Stapleton High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Stapleton, GA)

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To our dear old school building itself, we leave the pc-an-ful quiet caused by our absence and any apple cores, pencil marks, wads of gum or crumpled notes, we may have left behind. We leave the Junior Class our good luck. It made us what we are today and it should satisfy them. In addition to that, all our privileges and rights as Seniors in class room and chapel will revert to them as well as any notebooks, pencils, fountain pens. unfinished lolly-pops, or unfinished business left behind in our hurry. We will let them pay our debts also and they may have any boy or girl that we leave behind in our haste. To our good friends, the Sophomore Class, we leave our patience. lt will be found useful as the only means by which they can endure the Juniors. To the young and unsophisticated Freshman, we leave a map of the school building, so that they will not get lost and roam about in everybody's way. We include book How to Tell The Teachers,' a pamphlet compiled by us after four years of arduous study. We give and bequeath to the teachers our very kindest regards and sincere gratitude for their unfailing kindness and aid. 12

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C CLASS W ILL Individually and collectively, we the Senior Class of 1949 leave Mr. Cook the exclusive right to chew gum in the class room. Walter Rabun wills his ability to spell to Frank Terry. Betty Jean Hadden wills her figure to Jeanette Paul, hoping that it will help her make a success in the career of Modeling. To Mr. Cason, our superintendent, we bequeath the everlasting respect and high esteem of every member of the class with the understanding that he regard this class as the most dutiful and most promising of any that shall ever graduate from the Stapleton High School. Esther Allen wills her quietness to Joanne Arrington, her curly hair to Janelle Usry. Wilma wills her Berry to Ann Johnson to feed her Swan. In recognition of the four years of our High School experience we will to her our sincere wishes for continued happiness in future years with her husband. Thomas Howard wishes to will his handsome looks to Jack Rabun. The Senior Class wants to will their good times at class meet- ings to the Junior Class. June Clark having won distinction among her classmates and friends for dropping her chicken at the Junior-Senior Banquet, wishes the above distinction to mark the Junior year of Barbara Rabun. ' The Senior Class kindly willed Ann Thigpen to Tommie Burke without obligation. Jimmy Sheppard wills his height to Roy McGahee and his beard to Johnnie Peebles. To the undergraduate who is most in danger of not passing next year we bequeath Glynn Hadden's store of information, who wills his love to Milderd Hobbs and his handwriting to Mrs. Kilgore. To the undergraduate needing it most, we give Lloyd Kitchen's supply of language, which will enable the recipient to tell more and say less than any other human being. Maurice McGahee wishes to dedicate his quiet and shy ways to Farris Pendery, his girl friends to his brother Roy, and neatness to J. S. Beasly. ll

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--I CLASS PROPHECY Although it has never been publicly announced, it is generally known that I possess the remarkable power of projecting myself forward through the years into any given time in which I am interested. Tonight, being restless and weary with the cares of the day, I longed for a change of scene and time. So, closing my eyes and relaxing, I wished myself into the public library of this town, thirty years from now. I found myself in the reference room of a magnificent new building. As I glanced at the shelves, my eye was attracted by a thin red leather volume. Taking it down, I saw the title was Who's Who and Why in Stapleton. Eagerly I turned the pages and read the preface. When I saw how interesting it was I fled back into the Now, bringing the book with me. As I must hurry into the future again, in an hour, before the book is missed, I shall read it aloud to you. I am cer- tain you will be interested. fThe speaker reads from the red book, Who's Who and Why in Stapleton, dedicated to the Class of 1950, which class furnished most of the contents. Preface. There are few names in this book, but not few enough. The only entrants who deserve a place on this roll of honor are the members of the Class of 1949, a distinguished and intellectual group. In order to fill up the pages, other names were inserted, but need not be taken seriously. Thomas, Rear Admiral, naval officer and target shooting expert, won the battles of Puget Sound and Hudson Bay in the last war between Daylight-Savings-Timers and Anti-Daylight-Savings- Timers. Noted for his inability to learn to swim and his skill in singing sea chanteys. It is believed that because of his remark- able radio broadcasts on Deep Sea Navigation Beyond the Rockies. he will receive a promotion, being made a four star Admiral. Unmar ried, Hobby: Oyster dredging. June. B.S., A.B., M.A., Ph.D., D.D.S., F.O.B., and S.0.S. Dean of the Dormitory College for girls for the past ten years and an educator of note. Author of What Isn't Wrong With Education, and How To Teach Russian To A Low LQ. Prides herself on having the most expensive and best college in America. Hobby: Failing to pass intelligence tests. Clubs: Sons and daughters of the Mentally Alert: Intelligentsia: and Mind Over Matter. Lloyd, owner and manager of the huge chain of restaurants known all over the world as the Eat and Run Restaurants. Self made, prides himself on his rise from proprietor of a hot dog stand on South Street to owner of one hundred plate glass white front resturants. Married to Lizzie, the champion pancake flopper of the state. Hobby: Analyzing hash. Club: United Restaurant Keepers of the World. 13