Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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September, 1925— The helm has passed into other hands, now that Pilot Edwards has been pro¬ moted. Mr. ( ' . W. Phillips has taken over the guiding of the ship. Also, First Mate Killingsworth has been transferred to another ship, Hiss Fannie Stai t Mitchell taking her position. Meanwhile, the ship lies anchored at Adoration Island for the greater part of the time, since the former occupants have vacated the place and willed it to the crew of the “Parrotania.” However, from time to time we make little jaunts. November, 1925— This month we were occupied in a visit to Activity Island, where football heroes, track athletes, journalists, novelists, etc., abound. Here all the latest publica¬ tions, especially “Homespun”, are printed while you wait. December, 1925— On the way back to home port we were in good spirits over having banqueted so royally aboard another ship; so we stopped at Santa ( laus home and saw old Santa and his wife. January, 1926— This month has been full of preparation; there lias been too much going on to record here. However, it might be well to say that, preparatory to our last voyage, we have inspected the ship from top to bottom. We are ready to sail. February, 1926— At last all are aboard and the goodbyes are said. We had hoped to have an entirely new ship; in fact, President Archer and Air. E. D. Broadhurst, chair¬ man of the company’s board of directors, had promised it; but we cannot wait for it any longer. A fourth deck has been added to the old ship, and it will suit the purpose. The ship “Parrotania” is going on her last voyage—where, she knows not; but she goes with the good will and blessings of all. 18

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Shipwrecked! A Prophecy Cecile Lindau It was a typical February evening—just the same sort of day on v hich, twenty years previously, the class of ’26 had set sail. As we walked along the beach, Dick asked me about my high school days—he remembered that 1 had gone to G. H. S. when Greensboro, now the leading city of the South, was a big little town. He could not have spoken of a subject nearer my heart; so enthusiastically I began to tell him of my high school days. Hardly had I begun when Dick uttered an exclamation, a word—well a word which no gen¬ tleman would use unless he was extremely annoyed. I was bewildered. Never had Dick spoken such a word in my presence. 1 looked inquiringly, and Dick apologized. lie stooped to pick up the cause of his annoyance, which turned out to be a bottle not unlike a coca-cola bottle. Dick started to throw it back into the ocean which had washed it up; but the name on the bottle, Morris-Cola, reminded me of my old friend Kizzey Morris, and I at once became interested. Dick gave me the bottle which, try as 1 might, I could not open. Finally, how¬ ever, I managed to break the seal and discovered the following document. September, 1945. We, the members of the Class of 1926, after many storms and tempests, have finally landed on an island in the South Seas. We have had a rather hard journey, but aside from the fearful gale which caused our wreck, the few faint¬ ing spells of Inez Murray, and an occasional fight between the Crews sisters, there has been no cause for real worry. Thanks to the gallantry of the crew who put us in the first boats, not a single life was lost in. the w reck though at first it was feared that Jimmy Maus was drowned. However, it was dis¬ covered that he had merely fallen overboard in an attempt to get into the boat first; but he succeeded in swimming to the island. We have all been so happy on the island that at first we decided to let no one know of our fortune. However, we have reconsidered, and we beg that should anyone discover this paper, he will publish it, so that our friends ma know of our whereabouts. We also request that the bottle, in which this paper was placed, be given to Hal Benfield, that he may know that Miss Elizabeth Morris is president of the Morris-Cola t ompany, an organization which fai surpasses the Coca-Cola Company in America. We hope that we have been missed, yet trust that we have caused no anxiety. We are well and happy under the able leadership of Sammy Goode, who, due to the untiring efforts of Tammany Hall, an organization of former football heroes, was elected governor of the 20