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

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RINGMASTER Principal, Mr. I. L. Gathings Principals' Message We want to thank Mr. Gathings, our beloved principal, for his inspiring guidance, his patience, and his faith in us. We shall always remember him for his kindness, love, and the many things he has accomplished for Linwood High School in the past four years. We know him as a man of determination, and ambition to make others happy. 3

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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