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

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' ho a e ' u lure of Jte, C 4S5 o ' SS4 Cb£ Jc oo •J Class Prophecy As I sit at my desk in the office of Morgan's Poultry Com- pany on the evening of May 15, 1974, my mind wanders back to my old school days. I recall that this is twenty years after my senior year at Guil- ford High. Much water has passed under the bridge since those dear old days, and I wonder if each member of the class of '54 is as happy as I am today. Besides my job as a secretary, my husband and I have finally completed our ball team. We are looking forward to their coming game which is against the Giants. Richard Davenport has finally grown out of his shyness and now has his own business in New York. Mere selling was too mild for him, and he is now famous for his auctioneering of ladies’ underwear. Keith Davis has his own home on the moon. Once in a while he becomes extravagant and brings his family down to visit the earth in their new flying saucer. Margaret Duke has returned to Georgia and is now busy raising her many little Georgia peaches. Marie Dyson is mighty glad she held on to that job in Kress' selling baby clothes. Those discounts are really coming in handy. Alice Fox has her own special art gallery in Paris exhibiting her many great works of art. Her masterpiece is called The Black Hornet and was painted in the year of 1953. Earl Gaither has become a photographer and has taken Mr. Gentry’s job away from him. Mrs. Taylor always sees that Earl gets the contract for the annual pictures because he understands and pays no attention when she gets to the hair pulling stage. Jimmy Hayes has his own beauty salon in New York where he specializes in creating new colors of hair. His own is a fine example of his great work. George Hite is advancing for the third time into the holy state of matrimony. His difficulty in holding a wife is due to a little matter of paying for his pop's car. Ray Inman has become world famous for his pitching for the New York Yankees. His famous pitching arm was recently bought by the Museum of Natural History. Nick Jenkins has taken over his father’s place as principal of Guilford High.

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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:

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His secretary is slightly overworked, because Nick still considers blowing the whistle each afternoon his most important job. Carolyn Jessup is now teaching agriculture at Summerfield where she is greatly feared by all her young students. County funds are becoming quite low due to the fact that her Irish temper results in their buying her a new pair of glasses each week. Sally Johnson has her own dancing school. In order to graduate, each student must be able to do the Sally Bell Special to perfection. This is merely Sally's own version of the hula. Durrell Lefler runs the County Garage where he is still working to achieve his life ambition—making his old bus, No. 30, run. Sharon Lockhart is kept quite busy raising her little Greys as well as living the life of a famous movie star. Poor Grey is in the dog house because of his wife's pop- ularity as the new Monroe. Brona Lowe is a professor of religion at People’s Bible College. She is now dividing her time between the campus and her neglected husband, the Reverend Madison. Mary Ellen Morgan is now known as the general's wife and is kept busy by her many duties to society. In her moments of leisure she teaches shorthand to the soldiers in Missouri. Dick Ott became better educated than his dad and took over his place as professor of chemistry at Guilford College. Dick specializes in blowing up the lab at least once a month. Charles Pegg is now operating the new and modern San Diego Super Market at San Diego, North Carolina. This was formerly known as Colfax, North Carolina, but Huck’s business became too big for the town. Nancy Putnam runs The Modern Piedmont which has a special parking space reserved for all good-looking highway patrolmen. Carolyn Quakenbush has finally married and is busy raising her ten little pipeliners. During her spare time she doctors her hot rod and recently won the Soapbox Derby. Clara Shelton finally met Bob who wrote such interesting letters during her school days. She is now becoming a paratrooper and attempting to raise a small one at the same time. Buddy Siler is really in business for himself. A few years ago, he moved to Siler City and started a goat farm. Now he has exactly 100 goats and, needless to say, Siler City's population has decreased considerably. Robert Staley is in the molasses business. This he sells to Guilford High School to take the place of the usual 'tators. Pat Steele owns the longest store in the great city of Guilford College. His favorite task is dressing the models in the show windows. J. V. Teague has become a big dairyman. He sells so much milk that once Guil- ford Dairy became flooded. Now they have built a new wing just to take care of J. V.’s business. Jimmy Wilmoth now owns a Cadillac but has his own factory for manufacturing Model A's. PROPHETESSES Mary Ellen Morgan Janice Coltrane