Greenbank High School - Mountain Breeze Yearbook (Greenbank, WV)

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Senior Class Prophecy Paris, France, Jan. 25, 1940. I arrived here on the 23rd to pick up a few spring styles along the mil- linery line. On my way over here I heard of an old lady who could “read the blue and tell the whereabouts of anyone you desired. To satisfy a long- ing of several years, I went to this mysterious old lady and inquired for the 1 924 Class of Greenbank High School. This was her answer: Clyde Cassell—Clyde is a comedian in Cassell Brothers Wonderful Three-Ring Circus, which tours Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia in the summer. Clyde is now spending the winter in Cass, resting after a season of hard “labor. Mack Brooks—Mack graduated from W. V. U. in 1930. He is now president of The Brooks Beard Junk Company, at String Town. Ida Jackson—“Ida graduated from Yale Business College in 192 7. She is now bookkeeper for “Brooks Beard Junk Company. Colleen Siple— Sis” taught school at Greenbank for five years, and, just as 1 expected, she has settled down near Lake “Oliver.” I guess the smiles cast and the numerous notes written in study hall were not a waste of time after all. Flora Phillips—This industrious young lady, who finished high school in three years, found many problems confront ng her. I remember that she was once a “wifie-to-be.” We find her in Pittsburgh, spmd'ng her leisure time writing matrimonial advice to the lovelorn. Have patience, Flo-Belle, he will come to you yet. Willa Nottingham—It seemed a meat task for B:ll” to make up her mind just what profession she would follow. When most deeply at sea over this auest'on, Alex appeared on the scene and carried her away to a love nest” in the village of Arbovale. Effie Moore—Effe taught school for three years and then took a course in nursing. She is now head nu-se in the Greenbrier General Hospital. If you should listen at her door, when she is alone, you would probably hear her singing “Anybody Seen My Kelly. Mabel Arbogast—Mabel taught school for two years, but, after many vamping failures and disappointments, she turned her attention to the reptile world. She is now a snake-charmer for Cassell Brothers’ Circus. Sylvia Riley Bowles—“Sib” took a business course in 1928. Since then ghe has been employed by the “West Virginia Bowl Factory” at Wheeling. 20

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Item 2. To our respective truck drivers we give the old shoes that we wore out walking to school. Section IV Item 1. I, Beulah Brill, leave to Edythe McClung my Caesar, with this advice, “Read between the lines. Item. 2. I, Sis, do hereby leave my position of the Lady of (the) Lake to Polly” Dill. Item 3. I, Jack,” do hereby leave my basketball shoes, Mike’s old socks, my bloomers and position on the first team to Mary Katherine Smith. Item 4. I, Mary Phares, leave my love for Chemistry to the Freshman Class. Item 5. I, “Sib” Riley Bowles, leave my love for the other boys to Margaret Wilson. Item 6. I, Effie Moore, leave my glasses, through which my “G's” look like A s,” to the Juniors. Item 7. I, Wilma Slayton, leave my knowledge (?) of our National Progress to Wilson Robertson. Item 8. I, Flora Phillips, leave my desire for bobbed hair to Mary Wooddell. Item 9. I, Joy Belle, leave my long hair to Mr. Harwood, who might use it to advantage as a wig. Item 1 0. I, Thelma Collins, will the hair I have pulled from my head while in deep thought to Mr. Shires. Item 11. I, Mable Arbogast, leave my desire for explanation to Leta McLaughlin. Item 1 2. I, Clyde Cassell, leave the office as President of the Athletic Asso ation to Pauline Hughes. Item 1 3. I, Martha Reitz, will to Fame Schifflette my empty vanity box with explicit directions how to refill. Item 14. I, Edith Townsend, leave to Dolly Hiner my profound knowl- edge of Latin. Item 15. I, Willa Nottingham, leave my best wishes to the girls’ basket- ball team, hoping it will enjoy the fun and success our oast teams have had Item 16. I, Sylvia Taylor, leave my gift of prophesy to Hazel Great- house. Item 1 7. I, Verna Siple, leave my As in Chemistry to Imogene Pr'tchard- Section V In testimony whereof we, the said graduating class, recognized here and abroad as being of sound and disposing mind, do hereby cause this will to be signed and sealed on this, the 7th day of April, A. D.. 1924. —The Senior Class. 1?

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Sallie Warwick—She was united in the bonds of matrimony soon after her graduation from G. H. S. She is now living in the mountains of West Virginia, surrounded by her happy little family. Martha Reitz 1 was afraid my mysterious old lady was not going to find Martha. But after a long while she said: “There she is, way over in the wilds of Southern Africa, teaching school. Her husband, Mr. Sheet, busily goes from place to place in an earnest effort to convert some of the dark-complexioned branch of the human race.” Mary Phares---Mary was nominated for United States Senator in 1926, but was defeated by her honorable opponent, Wilma Slayton. Mary re- turned meekly to her heme at the foot of Buffalo mountain. Here she resumed her old “trade,” raising pure-bred Leghorn chickens, according to the recipe she learned from Mr. Hedrick in 1924. Joy Arbcgast--Joy graduated from “Hi Skule” in three years and, later, turned her attention to the botanical world. After accumulating a large col- lection of various species of insects, she eventually found one that c.air:ed be- neath its fairy wings a dust-like material. This, she found, after being heated to 41 2 degrees Farenheit and suddenly cooled, changed to a jelly-like sub- stance. When applied to the skin of a negro, thirteen nights in succession, this marvelous jelly bleached him entirely white. Since her discovery has proven a success, I imagine it is a puzzle for Mr. Harwood to distinguish his “Dear” brother from his white brother now. Beulah Brill--She is now touring PoUnd lecturing to the people on the “Advantages of Bobbed Hair” and “Disadvantages of Beauty Parlors.” Be- fore starting on this career, she burned a young lady’s ear while curling her hair in a beauty parlor-hence her disapproval. Verna Siple—Afte co many failures and disappointments in trying to vamp a husband, she finally acquired one through an advertising agency. She is now living a happy married life. Thelma Collins—“TilLe” always had a ta’ent for music, but I did not ihink her future so promising along that line. She had always planned to go to college, but here she is over in Chicago, a piano accompanist for the Victor records. Her favorite selections are just any kind of “blues.” When her time is not occup'ed by the Victor company she may be heard playing for the radio programs. Edith Townsend-----Mrs. Townsend, after a great many trials and tempta- tions, won a scholarship at the W. V. U. he is now traveling for the Cassell Brothe-.s’ Circus, hanging advertisements on every old post and building along the road between Southern Kentucky and Northern West Virginia. —S. L. T., ’24.