New London High School - Londoner Yearbook (New London, NC)

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We, the Senior Class of 1956, of New London High School, being in full mental ability, do hereby declare and affirm this to be our last will. Any other will bearing our signature is hereby declared null and void. Section 1. To you, Mr. Turner, the Senior Class leaves its sincere appreciation for your understanding and co-operation with us and wish you many more successful years in your profession. Section 11. To you, Mrs. Rogers, each member of the Senior Class leaves his sin- cere appreciation for your friendship and understanding throughout our high school years. Section III. To Individuals: Item 1 — I, James Moss, leave my brains to Gene Clayton. Item 2 — I, Joe Smith, leave my place in the boiler to Jimmy Poplin. Item 3 — I, Lee Roy Plowman, leave my ability to pass other school buses and get fired to Mattie Furr. Item 4 — I, Evelyn Honeycutt, leave my place on the basketball court to Earline Smith. Item 5 — I, June Williams, will my bus to anyone who wants to get up on a cold morn- ing and drive it. Item 6 — I, Loretta Burris, leave my ability to mess up the cheers to Carolyn Russell. Item 7 — I, Joyce Hahn, leave my bashfulness in front of boys to Nina Lee Crowell. Item 8 — I, Reba Crisco, leave my good times at New London High, especially during basketball season, to all the students who like fun. Item 9 — I, Hattie Lois Hopkins, leave my appetite to my little brother, Jack Hopkins. Item 10 — I, Shelvia Jean Turner, do will and bequeath my nutty ways to Neva Jo Shaw, to mix with hers, and thus produce something unusual. Item 11 — I, Alton Lentz, leave my position as Editor of the Annual to a smart Junior. Item 12 — I, Sidney Turner, feel that I must leave to Clinton Talbert, great accomplish- ment — one-arm-driving. Item 13 — I, Arilla Nash Johnson, leave my ability to get married to all those husband- hunting girls in the ninth grade. Item 14 — I, Sylvia Howard, leave my place at the piano to anyone who can make as big a mess playing as I did. Item 15 — I, Carol Strider, leave my turned up collars to anyone who can keep them down.

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Strolling through this new Scientific Research Building in New London, I came upon a machine that looks into the past, present and future. Knowing the past and present, I decided to take a peep into the future. As I turned the selector dial, I de- cided to take a look at my classmates about 10 years in the future. As the first picture comes into focus, 1 see Pete Basinger as manager of Basinger Motors, of New London. Loretta Burris has married an air line pilot and is living in Charlotte. Lenn Bullock is manager of Bullock’s Supermarkets. Reba Crisco is married to a lumber executive. Joe Calloway is supervisor of Shell Oil Company. Norma Lynn Doby teaches singing at New London High School. Junior Eury teaches algebra at New London High School. Betty Sue Dry is hair stylist for Deluxe Beauty Salons of New London. Gary Greene is manager of Starlight Grills. Joyce Hahn is a secretary. Don Honeycutt is manager of Honeycutt’s Lumber Company. Evelyn Honeycutt is Girls Basketball coach at Richfield. Alton Lentz is now a basketball coach at U. C. L. A. Hattie Hopkins is married to Ketner ' s manager. Sylvia Howard is married to a New London Real Estate agent. James Moss is a five-star general in the Air Force. Arilla Johnson is living in Albermarle with her husband, a Gables department store manager. Lee Roy Plowman teaches agriculture at New London High School. Judy Lowder married a millionaire and lives in California. Eugene Smith is science teacher at Peiffer College. Norma Sue Losder is a tester for the Ajax Exray Co. Joe Smith manages the American Tobacco Company. Helen Palmer is girls’ basketball coach at the University of N. C. Boyce Talbert is a professional baseball player. Janie Pence is clothing stylist for Raylass Dept. Stores. Sidney Turner is manager of Pickler’s Sheet Metal Company. Mary Alice Smith is head nurse in New London Hospital. Wade Turner is owner of Turner’s Bus Lines of New London. Carol Lee Strider is owner of M. M. Grills. Jahala Treece is married to an insurance executive. Shelvia Turner is married and lives on the Aquadale Road. June Williams is head stylist for Studebaker Corp. — Prophet, James Moss

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Item 16 — 1, Alice Smith, leave my positio n in the Beta Club to my little brother, Jimmie, who, at the rate he s going now, will never make it. Item 17 — I, Eugene Smith, will my ability to play volley ball to Donald Britt. Item 18 — I, Boyce Talbert, leave my position as catcher to Richard T. Turner. Item 19 — I, Ray von Morton, leave my bus route to anyone who likes to drive on mountainous roads. Item 20 — I, Betty Sue Drye, leave my art ability to anyone who likes and, enjoys it as much as I do. Item 21 — I, Norma Sue Lowder, leave my ability to make fouls in basketball games to Katherine Griffin. Item 22 — I, Judy Lowder, leave my position as chief cheerleader to Priscilla Smith; come on cuz, do that yell. Item 23 — I, Helen Palmer, leave my position in the office first period to anyone who doesn’t mind working. Item 24 — I, Jahala Treece, leave my ability to go with college cats to my little sister, Betty Treece. Item 25 — I, Wade Turner, leave my back seat in Mrs. Rogers ' English class to anyone who can do as I do and get by with it. Item 26 — I, Lenn Bullock leave . . . Item 27 — I, Joe Calloway, leave my ability to go steady with one girl and flirt with all the others to Gene Clayton. Item 28 — I, Janie Pence, will my love of life to everyone barring none. Item 29 — I, Pete Basinger, will my rootin’-tootin’, high falootin ' , possum shootin ' ” ability to all the Junior boys. Item 30 — I, Gary Greene, hereby leave my pin-up pictures to Gary Pickier. This is to build up your low blood pressure. Item 31 — I, Don Honeycutt, will my knowledge of being a good husband to all the boys in New London High. Item 32 — I, Lynn Doby, leave my ability to come to school two months out of nine to anyone who feels like doing the same. Item 33 — I, Junior Eury, will my ability to steal bases in baseball to Carol Glover. Item 34 — I, Ruby Lefler, was glad to leave my position as cheerleader to Carolyn Russell. In witness whereof, we, the Senior Class of 1956, have set our last seal. Testator SHELVIA TURNER