West Edgecombe High School - Wescomb Yearbook (Rocky Mount, NC)

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Q J ffl!!! gzdiliifgfifl We the graduatmg class of 1953 of West Edgecombe Hlgh School real1z1ng that we are f1n1sh1ng our school days do hereby make and publ1sh th1s Our Last W1l1 and Testa ment d1spos1ng of personal and collectlve p1operty wh1ch has accumulated 1n Olll' school years To our Alma Mater we leave the Jun1o1 class to flll our vacant places 1n West Edge combe H1gh School To the Junlors we leave our home 1oom ln hopes that they w1ll have as much fun as we 1 To the sophomores we leave Mrs Jones for them to love and obey as we d1d To the freshmen we leave the four most enjoyable years of theu' l1ves Bobby Johnson leaves h1s ab1l1ty to sleep on class to Dorothy Rrchmond so the rest of the class can catch up wlth her Donald Logan leaves hlS dependab1l1ty to Bobby Daughtr1dge and Jrmmy Rxvenbark to make them successful sen1ors Jeannette Wolsley leaves her concext to Betty Lanler and Dorothy Proctor to make them more d1gn1f1ed SCHIOTS Gene Gay leaves h1s athletlc ab1l1ty to Robert Rose to keep West Edgecombe the champs Robert Burgess leaves hlS romantlc ways to R1chard Tolston and Elton Prldgen so they won t be w1thout a g1rl dur1ng the1r sen1or yeal Peggy Langston leaves her sweet d1spos1t1on to Ala Fla Proctor to help her stay as sweet as she IS Dav1d Gurganus leaves hlS happy go lucky Ways to Mack Taylor to help br1ghten h1s 1 e Claude Braddy leaves h1S cute face to C B Lan1er so that he w1ll remam as he IS Dor1s Jean Newsome leaves her qu1et ways to Lucy Braddy so that the rest of the Jumors can get a word 1n every once 1n a wh1le Tommy Jenkxns leaves h1s huntmg ab1l1ty to B1lly Luther so he can get a breath of country a1r once 1n a Wh11G Mae Ezzell leaves her cute ways to Jean Johnson so that the Junlors w1ll have a laugh once 1x1 a whlle Ellzabeth Jenk1ns leaves her talkat1ve ways to Irene Proctor so that the rest of the class w1ll know that she 1S st1ll around Myrl K1nkead leaves her execut1ve ab1l1ty to Adelme Moore and Grace N1chols so the1r class w1ll be a great success next year Chr1st1ne Worrell leaves her s1ng1ng ab1l1ty to Ethel Jackson and Martha Raynor so that the Glee Club can carry on Velma Ether1dge leaves her grudge agamst boys to Sh1rley Clark so the boys w1ll have a. breathmg spell Joe Jenklns leaves h1s bashful ways to Charles Thomas and Robert Oakley to prevent so many broken hearts Loretta Joyner leaves her loud appearance to Ol1ver W1ll1ams and Earl Taylor to help br1ghten theu' outlook on l1fe Peggy Land leaves her gOSSlpy ways to W1n1fred N1chols so she can get the school Splrlt Dorothy Grxflin leaves her d1gn1ty to Franklm Walters so h1s classmates w1ll have noth mg to complaln about Chr1st1ne Mrllwood leaves her versat1l1ty to Reather F161dS so she w1ll not mxss a tr1ck 1n her sen1or year W1lbur Edmondson leaves h1s manly physlque to Harvey Joyner and B111 Davls to brlng them up to sea level Joyce Breedlove leaves her laz1ness to Barbara Proctor so she w1ll not work too hard Floyd Flora leaves h1s ab1l1ty to use the m1meograph mach1ne to Gordon Whltehurst and W1ll1am Daughtrldge so the class w1ll contlnue The We Hz JCSSIE Dean Rose leaves her h1gh temper to Eddle Jones so the g1rls w1ll stop bosslng h1m around Vernell Proctor and Donald Logan leave the1r devoted ways to Joyce Batts and George Proctor so that they w1ll not be lonely durmg the1r sen1or year Carolyn Anderson has declded to leave Robert Oakley to Teddy Bulluck so she W111 not be w1thout a boy fr1end 1n her sen1or year Frances Brake leaves her quiet ways to Joy Hux so the teachers w1ll not have so many headaches Charles Lancaster leaves h1s s1ncer1ty to B111 Sh1r1ey to help Chr1st1ne hold h1m Donald Murphy leaves h1s sly ways to Edwm Gurganus so he w1ll not get caught so much Nell1e Bottoms and Ann Bottoms leave the1r ab1l1ty to skxp school to Dor1s Wallace so school w1ll not get too monotonous Jxmmy Edwards and Frank Bunn leave the1r m1sch1evous ways to Dor1s DICREDS and Sh1rley Cash to help br1ghten the1r l1ves Bobby Burgess leaves h1s stubborn ways to Nell1e Edwards so that she can res1st the boys M1ll1e Pr1ce leaves her ab1l1ty to get along wlth the teachers to Jack W1ll1ams so he w1ll be a successful sen1or Russell Walters leaves h1S casanova approach to B1lly Ether1dge so he can catch a girl John Walter Lancaster leaves h1s gentleman l1ke ways to George W1ll1ams and Herschel Rose so the gxrls w1ll date them Slgned sealed pub11shed and declared by the Sen1or Class of 1953 on thxs the twenty tirst day or May 1n the year of our Lord Nmeteen Hundred and Fxfty Three W1tnesses Carolyn Anderson Nell1e Bottoms Jess1e Dean Rose Robert Burgess , , ' 1 ,f K. ff I , 1 ,J ' ' 4, x f I, uf I , d'd. l'f . Page Fourteen X

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