Yadkinville High School - Yadkinian Yearbook (Yadkinville, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred Fifty-three of Yadkinville High School, in Yadkin County, the State of North.Carolina, being of sound mind and memory, and realizing our impending departure -from this school, do hereby declare and make this, our last will and testament. Article l To Mr. R. P. Buchanan, our principal, we bequeath our affection and appreciation for his intel'est and the guidance that he has so willingly given us. Article II To Mrs. R.P. Buchanan, we leave our love and appreciation for her help in publishing our yearbook, THE YADKINIAN. Article lll To the faculty, we will and bequeath our gratitude for their patience and understanding. Article lV Jointly we leave the following, since we do not need them next year. First: To the freshmen, we leave our water guns, rubber bands, and other childish implements of pleasure. Second: To the sophomores, we leave our sense of humor, our sense of honor, and common sense. Third: To the juniors we leave Room 4 in the high school section of the building, the so-called privileges we never had, the privilege of editing the 1953-'54 edition of THE YADKINIAN, and our dignity and duties. Article V Individually, to the Junior Class, we leave the following: - Scottie Sue Adams wills her pretty black hair to Libby Smith. JoAnn Atwood willsher bashful ways to Adelaide Hinshaw. Barbara Ann Cornelius wills her comy iokes to Anne Brown. Ferne Harrison wills her ability to work to J. D. Welborn. Louise Hawks wills her quietness to Peggy Howell.Bettye Hudspeth Payne wills her ability to get married to Almeta Willard. Betty Hutchens wills her sweetdisposition to Faye Stinson. Jean- Hutchins leaves her blonde hair to Janie Slater.Janet Haynes wills her basketballability to Lucille Bates. MargaretWooten wills her grown-up ways to Betty Redding. Nell Spillman wills her height to Frances Harding. Ruby Taylor wills her fearfulness of boys to Alma Slater. Beatrice Williams wills her ability to play the piano to Dean Prim. Kathryn Williams wills her popularity to Betty Lou Walker. Juanita Hutchens leaves her ability to write well to J.W. Pardue. Patty Long wills her cheerleading ability to Laura Leigh Sizemore. Ethel Marie Myers willsherability to type to James Calloway. Alma Jean Pendry wills her ability to laugh at nothing to Joan Grace. Betty Lou Riggans wills her beautiful voice to Reta Peoples. Nora Spillman leaves her ability to giggle to Edna Hutchens. Shirley Todd leaves her a bi l i ty to stay single to Mary Faye Wyatt. Joan Wooten wills her cuteness to Jo Ann Hutchens. Lois Mullis wills her bobbie pins to Georgia Ann Cashion. Robert Shore leaves his position on the Annual Staff to Lovena Hobson. Walser Bates leaves his unstudied lessons to Ouida Brown. Bruce Davis wills his good grades to Gerry Hutchins. Bobby Dinkins wills his brains to all the members of the Beta Club. Delano Dinkins wills his good looks to L. L. Mason. Harold Dinkins wills his cute remarks to Mattie Cranfill. Bill Dull wills his dependability to Jimmy Vestal. Lonnie McCollum wills his friendliness to Kent Cranfill . Harold Nance wills his innocent look to Mary Ann Royal. Edgar Reavis wills his ability to flirt to Gilly Ann Wagoner. Lowell Todd wills his sincerity to Thurmond Phillips. L.H. Vestal wills his everlasting patience to Barbara Howell. Billy Whitaker wills his neatness to James Hutchens. Floyd Wilmoth wills his ability to brag to Donald Carter. Sanford Willard leaves his curly hair to Jimmy Martin. Chester Wooten wills his cigarettes to Joe Taylor and Robert Williams. Bobby Holcomb wills his basketball ability to Verne Harrison. Johnny Reece wills his love for school to James Dobbins. Article Vl We hereby appoint Mr. R.P. Buchanan as sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we the Senior Class of 1953, do set our hand and sealvon this the thirtieth day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. TESTATORS Ruby Taylor Betty Lou Riggans

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CLASS PROPHECY As we gaze into the mirror of Alice in Wonderland, we see the seniors ten years from now. Take a letter, please, Beatrice Williams -- secretary in the Wachovia Bank in Winston-Salem. Johnny Reece is doing quite well for himself in a grocery store in Mooresville. Patty Long, editor-in-chief of our school newspaper, is now a reporter in Washington, D.C. Yes, Shirley Todd has made big progress as a stenographer in an office in Washington, D.C. Bettye Hudspeth Payne won the most blue ribbons at the fair this year. She must be a wonderful housekeeper for Clyde. Bill Dull and Harold Dinkins are two of the most successful farmers of our day. What they leamed in F. F.A. must have been valuable. April's issue of CHARM really disappeared from the ne4wsstand,but no wonderl Ourown Janet Haynes' face smiled prettily from the cover. She is a model. Scottie Adams is now librarian in one of the city schools. She is very efficient and keeps every book in its proper place. lf you have been reading the newspapers, you know that one of the top scientists of the day is none other than Nell Spillman. lt is said that she can split an atom to the Nth degree. Nora Spillman has iust been elected president of the North Carolina Society of Cosmetologists. She specializes in permanent waves and facials. Robert Shore attended Carolina and liked it so well that he is now on the faculty there. The former Feme Harrison is the bride of the new Methodist minister. She always was a wonderful person. Jean Hutchins made the headlines on the sports page when the Boston Red Sox won the pennant. You know she is manager of the team. Lower the gang plank, folks. Here comes our own Chester Wooten, who is now in the United States Marines. ln Hollywood, Betty Hutchens has become famous as on artist. lf any of you go visiting to Myrtle Beach, don'tforget to drop in and see Kathryn Williams and Ruby Taylor. We heard that they have a whole fleet of yachts. While riding through Boonville, we saw one of the most modem brick houses in the state where the fonner Joan Wooten, her husband, and their twins live. Edgar Reavis now has a very big garage in Yadkinville. We hear that he keeps that Reavis sign in front shined so that it can be easily read. After ten years we find that Coach Bridgewater is getting ready to retire and Bobby Holcomb is taking his place. Juanita Hutchens, we find, is still working as a stenographer at Westem Electric. ln Texas, Lois Mullis is training horses on a ranch. lf any of you want to know the weather forecast, iust get in touch with Sanford Willard who is the weatherman at the Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem. Floyd Wilmoth is now teacher of the fifth grade at dear old Yadkinville School. Lonnie Gray McCollum is doing quite well for himself in his hardware store in Climax. L. H. Vestal is now manager of the Westem Auto Store in Yadkinville. He can hardly keep enough parts for the hot rods the boys are driving around. Lowell Todd is the fellow to call when you need to have the sink unstopped. We understand he is a first-rate plumber. Extral Extral Extral Read all about itl Up-to-the-minute interesting news written by none other than Margaret Wooten, news reporter for the New York Times. Barbara Ann Cornelius is now a famous comedian. She has her own TV show. Bruce Davis is living in New York where he has become a successful businessman. Walser Bates is master ofceremonieson a radio show. We remember his iokes that entertained everyone. Ethel Myers and Louise Hawks are doing quite well as nurses in City Hospital in Winston-Salem. After finishing high school, Jo Ann Atwood finally found time to date steady and now has a husband anda home near Center. Everyone knew Alma Jean Pendry's greatest desire after finishing high school was to take a rest, After ten years we find that she is married, but she is still resting, her husband does all the work. Of course all the 1953 seniors are attending the stock car races now, because one of their classmates, Bobby Dinkins, has won fame as a stock car driver. We are all waiting for the new movie, The Girl He Couldn't Get, because in it is our own Delano Dinkins, co-starring with Jane Russell. We found it difficult to find Harold Nance, because he is living a very quiet life in a secluded spot. Betty Lou Riggans is now married, and is 'the mother of the six children she has always wanted. After ten years we find that Bill Whitaker owns one of the biggest dairies in the state. PROPHETS Beatrice Williams Margaret Wooten