Martinsville High School - Mavahi Yearbook (Martinsville, VA)

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Martinsville, Virginia, I Janary 27, 1930. DEAR MARGARET: Yesterday, while I was in French Class, I heard bells ringing and saw smoke Hoating by the windows, and as everyone seemed to be hurrying out of the building. I grabbed my coat and started running out, too, because I thought the school was on fire, but when I reached the door I found it was only the Faculty celebrating with a bonfire the examination grades of some of the Seniors. As I am sure you are interested in the old class I will copy a few grades from the bulletin board: Cressy Morgan-.X plus on charm and smile. Nina Burgess-A plus on golden locks. Isabel Thomasson and Eva VVarren-honorable mention for social success and steady suitors. Smithson Morris and IfValter Pharis-60 to lOO on Caesar, passed with pleasure fespecially to Miss Roykinsj. Mary Gatewood and Helen Heath-A plus on dependability and habits of study. Edwin Pickup and Lucy Davis-A plus on quiet ways and solemn looks. Jessie Merricks-A plus on baby ways. Theodore Berlin-led with 99 on style and effect of hairdressing. Lawson Lester-passed with honor as class sheik. Ruth Atkins, Sue Yeaman and Hazel Wfells-A plus on popularity and sweet voices. Thurley Thornton and Charlotte Larrabee-passed with honor on coy ways and sweet voices. Emma Pearman, Doris Caldwell and Jeanette VVoody-A plus on sweet manners and earnest work. Evelyn Smith, Edna Roberson and Marga Thomas-A plus on sweet voices and curly hair. I Won't copy any more because I guess you are tired of all this. Write soon and tell me all the news. Your pal, PoI.LY SYLYESTER. 4424525 1 9 3 0

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'5 we H T T In I fi QR I x J X ml i New York, New York, lx x June 4, 1930. M D1-:AREST Mtss Moose: Last night I attended the theater, and whom should I hear but Sue Yeaman, America's I greatest prima donna. I was shocked to find that Lawson Lester and Walter Pharis were ushers. i On returning home, I read of your ten-year absence abroad. I wonder of you would not like 1 to hear of the accomplishments of some of the 'other members of our class? 1 Eva Warren, Isabel Thomasson and Helen Heath are the only Seniors who are married. q Eva, Mrs. Prince Reynolds, and Isabel, Mrs. Coy Meadows, are living happily in the pros- i perous City of Fieldale. Being partners in the poultry business, they raise the best Rhode 5 Island, Leghorn and Plymouth Rock hens in the world and make sufficient profits to furnish their spouses the latest sport model cars and most adorable fur coats. Helen threw away her romantic career and, married Mr. Bente. He said he took her for better or'worse, with his heart .stirred by the anticipated taste of the best of pies. As Helen's pies proved to be the superlative of worse, he is now sueing for divorce, after getting which, he will return to his own yankeedom and seek a maid less coy, but more capable in the kitchen. Helen, I understand, is writing a book, How to be Happy Though Married. 1 I know you will rejoice to hear of the achievements of Charles Reed and Cressy Morgan. Charles, the greatest violinist in the world, has been unanimously elected president of the Martinsville Glee Club. Cressy has become a member of the House of Representative Curly- Haired Men. He often delivers, on our town square, fiery orations on The Far-Reaching I Influence of a Wavy Pompadour, and offers for sale a wonderful preparation of his own make, 2 guaranteed to make waves as lovely as his own. I Edmund Pickup is principal of the Fieldale High School, from whose course of study he has cut out Mathematics, English and Sociology, and Thurley Thornton, as one of his assistants, teaches dancing, coquetry, lip-painting and other arts dear to the young ladies of her classes. Believe it or not, Doris Cardwell is running two pages in the Henry Bulletin, giving advice to the lovelorn. Her replies often fill several pages of our valued paper, whose subscriptions have more than doubled since she took her place on the staff. Jeanette Woody, Nina Burgess and Evelyn Smith, being a wee bit concerned over the accumulation of years and lessening dates, are continually seeking her advice. About seven years ago Mr. Carter inherited two million dollars from his Scotch-Irish uncle, Sandy McShangonassy, with part of his inheritance he pays for the publishing of the Annual, and for a scholarship given each year to the pupil living up to his motto, 'Tis better ' to be good than to be smart. As a friend of mine is waiting for me to go with her to see Ruth Atkins, Charlotte Larrabee, Charles Hurd and Irvin Minter in the latest movie, Love, Honor and Obey, I will tell you about the rest of the Seniors in my next letter. Yours sincerely, Mnuzv Gixrswoon. ' 'Gi 25 E' L-- f f W ,g': T :.-Zg, -gif '-I 1' , 1 9 3 ow 2 - . --------i--f 6 - I , 1549 Y 'li fs.