Hartsville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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RETROSPECT S« ! Prophecy of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Six It is exac tly fourteen years since our graduation and notices have been sent to all the members of the Class of 1926 that tonight. May 28, 1940, a novel radio program will be broadcast from the magnificent new high school building which contains, besides an indoor basket-ball court, swimming pool, and auditorium, an elaborate broadcasting station. Tonight’s program is certainly to be a treat to myself and all interested in our dear old ('lass of ’26. Getting up this program was certainly a pleasure to me because I have come in touch with all my classmates. It was no easy task to comb the earth for word of my adventuresome and ambitious friends, but after renewing relations I find Father Time has had little effect on them and they seem just the same old boys and girls that I used to know and all who have changed have changed for the better. This is station H. H. S. broadcasting! Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, our program will be devoted to the tracing of the illustrious Class of 1926 of liartsville High School located at Hartsville, S. C. I he members of this class have accomplished much and your attention should be given to the splendid records that these friends have made for themselves in the wide, wide world. You may be interested to know that I am a member of this class. ou may be surprised in finding the members of this class engaged in so many different occupations, but remember— “Variety is the spice of life ” Pearl White, Mildred Price and Mary Parrott have suddenly turned man-haters and are now canvassing for a home for spinster girls. Bela Johnson is now successfully raising cotton and corn in the country. It’s good to see one farmer in our class, anyway. Carlisle King and Jack McIntyre are nowr prosperous young doctors and have lately established a much needed hospital in Hartsville, in which Irene Benjamin, Claire Cottingham and Lula Mae Stogner hold responsible positions as nurses. Leon Pennington is undertaking a good business around these parts with the aid given him by Dr. King and Dr. McIntyre. I think they must go fifty-fifty on their profits. However, Leon has not become too interested in his profession to let this interfere with his work, because he can still be seen hanging around Boyd-Powe Drug C loin pan y between the hours of four and six in the afternoon. Elizabeth Corley and Charles Manship are now in the midst of a hotly contested campaign for governor. The outcome is predicted to be both close and exciting. I am sure all will l e interested to know that Leo Tyner is now right fielder for the Washington Senators. He played last year in the world series. Harold Heustess and Ed Brown, the horse-shoe champions of this country, are now touring the continent giving exhibitions. It is said that our barnyard golf experts have the art down to a gnat’s eyelash. 1926= I'iujc Tirrnt it-cifjht

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RETROSPECT J 12. To Maude West and Margaret McDonald, we leave the combined feats of Mary Parrott and Dora Harrington in goal shooting, provided they make use of same in less than twelve months. 13. To Ruth Seymour, Margaret Johnson and Flossie Grantham, we give Virginia Coker’s editorial ability—it must be used. 14. To Percie Ingram, we gladly give Pauline Burns’ sweet, retiring nature, with the hope that it will in the future keep her out of trouble. 15. To Otto Wilkerson and Baxter Ridge, we leave Carlisle King’s fondness for “dressing up.” 16. To Hartridge Miller and James hide Jordan, we donate the spelling ability of Kathleen King. 17. To Dorothy McDonald, we give all of Annie Lee Cooley’s musical talents which must be used to the same advantage that Annie has used them. 18. To Susan Hicks and Caroline Gillespie, we give Mary Bethune’s quietness and timidity. 19. To Marguerite Miller and Fannie Tyner, Henrietta Gandy’s beautiful wavy hair—on condition that they won’t curl it. 20. To Leslie Graham and J. D. Cook, we gladly donate Leon Pennington’s fondness for doing the “Charleston.” 21. To Tom Ham and Erastus Young, we leave Harold Heustess’ place on the football team. 22. To Sarah Howie and Pennie Rhodes, we give Charles Manship’s habit of making the highest marks in the class. 23. To Doris King and Ruth Polsom and Blanche Goodson, we give the profound studiousness of Bela Johnson. 24. To Edith Newsome, Esther Lee Moore, Mary Stewart and Theo Mixon, we leave the habit belonging to Leo Tyner of speaking only when spoken to. 25. To Ava M. Billingsly and Sarah Parrott, we give Lula Mae Stogner’s quickness, alertness and jumpiness—for use on the basket-ball team next year. 26. To C. T. Miller, Lester Blackwell and Walton Luther, we donate Claire Cottingham’s shy, timid, bashful manner—it gets you there. 27. To Miriam Gandy, Mildred Wheeler and Katherine Morgan, we leave the boisterousness of Travis Lockhart. Any broken pens, stubs of pencils, cast-off note books, parallel reports, mounds of gum we were compelled to stick hastily in out-of-sight spots to avoid faculty detection, and other mementoes, we bestow freely upon the finder. With our last parting breath, we do hereby constitute and appoint the principal, Mr. J. C. Hungerpiller, sole executor of this our last Will and Testament. In Witness Whereof, we attach the signatures of the Class of 1926. Joe Tillotson, ’26, Lawyer. 1926 Page Twenty-seven

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RETROSPECT »G r Frances Goolsby has at last realized her schoolgirl ambition and has at her command a string of leading men that would make Gloria Swanson green with jealousy. Frances’ acting is delightful and she does wear such beautiful clothes! The report comes that Henrietta Gandy and Pauline Burns are the only ones in the class so far who have changed their names. These two hated to see the dear old class fall down in the ranks of matrimony, and so to avoid this calamity after much persuasion finally succumbed to wounds inflicted by Dan Cupid. They are now living in Hartsville and Maxton, respectively. Travis Lockhart, who began teaching the first year after her graduation, is still faithful to her task and has found much pleasure in a life of service. Another member of this class in the same profession is Kathleen King, who has startled the teaching world with an improved method of teaching Latin. Virginia Coker is well known throughout the country and has made a name for herself in the publishing of her latest hook entitled: “Confessions of a Flapper.” This hook has had extensive publication and the author’s remuneration is large. Mertis Carpenter, who was so fond of drawing pictures of the faculty during study period, has broadened his vocation and is now ranked as one of the leading cartoonists along with Sidney Smith and Bud Fisher. You can see his comic strip in The State every day. I recently had a long letter from old Boh Fletcher in which he informed me that he is now teaching Latin at the University of California. Boh says that he is getting along fine with his wrork and that he couldn’t he belter satisfied. Well, whoever dreamed that Boh would he teaching Latin? Annie Lee Cooley, after having completed her music education at the Boston Conservatory of Music, is now music director of the Ziegfield Follies. She reports having met frequently with her classmates in the big city. Dora Harrington is still managing. Now her job has grown from just the old high school hasket-hall team to the management of the National Association of Women’s Athletics. She is doing her work just as effectively as she did her task at H. H. S. Joe Tillotson has commercialized his gentle art of arguing and after years of studying law at Harvard, he is now figuring in one of the most sensational divorce cases in history. Mary Bethune is his able secretary and advisor. As you all see I have risen no higher than a mere radio announcer, hut even radio announcers have higher ambitions than telling bed-time stories. And now, my fellow classmates and friends, wherever you are in this radio audience, I hope you will all have a happy and prosperous future, and may Dame Fortune continue to shine on every one of you. Station H. H. S. signing off! Good Night! Samuel Coker, ’26, Prophet. 1926 Panc Ticentu-nine