Kirkman Vocational School - Spirit Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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CLASS WILL Kirkman Vocational High School Hamilton County, Chattanooga, Tennessee. We the members of the Senior Class of 1954, on this ? day of June, do will and requeath our earthly possessions and characteristics as follows: To our Alma Mater we bequeath our everlasting loyalty and our best wishes for the future. To the faculty we leave our best wishes and appreciation for their helpfulness and understanding during the past four years. All that is best in our school spirit we bequeath to next year's Seniors. As individuals we leave the following: I, Shirley Watkins, will my strong lungs in Cheerleading to Patsy Brock and Johnny Faye Grant. Doris Wallace wills her brown eyes to Wanda Bullock. Mary Venable wills her ability to make speeches in History to Mary Garner, Betty Lackey and Alice Morgan. Jo Turner wills her red hair to Peggy Newman and Zella Kibble. Patricia Travis wills her love for food to Ernestine Boling. B Virginia Tolliver leaves her love for Shorthand to Fathia Harris, Joyce Boyd and Barbara arnes. Joyce Stubhlefield wills her chewing habits to Sara Netbery and Joyce Hagewood. Mary Jo Sliger wills her part-time job to Shirley Holcomb. Earline Singleton leaves her lunchroom activity to Mary Moore. Elizabeth Quarles wills her ability to do shorthand to Edna Dickey and Pat Cox. Rose Poole bequeaths her perfect attendance to Opal Stokes. Helen Harden wishes to leave Evelyn Carden her blond hair. Mona Sue Penny wills her boyish haircut to Evelyn Phillips. Mary Alice Morgan wills all of her boy friends to Delores Smith. Carolyn R. Milliken wills her happy marriage success to Doris Ritchie. Margaret Mackey wills her waves to Lenora Walker and Jean Thomas. Wilma McDowell wills her steady boy friend to Gaye Stapp. Bobbie McCollum leaves her ability to get along with Mr. Harding to Martha Goggin. Kay McCrary wills her happy time in D. E. to Bobby Brown. Ruby Green and Ruby McCanless will their ability to be at Kibble's every morning to Shirley Lewis and Mickey Moore. Louise Lumpkins wills her ability to get along with fellow class members to Shirley Traffanshedt and Mary Jones. . Ann Kosky wills her ability to influence Chief Bender to Roy Mlddlebrooks. Joyce Jones wills her D. E. teacher, Mr. Boyd to Jean Woodward. Rosa Mae Hicks wills her pretty black hair to Margie Galyon. Nellie Hawkins wills her brown eyes to June Burkhart. l, Charlotte Haggard, will all my customers in Cosmetology to Mildred Hinkle. Beryl Meadows wills his ability to get out of class to Carolyn Gass. Fred Pettit wills his l-lot Rod to Leverae Johnson. Dan Thomas wills his safe driving to Eugene Cooper. Russell Carlisle wills his back seat in English to anybody lucky enough to get it. Evah Blevins wills her heighth to Peggy Breeden and Martha Stanley. Johnny Denton wills his six feet four inches to Billy Belcher. Louise Downer wills her pretty complexion to Emmeline Conner. J. W. France wishes to will his ability to pass American History without working or studying to Raymond Akins. Donald Wallace wills his strong plyboard chair in Machine Shop to Waymon Gaither- Bill Hicks wills his ability to talk and say nothing to Richard Bush. Ben Pettitt wills his ability to make book reports without reading a book to Lebron Brown and Bill Ashburn. Alvin Blevins wills to Harry Morgan his seat in English and History. Joe Devlin wills his ability to get along with others to James Boyd- Johnny Lusk wills his souped up Ford to Tommy McNabb. William Gennoc wills his ability to play along and get by with it to John Sisk. Raymond Goodner wills his pesty ways to Bill Orton and Ken Myers. ...301

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Ben Pettitt ha a cattle ranch on the plains of Texas and is making a fortune furnishing bulls for the fights in Old Mexico. How surprised I was not long ago when I took my boys into the A and B Barber Shop. There was my old friend Alvin Blevins specializing in cutting hair to suit a man's personality. As I waited for the boys I decided to get a manicure. The manicurist was Janice Boston, now Mrs. Arthur Howard. Arthur stays home and cares for the three children while Janice works. Johnny Crump and Joe Devlin are traveling salesmen for the James Doyle Bucket Co. Last I heard of Walter McCommon he was going strong on that navy career as commander of the U. S. S. Tennessee. Harold Rochester always enjoyed strange adventures. Right now he's head instructor for the frogmen at the frogmen training grounds' on Chickamauga Lake. Ray Smith owns a boat dock and sporting goods store near-by. It's called Smith's Paradise. Gene Morgan, the unpredictable! Right now he owns Morgan Center in New York. It was formerlly Rockafellow Center and Gene won it on a bet. Thomas Davis has the biggest home and the biggest family in town. I should knowg they live next door. And what a racket! It goes on all the time. Rosa Hicks is the capable nurse who takes care of the Davises' numerous children. We're all healthy in Chattanooga these days for Sonny Crane is Sanitation Engineer for the City and his able assistant is Jimmy Taylor. Not long ago Allen Phillips was caught using his Print Shop to print S100 bills. I don't know where he is now. Not long ago Ann Buffington made a real name for herself in the Courts of Tennessee. She al- ways was a good talker and she talked Johnny Crump right out of trouble over something he was caught doing on Daisy Mountain. Our class had a host of good secretaries in it. Mary Jo Sliger is with a big bank in Chicagog Elizabeth Quarles is private secretary to the president of DuPont Companyg Margaret Mackey and Peggie Dodson are public school secretariesg and Shirley Elrod works for Quaker Oats Company. Ronald Sleepy Welter is testing mattresses at the Everlasting Mattress Co. owned by Charles Chambers. Mary Venable is still chasing a rich old bachelor who owns a mansion on the hill top. Don Riley has long since given up the search for a wealthy widow, and gossips are beginning to link his and Mary's name in society columns. . Joyce Stubhlefield and Marilyn Waldrip have traveled around the world several times. The last trlp was made in a jet propelled flying saucer. Lee Ewton and Edward O'Leary are in business together and have a rather successful Radio and T. V. Shop. Their head of sales is Rose Marie Poole. William Green just recently opened another store ln a chain known as Green's Soft Shoe Stores. They specialize in shoes for men with big feet. l CAFMX1 Legg and Kay McCrary are working in the biggest bank in town. Kay is a teller 3 Alston is a . . . Louise Lumpkins is teaching school somewhere, and I heard the subject was history, of all things! Manley Meadows is postmaster in Chattanooga. Jimmy Swanson is in Atlanta working as master of ceremonies on several T. V. shows. Of course, he's married. Hollis Harris has a print shop and Norma Jean Clowers is his wife and adviser on all business matter. V Right now Earl Clowers is holding a revival in a little community in the hills of North Carolina. He's doing some good work, I hear. Betty Elliott married some fellow from New York and is now living on easy street. Come to think of it her husband is a partner of Barney Padgett, an electrical engineer. If you ever need an A-1 electrician just call Jerry Smartt. He'll come at all hours and he really knows his work. . Ruby Green -is still evening school secretary and Ruby Jo McCanless is running a florist shop with Jo Turner. My--but the time's gone in a hurry, and I'd better rush or I'll be late to see my sons graduate from my Alma Mater. Ann Kosky ...29..

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liobby Case wills his attendance to Alfred Plummer and Eugene and James Morgan. Don Grimes wills the Library to John Torrence. Evangeline Crowe wills her black curly hair to Geraldine Pace. Jimmy Richey wills his place as Senior President to U. S. Myers. Eugene Horton wills his tardies to Jeanette Blankenship. Jo Cordell wills her ability to keep Miss Freeman's class to Delores Thurston. Jimmy Perry wills his ingenuity to Lew Stamm and Robert Vaughn. Arbedella Carlisle wills her black eyes to Philys Schiff. Bettye Akins wills her big brown eyes to Leb ron Tatum. James Oscar Doyle wills his ability to do drafting to Melvin Carter. Janis Boston wills her seat in Sociology to Jack Parsons. Harold Rochester wills his long eye lashes to Marilyn Phillips. Ray Smith wills his ability to draw to Don Dunn. Johnny Crump wills his perfect attendance to Bill Ewton and Daniel Perry. Mary Ann Buffington wills her faceless watch to Barbara Trippe. Shirley Elrod wills her ability to draw on the mimeoscope to Pat White. Peggie Dodson wils her cooperative attitude to Shelby Dunn. Ronald Walter wills his wide awake appearance to Charles Rucks. G Blanche Brubaker wills her ability to get into classroom squabbles to Patsy Locklear and James ravitt. Sue Bonner wills her giggles to Edith Clemmons. Arthur Howard wills all his girl friends to another good looking boy, Billy Smith. Charles Chambers wills his big feet to Ben Coffer and any other Junior who may need them. Don Riley wills his ability to make A's'in History to Jackie Pell. Lee Ewton wills his bashfulnss to Randy Axmacher. Edward 0'Leary wills his big knife to Dickie Johnson. William Green wills his curly hair to Charles McDonald and Arthur Keith. Alston Legg wills his last name to Earline Landolt. Jimmy Swanson wills his ability to stay out of school to James Ivery. Thomas Davis wills his blond wavy hair to Charles and James Holcomb. Allen Phillips wills his nickname Sister to anybody crazy enough to have it. James Crane wills his short hair to Albert and Robert Johnson. Gene Morgan wills Pearl Harbor this carb to Alfred Hinkle and Fred Geer. James Taylor wills his witty ways to Noel Promley and Billy Joe Cooke. Hollis Harris wills his ability to attain neatest boy in Senior Class to Randall McCoy. Norma Jean Clowers wills her History outlines to Jean Newman. Betty Elliott wills her knowledge of Shorthand to Shirley Durham and Jackie Fults. Fletcher Hughes wills his rosy cheeks to Virginia Beavers. Jerry Smartt wills his History grades to Danny Miller, Kenneth Skull and Hosea Sessions. Earl Clowers wills his smiles to William Rogers, Dennie Nations and Jack Phillips. Barney Padgett wills his quiet ways to Claude Denton, J. C. Conner, Tollis Bales, and Henry Dunlap. Betty Brown wills her ability to get to school on time to Carol DeSha, Ann Hatfield and Willo- dean Hale. Robert Russell wills his ability to understand English Literature to Thomas Clemmons, and Ernest Combs. Bob Kofer wills his ability to talk to Miss Roesslein to Thomas Galbraith, Robert Kennedy and Donald Lockard. Daniel Groover wills his big mouth to Jack Smith, Thomas Smith, and Wiley Davis. Marilyn Waldrip wills her quiet ways to Peggy Newman and Jessie White. John Eaves wills his English book to Bob Deal, James Langely, Leon Baugh and hopes they sur- vive through Macbeth. Tn Margaret Gahan, Eva Gholston, Violet Massengale, Thelma Skiles, and Gladys Suttles we will the courage and determination to finish the Senior year. To Willie Abhs, Lawson Cates, Billy Davidson, Gary Denham, Robert Dickerson, William Goth- ard, Harold Horne, Joe McCarney, Randall Marler, Gerald Mowery, John Norman, Philip Phillips, Charles Seabolt and Garmon Turnure, our best wishs and we hope you make bigger men in the future. Walter McCommon wills his ability to sleep in class to anyone who has been left without an in- heritance. Signed this .... ? day of June, 1954, and witnessed by our sponsors. Mrs. Willie Blanche Looney Miss Charlotte Roesslein Mr. Joe Frazier -31-