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Senior Class of 1949 Bequeaths Pranks and Promises
The WHS Reflector notes a 1949 senior class will and testament filled with humorous bequests to faculty, classmates, and principal. Names include Dorothy Dooley, Dean Alexander, and Dwayne Hayes, with tributes ranging from titles, seats, and roles to playful exchanges and lasting memories. A postscript recounts a Hollywood trip snippet involving Wanda Lewis, Don Reynolds, and Dean Alexander amid 1949 graduation nostalgia.
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Reflector
Dorothy Dooley
Dean Alexander
Day Nova Hughes
George Neal
Sonny Smith
Orville Russell
Jerry Neal
Billy Neal
Clifton Bass
R. C. Thrasher
Ralph Judd
Cora Head
Victor Burchfield
Lela Simpson
Caye Vandagriff
Don Reynolds
Anna Neathery
Wanda Lewis
Dwayne Hayes
Conway Craig
Charlene Thornhill
Mary Alexander
WHS
Mary Frances Thornhill
Anna Bess Neathery
VHS
Kelly Pierson
R. C
Cove Joe
Kelly
Billye Jean Milam
Don Cook
Goober
Billye J. Mullins
Anna Bess
Gene Stubblefield
Jackie Bowen
Dorothy Birdwell
Joe Parnell
Dean
William Hughes
Lone Star Farmer
FFA
Joann Scott
Cora Lee
David Badgett
Orville
Russell
Bill King
Pete Selman
Norman Watkins
Martha Wallace
Jack Stephens
Betty Blackerby
Don Stephens
Corinne Hardcastle
Jane Meador
Peggy Clark
the Bell
English IV
Philla Hinton
Wilford House
Eutelia Judd
Bobby Rathjohn
Miss Darwin
Janice Neal
D. A