Linwood High School - Linden Leaves Yearbook (Linwood, NC)

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LAST WILL D TESTAME T We, the Trapeze Stars of 1952, realize that our stay at Linwood High School has now come to an end and we have reached our goal, Graduation, This Circus route has been the most enjoyable time of our lives and will linger in our memory always. We would not feel that we had accomplished anything if we did not leave to our beloved friends our most treasured possessions. So we hereby make and establish this our Last Will and Testament, To our Parents,who have loved us and made it possible for us to get a High School education, we leave our love and gratitude, To the Faculty, who have had patience, and understanding all through our high school days, we leave our thanks and appreciation, We hope to prove that their teaching has not been in vain, To the Junior Class, we leave our room, desks, books, and our one Senior privilege QA tripto Raleighj, During the following year we expect the rising seniors to uphold the school's name and obey its rules and regulations as we have done, To the Sophomore Class, we leave our desire for them to graduate, We also leave you our privilege of writing definitions, and themes, hoping you learn a great deal from them. To the Freshmen, who have three more wonderful years on this great circus, we leave our love for Circus life, and the many happy events you will have while traveling the Circus route, Virginia Beck leaves her bashfulness and hidden intelligence to Raymond Rogers, Raymond do not keep your intelligence hidden. Jimmy Burris wills his bus to Gene Frittsg provided that he keeps it clean, Margaret Kinney leaves her friendly disposition, and her intellectual ability to Norene Smith. Betty Kinley leaves her talent of playing the piano to Paul Taylor, Paul, do not get Bettys habit of saying I don't know how to play that . P Don Wilson wills his athletic ability to Jimmy Walton. Jimmy keep the goal hot, Maxine Beck and Frances Trantham leave their sweet personality, and giggles to Doris Tarleton. Doris, just be sure you do not giggle too loudly during study hall. Charles Dickens leaves his quietness and the title as the Perfect Gentleman to R, L, Medlin. R. L., be sure and uphold this title, Peggy Eudy leaves her sense of humor, and tactful ways to Richard Broadway. Jackie Walton wills her position as Co. Captain of the Basketball team to Clarice Kearns, hoping the team will agree. Reece, do not forget Jackie's motto Don't give up until the game is over Corinne Briggs leaves her neat appearance, and charming ways to Betty Swing, James Kirk wills his politeness and.his thinking ability in Literature to Jimmy Styers. Jimmy, remember Shakespeare was a great man, Helen Hedrick and Mildred Smith will their nice manners and everlasting smiles to Joyce Berrier. ' I, Peggy Briggs,will my position on the Linder Leaves Staff as Testator to Hazel Eudyg sub- ject to the approval of her class, Kenneth Bowers leaves his witty sayings to Don Strickland: Don, be careful how you use My - - My Bill Everhart wills his speaking ability and his singing talent to Max Lanning, Remember, Max, Bill got out of class every Wednesday to take voice lessons. Uust a hintj. Alice Smith wills her title as Most athletic to Betty Coppley, knowing that it will be well deserved. Gerald Gibson leaves his comfortable desk and books to Brice Kearns. Brice, be sure to use the desk and books: they might get lonesome for Gerald. Ruth Ann Floyd and Peggy Leonard will their ability to be good leaders to Alice Swink, Be sure to keep up the good work, Alice. Ray Wilson wills his popularity and corney jokes to Max Shoaf, Max, be sure you do not crack too many jokes during English class. Testator, Peggy Briggs 6

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HISTORY A group of thirty excited teenagers joined a Circus Caravan in the fall of 1948. The Circuit was to last four years, with stops in four large cities. With a gleam in our eyes and determination to work for a higher position, we began the long tour. We did not know what hard work we had to accomplish before we were to be raised to the highest billing, The Trapeze Stars, at which time our tour would be over and our goal would be Graduation. Our first stop was at Little Freshmen where we were the Clowns of the hugh circus. At first we were green as onion tops, but we soon got the swing of clowning and had fundoing our stunt, Our Ringmasters were Mrs, Yarborough, Mr, Gathings, and Mr, Yarborough, We chose as our leaders: Don Wilson, President: Mary Jo Richie, Vice President: Joan Woodle, Secretary and Treasurer. Some of the clowns could not take the circus life so they left our company, Then we traveled on to our second stop, Sophomore City. We performed as Elephants during that period, With the training of Mrl and Mrs. Yarborough, we advanced greatly. Our chief leaders were: Bill Everhart, President: Don Wilson, Vice President: Corinne Briggs, Secretary: Ioan Woodle, Treasurer. During that show we went on a losing spree, We lost Ray Melton, Uyless Briggs, Eva Woodall, Mary Jo Richie, Dot Leonard, Colleen Fortner, and Hazel Roach who either married, joined another circus, or just plain quit. Skating parties were the main pastime during our stay at Sophomore City. We did not under- stand why, because almost everyone had to use two pairs of skates, We continued our tour, giving the third attraction at Juniorton. We knew we were just around the curve to our last promotion when we performed as the Lions of the circus. With more vigor and strength we had high hopes of accomplishing a great deal at that show, Our chief trainer was Mrs. Cox, assisted by Mr, Yarborough, Mr, Gathing, and Mrs, Yarborough, The Big Lions of the show were Bill Everhart, President: Don Wilson, Vice President: Joan Woodle, Secretary: Jackie Walton, Treasurer, Charles Dickens and Ray Wilson joined the Lions at that stop, but Johnny Gobble decided to travel elsewhere. We Lions started offthe show with a roar, giving the Junior-Senior Banquet which turned out to be a classic, Everyone looked simply beautiful in his formal, Dramatics ranked high among the Lions. We gave our first play Look Out Lizzieg and, later on, we gave Deacon Dubbs, both under the direction of Mr. Gathings. With faith in our hearts we reached the last city of our tour. We gave our final performance in the capital city, Seniorville. Finally we were the stars of the circus, the Trapeze Stars. Under the leadership of Mr.Gathings, Mrs, Cox, and Mr, Yarborough we were bound to reach the goal of Graduation. Our leading stars in Seniorville were: Corinne Briggs, President, Bill Everhart, Vice Presidentg Frances Trantham, Secretary: Jimmy Burris, Treasurer. At the beginning of the show we found out we had lost Ruth Brown on the trip from Iuniorton. We had just begun our performance when we lost our beloved classmate, Joan Woodle, to David Inman. She held top honors in our class, During our stay at Seniorville we published the fifth edition of The Linden Leaves. Now we have finished our performance in Seniorville and have reached our long awaited goal of Graduation, It has been a hard struggle, but we never once gave up because we knew our re- ward would be a Diploma. We have enjoyed our tour with this great Circus, but the time has come for us to work toward a greater profession. It makes our hearts sad when we think of leaving our Circus, our Trainers, and our fellow players, but we must travel on so the other performers of the circus can be promoted to a higher position. To the stars of Tomorrow we say farewell and the best of luck to you as you travel the circus route, Historian -- Jackie Walton 5

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PROPH ECY As I, Don Wilson, stepped aboard the Queen Mary, on my way home from Paris, I found to my surprise that Corinne Briggs, an old Classmate,was also aboard ship en route from Paris where she had been modeling clothes fora large company in New York, I asked her to go to the theater with me that evening, and can you imagine who the star was -- Bill Everhart!' It seemed as though he had become a famous opera singer in the last ten years, After dinner, Bill, Corinne, and I chatted awhile about our Senior classmates of 1952, Bill told me that Betty Kinley was one to the top piano players of the year, Corinne was so excited over becoming a model herself that she had lost account of the rest of the classmates. Then I decided when I returned home, I would visit in North Carolina for a few days. We anchored in New York harbor, came ashore, and then I took a stroll down town. I no- ticed a large sign with Lovely Hearts Club written on it, so I thought I would see what went on inside. I found out that Alice Smith was the one who organized the club. Realizing Idid not have much time, I went to the airport where my rocker plane The Snatch- O-Matic was waiting, As Kenneth Bowers, an old school pal, was pilot, I relaxed, feeling safe in his care. The hostess looked familiargl took another glance, and, lo, it was Ruth Ann Floyd, We began talking, and she told me she had had three years Nurse's Training and she had gone two years to an Airline hostess school where she received her permit to be an airline hostess. Ruth Ann told me that Mildred was on the Plane alsog she was going to visit her parents. She had been staying at camp with her husband who was still in the army. The rocket landed at Greensboro airport in North Carolina. I decided to go into town and buy a car. To my surprise I found out that Gerald Gibson was the Cadillac and Oldsmobile dealer. So, naturally, I bought a car from him. As we talked, he told me he was also part owner of the Sunlight Laundry. I asked about the rest of our classmates, and he said most of them were still hanging around Lexington. Iwent speeding toward Lexington in a hurry to visit some of my classmates that day. On the Thomasville highway a State Patrolman stopped me, and it was none other than Ray Wilson, He was very generous-enough so that he let me go anyway. As I entered Lexington, I noticed a big sign with Burris and Coble written on it, Looks like Jimmy Burris made great progress -- half owner of Coble's, I was hungry so I stopped at the Moonglow Cafe. Frances Trantham and her husband were the owners, I was told they had cafes all over North Carolina, While sitting there, Margaret Kinney came barging in for a snack. She is Manager of Macks Dime Store. The next day as I was rushing down town, I bumped into Peggy Briggs. She told me she had married one of the executives of the Dixie Furniture Company, and they had bought a house in Briggs tOWl'l. I asked about Maxine and Virginia Beck, and she said they had married brothers and lived at Southmont on a large farm, During my rush I could not help noticing the sign Starlight Beauty Salon with Joan Woodle and Jackie Walton written underneath, They had taken a course together and had decided to set up their own salon, Helen Hedrick was an operator in their salon. Helen told me that Peggy Eudy was a secretary for Jimmy Burris, and that Peggy Leonard was studying to be a brain surgeon. I started to cross the street and lo and behold, Charles Dickens came down the street in a cadillac convertible. lwas told that he was on a visit from California. He has a prospective Business firm there. I had found information about all my classmates except James Kirk, who was better known as Froggy in our school days, I was riding along on Highway No. 8 and ran out of gas, A service station was just down the highway, so Iwent to get some gas, I was really dumbfounded when James Kirk appeared. He was owner of the service station. The time has slipped up on me and I have visited all my classmates, I must hurry and return to New York in time for Bill Everhart's performance. Bye now, everyone! Class Prophet Don Wilson 7