Woodrow Wilson High School - President Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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FEBRUARY GRADS PRESE T . . ' ' Professor! How Could YouT by Anne Coulter Martens CAST OF CHARACTERS By An ne Coulter Martens Professor Keats Perry Martin Morgan Vicki Randolph, a Co-ed . Joanne Wilkinson Grandpa Perry Butch Kilpatrick Grandma Perry Norma Jean Bailey Valerie Whittman Peggy Carson Oh, Honey Lamb ' .’ Tootsie Bean John Appleby Priscilla Morley - - Boggins, the butler Butcher Bey Bean Director . .. Student Shirley Harris Joe White Sandra Wilkinson Harold Prince Eric Smith Miss Doris E. Ross jaeguie Bonney Don’t you remember your own wife, Lulu?” Let ' s pool our ideas to find a wife for Professor.” Isn’t that pie delicious, Keatsie?” The children are so happy to see Daddy. •You ' U marry my sister or else. Please forgive me, professor!”

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT — 28 — We. the February Graduating Class of 1955, being of sound mind and body, do bequeath and devise our worldly goods to-wit : I. Eric Smith, do leave to Coach Bitsy” Lewis the best of lucL in defeating Coach ' Hammer McClurg s Norview Pilots and to go on to be the State Champs. I. Lyman Futrell. leave to Miss Woodward a bottle of nerve medicine to take when she re- ceives another 8B registration. 1. Harold Abbitt Prince, better known as Poochie.’ leave my position as cub reporter and copy boy on the Student to Bill Smith. I. Peggy Carson, leave to Shirley Myers my ability to pick easy teachers in my Senior year. 1. A1 Powell, leave to Mrs. Brumfield and all future victims of trig., my contributions to the trig, notebook worked up by the mad mathema- ticians in 103. 1. Shirley Harris, leave to Shirley Myers my ability to giggle (at 4 o clock in the morning). Jack Shakey Male leaves to the Student ” the great qualities of his articles, and ability to put out a decent sports page. 1. John B. Kilpatrick, leave my graduating ability to Joan Ray Garthright. and to Mama Mays the memories of the Feb. Class of 55. ” 1. Gloria Brown, leave to all my teachers and Mr. Sweeney and Mr. Allen the good times that I have had since 1 have been at Wilson High. I. Earl Thornton, leave my brilliant mathe- matical and chemical abilities to Ann and Loretta. I. Evelyn Seebo. leave an old noodle to whip unruly teachers. 1. Peggy Pearce, leave to Sandra Stephens my ability to get Miss Deans for English. 1. Ann Silva, leave to Ruth Peregory a new chemistry book with easier chemical equations. I. Martin Morgan, leave to anyone who can ' t act my ability not to learn those Cotton Pickin’ ’’ lines for the class play. J. Ann (Texas) Davis, leave to all Texans the ability to intrude in and out of state t erritory, and to Willard King and Mr. Padden. my thanks for your patience in Mechanical Drawing. 1. Francis B. Harry Hayslett. leave to Mr. O. B. Dyer and Mrs. Brumfield some brilliant scholars to take my honored positions in their re- spective classes. 1. Nancy Mers. leave to my sister. Anna. the ability to get Coach Landis for English. 1. Frank Wickers, being of sound mind and body, leave my formula-filled trig, book to anyone crazy enough to want it. 1. Katherine Newton, leave to my brother. Clarence, the ability to get the best senior Eng- lish teacher at Wilson. Coach Landis. 1. Durwood Britton, in the sight of future events, do at this time of my high school career, leave to some unfortunate eighth-grader my sec- ond period tobacco bark. I. Norma Jean Bailey, do hereby leave Our Mama Mays in the gentle hands of the forth- coming graduating class. 1. Roger Capps, leave all locker dust to SBs and all D.O. scrap book designing to Mr. Ank- eney. 1. Dot Willis, leave my place at Murden’s to Nancy Felton hoping she will use it wisely. 1. Bob Harmison. leave to some lucky eighth grader my chair in 112 and my ability to get along with Mama Mays. 1. Thora Sawyer, leave to Silene Caskey, all the wonderful friendships and good times I had in the Band. I. Tommy Bailey, wis h Miss Mays a lot of luck and happiness for being a successful Mama ’ to Reg. 1 12. 1. Thomas Bowers, do hereby leave to all fu- ture students of English literature, our beloved English teacher. Miss Deans. 1. Edward Goodman, leave to Sidney Jacob- son the words. Right Flank, march! I. Billy Bunting, leave to any fortunate fresh- man my seat in Mama Mays’ registration, and to Ken Leary my ability to attend school. I. Connie Wynn, being of sound mind. leave to some eighth grader, my ability to get some of the best teachers in school, and still not pass. I. Talmage. being a mental wreck, leave to Aulsa and Charlotte Fly with great joy. Mrs. Johnson and Miss Deans whom they can chal- lenge in English. So be it. 1. Sarah Murdaugh. leave to Beverly Harris a successful year as the new editor of our Student. ” and the honor of being in the first class to grad- uate from the new Wilson High School. I. Mary Lee Hattaway. leave my American Government book and seat in Miss Codd’s his- tory class to Nancy Skundberg. I. Eva Jean Friedman, leave to my sister. Betty, my ability to miss nine out of every 10 days from school and still graduate. 1. Faye Knight, do hereby bequeath to June Chapman my most precious seat in Miss Deans’ English 8 class. 1. Joe White, leave my best wishes for success to the co-captains of the 1955 football team, who- ever they may be. I. Clifton Staples, leave my ability of running to school in the morning to anyone who has as much trouble getting up as I do and. especially to Jerry Blevins and Gene Staples. 1. Nancy Payne, leave to Ann Brown my abil- ity to say the right things to the right people at the wrong time. I. Phillip Wells, do hereby leave all my wor- ries and space to the eighth graders as well as to Richard Williamson. Reg. 11. who is trying so hard to overcome his ability to fail. I. Paul Jrving Baines, being of sound mind and body, do hereby leave my trig, notebook to Mrs. M. G. Brumfield for the benefit of future students struggling with trig. 1. Morris Gardner, being of dumb mind and weak body, leave my ability. I. Charles A. (E. O.) Baines, hereby leave to some fortunate freshman the many enjoyable hours 1 have experienced in O. B. Dyer’s wood- shop. 1, Lorraine Spindler, hereby leave my seat in front of Coach Thompson’s desk to Shirley Slade. I. Peggy Ann Smith, leave to Julie Webb the ability to get Miss Deans for English 6. 7 and 8. I, Harvey L. Sawyer, leave to the lucky stu- dents behind me the ability to get Miss Deans for English 6, 7 and 8. I. Charles A. Carter, Jr., alias Sonny, ” do hereby leave all my History books and all the headaches and worries that go with them to every History teacher, especially Miss Codd. 1, Bill Whitehead, leave to some lucky eighth grader my ability to loaf in Mechanical Drawing. 1. Ralph Antonucci. being of sound mind, hereby make my last will. To my brother, sisters and all the rest of the Nuchies to follow, 1 leave my ability to graduate from a championship school. 1. Billy Denmark, leave to any boy or girl the ability to end their high school education in five and a half years. 1. Joanne Wilkinson, hereby leave to Arnold Rubin my part in the senior class play, and the fun we had during rehearsals. 1, James Howard, leave to Mrs. Baird, my ability to attract attention in her fifth-period class. Signed, sealed and attested this twenty-eighth day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-five. Signed: The Senior Class

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