Landis High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Landis, NC)

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i9eIIutn Zatket beninr Clilass ilaistnrp In the fall of 1934 sixty-six maids and pages assembled at Landis High School with the ambition to become knights and ladies. VVe knew there was a hard struggle and much work ahead of us before we could reach our goal, but with great determination we began our climb from pages to knights. That seemed like a large class then. VV e were very meek and good for the first few weeks, or most of us were, because the high and mighty sophomores had promised to initiate us. I suppose we seemed very green to the rest of the High School, but we learned quickly and were not so still and studious as we had been at first. VVe elected as our president, J. L. Sloop, vice-president, Franklin VVilliams. secretary and treasurer, Ramelle Liles. The next Year we came back, sophomores! Quite a few had dropped out. Perhaps they didn't know how much fun we were going to have that year. Vlfe were braver still, and in the spring of that year we had our first party. This made us still more important. For our class officers we had Franklin VVilliams, pres- ident, J. L. Sloop, vice-president, and Mary Katherine I-Iinceman, secretary and treasurer. In the fall of 1936 forty-three of us were back to take the name of jolly juniors. The hrst thing we did was to begin our junior play. After three weeks of hard work Cpracticing a play was harder than we had thought it would bel we gave Crashing Societyn. Of course 1 thought it was good. Then it took much work and many worries to make more money to give the seniors a banquet. Finally, on March 19. 1937. we entertained them at the Concord Hotel with a trip to Ireland and afterwards took them to the show. VVe then began practice for the class day program and we were busy till school closed. This didn't give us much time to think of mischief. W'e had again as our president, Franklin W'il- liams, vice-president, I. L. Sloop. secretary, Helen Deal and treasurer, Della Mae Alexander. Our class advisers were Miss Black and Miss Earnhardt. XV hen we began O111' senior year in the fall of '37, there were only thirty-seven of us to reach the final stage in working toward our goal of becoming knights and ladies. James Bostian joined our group. I don't know why so many had dropped out. A few had married since our freshman year, some moved away, others became disgusted, and some must have inherited a fortune or something. This year we elected as president, Johnnie Beaver, vice-president, Harding Dial, secretary and treasurer, Franklin Williams. Our helpful and patient class adviser was Miss Burge. The staff for the annual was announced and many of our class had hard work to do to make it a success. The second volume of THE YELLOW JACKET won second place in the 1937 Southern Interscholastic Press Association. ln the fall we selected our rings: this made us full-fledged seniors. Then we began to sell magazines. Soon after this the cast for the senior play was announced and we began to work on our play. just before Christmas we gave The King Rides Ry. On Saturday. February 12. 1938. the juniors entertained us at a banquet at the Yaclkin Hotel in Salisbury. It was a night to be remembered. Then came commencement-we had at last reached our goal. Now true knights and ladies. as we go out into the world. we hope to make others realize the importance of education. Instead of a sword as our reward, we have received our diplomas. Now we can face the world as true knights. -EVELYN SMITH Class Historian 1 9 3 8 Page Thirteen

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LUCILE SMITH Glee Club CZ, 3, 41 3 Play- makers Club C3, 413 Home Economics Club C21. A familiar face in the library Ls Lucile's. She is always will- ing to help us find what 'we want, and she knows where in look, too. RUBY TURNER Glee Club C112 Physical Education Club C113 First Aid Club C31, President C313 Playmakers Club C3, 413 Basketball Cl, 2, 3, 41. Captain C313 Junior Play: Senior Play! Beta Club C33 413 Sports Editor of the Spectator. Ruby is good in sports, ll good sport herself. She has been one of the most faithful members of our class. FRANKLIN VVILLIAINIS Editor-in-Chief of the YELLOW JACKETQ Basketball Cl, 2, 3, 41: Glee Club C1,2, 3, 412 Secretary- Treasurer C313 Playmak- ers Club C3, 413 Dra- matics Play C3, 413 Contest Play C3, 41: Physical Edu- cation Club CI1 3 Class Vice- President C113 Class Pres- ident C2. 31: Class Secre- Puge Twelve ellntn gasket 5eninrs 1938 RALPH TURNER Glee Club CZ, 313 Basket- ball Cl, 2, 3, 412 Basketball Manager Cl, 213 Physical Education Cl1. Flash! Bang! The bnll is out of bounds. Wig fumbles again, but he relalinies -with n smile. CLAY LEE VVILKINSON Young Tar Heel Farmers Club C1, 2, 3, 41 3 Junior Glee Club C413 First Aid Club C313 Seed Judging Team CZ, 3, 413 Livestock Judging Team C3, 41. Clay is one of those seeming- ly quiet fellows, but when you get him started, he has plenty to say. tary-Treasurer C413 Chief Marshal C31 3 Beta Club C41, Vice-President C413 Sopho- more Member of Annual Staff C21Q Class Prophet C413 Treasurer of School Store C413 Junior Play3 Senior Play. Franklin has ways of his own as well as ideas of his own. We admire him for his self- relmrlce. t l

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Bellutn Blanket Qeninr lass Brnpijetp Ahl With a sigh of relief I stretch out in my easy chair after a hard day's work. I pick up a dusty old book from the end table and idly turn its pages. Suddenly I take notice of it a11d give a hearty laugh, for it is none other than the yearbook my class of '38 pub- lished. Upon examining it, however, 1 Find that it has in some mysterious way changed, for it gives, not the honors of my fellow Seniors when they graduated, but rather their present occupations and whereabouts in this year 1958, twenty years later. A closer examination reveals that: Eugene CDoc5 Holland has advanced far up the medical ladder-he is chief surgeon at the new Landis Hospital. Geneva Linker is capably serving as head nurse, and Zenna Bare is chief dietitian, with a state-wide reputation. The Reverend J. Harding Dial has just been appointed Bishop of the North Carolina Conference of Methodist Churches. Ralph t-VVigD Turner has at last found profitable occupation for his noisy shoe taps. He has taken Fred Astaire's place on the screen. Another Landisite who is with the moving picture business is Evelyn Smith, who is head of the make-up department in Hollywood's largest studio. ' But here's a sad note in our prophecy. Duard Slough, disappointed in love, has become a lieutenant in the French Foreign Legion. His spare time is taken up in writing the world's best love stories. Another classmate has cashed in on love. Pauline Morrison writes a column for the love- lorn in a big newspaper syndicate. Mary Katherine Hinceman's brilliant salesmanship has indeed stood her in good stead, for she now owns and operates a large advertising agency. Kellar Correll, no longer lazy, is her chief field representative. With a brilliant agriculture teaching career behind him. I. L. Sloop now ably holds the position of Administrator of the Southern Flood Control and Erosion Project. Two other lads of '38 have gone far in the agriculture field. Ralph Ritchie is foreman and part owner of the best group of farms in the Piedmont Carolinas, and Clay XfVilkinson, fol- lowing up a successful chemical education, now operates a chemical fertilizer manufacturing company. Those three inseparables, Ramelle Liles, Mary Katherine Sechler, and Ruth Funderburk, are still inseparable-together they manage an exclusive beauty shop on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Lurline Hill's intellectual ability has carried her to great heights-she is Professor of English at the Woman's College, University of North Carolina. , The many hours spent in the library have not been wasted for Lucile Smith. She is making good as professional book reviewer for three national magazines. The Robert's sisters have at last separated, Marie going to Florida to manage a large winter resort, Rachel living in Chicago and devoting her time to writing excellent poetry. Executive jobs seem to be just right for our Senior president, for Johnnie Beaver is now President of one of the South's largest department stores. Helen Deal's magnetic sm.ile has found true recognition. She is now in New York, modeling for tooth paste advertisements. Matrimony has claimed two of our members. Dorothy Goodman mastered her bashfulness long 'enough to marry an up-and-coming lawyer in Alabama, while Mildred Karriker has become the wife of a ship's captain. and roves the seven seas with him. Fred Heglar's talent, long hidden by his natural modesty, has at last been very effectively shown. He is manager of the 1-958 world's heavy-weight champion boxer. The transportation business gained when flames Bostian became the pilot of the huge transport plane which makes regular trips from New York to Paris. V Dora Corriher's kind and gentle qualities have brought her a much sought aft'er position. She is chapter mother of the largest fraternity on the U. N. C. campus. Della Mae Alexander's ability in business has gone right on with her. She is Business Manager of the Clmrlottc Observer. His slow speech does not prevent Grady Bost from being a good talker. He is one of Uncle Sam's best tax collectors. Saddie Ruth Patterson and Annie Goodnight have gone into partnership. Saddie Ruth gets the latest fashions from Paris and Annie sells them to women all over America. -Ruby T urner's basketball has not forsaken her. Today she is recognized as the best woman's basketball coach in the South and is athletic director at The University. Eloise Cavin has entered the Held of journalism and is now ace reporter with the New York Sun. Addie Mae Overcash's ability' to please the young mens has been carried to practical lines: she designs the very latest in men's necktie and shirt patterns. Page Fourieen 1 9 3 8