Lincolnton High School - Pine Burr Yearbook (Lincolnton, NC)

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A ' v I , If ,fill I'l'rf' 'Ili' r A I-'I Last Will and Testament el the Senior Class We. the Seniors of l939 of Lincolnton High School, having at last reached the end of our high school days and having achieved the envied position of Seniorhood. knowing that we are about to depart forever from this. our beloved school. feel it fitting to leave these things to the future Senior Classes: ARTICLE I: We entrust to the future Seniors our work of searching for the Senior privileges, wishing them all the success in the world. ARTICLE II: To all underclassmen we bequeath our dignified way of conducting ourselves and our modulated voices. May they be of use. ARTICLE III: Individuals. I, Irene Avery, do hereby will and bequeath to Lottie Baker my ability to work Math. I. Johnny Auten. bestow my position at left end on the football team to Wilson Goodson, hoping he doesn't get hit as hard as I have. I. Kenneth Barkley, will my desire to become an aviator to Edwin Keever. I, Margaret Beam, do hereby will anything I have to anyone who wants it. Leonard Blanton confers upon Ralph Sisk his knowledge of agriculture. I, Erank Boggs. do hereby will my ability to pass Government to anyone who will take a chance on using it. Jacob Canipe wills his seat in English Class to Bill Holbrooks. I, Ralph Cashion, return my nickname, Shelley, to its rightful owner. I, Mary Craig Caskey. do hereby will and bequeath my quiet disposition to Betty Gabriel. hoping that she will reach my hard-sought-for grade of ninety-five. I. Hampton Childs. will my tremendous energy to next year's photographic editor. David Clark leaves his ability to make the teachers angry to Pee Wee Mauney. I, Lala Cloniger, do hereby bequeath my name Shorty to Harrielee Goodson, knowing she deserves it. I, P. C. Costner, will on my last breath of school life. my ability to work Math to Harry Cohen. I. Mildred Craig, will my shortness of stature to Julia Alyce Hoover. thinking she needs it. Emily Sue Crowell thinks it wise to leave her share of conceit to anyone who wants it. I. Ethel Dellinger, do hereby will and bequeath my liking for English and English teachers to Isabel Hipp. I. Edna Denton. confer my ability to keep quiet upon Erances Wood. I, Pearl Devine. leave my height to Tillie Eaker. I. Harold Dixon, bestow upon Harold Caldwell my trumpet playing ability so he can play something besides Show Boy. Robert Duncan leaves his ability to keep quiet to Christine Grayson. hoping that she will use it. Charlotte Elmore grants to any eligible Junior her privilege of going home at ten-thirty. I. Charles Eurey, do hereby will to Pink Tolbert my vast knowledge of Senior English. I. John Gamble. will my noble position as Bell Pusher to Bobby Willis. Erskine's little brother and Tom Porter's chief competition. I. Burgin Goodson, leave my ability to learn General Science to Robert Ewing. Alda Grigg wills her height to Roxanna Lynch so she can be a basketball star. I, Prank Hager, do hereby will my position as bus driver to Alfred Hager. I, Nadine Hallman, confer upon Birdie Ruth Keener my typing ability. I. Mary Nell Hardin, do will and bequeath my ability at basketball to Julia Alyce Hoover. I. Alma Harrill. will my place in the library to Minnie Sue Barger. hoping that she will then be able to End a book to please her. I. Wayne Heavner, do hereby will my ability to drive a bus to William Wise so that he may thrill the girls as much as I have. Lethia Hoffman leaves her stenographic ability to Ruth Hoffman, hoping she won't have to rush to get her typing in on time. I. Bertha Holland. will my place on the basketball team to Sudie Belle Holland. I. Dan Hoover. do hereby will and bequeath my musical ability to Mr. Miller. What I am in the music world today, I owe to him. I, Marie Houser, gladly leave my place as Mr. Cashion's secretary to anyone who will take it. Page Twenty

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Mildred Craig. his secretary. In a large Ladies Ready-to-Wear store are Bertha Holland and Modena Sigmon. In the Western Union oflice is Louise Letherman. Her assistant is Lethia Hoffman. There goes Seibert Lockman strutting along the street. He is the owner of an automobile factory. In another building are Betty Shrum and Mable Heavner giving singing lessons. Going on up several floors. I see Kenneth Proctor, a famous author, writing a book on How to Flay Good Basketball. Moving over to Greensboro to the Womans College, I see Mary Craig Caskey coaching the girls' basketball team. Marie Houser is teaching History. In another room are Nadine Hallman and Lorene Wehunt, instructors in French. Evelyn Turner and Frue Smith are teaching English. Looking into the Bible class I see Kathaleen Ramsey, the teacher. Moving over to Durham I see Chunk Rudisill coaching the Blue Devils at Duke. They're hoping to go to the Rose Bowl this year. If they beat Bick Mullen's A'Tar Heels they will be able to make the trip. Being in a hurry to see the classmates who are in my home town I give my glass a quick turn. It is focused on the Courthouse. There I see Johnny Smith. the commissioner of agriculture. Going around the court square I see Kenneth Barkley. manager of the Barkley Furniture Store. Looking around I see several successful farmers of Lincoln County talking. They are Steve Shuford, Gordon Shuford, Wayne Heavner. Burgin Goodson, Richard Mauney, and Floyd Willis. Going on down the east side of the Court- house I see a new modernistic building. Here I see Clyde Lowe and Ralph Cashion: this is their new office building and they are selling insurance. Edna Denton, Charlotte Elmore, and Gwendolyn Goodson are working in a new fur storage company, and the Dixon brothers. Robert and Harold, have a dry cleaners' establishment. I see a grocery store where Earl Hawkins and Carl Mullen have a thriving business. Moving down the street a little I decide to look into the post office. Inside is Johnny Autin, the postmaster. His wife, the former Elizabeth Lawing, is just coming in. Moving by the police station I see James Martin. a detective, surrounded by several policemen, James Robinson, Frank Boggs, and W. E. Ballard. They seem to be listening to some exciting mystery story. Passing by Belk's Department Store I see Robert Duncan fitting shoes on Edna Bumgarner. Jacob Canipe is also working here. A few doors above this store is a jewelry shop run by Daphine Hoyle. Over this store is the office of John Letherman, a young dentist. I also see Frank Hager, pastor, going into a near-by church. At the edge of the city I see the dye factory which Robert Sullivan founded. Wondering who the teachers are in the High School I focus the glass over in that direction. Looking into Room lOl. I see Jessie Rudisill teaching Ninth grade Algebra. ln the next room is Alda Grigg: she is teaching French. Hubert Yoder is the new Librarian. I have seen all my classmates except one-Mary Nell Hardin. Thinking she may be on the other side of the earth I point the telescope toward India. I see her? She is a missionary. My eyes are too tired to go any farther. but I have already seen all my classmates and know that they are all happy and prosperous so I am conf tented. Knowing that there will be many sights to see in Switzerland and that I must get my beauty sleep so that I will be ready to meet some dukes and lords in England, I decide to retire and rest my weary eyes. MARY SELF, Propheless. Page Nineteen

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We, Evelyn I-Iovis and Edith Abernathy, do hereby will and bequeath our fondness for giggling in class to Marie Heafner and Elizabeth Schrum. Willie Ruth Hovis leaves her studious ways to Louise Keener. Daphine Hoyle bestows upon Betty Garrison her black curly hair and brown eyes. I, Seibert Lockman. will to Whitey Heafner my ability to make love to the women. We, Lib Lawing and Maxine Hampton. leave our ability to keep quiet to Evelyn Garrison and Tenny Weaver. V I, Mozelle Ledford, leave my habit of getting my typing in on time to Eloise Wyant andy Thelma Ledford, hoping they wont have to rush as I did. John Letherman wills to Ed Wynne Keever his place as candid cameraman. I, Louise Letherman. will my dimples to I.ola Kate hoping she will get Walter. I, James Martin. do hereby will my ability to learn Math to Robert Ewing. I, Richard Mauney. will to Reece Blackwell my ability to pass on conduct hoping that this will not keep him off the Honor Roll. Horace Mauney leaves his job as bus driver to Clarence Carpenter. I, Josephine Miller, bestow upon Betty Gabriel my brown eyes to set off her blond curls. I, Carl Mullen, leave my ability as typist to Julius Sherrill. I, Dick Mullen. do hereby will and bequeath to Bill Harkey and Eddie Seagle my great feat of passing Algebra in five years. I, Bill Modlin, leave my studious behavior to James Schrum. I, Mary Martha Nixon, will my loud speaker to Yvonne Reinhardt, so she will be able to call the boys easier. I, James Patton. bequeath to Dorothy Burke my place as Key man of the Camera Club. Kenneth Proctor leaves his place on the basketball team to Whitey Heafner, I, Mary Esther Rhyne, do hereby will and bequeath my Yankee accent to Irene Robinson. I, Kathleen Ramsey, leave my knowledge of Math to Tom Reep hoping he will not have to take it again next year. I, James Robinson, leave my bus driving job to Robert Ewing. I, Jessie Rudisill, will my skill at gum chewing and candy eating in class to Bobby Lander. Kenneth Rudisill confers upon Whitey Heafner his love for Athletics. I, Ezell Schronce, do hereby will my place in Lincolnton High School to Mary Frances Schronce, hoping she will be as successful as I have been. Violet Seagle wills her ability to get a beau from Union to Claudia Carpenter, I, Conrad Seagle, will my ability to skip without being caught to Erank Heafner. Betty Schrum leaves her knowledge of Math to Jack Walker. I, Mary Self, bequeath to Mary Lillian Jonas my ability to write so Miss McClain can read it. I, Gordon Shuford. leave my knowledge of Math to Bill Letherman for he certainly needs it. I. Steve Shuford, will my knowledge of Latin to J. D. Abernathy. Harrielee Sigmon gives her position as Cheerleader to Elizabeth Schrum. I, Modena Sigmon, do hereby will my position on the basketball squad to my sister, Katherine. I, John Smith, leave to John Heavner my ability to get along with all my teachers. I. Prue Smith, will my ability to pass Government to Ethel Sullivan. I, J. R. Smith. do hereby will my ability to work Bookkeeping to James liortenbury. Dan Stroup leaves his sweet job as Class Lawyer to Jerry Tilson. I, Dan Thompson, will my talent for the trombone to Gene Modlin. I. George Whit Toby, think Junior Gabriel might be able to fill my place on the baseball team. I, Evelyn Turner, will my habit of talking in English class to Mary Ruth Weaver. I, Charles Whitlock. will to Bobby Willis my ability to play a snare drum so he can learn to keep time with the music. I, Erskine Willis, loan my Plymouth to Jerry Tilson so he can go to Poplar street more often. I, Eloyd Willis, leave my knowledge of Algebra to my brother hoping he won't have to take it three years. I, Hubert Yoder, will to Ruth Bradshaw my place as Library assistant hoping she will like it better than I have. In witness whereof we duly set our seal, on this. the fifteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine. Signed: DAN STROUP, LLILL'I:lEl'. Witnesses: S. CASHION C. DEVINE IT. GRIGG Page Twenty-one