THE LEXHIPEP
May 28, 1948
Last Will & Testament
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY,
CITY OP LEXINGTON, LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL . . ,
WE, THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1948, considering ourselves the best class
ever to enter, leave, or elsewise come in contact with the finest school in this
fair land, and having waded through geometry, Latin, French A Midsum
mer Night’s Dream,” “Silas Marner,” history contracts, and Mac^th, and
being still in sound body and excellent mind, do hereby declare this to be
our last will and testament to be executed in the following order:
• Article I. To the Faculty
Item I. To our esteemed principal, Mr. Wike, we leave all the admiration
that our little hearts can muster and leave the halls ringing with our shout
of gratitude for his guidance.
Item II. To Mrs. Hedrick we leave three sheets of sandpaper ^d a
bottle of funiture polish to keep her desks looking like new, and our thanks
lor her kind leadership through our last year in high school.
Item III. To Miss Manning we leave a North Carolina “Chevvy ’ license
so that she will be in style.
Item IV. To Coaches Mans and Gaddy we leave hopes for the South
Piedmont Conference.
Item V. To Miss Pugh we leave a new character to replace Monsieur
Jesse”.
Item VI. To Mrs. Lewis we leave a Dramatics Club Constitution.
Item VII. To Mr. Leonard we leave the hope for a bigger, better, and
stronger Student Government.
Item VIII. To Sally Griffin we leave the hope that she wont have
anyone like Tommy Young, Bob Hendricks, I. M. L.eonard and yours truly
to pester her during every period of the day and keep her from balanci g
the books.
Item IX. To teachers, in general, we leave more and better students.
Article II. To the Classes
Item I On June 6, we leave this building, our autographed seats, our
honor^ caps and gowns, plus our senior class priViiegesV? We also leave
"Macbeth” (.Heaven foroicU to the toenior Class ot 4ti- 49.
Item II. To the Sophomores we leave notebooks and lots of pencils
and paper on which to do fneir history contracts.
Item III. To the Freshmen we leave that important “high school feeling.
Item IV. To the Eighth grades we leave the hope of some day becoming
Seniors.
Item V. To the classes as a whole we leave our undying love for L.H.S.
Article III. To the Individuals
Item I. Tommy “Lord Salisbury” Young leaves the LEXHIPEP (may
heaven bless it) to Joanne Koonts.
Item II. Martha Cox leaves her straight A report cards to Olivia Coggins.
Item III. Bob Hendricks leaves his political ability to any one who can
manage to get a sufficient number of votes.
Item IV. Zack Taylor leaves his good lucks to Bill Eanes.
Item V. John Raker leaves his long hair to Robert Jenkins.
Item VI. Martha Harbinson gives her ability to talk to Agnes Wilson.
Item VII. Nancy Witherspoon wills her brain to anyone who can handle
it and not explode.
Item VIII T D. Stokes leaves to “Nathe” whatever “It” is that was left
to him by Bill Hedrick, that started with “Dirty” Everhart.
Item IX. Foy Owen gives his managership and ability in the shop to
“Bubber" Gambrell.
Item X Sam Everhart and ‘Stinky” Gibson leave theis offices in the
Lower X to Jimmy Dan Kedwine and J. L. Peeler.
Item XL Isabel E.ssick surrenders her quiet, efficient ways to Mary Oowtin.
Item XII. “Monk” Mathis bequeaths his overalls, the dirty things, to
Jim Dillon.
Item XIII. Bob Holmes regretfully leaves “Teenie ’.
Item XIV. Mary Ann Hartzog wills her sunny disposition to Jane
Strelitz.
Item XV. Betsy Sink leaves her wit, too . . .
Item XVI. “Peahead” Price leaves his athletic ability and loud clothes to
“Cootie” White.
Item XVII. Benny Walser presents his sportsmanship to Bob Kepley.
Item XVIII Doug Gosnell, I. M. Leonard, and Jim Poston give their
places in the quartet to Don Leonard, Joe Honeycutt and Jimmy Plott.
Item XIX. Bill Palmer bestows his disposition on “Tubba” Craver (beau
tiful name).
Item XX. Betty Anne Wall surrenders her popularity to Carolyn Swing.
Item XXI. Mozel Perrell gives her good looks to her little sister.
ITEM XXII. Johnny Bivings, Johnny NeweU, Hardrock, and Edgar Swing,
with a great amount of noise, leave. Joy! Joy!!
Written, witnessed, signed, sealed, and delivered this 2nd day of January,
anno domini, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight.
DOUG CRAVER, Testator
Witnesses:
President, ZACK TAYLOR
Adviser, MRS. OTTIS M. HEDRICK
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