Warner Robins High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Warner Robins, GA)

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CLASS PROPHECY

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Ladies and Gentlemen, Board of Education, Superin- tendent, Teachers and Friends: In behalf of m'y client, the class of 1949, of Warner Robins High School, of the City of Warner Robins, State of Georgia, U.S.A., I have called you together upon this solemn occasion, to listen to our Last Will and Testament, and to receive from our dying hand the few gifts we have to bestow in our last moments. Cut- ting so rapidly loose from life, and finding so many things of such gigantic proportions to be attended to before the end should come upon us, realizing at the same time that we have no longer any time left to spend in cultivation of our own virtues, we did, collec- tively and individually, deem it best to distribute these virtues with our own hands to those friends for whose needs they seem best fitted. As a result of this announce- ment a wild scene took place amidst most frantic plead- ing and scrambling among our successors for this or that so long coveted glory; but we have tried to be just, as well as generous and impartial, and distribute wisely unto those who will make the best use of such gifts as we have in our power to bestow, the talents that have served us so faithfully these four years. These are our decisions, as at last definitely arrived at through very deliberate consideration. Owing to the flighty condition of our brain, and the unusual disturb- ance in its gray matter, we beg to state that we may quite possibly have been mistaken in our inventory; but such things as we like we have, we hereby give into your possession, hoping that you will accept them as a sacred trust from those who have gone before. Listen, then, one and all, while I read the document, as duly drawn up and sworn to: We, the class of 1949, in forty-six individual and dis- tinct parts, being about to pass out of a crammed-mind, well-trained memory, and almost superhuman under- standing do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hebery revoking and making void all former wills or promises by us at an'y time heretofore made, or mayhap, carelessly spoken, one to the other, as the thoughtless wish of an idle hour. And first we do direct that our funeral services shall be conducted by our friends and will-wishers, our su- perintendent and his all-wise and his ever-competent faculty, who have been our guardians for so long, only asking, as the last injunction of the dying, that the funeral be carried on with all the dignity and pomp that our worth, our merit, our attainments, and our positions as Seniors of “grave and reverend mien,” must certainly have deserved. As to such estate as it has pleased the Fates and our own strong hands and brains to win for us, we do dis- pose of the same as follows: Item 1: We give and bequeath to the dear faculty who have been our instructors in all the wisdom of the ages, a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. No longer need they lie awake through the long watches of the night to worry over the uncer- tainty of whether this one is doing her homework, or that one will have her mathematics in the morning class. It has been a hard strain on them, for Seniors are said to be at all times and under all conditions difficult to manage. But they have done their duty, and verily, now shall they have their well-earned reward. Item 2: We give and bequeath to our beloved super- inten dent, Mr. Bert Rumble, our sincere affection, our heartiest gratitude, and the whole unlimited wealth of our eternal memory. In an attempt at partial payment for all that he has done for us during our long ‘years at Warner Robins High School, we make over to him Twenty-Four a heavy mortgage on our future in the Great Unknown beyond. It shall be his to watch every step of our up- ward and onward flitting—to note each trial, each at- tempt, each victory, each success, and honor that we may achieve in the arena of the world—and to accept for himself every ounce of praise, knowing that it is due to his faithful instructions. Item 4: The following may seem but trifling bequests, but we hope they may be accepted, not as worthless things lavishly thrown away because we cannot keep them, but as valuable assets to those who may receive them. Clarence Compton wills his noisy ways to the quiet Junior, Gene Smith . Ermon Compton leaves his ability to get dates to Billy Woodard . . . Charles Craig wills his ability to get along with girls to Guyton Smith. ... To Linda Pritchette goes Dorothy Davidson’s gift of “gab.” ... Marie Davis leaves her “cunning” ways to Sylvia Wood ... Zelda Dennard wills her rude ways to Cleone Lowe ... Nelda Dennard leaves her innocence to Helen Ammons ... Evelyn Dennis wills to Mabel Hicks her fast way of doing things . . . Diane Duda leaves her “Southern accent” to Helen Childs, who boasts a Northern brogue ... Kathryn Fears leaves her abilit'y to leave men alone to Mary Ellen Wyatt... Nell Freeman leaves her athletic ability to Jackie Sell. ... Dan Greenway leaves to Billy Howard his quietness. ... Jack Herndon leaves his laziness to Raymond Hix. . . . Claxton Hill leaves his artistic ability to Harold Simpson ... Eppie Holland leaves her “teacher’s pet” title to Sue Noland . . . Doris Hudson leaves her boy friends to Jane Parker and Nancy Hoban... Helen Kent leaves her ability to see the “dentist” often to Nancy McCollough ...To Dorothy Williams goes Faye Lawrence’s never dying smile .. . Skip Maurer leaves his “backing-up way” to Manson Pike . . Ivonne Mitchell leaves her temper to Vivian Wheelus and Abbielu Hughes ... Sammie Mitchell leaves his Barnes- ville girl friends to Richard Wallace ... Mary Newsom wills her unusual attendance at school to Jeanette Self. ... Margie Peacock wills her love of Bonaire to Shirley Hill (along with the people in it, too) ... Steve Perkins leaves his brilliance to Douglas Hood . . . Powell Price wills the coke machine and its surroundings to Dela- wood Jones ... Jewel Rabun leaves her wandering mind to Bernice Wood ... Betty Rawlins wills her un- dying interest in all that happens to Edith Steed... To Jim Harley goes Bill Robertson's ability to keep or- der ... Jerry Self wills her petite statute to Jonell Welch . . . Jackie Simpson leaves her underclass boy friends to Peggy Hunter .. . Joyce Spivey leaves her sewing ability to Carrie Nell Brewer ... Joan Stall- worth wills her ability to get into trouble to Grace Gastineau ... Shirley Williams leaves to Shirley Hill the younger half of the Hill family ... Kenneth Stone leaves his shyness to Kenneth Mercer and L. H. Fland- ers ... Cullen Talton leaves his good looks to Sonny Rumble ... Bette Jean Timmons leaves her inquisitive ways to Peggy Crosby ... Connie Walden leaves her bashfulness to Jane Evers . .. Gene Wall leaves his “stoopid” ways to Kenneth Pierce and Bob Blanchard. . .. Betty Laura Watson leaves her basketball ability to Peggy Woodard ... Mickey Watson wills the latest models in cars to Irvin Gentry ... Lillian Jones leaves her “comb” to Myra Beauchamp I’m sure Myra won’t let anyone borrow it . . . Cherry Watson leaves her black hair to the cute red head, Jewel Colson .. . Sadie Wooden leaves her ability to keep boys (especially like Cullen Talton) to Peggy Sears. Jackie Simpson Class Testator