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

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following settlements of virtues and possessions on the members ot the sever: 41 lfl 1 ft -,-- vw X '--H Last Will and l estament Having come to the end of our career in Lincolnton High Schonl, ue, the members of the senior lit will and testainent the class of 19.15, being of sound mind and able bodies, do hereby make as our z.. in our footsteps. il classes which follow 1. NYe, Nell Rollins and Mary XYilson tilenn. will to Hal Hoyle and Carroll Abernathy everything that we know about biology so that they will stop asking us sfi many questions. 2. I. Inez Seagle, will my ability to keep out of mischief to Margaret ,lane Childs. 3. I, Betty Sue Honeycutt, will my place in the cafeteria to Marie St-nter. 4. I. Floyd Lackey, will my ability in eleventh history to Bill Sigmon. 5. I, Vtlilma Smith, will my typewriter to C. B. Phillips, so that he may get his typing in on time. lm. I. Mozelle Senter, will my knowledge of French to Bruce Jenkins. 7. I, Edith Lineberger. will my love of books to Pauline Ewing. 54. I, Carl Mctiiinnis. do will and bequeath my English ability to Joe Crooks. 9, I, Eloise Bynum, will to Pearle Bynum my ability to read parallel books. 10. I, Violet Hallman, will my red finger and toenails to Stella Hoyle. 11. l, Consuela NVise, will my habit of chewing gum to Stella lloyle. 12. I, Ella Mae Kiser, do will and bequeath my love of shorthand to Brownie l.ipe. 15. I. Mary lYise, will my place on the basketball team to Doris Bandy. 14. I. Ruth Fortenberry, will my basketball ability to Madge Finger, hoping that she will make a bigger success than I hare. 15. I, Antha Huggins, will my green compact to Ottileen Robinson. 16. I, Martha Yarborough, will to Billy Keener my ability to graduate in four years. 17. I, Bertha Bynum, will my height to Pansy Bradshaw, hoping that she will not have to wear spike- heelefl slippers. 18. I, NYalter Clark, will my French ability to john Harkey Mauney so that he will pass next year. 19. I, Martha Henderson, will to my sisters. Catherine and Clara. my ability to graduate in the next four years. 20. NVQ-. ,lane Page and Bonny Fleeman. will our short stature to Conway Mctlee. 21. I, Charles Little, will my shorthand knowledge to Stella Iloyle, in tht hope that she will some day learn some. 22. I, ,lean Elmore, will my many blushes to Pernell Finger. 23. VVe, Pauline Jones and Thelma Senter. will our big mouths to Paul Rudisill. 24. I. Mary Nette Link, will my ability to keep quiet in study hall to Mildred Ilardin. 25. NYe. Fred Self and Lee NYolfe Starnes. will our reputations to Harvey Jonas and Horace Rhyne. 26. I, L. P. Schrum, will my knowledge of Civics to Carl Mullen. 27 I, VVillie Mae Avery, will my short stature to Uortha Crooks. 28. I, Elizabeth Bbggs, hereby will my knowledge of shorthand to Joyce Norman. 29. I, Geraldine Mauney, do hereby will my place in study hall to Margaret l'leat'ner, in hopes that she will use it as properly as I have. 30. I. Calvin Shuford, will my English ability to Craig Sehriun, for he certainly needs it. 51. I, Jack Rhodes, will my curly hair to Bill Sigmon. 32. I, Clyde Frye, will to Marshall Beal my ability to learn French. 33. I, Ray Kiser, will to Calvin Bynum Phillips my knowleflge of bookeeping. 34. I, Johnsie Hallman, do hereby will my ability to dish it out tsoupl to Virginia Stroup. 35. I, Frances Grigg, do hereby will and bequeath my appetite to Billy Keener. hoping that it will cause him to grow. 36. l. Nancy Arrowood, will my shortness to Margaret tllenn, hoping that some day she may be tall. 37. I, Mary Finger, do hereby will my glasses to Virginia Stroup, so that she may read as much as she wishes. 33. I. Louise McRee, do will to Dorothy Honeycutt my ability to go to Maiden, hoping that she will enjoy it as much as I have. 39. VVe, Ethel Hunter and Annette Childs. will our ability to get to school on time to Nookie Clouiger and Virginia Stroup. 40. I, VVebb Martin. will my position as bus driver to Seibert Lockman. 41. I, Lida Turbytill, do hereby will and bequeath my meager collection of virtues. dignity, seriousness, etc.. to Mildred Hardin. to be given to her in time of need. 42. I, Virginia Abernathy, do hereby will my quietness and dignity to Cynthia Reinhardt. 43. I, Mina Leonard. will my wavy hair to Dorothy Honeycutt. so that she will not have to roll hers up every night. 44. I, Lillie Mae Robinson. do hereby will and bequeath my knowledge of bookkeeping to ,lack Rudisill. 45. I, Harrilee Link. will to Helen Lockman and Ruth Kiser my quiet ways. 1 . 1 , ,V 1 Page Twenltferhrw

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l Mary Wilson Glenn has stopped teaching school and is expected to be married to a foreign Count. William Yates has accepted a long movie con- tract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. James Hallman. Lester Mullen and Ran- dolph Goodson have joined the navy to see the world. Alice Robinson and Virginia Abernathy are teaching tkindergartenj in the old Lincolnton High School building. A new one has recently been built. Joe Leonard is a famous detective. He has figured largely in several big murder cases in New York City. Houston Thompson is a trombonist in a Chicago symphony orchestra. He got his start in the L. H. S. Band. Berge Beam is a successful farmer in the thriving town of Crouse. N. C. Inez Seagle is a missionary to China. Mary V. Proctor. Evelyn Turner and Nell Rollins are models in one of New York's most exclusive shops. Kate Kiser is a clerk in her father's store. Mary Lou Latham and Martha Yard borough are waitresses in the Hotel Charlotte. Pauline McGinnis is manager of her large chicken farm located on the Gastonia highway. Roberta Brown and Bonny Eleeman are famous tap dancers. They ap- peared in a recent stage show held in Charlotte. L. P. Schrum is a traveling salesman and has acquired the gift of gabf' Shelton Lockman has a position with the State Highway. Rollin Proctor has joined his brother Jim. and they are playing profes- sional baseball in Detroit. Eerne Hoffman and Myrtle Hoover are librarians in Lincolnton's outstanding library. Geraldine Mauney is a dressmaker. Betty Sue Honeycutt is a stenographer in an insurance office. Wilma Smith and Ruth Tugman have become famous as clarinet players. Lillie Mae Robinson finished a business course. and is engaged to be married. Joseph Hinkle and James Ramsay are making money on an invention of theirs which has swept the country. Bertha and Eloise Bynum are owners of the Bynum Lunch Rooms. They are assisted by Willie Mullen. Mary Wise, Ella Mae Kiser and Dorothy Yarborough. Thelma and Mozelle Senter are working in a Paris restaurant. Ralph Smith and Carl McGinnis are undertakers. They use a recently dis- covered method of embalming and are efficient in their work. Consuela Wise is a geometry teacher. Martha Henderson has written a short novel which was published in Cosmopolitan Magazine. Edith Lineberger is a private secretary for President Roosevelt who is still in office. Louise McRee and Roberta Carpenter are nurses in the Mayo Brothers Clinic. Which reminds me that Hugh Putnam has no time for delving into a future, so with a sigh for happy remembrances and renewed hopes for the future. he unwillingly turns from the book which again is slowly closing to a busy present. He'll have to wait his turn for the new pages of a future. of which these readings have made him hopefully optimistic. HUGH PUTNAM. Class Prophet. Page TLUt'l7ly-ILUO

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46 47 48 49 50 51 JZ 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 00 ol 02 U3 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76. 77 78. 79 80. S1 f i rim . 7- , ,r N! 1 1 ll f if. -+1 A I 1' 1. mfg. I, Ruth Tugman, will my ability to make talks in English to Marshall Beal, hoping that he will have more success than I have had. VVe, Oleka VVilliams, Mary Virginia Proctor, and Florence Hartman, will our title, The Noisiest Three in School, to C. B. Phillips, Jack Rudisill, and David Heavner, hoping ihat they will till it as well as we have. ' I, Myrtle Hoover, will my curly hair to Avis Heavner, so that she will not have to curl hers any more. I, Louise Bridges, will my ability to learn American History to Duett Grigg. I, Bob Vtlliisnant, will to John Leonard my title Mr, Bruton's Pet. I, Ed Smith, will to Margaret Glenn my ability to make seventy on all my subjects, so that she may graduate with honors. I, Joseph Robert Nixon, Jr., do hereby will my Cicero and Virgil ponies to Margaret Glenn and Mil- dred Hardin, to be owned jointly, in the hope that they will be able to translate Latin. I, John Smith, do hereby will and bequeath my place in the Cicero class to Lee VVolfe Starne's little brother, Raeford. I, Rose Hallman. do hereby will and bequeath my Flirtation VValk to Vada Cauble. I, Mary Frances Mundy, will my place in the National Honor Society to Lib Cline and Jim Mundy. I, Lester Mullen, will my ability in tenth history to Marshall Beal, hoping that it will keep him from l'lunking out in baseball season. I, Wilson Reinhardt, will my tlivver to Steve Barineau, so that he may get to school on time. I, Joe Leonard, will my title of Slop to Harvey Jonas, I, Shelton Lockman, will my ability to drive bus No. 21 to David Hovis, hoping that he may enjoy it as much as I have. I. Warren Wilkinson, will to Slip McGee my seat in Miss Rainwater's home room. I, Lucy Schrum, will my ability to talk in Study Hall to Seibert Lockman, as he never seems to say a word. I, Alice Robinson. will to Stella Hoyle my smallness so that some day she may get thin. I, Roberta Brown, do hereby will and bequeath to Glenn Beatty my car, so that he won't wear his thumb out going home after basketball practice. I, Hugh Putnam, do hereby will my position of first chair clarinet to Alf Costner. I, Mary Lou Latham, will my knowledge of eleventh English to Margaret Heafner, and hope that she will like it as much as I did. I, Dot Dellinger, do hereby will my knowledge of eleventh history to Sarah Bynum. I, James Goodson, do hereby will my name Mrs, Ramseur's pet to Victor Cashion. I, Houston Thompson, will my knowledge of French to Evan Shelton. I, Ruby Lineberger, do hereby will my ability to play a saxaphone to Harold Lohr, so that he may play in the band. I, Elizabeth Asbury, will my ability to skip school to Lib Rudisill, in the hope that she will never get caught. I. Jim Gamble, will my knowledge of practically nothing to Ed Johnson, so that he may someday know something. I, Augusta Boring, will my place at the head of the table in the cafeteria to Bill Grice, hoping that he will get as fat as I did. I, Evelyn Turner, bequeath to my sister Carolyn my knowledge of French, so that when she studies it she may pass. I, James Shives, will my job as bell boy to Bill Sigmon, hoping that he won't keep it as long as I have. I, Paul Rhyne, Jr., will my ability as a history student, the brains of the class, to Master John Harkey Mundy Mauney, so that he may pass next year. as I think he will fail this year. I, Ralph Smith, do hereby will my typewriter to David Robinson, hoping that some day he will become world's champion typist. VVe, Fern Hoffman and Roberta Carpenter, will our quietness and dignity to C. B. Phillips and Jack Rudisill. I, Rollin Proctor, will to Evan Shelton my ability to erase errors on my typing paper, hoping that he will fool Miss Roseman as often as I have. I, Catherine Yoder, do hereby will to Ottileen Robinson my dimples. I, James Ramsey, will my ability to read from a Caesar pony without getting nervous to J. R. Lineberger. I, Fred Kiser, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to study eleventh English to Garland Goodson. The above document, constituting the last will and testament of the senior class of nineteen hundred and thirty-hve, has been duly witnessed and signed by the following responsible underclassmen: CRAIG SCHRUM PUITT LAWING BILL GRICE Mixnci: Fmoen Page Twenty-four