Hanes High School - Blue Gold Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

Page 33 text:

And we won the game from Elkin with a 13-0 score. GRAY IUNE HISTORY Bobby Rominger, Historian E pluribus unum, spoke the oracle of still un- dreamed-of Gray High School, and there was formed the class of '40, Yes, there they were, one class out of many fore- lorn and flabbergastfed freshmen, flitting through the halls sans long trousers, sans silk stockings, sans alge- bra, and sans Shakespeare. How long ago? Why, I belive it was 'way back in 1936 A. D .... back when the Chicago Worlds Fair was but a fond memory and the New York and San Francisco Fairs were just a dream , . , back when the jitterbug was a dancer, and when swing music was just coming into its own. When the jute organ was considered a slot machine. People were listening to Hfireside chats for the first times, and cars were com- ing equipped with all-steel tops. But enough atmosphere. What about the lowly fresh- men we left on the granite steps of Gray? Awe-stricken, they wandered into the fold of the portals of learning. After the routine of nose-counting, they settled down to their respective home rooms, The freshman year was added to history. So, too, were some certain of the students. Others from higher grades filled their places, and time marched on. September, 1937 found an eager group of ex-fresh- men again enrolling in high school. Seasoned veterans new, they bravely faced the storm and calms of soph- omore high school life. P The sophomore year is the year of electives for the new student. For the first time he can choose a goodly part of his curriulum, and prepare himself for what he supposed to be his life's work. We studied our way through the maze of algebra and typing, and advan- ced on to greater honors, The junior year is the turing point between student and senior. The items on our program were headlined by the junior play, dues for the class treasury, and and aftermuch trouble and expense, the junior-Senior' At last. at long last, we became seniors. The thrill of being unsubordinated and experienced! And the fun of the Senior year! The pictures we had taken for the annual, trading seats in the january class' final assem- bly, and then Kid Day, when dignity is foraken for assumed inexperience and informality. The object, the crowning triumph, and the recogni- tion for four years work in high school is all crowded into the one night of graduation. Think of our pride as we are recognized for our attainments. As we receive our diplomas, we say, as did I-lovey: You to the left and I to the right, For the ways of men must sever . . . And it well may be for a day and a night, And it well may be forever. With a steady swing and an open brow We have tramped the ways together, But were clasping hands at the crossroads now In the Fiend's own night for weathersf' '4529E-rv

Page 32 text:

Ah, distinctly I remember. It was in the bleak December GRAY IUNE PROPHECY Elisabeth Clay, Prophet Gooff, oh pardon me! Why, Bonnie Frazier- Greetings, Gate! Where've you been of late? Hazel Hauser, as I live and breathe! I've just rushed down from New York between trips to Paris. I am the buyer for the P. Masten Lindsay Depart- ment Store. How are you enjoying the Winston- Salem Worlds Fair? I think it is marvelous. Tm seeing more of our old school friends-just think, it's been 10 years since that fateful night when we graduated. Come, let's walk over in that direction. They hear a song as they start into the Music Hall. Bonnie, what is the name of that selection? It sounds very familiar, but I can't remember it. She walks over and ask the sales girl who turns out to be Violet Humphries. It is a recording of Diamonds and Roses by Troy Watts and his Tumbling Tooters, with Frank Vestal on the vocai. Would you like to buy the record? Before they can answer, a voice pierced the air. i'Gh, marvelous, stupendous, colossal, it's super colos- sal! lt'S perfect as the assembly march for my school. Bonnie and Hazel whirl at the sound of that voice and then dash forward with a loud scream: Elisabeth Clay! We will now pause, for even Betty jane Smith, the world's champion typist, couldn't write as fast as they talk. It develops that Lib has a private school for girls, with Frances Braddock as chemistry teacher, Sue Long, school doctor, Gladys Lanier, girls' football coach, Cthey've had a bid for the Rose Bowlj and Violet Bostian, head of music department. The three then proceed down the midway among various side shows and rides, where they stop at a newstand. The papers they pick up states in an ex- clusive story by Bob Rominger, that George Morris QQ 28 Gs has just succeeded the late Adolf Hitler as German Chancellor. There is also an account on the social page the marriage of Marilyn Willard, famous ballet dancer, and Bill Hunter, eminent anthropologist. The ceremony was preformed by the Reverend Norwood Green. In the theatre section is a story on the suc- cess of the play now running at Harry Bowman's Little Theatre off the courthouse square. The play produced by Hazel Hauser, is a sequal to the immort- al masterpiece, Gone With the Wind . This play, written by Rebecca Alspaugh, stars Ardith Smith as Scarlett O'Hara's granddaughter, Deep Purple But- ler. It shows under the title of Come With The Rain. Miss Smith stars opposite Bynum Rogers, The Great Screen Lover. In the supporting cast are james Tillman, Lonnie Bovender, Katie Crouch, Mar- garet Speaks, and james Cecil. They leave the newstand and watch some of the side shows. The strong man looks suspiciously like Onnie Wall, and the wild man from Borneo, Louis McNair, the Alex Collins juggling team as if it were made up of Vivien Everhart, Helen Taylor, B. Fansler Eva Shutt, and George Hodges. Lib Gallen, who comes along with her flute case in her hand, pauses long enough to explain that there is a terrible airplane jam and she is having to walk to the Pfohl Highsmith Hall where a concert is to be held. She thrusts a program at them and they read the names of: Pearl joyner, cellist: Frona Mattox, viola player: Dorothy Groce, cornet player, Conrad Stonestreet, second cornet player: and Evelyn Ziglar, clarinet player. ln the Hall of Sports they find picture of the Olym- pic winners for this year: janice Garwood, Ruby Lewter, Ralph Reich, Lawerence Newsom, Carleen fContinued to page l5Oj

Page 34 text:

But we turn our faces homeward right merrily. GRAY IANUARY PROPHECY Prophet, Tom Shore The night of Ianuary 28, 1940, was a hectic one for our graduating class. We were grouped backstage waiting for the graduating exercises to start. The clock said there were still thirty minutes to go before curtain time. Everyone was tense: no one could think what to do. The door opened, and a small, wiry man stepped in. Every eye was upon him as he struggled with a huge suitcase. He brought it over to a table, then turned and said, You are the graduates of Gray High School, are you not? I am Professor Mortimer Q. Magillicudy, professor of physics at Yoohoo U. I have here an invention which will interest you greatly. It is my life's work, and you will be privileged to be the first to see it operate. The professor opened up his strange contraption and began to make adjustments and set up various pieces of equipment. A large screen dominated the center of the table. Remarks is low tones were heard around the room. As they talked and watched, the old professor walked around behind the machine and flipped a switch. A humming sound filled the room. Please dim the lights, the professor requested. Slowly, ever so slowly, the screen took on a green- ish cast. Then still more slowly came the vague out- lines of a picture. lt seemed to move. As the details became clearer, a boat cruising along in smooth waters was seen. The professor began to turn a knob on the control panel, and the ship grew closer and closer. At last it seemed we were on the deck. Passengers went by, laughing and talking. Our attention was caught by a person in a deck chair reading. The reading mat- ter was a Life Magazine and upon a closer look, we saw the date. It was Iuly, 1950. The person let the magazine fall to turn a page, '46 30 is and resognized Miss Glasgow, our teacher. The pro- fessor manipulated various controls that brought us a view looking over her shoulder. The magazine was open to the Speaking of Pictures section. It con- tained pictures of the life of Iohn Snyder, wonder-boy of Broadway, who Wrote, produced and directed the Pulitzer prize play, One Hundred Girls on Lambeth Walk, with the able assistance of Earl Lambeth. On the next page was an advertisement of Walter Hamilton's Hart, Schaffner, Marks, and Hamiltons Clothing Company. Directly opposite this page was an advertisement for Bantam Autos. It contained a letter from the presi- dent, Robert Wishon. On the next page was the story behind the cover. The group picture was Arnold Brown and his Caro- lina Bugaroos. He introduced the new hit tune, A'Round-up Time on the Bar B-Q, and rose to nat- ional prominence with it. The song was written by Wilton Lynch and played for the first time over the air from the stage of lack Chambers Colonial The- ater, and over station WAIR, which was purchased last year by Bill Sink, the well-known humorist- lecturer. The picture of the week was Colonel Iones lLumJ Myers and his corps of National Guards Cadets on drill at the new Whitney baseball park, which was built by the Merle Whitney, chain barber shop mill- ions. On the next page the first exclusive pictures of the world's first all-women's professional football team, the Carolina Socking-birds. Doris Mae Zimmerman handled all the team's publicity. .The former Garnetta Weaver, wife of the owner of the Twisty-Wisty Pret- zel Co., was backing the enterprise. lContinued to page 1561