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

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Rachel Virginia Towell Home Economics Club C15g Science Club C45, Treasurer C45, Dark hair, brown eyes, a nice personality, and truly a very con- genial classmate. Ora Lee Walker First Aid C15, Glee Club CZ, 35 1 Playmakers Club C355 Hiking Club C45. A cheery smile, tops in looks. highly independent, and very re- fined. Helen Weddington Junior Play, First Aid Club C45. Quiet, courteous manner, gener- ous cooperation, willing worker and an amiable disposition. R. D. Wright, Jr. Agriculture Club C1, Z, 3, 45, Rc- porter C355 First Aid Club C3, 455 jitter Bug Club C45. A tritle lazy- a hit mischievous. always ready for fun, a friend to all who know him. Page Sixteen Irene Troutman Winecoff High School C1, 253 First Aid Club C15. A nice smile, quiet manners, an essential factor in one's list of un- forgettable friends. Ruth Geneva Weast Glee Club Cl, 255 Playmakers Club C355 Jitter Bug Club C45, Home Economies Club C15 g Ten- nis C45, Basketball Cl, 25. A happy laugh, a wise remark, a desire to have B- good time always, the truest of Pals. Martha Lorene Wertz Basketball Cl, 2, 3, 45 5 Glee Club Cl, 2, 3, 45, Home Economics Club C15, Vice-Presidentg Na- tional Honorary Beta Club C451 Junior Playg Playmakers C3, 45 5 The Spectator Staff C45, Club Editor, YELLOW JACKET Staff C45, Associate Editor, Senior Play. A hard worker, an accomplished pianist, very attractive, a student who by doing her best always has made her place in the hearts ol her classmates and in the records of mn- school. Elsie Yarbrough Lincolnton High School Cl, 253 Junior Glee Club C353 The Spec- tator Staff C45, Typist, National Honorary Beta Club C45, An admirable character with her cheery smile and typing fingers. A person who has a mind all of her own but who is very faithful to her friends and our class.

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Bennett Parks First Aid Club C235 Glee Club C235 Playmakers Club C3, 43. A tritle lazy, quite a lady's man Cespecially in study hall3. Not very studiuus but hx!-PPY most of the time. Playmakers Play C43 . Emojean Shulenberger National Honorary Beta Club C3, 435 Playmakers Club C3, 435 Glee Club C1, 2, 3, 435 Home Economics Club C135 Junior Play5 YELLOW JACKET Staff C3, 43, Assistant Business Manager C33, Advertising Manager C43, School Reporter C2, 3, 435 Class Secretary-Treasurer C435 Play- makers Play C43. Twinkling toes, a rlimpled smile, pleasing personality. graceful as a queen. petted and admired by all who know her-really the pick of the bunch. Rae Smith Playmakers Club C335 Junior Play5 First Aid Club C235 Glee Club C1, 23. Full of laughter, good natured, full of energy and activity outside of class but a tint of laziness about studying. Rebekah Grace Taylor Glee Club C1, 2, 3, 43, Vice-Pres- ident C335 Playmakers Club C3, 43, Contest Play C33, Playmakers Play C435 Home Economics Club C135 Basketball C1, 2, 3, 435 Tennis C435 The Spectator Staff C3, 43, Business Manager C33, Sports Editor C435 National Honorary Beta Club C3, 43, Vice- President C435 YELLOW JACKET Staff C2, 43, Solicitor C23, Editor- in-Chief C435 Class President C135 Chief Marshal C33. Brilliant, a leader in all school affairs. a Popular classmate loved and admired hy all her friends. eniom Ruth Rymer Home Economics Club C13 5 First Aid Club Essence of sincerity. 111083 IS I mouse, pleasant disposition, and a way about her that makes us all like her. Duard C. Sloope Glee Club C2, 3, 435 Playmakers Club C335 Junior Playg YELLOW JACKET Staff C43, Business Man- ager C435 Business Manager The Spectator C435 Jitter Bug Club C43 5 Basketball CZ, 3, 43 5 Tennis C435 Senior Play C435 Playmak- ers Play C43. Mischlevous, witty. cute, and yet polite: slightly lazy about study- ing but a. pretty good fellow, Hazel Elane Suther Home Economics Club C135 First Aid Club C235 Art Editor The Spectator C3, 435 Art Editor YELLOW JACKET Staff C335 Na- tional Honorary Beta Club C43. Witty and always happy, friendly manner, with an unfalterlng class spirit, superior genius as an artist. Iverus E. Thompson Home Economics Club C1, 23, Vice-President C235 First Aid Club C23 5 Playmakers Club C33 5 Hiking Club C43, Secretary- Treasurer5 Assistant Manager School Store C43. nam to learn to know. yet ima by all who really know her, z lead- er and a good manaker. Page Fifteen

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Aafory of fda 641,55 of 39 Some people think t'Life begins at forty , but to us, thc Seniors of 139, life began in the fall of '35 when after struggling through the first seven years of school we entered high school as Green Freshmen , There were 62 of us as we ventured towards this adventure. And what an adventure! Mighty Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors walked around with their disgusted looks Mwhere in the world did you come from? whenever they gazed at us Freshmen. Determined to win ourselves a name in Landis High we elected officers, I was chosen President, Mary Gladys Fisher Vice-President, and Margaret Patterson Secretary-Treasurer. Under the guidance of Miss Parker and Mr. Bennett we intended to show the upperclassmen our talents. Many people went out for school activities, especially Glee Club and Basketball. After shedding many tears in Home Economics, and writing many themes in study hall, our first year in high school had finished, a year that began our high school life. The Sophomore year started with only 59 students. This decrease was mostly because of marriages or becoming tired of school, nevertheless, we were upperclassmen now and could 'iboss the Freshmen around. This, perhaps, was our saddest year because one of our dearest members, Marie Heglar was taken away from us by death. We again made a name for ourselves by our activities in Glee Club, Basketball and Agricultural Club. This year we elected Mary Gladys Fisher President, James Chapman Vice-President, Mildred James Secretary-Treasurer. We made a little money that year, enough to open a savings account. During the summer we sponsored many programs and happily started our Junior year with money towards our Junior expenses. We had S3 Juniors. To guide us as Juniors we elected Lucile Honeycutt as President, Madeline Cavin as Vice-President, James Chapman as Secretary and Mildred James as Treasurer. Miss Black fMrs. Ralph Linn nowj and Miss Bowlin were to help lead us on this adventure. What a busy year we had as 'tJolly Juniors I Again the members of our class were active in Basketball Cone of our classmates, Sarah Drye, was chosen Captainb, Glee Club, and to this we added Dramatics, Annual Staff, School Paper Staff. We had a large representation in the National Honorary Beta Club. - After Christmas the cast for the play Mammy's Li'l Wild Rose was announced. Our first public performance! We thought it was very successful and plunged ahead with bigger ideas, the most important of which was the annual Junior-Senior Banquet. This gala affair was held at the Yadkin Hotel and was carried out very successfully Cwe hopedb using Valentine as our theme. What excitement! Getting bids, new dresses, and learning to dance because it was this year, for the iirst time, that we furnished as entertainment dancing at the banquet. This delightful occasion was followed several months later by a Senior-Junior Prom in the gym, sponsored by our grade parents, putting the tinal touch on a never-to-be-forgotten year. Forty-eight of us came back to begin our last year as t'Dignified Seniors , although we didn't deserve this name. Again We Seniors took great part in school activities and we often wondered what the school would ever do without us. Our officers for this year were: Mary Gladys Fisher President, James Chapman Vice-President, and Emojean Shulenberger Secretary-Treasurer. After we got our rings we really began to feel our importance and we were ready to make our Senior year our most pleasant one. One of our girls, Margaret Patterson, won a M.G.M. screen test and also the title Miss Landis-China Grovel' in beauty contests. The Staff for the YELLOW JACKET was announced and a great campaign of getting ads, taking pictures, trying to sell annuals, and making money began, Our play Lindy Lou , was a huge success and encouraged by this success we sponsored Hcookingn at the annual Basketball Tourna- ment. We really Hcame outl' in grand style at the Junior-Senior Banquet at the Yadkin Hotel. The Juniors gave us a wonderful trip to Treasure Island, feeding us bountifully and entertaining us with dancing, bingo, and Chinese Checkers. The Senior-Junior Prom, sponsored again by our grade parents, ended our social life as Seniors. We felt rather sad as the night faded away and we realized that never again would we be together as Juniors and Seniors of Landis High School. Preparation for commencement kept us busy for the last few weeks. So commencement finished our school life in four years, and now we are prepared to face the world courageously and make a name for ourselves in the World as we have in high school. REBEKAH TAYLOR, Class Historian. Page Seventeen