Robert E Lee High School - Leeway / Record Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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Item—T o Wayt Whitesell we leave George Long’s seriousness. Item—W e leave Sara George Harris’s determination “to do or die” to Ph i Werner. Item—B en Mosely bequeaths a much used hook on “Parlamentary Law” to Maurice Parker. Item—T o Ethel Bender we leave Gladys Hoy’s ability to dance. Item—A fter much thought and deliberation we leave Hans Swindler’s, other¬ wise Bernard Payne’s bashfulness to the Tannehill Twins. Item—M argie King woefully leaves her love for the Irish, and her undying devotion to the coach to Catherine Baylor. Item—T o Forest Harper we leave Percy Roby’s perfect attendance at school. Item—T helma Koiner bequeaths to Hattie Blackburn her petite stature. Item—T o Bernard White we leave Elwood Stover’s place in Lee High Athletics. Item—T o Agnes Kivlighan we leave Katherine Markley’s “refusal to talk.” Item—W inston Suter after much thought leaves his grouchy disposition to Woodrow Mackey. Item—T o John Barbee we leave Mary McAleer’s courtesy. Item—W e leave with great pleasure Sam Wilson’s “Ford,” which is adapted to “country roads” to William Waide. Item—M ary McCue leaves her love and adoration for men, in general, to Katherine Packette. Item—W e bequeath to the Greenstone Twins, Sarah McCue’s lipstick. Item—W e leave Katherine Olivier’s license for taxi service to Lee High, to Guy Sutton. Item—T o Kitty Sydenstricker we leave Margaret Parker’s “unused” chewing gum. ! Item—T o Margaret McCue we leave Pauline Parrish’s “extra” pounds. Item—L ouise Randol leaves her perfect attendance to class meetings to Eleanor Naille. Item—F rances Ratcliffe leaves, upon the advice of friends, her stately dignity to Clara Richcreek. Item—W e leave Louise Shifflette’s giggle to Margie Russell. Item—W e leave Emma Jane Shultz’s ability to play tennis to Audrey Potter. Item—W e leave Charlotte Taylor’s becoming blush to D ' orothy Fretwell. Item—T o “Little Okie,” known in private life as Burnley Brockenbrough, we bequeath Elizabeth Wilson’s love for peanuts. Item—T o Naomi Van Lear we leave Marie Wilson’s demure ways. Witness our hand and seal this sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-nine. Sara W. Bell, “Dodo” X His mark.

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The La£t Will and Testament of the Class of ’29 E, THE Senior class of the Robert E. Lee High School of the city of Staunton, in the state of Virginia, having spent the past four years in arduous toil and tireless effort, and now being about to graduate from these portals of learning, do by these precepts hereby bequeath and assign all of our lawful rights and hereditaments, on this sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine. ITEMS Item —To Mr. Payne, our principal, we bequeath a substantial arm chair to be used by the speaker in Assembly Hall. Item —To Miss Eakle, our patient adviser, we leave a more ambitious class and one who realizes the importance of class meetings. Item —To Miss Sara W. Bell we leave a fur coat to be worn in her room on cold days. Item —To Miss Oliver we leave John Boyle’s “Ford” to he used in going back and forth from Glee Club practice. Item —To Miss Fifer we leave, with much pleasure, a picture of Dr. Samuel Johnson to be hung in her room. Item —To Mr. Bridges we leave a bottle of ammonia to be used when the girls have fainting spells in the corridor. Item —To the faculty we leave, individually and collectively our best wishes. OTHER ITEMS Item —We now leave Jack Doswell’s knowledge of science to Rockwell Boyle. Item— To Sarah Hyde Thomas we leave Griselda Arnold’s fondness for walking to school. Item —To Harry Greer we bequeath Kenneth Grim’s cppeal to the oppsite sex. Item —Audrey Bowman, after much thought and deliberation leaves her in¬ terest in the Modern Dairy to Laverne Ludwig. Item —To Lerry Perry we leave the frequent visits to the Sheriff’s daughter made by Hudson Haines. Item —To Dorothy Black we leave Virginia Brand’s originality. Item —To Leonard Chittum we leave Billy Hamilton’s height. Item —Frances Brown leaves her cultivated flirtatiousness to Dorothy Landes, with the hope that she will cherish and keep it always. Item— To Tommy Cox we leave Wallace Hook’s musical talent. Item —We leave Bessie Gochenour’s sense of humor to June Crickard. Item —To Mary Harper we leave Robert Knowles’ water wave combs. Item —To Beulah DePriest we leave Charlotte Harper’s “seeming indiffer¬ ence” to the world.

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Class Prophecy LASS MATES :—We have a great treat in store for you, the un¬ canny but true experiences of the world-famous baritone solo¬ ist, Mr. Charles Benjamin Moseley. After his speech he will favor us with several selections. Station B-R-A-Y, Baltimore, Mel., broadcasts these personal speeches of famous musicians every night at seven-forty—Mr. Moseley. Dear Old Schoolmates:—As I stand here in the broadcasting station tonight 1 seem to see you as we were at graduation, ten years ago at Lee High School. Because 1 know you are all listening in on my talk tonight, I am going to tell you of a strange experience of mine. Two months ago, my naturally weak ear became seriously infected and 1 found it necessary to go to the St. Lenias Hospital, in this city, where 1 could be under the excellent care of my old friend, Dr. Bernard Payne, the ear specialist. I was greatly surprised to learn that my appetizing meals were planned by Miss Mary McAleer, dietician. It became necessary for me to undergo an operation, and the nurse who administered the ether was none other than Miss Bessie Gochenour. Another old pal, Percy Loth Roby, was in the hospital for his ninth opera¬ tion, which we all hope will be his last. After the suffocating effect of the ether had abated and 1 lapsed into uncon¬ sciousness, 1 found myself walking down the streets of a lazy Florida city, past the beautiful Spanish hacienda of Miss Audrey Bowman, the celebrated poetess, who still wears her burnished crown of glory. In the same city, on the beach, 1 found Miss Griscelda Arnold, in her bathing suit, teaching a healthy group of campfire girls some very amusing stunts. Miss Margaret Parker was at the head of a spacious and elaborate beauty salon, where her skill and knowledge are combined in recreating lovely faces in true “fountain of youth” manner. Sharp, shooting pains obliterated everything for a time, then I found myself by the side of the majestic Wilson Irrigation Dam. In a handsome sport roadster nearby, Mr. Jack Doswell, civil engineer and builder of the dam, was recalling by-gone days with Miss Catherine Olivier and her husband, Dean Darnell, well known movie actor. I, then, had a sensation as though I were flying through space, and I almost bumped into an indignant airplane propelled by Miss Charlotte Harper. I soon came to earth again and found myself in the land of Egypt. There on the burning sands 1 discovered Professor William Hamilton and Professor Sarah George Harris, doing dangerous and valuable research work among the sand caves. In Southern Africa, on a dazzling white horse, surrounded by eager black faces, Miss Louise Shifiett, now the Rev. Mrs. Dr. Sangleton, was telling Bible stories. A sudden short lapse into darkness and 1 found myself among the ruins of the Colosseum, where Mr. Winston Suter was eagerly studying Roman sculpture,