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

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Judi anal ldfamenf We, the Senior Class, realizing that we too must soon leave you to make our fortune in a new life, do hereby declare and make known to all concerned that this is our last will and testament. To the Superintendent, School Board, and Faculty, we do will and bequeath our sincere appreciation for their many kindnesses, noble efforts, and cooperation shown us while under their supervision. To the junior Class we do will and bequeath the following: our ability to go, do, and say what we please and our place of honor in chapel. We also will you the task of editing the 1940 YELLOW JACKET and making it a success. To the Sophomore Class we do will and bequeath our ability of self-control and obedience. along with all the good grades we have made during the past four years. To the Freshman Class we do will and bequeath our ability to stay on peaceful terms with our teachers. 1. I, Margaret Fleming, do will my art ability to 'tPoke Linn. V 2, I, Alma Lee Morrison, do will my love for the Karrikcrs to Mildred Troutman. 3. I, Helen Weddington, do will my ability to pass notes, and not be seen by teachers, to Virginia Campbell. J4. I, R. D. Wright, do will my nice clothes and ability to drive a bus to W. C. Franklin, JS. I, Evelyn Linn, do will that Hfar away look in my eyes , and my black artificial curls to Evelyn Ruff. -ybf I, Odell Hess, do will my ability to get up my French lessons and to pay attention on class to Leonard Freeze. 7. I, Rachel Towel, do will my ability to look like Kay Francis to Mary Lee Smith. VS. I, Herman Garrison, do will my Pontiac that will take you there and won't get you back to Earnest Garver. vi I, Ruth Rymer, do will my love for Dico to Joe Roberts. 10. I, Rae Smith, do will my red hair and Irish ancestors to Hayden I-Iilton. 11. I, Ruby Ballard, do will my temper and loud laugh to Mrs. Linn. 4-H. I, Bennett Parks, do will my ability CPD to date a half dozen girls in one night to Bobby Major. 13. I, Emojean Shulenberger, do will my baby ways and twinkling toes to Kathleen Bolick. 14. I, Ruth Weast, do will my flirtatious ways and love for foot apparel CShuesJ to Evelyn Suttle. 15. I, Nita Garver, do will my ability to keep my hair looking nice to Nita Mae Ritchie. 16. I, Harry Hill, do will my similar looks to Mr. Lawrence to Cecil Linn. 17. I, Mildred Mull, do will my sweet personality and ability to type to Faye Ruth Nesbitt. 18. I, Fred Heglar, do will my ability as an actor and to date the members of the cast to Herman Weaver. 19. I, Madeline 'tPruitt Cavin, do will my nosey ways and ability not to fall in love to Evelyn Eagle. 20. I, Margaret Patterson, do will my good looks and sweet ways to Mrs. Doron. 21. I, Henry Corriher, do will my ability not to have wrecks to Clyde Bostian. ZZ. I, Pearl Beaver, do will my love for a certain Sophomore boy to any Freshman girl who has the ability to keep him. 23. I, Kathleen Basinger, do will my ability to date radio artists to Hattie Wright. VZ4. I, Sarah Drye, do will my athletic ability to Wayne Fleming. 25. I, Rebekah Taylor, do will my studious ways to Charles Sutton. 46. I, Fred Garver, do will and bequeath my quiet masterfulness to Joe Propst. 27. I, Martha Wertz, do will my love for China Grove to Norman Shue. 28. I, Mary Gladys Fisher, do will my blond curls and winning ways to ,Toy Smith. 29. I, Mabel Karriker, do will my love for all the teachers to Alexander Roberts. 60. I, J. W, Bostian, do will my V-8 Fords, money, and ability to talk to all the girls to Harold Sechler. 31. I, Elsie Yarbrough, do will my love for the commercial course to t'Beanie Harrington. 142. I, Ora Lee Walker, do will my love for textiles CMillsJ, and musical ability to Rachel Linn. Page Nineteen

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enior Cfafw ,Zap ec? The wind howled, the windows rattled, and suddenly the door burst open and in walked the ghostliest hgure I have ever seen. I waited, horrified, and it seemed hours before the weird creature spoke, HI am the spirit of your class of '39, and I shall reveal to you the occupations and the whereabouts of your former classmates. I listened fascinated to the low voice as it continued. Dorothy Bost is a hair stylist and her coiffeurs are copied the world over by well dressed women, while Evelyn McCorkle and Dico Murphy supply the latest creation in hats. Having gone poetical Harry Hill is a successful poet, his latest being 'tGone With the Breeze. Her love for China Grove hasn't deserted her for Margaret Fleming now owns a Florist Shop there. Alma Lee Morrison's favorite pastime, bicycling, has led her on to national honors for she was the only woman to enter the Six Day Bike Race. Queen of taps is Emojean Shulenberger who devotes her time to both Hollywood and Broad-A Way- . Evelyn Linn finally talked a millionaire into marrying her. She now resides in a small town running everything and everybody. With a new V-S and a chain of bakeries, J. W. Bostian is making plenty of dough. Still the best of pals, Kathleen Beaver, Ruby Ballard, and Rachel Towell are singing over the new Landis radio station H-E-L-P, daily, with Bennett Parks as announcer. Happily married Lucile Honeycutt has trouble with Junior because, like his mother, he talks so fast he's had to repeat the first grade for three years. Senator James Chapman of N. C. is a successful politician with Ruth Rymer as his efficient secretary. Fred and Nita Garver own a nightclub jointly with Orchestra Leader Odell Hess and his vocalist, the famous Mary Gladys Fisher, appearing nightly. A national hero is aviator Duard Sloop who recently made a non-stop flight from Landis to China Grove with co-pilot Fred Heglar also receiving honors. Ruth Weast works in a shoe store owned by Henry Corriher. Magnetic personality, plus numerous boy friends resulted in a Dating Agency run by Marie Beaver and Katheleen Basinger for the less fortunate. America's No. 1 Model is Madeline Cavin who models for an exclusive shop in New York City, and in our own home town Ray Smith is proprietor of a Jewelry Store with Helen Wedding- ton as his assistant. Hollywoodis glamour girl is the beautiful Margaret Patterson who finally crashed the movies. R. D. Wright is a scenario writer for M.G.M. While Hazel Suther is an artist for Walt Disney and still another of our classmates, Mabel Karriker, is one of Hollywood's greatest critics. Being studious didn't keep Rebekah Taylor from advancing in sports for she is now the national tennis champion, while Herman Garrison is an all American football star. Sarah Drye always has liked pets and V-8's so she has compromised, devoting her time to being a Ford saleslady and running a pet shop. A music lesson on Friday certainly did help Martha Wertz for she is now a noted concert pianist. Ruby Davis and Margaret Goodman chose nursing as their profession. Ruby is Superintendent of nurses at Mooresville Hospital, while Margaret is a nurse companion to a rich old lady. An heiress to millions, Ineze Medlin is touring Europe while Ora Lee Walker is a Duchess after marrying into foreign nobility. Her ability to present poems with such dramatic force has helped Pearl Beaver much in her dramatic career. Mildred Mull and Elsie Yarbrough continued typing. Mildred is a stenographer in Boston, and Elsie is secretary to a steel magnet. Irene Troutman's enduring patience gained her a position as matron in the Landis Orphans Home. A gossip columnist for the Post, Ineze Ketner keeps up on all the latest news and she often praises her old friend, the champion swimmer, none other than Ivetus Thompson. 'fAnd you, it added with a fiendish chuckle, shall continue your feeble efforts at writing 'Stuff' being as unsuccessful as ever. With a mocking bow my visitor was gone, 'fOh,V' l mumbled, What a strange dream as I returned from the land of nod. MILDRED JAMES, Prophet. Page Eighteen

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