Last Will & Testment
We, the Senior classes of Capital Highway High School and Monroe Avenue High School, on the eve of our graduation, do hereby make our Last Will and Testament.
1946
- To Deros McManus, Ethel Lee Foster leaves her shortness
- To Ella Craig, Hazel Stubbs leaves her neatness
- To Annie Lee Dockery, Clementine Strong leaves her calmness
- To Cora Lee Daniels, Edna Jones leaves her sense of humor
- To Ruth Odom, Dorothy Brunson leaves her ability to sing alto and carry a tune
- To Crenetha Brunson, Dorothy Griffin leaves her ability to master French.
- To Albert Miller, Sanders Younger leaves his ability to master Geometry.
- To Lucille Brooks, Lucy Blue leaves her ability to fix neat and attractive hairstyles.
- To Melissa McCaskill, Juanita Deberry leaves her ability to write Poetry.
- To Sarah Pearson, Dorothy Briley leaves her friendliness.
- To Pernell Johnson, Johnnie Pope gives his advice to stick to one school and not roam about.
1947
- To Hazel Brown, Melcena Bailey leaves her musical ability
- To John Dawkins, Manson Jackson leaves his good manners
- To Minnie Biddle, Nettie Ingram leaves all of the latest hair styles.
- To Earl Harrington, Albert Miller leaves some particulars on jitterbugging.
- To Booker Evans, Pernell Johnson leaves the art of carpentry.
- To Margaret White, Jettie Ellerbee leaves her alto voice.
- To James Nealy, William Duncan leaves his hearty appetite.
- To Ruth Odom, Olivia Peace leaves her ability to orate.
- To Ida M. Jones, Roxanna McNeil leaves her basketball equipment.
- To Della Smith, Susie Barnes leaves her reducing belt.
- To David Barrengton, Fred Douglas leaves his luck in love affairs.
- To Bernice Blackwell, Clifton Wall leaves his popularity with the faculty.
- To Jean Jackson, Rosa Thomas leaves her compact and lipstick.
- To Margretta Riles, Doris Covington leaves her ability to get assignments.
- To Clyde Miller, Deros McManus leaves her cool attitude.
- To Johnnie Stricklin, Howard Stuart leaves his good luck at guessing.
- To McKinley Mumford, Andrew Lucas leaves his place on the basketball team.
- To Gertrude Taylor, Margie Douglas leaves her charming smile.
1948
- To Ella Craig, Bernice Blackwell leaves her beautiful soprano voice.
- To Cecil Martin, Evans Booker leaves his basketball shoes
- To Edward Fisher, David Barrington leaves his extra lunch pennies.
- To Margie Wall, Clotell Davis leaves her compact
- To Ethel Dumas, Alice Craig leaves her wardrobe of long dresses.
- To Henry Aaron, John Dawkins leaves his physique
- To Luther Daniel, McKinley Mumford leaves his bass voice.
1949
- To Evelyn Neeley, Nannie Richardson leaves her coolness on the basketball court.
- To Walter Douglas, Richard Dixon leaves of sum of 3,000 dollars
- To Hazel Leak, Vernon Bethea leaves his cool attitude.
- To Oliver Hailey, David Bailey leaves his ability to skip class and get by.
- To Booker McManus, Samuel Leake leaves his ability to Jive girls.
- To Ruby Carter, Melissa McCaskill leaves her friendly attitude.
- To Sallie Dawkins, Ernestine Jackson leaves her ways and ability to jitterbug.
1950
- To Lucy Odom, Pearl Brown leaves her friendly attitude.
- To Ruby Carter, Louistine Stephens leaves her neatness.
- To Bernice Brown, Louis McSween leaves her beautiful soprano voice
- To Doris Taylor, Hazeline Odom leaves her hairstyles
- To Johnny McDonald, Herdasine Duncan leaves her cool attitude
- To Winnie Pearl Wall, Vivian Truesdale leaves her wardrobe.
- To Archie Fisher, Alexander Duncan leaves his neatness
- To Geneva Tillman, Walter Douglas leaves his cute smile.
- To Thomas Clark, Marion McCaskill leaves his basketball equipment
- To Ernest Townsend, Hozel Smith leaves his dancing ability.
1951
- To Bernice Brown, Lucy Odom leaves her dynamic personality
- To Alvin Bethea, Earnest Townsend leaves his quietness.
- To Oddessa Covington, Ornabell Dawkins leaves her winning ways.
- To Shirlene McLendon, Ethel James leaves her popularity with the boys.
- To Willie Bell, Addison David leaves his ability to to amuse girls.
- To Walter Townsend, Oliver Hailey leaves his ability to borrow money without returning it.
- To Lillie Brooks, Otto Pearse leaves his ability to orate.
- To Eva Davis, Lacy Bethea leaves her sense of humor.
- To Annie Downer, Archie Fisher leaves his calmness.
- To Gloria Wiley, Curlee Glover leaves his musical ability
- To Margie Savannah, Esse McKay leaves her ability to get French.
- To Shirley Williams, Myrtle Meadlin leaves her art of writing essays.
- To George Adams, James Bostic leaves his ability to play basketball.
- To Henry Duncan, Marion Davis leaves his amiable disposition.
- To James McLendon, Alex Buchanon leaves his ability to make a touchdown.
- To Mary Townsend, Mildred Ingram leaves her friendly attitude.
- To Eva Davis, Lacy Bethea leaves his sense of humor.
- To Cora Moore, Evelyn Brown leaves her ability to master Geometry.
1952
- To Shirlene McLendon, Laura Brooks leaves her ability to sport the grey Buick.
- To Rupert Robinson, Annie Mae Davis leaves her hair styles.
- To Odessa Covington, Geraldine Jackson leaves her popularity with the boys.
- To Gene McLaurn, Robert Lee Nicholson leaves his ability to be popular with the girls.
- To Bertha Lee Dasher, Zannie Peterkin leaves a pencil and a pack of paper.
- To Billie Bryant, Sarah Nicholson leaves her calmess.
- To Annie Pearl Dowell, Olivia Miller leaves her melodious voice.
- To Walter Leake, Colen Gilchrist leaves his ability to smoke on campus without being discovered.
- To George Adams, Willie Jackson leaves his ability to dance.
- To Alice Courtney, Shirley Douglas leaves her dignity and understanding.
1953
- To Barbara Odom, Alvin Bethea leaves his place at the head of the class.
- To Willie Mae Bowman, Annie Dowell leaves her good behavior.
- To Joseph Cox, James Allen leaves his ability to stay out of school.
- To George Hailey, Frank Fisher leaves his ability to jive.
- To Gloria Bennett, Willen Davis leaves her quitness.
- To Shirley McBride, Gloria Wylie leaves her ability to dance.
- To Matilda Gibson, Bennie Ingram leaves her mirror.
- To Monroe Bennett, Juanita Carter leaves her scholastic ability
- To Annie Brown, Wilhelmina James leaves her neatness.
- To Otis Ingram, Wilson Smith leaves his ability to sing 'My Story.'
1955
- To Mae Bennett, Phyllis White feels her streamline figure.
- To Leon Miller, Earl Cutner leaves his height
- To John Jackson, Earnest Brown leaves his position as number 'one' quarterback on the football team.
- To Mable David, Rhoda Savannah leaves her white leather jacket with the fur collar.
- To Frank Pride, Robert Brody leaves enough teeth to replace his missing ones.
- To Margie Courtney, Margie Truesdale leaves her pleasant smiles and sweet disposition.
- To Mary Leak, Lottie Bethea leaves her ability to stay out of trouble.
- To Jane Mask, Ernestine Pratt leaves her basketball suit and those expensive sneakers that originally came from Saks Shoe Store.
1956
- To Marion Goodwin, Rhunett Davis leaves her knowledge
- To Marion Goodwin, Dorothy McNeil leaves her knowledge
- To Gloria Taylor, Naomi Parker leaves her popularity with boys.
- To Barbara Simpson, Mary Pearson leaves her sophisticated 'walk.
- To Tommie McCummings, Archie Hicks leaves his ability to do the Mambo.
- To James McNeil, Melvin Royal leaves his vocabulary
- To James Williams, Earl Cole leaves leaves his football suit.
- To Shirley Quick, Billy Bryant leaves his wardrobe
- To Shirley Quick, Rebecca Goodwin leaves her wardrobe
- To Mary Boldin, Carolyn Davis leaves her singing ability
1958
- To Lee Harrington, Tommie Butler leaves his ability to frustrate Mr. Jones
- To Peggie Covington, Adrienne Barnes leaves her sophisticated style of dancing.
- To Eugene Jones, Bernard Manning leaves his ability to get away clean
- To Walter Bell, Bernard Manning leaves his Geometric brain.
- To Willie Bennett, Ike Jones leaves his ability to make it on the block
- To Chester Fisher, John Martin wishes to leaves his intelligence
- To Richard Ingram, Bud Mask wishes to leave his personality
- To Pearline Whitt, Esther Wall leaves her figure
- To Mildred Truesdale, Josephine Gordon leaves her sack dress.
- To Josephine Mumford, Claudia Williams leaves her legs.
1961
- To Ruth Riggins, Mary Bennett leaves her hips.
- To Caldonia Thomas, Earnest Evans leaves his brain.
- To Tommie Moore, Mary Carelock leaves her glasses.
- To Velma Davis, Gwendolyn Goins leaves her ability to be cool.
- To James Quick, Charles Holden leaves his manish physique.
- To Marvin Odom, Robert Mask leaves his ability to lie.
- To Gracie Davis, Patricia Legrand leaves her 'Revlon Love Pat'.
- To Carolyn Dockery, Leatha Hubbard leaves her streamline figure.
1962
- To Arnesta Felder, Annie Diggs leaves her legs and friendly smile.
- To Beatrice Quick , Caldonia Thomas leaves her voice and place on the Glee Club
- To Vonzella Ingram, Wynellie McGruder leaves her Senior walk.
- To Cicero Bennett, James Clark leaves his ability to play basketball.
- To Harold Eden, Johnny Felder leaves his 10,000 women.
- To Perry Quick, Walter Bennett leaves his ability to be a pool shark.
- To Carrie Evans, Carol Hagins leaves her magic hand and magic touch.
- To Louise Goins, Geraldine Ellerbee leaves her ability to meet new boys
- To James Dockery, Milton Harris leaves his ability to play the field.
- To Robert White, Thomas David leaves his magic walk.
1963
- To Jacqueline Nicholson, Carolyn Bennett leaves the keys to the '57 Ford.
- To Ann Gibon, Ollie Wall leaves her pleasant smile.
- To Howard Wallace, James Ingram leaves his position on the football team.
- To Dorothy Legrand, Annie Lou Terry leaves her height.
- To Brenda Jones, Carrie Evans leaves her ability to have company on Sunday nights.
- To James Gould, Joshua Patrick leaves his ability to catch the bus on time.
- To Ruby Crump, Nancy Singleton leaves her cool smile
- To Fred Diggs, Cornelius Singleton leaves his basketball suit and his room at the Grey Castle.
- To Priscilla Metz, Arnesta Felder leaves her ability to beome an honor student.
- To Richard Fisher, James Wall leaves his ability to stay out of trouble.
- To Shirley Riggins, Ann Brown leaves her girlish waistline.
- To Clyde Davis, Richard Bell leaves bus "65".
- To Annie Evans, Ruth Bennett leaves her ability to get Mason for her steady.
- To Henry Morgan, John Clark leaves his senior walk.
- To Stephanie Breeden, Ella Goins leaves her feminine walk.
1964
- To Barbara Powell, Willie Beathea leaves her Metrecal Club Card.
- To Bill Fisher, John David leaves his seat in Miss Dunn's class.
- To George Metz, Clyde Davis leaves his ability to pass physics.
- To Albert Ingram, George Thomas leaves the ability to 'Quarterback'.
- To Earl Ratliff, James Gould leaves his popularity with girls.
- To James Arnold, Frank Legrand leaves his ability to tell the truth.
- To Regina White, Claudia Frazier leaves the secret of her happiness.
- To Alexander Mask, Louis Ingram leaves his ability to be the master of the 1st Trombone.
- To Dorothy Ingram, Betty Ingram leaves her ability to finish the 12th grade.
- To Pauline Morrison, Annie Gibons leaves her ability to ride in the '62 Ford.
1965
- To Charles Bostic, James Deberry leaves his ability to become a Senior.
- To Robert Morrison, Albert Ingram leaves his mustache and position on the football team.
- To Della Oates, Elizabeth Little leaves her wardrobe and smooth hands.
- To Alice Bethea, Barbara Powell leaves her ability not to love Kirk
- To Jacqueline Birch, Mary Ann Davis leaves her walk.
- To Herbert Quick, Alexander Bright leaves his ability to be a cool cat and his seat in Physics class,
- To Shirley Quick, Odessa Livingstone leaves her ruby lips and shaky hips.
- To John Thomas and George Frazier, Amos Legrand leaves his ability to be a great 'Lover.'
- To Leroy Hubbard, James Ashcraft leaves his ability to stay in school all day.
- To all the Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen girls, Loucretia Sellars leaves her ability to be the 'Coolest' little blonde on the Monroe Avenue High Campus.