Leaksville High School - Weaver Yearbook (Leaksville, NC)

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The PILOT Ve IP SALUTATORY Classmates and Friends: We have come to an important occasion in the lives of the members of this Senior Class. It is an occasion which to us is both sad and joyful — sad because we realize this class of ’39 will part never to meet again under the same conditions — joyful because we have achieved, at last, that which we have worked for so long. We are opening a new book in our lives — one whose pages will be filled by our deeds and undertakings of tomorrow. We are glad that with us are parents, teachers, and friends to whom we owe so much. We wish to take you with us as we review the joys, sorrows, misfor- tunes, and comedies of our high school days and also as we look forward into the future. We appr eciate your presence on our graduation night. It is with great pleasure that I welcome you in the name of the class of ’39 to this occasion which we have long anticipated. WELCOME! Marion Shumate. {27fc— GRAND THEATER Tri-City’s Show Parlor on the Boulevard — Phone 413

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The PILOT VALEDICTORY Fellow classmates, we have come to the end of our high school days and for many of us it will the last time we shall be together. Whether we go or stay, we shall all find abundant cause to remember our school as a place of joy and achievement. The events of today and the days past will always be recalled with pride and per- haps pleasure. As the old folks recall days of their youth, so will we think of these days when we rest from the burden and heat of our later lives. Then little incidents, which seem not worth mentioning today, will take on a new light and will possess a greater interest and linger in our imagination. We do not forget the debt of gratitude to our parents and friends who have stood by us through these years of preparation. They have made the burden lighter by giving good advice and by sympathizing with us. To our parents we probably owe an even greater debt, for they have sacrificed that we might have a chance to account for ourselves in this struggle to rise above difficulty. It is our hope that we may make their dreams come true by being students of high ambitions. Classmates, with these commencement exercises we close a period of our lives which I hope has been one of happiness and achievement. Soon we will go away from here never again to be united in the schoolroom. When we think of the past months and years, those seemingly difficult assignments, do they not seem a pleasure and an opportunity rather than work? We are under the spell of two great forces: memory and hope. Of memory, we look back over our lives as students which for the most part, have been happy ones and ones which will always be remembered. Of hope, we stand questioning our own future. As we part, our future is in our own hands; not by accident or circumstances will we fail or succeed. I can wish nothing higher or happier for us than that through our lives, in joy and sorrow, in brightest sunshine and deepest shadows, there may remain a consciousness of a duty well performed and of a life faithfully lived. In the hope of such a future and with an unfailing affectionate remembrance for all, I bid you good-bye. Conrad Shinn. -•«§{ 26 } °- O’MANSKY BROTHERS

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The PILOT PROPHECY A page from my Diary: May, 1950. Dear Diary: This beautiful spring morning takes me back to that day eleven years ago when we seniors of Leaksville High School left its doors forever with mingled feelings in our hearts. The dominant feeling, however, was sadness, because we all realized that once these doors closed behind us we would never again know the intimacy, the joys, and sorrows we had mutually shared during our school days. We also experienced gladness in the knowledge that we were young and had our lives before us. Today the graduates of the year 1939 are scattered throughout the world and their occupations are widely diversified. Conrad Shinn has lived up to our belief that he would climb to the top of whatever profession he chose. He is now chief window-washer of the Empire State Building. He has certainly soared to the heights. Marion Shumate is private secretary to Kenneth Thomas, who is Secretary of War, and they say she is more beautiful than ever. You don’t suppose this could be the reason for the harmony between the United States and other countries, do you? Helon Sherron is a professor of biology, and after several years of research has completed her book Lizards, Their Value and Habits”. The photographs used to illustrate this book were supplied by Guerrant Norman. I know you remember Helen Grogan, Marion Smith, Olive Parker, and Violet Talbert. Well, get set for a shock, hold on to your hats, etc. — they are missionaries in wildest Africa. No, I’m not kidding; it’s really true. Doris Stephens and Evenor MacBride are married now and are living in a cosy little cottage with roses” ’round the door. It is really touching to see how blissful they are. Gordon Pittendreigh, Jack Houts, James Holmes, and Edith Uden have formed a band with Nannie Mae Grogan as the vocalist. The last I heard of them they were touring New York. One day they went up Park Avenue, and due to the fact that it was a lovely day and everyone was in a good humor several coins fell at their feet instead of the customary pots and rolling pins around their heads. Jack still insists a monkey would help business no end. You wouldn’t recognize Lee Siler. He has had all his curls cut off and parts his hair in the middle. He and another famous movie actor, Robert McIntosh, agree that ladies prefer the heroes of the cinema to have sleek sophistication. I was sailing around the bay several weeks ago and saw a beautiful yacht swaying at anchor, and whom should I see sitting nonchalantly in the bow but Bill Dunn and Bruce Kessler! I was utterly speechless! But several days later I happened to see the other side of the boat and on it in huge red letters was painted Once Around the Bay— 25c”. I also found out that John Hodges was the owner of the boat. There was a notice in the New York Times yesterday that Jane Stuart Golden, the famous artist, and Elizabeth Jones, the renowned poet, are resting for the summer on the Lone Star Dude Ranch. James Dehart and Joe Doyle, the owners of the ranch, told the press that these two glamorous ladies are disrupting the entire system of the ranch. No doubt! Ann Koontz is tight-rope tap-dancing in the Edwards and Robinson Circus. Margaret Fulcher is with her constantly, usually with three or four life insurance policies in her hand. Two other famous graduates of ’3 9 are Dorothy Matthews and Hugh Tyner, great physicians in Chicago. Hugh finally conquered his laziness and settled down to work. No, of course, I’m not fibbing! Harold Carter and Hazel Blackburn are astronomers. Isn’t that what you call people who study the moon and the stars? This has been a red letter day in my life because I have found out what so many of my old class- mates are doing. I have always wanted to know what happened to them and the wish has been granted to some extent. I am sure that wherever the rest of the seniors of 1939 are they are equally as successful as the ones I have written about in my diary today. Mildred Dellinger. -• •{ 28 Wilson Beauty Shop