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

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I, DORIS POWELL, being of sound mind, do leave Mr. Ackley with an empty space in the second soprano section which he will never miss. To my baby sister, I leave all the wonderful times at Wilson High. I, DORIS PRINCE, leave to my brother, Wilford, and all future Wilson students the fun and happiness that I've found here, and the hope that they will love it as I have, and make the very best of the four years. I, MARLENE REYNOLDS, being of sound mind and body, do leave to everyone at Wilson the ability to enjoy themselves as much as I have. Good luck to all my fellow drummers and to the band. I, RONALD ROBERTSON, being of sound mind f?l and weak body, do hereby leave my ability to skip school half of the year and still manage to graduate to Gene Pope. And to any lucky boy, I leave the pleasure of having a girl to chauffeur him around. I, ELEANOR RUDE, being of fairly sound mind and body, do leave everything to anyone who wants it, e-specially Mrs. Stewartls and Mrs. Byrd's Jam ses- sions. I, BILLIE SCHIEMANN, being of sound mind and body, do hereby leave to my big baby sister the ability to talk more in Mrs. Byrd's gym class and not get by with it. I also leave to her the ability to talk fast in Mr. Ackley's Mixed Chorus class without h1m understanding a word being said. I, FRANCES SHARPE, do hereby leave to my brother, Thomas, the ability to graduate from high school in 316 years, and to the 4A class with which I wassup- posed to graduate this June, I leave many good friends and happy memories. I, DOROTHY JEAN SMITH, being of sound mind and body, do hereby leave my seat in Miss Lee's class to the person who is lucky enough not to get it, and to Mr. Early, the pleasure of getting a brand new fresh- man registration that will give him harder times than we did. I, JIMMIE SMITH, leave to Margaret the right to use my old book reports, and to Walter I leave my saw. I, EARL SMITHWICK, being of sound mind and body, and also being one who did not vote for Jimmy in the M.R.M. contest of 1958, leave behind seven books and a still. I, WILLMA SMITHWICK, do leave to everyone who will have it, Wilson High School. I, ANNE SPEARS, being of sound mind C?J, do hereby leave to my brother, Jerry, all the good times I have had during my high school years. I also leave him the ability to pass general science and senior math. I, GORDON TAYLOR, do hereby leave all my smoking privileges to the Junior Class. I, BARBARA WATSON, leave this beautiful building and all its teachers to up and coming freshmen. May luck be with you as it has been with me. I, RICHARD WILLIAMS, leave to Donald Williams all the fun and good times I have had at Wilson. I, BUDDY WYATT, being of sound mind and body, leave to the Prentis Park Locals the ability to make Wilson go. 10-4 and out. I, JOY GAIL WYATT, being of sound body and mind, hereby leave my six cousins the ability to graduate. And to Mrs. Byrd, I leave the ability to get at least one normal gym class. I, ANN PARKERSON, being of sound mind and body, do leave to some lucky freshman the wonderful privi- lege of getting an education at Wilson, and also the great times I have had with all my fellow students and teachers. I, GEORGE PEED, leave my old books and my jail house to Grace Collins.

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FEBRUARY LA T WILL We the members of the W1lson H1gh School Class of 195892 be1ng of sound m1nd and body do hereby solemnly bequeath to those we leave behmd the fol lowxng, to do w1th as they please I FRED ARCHER, do hereby leave to Ann Ga11 and the Prentxs Park Locals the abxl1ty to graduate 10 4 over and out I ROSIE BLACKBURN, bemg of sound OJ mmd do hereby leave to Jack Gllbert and my s1ster Nancy all the wonderful tlmes I have had at W1lson and the gleaiure of seemg M1ss Wxllxams do Fxght Team 13 I MARIE BLOW be1ng of sound body and somewhat sound m1nd hereby leave the ab1l1t'y to graduate to Lou Deans and V1rg1n1a Pass1nk I also hope that Mrs Stewart w1ll never forget Engl1sh VIII second penod I CAROLYN FAYE BRANTON, do hereby leave Peggy Butler my seat 1n Mrs Stewarts Engllsh VI VII and VIII classes To some lucky freshman I leave the honor of g1v1ng Mr Early a hard tlme I VINCENT BRODA hereby leave Wxlson I ANNE MARIE COLES, leave to D1ane Gooden and Carolyn Endxcott the ab1l1ty to keep sk1pp1ng and not get caught Keep up the B1g Trmxng I also leave to Mrs Byrd a new typ1st Wh1Ch she badly needs I DIANE CRUTCHER leave to Betty the abxllty to Edd more to the state of confus1on 1n Tn H1 Y than I ave I ELIZABETH ANN DEATON be1ng of sound m1nd UD and body do hereby leave to my s1ster Margaret Deaton the prxvllege of havmg Mrs Stewart for Enghsh for three semesters and the ab1l1ty to obtam locker 2 107 for two years Culpepper my t1t1e of be1ng the best look1ng bag boy I HARRY ELLEN, be1ng of sound body Kmlnd doubt full do hereby leave to all Engllsh students my ab1l1ty to apple polxsh Mrs Stewart successfully and may they have as much fun and get away w1th as much murder as I have I JANICE FOSTER hereby leave to Louxse Hooks the rlght to get a Job 1n V O T by June and to Carolyn the r1ght to graduate I GAIL FUTRELL be1ng of sound m1nd Csolld rockj do hereby leave to some fortunate freshman four happy years w1th Mlss R1ce for reg1strat1on To my brother and slster I leave the ab1l1ty to have as good a tune as I have had and st1ll learn somethlng Also to some ambmous young f1dd1e player I reluctantly liave my seat 1n the f1rst vxolm sect1on of the or c es ra I PEGGY GASKINS be1ng of sound mmd and body do hereby leave to Ruth Mxtchell a blg roll of tape for her bxg mouth and I hope my rxders w1l1 get a r1de to school every mornlng and be on tlme To my brother I leave my ab1l1ty to graduate xn four years, and to have as much fun as I have had I CARLENE GEORGE, leave to Cynthxa the ab1l1ty to graduate and to Carol the ab1l1ty to keep up the Bxg T1m1ng To Mrs Byrd I leave a new typewr1ter I GLADYS GEORGE do bequeath to the new fresh men my reg1strat1on teacher Mr Warren Early I BILLY GILLENWATERS, do hereby leave to my successor on the stage crew 12 m1kes and thexr as sorted equlpment To Jeff I leave the ab1l1ty to get 1nto all the trouble he can unt1l he graduates To Bobby I leave the r1ght to get a date w1th Ann my s1s er I PEYTON GLENN, leave to Jerry Burch the ab1l1ty to get plnned 1n every scheduled wresthng match 1n whlch he wrestles dur1ng h1s f1rst year on the squad I DARLENE GODWIN be1ng of sound mmd leave to Betty Vaughan my honor that of be1ng the shortest February graduate I GRAHAM HUTCHINS be1ng a Local of unsound m1nd do hereby leave to Ed M1zell the v1ce presxdency of the Locals and hope that he w1ll carry on 1n a f1ne local tradltxon I ALAN JACOBSON do leave to my brother a lot of work that st1ll must be done I JIMMY JENKINS bemg of sound body and almost no m1nd do hereby leave to Donald Brault another semester or two at WIISOH To W1lly Wynne I leave ge chance to try for the Woodrow W1lson Pens1on an I ZANE KING be1ng of sound m1nd CPD and body leave to my sxster Beverly the pr1v1lege of hav1ng Mrs Ollver and Mxss Spradl1n before she graduates I PEGGY ANN LATON be1ng of sound m1nd KI thmkj and body do hereby leave to all the freshmen who are here and w1ll be here all my green color 1n those fxrst few weeks of school I DALLAS LAWRENCE be1ng of sound m1nd and body do hereby leave to my brother Bobby four years of fun and hard work I TOBY LERMAN leave the honor of hav1ng both Mlss Spradlme and Mrs Stewart for three semesters 1 BOBBY LIPSCOMB, leave to some fortunate fresh man the ab1l1ty to have M1ss Brent for four years I EDWARD LONG be1ng of sound body and m1nd Clve got a m1nd'J leave to Shelton Wxllxams my seat xn Mrs Stewarts Enghsh class and all the grass on the track I JESSIE ELAINE LONG be1ng of sound m1nd and body leave to Sandra Ann Ferrall all my books 1n exchange for her brother I GEORGE MARTIN be1ng of sound m1nd and body do leave' I ROY J MAULT be1ng of sound m1nd and body leave to Dale Zrcafoose the pr1v1lege of be1ng a senxor daddy I ROSSER H MILTIER, JR bemg of sound m1nd and body do leave to Mark Mawh1nney the honor of sklppmg school and not be1ng caught I VANCE MCEACHERN, leave to some freshman the luck of havmg Mxss R1ce for home room and a lot of fond memorxes I RUTI-IIE OLIVER be1ng of sound mmd and d1s posmg memory do hereby g1ve dev1se and bequeath to any student the pr1v1lege of an educat1on 1n a great hxgh school I CARL PARKER be1ng of sound m1nd U5 and body do leave old W1lson H1gh I cant leave anyone any th1ng because I need what I ve got I leave to Ronwell a lot of fun 1n hlgh school ' z . . - . , ' , 1 , ' ' 1 - l , 1 1 1 . .1 , v . 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FEBRUARY CLASS HISTORY The fondest memorles of our past have Just passed by It all began m February of 1953 when some of the mcest frlendshxps posslble started How exclted we were as we walked down the halls of the Old Wllson How much of a thrrll to even have a semor look our way Yes we were Elghth Graders At last we were a part of that wonderful WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCI-IOOL' The presldent of our student body IH our fxrst year was Klt Morse, and a f1ne one he was Our E1ght Grade year was VICTORY YEAR, and we won the State Champlonshlp m football and en Joyed the assembhes Then It happened' We were Just a l1ttle b1t skeptlcal as we approached that huge buxldmg wh1ch was to be our home for the next four years It was none other than the new WIISOD' How strange we felt as we sat ln the tremendous audltorxum llstemng to our pr1nc1pal Mr R L Sweeney, explam the many new rules wh1ch we were to ab1de by How dlfferent It was to walk down the hall and not bump 1nto someone as had been the sxtuatxon durmg our f1rst year Bob White presrdent of the student body for that year helped to make us feel at home w1th h1s frlendly smrle and pleasmg manner Soon we were actually Sophomores We were commg along f1ne now We felt a wonderful sense of prlde rn belongmg to Wxlson How proud we were to have Barbara Turner represent our llghts of th1s year was the Mock Conventlon Al though Stevenson was elected lnstead of E1sen hower we dxdnt mmd bemg wrong because of the educatlonal value and enjoyment derlved from th1s event Brent Wlckers was elected the first presldent of the Honor Councll Th1s new orgam zatxon IS one whxch started then and w1ll last through the years As Jumors we began to reahze Just how close graduatlon was Belng upperclassmen brought many memorxes to each of us Audrey Cherry as Homecom1ng Queen and B111 Smith as our presr dent of the S C A made us even more proud that Pnncnpal R W Allen presents dxploma to Rnchard Wlllxams Page 24 By Carolyn Branton we belonged to Wllson The Junlor Senlor prom was one event whrch we enJoyed very much Although we had to walt untxl the last part of our Junxor year for our r1ngs and our prom we apprecxated them all the more The basketball baseball and football teams d1d very well xn our Junlor year and watchmg them was qulte a thr1ll We elected B B I-lamaker as our class gziesldent and our advxser was Mrs Barbara wer Of course we feel our sen1or year was the best of all Walkxng down the a1sle 1n assemblxes was one thmg wh1ch actually made us feel l1ke Sen xors Homecommg was wonderful and we saw all our fr1ends as elther football players cheer leaders or partlcxpants rn some other manner Diane Carlo made a very lovely queen to help us remember th1s last Homecommg of our hlgh school l1fe Jlmmy Sanderlin also dxd a fme Job as presxdent of the S C A We elected Harry Ellen as our 4B Class presl dent and he and Mrs Phyllis Byrd, our advxsor made ours the frrst 4B Class to have a float 1n the Homecom1ng parade Our small group worked together and our entry won f1rst place rn the general class1f1cat1on The excltement of Baby Day was one of the fondest memorxes of all What fun we had 1n the Baby Day assembly and at the Baby Day Dance We really felt xmportant as we marched around dressed as bables The en Mr Robert Allen, our new pr1nc1pal d1d a f1ne Job and we enJoyed workmg with hmm dur1ng our sen1or year although we m1ssed our beloved Mr Sweeney very much The excxtement of ordermg our callmg cards paymg our dues havmg our class p1ctures taken and f1na1ly hav1ng our caps and gowns frtted all stxr our memorles What a l1fe we have had these past years In our small class some of the mcest fr1endsh1ps have been made Well 1ts all over now but WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL w1ll long l1ve 1n the hearts and mmds of each of us of the February Class of l959' That s nght jessxe' met them down the processxonal can begm - .... - I , - an - n - - ' . ' , , ' , 9 ' I , n 1 l o 1 ' 1 1 . . 7 - ' . . . l I 1 ' '. . . . . ' . . ' ' , G , ' ' 1 1 1 y - . Y ' y , . . . . l a . . . 1 1 4 I v l ' - ' ' . ' . ' I 1 2 ' . . 1 9 . . s . ' . - , . . - , 7 , l ' . - SC11001 HS H0meC0m1Dg Queen- OHS of th? hlgh- joyment of th1S day w1l1 never leave our minds. . 2 ' - . . . 1 . . . , . . - v , . 7 . . 1 7 U . Y. l I . 1 , 1 n , a , a 1 1 1 - Q Y . ' ' 7 n 0 l I , . 4 1 ' 1 , - 22 , J, l ' Q .lj x R 1 Nr' S l Mx l . I ' .L A xl .1 1 ,Y rl J' 1 . I l . . ,, , . , . 1 Q . so . .