Lincolnton High School - Pine Burr Yearbook (Lincolnton, NC)

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Senior Class Prophecy Being class prophet has not been an easy task, but having beseeched the Unknown Powers, I have been endowed with mysticism by which I have been privileged to gaze through a crystal into the future. When I first gazed into its depths it seemed densely covered with impenetrable cloudsg however, after concentrating all my hyp- notic powers I gazed fascinated into the crystal. At first dimly, and then clearly, I saw the Rose Bowl at Pasadena. Bill Mauney's Duke Blue Devils were battling Charles Tilson's Southern California Trojans for the championship. The scene changed to an automobile race. C. D. Stroup and Billy Byars were in the lead. These boys have certainly profited by the experience gained in Lincolnton. Next I saw the skyscrapers of New York City. Many of my old classmates have taken up life in the Metropolis. Bobby Roseman, and Jack Thompson own a large theatre on Broadway. Mary Rudisill and Anne Page own an exclusive dress shoppe. Clarence Duncan plays short stop for the New York Yankees, while Raymond Rudi- sill and Claude Broome play in the outfield of the New York Giants. James Reinhardt and Charles Little are among the city's most successful physicans. Eddie Pierce is a distinguished poet and lives in a beautiful mansion on Park Avenue. Bill Bandy, Ben Harrill, and Lester Mullen are the owners of a large department store in Lower New York. Martha Mauney and Josie Padgett have made a great success of Broad- way and are planning to go to Hollywood. New York certainly contains a lot of Lincolnton talent. The scene moves to Washington. It also contains a large number of my old classmates. Rebecca Cloniger and Nancy Anderson own a large and fashionable beauty parlor. Jim Duncan, Tom Shuford, and Ray Link are air mail pilotsg while H-oke Shuford flies the passenger plane from New York to Washington. Ophelia Lippard is secretary to Senator Hillard T. Keever. Margaret Shinn and Mayzelle Moore are models in a Washington fashion show. Francis Shuford and Naomi Rudisill are the society editors of the Washington Star. Martha Beam and Georgette Brown own a large and beautiful hotel, with Nell Huss and Beulah Robinson operating the hotel beauty parlor. Edna Mace. Margaret Dellinger, Kate Kiser, and Signora Brotherton belong to the staff of the Congressional Library. Washington has certainly given me a lot of surprises. The next scenes came from many parts of the United States. Lucille Seagle is the very popular coach of basketball at Greensboro College for Women. L. C. Nixon is owner and chief operator of the Packard Motor Company in Lincolnton. Mary Helen Modlin, Laura Mae Mincy, and Ruth Ewing are teachers in Lincolnton High School. Bert Barlow is a sports writer for the Clmrlofic Observer. Charlie Keever and Earl Cook own a large farm implement company in Chicago. Ruth Elrod and Lucy Belle Styers are missionaries in China. Alzora Williamson and Edna Mae Proctor own a large florist shop in Charlotte. William Wilkinson is the retired ban- tamweight champion of the world. Robert Jones and Roy McCreary are Radio an- nouncers in Chicago. Martin VVhisnant and Laurence Whitlock own a chain of Five and Ten Cent Stores over the two Carolinas. Robert Buff is sheriff of Lincoln County, and Wilbur Lowe and Howard Miller are his deputies. H. C. Cashion is a very suc- cessful insurance salesman in Charlotte. Nellie Costner is head nurse in Johns Hop- kins Hospital, while Mary Shrum and Hazel Warlick are her able assistants. Clyde Mullen and Ray Barkley own large ranches in Wyoming. Almetta Cooke married a duke and is living in England. Ethel Boggs, Elizabeth Cornwell, and Mattie Harrill are teachers in Charlotte, Ruby Shuford and Willie Mae Avery own a large lunch room in Baltimore. Blanchard Whiteside, Irene Ballard, and Sarah Cauble are Red Cross workers in the Virgin Islands. I saw all of my classy I wondered what the future held for me? I looked anxi- ously into the crystal, but saw nothing. My magical powers deserted me, but I am satisfied because I have read the invisible futu1'e of my friends. i -RICHARD HUFFMAN, Class Prophet. Page Eighteen

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Senior Class History bln the fall of 1930 when we started our first step on the ladder, towering toward success, it was quite a jump for us. We, as Freshmen, took our knocks and bangs from upper classmen because we were afraid to object. Neverheless, we pulled through our first year and thought we were it, Then came our second step. We dreamed of the day when we should be Seniors: we even learned some of the High School slangg and we were certainly acquiring our share of self-respect. After a winter of toil and slavery we entered into spring with the newly-found joy that we were to carry a daisy chain for the dignified persons that we had loved and ad- mired for the past two years. A few of our number were left behind, but there was no thought of defeat for us-we were climbing up. As we stepped into place as Juniors, we could think of nothing but our Junior-Senior Banquet. The thoughts of gaining a level for one night with those we had admired was too much for us. Every Junior Class has been conceited, and we were no exception. When we finally came down to earth we found that there had been a depression and that our beloved banquet was unttainable. We saved and scraped until, at last, we were able to give our dear Seniors and teachers a party. After this was accomplished, our thoughts turned toward graduation and our place as Marshals. Those who were chosen upheld the Junior morals by acting in a manner becoming to their positions. The top of our ladder was in full view before we realized it. Now our attitude must be sophisticated and dignified. When we weren't work- ing on our priceless annual we were picking out our rings, posing for pictures, and living up to our special privileges. The Juniors were very successful with their financial diiiiculties and they gave us a very unusual banquet. Preparation for graduation took all our extra time. We selected invitations, paid for diplomas, and our caps and gowns, and rehearsed our Senior play most diligently. When graduation finally came and we said good-bye to our school and to our teachers that had been so patient with us, we forgot our sophistication and longed pitifully to be coming back next year. Now that we have reached our goal, we are wishing the very greatest success to the future Senior Classes of L. H. S. -BOBBY ROSEMAN, Hf.sffJI'fUII Page Seventeen

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classmates, hoping they 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. 14. 15. 16 17 18 19. 20 21. 22. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34. 35. 36 37. Last 'Wfill and Testament We, the Seniors of I, Eddie Pierce, do hereby will my to Rat Rhyne. I, Clarence Duncan, I, Palie Shuford, I, Martha Mauney, do hereby will do hereby will do hereby will I, Fazy Little, will my Ford to tice on time. I, Bobby Roseman, do hereby will 1934, do will and bequeath the following things to our lower will each use them to the best of their advantage: position on the PINE BURR staff as class poet my ability to carry water to Yates Campbell. to VValter Clark my blonde curly hair. Walter Clark my indifference. Jaybird Hoover so he will get to Band Prac- my ability to play tennis to Bob Caldwell, so he will then be able to beat Jimmy Reinhardt. I, Laura Mae Mincy, will my ability to debate to Bill Sigmon, so that he may argue successfully with the teachers. I, Almetta Cooke, will to Dot Dellinger my blonde curly hair, so that she will not have to rinse it in soda water, nor will she need finger waves. I, Martha Beam, will to Ethel Bell Hunter my car horn, in order that she may some day be able to play, Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits. I, Hillard Keever, do hereby will my good record of not skipping school to Rat Bynum so that he may quit. I, James Reinhardt, will my place on first chair in the Band to Walter Clark hoping that he and Hugh Putnam do not get in a iight. I, Hoke Shuford, will my ability to do Bookkeeping to Howard Carpenter. I, Tom Shuford, do hereby will my ability to play the violin to Forney Reinhardt. I, Richard Huffman, do hereby will and bequeath my Virgil Pony to Mary Wilson Glenn and Lida Turbytield. I, Charlie Keever, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to pass geometry in two years to Craig Sigmon. I, William Wilkinson, will my ability to box to C. B. Phillips. I, Ophelia Lippard, will my knowledge of shorthand to Fazy Little. I, Ben Harrill, will my personality to Conway McGee. I, Billy Byars, will The Old Ford to Tom Bachelor, so he may be able to get to school on time. I, Lester Mullen, will my geometry ability to Wilbur Lowe. I, Rebecca Cloniger, will to Roberta Brown my quietness. I, Earl Cooke, will to Ethel Bell Hunter my shortness. I, Burt Barlow, will to Walter Clark my tallness, in the hope that he will grow some. I, Sara Cauble, will to Mary Virginia Proctor my bashfulness. I, Ray Barkley, will to Robert Lee Caldwell my place in the Senior Class, if he ever becomes a senior. I, Mattie Harrill, will to Ruth Kiser, my place in the bus and hope she will not be late as often as I was. I, Ruby Shuford, do hereby will my knowledge of 11th English to Fern Hoffman. I, Martin Whisnant, do hereby will my knowledge of 11th English to Shelton Lockman. I, Willie Mae Avery, will my place in 11th English to Lucy Schrum. I. Georgette Brown, will to my little sister Berta the honor of chauffeuring the Chrysler to school all by herself next year texcept for William Yatesl. I, Ruth Ewing, do hereby will to Howard Miller my ability to go to school, hop- ing that he will be on, at least, one class a week. I, Lucille Seagle, Will my place on the basketball team to Cynthia Reinhardt hoping that she will guard better than I have done. I, Nancy Anderson, do will my long fingernails to Ethel Bell Hunter in order that she may have a few more to bite. I, Robert Buff, will my ability to milk cows to Warren Wilkerson. I. Chauncey D. Stroup, Jr., will my title of Wire Head to Bobby Lee Caldwell. We Mary Helen Modlin and Mary Schrum, do hereby will our friendship to Harri- lee Link and Mary Nette Link. I. Beaulah Robinson, do hereby will to Joe Dellinger my place in the bus, so that he may be satisfied. Page Nineteen