Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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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.

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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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Be it known that the aforesaid Senior class does declare this to be their last will and testament. Item 1: To the next large and promising Senior class we do bequeath: First. The privilege of being a shining example to the lower classmen in such things as dignity in the hall-ways, and behavior in the chapel. Second. We pass on all senior privileges in unused condition accompanied by a large and powerful mag¬ nifying glass, and hope that they will be more able to detect and interpret the many privileges better than we. Third. To the class of 1921, we leave our many thanks for the support they have given us this year. Item 2: Realizing our importance, we leave a few of our most striking and noticeable characteristics and belongings to some of the most responsible of the incoming Seniors, on condition that they be sacredly kept and passed on to the next Senior class. 1. The dainty complexion, blushes and modesty of Willie Sloan we bestow upon Ximena Simpson. 2. The good looks and affection of Lawrence Thomas we leave to Catherine Armstrong. 3. The flirtatious disposition and popularity of Earnestine West we bestow upon Jessie Furgerson. 4. Garland Coble’s ability to throw back his head and strut down Main street we leave to Allen Stain- back. 5. Mable Alderman leaves her ability to run the Senior class to Margarate Ray Patterson. 6. The E’s on chemistry (that stand for excellent), acquired by Noah Stout, Addison Smith and Aleece Sapp we bequeath to Francis Blackwood, John Ballard and Richard Wharton. 7. The musical ability of Nell Wescott we bestow upon Helen Glenn Rankin. 8. The appalling knowledge of chemistry now held by John M. Foushee and Mamie Lee Chandley we leave to J. B. Stroud and Ada Denny. 9. The witt and intertaining clownish antics of Wallace Stamey and “Bill” Bogart, we bestow upon Charles Hinkle and Archie Brown, hoping that they will keep the Senior class-to-be sufficiently amused to lighten their hearts while wading through Virgil. 10. The good fellowship and inseparable gossip club composed of Mary Bess Barnheart, Dot Posey and Eva Dillon, we bequeath to Edith Clement, Elizabeth Pickard and Gertrude Hunter. 11. G. B. Wvnn’s ability to lead the football team to victory we bestow upon James Hendrix. 12. The desperate case now existing between Fred Troxler and Jessie Brandt we pass on to John Caffee and Lucile Berthea. 13. Lois Moon leaves much “Love” to her “Niggar. 14. The headlight of our class now owned by Linda Smith, bequeath to Catherine Wharton, hoping that she will light the pathway of the class of 1921 in their noble pursuit of learning. 15. The envied cooking ability of Nellie Morris and Frances Shaw we pass on to Beulah Scurlock and Beatrice Dillon and hope that they kill no more than is absolutely necessary. 16. Harry Crutchfield’s ability as a baseball player in any position we pass on to Hoyt Boon and hope that he will keep up the good record. 17. Marion Gilmer’s grace and beauty we bestow upon Geraldine McDowell. 18. Mark Bain ' s ability to loaf all day and consume numberless chocolate milks we pass on to Joe Grimsley. 19. Mildred Davidson, our little “heart smasher.” leaves her gentle ways to Dorothy Brown. 20. The privilege of passing around refreshments such as loud smelling gum. candy. Kisses, ginger- cakes and chocolates, we leave to Jimmie Poole, hoping that he will keep the class of l l) 21 as well supplied as Raymond Ralls has. 21. The tendency of Grace Wimbish and Alice Alderman to occupy seats under the teachers hovering wing, we leave to Helen Goldstein and Elva Yeattes. 22. Guy Hagan’s wonderful ability to hold dowm “End” on the football team, we leave to l red Mails. 23. Frances Clendenen leaves much love to her “Christy. 24. Theodore Roosevelt Causey leaves his graceful form and dancing ability to Tod Koenig.