Cary High School - YRAC Yearbook (Cary, NC)

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Pauk 22 THE II» 17 CIISITE VOL. 3 “Well. Daniels, after finishing at Cary, had just got up speed for college where he rushed through hurriedly and is now one of the truly great young orators of the land. 11 is room-mate. Willie Satterwhite, has made a big haul in the real estate business, and will soon begin a sight-seeing tour of the world. Burnell Woodward has just learned what the work of the V. W. C. A. means, and has now become president of the State ITiion in South Carolina. John Buffaloe, why that old boy is now America's young promising poetry writer. IIis poems go like wild fire. And just now let me tell you about Ruth Howie. You know how wo used to worry her about playing the piano for us at receptions. Well, her recitals often knock down five thousand dollars in gold. “Oh! isn't it strange how this life will develop! What can you say about Joe Johnson, Lee Jacobs, and Ollie Carpenter “All three of these boys entered a mission school here in New York soon after leaving Cary. Year before last they sailed for Africa to establish mission fields for the Christian churches. They did great work at first, but soon got discouraged and returned to their native land. Fred Wilkinson is the greatest lumberman of the land. lie is preparing himself for the big scope that lies open to men who are efficient in this line of work. Bertha Allen has become the supervisor of the Wake County schools, but she does not like the work very well. She is now looking for a spokeman's JOB. “lias Clarence Beddingficld ever been convinced that woman is equal to man ?” “I can not tell you about that, but he has studied law and now is a lawyer of no mean ability. He also continues to make speeches against woman suffrage, and so by that he still thinks that woman is not equal to man. “You have not mentioned Garland Cpchurch or ‘Doc Bedford. What has become of them ?” “What became of them? Why Garland has finished in voice and music. He is one of America’s most famous composers. At his last attraction in this city, people bad to get reserved scats a month in advance. ‘Doc', his school pal, has equalled him. He has always had a way of getting along well with every- body. He has started out in diplomatic work, and is now the famous ambassa- dor to England. Through bis influence the great European war was brought to a close. Alice Coley after searching around for a boy always just a little better than the one she was with, finally decided to elope with a fellow Powell. They are living happily on a farm in Kentucky at the present....... Well. I believe that is all of the class.”

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VOL. GARY 11 Kill sriiooi. Ka(.k 11 “L don’t know very much about the class. I have boon away quite a long time and so have lost sight of all the members but three or four. Tell me about them; you know, for you have seen more of them than I have. “That’s right, you were away when Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hargis gave a reception, weren’t you ?” “Oh! for mercy sake, who ever thought that Richard Hargis could make love to a girl! Whom did he marry “Why. Willie Vernon, of course.” “I never dreamed of such a thing. Tell me about the reception and who all were there.” “Von surely did miss it. old girl. ‘Dick’ has certainly made good, lie rushed through college, and is now a prominent lawyer of Washington. When I received my invitation, I accepted it immediately. There were twentv-two of us there. Yourself, Olive Kelley, Otho Edwards and Charles Howard were those not present.” “What was the reason that they were not there “Well, Otho had gone into business as a jeweler and couldn't leave his work at the time. Charles had been elected a delegate to the International Mis- sionary Convention. We couldn’t hear from Kelley. It was believed that he had married and gone West to live, but I have learned since that he followed up his education and after graduating from Wake Forest he went to Louis- ville, where he is now a student at the Seminary. However, the rest of us were there and enjoyed the occasion.” “What about Bertie Bryan and Bernice Goodwin ( You know how clumsy they were at old Cary.” “They are at last seniors at Meredith College. I heard that they were the stars of the class, they did their work so well. “Well, well; how wonderful. Go on and tell me about the others.” “Charles Parker, you know, always did like to tease people; and so by teasing he has linked well, and now owns a beautiful bungalow in Baltimore, and is living happily with his old class-mate, deppie Rigshee. Tolman Shaw has developed into a masterful political speaker. lie is now in the race for a seat in the North Carolina General Assembly, hut only as an humble stepping- stone to the presidency of the United States. Brantlv Womble i still as dig- nified as a judge, and in fact he is one. lit» was recently appointed to the State Supreme Court as the youngest man who had ever held such a position. “There’s Willie Satterwhite and T. P. Daniels; what has ever become of them ?”

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Vol. 3 ('ARV II Kill SCIIOOI Paok 23 “Oh! isn't that a class to he proud of! Your history of them brings the past hack fresh in my mind. “I do wish that I could have been there with you all. I know that I would have been overjoyed to see so many members of the class again. Having finished our conversation, we hurriedly got up and winded our way to our destination, two happy schoolmates buried in reminiscence of the past. A «LANCE IN THE IK ROOM