Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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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

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island. True to his word, Sammy has never married, but is, nevertheless, the idol of all the spinsters on the island. Ilis right hand man, Marshall Campbell, also editor of the “Island News,” is married to the former Ruth Curtis, now a famous artist. Miss Elizabeth Crews, the Anna Howard Shaw of the island, is chief of police and has as her able assistant Mr. Raymond Bennett. .Mr. Bennett’s wife, nee Nelda Cox, has won not a little fame as chief librarian in the Talk-All-You- Want-To Library. Mrs. Bennett credits all her knowledge of library work lo her training in G. H. S. Mr. Lattis Johnson, superintendent of public schools, has announced that after the first of the year Mr. Robert Bishop, professor of mathematics, will succeed James Peterson as principal of the high school. Mr. Peterson feels that he cannot hold this office, and at the same time be poet laureate of the island. Miss Helen Felder, of Droopy Martin’s Scandals, has filed suit against Rov Smith, football coach, for breach of promise. Coach Smith is rather worried, because not long ago Dr. Edward MeNeeley, professor of philosophy, was arrested and given two years for the same offense. Miss Carolyn Simmons has recently opened a beauty parlor directly across from Joe Faulkner’s barber shop. Mr. Paul Scurloek, author and radio announcer, has dedicated his most recent book, “The Reward of Silence,” to Mrs. Chester Strader, nee Margaret Crews, wife of the wealthy chewing-gum manufacturer. James Mans, famous movie actor, is now starring in “The Man with the Trained Toe.” Mary Lyon, his leading lady, is one of tfy6 most popular actresses of the screen. Rev. Mr. John Betts, pastor of the Methodist Church, is being greatly crit¬ icized because he has joined Miss Mary Price’s dancing school. Mr. Betts declares that he has no intention of stopping, and says that furthermore he is Miss Price’s best pupil. Miss Dorothy Lea, thanks to Miss Inez Murray’s Vegetable Compound, has now passed the hundred and forty line, and is a farmerette, owning the largest orange grove on the island. Miss Murray herself is tight-rope walker in the Phillips Memorial Circus. Not only does she break the tightest ropes, but also the hearts of all the men who look upon her fair countenance. As Miss Murray holds a tiny parasol above her head while she balances on one foot on the rope, there is a dreamy look on her face—as though she were thinking perhaps of Bill, and—oh, well, most of the boys at Carolina. The writer of this paper is proud to have been one of Marvin Isley’s class¬ mates, when, on the opening night of the opera “Lohengrin,” Mr. Isley 21