Gray Court Owings High School - GCO Echo Yearbook (Gray Court, SC)

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I was seated idly gazing through the window when I heard a newsboy s piercing cry of Extra' Extra' All about Wallace s great 1nvent1on Wal lace' Could it be my old classmate, joel Wallace? I knew that he had been connected with the H Bomb plant down in Aiken, South Carolina but I had understood that it had been in the capacity of private secretary For several years, however, I had lost trace of him I leaned from the window and called for a paper Unfoldlng lt quickly this is what I saw joel Wallace Invents H A Fngzne to Power Rockets Mowng betueen the Plants Wallace Now Recognrzed as Greatest Sznce Edzson See Wallace Tomgbt on Telewson The article covered practically the entire front page joel s invention was a wonderful step in the scientific WO1'ld As my eyewandered 0n,I caught the date of the paper the 27th of May There was something strangely familiar about that date What was it? Then suddenly If came to me today was the tenth anniversary of our graduation from old Gray CourtOvv1ngs It was hard to realize that ten years had really passed slnce that eventful day I also realized that tonight the class of 51 was havlng the reunion which I had been unable to attend due to the illness of my husband A praver rose to 'ny lips that joel had attenoed and would bring them in on his program I could hardlv wait for the hour to arrive so that I might tune ln At the appointed time I began turning the dials reen, wondering which of my classmates would be the first to appear At first the image upon the screen was very faint and rather blurred, but I as turned the dial a little more the image of a great opera house, brillrantlv lighted, appeared upon the screen A flashing electric sign above the building told me that this was the Nletropolitan Opera House Then a smaller sign appeared upon which were these words First Appearance rn Arnerrca of Martha Cooley the Vvorld s Greatest Pzamst just then I caught a glimpse of a beautiful suite in one of 'Nlew York s most famous as well as most expensive hotels A beautiful woman was seated at the dressing table with her back to m The rooms were filled with flowers and a French Xlald was arranging the womans hair just as she turned her head, I saw that it was Martha dressing for her appearance at the Opera House The next scene showed me Iris Simpson seated at a desk ln a luxurious private office On her desk was a picture of her husband and three child ren taken in their Gulf Coast home just now she was dictating rapidly to her secretary and the sign door told me that she was Editor in Chief of one of New York s daily papers Before the scene faded I noticed also on her desk, a copy of her latest novtl The next scene was of a large hospital in Chicago A group of girls in nurses uniforms stood in the center of a room talking and laughing Io Ann Cook vvas telling the others something very funny about her tvun boys or her movie actor hus band, Carl Rowe o Ann was voted Miss H1 Miss our Senior year, and none of us ever be lreved that she would complete her nursing course Much to my surprise a courtroom now appeared upon the screen The trail was evidently a famous one , for the room was crowded Yes, I recognized now that this was the United States Supreme Court in session As I glanced at the judges, whom shouldl recognize as one of them but Gene Cothran I had known for S0mEIlmC that Gene was considered the States best known criminal lawyer, but I had not heard that he had been made judge I almost screamed as an aeroplane doing a tail spin appeared upon the screen After the tail spin, a loop the loop, then a nosedlve, and many other daring stunts were performed I wondered which of my classmates could be this daring avia or Presently the plane glided smoothly to the ground and as the aviator stepped out, I recognized Mlldred Butler She had just completed a tour of I:,urope where she had performed before Klngs and Princes, and was generally acceded to be the most daring and skillful woman aviator in the world The next scene was in China Who of my classmates could be ln this far away land? As I looked a door of a rather large house opened and a small woman in American dress stepped out A Coolle came up with a yinrikisha into which the woman stepped and was rolled slowly away As she passed through the streets she received much attent1on and the natives all seemed to love her As the jmrikisha stopped before a beautiful little house with a mass of chrysanthemums blooming in the yard and the woman stepped dovvn, I recognized the most influential missionaries in this great land Then the Oriental scene changed and I was back again in America' As I looked, I saw a modern ranch tvpe tourlst home in Texas It was the most attractive I had ever seen and seemed to be very prosperous with the No Vacancy sign swinging in the western winds I was wondering who could ovvn this charming place when Dora Woods and her husband came to the door I couldn t believe Dora would stray so far from old Carolina Now the scene shifted again and I saw a group of men and women seated around a conference table I heard the speaker call for a report from the Chairman of the Nledical Research Department The one who responded to this imposing title was our old class president, Richard Edwards He is now Dr Edwards of ohns Hopkins Hospital H has just discovered a formula for making people grow tall overnight The screen became blank and I realized that I had had a glimpse into the life of each and every one of the class of 51 Truly the mventlons of man and of women, too, are marvelous I ROPHTT Fu a B Hughes . . . . 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We the Senror Class of Gray Court Owmgs Hrgh School County of Laurens and State of South Carolrna berng of reasonably sound mmd and farntrng memory after all our days and years here at G C O do hereby make publrsh and declare thrs to be our last and best wrll and testament hereby revokrng all former wrlls of whatever nature already made To our school and classes to follow we leave thrs annual as a remembrance of th1s the Class of 51 To Mr Fptmg and the entxre faculty we leave our love and good wrll trustrng that the many tlmCS we had to be reprrmanded for wrong dorngs be forgotten To Mrs Everette Bobo we leave our love and apprecratron for helpmg us so wrllmgly and farthfully wrth the annual and the paper To our patrent sponsor Mrs C D Gray we leave our whole hearted gratrtude and af fectron We the Class of 51 thank these teachers for what they have done for us all these years To the Jumor Class we wrll our Senror prrvrleges whrch we have enyoyed and hope the faculty wrll be even more gene ous to them I Gene Cothran havmg my usual porse of john Curry and to Wrllram Babb my mstrnct to stay rn trouble I Eula B Hughes bemg rn a thoughtful and earnest mood do hereby wrll and bequeath my naturally curly harr to Hazel Wrlson and my abrlrty to srng to Charles Crowder I Dora Woods realrzrng that my trme IS lrmrted wrll and bequeath my place rn the can teen to whoever Mr Eptmg thmks IS surted for the posrtron and to Nancy Lee Campbell all my book reports hopmg that she doesn t spend her Senror Year readmg lrke I drd I Irr Srmpson realrzrng that my days at G C O are numbered do hereby wrll and be queath to Sara Owens my edrtorshrp of the Tattler and to Betty Lee Owens my excess herght hoprng she lrkes the hlgh altrtude I Rrchard Edwards bemg rn a studrous frame of mmd do cheerfully wrll and bequeath my scholarshrp medals typewrrter and abrlrty to learn, to Frankre Wrllrs and the posxtron of bell rmger to whoever Mr McCorkle thmks wrll M066 best frll the posrtron I Mrldred Butler berng rn a generous state of mmd do hereby wrll and bequeath my short easy steps to Mr McCorkle and my abllrty to pass Shorthand wrthout any trouble to Kenneth Peden and hope he enyoys rt as much as I have I uanrta Fortenberry realrzmg that I am about to breathe my last fleetmg breath of hrgh school lrfe do wrll and bequeath my olrve complexron to oan Woods and hope she enyoys gettrng suntanned as much as I do and Iwxll my abrlrty to type stencrls to Sara Owens and hope she makes less mxstakes than I drd I Martha Cooley berng rn a sober state of mmd and havmg the welfare of The GCO Echo at heart do hereby w1ll and bequeath my posrtron on the Tattler and Echo staffs to whomever the class sponsor appornts and to Shrrley Bolt I leave my seat on the Green pond Bus I joel Wallace realrzxng what I am about to say rs not worthwhrle do wrll and bequeath my abrlrty to always manage to be rn the group that gets out of classes to Newbeme Cook and to Hugh Edwards my posrtron as mrmeo graph operator and hope he lrkes rt as much as I o Ann Cook berng rn a sentrmental state of mmd do hereby wrll and bequeath my abrlrty to get out of classes and roam up and down the halls to jean Owrngs hopmg she w1ll not wear out as many parrs of shoes as Idrd and to Alrce Henderson my sunny drsposrtron We Irrs Srmpson Rrchard Edwards oel Wallace Martha Cooley and Eula B Hughes do reyorcmgly leave our good names asSen1ors and wrllrng workers to our brothers and srsters and hope they uphold thrs good name All property not mentroned rn th1s wrll we leave to Mr Eptmg to drspose of as he sees In wrtness whereof we hereunto srgn our names wrthout wrtness thrs 25th day of May Nxneteen hundred and Flfty one Srgned THE SENIORS oel Wallace Class Lawyer We appomt Mrs Means Moore Executrrx of thrs wrll I2 O , . - . . . . 1 A 7 7 7 ! I , . . . . , 7 I ' 7 ' 5 J l . , . , . . , u . J . u , , . . - ' rn ' 1 . . . . . ,, . 7 ' ' ' ' u u I 1 ' ' ' 7 . v . 5 - , - . , , . - n Y l 7 . ' Y . 7 . . . - . . , , ' A A x 1 , f ' - . mmd, do hereby wxll and bequeath my wrt to Idrd - - - - - NOT. - , J , ' 7 7 ' 7 ' - 9 I Y , . , . , , ' I I I 7 7 7 J . . , . . - , , I . , . . , , n , I l .S . . . D . .. ' ' . f1t. n Q 1 , - I ' . . , , . . . 7 , . , . : . , - .' . . . J - I , , 1 -