Walnut High School - Echoes Yearbook (Walnut, NC)

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THE CLASS WILL Ladies and Gentlemen, Board of Education, Superintendent,,Principal, teachers and friends: Upon behalf of the Class of 1949 of Walnut High School, of the City of Walnut, State of North Carolina, I have called you together upon this solemn and serious o- ccasion to listen to her last will and testament, and to receive from her dying hand the few gifts she has to bestow in her last moment. , The following may seem but trifling bequests but we hope they may be accepted, not as worthless things to be thrown away because we can no longer keep them, but as a value to those who may receive them, may these be remembered by the classes left behind the good old class of 1949. We bequeath to the dear faculty who have been our instructors in all the years we have been in school, a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peace- ful dreams. They have all done their duty and verily now shall they have their well- earned reward. Fir st: To our classroom teachers, Mrs. McClure, Mrs. Blankenship, Miss L. McClure, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Anderson, our principal, we leave our ever enduring friendship of the Class of 1949. Second: Dorothy Lee Reeves wills her position as pianist to Rosa Lee Cantrell, and her red hair to Pansy Allen. Third: Zettie Roberts wills her boyfriends to Rita Henderson. Fourth: Meredith Barnett wills her smiles to Morgan Davis, her boy friends to Christene Dockery, and her nick-name Bob Cat to Alrna Lee Beck. Fifth: Myrtle Caldwell wills her interest in the Reeves family to Pansy Allen, fmeaning Mack, and to Freeda Payne her seat as a Senior on the Bip Pine bus. Sixth: To Lillian Hollifield, Christene Haynie wills her French and to Ella Capps her black hair. Seventh: Hazel Thomas wills her ability to learn to anyone desiring it. Eighth: Lola Billman leaves her quietness to Eileen Thomas. Ninth: Peggy .To Thomas wills her athletic ability to Eileen Thomas and her nickname Boom Boom to Hester Chandler. Tenth: Louise Allen wills to Lillian Snelson her athletic ability, her nickname as Scooter goes to Mary Elsie Thomas and her fatness to anyone desiring it. 10

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CHAPTER FOUR Twelve long year sl Entering into the twelfth year since being in the blossom of childhood, where we began our long tread under the patient character of Mrs. Minnie Davis . Our school was now being taken over by Mr. Fred W. Ander son, successor to Mr. Hill. But now all this is rapidly coming to an end. Very soon we shall be only a mem ory of our schoolmates. We hope that the memory will be fond, for we feel that never a place be more appreciated or more fondly remembered than old Walnut High School. I Class Historian Peggy Thomas SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Most Popular . . . Zettie Roberts and Plumer Cody Most Studious . . . Lola Bullman and Plumer Cody Ugllest . . . Christene Haynie and Floyd Lewis Dumbest . . . Myrtle Caldwell and Bernard Farmer Class Monkey . . . Meredith Barnett Class Babies . . . Dorothy Lee Reeves and Herbert Allen Teachers Pet. . . Hazel Thomas Most Likely To Succeed . . . Louise Allen and Plumer Cody Most Enjoyable . . . Meredith Barnett and Bernard Farmer Most Likely To Marry . . . Louise Allen and Floyd Lewis Cutest . . . Dixie Freeman and Arthur Ramsey Neatest . . . Zettie Roberts and Plumer Cody Most Conceited . . . Peggy Thomas and Herbert Allen Stingiest . . . Myrtle Caldwell and Herbert Allen ' Woman Hater . . . Plumer Cody Man Hater . . . Lola Bullman Laziest . . . Meredith Barnett and Herbert,Al1en Heart Breakers . . . Hazel Thomas and Arthur Ramsey Trouble Makers . . . Peggy Thomas and Ray Smith Teachers Pest . . . Peggy Thomas and Herbert Allen Morons . . . Christene Haynie and Bernard Farmer Most Athletic . . . Peggy Thomas and Plumer Cody 9 +

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Eleventh: Herbert Allen wills his nickname Pappy to Bobby McClu.re, his athletic ability to Buddy Rector and his skill in running the movie projector to Bobby Chandler. Twelfth: Arthur Ramsey wills his nickname P. F. to Hoyle Duncan and his athletic ability to Leonard Payne. Thirteenth: To Cloice Plemmons, Plu.mer Cody wills his athletic ability and to Ray Faulkner, his dream women . Fourteenth: Bernard Farmer wills his nickname, Ber-Rabbitt to Earl Davis and his place as most enjoyable boy in his class, to Landon Webb. Fifteenth: Last but not least, Dixie Freeman wills all her boy friends to Mary Roberts, Qexcept Dalej. On completing a second and last look at our possessions we complete our will by bequesting to groups the following: To the Junior Class we leave a microscope with them, to search for the Senior privileges, To the Sophomore Class, a full heritage of supreme faith and dignity. To the Freshmen. . Just think! You've got three whole grinding, grating, nerve wrecking years ahead of you. So put on the old armor and start going through the grlst mill. I'm closing this will and testament. We the Senior Class can say, Hi School has been fun with all of us. We hope the rest of the grades will all pull together and make a huge success of their I-Ii School days and the future. Good luck to the faculty, superintendent, and all members of Walnut Hi School. The Class of 1949 Myrtle Caldwell 1 1