. 15. Mary Frances Joyce wills to Frances Dyer and Iris Mize her ability to look cute at all times. 16. Magdalene Moore wills to Kathleen Adams the honor of being the beauty of the Senior Class. 17. Frances Jones wills and bequeaths to Dorothy Johnson and Iris Fulcher her success in shooting basket- bail goals. 18. Betty R. Ingram wills and bequeaths to Louise Holt and Inell Johnson her success as a dressmaker. 19. Douglas Looney wills and bequeaths to Frank Ingram, Starling Whitlow and Elbert Turner a small taste of his romance experienced during his Senior year. 20. Tommy Giles wills and bequeaths to Fred Shropshire a supply of notebook paper so he can start his Senior year without borrowing. 21. Frank Carter wills and bequeaths to Edward Craig and Glen Hollandsworth his favorite dates. 22. Ruby Roberson wills and bequeaths to Ruth Jane Freeman her ability to make friends and keep them. 23. Annie Ruth Whitlock wills and bequeaths to Mary Mitchell and Nancy Vernon her ability to catch a husband. 24. Esther Lee Ingram wills and bequeaths to Doris Foley and Lucy Edmonds her rosy cheeks. 25. D. L. Kendrick wills and bequeaths to Duane Collins, Enoch Ross, and Cecil Barker the strong tie which binds him so close to his school work. 26. Miss Matney and Miss Morris will and bequeath to Miss Whitt and Miss Ward a box of aspirins to relieve the headache which comes as a result of the “Annual Rush.” In witness, we, the Senior Class of ’46, have written and signed this our last will and testament. Witness: Louise Richardson Ruby Roberson John Brammer [ 13 ]

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Pests Barbara and Douglas Sentimental Herman and Emily Best Ml Around John and Magdalene SENIOR SUPERLATIVES rrnan and Mildred Absent Minded Barbara and Herman Wittiest Barbara and Herman Studious Magdalene and John Most Cooperative Martha and John Cutest Herman and E nily,