West Fulton High School - Wefuhian Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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LHST LUILL HIID TESTHIHEIIT Be it remembered that we, the departing class of 1941 at West Fulton High School in the Commonwealth of Georgia, having a weak mind and weaker memory, and knowing the uncertainty of this life, do make this our last will and testament. After the payment of our just debts and funeral charges, we bequeath and devise as follows: Q11 Harry Alexander and Leonyx Baker will their marvelous ability to woo the Lazonga way to Braxton Wooten and Roy McGriff. Q21 Alice Campbell bequeaths to Merle Barton her secret of making any poor dope buy a lipstick. Q31 Hoyle Deal and Buster Puckett surrender to Fred Stanford their tireless energy, Q41 Robert Lowry bequeaths to Clarence Townsend's valet his corduroy jacket, from which he has received many years of faithful service. Q51 James Turnipseed and Bernard Sullivan bestow upon Lester Wood their inventions, all of which were patented years ago. 44 C61 Pat Butler and June Hicks bequeath their excessive height and weight to Elizabeth Jolley and Isabel Mayo. C71 Martha Hall, Connie Black, Berenice Hayes, and Margaret Elliott will to Mildred Greene their John Doe Toothpaste' smile-the smile that charms a thousand stag lines. Q81 The Allen triplets, Louise, Edmund, and Frances, leave their distinguished monicker to all the little Allens who follow. Q91 Jack McBride, Colleen Buchanan and Sarah Spivey will to Betty Specht their ability to filibuster through the columns of the newspaper. Q101 Margaret Roper wills the teeth from her comb to anyone who can find them. 1111 Lee Blount wills his gift of pulling the wool over Miss Spratling's eyes to Tom Wootten. U21 Carolyn Queen and Betty Bonds will their unpolished and worn-out boots to Beth Nicholas. C131 Geraldine Oden leaves her frequent toothaches and handsome dentists to Mary Sosebee. C141 Ray Dickey, Jack Hogg, James West, Hoyt Redd, and Ray White leave to Walter Wright and Walter Crawford their knack of kicking the pigskin into a mud puddle. U51 Margie Wigley, Agnes Williams, and Christine Wooten leave their lovely Kress earbobs to Geraldine Raynor and Martha Landers. C161 Bob Robinson fgenerous guy1 wills his curly locks to David Loner. C171 Melvie Yeager, Evelyn Garner, and Evelyn Smith will lease their chewing gum for a period of one year to anyone who can smuggle it past Miss Beard. U81 Leatrice Sarratt leaves her hair net to Hazel Watts. QI91 Jack Ivy and Lloyd Melton will their ability to forge excuses to Carolyn Abernathy. C201 Glenna Morgan leaves her blue socks with the hole in them to Doris Allen if said junior promises to keep said hole under cover. C211 Mildred Davis, Catherine Dodgen, and Thelma Luther bestow their technique of fancy dancing to Betty Walker. Q221 Constance Martin and Elsie Cook, will their eternal knitting to Margie Walker. C231 Dub McDonald bequeaths her intricate top-curls to Juanita Tyner. Q241 Myrtice Wright and Margie Willingham bestow the little dab of shorthand that Miss Beard taught them to Mildred Denman. 1251 Calhoun Long, Virlyn Martin, and Bob Wallace leave to Guy Bowles their jazzy music. 3

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THE HISTUHU UF lUESTFULTOI1 HIGH SEHOUI. Rain. Overcast skies. And a band of students over four hundred strong trudging up a muddy hill. These students, on February 21, 1939, embarked upon their voyage on the sea of education at West Fulton High School. At the stern of our boat stood Captain E. P. Mcllwain, the former head of the Science Department at Fulton High School, and the first niatc, Miss Mary I.. Brooks, the former head of the Home Economics Department at North Fulton High. The crew consisted of fifteen loyal teachers. Here, too, promotions had been made. Mr. H. C. Hodges became head of the English Department, and Mr. C. R. Brown head of the Mathematics Department. Four hundred and forty-one passengers, all underclassmen, reported in that first year. Each one was awed by the 515S,000 structure, the first unit of which the county had recently completed. Since there were no seniors, every junior realized the importance of his rank, every junior was determined to uphold the standard set by the commanding officer. Time rolled on in endless waves. And with the tide of 1940 came a yet more de- termined student body, seven hundred and ten in number, including a senior class-the first ever to walk West Fulton,s decks. In this year came an addition of nine to the crew of teachers. With the development of our athletic department-the building of a stadium, and the organization of baseball, football, and basketball teams-our boys won a niche in the ocean of sports. Of the trophies we received, perhaps the one of which we were most proud was the N. G. I. C. Championship Award won by our '40 baseball Ieilffl. After various triumphs and defeats, the hour for the first graduation drew near. Then, on May 31, 1940, seventy-six students left the shelter of our vessel and entered into the tempestuous sea of life. September, 1940. One hundred and eight seniors replaced those who were graduated in the last term. The total enrollment was seven hundred and eighty-eight. A new year rolled in-1941. With it came the construction of more units on our building-the gymnasium, the auditorium, and additional classrooms-a result of the 1940 bond issue. But always the tide pushes us forward, and it is May-and graduation. Our voyage is ended. As we drop anchor, we pass along to those whom we leave behind a desire to keep burning the beam in the lighthouse of education. GLENNA MQRGAN. MARGARET ROPER. 7

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C261 Madeleine Rutherford leaves to Sallie Lou Swink her Metropolitan Opera ambitions and also her opera voice. C27j Paul Palmer, Ralph Ireland, and Billy Walraven leave their uniforms to any junior who will get the grease spots off. C28j Mary Helen Keheley wills her posture to Thelma Sosebee. C293 C503 C313 4329 Edna Rowland, Elizabeth Park, and Vivian Cox will their sparkling humor to Betty Lou Simpkins. H. R. Hawkins and Truman Cowart leave their chivalrous ways to dear, dead Lord Chesterfield. Mildred Price, Frances Blalock, and Latrelle Black bestow upon Jesse Rose their deep thinking. Frances Gilman and Margaret Bartenfeld leave their lengthy locks to Miss Beard. C331 Lola LeCroy and Doris Smith leave their Southern accent to Helen Sweat. C343 Robert Cathcart, Gene Ivy, and John McCurley leave their good looks and slaying manner to Lacy Purcell. C353 Doris Lane and Marilyn Hagood leave their irresistable C?j sales appeal to Mr. Pittman, who labored long to make them proficient in said art. C363 Marilyn Ritchie wills an option on her seat at the drug store to Gladys Lewis for the sum of one nut sundae. .5 C373 Dennis Barrett, Horace Sewell, and Cecil Harrelson will their anti-teacher camouflage equipment to Wesley Rucker and Aaron Dixon, in the hope that this inheritance will cause said juniors to escape the teachers, eyes a bit. C383 4399 C403 C413 Mildred Aiken and Bettie Jane Miles bequeath to Charles Griswell their pull with Mr. Hodges. Ed Walker wills his odorous tennis shoes tc. Harry Dodd. Lois Craig leaves her Scotch inclinations to that extravagant playboy, Billy Keene. Charles Burgess, Claude Davis, Bronson Busby, and Charles Soyez leave to Grady White their science experiments-those things which would make J. Blake Cash turn over in his Model A. C423 Kathryn Donaldson and Annie Laurie Cole will their jokes to Martha Ann Baker, hoping that she will get as many laughs out of hers as said seniors got out of theirs. C433 Charlotte Reeves wills to Doris Williams her adoration of Mr. Pittman. C443 Lillian Futrelle and Lorene Wilson will their stick-together qualities to Virginia Logan and Mary Goff. C45j Mary Kate Thomason wills to Carolyn Clay her important position at J. P. Allen's. C465 Marion Crawford bequeaths to Beatrice Brooks her midnight red lipstick. C473 Sara McCutcheon, Inez Ray, and Dorothy Lewis, bequeath to all future cafeteria workers their secret of leaving crumbs on the trays. C433 C493 Ruth Walker leaves her restlessness to Nelle Golden. Jerry McGinnis, Marie Sargent, and Virginia Searcy leave their miniature radio to all the nearby teachers who object to it. C503 Billy Monckton leaves his English air to all junior sympathizers of Hitler. CSU Jackie Wilson leaves her debonair manner to Martha Russell. C523 Charles Coursey and Robert Vaughn leave their fortune to any junior wh'o can find the location of said fortune. C533 Norman Turnipseed and Warren Gignilliat leave their quaint surnames to Grace Smith. In Witness Whereof, we, the undersigned, do afiix our seal on this thirty-first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-one. THE SENIOR CLASS, '41. Wfifnesses: MARGARET ROPER. GLENNA MORGAN. 9