Bethel High School - Key Yearbook (Bethel, NC)

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lucked strangely familiar get off. Then I caught a glimpse of her face. I rushed up to her and after the usual amount of kissing, she took me to her home. Annie Gertrude ' s home was one of love and contentment; she presided over her table in a manner which brought back the pleasant high school dinners the class of ' 21 had enjoyed together and which she had presided over so gracefully. The next morning, Annie Gertrude, the tall aristocratic man she called husband, and I started to Robeit ' s wedding through the beautiful country in their car. As we left the Gray Nest bo- hind, I glanced back and realiired that Annie Gertrude had found hei; true vocation. Three months later on stopping over for a night with Annie Gertrude, we saw where Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eli Burroughs had returned from their honeymoon and that Mr. Burroughs had been inspired during the trip to make the wonder screw vvhich was necessary to finish his electric powder puff. And furthermore, there was a paragraph which said All the ladies ni America and Europe are looking forward to owning one of Mr. Burroughs ' wonderful invention, as it will save them at loast two hours hard work ecah day. 41 « Urn! — My gracious! What a dream I have had! I certainly dreamed some hard things about my class mates. I do hope I didn ' t talk aloud. But, my, I ni .st got up and study that geom- i try or I ' ll flunk sure.

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ed in China, Japan and over Europe, and in North and South America, but all in vain, for the screw has not been invented, and I cannot be inspired to make the thing. But, here, please pardon me. I have raved on and haven ' t told you what my last invention was, the one which turned my hair gray. It — but how can I utter its sacred name, even to you, an old class mate? But if I must — it is a powder puff run by electrici- ty. Here the porter came for my trunks and I was obliged to delay reading Robert ' s letter until later, but after I had estab- lished myself comfortably on the train, Robert and his prob- lem again occurred to me, and I wondered what had become cf his invention and whether the inspiration had come for the much longed for screw. Just then the porter came through the coach and I purchased a paper. After reading the local news of the day I turned to the society column, and there, half asleep, I looked over the weddings, parties, etc., until I sat sud- denly up, wide awake, realizing that another of my old class was embarking upon the sea of matrimony, for the paper an- nounced the marriage of Mr. Robert Burroughs to Miss Helena Hermania Haynes on December the twenty-fifth, nineteen hun- dred and thirty-one. It was December twenty-third and I found myself hurrying tc Happy Valley Mass., to attend the wedding of my old friend. It was midnight and I; being tired, went to sleep. Soon I was awakened by the porter for the purpose of changing trains. Gathering my baggage together and getting off the train, I found that I had missed my connection. Now, this was a problem, as I could not leave Boston, (the place of my change) until the next night. This would mean, of course for me to miss the wedding. While I was still wondering what to do, a train came into the station and I saw a slim blond woman who

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CLASS ' 21 (By Anne Gertrude Jones) We. the members of the Senior Class of the Bethel High School, being of sound body, but few of us being of sound mind, 111 order to have a more pleasant farewell do ordain and estab- lish our last will and testament : First, It is our desire that the Junior Class shall fall heir to our Dew Drop Inn , private office on the left of the.stage, on condition of good behavior. We desire this class to have the use of this office during the entire year, but if misbehavior should occur, we will to Mr. Husketh the privilege of depriving them of its use. We will also to the Senior Class the privilege of adopting our class ring for the standard seal of Bethel High School. Second, Again we will and bequeath to the Junior Class tU the wisdom and dignity of our Senior Class, our repuatation in geometry, our privilege of not staying under a room teacher during study periods. Third, We will to the Sophomore Class all the advice and good counsel we have received during the past four years, and it is our desire that they will sit up and tal e heed henceforth and forevermore. Fourth, To the Freshman Class we extend our heartfelt sym- pathy for the hardships they have undergone during the past year, ' but we wish to advise them to keep on striving, for in the end they will come out on top. Fifth, To the incoming Freshman Class, we will and bequeath all our trials and tribulations we have had since 1917. To these newish students, it is a ' so our desire to will them our class colors and flower. Sixth, To the school as a token of our esteem and apprecia- tion, we do will and bequeath a rug for the stage. This we de- sire to be used only during such periods as commencement and other entertainments in the auditorium. Seventh. To Irvin Taylor we do will and bequeath Robert Burroughs ' privilege of ringing the bells, and Clarence White- hurst ' s genius in geometry.