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

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SEM MON SUP ERLE WES RuTH CAMPBELL, Best All-Round, Most Talented; Wi1iAm Nessit, Best All-Round, Most Digni- fled Boy; MARGARET BLACKWELDER, Most Dignified Girl; BILLIE TROUTMAN, Most Original, Most Dependable; RuBy JOHNSON, Prettiest; CHARLIE CorRIHER, Most Handsome; VERLINE SHOE- MAKER, Most Athletic Girl, Most Popular Girl; Witz TROUTMAN, Most Popular Boy; CLAUDINE HINSON, Friendliest; ARTHUR LEE, Wittiest, Friendliest Boy; Mary AGNES Bost, Most Influential ; JACKIE SWEATT, Most Intellectual; CLARA MCLAUGHLIN, Most Likely to Succeed; GLENN BROOME, Most Athletic, Most School Spirit (not in picture). CALMS S POE Our dream has reached fulfillment, Our graduation day is here, Joy and sadness are mingled, As the parting time draws near. Our motto, “Onward is Our Aim, Democracy—Our Goal,’ Will inspire each of us, always, To cleave to that which we hold. We've all worked well to do our best, We're loyal, just, and right. And on life's sea may we meet at last, Guarded by our Green and White. All our future success in life We will owe to our teachers dear, It was they who inspired us To do our work from year to year. And to our worthy High School, We will give all our honors due, Trusting our future deeds Will prove gratitude to you, School life! O, the charm that lingers, Will touch the chords of every heart, Happy friends and cherished memories, From which we'll never part. There’s always regret at the end of the trail, SN , SSS ellow Aacket SS There's grief that the journey is done, The red in the morning is fairer to see, Than the gold of the setting sun. MARIE CorriHer, Class Poet Sixteen

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BosBie C. TROUTMAN Hiking Club, 1; Stamp Club, 2; Ballroom Dancing Club, 3; Public Speaking Club, 4. “Voung in limbs, in judgment old.” WILLIAM F. TROUTMAN Science Club, 1, 2, Secretary-Treasurer, 1, 2; Ball- room Dancing Club, 8, 4; Football, 3, 4; Monogram Club, 3, 4; Junior Play, 3; Most Popular Boy, 4. “Wit and wisdom are boriw with a man.” ALMA Lou WATTS Hiking Club, 1; Home Economics Club, 2; Ballroom Dancing Club, 3; Glee Club, 3. “She is pretty to walk with, and witty to talk with, and pleasant, too, to think on.” CARL PRESTON WEDDINGTON Young Tar Heel Farmer’s Club, 1, 2, 8, 4; Hiking Club, 1, 2; Ballroom Dancing Club, 3, 4. “All I ask, the heaven above, and the road below me.” Ray WEDDINGTON Agriculture Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer, 4; Hiking Club, 1, 2; Ballroom Dancing Club, 3. “As merry as the day is long.” WALTER DAVID WEDDINGTON Agriculture Club, 1, 2, 8, 4, President, 4; Hiking Club. 1, 2, 8; Thesbian Literary Club, 4. “He was not merely a chip off the old block, he was the old block itself.” DorotHy ELLEN WILKINSON Glee Club, 1, 2; Home Economics, 1, 2, President, 2; Ballroom Dancing Club, 8, 4, Vice-President, 4; Class Secretary, 3. “The hand that hath made you fair, hath made you good.” HELEN CRAINSHAW Postgraduate. Fifteen

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On Oe lmiiGkHos OF 743 “COMPANY ASSEMBLE!” ‘Face Right!” “For- ward March!” “On the Double!” Such were the commands and instructions equal to in late August, 1939, when ninety- one recruits assembled at Landis High School to begin their four years struggle to attain the highest rank possible. Many began with advantages, their ranks being higher than others at the beginning. The Commanders Edith Beard, B. B. Broome, J. W. Bostain and Donald Cunningham saw to it that Cap- tains Arthur Lee, Jackie Sweatt and Charlie Corrther kept the force on the right course. The first eight months’ basic training was similar for all; it was stiff, but there were no dishonorable dismissals or court martials. All was not work; we had recreation in the form of clubs. Everyone did his best and gained a rank seldom reached by new te- cruits. After four months furlough, seventy-three of the recruits returned to find new Com- manders J. L. Jones and Mrs. John Fox and Sergeants Lula Belle Mason, Jackie Sweatt, Charlie Corriher and Ruth Campbell ready to lead the force for another year. The purpose now was to attain more general knowledge, specialize in certain fields and raise the gen- eral ranking of the force. The end of the year showed that our load had been carried upright against all our handicaps. 1941 found the force, though diminished to fifty-four, refreshed and ready to attain higher goals. The old Commanders had been transferred and the new ones taking their places were Mrs. Ralph Linn and Mrs. Myrtha Doron. The Lieutenants leading this year were Duard Linn, Jackie Sweatt, Robert Alexander and Dorothy Wilkinson. The big event, to be inspected by ‘The Brass Hats,’ for which the force as being drilled and re-drilled, regularly and strenu- Seventeen ously, came off in April. In full dress, the theme “We Sail Our Ship” was carried out. The “Shave Tails’ were given a chance to express their opinions and the lowliest in rank of all were permitted to listen to them —America! The land of the eq ual! The long awaited play production, di- rected by Commander Linn and produced by selected members of the force, was played before a capacity audience in April. The re- viewers proclaimed it ‘‘a perfectly executed cilia The last furlough was spent in prepata- tion for the final advancement in rank. Com- manders Helen Lee and Mrs. Ralph Linn stood by for the action from the fifty remain- ing members of the force. Duty was tre- stricted to local assignments, because of gov- ernment regulations. The force was lead by Captain Lula Belle Mason, Duard Linn, Jr., Margaret Black- welder and Robert Alexander. The first big inspection came early in the fall at a “‘recre- ation fund-booster’ in the form of a dance, which was open to the public. The second big inspection came at the pres- entation of “Miss Smarty,’ which had been drilled by Commander Linn and ably as- sisted in the cast by Captains Lula Belle Mason and Billie Troutman. The force was disappointed that the new recruits would not be able to parade for them this year, but a great sense of patriot- ism and an unfailing spirit of loyalty sup- pressed all “would-be grumblers.”’ “Bar-pinning” exercises ended the force’s full fledged officers’ four years of work and drill. Approximately fifty officers received bars and many more received medals. BILLIE TROUTMAN, BOBBIE TROUTMAN, Historians. Yollow Sache