Western Guilford High School - Amici Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Class Mistory As a rule, September is a month that students dread, but September, 1950, was awaited with open arms. We were now out of elementary school and ready for our first year as freshmen. Life was not all roses as we soon found. Upperclassmen have their problems, but none of them com- pare with the trials and tribulations of a freshman. We were laughed at constantly and while we felt important, no on else seemed to feel that we mattered. We had fun though, and the year passed as years do. September came again, and, as sophomores, we moved up in the lunch line. Lunch time is the time of the day when each class respects its superiors. Seniors are first in line, and each class takes its respective place. The lunch line is a symbol, and without it we would not have even been noticed. Ah, the junior year was different. Matters, important ones, must be decided, and we started our class meetings. Rings were cussed and discussed. The arrival of our rings was a great day, rivaled only by the Junior-Senior on April tenth. We worked hard to change an unattractive gym into the Hawaiian Islands. We learned cooperation on that deal, and we realized that fun was not the only thing concerned in putting on a Junior-Senior. September—1953—life was really good. Caps and gowns were ordered, and the annual was started. Talk about a certain trip to a certain city flew back and forth, and we knew that the life of a senior at Guilford High School was good. A new library, up to date in every way, was built and we moved again to a different classroom—a classroom that seems near and dear now that it is time to leave. Robert E. Lee's portrait still hangs on the wall and the Empty Wagon picture occupies a prominent place. Memories of class meetings, a lovely Junior-Senior, Washington, and graduation are permanent memories that time cannot erase. School at Guilford has been fun, and we leave our classmates and teachers with a full realization that our experiences and contacts have broadened our views of life and that we are better people because of them. HISTORIAN Richard Davenport

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1953 M Keith Davis, Chief Marshals Dick Ott, Brona Lowe, Keith Davis, Janice Coltrane, Richard Davenport Carolyn Pipkin Pauline Jackson James Watterson Valedictorian Salutatorian Civitan Award Mary E. M. Davis Scholarship D.A.R. Award

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Cast Will and Zestament We, the Senior Class of Guilford High School, in the county of Guilford, the state of North Carolina, and in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-four, do declare the following to be our Last Will and Testament.” Article 1: General Properties: To the Juniors, we leave our place in the luhch line with the fervent hope that Mr. Brackin will allow seniors to leave his class first in order that the line will not be cluttered by juniors. To the sophomores, we leave the opportunity to get into the Beta Club (if they can). To the freshmen, we leave our sympathy. Article II: Personal Properties: I, Sally Johnson, will my charm to Margaret Pettey. 1, Ray Inman, leave my basketball uniform to Ted Duggins. I, Clara Shelton, will my slim figure to Mary Ann Brewer. I, Jimmy Wilmoth, leave my fullback position on the football team to David Hite. 1, Carolyn Jessup, will my flirty ways to Nancy Dye. I, George Hite, will my membership in the Rollo Club to Ruth Bondurant. I, Marie Dyson, leave my bashfulness to Edith DeGraff. I, Charles Pegg, leave Bus 27 to Ernie Cain if he thinks he can handle it. I, Alice Fox, will my art ability to Wayne Jones. I, Jimmy Hayes, leave my hair chemicals to Lynne Minich. I, Brona Lowe, will my scholastic ability to Lee Branson. I, Richard Davenport, will my corny jokes to Mickey McSweeny. I, Robert Staley, will my services to Uncle Sam. I, Nancy Putnam, leave my common sense to Ethel Fox. I, Keith Davis, leave my classy comments to my sister, Nancy. I, Sharon Lockhart, leave my ability to get a diamond to Emelie Hassell. I, Dick Ott, will my judgment of feminine beauty to Maurice Poole. 1, Durrell Lefler, will my red hair to Franklin Hall. I, Janice Coltrane, leave my milk maid job to Jean Warf. I, J. V. Teague, leave my ways with Mrs. Ledford to Hal Jenkins. 1, Buddy Siler, leave Guilford High School in a terrible mess. I, Mary Ellen Morgan, will my ability to get a hubby to Pat Hawes. I, Earl Gaither, leave my ability to come to school at 10:30 to anyone who can get away with it. I, Carolyn Quakenbush, leave my ability to drive only a Chevrolet to Carl Reid. I, Margaret Duke, leave my ability to come into a strange school and make friends to William Crowder. I, Pat Steele, leave my brilliant deductions to Phillip Wright. 1, Nick Jenkins, leave Mrs. Tom Clark mighty mad. TESTATOR, J. V. Teague Date: November 19, 1953 Witnesses: