Luther Jackson High School - Tiger Yearbook (Merrifield, VA)

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CLASS SONS Tum - -GtwdlAiCjld Lidtes FAREWELL, LUTHER JACKSON Luther Jackson, parting time is nigh. Goodbye Jackson it ' s time to say goodbye. Thoughts of parting will make us so sad Though 1 tis the time, we all should feel glad. So, we ' ll say goodbye Jackson. No longer we ' ll be with you. Goodbye Jackson how we hate to leave you In our hearts we, always will love you Dear ole Jackson farewell. To our schoolmates, here ' s a fond adieu. Dear ole schoolmates how we ' ll hate to leave you. We ' ll remember the games that were played. And the few mistakes we saw that were made. But now it ' s goodbye loved ones Now our work is done. We ' ll ever cherish Friendships here begun. Keep on toiling, and trod the path we ' ve come. Comrades, dear, goodbye. Goodbye teachers, we must leave you too We can never ' xpress our thanks to you. For your toiling to bring us thru. Our thanks to you for what you ' ve been thru. So now it ' s goodbye teachers, you ' ll fuss with us no longer. Farewell Teachers, probation days are over. We will love you, for all your kindness towards us. Goodbye loved ones, goodbye. Guy V. Collins, Jr.

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ass Leader (Girl) ° st Popular (Girl) ' J M °st Like Succeed Shiest Most Congenial Thomas Stewart Barber Class Bluff Summers sorriest Biggest Eater Mills L. Coates

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CLASS U ILL We, the members of the Senior Class of the Luther Jackson High School 1957, having the utmost respect and judgment for the faculty, who request that we pass on, and realizing the value of our properti es, do hereby revoke all former wills, and make this our last will and testament. To those herein named, we leave the following to wit: To the faculty, who have been our instructors in the wisdom of the ages, we bequeath all of the amazing knowledge and startling information that we have furnished them from time to time in our final exams. To the faculty also, we leave more dignified senior classes in the future; please forgive every gray hair and wrinkle we caused during our brief stay. To our most worthy successors, the Junior Class, we leave our coveted back seats in the auditorium. To the class of ' 59, we will the brains to devise some rare schemes by which they may succeed in getting their parents to P. T. A. meetings and other school activities, thus proving to principals and teachers that you are not a lot of orphans. To the dear little freshmen who will enter in September, a booklet entitled How to Get By containing in¬ valuable information on faculty bluffing, hall-walking, and illegal locker entrance. To the football, basketball, and baseball teams, a year ' s supply of Dr. Scholl ' s foot powder. The following individuals also make bequests: Wayne Willson and Wilber Duncan bequeath their knowledge and practice of Esquire to all the young hopefuls ignorant of the mysteries of the Windsor Knots. The Three Musketeers,” Barbara Bush, Mary Goins, and Ada Scott leave to Wilma Harrod, Marjorie Morarity, and Evelyn Vincent their first seats in the Cafeteria. Roscoe Grayson and Robert Thomas will their athletic versatility and charm with the opposite sex to less fortunate juniors. Willie Elmore leaves his ability to emote to the future thespians of the Drama Class. Carolyn Byrd, Doris Mullins, and Tyrone Holmes leave their eye glasses to all the sightless students at Luther Jackson. Wayne Mills leaves his ability to get along with Mrs. Fortune to Stanley Houston. Vernice McKoy and Donnie Jackson leave their quietness to Alberta Copeland. Guy Collins leaves his instrumental ability to Kenneth Ford. Norman Summers and Paul Jones leave their ability to get along with the girls to any of the takers. William Peterson leaves his ability to graduate to William Morarity. Deloris Whitney and Philip Ellis leave their corner to Pearl Jones and Boo Jones. Ruth Ann Jones leaves her position on the Tattler Staff to Blanche Lacey. Gloria Gibson and Valernetta Jones leave their ability to sing to Nancy Denny and Delores Chase. Gail Newman leaves her most prominent position in the School to Manulita Morris. Marva Barber leaves her seat in Mrs. Mabry ' s English class to Martin Cole. Joan Isom leaves her bus patrol badge to Juanita Byrd. Etta Terry leaves her Atlas to Carolyn Lewis. Betty Lee leaves her slimness to Fabina Teal. Myrtle Teal leaves her Hollywood Cosmetic Set to Alice Hyson. Mary Ann Strother leaves her glamour to Marjorie Morarity. Louetta Stewart wills her poise to all stage frightened juniors. Gilbert Carter leaves his studiousness to Larry Coates. Leo Coates wills his boisterousness to Jerry Barnes. Lee Barbour bequeaths his age to Glen Snow and James Blackwell. Leonard Paige, The Quiet One, bequeaths that his state of everlasting peace be accepted by Richard Houston. Donald Hall desires to saddle Samuel King with his grumpiness. Margarite Bennett leaves her Veronica Lake hairdo to Rose Collins. The Brainstorms, Roscoe Grayson, Wilber Duncan, Gail Newman, Ada Scott, Gloria Gibson, Barbara Hawkins, Mary Goins, and Chester Coates leave their brains to Sweeney, Cole, Larker, and Shotgun. To our dear school building itself, we leave the peace and quiet caused by our absence. In testimony whereof, we set our hands and seals to this, our last will and testament, this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord, 1957. 27 (Seal) Class of 1957 Witness: Richard D. Tucker, Sponsor