Watts School of Nursing - White Cap Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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DORE IVAD cxdl —dethernack We, the Senior Class of 1948 of the Watts Hospital School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina, being of sound mind and good character and knowing the vicissi- tudes of fortune and the certainty of our early departure from the regions of per- petual turmoil, do hereby make and declare this to be our Last Will and ‘Testament. The following persons we do declare to be the lawful and rightful heirs to the valuable property of which we have to dispose. Article I Section I: To Mrs. Bessie Perry Burgess, we express our appreciation for the many interests she has shown in us in every way. Section II: To Mrs. Eva Warren, we give our thanks for her untiring efforts to make us better all-round nurses. Section III: To Miss Ruby Bailey, we leave our love and gratitude for the wonder- ful patience she has shown and the help she has so cheerfully given us. Section IV: To the remaining members of the Educational Department and to the entire Watts Hospital Staff, we bestow our appreciation for their numerous attempts to give us a better education. Article II Section I: To the Branch Class, our incoming seniors, we bequeath our dignity to be used by them in the same unexampled manner in which we displayed it on all occasions. Section II: ‘To the Anderson Class, our ‘“‘Little Sisters,’ we express our sincere hopes that their dreams will come true and that ‘The Advantages of Nursing as a Career”? will be realized. Articles! Ll I, Janice Bell, do bequeath my intense love for hoop skirts to Pat Misner. I, Geralean Blackmon, do bequeath my Three Oaks and a Stump drawl to Sarah Dallas. I, Rachel Bland, do bequeath my title ‘‘Miss Watts Hospital’? to Willie Drum- mond. My never-ending patter of speech goes to Betty Kelly. I, Era Mae Campbell, do bequeath my title of ‘‘Flossie’? to Laverne Hackney. My love for Public Health, I wish to share with Martha Cooper. 28

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Lal baetata ee Front row, left to right: Betty McNeill, Dorothy Dezern, Wilma Wade, Evelyn Livengood, Marie Smith, Clara Palmer, Ruth Massengill, Victoria Hatch, Bobbie Garner, Ossie Wilson, Kathleen Cooper. Back row, left to right: Rachel Bland, Peggy Dameron, Elizabeth Mitchell, Janice Pell, Myra Mott, Era Mae Camptell, Maxine Liverman, Caroline Myers, Helen Durham, Geralean Blackmon, Nadine Jobe. Pee Left to ohte hom pan Boyette, Dr. Joe Wilson, Dr. Frank Mann, chief; Dr. Gordon Reynolds, Dr. Durwood Stallings, Dr. Paul Gray, chief. Myreboll A cae 27

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I, Kathleen Cooper, do will my page-boy hair-do to Ruth Hollingsworth and my apple-polishing personality to Geneva Derden. I, Peggy Dameron, do bequeath my ability to edit THE Wuite Cap to Sarah Collier and Juanita Lee. My new horn-rimmed glasses I must keep for myself. I, Dorothy Dezern, do will my ability to get along on Ward D to Vernelle Cameron. I, Helen Durham, do give my athletic aptitudes to Pearl Garrison. I, Bobby Garner, do bequeath my will power to evade calories to Joyce McRae. I, Victoria Hatch, do leave all my ‘“‘Enthusiam” to Dorothy Sumrell. I, Nadine Jobe, do will my beautiful red hair and blushing face to Mary Nichols. I, Evelyn Livengood, do leave my love for entertaining dutch style to Josephine Scoggins. I, Maxine Liverman, do bequeath all my poise and charm to Mary Vestal. I, Betty McNeill, do leave to Mary Anderson my capacity for speed and my nick- name ‘“‘Pee Wee” in hopes that I might forever leave the latter behind. I, Elizabeth Mitchell, do bequeath my dancing ability to June King. I, Ruth Massengill, do will my professional attitude to Mildred Woods. I, Myra Mott, do leave my witticism and go to—attitude to Frances Rhodes. I, Caroline Myers, do bequeath my slowness to Josephine Branch. My wrinkled hose I will keep for myself. I, Clara Palmer, do will my big mouth to Pete Hunter. I, Marie Smith, do bequeath to Virginia Burns my never-ending love for men. I, Wilma Wade, do bequeath my ability to argue with Mrs. Warren to Faye Covington, and my excellent grades I will give to anyone who needs them. I, Ossie Wilson, do leave my sweater girl form to Willie Drummond. Article IV We do hereby appoint and instruct Mrs. Eva Warren and Mr. John Moulton as sole Executors for this our Last Will and Testament, to carry out the same; their decision as to any matter being final. ErA MAE CAMPBELL and WILMA WADE, T estators. 29