Mount Airy High School - Airmont Yearbook (Mount Airy, NC)

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a small window through which James Armfield wills to “Blushing Joe” Tesh lie is to keep his head in the fresh air and so prevent grogginess Paul Surrett wills his soprano voice to Lakey Harkrader. Claude Monday wills the gift of gab to Joe Tesh. Lexter Holvfield wills his agility in Spanish to any Junior that needs it. 1 helma Mayberry wills her modesty to Mildred Wolfe. Robert Jackson wills his unconsciousness to Kenneth Cooke. Homer Beck leaves his poetic ability to Woodrow Thompson. Potts Partridge leaves to James Bray her place on the girls’ basketball team. Mary Lynn Hennis wills her height to Lois Gwyn. (Lois needs it.) Myrtle Adams wills her shortness of stature to Lillian McCoy. Claude Monday leaves his curly hair to Chester Seewald, in order that Chester may throw away his curling irons. Elmo Beasley leaves his artistic ability to James Combs. Ernest Brown leaves his ability to sing to James Bray. (Practice in the warehouse, James; it will sound more natural.) Julia Jeffries wills her quietness to Frances Stewart. William Simpson leaves to James Combs the ghost of argumentation. I.ong may it haunt him! Valeria Jackson, James Creed, and Dorothy Jackson leave to any ten mem¬ bers of the Junior Class their ability as advertising managers. Hugh Sawyer wills his slogan, Necessity heeds no law,” to Irene Roberts. Dot Jackson wills to Clara Belle Welch the breakfasts which she didn’t have time to eat. (That will average about five per week, Clara.) In testimony whereof, we, the said Senior Class, have hereunto set our hand and affixed our seal on this, the thirty-first day of May, nineteen hundred and twent x-nine. THE SENIOR CLASS. William Simpson, Testator. Witnesses: Buffalo Bill Paul Revere Louis XIV Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck I % ft ft w ft aw ft -5A p s x ft m ft ft ft: ft ' JM ft ft i y Vi « ft ft M I i ft aw ft ft ft: ft : 1 it ft: ft ft ft ■ w ft ft ft ft ft ft ft: ft ft: ft i p M SBS m ' m Vt Yt Page twenty-five