Union Kempsville High School - Tiger Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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Last Will and Testament ff -are-' of the class of 1940, weakened by four long years of mental strain, and lx' feeling that our days at Kempsville High School are numbered, do hereby draw up, ordain, and establish this our last will and testament, hereby 1'e- voking all former wills made during our years of ignorance and unsophis- tication. ltitiflfifliil FIRST: We leave to the class of 1941 all our originality and aptness of thought feeling that it will have need of these in its trying Senior year at Kempsville High School. SECOND : Irving Hughes leaves his ability to keep his feet still to Gloria Barnes so that she won't wear out all her shoes dancing the Frisco. THIRD: Leon Basnight leaves his ability to manage school-day love affairs to Elmore Lewis so that Elmore will have a chance at being the biggest flirt next year. FOURTH: Harvey Nash leaves all his valuable notebooks to Barbara Makinson so that she won't have to study so hard next year. FIFTH: Eddie Joyner and Dorothy Cox will to John Williams and Claudia Albert- son all the auto tracks he made going to Blackwater, so that John can go more 1'apidly to Glenrock. SIXTH: Rosa Gottlieb leaves to Lother Reider her reducing exercises and Frances Peele leaves to Virginia Jordan her weight diet with the hope that Lother and Virginia will both be Five-Pointers. SEVENTH: Elizabeth Large leaves her giggling to the quiet and serious Ruth Sanford. EIGHTH: Harriet Large wills Katherine Eaton her athletic abilities so that Katherine can make the team next year. NINTH: Edward Absalom leaves his worn out ferry to Norwood Shirley hoping he'll cruise out of Blackwater once in a while. TENTH: Ruth and Jean Stillman leave their kindness and gentleness to Herbert Brady so that he will have more patience. ELEVENTH: Sue Whitehead bequeaths to George Fingleton her mental abilities so that he won't study himself into a ne1'vous breakdown. TWELFTH: Cleon Harrell wills his notebooks to Anna Hill with the hope that she will be able to get something out of the chaos. THIRTEENTH: Beverly Yarus leaves her filled up date books to Isaac Gottlieb so that he can have some idea of the modern girl. FOURTEENTH: To Elizabeth Singleton goes Mildred Green's talking in class, hoping she will not wear out her gums. FIFTEENTH: Shirley Wolfe bequeaths her quiet ways to Paul Large so that he can be more easily heard than seen. SIXTEENTH: John Barden and My1'tle Peach will their basketball abilities to Geleene Jones and James Robishaw with the hope that our teams will be champions. SEVENTEENTH: Louise Ives wills her experience in Blackwater mud to William Robishaw so that he won't have so much trouble when he goes down Court House way. EIGHTEENTH: Ed Tate leaves his nonehalance to Louise Gibney so that she can be more at ease during her Latin translation. NINETEENTH: Ethel Broun bequeaths her musical talent to Thorne Edmundson so that he can become a talented musician someday. Fifteen

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RUTH STILLMAN T14'inie Conscientious, fun loving and demure. EDWARD TATE Ed Steadfast, responsible and sincere. MARGARET THOMSON K'fWm'ga lligrnified, intellectual, a friend worth having. DUMAN WRIGHT Always ready and able to serve with a smile. SUE VVHITEHEAD Susie ln the spotlight: a born lead- er-in short, personality. SHIRLEY WOLFE Wolfe 'Unceasing' ehatter, tempered with a contagious giggle. HEVERLEY YARUS I?ebby Glamour her keynote, amica- ble and light hearted.

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Last Will and Testament-lContinuedl TWENTIETH: Ruth Kreger leaves her freckle cream formula to Marie McClain, said formula always to be prepared by the chemist, James Robishaw. TWENTY-FIRST: Catherine Duplain wills to Ransome Herbert her blonde hair so that he will attract the girls more than ever. TWENTY-SECOND: William Congleton leaves his little mouth to the talkative Frances Price so that she won't annoy the teachers. TWENTY-THIRD: Lorraine Bugge, having faith in bashful Estelle Jones and feeling that she will keep that faith, entrusts Levy to her care. TWENTY-FOURTH: Leonard Longworth leaves his little shoes to Esther Brown with the hope that she can find some use for them. TWENTY-FIFTH: Elliott Jones leaves his ability to study to June Bodnor so that she will do her homework at home. TWENTY-SIXTH: Edith Bonney leaves a sermon to Doris Ives so that Doris may take heed and have a chance at Wake Forest too. TWENTY-SEVENTH: Florence Harrison and Margaret Mizzell leave all their tar-heel ways to Norman May and Harold Bell so that they may better unde1'stand any future refugees from Carolina. TWENTY-EIGHTH: Franklin Hargrove wills to the most serious of all the Juniors, Arnold Ewell, his worried expression and puzzled smile. TWENTY-NINE: Sterling Montgomery leaves his unconcerned attitude to Gar- land Smith, who seems to take his studies so seriously. THIRTIETH: James Parron and Charles Heffington leave their talking surplus energy to the quiet non-excitable Elizabeth Mast. THIRTY-FIRST: Harry Bonneville wills his second-hand dancing steps to Lillian Longworth in order that she may brush up on her jitter-bugging. THIRTY-SECOND: Helen Ober and Margaret Griffith leave their dignity quiet demeanor to Barbara Makinson and Irene Barrett on the condition that they use them for the purpose of impressing upon undergraduates the supremacy of seniors. THIRTY-THIRD: Marjorie McKown wills her knowledge acquired during her four years in High School to Ray Barnes so he will be able to loaf while in classes. THIRTY-FOURTH: Hazel Miller leaves her ability to sing to Theodore Waters so that he can join an orchestra some day. THIRTY-FIFTH : Margaret Thomson bequeaths Napoleon to Mary Bartee so that if Mary is in the senior play next year she can be late. THIRTY-SIXTH: Thelma Jones leaves her basketball ability to Dorothy Jane Smith and Ruth Munden and we'll see who takes the best advantage of it. THIRTY-SEVENTH: Rose Helfington and Hilma Horner leave their ability in grammar to Margaret Green and Evelyn Hargrove with the hope that these two will be grammarians. THIRTY-EIGHTH: Alonzo Fentress and Duman Wright leave their love for school to Dorothy Moore and Esther Land. . THIRTY-NINTH: We leave to the school in general our sincere thanks and appre- ciation for the kindness and patience it has shown in putting up with all our faults and short eomings during our four years sojourn within its walls. Hereunto have we set our hand and seal knowing that all promises herein pro- claimed are unalterable and indissolvable. Signed, Josephine Paul, Testator. Sixteen