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

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THE PARROT V •w LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT After having spent four happy years within these walls of learning, it suddenly becomes our duty to will some of our most cherished and valued treasures to our parents, principal, board of education, advisors, faculty, and schoolmates. To our parents, who have made it possible for our training here, we give our undying love and gratitude. To Mr. Bivens, our principal, and the Board of Education we leave our sincere thanks and appreciation for all the interest they have shown in the school and class during our four years of study. To Miss Neely and Mr. Fox, our class advisors, we express our appreciation for their guidance throughout the senior year. To our faculty we give our sincere thanks and appreciation for the knowledge they have imparted to us. To the Junior class we leave our beloved seats in chapel and also the right to enjoy all the undiscovered “Senior Privileges” we had. To the Sophomore and Freshmen classes we leave one ton apiece of perseverance to help them along. To the 7th grade we bequeath our ability to placate our teachers and to make passing grades. To individuals from members of the Class of ’40: Roscoe Boger leaves his position as “Art Editor” of The Trident to Thelma Morrow. Harold Beaver leaves his athletic ability to Howard Eagle. Hope Park and Frances Wilhelm leave their offices in the Beta Club to Alice and Adelaide Ridenhour. T. R. Eller leaves his vocabulary, which has no bounds, to anyone who will make as much use of it as he has. To “Bo” McDonald, John DeMarcus leaves some of his extra height. Louise Pirie and Mary Baker leave their companionship to Hazel McNeely and Marie Owensby. Alma Lee Swink wills her good sportsmanship and her ability to make good grades in bookkeeping to Nora Jane Shuffler. To Vera Wilson and Edith Eagle, Rebecca Barber and Dorothy Davis bequeath their neatness and quiet dis¬ positions. Frank Bostian leaves his beloved seat in sociology to anyone who really needs the sleep. To Audarine Wilkie, Kathleen Evans wills her book on “How to Win a Man,” in the hope that it will be as helpful to Audarine as it has been to her. Herman Weant and James Wilhelm will their buses to Ben Beaver and John Miller, pro ided the will keep them as clean and well cared for as they have. David Sechler leaves uis ability to argue to anyone w ' ho will keep it going as strongly as he has. To Donald Boger, Ruby Fesperman leaves her artistic ability. Willie Mae Cowan leaves her studious ways to Thurman Poston. Catherine Miller leaves her notes on “Macbeth” in English Literature, to any junior who will need them next year. Mildred Rogers and Willie Koon leave their courteous manners to Jane Lee and Hazel Abernathy. To Virginia Stirewalt, Frances Smith leaves her “hearty” laugh. “Pat” DeMarcus leaves her athletic ability to Grace Barger and Edith Sloop. Margaret Jordon leaves her extra points in French 11 to any French student who will need a little help next year. ' J 1940 Page Nineteen

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•»Pf THE PABBOT SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY-Continued ter known to me as Barbara Yost. She was helping her husband with his work. Then passing by this scene I looked into a nearby college and saw Edgar Bostian sitting at a desk giving his students instruction in music. He had some fine looking students under his tutelage. T. R. Eller was in another part of the building with his chemistry students studying some important chemicals. Down in the dining room were Alma Lee Swink, Willie Mae Cowan, Willie Koon, Margaret Jordon, Lucille Bost, Ruby Berry, Dorothy Cranford and Mary Baker as head cooks. I moved from this side and walked over in another direction and looked down into an attractive home and saw the “used to be” Mae Nell London. Living next door were the former Mildred Rogers and her husband and across the street were Rebecca Barber and her husband. Knowing they were happy, I left this scene and my eyes were drawn down into a green pasture where I saw Ruby Fesperman, Don Jones, and James Wilhelm painting pictures of old mother nature. After watching their steady movements for a while I looked into a high building in New York. There before my eyes in the world’s largest studio, I saw Robert and Claude Hodge making music. In the control room was Herman Weant. I looked into another well constructed building. The words on the outside read “First National Bank.” There I saw Ethel Baker, Marie Wilhelm, Lucille Safrit, and Sadie Grace Wallace as typists. Then in the world’s largest Ladies’ Clothing Store were Claretta Bostian, Hazel Broome, Kathleen Evans, Maxine Watson, and Pearl Wilhelm. Their manager was Wade Rogers and the designer was Ray¬ mond Boggs. Those two really know their business in dealing with ladies’ clothing. Just then the objects below began to get dark and the voice said, “if you wish to see yourself, hold the stick over your head and look below.” I held the stick over my head, started to look down; suddenly a pecu¬ liar sound buzzed in my ears. I awoke—looked up and saw what the noise was. It was the bell on the wall saying, “Next Class.” LOUIE OWENS 1 9 4 O Page Eighteen

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THE PARROT LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT-Continued Louie Owens leaves his “clowning acts” and friendly ways to “Bill” Cranford. Edgar Bostian leaves his musical talent to a certain junior girl—You guess! To Mary Brown, Sybil Mundy leaves her friendly smile. Claude Hodge leaves his typewriter to Lloyd Owens, provided he will give it all its daily treatments. Albert Sloop and Hubert Patterson will their agricultural abilities to Grady Wilhelm and Wayne Simpson. To Carl Wagner, Wade Clawson leaves his ability to tease girls, in the hope that Carl will be as successful as he has been. Wade Rogers and Cecil Dial leave their curly hair to “Bill” Overcash and Kenneth Suther. To Virginia and Mildred Carrouth, Bonnie Correll and Lucille Safrit leave their musical ability. Maxine Watson leaves her unanswered civic questions to some bright student with the hope that they will not go unanswered forever. Doris Sloop leaves her almost identical looks to her twin sister, Dorothy. Connie Benfield leaves her red hair to Frances Shaw, provided she keeps it combed. Virginia Lowder and Frances Goodnight leave their cleverness used in getting out of the last half of typing, to two certain junior girls. Be careful girls! Hazel Nicholson and Ruby Berry leave their sweet dispositions to Marie Miller and Bar Dee Hollifield. Gary Pless passes his ability to win girls to Reid Grimes. John Misenheimer leaves an article on “How to Grow Big Feet” to the freshmen class. G. W. Walters wills his errors in shorthand to any junior who is willing to correct them. To Mary Frances Corriher, Claretta Bostian leaves her pleasing personality. Robert Hodge leaves his ability to make the sociology class roar with laughter to some “clowning” sociology student next year. To Helen Grant, Lucile Bost wills her ability to blush. Raymond Boggs will his good looks to Max Misenheimer, with the hope that Max will capture the hearts of as many girls as he has. Harold Carter leaves his big grin to his kid brother, Junior. Mae Nell London and Ethel Baker will their worn out shorthand books to anyone who will have them. Frank Barger leaves his ability to play football to Joe Teeter. Barbara Yost and Pearl Wilhelm leave their ability to learn “quotations” to any junior who will need it next year. To Evelyn Freeze, Marie Wilhelm leaves her beloved seat in study hall. Hazel Broome leaves her sweetness to Dorothy Barnhardt. Alice Lewis wills her dramatic talent to Roy Charles Kimball. Violet Winecoff, our good post-graduate, wills her place in the store to anyone who will do as good a job of it as she has. Dorothy Cranford leaves her willingness “to do things,” to Dixon Blackwelder. Don Jones, although he is not willing, leaves his friendship to Glenn Brown. I, Sadie Grace Wallace, having nothing special to mention, do leave my love and best wishes to China Grove High School. • • Page Twenty 1940