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

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Mount Airy High School graduating class of nineteen hundred and fifty-two, being of sound mind and of normal physical Condition, realizing that the past twelve years of struggling have not been in vain, and that our days as a class are soon to be over, lo hereby assemble and dispose of some of our worn, but treasured possessions in this our Last Will and Testament. ARTICLE I Section 1. To Mr. Finch, our principal, we bequeath our eternal gratitude for the patience, help, and understanding he has ihown each one of us in our high schol careers. Section 2. To the faculty we leave our sincere thanks for the guidance they have given these years. Section 3. To Miss Jean Simpson we leave our great appreci- ition and thankfulness for helping so much in the publication of jur first annual in twenty-one years. ARTICLE II Section 1. To the freshman class we will that smooth, quiet .enior manner of moving in single file through the halls and the orderly way in which we get to the cafeteria every day. Section 2. To the sophomore class we bequeath our ability of lever being late, never chewing gum in classes or assemblies, and lever failing to come to class without our homework. Section 3. To the junior class we leave our front seats in the luditorium with this advice: study long and hard each night if rou don’t want to sit there for two years. ARTICLE III To Betty Royal, Lucy Ellen Gwyn leaves her red hair and a few reckles. Lynda George leaves her great knowledge of chemistry to any- ne who can understand it. Berta Glenn Ashburn leaves her naturally curly hair to Phylis Icott, who can ' t seem to keep a curl in her hair. To Harvey Ayers, Jack Cox wills his one hundred per cent daily ttendance certificate, for which he worked so hard. Mary Ann Burrus leaves her love for Spanish to all the students lanning to take it. Roger Simmons wills his 6’ 5 frame to Grady Eaton. Bill Coble and Bobby Beamer leave their famous uniforms to rskin Atkins and Charles Kirkman, respectively; and Grady Fry :aves water bucket to George Pace. Freddie Dawson wills his corny jokes to Dickie Phillips for use hen he is at a loss for words. Jimmy Miller, Johnny Marshall, and Mack Wood leave their :tentiveness in bookkeeping to Donald Thomas, Robert Jarvis, id Donald Hoover. Sybil Atkins leaves the job of typing and mimeographing the isentee list to some unsuspecting first period office page. Nancy Reece, Deen Bray, and Bill Worth leave the hard work jid responsibilities of being president of the Tri-Hi-Y, Hi-Y, and ident council, respectively, to the future officers of the organiza- ons. JEANNE GWYN, Testator To Charles Kiger, Bill Joe Woodruff leaves his new kind of haircut—one with a hole in the top. Carolyn Westmoreland leaves her ability to transcribe shorthand fluently to Mary Ann Robertson. Jackie Vogler, Patricia Taylor, Juanita Snow, and Dot Tyndall leave their majorette uniforms to anyone capable of filling them. Polly King leaves her long legs to Lynda Mosely for playing basketball. Patsie Oliver and Mary Nell Seagraves leave their ability to flirt with any and every male to Betsie Ross Smith and De Lane Coble. Shirley Withers leaves her little newsy note-book to Barbara Fowler. Marianne Jones and the annual staff leave the hard work of publishing an annual to next year’s Airmont editor-in-chief and staff. Bennie Sue Doggett wills her quiet and shy way to Rebecca Hatcher. Peggy Gunnell leaves her ability to talk at the rate of 300 words per minute to Henrietta Leftwich. Barbara Eldridge bequeaths her silky hair to Peggy Sue Hall. Patricia Taylor, Martha East, Barbara Nichols, Jerry Jones, Evelyn Snow, Doris King, Carol Jean Midkiff, and Carolyn Westmoreland will their ability to catch a man to all the females of Mount Airy High School. Bill Worth leaves all his girl friends to Ronald Vogler. Larry Taylor leaves his 215 pounds to Bobby Hawks. Kelvin Seivers wills his mechanical mind to just anyone crazy enough to want it. In witness where of, we, the Senior Class of Mount Airy High School, do hereunto set our hands and seals, this-day of June 1952. THE SENIOR CLASS JEANNE GWYN, Testator Witnesses: FRANCIS, the talking mule PLUTO MICKY MOUSE TRIGGER

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CLASS PROPHECY One day while sitting in on my weekly gossip club, we started recalling names of our graduating class of 52”. It was really quite interesting to find out what some of our old members had been doing or were doing. As in all gossip clubs the bad is told before the good, and this one is no exception. Now I will tell you what was told me, if you promise not to tell a soul. Dayle Phillips, Norman Smith, and Harold Kirkman have set up a new gang of robbers called The Musketeers. They have robbed seven hundred banks, but always escape in their jet heli¬ copter, piloted by Larry Taylor. Chief Detective Donald Blackburn has been working with Chief of Police Frye and his squad—Jack Cox, Jo Bill Haymore, Lewis Brannock, and Bill Coble for months but has received no reward yet. So beware! They may be in your town next. The town is all in whispers about two members of our class who raised a terrible scene on Main Street the other day. It seems as though Sybil Adkins and Beverly Arnder were both driving taxi cabs and hit each other. Well, both said it was the other ' s fault and got into a regular knock down and drag out. But every¬ thing grew calm when Joan Jackson and Flossie Quesinberry, Mount Airy’s first women policemen, came in on the scene and arrested both. Some of the members are making some sort of history in Washington these days. Jack Palmer, Bill Bowman, and MacRae Boyd are the head of the deodorized R. F. C. and have been for the past four years. It appears that another scandal threatened as Millie Westmoreland Palmer, Dottie Perry Bowman, and Lucille King Boyd came in last week wearing baby pink and sky blue ermine coats. President Bill Worth has asked Vice-President Rich¬ ard Creed to call them before a senate investigating committee, headed by the senior senator from North Carolina. Richard Dobson says that plenty will be done about the matter. This was hard for me to believe, but it came from a reliable source. Freddy Dawson has been brought up before court on a bigamy trial. He married not only once but also three times. His wives are Bennie Doggett, Lucy Ellen Gwyn, and Francis Hay- more. Freddy always was girl crazy; as you see, it got him places. Then the conversation drifted into social standings and stations. The first newsy bit of gossip was that the movie actress Jo Ann Newsome is married to the millionaire, Charles Harris. This makes Jo Ann ' s fourth marriage. She was previously married to Charles Montgomery, Bill Bryant, and Roger Simmons. Of course, you all recognize the names of the business tycoons. One of the most recent marriages was that of the bubble dancer Alma Utt and the big time gambler Clyde Williams. The Finch Orchestra played for the affair. The leader, of course, is Bob Finch and the members are Bob Beamer, Jimmy Tilley, Rayburn Wright, Don Stanley, and Willowy Ann Swanson, the soloist. We had one girl in our class that really helped America. She is Juanita Snow; she has all of twenty-five children. The lucky father of these children is Fontaine Reece. As I said the good always follows the bad; the praise then started. I found out that Pat Taylor has become a woman wrestler with Jeanne Gwyn trying to win her title. Some of the other wrestlers are Bobby Haymore, Barbara Jean Goad, Lillian Gunnell, Jerry Jones, and Mac Wood. BERTA GLENN ASHBURN, Class Prophet Then we have some explorers on our list. Betty Jean Trac Jackie Vogler, and Libby Brown, Corinne Sitison, and Dot Tyndt are on a South African expedition. These girls have really goi places. Oh, by the way, the guide is Jimmy Patterson. Some of our social debutantes are Jackie Coleman, Mary Ar Burrus, Betty Collins. Shirlev Withers, Evelyn Snow, Barba Schumaker, and Peggy Gunnell. These ladies made their debu in the Stork Club last Wednesday night. Their escorts were Ca Baber, Carter Fourquerean, Bill Matthews, Don Shaw, Ed Crossin, ham, E. Jarrell, and Dean Bray. Just as conversation was about to cease a late comer brought i a paper and naturally that had to be taken apart and discusse On the front page was a picture of the first woman president Ford Motor Company, Marilyn Blackburn. Vice-president w; Virginia Stuart; Secretary, Mary Nell Segraves; and Treasurer P; Welch. Fords will be better than ever now. A newsy item of interest was that LaVerne Blue and Emil Boyd have been convicted of embezzlement from the First Nations Bank of New York City. The ladies will reside in Sing Sing fc fifty years. The opera, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” will be presented i Mount Airy next month by the Coe Company, owned and operate by Pansy Coe. The list of actresses include Barbara Eldridge, Patsi Oliver, and Martha East, Doris McBride, and Mona Faye Hiat The opera will be given in the new opera house that is owne by the famous composer Naomi Hiatt. W hen I was in high school with these people, the famous ha designer was Mr. John. The King Reporter, whose editor is Poll King, states that hats by Mr. Holmes are now the style from Pari to Texas. Mr. Hershal Holmes plans to visit Mount Airy nes week and there is to be a banquet in his honor at the Sarah Neste Country Club. Some outstanding speakers for the occasion ar Betty Lou Hennis, the first woman undertaker; Lynda Georgt the president of Lees McRae College; Marianne Jones, presiden of Catawba College; and Margaret Loville, North Carolina ' s firs woman governor. Due to the recent election of city officials, Norman Smith, Bil Jo Woodruff, and Johnny Marshall, city saloons, like they had ii the 90 ' s , can be opened. Some of the lady songbirds are Dori King, Pauline Frye, Carolyn Westmoreland, and Barbara Nichols Ninety-nine members of the senior class were present for gradu ation and only ninety-seven have been mentioned. Naturally yot are wondering what became of the other two. Well, Nancy Reea is president of the Gossip Club, and I am vice-president ant reporter.

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JUNIOR OFFICERS Dick Belton, secretary; Carolyn Banner, vice-president; Jeanette Morgon, president; Bruce Craddock, Treasurer. Donald Arnder Avolene Atwood Patricia Ausburne Patsy Badgett Carolyn Banner Nancy Barwick JUNIORS Phyllis Baum Jerry Beamer Billy Beasely Dick Belton Johnny Belton Peggy Belton Doris Bennett Bonnie Blizzard Felicia Boyles Joyce Brannock David Browne Jimmy Carpenter George Cashwell Vernon Cassell Barbara Chandler Bonnie Childress DeLane Coble Janice Cockerham Patsy Coe J. W. Collins Mary Lou Combs Bruce Craddock Etta Mae Cundiff Patricia Dowell