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last Wil! and Ccsiamcnt I, Bill Thomason, do will and bequeath my ability to annoy Miss Field to Clark Lindley. I, Robert Creasman, do will and bequeath my reputation to Helen Shiflet. I, Ailene Gibbs, do will and bequeath my ability to play the piano to Rosalea Tur- ner. I, Irene Ownby, do will and bequeath my ability to get along with the Army and Navy to Lois Jackson. I, G. R. Bryson, do will and bequeath my athletic abilities to Tommy Parker. I, Margaret Knupp, do will and bequeath my ability to argue and giggle to Christine Ledford. I, Bobbie Eller, do will and bequeath my charming voice to Beulah Parker. I, Harold Davis, do will and bequeath bus number 12 to anyone desiring to get up early in the morning. I, Guy Moore, do will and bequeath my ability to annoy teachers to Freddy Grant. I, Lloyd Elliott, do will and bequeath my ability to get along with girls to Kerry Montieth. I, Doris McPeters, do will and bequeath my second year Spanish book to Ruby Jo McPeters and hope she will learn more than I did. I, Pat Burgin, do will and bequeath my ability to get along with Alvin Crawford to Helen Shi.flet. I, Barbara Harris, do will and bequeath my ability to fight with Grant Hunt to Johnsie Gibbs. I, Wilbur Greer, do will and bequeath my ability to aggravate teachers with nick- names to Tommy Parker, I, Elsie Pittman, do will and bequeath my ability to tell the news during class to Hazel Pittman. I, Grant Hunt, do will and bequeath my secret of keeping skinny to Jack Turner. I, Alvin Crawford, do will and bequeath my ability to never trust a woman to Tinker Marston. I, Aundrae Teague, do will and bequeath my ability to do nothing in class and still pass to anyone that can get by with it. I, Margaret Evelyn Burgin, do will and bequeath my sense of humor to anyone who feels like laughing. I, Eugene Bradley, do will and bequeath my ability to run the two-hundred and twenty yard dash to Harold Plemmons. I, Gayden Swann, do will and bequeath my ability to get along with the ball teams to John Faw if he thinks he can handle it. To Mr. Greer, Dr. Johnson, and the members of the School Board, we leave our sincerest appreciation for their guidance to us and their understanding for us during any part of our school career. We, the Seniors of 1953, apply our signature and seal this our last Will on the twenty-fifth day of May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-three . Signed: Seniors of 1953 Margaret Burgin, Testator
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fast Will and Zcstameul State Of North Carolina County Of McDowell Town Of Old Fort: To Whom It May Concern: We the Senior Class of nineteen hundred and fifty-three, being of sound mind and body, and in full recognition that we are nearing our final year as a class do declare this our last will and testament. ARTICLE I To the faculty we give our gratitude for their help and guidance through the past years. To the Juniors we leave our questionable ability to complete the final year. To the Sophmores we leave the anxiety of painful uneasiness of mind over the im- pending years to come. To the Freshmen we leave our sincerest hope that their high school career will have been as enjoyable as ours. ARTICLE ll I, Betty Anne Grant, do will and bequeath my ability to giggle all the time to Helen Shiflet. I, Shirley Lytle, do will and bequeath my ability to translate Latin to Ruby Hogan, l, Mary Ann Early, do will and bequeath my dramatic ability to Mary Vann Hughes. I, Frances Haney, do will and bequeath my ability to flirt with the boys at basket- ball games to Peggy Piercy. l, Shirley Hicks, do will and bequeath my magnetic personality to Mary Vann Hughes. I, Jean Setzer, do will and bequeath my radiant smile to Paul Allison, Jr. l, Velma McKinney, do will and bequeath my ability to hear from Marion to -Betty Hall. I, Joyce Harris, do will and bequeath my tremendous height to Jean Silver. l, Lasell Light, do will and bequeath my small and dainty feet to Jean Wolfe. I, Tom Stone, do will and bequeath my business ability to Tinker Marston. I, Betty Haynes, do will and bequeath my ability to get along with the Senior boys to Paricia Tate. I, Rachel Knupp, do will and bequeath my pretty hair to Helen Burgin. l, Grace Davis, do will and bequeath my old job in the lunchroom to anyone desiring the position. I, Lottie Allison, do will and bequeath my beautiful curly hair to Sammie Allison, I, Ola Mae Noblitt, do will and bequeath my winning personality to Charlotte Padgett. I, John Lloyd Lavender, do will and bequeath my desire to go to church to Lucy Calloway. I, J. L. Grindstaff, do will and bequeath my false teeth to Jack Allison hoping that he can eat with them better than l can. I, Betty Jane Allison will and bequeath my good times in study hall to Billy Grind- staff.
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