Siler City High School - Seniorogue Yearbook (Siler City, NC)

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT NORTH CAROLINA Chatham County Siler City High School WE, the seniors of Siler City High School, being of sound mind and memory, realizing our superiority over all other classes and that our school days are numbered, and wishing to leave some of our excellent traits and talents with our underclassmen and to our school, do hereby make, publish, and declare this as our last will and testament. Item I The Senior Class knows that we are leaving the Faculty with a new condition of mind — a mind filled with peace and joy. Item II Jesse wills his store of confusing questions to Jack Allred. Item III Ruby Lois wills her three study halls to some lucky lass. Item IV Hudsie leaves his spirit of the old West to John “Tex” Jordan. Item V Jean Goode leaves her love for singing to Rachel Hall and Mary Harris. Item VI Milo leaves his cute smile to Frankie Gilmore. Item VII Billy Lee Phillips wills his muscular body to Robert “Doodle” Emerson. Item VIH Jean Brewer leaves her quiet ways to Becky McMinn. Item IX Ralph wills his height to Bobby Jean Johnson. Item X Dolores leaves her pep as cheer leader to one of next year’s lucky cheerers. Keep up the good work! Item XI Becky leaves her love for politics to all the dull history students. Item XII Ed leaves instructions to Buddy, who wanted to come back, to keep things going. Item XHI Clyde wills his ’37 Chevrolet to his brother, Dewey Dowd. Item XIV Lib and Ella George will their parking space to Lydia and Marsha Mood: Item XV C. K. (Bush) leaves his athletic ability to his brother, Henry. Item XVI Elaine wills her baby ways to cousin Doris Hancock. Item XVII Yank and Charles will their ability to get out of class for sign painting and banking to the Senior Class Treasurer and handy man of ’48. Item XVHI Barbara Ann’s cheerful disposition goes to Marcelene Stanley. Item XIX Curt leaves the workshop steps to Bessie, to be held alone. Item XX George transfers his stubbornness to his sisters, Joanne and Rachel. Item XXI Ercelle wills her bookkeeping ability to next year’s students (?). 20

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on his dude ranch near Austin, Texas. George Phillips is his foreman; and here also is Polly Darden, vacationing from her job as commercial teacher in a Texas college. In the nation’s capital in Washington I see Estelle Brooks doing secre- tarial work. David McPherson is coaching baseball at State College. Lib Rowland has a promising career as a dram.atic teacher at a school for girls. Slowly the vision grows dim, and I can see nothing. But then there appears, very faintly, another familiar face. It’s Palmer Whitt, who is manager of a modern theater in Atlanta, Georgia. And Tom Brady is there, too, a very successful druggist. In a sudden shifting of the clouds, my vision moves quickly back to good old North Carolina. Dimly I see the skyline of Greensboro, where Mack Gee owns a department store. Rachel Whitehead is a secretary in a large business firm. Earl Fitts is a reporter for the Greensboro Daily News, and Bobby Holt is manager of Coble’s Sporting Goods Store. Billy Payne is in the furniture business, with Clyde Dowd a salesman and Rebecca Straughn as his secretary. Ruby Lois Dixon is teaching English at Woman’s College. The vision passes on swiftly, and I catch a fleeting glimpse of Duke Hospital, where Ann Stone is dietitian and Mozelle Gilliland a nurse. Moving quickly to our home town, I see very clearly for a few minutes. Frank Brooks is a druggist in his father’s store. Ella George Mclver and Ercelle Culberson operate a swanky ladies’ dress shop. Brady’s garage has an expert mechanic in Ralph Tysor. Taking up the teaching profes- sion at the local high school are Jean Freeman and Barbara Ann Burke. Also in our home town I find Margaret Headen and Betty Thomas operating a beauty salon, and Jean McPherson a clerk in the postoffice. Ah! The enchanting sights grow dim and appear no more. What does the future hold for me? That I cannot see. The mystic haze has lifted, and I see nothing but the surging blue waters. C. K. Siler, Prophet. 19

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Item XXII Mozelle leaves her friendship to Emogene Dixon. Item XXIII Take it anyway you wish, but Bobby is taking those long, golden locks with him. Item XXIV Tom leaves his “golden glint” to Alma, who really doesn’t need it. Item XXV Doris wills her timidity to Babe Whitt. Item XXVI Dwight wills his scholastic ability to Doug Smitl Item XXVII John M. leaves his new bus to anyone lucky enough to drive it. Item XXVIII Billy Payne wills his tall, manly physique to Billy Clapp, who surely needs it. Item XXIX Jean McPherson leaves her silly giggles to Martha Jane White. Item XXX Betty Thomas and Margaret Headen leave their good times to Polly Stone. Item XXXI Norman leaves his tardy record to Emily Williams and Emma Jean Dark. True, it isn’t in first-class condition. Item XXXII Wayne wants Colie Fox to have his ways of getting out of making milk shakes. Item XXXIII Jane Maness leaves her voice to Faydeen Richardson. Item XXXIV To Jean Churchill, Ann and Rachel leave the straight hair that they have on rainy days. Item XXXV Estelle leaves her simplicity to Elaine Gibson. Item XXXVI Earl leaves his courteous ways to the entire high school. Item XXXVII To Ray Smith goes Mack Gee’s mathematical ability. Item XXXVIII Polly Darden leaves her dynamic personality (including giggles) to “Sis” Emma Ruth. Item XXXIX David leaves his reputation of being bashful to Clyde Whitley. Item XL Rawdon and Palmer will their ability to bum cigarettes to Dalton Smith. Item XLI Jean Freeman transfers her typewriter to her sister, Nancy. Item XLII Billy Holt leaves the windows ( ? ) of his car to Lydia Moody. And the whole Senior Class modestly bequeaths to its ardent admirers, the juniors, her general ability to work, her aptitude for learning, her thirst for knowledge, and her best wishes for a class as good as ours. This the twenty-first day of May in the year of our Lord, 1947, Siler City High School, to be their last will and testament. In their presence and at their request and in the presence of one another, we do hereby affix our names as witnesses thereto. Witnesses : Mrs. J. F. Hardee Paul Braxton Ella George McIver, Testator. 21