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

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Mildred Craig. his secretary. In a large Ladies Ready-to-Wear store are Bertha Holland and Modena Sigmon. In the Western Union oflice is Louise Letherman. Her assistant is Lethia Hoffman. There goes Seibert Lockman strutting along the street. He is the owner of an automobile factory. In another building are Betty Shrum and Mable Heavner giving singing lessons. Going on up several floors. I see Kenneth Proctor, a famous author, writing a book on How to Flay Good Basketball. Moving over to Greensboro to the Womans College, I see Mary Craig Caskey coaching the girls' basketball team. Marie Houser is teaching History. In another room are Nadine Hallman and Lorene Wehunt, instructors in French. Evelyn Turner and Frue Smith are teaching English. Looking into the Bible class I see Kathaleen Ramsey, the teacher. Moving over to Durham I see Chunk Rudisill coaching the Blue Devils at Duke. They're hoping to go to the Rose Bowl this year. If they beat Bick Mullen's A'Tar Heels they will be able to make the trip. Being in a hurry to see the classmates who are in my home town I give my glass a quick turn. It is focused on the Courthouse. There I see Johnny Smith. the commissioner of agriculture. Going around the court square I see Kenneth Barkley. manager of the Barkley Furniture Store. Looking around I see several successful farmers of Lincoln County talking. They are Steve Shuford, Gordon Shuford, Wayne Heavner. Burgin Goodson, Richard Mauney, and Floyd Willis. Going on down the east side of the Court- house I see a new modernistic building. Here I see Clyde Lowe and Ralph Cashion: this is their new office building and they are selling insurance. Edna Denton, Charlotte Elmore, and Gwendolyn Goodson are working in a new fur storage company, and the Dixon brothers. Robert and Harold, have a dry cleaners' establishment. I see a grocery store where Earl Hawkins and Carl Mullen have a thriving business. Moving down the street a little I decide to look into the post office. Inside is Johnny Autin, the postmaster. His wife, the former Elizabeth Lawing, is just coming in. Moving by the police station I see James Martin. a detective, surrounded by several policemen, James Robinson, Frank Boggs, and W. E. Ballard. They seem to be listening to some exciting mystery story. Passing by Belk's Department Store I see Robert Duncan fitting shoes on Edna Bumgarner. Jacob Canipe is also working here. A few doors above this store is a jewelry shop run by Daphine Hoyle. Over this store is the office of John Letherman, a young dentist. I also see Frank Hager, pastor, going into a near-by church. At the edge of the city I see the dye factory which Robert Sullivan founded. Wondering who the teachers are in the High School I focus the glass over in that direction. Looking into Room lOl. I see Jessie Rudisill teaching Ninth grade Algebra. ln the next room is Alda Grigg: she is teaching French. Hubert Yoder is the new Librarian. I have seen all my classmates except one-Mary Nell Hardin. Thinking she may be on the other side of the earth I point the telescope toward India. I see her? She is a missionary. My eyes are too tired to go any farther. but I have already seen all my classmates and know that they are all happy and prosperous so I am conf tented. Knowing that there will be many sights to see in Switzerland and that I must get my beauty sleep so that I will be ready to meet some dukes and lords in England, I decide to retire and rest my weary eyes. MARY SELF, Propheless. Page Nineteen

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Class Prophecy Little did I think that in this good old year of 1949 my dreams of my high school days would come true. Here I am, at last, on my way to Switzer- land and England-on a big ship for the first time. If only I could see my classmates and see if their dreams have come true tool Suddenly I see a tele- scope. Maybe I will be able to see my classmates now. Yes. I can. there is John Gamble, a famous surgeon in a Washington hospital. Also Alma Harrill. Evelyn Hovis, Harrilee Sigmon, Maxine Hampton, and Nell Jonas hurrying around from room to room-they are busy nurses. I see Mary Martha Nixon, the hospital technician. There is Emily Sue Crowell, a popular patient suffering from heart trouble which started her senior year in high school. There goes Dan Hooverf He's finishing his second year of internship. I turn the glass just a little to the right of the hospital and see a large undertaking establishment. I see P. C. Costner, the owner. His assistant is another classmate-J. R. Smith. I can now see the business section of Wash- ington. On the right is a huge department store. I decide to look inside. Look? there are Jimmy and Hampton Childs, partners. Directly across the street is another large department SIOYC. Here I see Charles Whitlock and Dan Thomp- son. These four seem to be bitter enemies. On the corner is a drug store. There is Erskine Willis, the pharmacist. Next I see a beauty shop operated by Pearl Devine, with Mozelle Ledford as her manicurist. By giving my glass a good turn my eyes are traveling rapidly over the country. Cioodnessf I can see Hollywood and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. There goes David Clark across the lot. He is the make-up artist of this large company. I look into Studio C where Bobby Yoder, the casting director. and Dan Stroup, a famous actor, are talking. I leave this studio and go into another. Here I see Virginia Tucker and Violet Seagle who are stand-ins for the movie actresses. I leave Hollywood and can now see New York City. Up on the twenty- eighth floor of a huge skyscraper, I see Charles Eurey, a popular lawyer. His secretary is Margaret Beam. On the twenty-fourth floor, pacing up and down, is James Leonard giving a course in public speaking to about fifteen girls and boys. James Patton is helping him with this work and Irene Avery is his secretary. I hear a big commotion in front of this immense building. I see Edith Abernethy, a reporter for the New York Times rushing to the scene. Passing by in a '49 Cord is Mary Esther Rhyne. It seems that she married a rich man from New York. Wishing to see some of North Carolina and my home town, I give the glass three big turns. It is focused on Raleigh. At Meredith College. I see Josephine Miller coaching the girls in basketball. Watching her is Lala Cloniger, the math teacher. Willie Ruth Hovis is teaching English. I look behind the closed door of the dean's office and see-of all things. another class- mate?-Ethel Dellinger. Leaving the college. I look into the city. At the Department of Agri- culture I see Leonard Blanton and Ezell Schronce, taking care of the Agricul- ture problems of the state. In another office I see George Whit Tobey. Wonder- ing what oflice he has been elected to in my long absence from home, I look on the door and there I see the word Governor Am I proud? And there is Page Eighteen

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A ' v I , If ,fill I'l'rf' 'Ili' r A I-'I Last Will and Testament el the Senior Class We. the Seniors of l939 of Lincolnton High School, having at last reached the end of our high school days and having achieved the envied position of Seniorhood. knowing that we are about to depart forever from this. our beloved school. feel it fitting to leave these things to the future Senior Classes: ARTICLE I: We entrust to the future Seniors our work of searching for the Senior privileges, wishing them all the success in the world. ARTICLE II: To all underclassmen we bequeath our dignified way of conducting ourselves and our modulated voices. May they be of use. ARTICLE III: Individuals. I, Irene Avery, do hereby will and bequeath to Lottie Baker my ability to work Math. I. Johnny Auten. bestow my position at left end on the football team to Wilson Goodson, hoping he doesn't get hit as hard as I have. I. Kenneth Barkley, will my desire to become an aviator to Edwin Keever. I, Margaret Beam, do hereby will anything I have to anyone who wants it. Leonard Blanton confers upon Ralph Sisk his knowledge of agriculture. I, Erank Boggs. do hereby will my ability to pass Government to anyone who will take a chance on using it. Jacob Canipe wills his seat in English Class to Bill Holbrooks. I, Ralph Cashion, return my nickname, Shelley, to its rightful owner. I, Mary Craig Caskey. do hereby will and bequeath my quiet disposition to Betty Gabriel. hoping that she will reach my hard-sought-for grade of ninety-five. I. Hampton Childs. will my tremendous energy to next year's photographic editor. David Clark leaves his ability to make the teachers angry to Pee Wee Mauney. I, Lala Cloniger, do hereby bequeath my name Shorty to Harrielee Goodson, knowing she deserves it. I, P. C. Costner, will on my last breath of school life. my ability to work Math to Harry Cohen. I. Mildred Craig, will my shortness of stature to Julia Alyce Hoover. thinking she needs it. Emily Sue Crowell thinks it wise to leave her share of conceit to anyone who wants it. I. Ethel Dellinger, do hereby will and bequeath my liking for English and English teachers to Isabel Hipp. I. Edna Denton. confer my ability to keep quiet upon Erances Wood. I, Pearl Devine. leave my height to Tillie Eaker. I. Harold Dixon, bestow upon Harold Caldwell my trumpet playing ability so he can play something besides Show Boy. Robert Duncan leaves his ability to keep quiet to Christine Grayson. hoping that she will use it. Charlotte Elmore grants to any eligible Junior her privilege of going home at ten-thirty. I. Charles Eurey, do hereby will to Pink Tolbert my vast knowledge of Senior English. I. John Gamble. will my noble position as Bell Pusher to Bobby Willis. Erskine's little brother and Tom Porter's chief competition. I. Burgin Goodson, leave my ability to learn General Science to Robert Ewing. Alda Grigg wills her height to Roxanna Lynch so she can be a basketball star. I, Prank Hager, do hereby will my position as bus driver to Alfred Hager. I, Nadine Hallman, confer upon Birdie Ruth Keener my typing ability. I. Mary Nell Hardin, do will and bequeath my ability at basketball to Julia Alyce Hoover. I. Alma Harrill. will my place in the library to Minnie Sue Barger. hoping that she will then be able to End a book to please her. I. Wayne Heavner, do hereby will my ability to drive a bus to William Wise so that he may thrill the girls as much as I have. Lethia Hoffman leaves her stenographic ability to Ruth Hoffman, hoping she won't have to rush to get her typing in on time. I. Bertha Holland. will my place on the basketball team to Sudie Belle Holland. I. Dan Hoover. do hereby will and bequeath my musical ability to Mr. Miller. What I am in the music world today, I owe to him. I, Marie Houser, gladly leave my place as Mr. Cashion's secretary to anyone who will take it. Page Twenty