Richland High School - Jackette Yearbook (Richland, GA)

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AST WILL AND T ESTAMENT On thrs the fourteenth day of November 1n the year of our Lord one thousand n1ne hundred and frfty two we the Semors of 1953 berng rnsane of mrnd fbecause of the teachersj and sound of body havrng attended dear foldj Rrchland Hrgh School ftooj many days do herewrth bequeath the followrng treasured possessrons to those who re mam To the faculty we leave our peace and qutet whrch w1ll naturally result from our graduatron To the Freshmen we leave our best wrshes for four happy years of hrgh school hfe To the Sophomores we leave the wrsdom whrch we have acqurred through hard QU study We the boys of the Senror Class w1ll our drgnrty to the Junror Grrls May they al ways uphold 1tl As rndrvrduals we make the followrng bequests I Ben Mrller do w1ll my reducrng formula to Mary Lourse Tatum rf she ever needs I Glen Bush w1ll my school grrl frgure to Sh1rley Chalkey who rs always frgur rn I Jack Ivey w1ll my Romeo Eyes to Parker Brshop to keep a certarn party con tented I Wade Bartlett w1ll my ab1l1ty to attract Mr Taylor s attentron to Ellen Wrseman l Bobby I-lollomon wrll my skrll at skrpprng class to my brother Donald to keep rt rn the famrly I B111 Mayo w1ll my reputatron as Peck s Bad Boy to Tommy Alston who has al ready taken over We Betty Smxth and Lors Hutto w1ll our abrlxty to stay out of town to Chrrstrne Coleman Please try II sometlme I Mattre Maude Iamreson w1ll my determrnatron to do thrngs my own way to Ann Overby Warnmg' Use drscertron I Betty Rrchardson w1ll my alarm clock to Norene Moore wrth hope that rt may get her to school on trme ll farled wrth me I Rhodell Dunn w1ll my abrlrty to look pretty at all trmes to Faye Damel a httle more prrmprng won t do any harm I Mrllard Gunnels wrll my phrlosophy Hear nothrng see nothrng and sa nothrng to Betty Jane Chambless Please develop I Owen Stapleton w1ll my abrlrty to keep a strarght face under all cxrcumstances to Robert Armstrong It may be helpful We do solemnly affrrm th1s to be the Last Wrll and Testament of the 1953 Senror Class of Rrchland Hrgh School Testator Brll Mayo Wrtnesses Wade Bartlett Rhodell Dunn 13 . ' . ' A . . . l I u 1 ' ' . . . . . it. g . . . with the warning, Don't use it as much as I have. I I ' ' ' lv I vi - D I . ' U . ' l I -'

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'Siam 'Ov BETTY RICHARDSON JACK IVEY Best Dressed Most Athletxc BILL MAYO OWEN STAPLETON Most Talented WitIi6SI 12

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C ASS PROPHECY The year rs 1973 and I am srttrng by my open frre place rn a suburban home near Atlanta talkrng to my wrfe and small boy when 1 heard a knock at the door I opened rtand who should greet me but my old classmate at dear old R H S B111 Mayo? He was workrngfor the Acme Lollectrng Agency of New York and wanted a ten dollar payment on my televrsron set somethrngl naturally drdn t have Afterl had pawned my watch a graduatron present B111 told me we were to have a class reunron and serve barbecue for whrch I would have to cut the wood As soon as I had gotten rn the wood and removed my coat I saw two famrlrar faces comrng through the thrcket toward me One was Glen Bush rl 3 tall werghrng 210 pounds the best veterrnarran rn the state The other was Wade Bartlett the owner of the Sheet Metal Works famous throughout the south The barbecue furnrshed the frrst meal I had eaten rn two weeks As I was enjoyrng rt I notrced a handsome black headed man wrth hrs hat pulled low over one eye A second glance revealed Rhodell Dunn of the Get Your Man Detectrve Agency He had recently put John Drllrnger ssonbehrnd bars Hrs strong armed and weak brarned assrst ant was Bobby Hollomon Suddenlyl heard someone call Let s Dance' The orchestra leader was none other musrcran My frrst partner was Mattre Maude Jamreson who was marrred to Atlanta s most famous doctor After dancrng awhrle Iheard Mrllard s specralrty Drxre Land lrve The crowd formed a crrcle around a beautrful woman Lors Hutto who was a popular nrghtclub srnger and her husband the owner of the popular Owl Room the best known 1n Atlanta Betty Smrth s dutres as chref laboratory technrcran at Predmont Hosprtal rn Atlanta prevented her from attendrng the reunron After a delrghtful evenrng I pulled out my last dollar for a taxr I learned from the drrver that Owen Stapleton was the drstrrct manager of the Yellow Cab Co and was marrred to a very beautrful redhead hrs hrgh school sweetheart Before retrrrng I decrded to look at the paper Greetrng me on the front page was a prcture of a beautrful float on whrch was rrdrng none other than our Betty Rrchardson who had just returned from Atlantrc Crty wrth the trtle Mrs Amerrca On the sport page was a wrrte up and prcture of the Celtrcs world famous basketball team Therr star player was lack Ivey I had thoroughly enjoyed my contacts wrth the members of the class of 53 Sltttng agaln by the f1re my mrnd wandered back twenty tears to our days at R H S and 1 was soon asleep 14 ' I than Millard Gunnels who had finally mastered the clarinet and rose to fame as a great I l , 'I 9 ' '