Richard Winn Academy - Aerie Yearbook (Winnsboro, SC)

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Last Will and Testament We Seniors of Richard Winn Academy in the year Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Eight, being extremely gifted in every area of intelligence and possessing abundant knowledge and skill, do hereby declare this to be our First Last, and Only Will and Testament. To Andy Ligon, Carmen Glenn leaves a bus driver’s handbook in hopes that he will use it for the protection of the riders. To Alex West- brook and Bill Goudelock, she leaves a pin cushion, a wig, and a teddy bear in hopes that they will find these useful substitutes for her during classes next year. To Cynthia Lever, Linda Faile, and Mark Gustafson, Carmen leaves her bubbling personality and charm and her ability to talk people’s ears off. Sallie Traylor wills to Helen Matthews and Smut Plampin her fellow Kissettes, one badly warped record of “Gonna Put My Old Blue Jeans On’’, and a place on the bench to Wfeep warm during basketball season. To Deanie Collins, she leaves four new tires, a driver’s handbook, and the hope that he will put both to good use. To Mrs. McNeely, Sal leaves four grease pencils, which are now nubs, a new cropper, which she never learned to use, and three bottles of Bayer Aspirin, which she can share with the 1979 editor. Billy Yongue leaves Andy Ligon a pair of prescription sunglasses in hopes that he can keep the bus between the ditches. To the riders of that bus, he leaves enough blindfolds to go around. To Mrs. Turner Mike Taylor leaves a huge sign with “GET” spelled on it for future classes and a box of Rolaids so that she can spell “relief”. To Allyson Lewis, he leaves his locker and his Algebra 111 book in case she plans to broaden her mathematical background. To Stewart Goude- lock, he leaves the position of President of Detention Hall for the term of the number of years it takes him to graduate. Wes Teal leaves his ability to worry about homework and tests to George Jeter. To next year’s Senior Class president, he leaves his superb ability to make a million. Wes leaves his thermos to Carolyn in hopes that she won’t waste her money buying drinks every day. Let's see: .25 x 2 is .50 x 5 is $2.50 every week . , .So WASTEFUL! To Mr. Strickland, Alan Reed wills his winning smile and his ability to make people goof up. To next year's Beta Club president, he leaves a large bottle of tranquilizers and the hopes that he can get more work out of the Betas than he could. To Bill Strickland, Alan leaves one never end- ing conference with Aunt Dot. To Thomas Cathcart, Roy Hanna leaves his medical practice and a How to Set Your Arm In Ten Minutes or Less” kit; also the number of Dr. Bratton Arnette if the kit doesn't work. To Mr. Hudson, Roy leaves two dozen pieces of Trident bubble gum and two dozen yellow slips to write up everybody he gives gum to. To Mr. Strickland, Roy leaves another student who has his ability to take notes, pay attention, and still make bad on the test. To Teresa and Angela Lark, Tamie leaves the ability to outrun Daddy on the RWA dirt roads and also the ability to love all of their teachers, especially Mrs. Turner. To Beth Branham she leaves two boxing gloves, one to fight off Tubby and one to fight off Harriet. To the Junior girls, Tamie wills the ability to talk one vulnerable male into taking a carload of absent-minded girls to the “Diamond Disco every other weekend. Vera Haskins leaves Henry Glenn her ability to grow half an inch in three years. (That’s all she’s managed.) To Crystal Haynes, she leaves her pillow in typing in order that she might be able to reach the type- writer next year. To Bill Strickland she leaves an IOU for the purpose of having surgery done on his left hand to install the first built-in hand cal- culator with matching accessories. To Woody Kelly, Brett Collins leaves his basketball ability in hopes that he may learn to dribble and chew bubble gum at the same time. To Beth Branham, he leaves a GE Curling Iron and a three-year supply of Final Net. Also he leaves her the many styles that Sallie Traylor invented and a pamphlet on “How to Style Astroturf. To Beth Nichols, Brett leaves his academic mind and the knowledge that helped him to graduate. To next year's Physics class, Helen Phillips leaves the habit of always forgetting to charge her calculator before a test and having it die on problem number “2”. To Mr, Strickland, she leaves her habit of being cold, even if it’s 99 degrees. She also leaves her 1001 dumb questions for him to answer. To next year's English IV class, Helen, Sallie, Vera, and Louise leave one word of advice: Don’t type your own term paper if you’ve only had six months of typing!” Keith Humphries leaves Mr. Hudson a Record Bar gift certificate, good toward a Jerry Clower coon hunting tape. Karen Miller leaves Kim Douglas her parking space and one extra large dent remover. To “Smut” Plampin, she leaves her ability to come back from Myrtle Beach with an Arby’s Roast Beef and a rash. To Con- nie Pope, Karen leaves four inches of her height and her ability to stay out of trouble. To Julie Brooks, Harriet leaves with a song in her heart. To Lee June Bug” Dorrier, she leaves her favorite word “droop” in hopes that he will use it wisely. To Jeff Clyburn, Harriet leaves her “PoohBear so that he will have something to snuggle with, her tennis ability, and her ability to stop at red lights. To Woodward Peay, Judy Mattox leaves her ability to distinguish between the brake and the gas pedal and also one can of defogger for his glasses. To the Senior Class of 1979, she leaves Mrs. Beach's revenge. To all people 5 feet or shorter, she leaves all the “short peo- ple” jokes, a shorter rostrum, and shorter desks so that their feet will touch the floor. Louise Ferguson wills to Helen Matthews and Carolyn Teal her ability to completely understand and draw perfect parabolas. To Laurie Ste- phenson, she wills another necklace so that Poopsie can have one, too. Louise leaves to Ray Gardner her ability to get along with the typing teacher because he needs all the help he can get. To Lee Dorrier, Gene Dixon leaves the ability to tell Bobby Giles how to be an official. To Sheryl “Cutie Cartwright” White, he leaves a lifesized poster of himself, the key to a certain room at Winthrop, and a phone number and very important address in technicolor. To Mrs. Beach, Gene, along with Debbie, Brett, and Sallie, leaves the distinct honor of witnessing four destroyed self images and a road map to Bull Street. Brett and Gene leave the new seniors the ability to use Senior privileges when they don't have any. Terrie Faulkenberry leaves Mrs. Beach a bottle of valium in order to help her recuperate from Sallie and Debbie’s arguments with Brett and Gene. To Jackie Cathcart, she leaves her great intelligence in hopes that maybe someday she will graduate. To Mr. Strickland, she leaves one brand new violin and a giant box of Kleenex. Peter Reeves wills Kim Douglas his red boxer shorts, although they probably won’t fit. To Beth Branham, he leaves his ability to fight the moose at Almost Nuts . . . and WIN! To all of the hearts he has broken, and to all the people he has offended, Peter leaves his favorite expres- sion: “EXCUSE MEEEH” Linda Ashford leaves Cynthia Lever the patience to drive a load of screaming kids to school without having a nervous breakdown by the end of the year, and a car with a radio that works. To Gene Haskins, she leaves the ability to ask “Can I Have A Ride?” at the last minute and get it. To Crystal Haynes and Helen Matthews, Linda and Carmen leave the talent for being the first to abuse Senior privileges. To Amy Robinson, Debbie Robinson leaves the task of carrying on the ROBINSON name at RWA in hopes that she will faithfully live up to it as well as the others have! To Mrs. Beach, she leaves enough nerve to take the Psychology class to the State Hospital and the hope that she will be able to return with the class. To Debbie Plampin, Debbie leaves her prayers for safety when riding the bus to school. Bobby Bass leaves George Jeter, Mike Good, and Deanie Collins his knack for doing almost everything and getting away with it. To Mrs. Beach he leaves alt the homework sheets he never got to do and all his excuses for missing school. To the faculty, Bobby leaves the unexpected knowledge that he DID graduate. To the next Algebra II class. Tommy Mattox leaves his book of answers and dirty sayings with the hope that whoever receives t will use it to the fullest. To the seventh grade foxes. Tommy wishes he were in the seventh grade, but he would have to compete with Keith and Peter which wouldn't be fair. To RWA, in a sad note. Tommy leaves with this statement: “LONG LIVE ELVIS!!” Lee Estes leaves Richard Winn . . . happily. To Miriam Stewart, she leaves the ability to keep her sanity for two more years. Ape leaves to all those coming along his ability to get along with the history teacher. Third period study hall (Sallie, Louise, Harriet, Carmen, Helen, Vera, John, and Keith) leave Mrs. Matthews two cotton balls for her hearing problem, a bottle of Dristan for her nose problem . , . and a pair of “hush puppies” for sneaking up on future third period study halls. To Joe John Stephenson, John Ruff leaves his position as guard on the football team, which he wanted so badly. Also to Joe John he leaves a copy of the latest Charles Atlas diet plan, in hopes he will reach the 100 lb. mark by next football season. And finally, to Cheryl Stevenson, and Julie Brooks, I just leave! 17

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Seniors 16 Sallie Traylor Billy Young

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Twenty years from now . . . Senior Prophecy WES, a multi-billionaire business tycoon, owns the largest chain of Steak and Ale and has become the Eighth Wonder of the World. KEITH, new host of The Gong Show, spends much of his time coaching Gene Gene the Dancing Machine’s replace- ment. HARRIET has recently patented a material for cowl neck sweaters, and published a booklet entitled How To Hide Evi- dence of a Wild Weekend, by the Voice of Experience. General MIKE Taylor, President of The Citadel, has defeated Richard Petty, Jr., in Darlington, and still enjoys his myriads of girls. He is currently trying to change the name of The Cit- adel to Romeo's Training Academy for Advanced Lovers. BOBBY holds the record for punctuality in his numerous business endeavors and has become the oldest bag boy in the history of A P. JOHN, founder of Talkers Anonymous and the originator of tongue whiplash, has just returned from France with Farrah, and Canada with Suzanne, and England with Catherine, and Hawaii with Olan, and . . . ALAN, the most recent replacement for the new XZ928 form computer, blew a fuse, thus causing the latest blackout in New York City. PETER is still flashing that Colgate smile on the centerfold of Playpeople magazine and has stolen Robert Redford's fan club with no trouble at all. TOMMY, when not imitating Elvis, is a dance-in for Gene Gene the Dancing Machine and has recently been honored as Chief F.A. Mint. HELEN has finally achieved her life’s ambition and has twelve kids; unfortunately, she has not yet found a husband she can keep longer than a year and a half. When not driving all the old men crazy at the hospital, Nur- siepoo VERA Haskins spends her time feeding chickens, cows, and Tommy (not necessarily in that order). TAMIE, the newest faculty member of RWA serves as bus chaperone, bathroom monitor, and teacher of How To Blow Smoke Rings, and has devoted her life to making and breaking school rules. TERRIE, a good-buddy, has converted her convoy of eighteen wheelers into a disco night club called Freckles Funky Twenty-Four Hour Disco. LOUISE, new leader of the Harlem Globetrotterettes, ha employed Mr. Strickland as Curly. In off season she works z Myrtle Beach as a trash collector, picking HARRIET out c the gutter. SALLIE, who tours occasionally as a funkette, has become multimillionaire as publisher of Playpeople magazine, an now owns her own personal wrecker for the Red Nova. Ms. KAREN M. Robertson has risen to fame as first woma manager of Arby’s at Myrtle Beach and has erected a memc rial at the Pavillion entitled Skip It. LINDA, the last replacement for Carol on The Bob Newha Show, has been observed buying and enjoying Playpeopf magazine. ROY, actually Royce Cason (successor of Cayce Cason), ws recently investigated by the FCC for using obscene languag on the air. BILLY, with his new chainsaw, has just cut down the onl remaining Sequoia tree to provide material for his persona ized baseball bats. DEBBIE, co-owner of Floyd’s Pharmacy and Pretty Be Floyd’s Van Rentals, is helping millions with her mobil nursing unit. Tennis champion LEE Estes now owns and operates her ow ski lodge in Apeville, N.C. and proudly displays her Olympi trophies. BRETT, still following in Louise’s footsteps, is practicin steadily for his tryouts with the Harlem Globetrotterettes. GENE, the proud owner of White’s Hair Styles and Bod Shop, has invented the do it-all homework machine, fror which he’ll make billions in the Richard Winn area alone. JUDY is expecting her first grandchild and has gained re ognition for her disco version of Short People. CARMEN, the supervisor of interior design and table flowet for Teal’s chain of Steak and Ale, has signed a commerci. contract for Charmen tissue. MRS. BEACH, our once stable homeroom teacher, recovering nicely from her 1978 nervous breakdown and due to be released after the publication of her new boo 1001 New and Never Before Heard of Ways a Senior Cla; Can Drive Its Sponsor Crazy.