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

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fast Will and Testament As we, the Senior Class of 1953, sadly realize that graduation time is here, we leave to our fellow students our prized and most beloved possessions. To Mr. Gathings, our Principal, our parents, and our teachers, who have sacrificed and re- linquished their valuable time and efforts for us to receive a better education, we wish to leave our everlasting gratitude. To our basketball coaches we leave our sincere thanks for the lessons in good sportsmanship that they have taught us, these lessons and the fine example which they have set for us will go with us all through life. Thetstudents of the class wish to leave to the following: Norene Smith wills her ability to sing to Sue Kinney and Cora Smith. Remember, gals, you 've got something to uphold. Jimmy Walton leaves his intellectual prowess to Christine Barber, and he couldn 't have left it to a smarter girl. Doris Tarleton wills her position as cheerleader to Edith Brown. Come on, Edith, don't say you can't cheer. Max Shoaf wills his ability in athletics to Lynn Jarratt. Lynn, whatever you do, keep that goal hot like Max did. Betty Swing leaves her title of Best Personality to Becky Wrenn. Hope you have as much success as Betty has had, Becky. Betty Coppley and Clarice Kearns will to Letha Owens their good sportsmanship and all of their witty sayings. Letha, be sure to use them at the proper time. Don Strickland wills part of his height to Leonard Lopp. Don also wills his favorite saying I didn 't do it , to Leonard. Just be careful how you use it in Mrs. Cox's class. Alice Swink wills her position on the LINDEN LEAVES to Joan Rodgers. Joan, we know that you will do a fine job as business manager. Bob Billings and Richard Broadway leave their ability to be helpful to Harold Mann . I, Jimmie Styers, will my position on the baseball team to Wayne Sechrest. Wayne, I wish you all the luck in the world. Max Lanning leaves his witty sayings to Buddy fworml Taylor. Buddy, please keep some of the old sayings going. Brice Kearns leaves his title of one of the friendliest persons in Linwood High School to Helen Gobble. Helen, remember, a friendly person goes a long way. Paul Taylor and Gene Fritts will their sense of hurnor to Hazel Burris. R. L. Medlin leaves to Taylor Humphries his title of perfect gentleman . It was willed to him by a former senior. He has upheld this title and wants you to carry on. Raymond Rodgers leaves his ability to think it through , when it comes to a tough ,problem, to Mary Smith. To the Junior Class we leave our many Senior privileges. Here's hoping you enjoy them as much as we did. To the Sophomore Class we leave the thrill of preparing and going to a Junior-Senior Banquet . We are sure you will always remember it. To the Freshman Class we realize that the first year in high school was very trying, but you will surely enjoy your three more years in dear old Linwood High. This brings to a close the Last Will and Testament of the Senior Class of 1953. Jimmie Styers Testator

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611155 J Histary When the Senior Class of 1953 started up the long trail that leads through high school, the only thought in our twenty-two eager minds was of the long and tortuous trail we had to climb be- fore reaching the summit--graduation. To gain this height, we knew we had several years of hard work and struggle interspersed, of course, with happiness, friendships, gaiety, and games. As we began our climb up Freshman Hill, Mr. Yarborough was our capable guide, assisted by Mrs. Yarborough and Mr. Gathings. Jimmy Walton was elected President, Max Lanning, Vice- President, Betty Swing, Secretaryg and Paul Taylor, Treasurer. Max Shoaf, From Tyro, joined our hike at this time and proved to be an expert mountain climber. Our Freshman year ended uneventfully and soon we were sitting pretty, a mile or so up in the atsmosphere, on Sophomore Heights. Once again we had Mr. Yarborough for our guide, assisted by Mrs. Yarborough and Mr. Gathings. Our class officers were Jimmy Walton, President, Jimmy Styers, Vice-President, Betty Swing, Secretary, and Max Shoaf, Treasurer. We enjoyed more social activities and prestige this year. We had an elegant class party on the grounds of the Municipal Club in Lexington, and one of our members, Paul Taylor, captured the coveted crown of Harvest King at Hallowe'en Carnival. We were joined along the trail by Marie Tysinger, who left us later in the year. The climb also proved too difficult for other members of our class, who dropped out. In all, we lost Bobby Sechrest, Gerald Cooper, Bobby Jarratt, and Joe Dillard. Losing this many members of our gang was a blow to us, but we only dug our heels in deeper and continued the upward journey. One pleasant morning we awakened to find ourselves sitting high up in the sky on Junior Hill. We discovered Mrs. Cox waiting anxiously to guide us, with Mr. and Mrs. Yarborough backing her. Our class leaders were Jimmy Walton, President, Gene Fritts, Vice-Presidentg Hazel Eudy, Secretary, and Paul Taylor, Treasurer. At Hallowe'en time we were introduced to the gentle art of acting. Mrs. Cox directed us in a. one act play, Twelve O'clock Murder . This play gave us a great thirst for the theatre, and later in the year we gave a western play called The Blundering Herd . The title was apt, but the play did turn out to be a fairly good one, and we had loads of fun rehearsing and consuming tons of hot dogs from Taylor's Drive-ln. Among other honors coming to us was the coveted title of Harvest King, which went to Gene Fritts by a wide margin. At last came the highlight of the Junior year. In April we were more than delighted to enter- tain the Seniors of 1952 with a banquet at the Lexington YMCA. Both boys and girls were hila- riously happy in their first formals. Then in the fall of 1952 we started the last and hardest climb of all- -up Senior Hill. Since Mrs. Cox, Mr. Gathings, and Mr. Yarborough loved to climb too, they stuck with us again. Max Lanning served as President of our class. Max Shoaf acted as Vice-President, Betty Swing, Sec - retaryg and Paul Taylor, Treasurer. Hazel Eudy, an old-timer, and Joyce Berrier, who had joined us on Junior Hill, left us this year, but our ranks were reinforced by Bobby Billings. Many honors came to us during the first part of the yearg Betty Coppley was elected to represent our school as Miss Linwood High in the Davidson County Beauty Contest and also served as Harvest Queen at the Fall Carnival. And now at last we have gained the heights. The view is broad indeed, the vistas more won- derful than we could ever have imagined. But we feel a sadness in our hearts, for now we must say farewell to our dear companions of the trail, to our teachers and guides, to our beloved school, to the gym and all the pleasures of the playground. But let us place our confidence in a Higher Guide and launch out into the great adventure, trusting and unafraid. Betty Coppley Historian 5 Q Q . if 2 4 2 E I I 2 5 l. 5, i E: ia I l i I i 2 2 i iii 5, 1 1 14 QQ 'R 1 is 3. 1 'Z if A H is 3 tl. .8 KE! 26.11.-1' m.:.Z..igL ' H -at -. . b V. . If '-X

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