Clayton High School - Clahischo Yearbook (Clayton, NC)

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A- i 5 , IQ XXX, , fwfams- ' '- '--' X T-gg T H Q K 'Q' 'v L ill F M Q Xxklhigiix XY WANNA TAH TELLA FE ............................................... .lmml-.ml--------------------H ---------im--- ----- 1 -1 X IX MQ-,J Last Will and Testament E, the Seniors of the Clayton High School, realizing the uncertainties of life, that we may die, and leave all our paraphernalia to be lost, do hereby solemnly mention this, our last will and testament: First: We will to the Freshman Class our many fond hopes that they will outgrow their motto: Green, but Growing. Serond: We leave to the silly Sophs our studiousness and our motto: Dig, Third: We will to the Juniors our dignity and our hopes that they will learn to manage geometry and chemistry. We also leave them our chewing gum. Fourth: To the faculty we leave the pleasure of managing the incoming Seniors. Fifth: I, Ashta Durham, Testator of this class, do hereby mention the personal wills of the individuals of this class: VVorth VVoodall leaves his job of furnishing the class with chewing gum to William Clark. Millard Parrish wills his sheikish ways to Burton VVilder. Elizabeth Ferrell wills her studiousness to Estelle Clark. Sallie Baker wills her ability to talk to Elsie Mae Hill. Inez Smith wills her comb to Grace Taylor, hoping she will bring it to school as regularly as she has done. Annie Laura Barnes wills her blushes to Madie Hicks. VVilliam Evans leaves his quietness to William Penn. Press Mauney wills his neatness to Roland Shaw. Matthew Houghton leaves his never-failing fault of sitting with the girls to Tomlin Farmer. Latrelle Parrish wills his everlasting grin to Tom Hassell, and his geometric knowledge to Janie O'Neil. Bernice Turley leaves her cosmetics to Lenora Hughes. I.elia Shore Thomas wills some of her giggles to Howard Parrish. Ethlynd Turley wills her boyish bob to Angela Whitley. Josephine Poole leaves her witty remarks to Mamie Pace. Lilly Lockley wills her chewing gum to Francis VVhite, providing she will not stick it on the radiator. Delma Whitley leaves her beauty to Kiva Coates. Iris Duncan leaves her baby ways to Thelma Talton. Louise Wrenn wills her marcel to Ruby Matthews. Sixth: I, Ashta Durham, Testator of this Senior Class of the Clayton High School, will veto this act unless our dignity is remembered by all. ASHTA DURHAM, Testator. lViIne.rses.' MATTHEW HOUGHTON LELIA SHORE THOMAS T7 if U- N l l mfs- -' - '- -:ftA-' l!lZ!1I'UI1'.'!IIlJ:

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Z N. rf X Q Q1 fali WANNA TAH TELLA ,... Qfpf .ifjf - fi? yi ' l lllllllflllllllll I lllllllllllllll lllll I I ll I ll lllllllllllllllllllIIllIllllllllllllllllllnlllllllllllIllIllllllllllllIlllllululllllllllllllllllll 1 1 I -fa stitute. VVe never realized how our teachers understood us and how easily they explained all problems until we tried an outsider. But the year closed in a feeling of importance because we were to carry the daisy chain in the Senior Class exercises, the first Sophomore Class to have this privilege in our school. Ep0Cl'1 III'-J'l1HiO1' Days The class of 1926 was unusually lucky in the opening of its Junior year. For as is seldom the case almost all of our classmates of the year before returned, and besides, Millard Parrish, famed in baseball, and Sally Baker were added to our list. Our trustees were unusually kind to our school this year, for they gave us two extra teachers, besides beginning a new SIO0,000 school building. Mr. Stringfield took Mr. Nichols' place as our principal and Misses Harris and Daniels were added to the other three high school teachers. Here for the first time in four years we met and made a sad, but lasting, acquaintance with monthly tests and term exams. Yet our Junior days were happy ones and because of our exemplary deportment and good work, we gained the reputation of being one of the best classes that had been in Clayton High School. We crowned our good times with the junior-Senior reception which we had at Bernice Turley's. Epoch IV-Senior Dignity Again September was here and we assembled in the Senior Classroom for our last year of training, which was to Ht us for our lives in the outside world. We were sorry that we had to leave Brietz Lockley behind, but joyfully welcomed Delma VVhitley as one of our members. Three of our teachers left us, Miss Annice Galphin, Miss Harris and Miss Danielsg and Misses French, Baxley and Earp came to take their places. We had made a reputation in our Junior year which was hard to live up to, for as Seniors we felt that we must have some fun to com- pensate for the hard work we had done. Thoughtlessly we carried this too far and a timely repri- mand from our superintendent as to our laxness in line and chapel brought us to the realization that we must maintain our senior dignity and live up to our former reputation. Our reformation restored us to the good graces of our teachers, and life was smooth again. There are only nineteen in our class and we hope by a little extra effort on the part of a few we will all receive diplomas at the close of the year. Though our class is small, its quantity is made up by its quality, for besides the daisy chain which we instituted in our sophomore year, we have intro- duced the editing of an annual as the great event of our senior year. ETHLYND TURLEY, Historian. I6 .505 ICMA j -. X -L . l ff ms Sn 'V Laffy ' fi,il1,AgQ?a.fLi-42 -c L -Q-

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J ' if .iff Ski f 57 7 , if - QU' f T22 W1 ' ff, Elm!!!llIIlllIlllllllllulllnullull v i i V Wgmrunmmuwuur 1 ii nmmmmm mmm. -- S -- X WANNA TAH TELLA If the Seniors Should Go to Press lVlA'lTIIEVV HOUGHTON. . . . . Physical Culture lVill.I.ARD PARRISH . . . Dearborn Independent ELIZABETH FERRELL . ..... . 1VIcCall's I.A'rRE1.LE PARRISH . Progrrssiw Farmf-r VVORTH VVOODALL . ..... . Judge VVH.1.IAM EVANS . . Litorary Digfst PRESS MAUNEY . .... . . American SALLY BAKER . .... Thr Dalinoaior ASHTA DURPIAM . . Thr Good Houwwife INEZ SMITH .... . Good floziseleffping Axxnz LAURA BARNES . . Ladirs' Homo Journal LELIA SHORE THOMAS . . . . Musifal America BERNICE TURLEX' . . . . . . Smart Srl ETHLYND TURLEX' . . . . Cosmopolilan JOSEPHINE PooLE . . . The Modrrn Prisfilla DELMA VVHITLEY . . . Woman's Home Companion L11.I.Y LOCKLEY . ..... Pirtorial Ref-uiefw IRIS DUxcAN . .... . Nefdlfrraft LOUISE VVRENN . . Motion Pirlure Monihly The Seven Wonders of the Senior Class - 1. Perpetual talking machine-runs without winding, without records- Annie Laura Barnes. 2. How Latrelle Parrish sees when he's grinning. 3. Jo Pool'-3 extensive correspondence. 4. How Millard Parrish can get here on time. 5. Sal Turlefs Striking boyish bob. 6. Bernice's and Louise's never-ending supply of chewing-gum. 7. The seven Latin pupil's ability to ride a pony. Things That Never Happen I. Miss Earp encourages noise during study period. 2. Sally Baker talks below a whisper. 3. Mr. Stringfield never has dates with girls. 4. Seniors have no trouble. 5. Tests fail to come 'round at the end of the month. 6. Mr. Hassell never 'lectures' the Seniors. 7. Seniors never giggl.e IS gi. io f QS? l i t ' ' Ql ' 2 rl