Kinston High School - Kay Aitch Ess Yearbook (Kinston, NC)

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“Ray Wooten, with the help of his loving spouse, is getting rich quick managing a chicken farm. “Allen Curtis is world-famed for his baseball record. He has scored even greater than Babe Ruth. “Thou wilt be surprised to know ' that Margaret Edwards is married, for she was sworn into the club of Man-Haters in the year 1928, but Margaret has a career, too. She has taken the honored place of Eleanor Boardman in the movies. Leo Edwards is her director. “Grace Brown and Virginia Smith are proprietors of a lingerie shop in Smoky Run, N. C. The name of their worthy place of business is ‘The Sharpe Silk Shop for Every Shape’. “Thou knowest already that Elmer Harrison is now superintendent of thy beloved insti- tution, Old Grainger. He is loved by every member of the High School, and has succeeded in making a vast improvement in it. “Abe Stadiem was recently elected to the House of Representatives by an overwhelming majority. Much of the credit for his election goes to Julian Vatz, the celebrated orator, who was Mr. Stadiem’s campaign manager. “Horace Tyndall and Ray Taylor have formed a partnership. The sign in front of their office reads; ‘Taylor Tyndall — Civil Engineers.’ “Eleanor Wooten has become quite -well known as a movie star. Also much attention is being focussed on George Vick, w ' ho is her leading man. “O Thou of Little Worth, know ' that Grace Cox is the official organizer of revolutions for college students against the faculty. She is very efficient in her work, and she never fails in her purpose. Her husband is jealous of her work, however, as it takes her away from him so much. “Julis Gray w ' as recently ' discovered by Harrison Fisher and is quite busy these days posing for Neysa McMein and other noted artists. “John Miller and Melford Wilson are now ' prominent brokers on Wall Street. Success has reached them both. “Madeline Adallah is spending some time in Arabia, thus fulfilling a life-long ambition to watch the sun set on the desert. “Helen Spencer enjoys teaching in the Haw’aiian Islands w ' hile Lucille Sellars makes a very competent private secretary to the Attorney General of U. S., Waddell Waters. “Thou Brainless Idiot, Fannie Forrest is now ' an instructor of Latin at Wellesley College and Mary Ward Hardy is editing a book on ‘The Poland of Today.” “Mamie Hines LaRoque is w ' riting short stories for Hilda Shute’s magazine, ‘Racy Ripples.’ “Frederick Whitaker has been appointed Ambassador to Spain, and Albert Cow ' per is our Consul in Persia. “Henry Temple and Elizabeth Miller, stars of ‘Marlon’ of last season, are considering Eugenia Tull’s new ' play as their next co-starring vehicle.” Here the Sphinx closed her aw ' fu! mouth. She has told something of every- member of the class but myself. I, having had an uneventful decade, w ' ished to learn of my future. I, therefore, invoked the awful presence. “O August Personification of Know ' ledge,” I prayed, “Tell me of my future.” There w ' as no answ ' er. “Mighty Surveyor of the Ages, reveal unto me my fate.” But the ancient lady refused to speak, and I went on my w ' ay, rejoicing in the knowledge I had gained of my former classmates.

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“Dorothy Raymore is an author. Her most notable work is ‘How to Catch a Man and Hold Him,’ which appeared under an assumed name. “The cartoons which appear anonymously in ‘The Home Town Gazette’ are the work of thy beloved classmate, William Coleman. His name shall soon rival that of George McManus and Bud Fisher. “O Thou of Little Worth, thou shalt soon meet one in China who is zealously Christianizing the heathen. Her name is Gola Mae Stanley. “Sebia Holton is a much beloved teacher of primary children. She has deserved much praise. “Roger McDaniel and Edward Osborn, in their comedy skit, are headliners with Keith Vaudeville this season. “Verna Worthington has been married for lo, these ten years. Her domestic life is ex- ceedingly peaceful. “O Ignorant Protoplasm, Carrye Braxton is at this moment signing a contract to paint the picture of the King of England. “Zoe Waller is quite famous for her kindergarden work. She is quite pleased with her occupation. “North Carolina is ably represented in the National Senate by Joe White Mallison and Edwin Stahl. “Nellie Beach and Doris Lanier are enjoying life in the Garden of Flowers. Thou canst construe a double meaning to the statement if thou dost desire it. “O One of No Renown, Christine Williams is a model in a select French Modiste Shop. Her occupation elates her to the Nth degree. “Gentry McLawhorn will conduct a Bureau of Information for lovelorn lassies, as she is the best authority on the management of such affairs. “Carlyle Rawls is superintendent of schools in New York City. He is also married but not being content with married bliss, he became prominent in school affairs. “Learn, O Less than Nothing, that Lena ' Valler is very successful as the director of the ‘Hotsy-Totsy’ Orchestra. She plays the piano. But this is not strange, for, as thou rememberest, she once held the position of chief banger. “Mildred Stroud is the contended wife of a Methodist minister. Several little ones bless the household. “Katherine Pittman is enjoying a perfect round of gayety in New York. She is married to a wealthy broker and is the leader of New York society. “Susie Mae Hawkins and Frances Cook reign supreme over their respective domestic circles in Kinston. “A new tractor is on the market, and it has acquired a fortune for its inventor. It is called the Eugene tractor, and the U. S. patent shows the name Sutton. “Ella Rinker Brown, Mildred Harper, Helen Davis, Doris Grady, and Thelma Davis are all enjoying married bliss. “Know, O Worm of the Earth, that Catherine Cook is Cook no longer. She is the wife of a wealthy insurance man of the city of — well, never mind. “Margaret Amos is painting scenes. They are all studies in brown. But this is not strange, for her name is Brown. 32

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State of North Carolina, County of Lenoir, City of Kinston. We, the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-eight of Kinston High School, aforesaid state and county, being in sound mind and full possession of all our faculties, do hereby make, declare, and publish this document as our last will and testament. We realize that our goal has been reached, preparatory to enrolling ourselves in the great school of life, and now it Is our desire to dispose of several assets, privileges, and rights in the following manner, to wit: First, we direct that the funeral services for the senior privileges be conducted by the school board, only provided they be carried out with all the dignity and pomp which they merit. Item I. To our beloved Alma Mater we leave undying gratitude for the many noble services she has rendered us since we first entered her majestic doors of learning as green and ignorant freshmen. Item II. We shall always hold a permanent place in our hearts for our faculty, who have labored, in vain we fear, to teach us the ways of the world. If only we may be ah ' e to pass the good work on to the coming generation, we shall not feel that the work of this faculty was to no purpose. Item III. Section — To the Juniors, who shall soon take our places, we do bequeath all rights, privileges, and dignity of the Seniors, together with the right to publish the Kay-Aitch-Ess, our school annual, and the Connecting Link, our school paper. It is our will that they make the best use possible of proverbial senior dignity, hoping they may become a better class than we have been able to be. Section 2 — To the Sophomores, we hereby leave all good counsel, wisdom and advice that we have been able to awiuire from various sources during the past four (4) years, and refer them during our absence to the future faculty. Section j — Whereas, the Freshman Class has become so prominent in affairs pertaining to the school, we advise that they make full use of our store of common sense, authorizing the superin- tendent to give them a diploma in three years, certifying that they have acquired all of the common sense willed to them by the Class of ’28. Lastly, we nominate the superintendent to execute this, our last will and testament. In testimony whereof, we, the Senior Class of 1928, have to this last will and testament set our hands and seal, this the first day of June, anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and twenty- eight, hereby revoking and making void all other wills made heretofore by us. (Signed) The Class of 1928 [seal]. Attest: Christine Williams, Testatrix Henry Temple, President 34