Langston High School - Lion Yearbook (Danville, VA)

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Ella Tucker wills her ability to graduate from Langston to Floria Johnson. Emestine Wamer wills to her sister, Loretta, her ability to get along with people. Reginald Graves wills his credit at Sater's to Jimmie Allen and Andrew Johnson. Raleigh Stamps wills to his sister, Mattie, his sweet and engaging smile. Ruby Leftridge wills her ambition to her brother, John Leftridge. Ralph Hutchins wills to some unlucky Langstonian quarter back the ability to keep a cool head at all times. Willie Conway wills to Floyd Wilson his football uniform, the one with the big patch in the seat. Ethel Oliver wills her brother to Barbara Lou Stamps, and her dancing ability to her sister, Ella. Frances Jones wills her height to Amelia Hankins and Doris Price and to Bennie Hall her dimples. Florence Bigelow wills to June Bethel her skill in dancing so that he can become a member of the dance group. Willie Motley wills his ability to graduate from Langston High School to Charles Goins. Philip Stamps wills his ability to be business-like to Preston Echols. Gloria Motley wills her seat in the Library to Betty Davis. Howard Barksdale wills to Arthur Jacobs and Bettina Eason his post on the patrol. Lemma Wilson wills her ability to talk and play and still pass to Bessie Harris. James McLaughlin wills his towel to Sylvester Holland, and his ability to amuse the class and to confuse Mr. Harris. Otson Lewis wills his ability to any one who can take two English subjects and pass under Mrs. Thrope. In witness thereof, we, the class of 1955, the testators, have to this will set our hands and seals, this twenty-fifth day of February, Anno Domini, one thousand, nine hundred and fifty-five. Kate Moore Frances Jones Bobbie Jean Price Ulm ,Rem To you, dear Langston High, we bid A very sad farewell. For all the hope, for all the trust That in our hearts now swell, For all the joy, for all the tears That we have shared here Our hearts go out with saddened thoughts Of this--our final year. We hope that as we go our way By paths you have made bright, Your welcoming doors may never close To those who seek for light. Because within your halls we walked And learned 1ife's honored rule The seniors here can never forget John Mercer Langston High School, R. Crump

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CASS State of Virginia City of Danville County of Pittsyvania We, the Senior Class of 1955, of John M. Langston High School, being of sound mind and of young and foolish age, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. To our Principal and teachers who shared our sorrom and our joys and helped us to reach graduation, we thank you. , To the student body we leave you the sincere hope that you, too, will reach the goal you have before you. 1 Personal Bequests, 'hese personal items that have been useful to us, for four years, we leave to the persons named. Cherish these bequests and use them to their best advantage, and soon you too will be willing your treasured possessions to those you leave behind. If you cannot use your inheritance pass it on to some one who can. Lendwood Davis wills his athletic skill to Ronald Harrison. Janice Barksdale and Florine Walter will to Willie Barksdale and Jennie Sue Swanson their quietness. Peggy Peters wills hergability to get along with others to Irene Miller. Rosa Gunner and Frances Clark will their success with boys to Jessie Ann Williams. Richard Crews wills to some person his football uniform No. 99. Raymond Crump wills his ability to make A's without studying too hard to Levi Pace and his member- ship in the honor society to his brother, Douglass. Iola Logan wills her hair style to Shirley Lea, and the ability to become a senior to Mary Reynolds. Joseph Edmonds wills his extensive vocabulary to Mary Johnson. Kate Moore wills her ability to wear tight skirts to the eighth graders, and her dancing skill to Elma Hairston. Loretta Anderson wills her ability to finish high school to Lenda Davis, and Artelia Strader. Mary Wilson wills her ability to be cool, calm and collected to Valeria Wilson, Deloris Betts, Bettina Eason, Theresa Johnson and Jewel Wright. Myra Jones wills her white blouse with the, initials of K, M, H, on the collar to Patsy Allen. Melvin Thorton wills to Jessie Swann his ability to get along with others. Anita Chaney wills her ability to be a good girl and not to talk so much to Aneeda Moore. Aquilla Cloes wills her ability to reach the twelfth grade to John Coles. Andrew Loundermon wills his seat in chemistry to Sue Hughes, with much success. Bobbie Price wills to Marie Pounds her ability to become a patrol. Barbara Shirley wills her ability to get English under Mrs. Thorpe to Vivian Harris. Barbara Motley wills her ability to maintain a stream line figure to Mary Johnson with much success. Bonzola Nicholson wills her ability to become a seamstress to Mae Alice Smith. Carolyn Mimms wills to Thomas Jefferies the ability to graduate in '56, Charles Wade, Glennria Keene and Carrie Lewis will their place in the choir to Betty Davis, Mary Jenkins and Harry McClary. Charles Coles just leaves. A Dorothy Lea wills her interest in school to Helen Tanner and Jean Stokes. Edna Glass wills her dimples to Sallie Bigelow.

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GAS-S TFOPKGCY Traveling in our time machine we pause for a moment to look out on the unraveling year 1965. There are so many things to attract our attention that we hardly know which to concentrate upon. Ohl There 's one, it seems to be, yes, it is--a Come As You Are Party. And who are the guests of honor? The 1955 graduating class of Langston High School of Danville, Virginia. Most of them rushed away from their jobs in order to be here tonight. Say! Don't I know the host and hostess? Sure, I do. It's Bobbie Jean Price and Howard Barksdale, her husband. I just knew they would finally marry. Well, Bobbie is a model and Howard is an engineer for one of the largest engineering companies of Chicagog a most handsome couple. This party is typical of them, you know. They need contacts to throw business their way. Who are those young ladies in uniform over by the punch bowl? Oh, Edna Glass and Loretta Anderson They are nurses for the 186th Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Look at that crazy gown! No, look at who is in it - Barbara Shirley. She is a famous designer of gowns, and designs them especially for my old girl friend, Eartha Kitt. Now, why would two guests bring pencils and shorthand pads to a party? Oh, they are Mary Rose Wilson and Frances Clarke, who are stenographers in Washington for the Secretary of State. They are really going places. Observe the sophisticated ladies sitting in the comer. The interior of our new Langston High was done by them, Barbara Motley and Glenaria Keene. They were the only persons suited for the job, and they are now talking over plans for the new Byrd-Wright Junior High. p Those poised young men constantly making lady friends there, are none other than the very able lawyers who recently won the tax evasion case for Reginald Graves, the, you might say, professional tradesman. They are Willie Conway and Gene Motley, who are still carrying their brief cases, looking for business. Let's see, I know those people--Dorothy Lea, Ella Tucker and Charles Wade. I'm glad to see them taking time out from their teaching activities at George Washington High School to enjoy themselves. Hear that mambo beat? And guess who is on the floor? Gloria Motley and Kate Moore. They both recently signed a contract to dance in Las Vegas in They Were Doing The Mambo. Marilyn Monroe is no longer America 's number one pin-up girl. She has been topped hy the young actress sitting over by the window in the bathing suit, our own Rosa Gunner. You should see her latest picture, A Hard Road. Remember Isaid some of the guests rushed away from their jobs to get here. That accounts for those tyvo pediatricians treating the baby boy over there in the comer. lola Logan and Frances Jones left their Clinic in Chicago so fast they forgot to give the baby back to his parents. But that's all right because his father is standing only a few feet away. Who is the father? Why, Melvin Thorton. He and Ralph Hutchins are contractors in their own business, you know. Consult them when you want your next house built. Do you see that deathly-looking fellow over there in the black suit? He looks rather pale doesn't he? No wonder, that is the funeral director, Phillip Stamps, of the Stamps Funeral Enterprises. He used his own Ambulance to get here on time. With the siren in full force. That vocal artist over by the piano is Carrie Lewis. She is to appear at the Metropolitan Opera very soon. You don't have to guess who that is carrying that tray loaded with food. That is the dietician at Langston High School, Richard Crews. He shou1dn't complain about the meals anymore since they are in his hands, or should Isay, since his hands are in the meals. Isuppose you've noticed that fellow near the band stand. It looks as if he is jotting down some notes, maybe for a news article. That's the fiery reporter and noted joumalistic writer from the New York Times, Joseph Edmonds.