China Grove High School - Parrot Yearbook (China Grove, NC)

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THE 1938 PARROT Jake Barnharclt and Frank Earnhardt are playing baseball in the big league. They were holding back on us in High School. Kathleen Castor and Margaret Koon are nurses at Johnston Willis Hospital, Richmond, Va. Rufus Beaver has taken over the reins from Mr. Brown at China Grove High. Hoyt Moose and John Moose are owners of the Rowan County Agricultural Fair. Giles Smith quit the A. P. business, and is “thumbing” to Hollywood, to join a certain young star. Delmar Hodge is the leader of a hill-billy band, which has succeeded the Briarhoppers. Jack Deal is owner of a large dairy farm in Rowan County. Helen Boggs is manager of Rayless Chain Store in Salisbury, N. C. Charles Lee is teaching English Grammar at State College. Bob Lee is teach¬ ing Chemistry in the same college. Next, my own image appeared and at the same time a knock was heard at the door. I turned my head toward the door, then remembered my promise, but when I turned back, only dying coals in a black fireplace met my gaze. A voice said, “Time only will tell what the future holds for you.” I will have to live to find what the future holds for me. —Kenneth Shinn, Jr. Page Seventeen

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| THE 1938 PARRO SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY As I was sitting by the fire stirring the coals one night, I suddenly thought of my classmates of 1937-38. I said aloud, “I wish I knew what they will he doing 10 years from now.” A voice in the fire said, “1 heard your wish, and if you do not take your eves awav from the fire, T will show you what they will accomplish.’’ I consented to this, and the voice began. “First, I see Baxt er Weant. He is owner of the Greyhound bus line. Cecil Waggoner is his chief helper. Next I see Claudia Lefler, who lias charge of a large beauty shop in New York. Dorothy Thompson and Mattie Belk are assisting her. vSlowly these images fade and others appear in rapid succession. I recognize Carl Davis as Governor of the State of North Carolina. Duard Cress and Robert Sloop are the leading farmers in Rowan County. Charlsye Culp is in Paris studying art, and incidentally, trying to get the eye of a French Nobleman. Geneva Davis is keeping house. 1 wonder who the victim is? I see Angie Kirk acting as secretary for Mr. Cannon, owner of Cannon Mills. Ruby and Ruth Deal are working in Ringling Bros. Circus. Their show is called, “Seeing Double.’’ Lucille Basinger is coaching a girls’ professional basketball team known the world over. Versie Bradshaw is her star forward. Frances Safrit is Mrs. Edgar Bostian, Jr., having given up her career as an opera singer to become a housewife. Virginia Smith is now the Lily Pons of the opera. She is very much in de¬ mand by her adoring public. Richard Menius is the principal at the University of China Grove, assisted by his wife, the former Miss Elma Chapman. Ray Correll is coach of the baseball team at Duke. Clarence Safrit is his star player. Hazel Owensby, Mary Austyne Wagner and Mary Ellen Goodman, rising young stars, are refilming the picture, “Three Smart Girls.’’ (Watch for it at your local theater.) Helen Basinger is at the head of the famous “Come and Get It’’ Cafeteria. Gradv Lowe is superintendent of the China Grove Cotton Mills. Page Sixteen

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Senior Class 1938 We. the class of 1938, now at the end of our four years of hardships, toil, and pleasure at C. G. H. S. do hereby will and bequeath some of our most highly (?) valued treasures. To Mr. Bivens we extend our sincerest thanks for the interest that he has shown us in the past two years he has been with us. We also wish to thank him for his untiring patience during our English classes. To the Board of Education we wish to express our appreciation for the in¬ terest it has taken in us in the last four years. To our parents who have stood behind us and who have shown so much interest in us we leave our undying love and gratitude. To our facultv we leave our best wishes and most sincere hope that next year they will have a better student body. To Miss Neely and Mr. Fox, our class advisers, we leave our deepest appre¬ ciation for their wonderful guidance through our Senior year. To the Junior Class we leave our unused Senior privileges, with the hope that they will break the ice and discover them next year. To the Sophomore and Freshman Classes we leave our best wishes and all the wads of chewing gum thev find on the campus as well as under desks. The members of the class leave the following individual requests: Burton Barger wills his football prowess to Mike York with the hope that he can take it. Mattie Belk wills her blond, curly hair to Jonsie Wilhelm with the assurance that Tonsie will keep it well curled. Reuben Morrison leaves his John Barrymore profile to Frank (Robert Taylor) Bostian and his Alfalfa Switzer ways to Hardy Poston. To Thomas Abernathy, Charlsye Culp wills her artistic talent. Duard Cress leaves his tenor voice to John Mabry. Helen Boggs leaves her neatness to Hazel McNeely. Grady Lowe wills his De Soto to any Junior boy who will bring as many students to school as he did. The Deal Twins will their identical sameness and their ability to keep people guessing “which is who’’ to the Ridenhour twins. Richard Menius leaves his courteous ways to Junior Herrin but retains the love for a certain Senior girl for himself. Claudia Lefler leaves her dramatic ability to Dixon Blackwelder. Giles Smith wills his hearty laugh and his ability to eat in class unnoticed to “Hub” Clawson. Kathleen Castor wills her distinguished lady-like manners to Ruth Park. Carl Davis wills his good English grades to Daniel Aderholt, in case he needs them next year. Page Eighteen