Greenville High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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also said that Susie Turner would arrive in Los Angeles the next day. We bade Dewey good-night and went home. The next morning we went to the station and captured Susie just as she landed on the ground. We carried her out to Maggie ' s bungalow, where every- thing is just dehghtful. Susie, we have heard of all of our classmates but Ruby Evans. What has become of her? we asked. Why, dear girls, she is just as prosperous as the rest. She owns the most wonderful ' Modiste Shop ' in Springfield. She always was so neat and the clothes in her shop are just lovely. I should like for you to tell me of the others some- time. In the living room that night Maggie and I told the same long story once more. Thereupon we retired to dream of the prosperity of Nineteen Twenty ' s Class.

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invited me home with her and, needless to say, I accepted. She placed before me such a luncheon as would satisfy a king. The next day Alice took me in her big limousine to see the world champion tennis match. And just think of it, Mary Louise Langiey won the medal. She played against Mme. Yuette, who won the medal last year. But I could not stay long with Alice; I had to leave for New Orleans, where I was to meet some old friends. Just before I reached New Orleans, a styHsh young gentleman addressed me, and it was no other than Joseph Parker- son. He is a promising young man, who owns many acres in southern Louisana. Joe told me that Helen Critcher was to- play the leading part in ' The Follies ' in New Orleans that night. You know Helen lives in CaUfornia and I guess you see her quite often. Yes, I see her quite often. Very few members of our class live out west. But what has become of WiUiam White? Wilham? Oh! he is still in Greenville. He is manager of the newly-erected ' White ' s Theatre ' there. Really he is doing quite well. And J. T. is a garage owner in Farmville. I guess you know that William Tyson is a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia, did you not? No, I always thought that he would be a lawyer though. And, by the way, I saw in the California Tribune that Gherman Taylor, a great civil engineer, has recently been awarded the contract for the construction of a bridge across the Atlantic. Yes, and Mack Brown is a great vaudeville actor. He is now singing in a concert tour of the eastern states. Just at this point the postman arrived, bringing letters for both of us. Maggie, hsten to this— ' The engagement of Miss Ada James to Sir Philip Mont- rose was announced yesterday. Miss James is spending the summer in her cottage on Long Island. She is a very popular and attractive young lady and takes an active part in the social affairs of New York. ' Can you get ahead of that? Quite a surprise! Here is something else about another of our classmates: ' Miss Thelma Shamhart has just completed her new book, entitled The Daughter of Democ- racy. It is a grand success. ' Margaret, what do you see in the New York Times? Oh! here is the wedding of Josephine Skinner. She married a millionaire in New York yesterday. Lillian Joyner, the bride ' s maid, will sail with the bride on her wedding tour to Paris. Charles Lewis, the famous Wall Street broker, was in her wedding. What do you say of going to the movies tonight? Let ' s go by all means. Maggie and I went to the movies and saw a won- derful picture. Margaret Fleming was playing the leading part. As we came out of the theatre, whom should we see but Dewey Brooks, who had come to Cali- fornia for his health. Dewey is a multi-milhonaire and hves in Philadelphia. He told us that Emma and Almeta Mallison were the best stenographers in the east and that they were working for a very prominent business house in Boston. He

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(By Elizabeth Gaskins) THE greatest need of Pitt County is a hospital. There are very many reasons why we should have it, and so I want to name a few. The great need of one was shown last year when the epidemic of Spanish influenza swept the country. There were not enough nurses and doctors for each individual home, but if we could have had a hospital, all the patients could have been carried there and many of the Uves that were lost for lack of attention could have been saved. The delay caused by having to send people so far off often proves fatal, as is shown by the case of a man who was accidentally shot near Stokes. If he could have been carried here to a hospital, he would probably have been saved, but he was not able to be carried anywhere else. Much money is lost by carrying people so far to a hospital, and many people fail to get the attention they need. We are asked to keep our money circulating in our own county, and this would surely help do it, because very much money is spent outside for hospital expenses. Most hospitals are often crowded, and there have been some recent cases where a patient was not able to go to a hospital because of the crowded condition existing at that time. Therefore, a hospital would be able to take such patients who otherwise would suffer. Pitt is up with any other county in every respect and ahead of many. But many have hospitals and we don ' t; we don ' t want to be behind in anything— especially something needed so badly by every one. Some people argue that a community hospital could not be a success and that we have failed in getting it one time, but we believe in trying again, and this time we are going to win. Who ever heard of anything that we couldn ' t make a success of? Some people think that it wouldn ' t pay, but if only a few lives are saved, that alone would pay for it. Our county is richer this year than it ever has been before, and I am sure that the best way some of this money could be spent is in a hospital. Many towns don ' t want this because it has been suggested that it be located in Greenville and they want it in their own town, but if they find another place more suitable that doesn ' t make them want to do away with the idea entirely. Only narrow-minded people think that way.