Liberty High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Liberty, NC)

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u£ g HJiCl i td ' leatamwt We, the senior class of nineteen hundred and fifty-five, town of Liberty, county of Randolph, state of North Carolina, nation of the United states of America, being in full possession of all our mental faculties and realizing our superiority over the remaining High School students, do hereby devise, will, bequeath and convey our various earthly possessions and all of the appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto belonging to the persons hereinafter mentioned, to be by them held in undisturbed possession through the length of their mortal spans. Article I - To the faculty to whom we are deeply indebted, we leave our wishes that the oncoming students will abide more by the rules and regulations than we. Article II - To the Juniors we bestow all of the mistakes, blunders, inaccuracies and lapses committed by us during our last exciting year. Article III - To the Sophomores we leave our superior knowledge and willingness to work, the true keys to our success. Article IV - To the Freshmen we leave our patience. They ' ll find plenty of uses for it before they are seniors. Article V - To Mr. White, our principal, we bequeath our deepest sympathies for the labor that he will be re¬ quired to put forth, to pr.oduce another class as intelligent as we, the Senior Class of 1955. Article VI - We also hereby relinquish and make the following dispensations of our personal possessions. Item 1 - I, BILL GILMORE, leave my capabilities of snagging a ride on the last gravel truck and still make it to school on time, to Bucky Stephens. Item 2 - 1 , BARBARA HINSHAW, leave my square dancing ability to Hilda Pike. Item 3 - I, ANN LOFLIN, leave my ability to laugh at all times to Shirley Matthews. Item 4 - I, JAMES LOWE, leave my hot rod driving to Archie Faust. Item 5 - I, W. D. SMITH, will my power of being quiet in class when silence is best to Herman Kivett- he needs it. Item 6 - 1 , MARY BROOKBANK, will my ability to swallow my chewi ng gum in class to Charles Berry. Item 7 - I, TOM GILMORE, rests my defense of the Democratic Party and will my position as their spokesman to Jimmy Gregson. Item 8 - 1 , ARTHUR HOPPY JORDON, will my carpentering knowledge and willingness to use it for class profit to Jerry Pike. Item 9 - I, PAULINE SHELTON, will my title of best looking to any Junior girl who can meet the standards. Item 10 - I, ERVIN WORKMAN, will my three years ' experience as bus driver to any brave fool. Item II - I, RACHEL TOOTIE” STEPHENS, leave my job as basketball manager to Reva New (It’s a good way to meet a lot of new boys). Item 12 - I, CLARA DAVIS, leave my giggles to Peggy Jordan. Item 13 - I, BERNARD SLEUTH BOOTH, bequeath my crew haircut to William Ferguson. Item 14 - I, ROY BOYLES, will my h appy-go-lucky ways to Bobby Hobgood. Item 15 - I, MARIE McMASTERS, leave my ability to tell jokes in class without getting caught to Betty Smith. Item 16 - I, VIRGINIA MEACHAM, will my ability to make good grades without studying to Peggy Ray. Item 17 - I, HELEN DUNCAN, will my ability to think but keep quiet to Margie Herndon. Item 18 - I, SARA CHEEK, bequeath my reserved seat in Rexall drugstore to Mary Lou Overman and hopes she enjoys it after a hard day at L. H.S. Item 19 - I, RICHARD KIME, will my taxi service around school to Shelly Patterson. Item 20 - I, JIMMY JAMES, leave my habit of blushing whenever the occasion demands to Lynn Smith. Item 21 - I, ALFRED FERGUSON, will my ability to give oral reports in Agriculture class to Roy Holder. Item 22 - I, ROY ICECREAM ISOM, leave my horseshoe pitching skill to Joe .Ferguson. Item 23 - I, JEFF WEAVIL, will my engineering boots to anyone whose feet are big enough to wear them.

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lull— ' HK IOLl The day is dead... the moon is out. This is the time, without a doubt for future gazing... I sift the sands of fate and time to find just who shall fall and who shall climb .. .and what fate., .grim or sublime the years ahead are raising. Come Lads and Lasses .. .gather round. Your fate lies hidden in the ground. Ahh, Barbara Hinshaw has achieved both of her goals--to be a nurse and catch a man. The author of the present humorous best-seller, Operations Can Be Fun is the famous surgeon, Jimmy James. Much to everyone’s surprise, Clara Davis joined the WACS after graduation and is now a one star general. Roy Isom and Alfred Ferguson are owners of a huge ranch in Texas. 1 hear they discovered oil there last week. Marie McMasters owns a unique gift shop carrying suitable presents for people you don’t like. Two of the biggest businessmen in Liberty are Arthur Jordan and Bernard Booth, who own respectively a large garage and supermarket. Using her experience as editor of the Liberty Belle, Virginia Meacham is editor of Advice to the Lovelorn” in The Liberty News. Tom Gilmore, noted for his way with the women has finally been tamed by a pretty blonde. More power to her I Sara Cheek is a very successful private secretary--she ' s married to her boss. James Lowe and Ervin Workman have made a modest million with their fleet of cross-country trucks. Driving school busses has really paid off for them. Pauline Shelton now owns the LOOKE SHARPE beauty shop in Hollywood, Cali¬ fornia. They say she puts in Liberace ' s permanents. The top engineer for Western Electric is Richard Kime. I wonder if he remembers the trouble he used to have with geometry? Ann Loflin has made a large fortune as the inventor of a collapsible kitchenette which can be carried around in the pocket, slid under the bed or will shut up like an accordion and hang upon the wall. Jeff Weavil and W. D. Smith are rising stars in the field of comedy. They ' ve even got Martin and Lewis worried. Once a busy airline stewardess, Helen Duncan has now settled down with a husband and a new set of twins. Our former basketball star, Bill Gilmore, is making his own stars now. He ' s the best coach State College has had since the days of Coach Case. Rachel Stephens owns an exclusive jewelry shop in Greensboro. Working after school really gave her a start in the business. Roy Boyles has been destined to spend his life designing pink, green and orchid bathrooms for movie stars. Marilyn Monroe is his next client. As for me, lam now trying to sing for the Metropolitan Opera, but they haven ' t yet realized how beautiful my voice is. 1 9

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Nancy Bare Charles Berry Carolyn Bice CLASS OFFICERS Hilda Pike . . Shelly Patterson Archie Faust. . Thelma Fields . . . President Vice-President . . Treasurer . Secretary