Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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As the Martians are very fond of red headed men, President Louise B. Alexander wisely sent Harry Crutchfield and Shell) ' Caveness as ambassadors to that planet. Mrs. Caveness, formerly Miss Dolly Posey, fell from the aero train on the way and has never been located. It has been suggested that she was attracted to some other planet. Her sister Miss Dorothy Posey is studying vocal at Elon College. I am the happiest man in the world as I am soon to be married to a widow, Mrs. Jno M. Foushee whom you used to know as Ernestine West. Write to me sometime and try to come up to the wedding. Yours sincerely, GEORGE BENNETT WYNNE, President North Western University, Chicago, 111. Afrighanistan, June 2, 1948. My Darling Doctor:-— I was simply delighted to get your letter and honestly 1 know just lots about our former classmates and will be so glad to tell you everything I know. Winifred Cobb and Jessie Myers are missionaries in the jungles of Africa (there are still jungles in Africa.) They are doing a thriving business and are teaching democracy and citizenship to the natives. Professor Lee H. Edwards, noted scientist and biologist, is in India chasing the Alahambra species of the butterfly. Mrs. Edwards, formerly Miss Aleese Sapp, is a noted composer and has just presented to the public the little song, “He’s Forever Chasing Butterflies.” Janice Brown, Marion Gilmer and Elizabeth Stockton, you remember how fat she used to be, well, she’s as slim as a broom now. Well, anyway they have gone to Mars to organize the Child’s Welfare Work there. O, Doctor! Have you ever been to Mars? 1 have and Oh, those horrid women up there; but I think the men are darling. They are so fat and plump. Doctor can you keep a secret? Well I’m going to be married to one of them. On my return trip I met Wm. Bogart on the moon. Fie has the contract for the Great Pan-Universal Filling Station there. He was married to Miss Mildred Davidson several years ago and was divorced. But later after months of successful wooing he married Miss Mary Bess Barnhart, the great social welfare worker. Noah Stout is serving a term in the penitentiary for retailing cigarettes. Frank Lamb was divorced a few years ago for failure to support his wife, formerly Miss Willie Sloane, of Greensboro. Mr. Lamb stated that he received a message from his former wife, Miss Marie Cook, through the Ouija board, demanding that he untie the knot as she was extremely jealous. Mabel Alderman and Nannie Marsh are instructors in the Gressit “School for Ignoramouses” at Rich¬ mond. The school is full and overflowing. Adele Alexander, Gladys Flaherty, Faith Johnson, and Clarice Taughn are touring Greenland in the interest of the Woman’s Protective Family Union, and as a side line, they are introducing the “Little Giant Potato Peeler” in that country. Edith Lindley is working in a bakery in Asheville. She runs the “Doughnut Machine.” Johnsie Wright and Grace Parrish are in South America representing the Cook Studio of Greensboro, N. C. Clark McNairy and Elizabeth I lutton are happily married and are liv ing in ' Elpaso, Texas. Mr. Mc- Nairy is a steamfitter in that city. Well Doctor 1 am so fatigued that I really must stop and put the cat out. Very sincerely yours, KATHERINE PENN.

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“But I know full well that this is not true; And I’m sure you will soon find out That the bugbear of growing up is not real, And there’s nothing to worry about. “For though there are bridges and ships to be built And pictures that have to be drawn, The joy of achieving is a full reward, And you’ll gladly go working on. “For each has a job in this big old world. The task will be to find it; So do not delay when you find the right wheel To put your shoulder behind it. “It’s not so much just what you do As the way you do it that matters,— But I must stop preaching and hasten home, Or my dress will be in tatters. “I hope that now you understand That the brain and heart grow too, And that real joy is found in the doing well Of the things intended for you.” Waving her hand, she flew off through the rain And I knew that all would be well; The key to happiness had surely been given, And I was glad to bid high school farewell. —JANICE STEWART BROWN. CLASS PROPHECY. WALLACE STAMEY, Chicago, III., May 26, 1948. My Dear Doctor:— I received a letter from Madame Jessica Brandt wd that I am in a position to give you some information concerning our former classmates. Miss Mary Poole is heading the Chemistry Department in our University and she has been instrumental in disproving all the former laws of Chemistry including “Edward’s Law,” and the atomic hypothesis. If she discovers the right combination of elements there is no doubt that she will rise still higher. Madame Wescott, who used to be known as Nell Wescott is now the director of the Carolina Sym¬ phony Orchestra and appeared here in a concert a few days ago. Several of the former high school girls assisted her including Miss Pauline Pettit and Miss Lois Moon who performed wonderfully on the mandolin. No doubt you have heard before how my first wife, formerly Miss Frances Gilliland was the first one to devise a plan by which we were able to communicate with other planets and later she discovered the new gas which enabled C. Guy Hagan to make the first flight to Mars. I received a etter from Madame Jessica Brandts who used to be known as simple Jessie Brandt. I find that she and the girl who used to be known as Frances Shaw and who is now Mrs. Fred Troxler, of San Fran¬ cisco, are successfully operating a “Woman’s Ready to Wear” shop. I might also add that Mr. Troxler is engaged in the business in the capacity of designer. Miss Linda Smith, although happily married, is still directing the English Department at the University of North Carolina. Probably now you realize that the University is mostly a girl’s school like most of the former great uni¬ versities. No doubt you will be surprised to hear that Lawrence Thomas is running a Cattery just out of Denver, Col. As furs are now very scarce, Mr. Thomas is running a cat ranch and the furs bring him $2.48 each. Garland Coble is running a “rattery,” next door. The rats are fed to the cats and the carcasses of the dead cats to the rats. It is a paying business.

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Reidsville, N. C., June 9, 1948. My Dear Doctor:— Words can never express how surprised I was to hear from you, and I think it darling of you to be so in¬ terested in our class to the extent that you are inquiring about each member. Of course you know about my marriage to Gerard Wilkerson. He is such a dear. He is staying in a local bank here. Rhea Van Noppen and Bessie Jones are serving a term in the Federal penitentiary for their socialistic and radical views. They advocated government ownership of all the saur kraut factories. Samuel Hassall is the proprietor of a first class barber shop with pool room attached. Mark Bain is a wealthy old bachelor in Burmingham, Ala. He was a plumber and made his money on rough joints. Bessie Hunter, Marjorie Mahew, Blanche Huff and Margaret Smith are on a walking tour around the world. They make their living selling a little book, ‘The Scum of the Earth,” by Hon. Wm. York. Also they advertise Tanlac as a side line. Theodore Causey is manufacturing aeroplanes and dirigibles in Paris. His plant is the best equipped in the world. While in Paris he fell in love with the great actress, Mme. Eva Dillon. They were married and went to Mars in the “Flying Palace.” They will make the return trip by parachute. Addison Smith met his death while emerging from the subway at Hillsboro. He was run over and crushed by the fire truck of that metropolis. I know you remember Florine Jennings. Well, she has had a brilliant stage career. She is now playing opposite Raymond Ralls in Elsie Coleman’s screen success, “The Mystery of the Little Tin Box.” Irma Saddler and Annie Neese are the possessors of a tea room in Norfolk. They have made lots of money. Doctor, every time 1 turn around I run into a chyropractic. They are as numerous as insurance agents used to be. Gerard got sick the other day and I sent for Doctor Aubrey Edwards. He rubbed the last cent out of him. Grace Wimbish is teaching expression in the High Point College for Women. Teachers are paid high salaries now and she rides to school in a limousene. Nellie Morris and Mamie Lee Chandley are running an old maid’s rescue home in Tampa, Fla. Surely you have heard of the famous Whittington case in New York. Claude Whittington, a multi-mil¬ lionaire was stabbed to death with a hat pin. The state is prosecuting a widow, Mrs. Edgar Aired, formerly Miss Evelyn Mendenhall. The hat pin bore her initials. Miss Cornelia Cartland. a famous authority on hat pins, is council for the accused. Lucile Swain and Jewel Smith are in Alaska searching for their husbands. Oh, aren’t husbands dear! O, Doctor, I heard of your marriage to Frances Glascock and you are one lucky man. We are expecting a visit from both of you soon. I am glad to hear that you have been so successful in your profession. I thoroughly agree with your theory of the evolution of the eye-brow. Really Doctor, do you think that Peruna is more intoxicating than Hair Tonic? 1 heard Rev. Morton Murray say that he could cut the biggest shine by drinking shoe polish. Give Frances my love and Gerard sends his. Sincerely, FRANCES CLENDENIN WILKERSON. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1920. We, the Senior class of Greensboro High School in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty, knowing the majority of our number to be sound in body and mind, and knowing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, do draw up and sign this, our last will and testament.