Hartsville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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Item 10: We. Inza Rouse and Jeroline Stack, do will to Edward Brown and Charles Burch our Scholarship. Item 17: We. Sara Benson, Mahle Tatum, and Olive Kirvon. do bequeath our curly locks to Margaret Moak, Henrietta Gandy, and Harold Heustess. Item 18: We. Gladys Sedlierrv and Annie Davis, do leave our height to Irene and Marguerite Benjamin. Item 1! : We. Klise Hawkins and Nettie Edwards, do hereby will and bequeath to Bill Abbott our combined dignity so that she may be more reserved in the presence of the teachers. Item 20; We. Willie Stack and “Winks Bailey, do will to Jack McIntyre and Lester Blackwell our ability to translate Latin. Item 21: We, Ilenrv Montgomery and Hugh Byrd, do will to Leo Tyner and Garvice Sligh our ability to look wise when we do not know our English. Item 22: We. Miriam Rhodes and Mary Parrott, do bequeath to Bob Fletcher and Samuel Coker our gentle voices. Item 23: I. Weldon Twitty. do will and bequeath to Leon Pennington and Pink King, jointly, my reserved seat in the Arcade Drug Store. Item “24: We. Beatrice Williams. Mary Ellen Young, and Leona Courtney, do will our power of self-control to Charles Funderburk, Florence Elliott, and Bela Johnson. Item 2.' : I, Russell King, do bequeath to Mary Bethune and Francis Goolsby my good nature. Item 2 : I. Frenton Rogers, do hereby devise and bequeath my surplus knowledge of American History to Louise Beasley and Charles Manship. Item “27: I, Thomas Hicks, do will to Pauline Burns my ability to bluff and get by with out any work, hoping she will use it to advantage. Item 28: We, Ruby Ingram anti Lula May Stogner, do hereby will to Percie Ingram and Dorothy Tillotson our ability to use paint, lip-stick, and eyebrow pencil, hoping that they will succeed as well as we have. Signed. Declared, and Published by the Class of One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-five, as its last Will and Testament on this, the Twenty-ninth Day of the Month of May. One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-five. Witness: Testator: Bii.lt Crawford. Jr., (age 3 years) Nettie Edwards Gladys Hrxgerpii.ler, (age 8 years) Karl Chapin Ivupper, (age 5 years)

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g»rntnr (Elaaa Util We, the Seniors of the Hartsrille 11i«rli School, being of sound mind and memory and mindful of life's uncertainty, do hereby make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, thereby making all previous wills null and void. Item 1 : To our beloved superintendent. Mr. Thornwell, we wish to leave our deepest thanks and sincerest appreciation for the many things he has done for us. Item 2: To Mr. Hungerpiller and the faculty, we bequeath our apologies for not having taken advantage of the many opportunities which they have presented to us and our thanks for their guidance and help. Item 3: To the Class of '2fi. we will our loving respect for the faculty. On second thought, we add our dignity and responsibility. Handle with care and you will be a glory to ‘•Alma Mater.” Item 4: To the Sophomore Class, we will our books, realizing at the last moment that they are helpful in school work, with the hope that they will use them more than we have done. Item 5: To the Freshman Class, we donate our knowledge, in order to lighten the burden of the remaining three years of their high school. Item ( : Before disclosing the present will of our class, we, the Class of 25, bequeath to the entire high school our loyalty and hope that you will strive as hard as we have to make old Ilartsville High School the best in the State. Item 7: We. Hannah Harrington, Martha Morrison, and Faedene Ridge, do will to Pearle White. Edith Renfrow, and Annie Mae B atkins our positions on the basketball team. Item 8: We, Eoline Folsom and Alice Shaw, do will our preciseness to Joe Tillotson and Dora Harrington, hoping that it will aid them greatly in standing their examinations. Item 9: We. Rosine Chase, Lucia Ferguson, and Sarah Heustess, do will to Travis Lockhart, Mildred Price, and Eleanor McKinnon our long hair. Item 10: We. Elizabeth Powe and Mildred Jordan, do will to Carlisle King and Lever Edwards, our amusing knowledge and startling information. Item 11: I, Mable Abbott, do will my quickness of step to Elizabeth Corley. Item 12: We. Edith McDonald and Wilhelmina Lee. do will to Grace Brown our well worn powder puff and rouge, seeing that she is in sad need of these articles. Item 13: T. Huger Byrd, do will my love for Algebra and my marvelous ability to solve problems to Mertis Carpenter. Item 14: We, Etta Hunter and Helen Folsom, do will to Kathleen King and Sara Parrott our love for Math., hoping that it will enable them to pass. Item 15: We. Katherine Shaw, Ola Dunn, and Ethyl Kennedy, being surfeited with love and lovers, do devise and bequeath to Annie Lee Cooley and Virginia Coker all our long distance calls and “Special Delivery letters.

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§ rnior (Class JJrnplirry Tlie dear old class of '2 was assembled in the large new auditorium and gymnasium of the H. H. S.. actually seating 5,000 comfortably! A feeling of great joy overwhelmed me, while my heart sang this song, “Our boys won’t stand no more, our boys won’t stand, when chapel time comes round again, our boys won’t stand.” However, I was not prepared for the real thing when I opened the door. As usual I was the last to make my appearance. but my motto is Better late than never, and a poor excuse is better than none.” As I walked in. a flash of green and white met my eyes. Our own class colors! White roses everywhere! And every member present (when I got there) ! Around the banquet table we sat—I was at the foot, (my acccustomed place). Henry Montgomery, now principal of Hartsville High School, rose with even more dignity than he used to reveal as president of our class, and called the meeting to order. His voice filled us with memories as he spoke: “Welcome, fellow classmates. It seems but yesterday that we were here. I am sure that, since so many years have passed away, the same desire is uppermost in the minds of all.—each one wants to know about every other one, •Who are you. where are you. whom are you with, and what are you doing?’ A program has been arranged to display the musical talent of some of our class, after which there will be a general get-together meeting.” When the music began. I learned that this was to be a concert given by Misses Wilhel-mina Lee, Rosine Chase, and Sarah Heustess. These three had been the musicians of our class, and I was delighted to learn that they had been making operatic tours of Europe. They were to be accompanied by Miss Mabel Tatum, who is now the well-known pianist of Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra. As I left the banquet table. I proceeded to visit our old haunts. In the library I ran into Tom Hicks. Lula May Stogner. and Ethyl Kennedy, who were all intensely interested in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Milton's “Paradise Lost,” and other great literary achievements. So Tom. Lula May. and Ethyl were still interested in studying: they were always the most studious members of our class. In the hall I met Miss Faedene Ridge, who. I learned, is now athletic director at Sargent, conversing with Miss Elizabeth Powe. director of basketball at Vassar. Whom should I next meet but Misses Ola Dunn and Ruby Ingram, who are now noted chautauqua entertainers? Hearing a familar laugh. I turned and beheld Miss Gladys Sedberry, now teacher of French, Latin, Greek, and other foreign languages at Converse College, a task for which she was especially fitted. On leaving her. I met Misses Jeroline Stack, Mary Parrott, and Miriam Rhodes, who told me that they were now playing leading roles in “Jack King’s Comedians. I could hardly recognize them as the three very quiet members of our class. Seeing two familar figures dressed in white and wearing little white caps, I instantly recognized Misses Edith McDonald and Nettie Edwards, who