McClenaghan High School - Florentine Yearbook (Florence, SC)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1936 volume:

Published hi DEDICATION This booh is affectionately dedicated to Coi.oxei. John W. Moore for more than twelve years Superintendent of the Florence City Schools and known to the pupils as a forceful leader, their honored, sympathetic, and faithful friend, working effectually because he ever sees the star of a more glorious promise glimmering ahead THE FLORENTINE Colonel John W. Moore Superintendent George Briggs Principal TRUSTEES R. E. Currin Sam J. Royal J. C. McClenaghan Chairman H. L. Johnston Dr. L. B. Salters 5 } - FACULTY Mr. George Briggs Miss Katherine Anderson Miss Roberta Andrews Miss Viva Barger Mrs. W. I). Blanton Miss Elizabeth Brooks Miss (’orrie Dusenbkrry Mr. A. L. Kick ling Mrs. Hazel (Iee---------- Miss Marie Gregory Miss Helen L. Griffith ----- Mk. Robert Hues Miss Bona Helm Miss Lucille Huggin Miss Elizabeth Lf.e ............. Miss Bessie Levin Mrs. W. S. Toy nor Mr. J. La Rhamk --------- Miss Mildred P. Smith............ Miss Lida Scarborough Miss Km hi Tobin------------ Miss Sallie Watkins — _____________________Principal _______ Prcrusk, English Arithmetic, Algebra Typing, Shorthand, Buxiness English English. Enoch ______________________________English librarian Musical Instructor, Chemistry, Biology American History Algebra, Geo me tru World History, Business Science ........_........................ Biology Economics, Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Business Science __________________________________________________ Geometry . ________________________________En glish Se icing English, World History, Literary Society Physical Training, Economics, Lau Business Science World History, Citizenship, Glee Club __________________________________________________ English ..................... Physical Training, General Science ____________________________________ Latin, Citizenship 6 THE FLORENTINE ALMA MATER To Florence High, our Florence High, We lift (i song of praise That echoes clear, from year to year. Through all succeeding days. In thee we find our guiding star To service in the world; As soldiers we seek victory With banners all unfurled. To us the Gold and Purple mark, A symbol tried and true, To it, pledge we fidelity And loyalty anew. When e'er that banner waves on high O'er field or track or hall, To that bright bond our hearts respond: We heed its stirring call. Oh sun, that shines o'er summer skies, Oh moon, that gilds the night. Oh stars, that gleam on field and stream. Oh God of life and light, Send hope that conquers fear; Send hope that conquers fear To Carolina's sons that love Our Alma A later Dear. 7 FLORENTINE S1A11 Covington Hardee liil'itor-iH-Chief Frances Gibbs Activities Editor Bob McCorkle Photographic Editor Madison Rainwater Business Manager Elizabeth Rogers Art Editor Billy Wall Athletic Editor Mary Long Barnhill Typist Mildred McKeithen Typist THE FLORENTINE 1 wonder,” said the old book with joyous anticipation as signs of spring could be felt in the atmosphere, how long it will be before my new dress arrives.” ''New! flippantly exclaimed the new edition to the school library which lay on a table nearby. As if every spring you didn't have the same drab old clothes.” At which remark the annual gave him one of her most scathing, scornful glances. Then, that is all you know! The shape, the size, the color, and the name do stay prat ticaily the same throughout the years, but there is every year found in Thu Florentine a new spirit and a deeper significance. The markings on the pages don't mean anything to you, but it is the Life which they represent that makes people so glad to welcome the new Florentine every spring. But then, just a plain old book can t understand how pride, happiness, ambition, and achievement are all found in the FLORENTINE. Oh, well,” responded the bored new edition, I suppose it is just a matter of taste. CONTENTS CLASSES SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS ADVERTISEMENTS THE FLORENTINE SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Wallace Berger Mildred McKeithen President Miss Elizabeth Brooks Secretary Covington Hardee Vice-President Sponsor Mary Long Barnhill Treasurer -H 10 David Adams Honor where honor is due.” Band. ’SI. 35. 36; Junior Class I’lay. '33: .la . Orchestra. ’85. ’88: Hi V. 35. 36: Home Room Treasurer. 33. 31. 33; Student Director of Band. 36: Football Squad. 33. Jack Adams All men are admired either became they are courteous, or because they are good look-ing. Band: Boxing Team; Winner in District Contest; Home Room President; Home Room Committee: Home R(H)in Representative; Home Room Vice-Presi-dent. Annie Phoebe Ammons Of what stature is she? Just as high as my heart. Junior May Queen Attendant. ’35; May Day. 38. 34; Vice-President Home Room. 33, ‘31; Treasurer of Home Room. '32. Estelle Baker Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low: an excellent thing in woman. Criterion Literary Society. 34. 35. 36; Patrol. 34. 35, 36; Library Aid. 33. 34. George E. Baker Master of ceremonies and none better ” Band. 32. ‘33; Football. 33; Block “F , 33. 34. 35, 30; Boxing. 32. 33. 3 4. 85. 36. Mary Long Barnhill She is pretty to walk with. And witty to talk with. And pleasant, too, to think „ „ n Secretary of Junior Class; Council: House of Representatives; Treasurer of Senior Class: Secretary of Junior Class; Best all-around Senior Girl; Orchestra: Marshal; Typist on Annual Staff; Junior Class Play: Home Room Officer; Ctopian Society; Honor Citizen. Arthur Baroody Quiet. but dauntless, whether in tvork or play. Band, 32. 33. 34. 35. 36; Orchestra. 35; Student Director of Bund. 35; Honor Citizen. Maude Barth Faithfulness and sincerity first of all Utopian Society. 34. 35. s«: Honor Citizen. 35. 36; Winner Algebra Contest: Marshal. Mary Lee Barvcick The way to gam a friend is to be one. May Day Kxerclse; Home Room Committee. Mozelle Barwick You’ll always find her pure and just, A girl whom all will love and trust. 11 } - tW; Earl E. Baskin His ready wit, his cheery smile. Make him welcome all the while Vice-President of Home Room. 3 4; Hi-Y. ’85. 36. Wallace Berger Nothing worries h i m : nothing hurries him . Home Room President, 33. ’84. ’35. ’36: President Junior Class; Junior Class Play: Hi-Y. 31. 35: President Hi-Y. '35. ’36: President Senior Class; Student Council, ’3 4. ’35. ’36: Basketball. 84, ’85: Football. ’3 4: Varsity Football. ’35. Clinton R. Blackmon Still water runs deep. Ray Blackmon None but himself can be hit parallel. Irma Dell Blackstone Here's a girl with a heart and a smile, that makes the bubble of life worthwhile. Secretary of Criterion Literary Society; President of Advanced Freshman Class; President of Sophomore Class; Baseball Team. ’3 4: Secretary of House of Representatives. Graham D. Bridgers His thoughts are so deep they Never come to the surface. Boxing, 36: Basketball. ’36. Jack Bristow Love many, trust few, but always paddle your own canoe. Block “F Club; Football; Baseball: Basketball. Paul E. Brockington brock As true as steel and every whit as fine Baseball. ’35, ’36; Football. ’3 4, ’35: Basketball. ’85. 36; Block “F” Club. ’35. ’36; Hi-Y Club. ’33. ’34. ’35; Home Room Vice-President, ’35. Mary Louise Brown Joy softens more hearts than tears. Entered from Mayesville in 1935. Esther Bijmbarghr The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful. 12 Roas Lee Campbell A winning way stands high today. Reeves Campbell 'Tis well to be merry and wise 'T s well to he honest and true Secretary of Home Room. 82, 83; Chairman of Program Committee; Assembly and Home Room Program. Carrie Lee Corley For nature made her what she is, and never made another. Glee Club. 33. 30: Manager Senior. Junior and Sophomore Basketball Teams: H oe k e y Squad. 3 1. 33: Chairman Ath letie Committee and Welfare Committee: Honorable Mention Gym Exhibit. 3t. 33: Honor Citizen. 3 4. Paul Covington A man with 'stick ability' —that's me. Theo Cox She has two eyes so soft and brown, take care. Chairman Patrol, 34, 35; Housekeeping Committee. ’35; Lost and Found Office. 35. ’36. Joe Anna Crouch Something sterling that trill stay when gold and silver pass away. Hockey Team. 32; Office Force. 33. Charles David Poems are made hy fools like me. Winner of Southeastern Commercial College Journalistic Scholarship, 3 4: Author of One Act Play and Short Story in South Carolina High School Literary Year Book. ’35: Utopian Society. 3 4. 3rt. Clarence Davis Nature puts forth her gentlemen and monarchs give place.” Utopian Literary Society. 33. 36; Honor Citizen. 35. 36: I)is-rict Algebra Contest. 34: House of Representatives. 33. 35; Office Force. 3.3. 36. Harvey Dubose A cheerful disposition is a fund of ready capital Baseball. ’32. 33. 3 4; Utopian Literary Society. 33. 36. Prances E. Duffell FRANKIF. And in that character re.ids with sprakling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. Home Room Vice-President. 32. 33: Home Room Representative, 33. 3 4; Home Room Treasurer. 33; Welfare Committee. 3 4; Utopian Society. 35; Waitress at Junior-Senior Reception. 13 } - Mary Duffell slf.fpy'' So fair, so sweet, wit hid sincere. Jamfs D. Dunaway, Jr. A full rich nature free to trust, Truthful and always kindly just. Lois Ector Such popularity must be— and is deserved. Glee Club. 33, ’Si. ’35, 36; Secretary of Home Room, 34. 'S. . 36; Junior Class Play. 33; HI-Y; “K. K. ; Lost ami Pound. ’33, 36; Senior Class Play. Lorenz Eitner With quiet yet determined force He treads on his destined way Filtered Florence High School 1933. Liswa Ellerbe A sunny disposition is a getter of friends. Athletic Association. 33. 31; Utopian Society. 34; Glee Club, 33; Home Room Secretary. 33; Basketball. 32. 33. 3 4. 33. 36; Hockey. 33. 3 4; Hi-Y: Roosevelt I libdi School, Washington, n. C., 35. Louise Erwin weesa” So fair she takes the breath of men away Who gaze upon her unaware. Secretary of Sophomore Class, 33. 8 4; Treasurer of Home Room, 3 4. 35; Junior (’lass Play. 35: May Queen Attendant. 35; K. K.”: Secretary of Home Room. Marion Clay Eskridge Lives of football men remind us We can kick and knock and slug, And. departing, leave behind us Footprints on another’s mug. Member of Football Squad. 33; Orchestra. 33. 36; Block “F” Club; Honor Citizen. Harvey Ferguson Something sterling that will stay when gold and silver pass away. President of Student Council. 33. ‘36; President of Block F” C’lub. 33. 36; President of Home Room. 33; Football Co-Captain. 35; Boxing Team. ‘36; Vocational Guidance Conference. 36; Junior Class Play. Dudley Foxworth Life’s a jest and all things shows it; I thought so once, and now I know it. Boxing. 36. Frank Garrett The combined qualities of a gentleman and a student. —14 Frances Cain Gibbes fanny ' See me? Then see my grin: To be happy is no sin. House of Representatives. ’S3; Hockey Team. '33. 34. 's5: Home Room Secretary. ’33. ’34. 33; Junior riny: Winner District I .at in Contest. ’33; Honor Citizen, ’85, ’3fi; Vice-President Home Room. ’85. 30; Basketball. ’35. '30; Criterion Literary Society. Mary C. Graham A soft, meek, patient, tranquil spirit.” Home Room Representative. ’33. Amelia Blanche Gregg Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.” Library Aid. ’33. ’Si. ’35. ’30; Marshal. ’35. ’30; Housekeeping Committee. Samuel Eliflet Ham A man in all things” Rijby Jean Hamilton A little child So gentle and mild We cannot help but love her” Utopian Literary Society. 34. ’35. ’30; Winner in Preliminary Biology Contest. Annie Wayne Hand Thou art the rainbow of the song of life” W. Covington Hardee Titles do not honor the man uho himself honors .” Editor-in-Chief of Florentine, ’35. '30; Chief Marshal. 35. '30; Vice-President Senior Class; Utopian Society. '33. '31. '33. 30; IH-Y. '35. '30: Honor Citizen. '3 1. 35. '30; Junior Class Play: President Home Room. 33. '31; Winner A. II. Gasque Medal High School Spelling. '34: English Contest. 35: High School. District. State, Honorable Mention; Latin Contest, '33: High School District Geometry Contest. '35; Office Assistant. '33. ’34. '35. '30; Contributor to S. C. High School Year Book: Basketball. '35. '30; Historian Senior Class. '30; President Utopian Society, '30; English Contest. 30; French Contest. '30; History Contest. '30; General Scholarship Contest. '30; Senior Class Play. Aileen Haselden Not too serious, not too gay. But a true blue girl in every way.” Basketball. 33. '8 4; Hockey Team, 33. 3 4: Volley Ball. ’3 4; G’ee Club. ’.33: Baseball, ’3 4. Frances Mae Hicks A mighty huntress, and her prey is man.” Waitress at Junior - Senior Banquet: Cafeteria. 'S3; Hockey Team. '33. David Ernest Hicklin hick Happy am I; from care I’m free. Entered from Great Falls. S. (’.: Track Team. '3 4. Manly Hines Sometimes I 'set’ and think, and sometimes I just ’set’.” Band; Orchestra. Alice Elizabeth Hooke hookie” Pretty and charming, sweet and sensible. With a heart that is noble and true. Home Boom Officer, 'as. ’31. '35; Home Room Representative, 36; Glee Club. 'S3, '31. Nancy E. Hopkins She could be bound up in a nutshell and yet find herself queen of infinite space.” Gym Medal. ‘3 4; Hockey Team. 81; K. K. Club: Hi Y Sisters; House of Representatives. Furman M. Howle Pep. wisdom, joy, everything worthwhile. He has them all. plus a pleasant smile.” Elizabeth Hubbard Smile and the world smiles with you.” Glee Club. '35. ’86; Treasurer of Home Room. '35. 36: Vice-President Home Room. '33. 3 4. Mattie Virginia Hutto Without love and laughter nothing is pleasant.” Vice-President of Home Room. '33; Secretary of Home Room, 3 4; Waitress at Junior-Senior Banquet; Chairman of Housekeeping Committee, '35, '36; Manager of Senior Class Play. J. Herbert Jackson Light-haired, blue-eyed, his aspect blithe. His figure tall and straight and lithe. Vice-President Home Room, '33: President of Home Room. '33. '3 4. 35. '36; Baseball Squad, '3 4. '35, '86: Hi Y Club. '33. '36; Marshal, 35, 36; Honor Citizen, '3 4. 35. 36; Junior Class Play; Assistant Manager of Annual; Block ‘F” Club. '35. 36. Eugene L. Jeffords jeff” It is better to be small and let your light shine Than to be large and cast a shadow. Football Manager. '35; Bh ck “F Club, 35. '36. Maelene Johnson She did the utmost bounds of knowledge find. Yet found them not so large as was her mind” Winner of District Biology Contest. 34: Honor Citizen. 35; Contest Winner of National Housing, 35: Patrol. '35. '36: Utopian Society. '35, '36: Library Helper, 3 4. '35. '36. Elizabeth Johnston The sweetest garland to the sweetest maid.” Assistant in Cafeteria. 35, 36; Criterion Society. 3 4. '35. 36; Annual Committee; Gym Exhibit. '32. ’33. 1936 Wf - i 16 THE FLORENTINE Miriam Jones Look wise and get the benefit of the doubt . Hl-Y Sisters. 31. ’35. ’36; Scribe for III Y Sisters. 35. ’36; Treasurer of Home Room. ’33. 3fl; Hoc-key Team. 34: Soft Hall Team. 3 4: Criterion Literary Society. ’85. Louise Jordan Modesty and calm content. Evelyn Keefe There’s many a brown eye, they say. but none so bright as mine. Library Assistant. '35; Gym Exhibit. 33: Hockey Team. ’33; Girls’ Athletic Association. ’33, ’31. Alison Keels Her wit is keen; who has denied it? She is constant, too, for one has tried it Ili-Y Sisters. ’33. ‘31. ’35. 36; Vice-President Home Room, ‘33; Treasurer Home Room. 31. ‘33, ’30; Library Aid, ’33, ’36; Criterion Society. ’33. ’31; Junior Class Play. ’35. Julia V. Kendall My heart is whole, my fancy free: Run along boys; don’t bother me Winner in Local and District Geology and Aljrebra Contests, ’85; Honor Citizen; Athletic Association; Varsity Basketball, ’36. Clyde Killen We hate to keep him up; but our loss is a gain for the world. Home Room Representative. ’83; Home Room Vice-President, ’33; Patrol Chairman, ’31. Elizabeth Lawrence They are only truly great who are truly good. Criterion Literary Society, ’31. ’33, ’30. Ann Ledbetter Some think the world is made for fun and frolic, and so do I. Junior Class Play. ’35; Honorable Mention Gym Exhibit. •35; Basketball Team. 30. Miriam Ledbetter A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. Volley Ball. ’31; Baseball. ’34. Jessie Maxwell Fair, wise, and winning; she is a splendid girl. Hockey Team. ’SI; Hi Y Sisters, ’35, ’36; Glee Club, ’35; Criterion Literary Society. ’33. ’30. 1936 17 )j - Ben Maynard Any fool can go to bed, but it takes a man to get up.” Varsity Football; Co-Captain Foot twill Squad; Honorable Mention Gym Exhibit. Julia Maynard Heaven such charm did lend her” Basketball. ’33; Gym Exhibit. ‘32. '33: May Day Exhibit. 33: Junior-Senior Banquet Waitress. ’3� . Betty McCall Nothing is mine alone; but mine to use, to enjoy, and to share with my fellowmen.” HI-Y Sisters. ’33. ’31. ’33, ’30; Question Mark Club. ’34. 35. '30: Treasurer Sophomore Class; Junior Class Play. ’35; Marshal. ’33. '30; Secretary Home Room; Captain Hockey Team. Irene McCall She thinks the solar system is made of basketballs ” Vice-President Girls’ Athletic Association; Varsity Basketball. ’85. '30: Secretary Home Room, '35; Hi-Y Girls. '35. ’30. Bob McCorkle A vigorous, various, versatile mind.” Entered from Baltimore City College, 1933; Treasurer of Home Room. ’31: Junior Class Play. ’35; Senior Class Play. '30; Annual Staff. '30. I. Herman McCurry, Jr You can't keep a good man down.” Entered from Lake City. 1933. Helen McGee Then she will talk; Ye Cods! ho tv she will talk!” Hockey Team. ‘31; Soft Ball Team. 34; Junior Class Play; Honor Citizen. 35. ’30; Senior Play. Mildred McKeithen tootsie Pretty, sincere, attractive, and street. Good. true, friendly, and neat. Wise, influential, studious and fair— Are adjectives describing 'Tootsie' dear” Secretary-Treasurer of Student’s Cooperative Association. ’31. ’35; Vice-President Stu- dent’s Cooperative Association. ’35, ’30: Junior Play: President Glee Club. ’35. ’30; Vice-President Junior Class: Most Ladylike. Best All-round. Best Musician Sophomore Girl; May Queen Attendant. ’35; Secretary Home Room. ’35; Typist on Annual Staff. ’35. ’30; Honor Citizen. ’31. ’35; Class Treasurer: Senior Class Play. Harry McIntosh Is there a heart that my music cannot melt?” Entered Junior Year from Darlington; Criterion Literary Society. ’35. ’36: Slat? Voice Contest. '35. Jack McLeod - Complete in features and in mind with every grace a gentleman.” 1 -4| 18 James McCrary You can't keep a good man down.” Harold Mi:ekins A youth was there, of quiet ways.” Jeanne Mellett Her heart is true and pure as gold ” Girls’ Athletic Association. 33; Class Team Basketball, ’33. si: Class Team Hockey, ’83, '31; Criterion Literary Society. 33, 31, 33. '36: President Criterion Society, 3. , '36; Vice-President Criterion Literary Society. 33: Hi-Y Sisters. 'St. ’35, '36; Vice-President Home Room. 35. '36: Honorable Mention llifCli School English Contest. 33. Charles Mims ”A youth, light-hearted and content, I wander through the world.” HI-Y, '32, 33: Treasurer of Home Room. '32: Home Room Program Band. '32. ’33. 3t, 33. 36; Orchestra. 3.3. ’3t. ’35, 36; Symphony Orchestra. 3t; Allstate Band. 35. 36: Winner in State Band Contest at Winthrop. 33: Participant in Band Contest, 36. Billy O'Hara The greatest wealth he has runs in his reins; he is a gentleman.” HI-Y. 33, 36: Criterion Society. 33. 36: Vice-President Criterion Society. ’35. 36: Vice-President House of Representatives. 33, 36: Commencement DccJaimer. 35; Track. 33; Basketball. 33. 36; Varsity Football. ’33; Block “F” Club. ’33. '36. Roxih Belle Parker A little nonsense now and then is relished by the best of men” Criterion Literary Society. 33: Basketball. 33. ’33; Home Room Representative. 33. 31: Home Room Secretary. 33: Senior Class Play, 36. Elizabeth Pettigrew Thy modesty is a candle to thy merit ” Aurice Powell He has done his work and held his peace.” Lost and Found Office. 31. 35: Representative to Vocational Guidance Conference. 36; Band. 36; Home R m iii Representative. 36. Digges Poyner If the heart of a man is depressed with cares The mist is dispelled when a u o man appear s ” Football, 35. 36: Art Editor Florentine, 33: Hi-Y. 33, 36; Home Room Treasurer. 3l: Baseball. 36. Madison Rainwater Ambition rules my brain. and love my heart ” President of Home Room, 3-. Student Council, 32; President Home Room, ’SI. 35: Vice Pres ident of Home Room. 34. 36; Office Aid. 33. 36: Business Manager of Annual. 35. ’36: Chairman of Gate Committee during Football. 35; Boxing Squad, 36: Senior Class Play. 19 } - Henry Ri-ese Worry never nude great men. Why should I worry? Enjoy living; death is so permanent” Elmer Robbins There is no wealth like the wealth of a quiet mind.” Baseball. 1936. Mary Lee Robbins Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax ” Library Helper, ’35, 86. Edward Robinson fd Over acres nine from end to end His vast unmeasured limbs extend” HI-Y Boys’ Club. Elizabeth Rogers A heart to resolve, a mind to conceive, and a hand to execute” President of HI-Y Sisters, ’33, ’36: Honor Citizen. ’34, 83. '30: Vice-President of Home Room, ’33, '36; Winner Inter-Society Expression Contest. ’33: Winner District Expression. '34: Assistant Chief Marshal; Secretary Criterion Society, '84; Junior Class Play; President of Home Room, ’.31: Council, ’32: Art Editor Annual, ’85. ’36: Library Aid, ’35, ’30; Senior Pay. Williford Rotan Oh! blessed with temper whose unclouded ray Will make tomorrow as cheerful as today” Chairman of Housekeeping Committee. 33; Glee Club. ’35. ’36. Jane Salters Nature took her formula for a genius: added a loving heart, a ready hand, a quiet sincerity—and gave us Jane.” Marshal. ’33, ’36: Secretary Hi-Y Sisters. 34, '35. ’30; Winner Inter-Scholastic Debate. '35; Winner State Spelling Contest. 33: District French and Latin Contest. 35: Honor Citizen. 31. ’35. ’36: President Utopian Literary Society. ’35: President Student Council, '35; Varsity Basketball. ’31, ’33: Captain Varsity Basketball, 85: Gym Medal. 35: Vice-President Ath ietic Association. 3 4. '35; Student Council. ’35: Editor Senior Section Florentine. ’36; Class Prophet. ’36. Olive Scott When joy and duty clash Let duty go unash.” HI-Y Sisters. ’88. ’34. ’35, ’36: Question Mark Club. 3 4. '35. 36: Home Room Representative, ’S3. ’3 4: Marshal: Committee for Junior-Senior; Vice-President Home Room: Committeeman in Hi-Y Sisters. '35. ’36. Margaret E. Smith Neat as a pen and blooming as a rose.” Hockey Team. ’33. ’34. Marguerite Smith Consider the postage stamp —its power to get there consists in its ability to stick.” Chairman of Program Committee, 34, '35: Chairman of Housekeeping Committee. '34. 33: Marshal: Honor Citizen. '33. ’30. r A - { 20 Virginia Smith tunk” Jolly, good-natured, full of fun— If you want a good friend, here is one. Basketball. ’32. 88. ’84. ’85. ’36; Assistant Manager Basketball. ’85. ’86; Captain Class Basketball Team; Captain Soft Ball Team. ’S3; Captain Volley Ball Team. '33. 34. '35; Class Hockey Team, ’33, 31; Orchestra. ‘31. J. Oliver Stevens, Jr.. ollie” The motto of chivalry is the motto of wisdom. Serve all. hut love only one . Home Room Representative. ’84. Marion E. Stewart Trusty, dusky, vivid, true, With eyes of gold and bramble dew Assembly Program; Chairman of Home Room Program Committee. Kathryn M. Stokes kat” Fun mixed with knowledge makes a well-rounded girl. Glee Club. ’33; Honorable Mention Athletics. ’84; Hookey Team. ’33. ’31; Volley Ball, ’31; Chairman of Housekeeping Committee, ’35; Baseball Team. ’35. Myrtle W. Surles To friends a friend! I low kind to all! Housekeeping Committee, ’38; Library Aid, ’84. Mary Edna Tedder Her lays were tuned like the larks. Glee Club. ’34. 35, ’36; Orchestra, 'si: Library Aid, 35. '36; Housekeeping Committee. '34. Alice Timmons Her very frowns are fairer far than smiles of other maidens are. Secretary Home Room. ’33; President Home Room. '85. ’36; Attendant to the May Queen. ’35; Member of Council. ’35. ’36; Secretary to Faculty. ’35. '36; Marshal; Best All-round Freshman Girl: Criterion Literary Society: Lost and Found Office: Chairman of Guidance Committee. ’35. ’36; Hi- r Sisters. ’33, ’31. ’35. '36; Council, ’36. Mildred Truluck Maiden fair, sweet and true. What's hidden in your eyes so blue? Utopian Literary Society. 33; Housekeeping Committee. ’31, 35; Treasurer Home Room. ’33; Chairman of Home Room Program Committee, ’35. ’36. Gladys Turner ShSs never raised her voice —except to laugh. Katherine Twitty To know her is to love her. May Day Program. ’33. 34; Program Committee. ’33; Housekeeping Committee. '35. 36; Treasurer of Home Room, ’85. ’36; Member of Hi-Y. ’84. ’35, ’36. 19: 21 } - THE FLORENTINE William S. Wall billy A ladies man and a man's man” Athletic- Editor. 36: Varsity Football. 34, ’33: Track. 33. 34: 33: Home Room Representative. 32: Vice-President Home Room. 35: Hl-Y. 33. 34. 33. 30: Block “F” Club. 33. '30; Basketball. 33. 36. Eber E. Ward If music be the food of love, play on.” Band. 33. 3 4. 33. 30: Member of Orchestra. ’33. 36: President of Band. 33. 36. Frances Eline Willis Her smiles show her happiness, Her friends her popularity.” Library Aid. ss. 34. 33: Home Room Secretary, 30. Louise Willis Sweet as the primrose that peeps beneath the thorn ” Library Aid. 32. 33. 34. 33: Chairman of Patrol. 33. 34; Home Room Program. Mary Eliza Williamson A maiden whom the fates hare blessed with charm, and love, and happiness.” Member of Utopian Society. 33, 36: Assistant in Library, 33. 36. -«22 CLASS HISTORY LeT’S roll back the screen of time and look into the past history of the Class of 1936. The progress of the class makes an interesting study. It was in the school year, 1932-1933 that we came to high school. The first few days were an ordeal of abject terror— fear of the persecution of the Sophomores. Finally, however, we became accustomed to our new surroundings. We learned which steps to use in going up and down and a few of the most intelligent learned how to decipher Mr. Briggs' cryptic handwriting. It was with a great deal of pride that we moved up to the status of Sophomores. We were now entitled to home rooms. For a few weeks we enjoyed lording it” over the newly-arrived Freshmen. This was the first time that we felt we were really a part of the school. The next year of our life as a class was truly a great one. It was in this year that we were given the privilege of attending the Senior dances started by Mrs. Gee. One outstanding event was our Junior Class Play, South is South,” which we thought was the best ever given in Florence High. But the crowning success was our Junior-Senior Banquet. Our rainbow theme was carried out in speeches and in the gaily-colored decorations. Everyone had a good time, for which we must give all credit to Miss Anderson, our sponsor, who worked faithfully and hard throughout the year. Finally we reached the coveted grade of Seniors. At this stage we became very dignified and walked around with an air of knowledge. The first thing we did as a class, after the election of officers, was to open a booth at the Pee Dee Fair. For four days cries of r-r-r-r-r-red hot, hot dogs!” filled the air. Another big event was the election of the annual staff and the Senior class statistics. In the spring we gave our play, One Delirious Night,” and elected a May Queen, who was crowned at an impressive ceremony. Throughout the year we were given the privilege of having dances in the High School Gym. We also enjoyed a most delightful banquet, given for us by the members of the Junior Class. Toward the close of our school year the Commencement speakers were elected. Anxious boys and girls began to ponder History and Literature books. When our annuals were sent to us from the printers, everyone felt that the memories they will bring back in after years made them well worth the effort spent in publishing them. Those of us who were lucky, or wise, enough to get by, leave the school with an air of genuine regret but feeling that our four years in high school have placed upon us an indelible stamp of culture and refinement. Covington Hardee, Historian. 23 )« — THE FLORENTINE w E, the Senior Class of the Florence High School, being of more or less sound mind, of disposing memory, sensible of our early departure from this institution, and desiring to make just and proper disposition of all our chatties, honors, and profits, do hereby make public and declare this as and for our last will and testament, hereby revoking all others by us heretofore made. Item 1. The excellent salesmanship of Madison (I am a great lover) Rainwater, Bob (I am Miss Sallie's pet) McCorkle, and Catherine (Salestalk) Stokes, we will to the ones raising money for the next annual. Item 2. The love that Irene (Watch me blush) McCall, Carrie Lee Corley, Anne Ledbetter, Frances Gibbs, and Virginia Smith have for basketball, we will to the underclassmen, hoping Miss Tobin will have better luck next year. Item 3. The line” Louise (Baby Talk) Ervin uses in stringing innocent young boys we will to Charlotte Twitty. Item 4. The friendship” existing between Alice Timmons and Earl Baskins, Mattie Va. Hutto, and Madison Rainwater we leave to the movie stars in Hollywood in hopes that there will be fewer trips to Reno. Item 5. The unruffled poise of Elizabeth Pettigrew, Catherine Twitty, Mary L. Robbins, and Evelyn Keefe we will to Eleanor Brand and Dorothy McCown. Item 6. The talent which Betty McCall and Olive Scott have for making up new dance steps we will to the Branwell-Tinsley team. Item 7. We will Paul (I use to live on the Bottry ) Brockington’s delightful Charlestonian brogue” to the next boy in F. H. S. whose voice changes. Item 8. The manner in which Lorrenz (Parlez-vous anglais?) Eitner reads French we will to everyone taking this subject. Item 9. The fast walking of Clyde Killen, David Hicklin, and Reeves Campbell we leave in charge of Mr. Briggs that he may give to the person receiving the most tardy slips. Item 10. The excess height of David (When I lived in Spartanburg) Adams, Clarence (Office Boy) Davis, George (All right, all right) Baker, Monroe (I can sprawl standing up) Bryant, and Wallace (I am THE PRESIDENT) Berger, we bequeath to the 1938 football team. (Judging from the size of the boys now the game will be tag” then!) Item 11. Liswa (I love Nelson Eddy) Ellerbe’s love for Washington we will to the next President of the United States in hopes that he will be willing to remain there for four years. Item 12. The unsurpassed absent-mindedness of Charles ( Lost in a Fog ) David we will to the F. H. S. Faculty in the hope that they will eventually forget to give demerits and study halls. ) -ff 24 Item 13. Miriam (My heart’s in Sumter) Jones' dry wit, we will to David Lawson. Item 14. The personal recipe for preserving pep, vim, and vitality, owned by Annie Phoebe (I like Cadets) Ammons, Roxie Belle (I call myself a wit and my friends think I'm half right) Parker, and Mary Long (55 words a minute that's my speed) Barnhill, we will to Stepin Fetchit. Item 15. The way in which Lois (Come Hither) Ector can hypnotize boys by her breath-taking appearances we will to the Lunn sisters. Item 16. The silvery voice of Harry (Mi-mi-mi-mi-mi) McIntosh, we will to the rising orators of the Junior Class. Item 17. The gentlemanly manners of Harvey Ferguson, Aurice Powell, Elmer Robbins, Billy O'Hara, and Marion Eskridge, we will to Walter Winchell and Ben Bernie in hopes that they will bury the hatchet. Item 18. The excessive floor space created by the exit of Ed” (His two feet make-one yard) Robinson, we will to the much trampled Sophomores. Item 19. The indescribable giggle of Jane (I'm an intellectual) Salters anih Helen (I'm not) McGee, we will to Al” Gandy. Item 20. The unique ability of Dudley (Very high tenor, Off again”; very low bass, On again ) Foxworth to change his voice at will, we bequeath to Mrs. Poynor. Item 21. The athletic ability of Ben (What late again?) Maynard, Billy (Lady killer) Wall, and Digges (Joe E. Brown has nothing on me) Poynor, we will to Edward Wheeling. Item 22. The places in the band left vacant by the departure of Charles (Bass) Mims, Manly (Trombone) Hines, Eber (Saxophone) Ward, and Arthur (Clarinet) Baroody, we will to Rudy Vallee, Guy Lombardo, Wayne King, and Jan Garber, as the only people we can think of who might be capable of filling aforementioned vacancies. Item 23. The fast talking of Jean Mellett, Julia Maynard, and Aileen Haselden, we will to Mrs. Blanton to enable her to break the world's speed record. Item 24. The boxing ability of Graham (Balcony) Bridges and Henry (Sunspot) Reese, we will to Joe Louis. Item 25. Alison ( Songbird of the South ) Keels' and Elizabeth (I sing on one note) Rogers’ knowledge of Latin we will to the Latins from Manhattan.” Item 26. The way which James Alfred (Me and Fred Astaire) Self, Herbert (I am THE STUFF) Jackson, and Cuz (I know IT ALL) Hardee stick together we will to the Three Musketeers.” We hereby appoint the Junior Class executors of this, our last will and testament. Signed and sealed in the presence of these witnesses: John Burnett, Egg Nogg, Haile Selassie. Mildred McKeithen, Testator. 1936- 25)3- THE FLORENTINE PROPHECY One night as I was sitting by the fire I noticed that the flames were making peculiar pictures. I strained my eyes to see more clearly. What I saw was an old man with a long black wand in his hand. When he saw that I was staring at him. he gave me a sly wink and flashed his wand in the air whispering. Hocus, pocus, dominocus. On the future quickly focus. He faded slowly from sight. I saw a courtroom. Dudley Foxworth was sitting dejectedly in the prisoner's box and staring at Covington Hardee, who was wrathfully prosecuting his former classmate for the odious crime of killing time. Counsel for the defense was persuasive Bob Mc-Corkle. Among the sympathetic jury were Eber Ward, Manly Hines, and Percy Tucker. Sheriff Billy Wall was leaning against the door with gun in hand. Then I saw Phoebe Ammons and Eleanor Hopkins fighting over a radio. It seems that Hack McIntosh's Better Shaving Program and Bergers speech from the Congress of Diplomats (?) at Geneva w'ere on the air at the same time. At a meeting of the Better Homes and Garden Club were the former Eline Willis, Lorraine Bowen, Frances Campbell, Louise Campbell, and Louise Willis. Each one wore a plain gold ring on her left hand. Elizabeth Rogers, the screen's foremost dramatic star, was rehearsing a scene w'ith Robert Taylor for their next picture. In another section of the movie lot was the new dancing team, Gibbs and Astaire, practicing a new' popular step, called the Carinental. I saw' Earl Baskin, dressed in aviator's togs and smoking a pipe, talking to a pretty little woman on the other side of the kitchen stove. He called her Alice (Timmons) and she called him her Ace of Hearts. From their conversation I learned the following facts: Sam Ham and the other great algebra students have at last discovered how a number can be divided by zero. Billy O'Hara is the new mayor of Florence. It seems that a great many women went to the polls on election day. Betty McCall Vanderbilt and Olive Scott Whitney own the art gallery where Digges Poynor’s latest sketches are on view. Julia Kendall and Helen McGee have written a book called Flirtation as a Fine Art. Jean Hamilton, the well-known concert violinist, has won many prizes in Paris, besides the hearts of ten counts and a duke. Elizabeth Hubbard and Marian Stewart have opened a dining room which has proved so popular that home cooking in Florence has become a lost art. J. Alfred Self, the millionaire, now owns all clothing establishments in the state besides the Woolworth Company and Marshall Field's in Chicago. Louise Ervin has advanced from Miss Senior to Miss Universe. Julia Maynard and Frances Duffell are professional models. Julia advertises chewing gum; Frances, eye water. Irene McCall and Carrie Lee Corley are stars on the Women's International Basketball Team. They spend all their money on ice cream and cake. Maude Barth is the World's Champion Typist and head of the business department at Vassar. Since Estelle Baker and Louise Wilson have been nurses at Johns Hopkins, there has been a record-breaking amount of sickness among the Baltimore swains. Charles David has taken over Edgar Guest's radio program. Poor Edgar can't compete with a Pulitzer prize winner. Dr. Paul Covington, the eye specialist, has startled the world by inventing X-ray spectacles. Catherine Stokes, Mary Graham, and Irma Blackston are private secretaries for their husbands. No chancel there for Wife vs. Secretary. Ed Robinson has just won the heavyweight boxing championship w'ith just one punch. Harvey Ferguson is football coach at Notre Dame. Ben Maynard keeps a hot dog stand. His specialty is flapjacks and coffee. Bwena Allen married a novelist and is the heroine of five books. Mary Long Barnhill married an artist, who makes her his model for hair tonics and toothpaste. Jessie Maxwell, by hook or by crook, has succeeded in being listed among New York’s four hundred. Roxie Belle Parker is the best known stage star of the age. She takes the places of Ethel Barrymore, Katherine Cornell, and Helen Hayes. David Adams, Arthur Baroody, and Charles Mims are members of Guy Lombardo’s orchestra. Katherine Harbin and George Baker sing on his program. Lois Ector and Mildred McKeithen are guest artists. No w'onder the Lombardo hour is so popular! -4f 26 Since Virginia Smith has been basketball coach at Charleston, Memminger High has been undefeated. Elizabeth Johnston, Elizabeth Lawrence, and Lily Pons are on a concert tour of the United States. Alison Keels and Miriam Jones have met their fates in Sumter. Esther Bumbarger is dietician at Bellevue Hospital, New York. Alice Hooke keeps a home for aged goldfish. Anne Ledbetter married a medical missionary and lives in Africa. Willeford .Rotan, in her career of Public Health nurse, has done such wonderful work that all the hospitals in Florence County have been torn down. Graham Bridges, John Bailey, and Jack Bristow invented a new kind of rocket ship. They sailed to the moon and got moonstruck. Paul Brockington is teaching that Southern accent to Northern actresses. Lorenz and Wilhelm Eitner are professors of German at Cornell and Yale. Jack McLeod earns his living by teaching New York mannequins how to get that Park Avenue air. Blanche Gregg teaches at Duke University. She tells 'em how to parler francais.” Mary Duff ell advertises that school-girl complexion for the Palmolive G mpany. Annie Wayne Hand and her husband run a beauty parlor in Washington. It seems that since he will not take a vacation from his agreeable work, she will not either. Herman McCurry has offered himself to science as a professional foodtaster. Herbert Jackson owns a circus and carries it around on his dog. Reeves Campbell is one of Wall Street’s best-known brokers. David and Ed. Brendel own the Atlantic Coast Line Company. Fannie Mae Hicks and Dorothy Dix are one and the same person now. Jeanne Mellett was teaching tennis at a fashionable hotel at Palm Beach, but she married the owner. Elizabeth Pettigrew taught English at Bryn Mawr until she became the college president. Madison Rainwater and Clyde Killen are running for the state legislature. Madison's motto is Good farms must have Rainwater. Clyde's is Let Killen kill your boll weevils. Every Monday evening at 8:30 you can hear Edna Tedder's lovely soprano voice soaring with Margaret Speaks'. Sometimes Ollie Stephens is guest artist on the program, but it is still very hard to make him sing. Mattie Virginia Hutto has not yet decided which of the three she prefers to marry. Katherine Twitty's heart may well twitter now, for she has married the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who is bound to die soon and leave her his fortune. Mildred Truluck has revolutionized the fashions in women's hats since she has been style dictator. Aileen Haselden is the star reporter for the New York Times, and has written a book called When I Married the Editor, or Why the Editor Died. Dr. Liswa Ellerbe has invented a universal solvent and the great scientist, Clarence Davis, has invented a bottle to keep it in. Ina Jean Claussen met a man in Marion who turned out to be a rancher, so now' she is living out in the desert with the jackrabbits and the cactus bushes. Jack Adams was the great screen lover of the day until his wife became jealous. Andrew Bailey is manager of that great chain store—the M System. His chief rival is Harvey Dubose, who runs the A P. Eugene Jeffords is manager of the Red Sox baseball team and has made it the World Series Champion. His star player is Monroe Bryant. Clinton Blackmon is a lawyer and Ray Blackmon is a newspaper editor. They wrork together well. Ray gets into trouble and Clinton gets him out. Miriam Ledbetter and her husband arc touring Europe to give the children a better education. A new- jewel has been found. It is partly turquoise and partly opal, so the discoverer called it Topal (Matthews) for his wife. It seems that Louise and Minnie Price are considered priceless by their employees—so priceless that they married them. Louise Jordan has a lovely tea room at the same well-known hotel in California where Evelyn Keefe is hostess and where Mozelle and Mary Lee Barwick have their beauty salon. Marguerite Smith and Mary Williamson are travelling around the w'orld with their husbands, the President and the Secretary of State. After Junius Price and Elmer Robbins made their fortunes, they became Y. M. C. A. workers, and now they run a boys' camp on the Great Lakes. (Continued to Pjge 48) 27 f - f JL HI: sails unfurl, the anchors weigh, And I set out to sea: I’m just a captain 'till the day My Master calls for me. My Craftsmanship and Friendship too Are now prepared to go; I’m sailing through the misty hue Of dreams that captains know. My ships were built and stocked with gold At good old •'. H. S. Through all the storms my feet will hold A life of happiness. I’m captain of this fleet I own And, World, I’m going hy— Tonight will find me sailing on From good old Florence High. My priceless feet is made of steel To face the storms that blow; I’m just a captain at the wheel Wherever I may go. Though I regret, I leave behind This port here by the sea Within the Land of Dreams I’ll find A pleasant memory. I'm sailing with the coming tide And, World, I’m heading right— The spirit here will be my guide, Will be my beacon light. The iMaster knows where I will land,— To me the port's unknown; But long as I am in command, My ships are sailing on! Charles E. David, Jr., Class Poet. SAILING ON! - { 28 ■h most Intellectual Girl most IntellectualBou - JAtlE 5ALTERS ------------- COVinOTOIl HARDEE “ Tflosk athletic Sou BEH THAYHARjC' ?Tlost dthletic Girl Best CUl-Round Girl CARRIE LEE CORLEY I71AKYLOI1 BARUHIU. -Sike Girl KATHERfnE TLCITTY 3esc CUl-Round, Handsomest, vKlosb Popular Bou WALLACE BERGER Prettiest Girl LOUISE ERUII1 TVost Gentlemanly Boy BILLY OHARRA most Popular Girl miLDRED BlcKEITHETI Senior Statistics W, '' 29 Yr- THE FLORENTINE Gene Willis President JUNIOR CLASS Mr. Robert Hicks S ponsor M936 —Sf 30 THE FLORENTINE BOYS Henry Addison Billy Atkinson Ed Ashby Ed Ashcraft Billy Baker Richard Bradford Victor Badder A. L. Brooks James Barr John Bridges Robert Burrows Leslie Garter Howard Cawthon Patrick Corley E. C. Crouch Woodrow Cooke W. C. Campbell Carter Cobb Preston Cole B. J. Cox Sayre Davis Robert Davis Bill Davis William Early Herbert Easterling Aldridge Foss Arthur Fowler Herman Gerdes Charles Gardener Curtis Gibson James Griffin Rogers Gregg Charles Hatched I Sam Harper Bruce Harper Billy Harrison Lige Hicks William Higgins John Hill Louis Hite Bill Hines Frank Hoffmeyer Fred Holland Carlyle Hutchinson Wilson Irby Cleveland James Dwight Johnston Floyd Johnson Bob Keys Leon Large Marion D. Lucas Eddie Mathis Benton Matthews Dan McKnight Melvin McPherson Billy Moore Phillip McCown Ed McGee Sam McSween Dick Privette Roy Putnam W. H. Rawlinson Jack Rain Alton Riddick Chester Stevens Kirkland Stewart Raymond Sellers Mack Strickland George Saleeby Billy Tallevast J. D. Truett La Grande Watson Ed Williamson Gene Willis Fred Waters Jack Worrell Ed Young Jack Zeigler GIRLS Violet Badder Mary Baker Annie Laurie Barnes Sally Barnwell Sarah Barnwell Winfred Barwick Row'ena Barringer Mildred Beard Grace Beardsley Frances Beaumont Ruth Bowen Elinor Brand Mable Brown Willy Fae Brown Louise Bultman Rosa Lee Campbell Ramclle Cloud Lora Childers Lena Mable Cole Agnes Carter Mary Collins Gladys Cox Ida Dargan Alice De Witt Virginia Dutton Mildred Edwards Evelyn Fore Alexine Gandy Lillian Gibbs Elizabeth Gregg Sarah Grimsley Sarah Kelley Rose Harley Jean Hamilton Ellie Hicks Sarah Hutton Kathleen Hiedtman Mattie Mae Howell Ima Hoffmeyer Dorothy Hyman Vivian Hussey Willie Lou Hyman Mary Joe Keys Gertrude Koopman Mabel Lawrence Dorothy Lazar Mary Lunn Meadors Lunn Maud Marshall Dorothy McCown Alice McCrae Cynthia McLaughlin Jeanne Miller Frances Mims Elsie Moore Jeanne Moore Margaret Murchison Helen Nalley Louise Nissen Catherine Parrot Pearle Phillips Minnie Price Dimitra Psirakos June Privette Mary Joe Putman Dexter Purvis Ethel Rhodes Tulalah Ross Ann Rutledge Margery Russell Dot Shultz Edith Tinsley Agnes Teachey Margaret Tucker Eunice Turner Nora Weatherford Ardea White Anza Willeford Hilda Wood Mary Yopp 31 - {32 Sims Crowell President SOPHOMORE CLASS Miss Mildred Smith Sponsor Etta Allen Ernestine Allen Mirinn Amnions Vivian Ammons Dixie Colleen Bacot Emily Baker I.ila Bailey Elisabeth Bair Myrl Barrineau Louise Barber Delona Bargesser Mary BUlips Virginia Bon net te Mary Boswell Dorothy Boyd Kathryn Brendel Gloria Brodie Georgie Brogdon Neva Brown Jean Brunson Martha Brunson Lula Mae Camlin Catherine Campbell Rosemary Carswell Cheryl Carter Mary Anne Carter Lula Belle Clarke Frances Clarke Dorothy Chestnut Louise Cook Meredith Cook Kdna Collins Corlene Cox Virginia Cox Mi hi red Covington Jacqueline Creech June Cristian Annie Laurie Cromer Martha C. Culbreth Myrtle Davis Mainer DcWitt Klizaheth Diekinan Johnny Dixon Katherine Donilii Medora Dowdle Kuniee Dunnaway Thelma Dunnaway Mable Early Elizabeth Epps Virginia Ervin June Irene Farris Katherine Fctner Margie Fitzgerald Billie Floyd Marguerite Floyd Mary Eleanor Fowler Louise Fraser Jane Furehgott Mary Fussell Ruth Gandy Sue Vance Gandy Corrine Galloway Lois Gardener Eloise Gardener Dorothy Gaskill Martha Gasque Stella Goodstcin Bertie Greegg Mildred Gregg Mary Grimes Annie Ruth Grimsley EIiza bet h Gri msley Marion Grimsley Millie Lou Griste Margaret Harper Dorothy Harris Ruby Harrell Nancy I lea me Peggy Hite Faina Hodges Caroline Holiday Dena Jo Holland Agnes Hoffemeyer Elizabeth Hubster Katherine Huckabee Shirley Inman Sarah Jackson Mary Ella Jernigan Aline Johnson Janice Johnson Maureen Johnson Norma Johnson Sarah Justice Winifred Keels Ruby Kennedy Carolyn Kicscrmnn Betsy Lake Bernice Langston Naomi Langston Doris Lewis Ann Elise Martin Emily Maurice Ainsle Maxwell Jean Maxwell Mildred Mays Mary McBratney Marguerite McCaskill Dallie Lou McEIvccn Evelyn McIntyre Mary McLaughlin Claudine McLeod Laura McLendon Gertrude McNeill Elizabeth McPherson Minnie McPherson Flora McPherson Edna Moore Catherine Moore Dorothy Moore Frances Moorer Joan Moye Dover Lee Munn Mary Myers Sue Napier Evelyn Newsome Elizabeth Padgett Carolyn Parrott Sarah Penny Irma Pliilan Sadie Kate Pickett W. Elizabeth Poison Natalie Purvis M i ry Rast Annie M. Rainwater Dorothy Reynolds Norma Richardson Carol Richardson Mattie Roberts Eloise Robbins Jean Rollins Jacquelyn Rouse Katherine Saleeby Elizabeth Sanders Grace Schnibbens Martha Elizabeth Selfe Laurita Singletary Jean Snyder Beatrice Smith Frances Smith Edna Mae Street Martha J. Stanley Laidie Spears Lois Stokes Lillian Stokes Annie Laurie Suinmerford Elizabeth Suinmerford Virginia Surles Elizabeth Taylor Ora Taylor Muriel Teal Myrtis Teal Lucile Thomas Nellie Thomas Lois Tidwell Frances Turner Charlotte Twitty Annie Mae Vaughn Annie Wayne Lillian Watson Grace WatfoiVl Annie Grace Webb Eleanor West Morictte Willeford Ernestine Willis Flossie Williamson Harriet Williamson Helen Wood BOYS Albert Abdelnor Wells Alderman Carl Ask ins Marion Bailey Everette Baker Thomas Barnhill William Baulknight Kershaw Beaty James Blackwell B. B. Bolen David Broekington Bill Bridges Freddie Brown Bobby Burch Howard Campbell Ross Campbell La Foil Campbell Charles Carroll Julian Carswell Lew Carter Billy Chapman Kiting Chapman Billy Clarke Harry Charles Phillip Collins James Commander J. C. Copeland Bill Covington S. L. Cox Sims Crowell Edward Crowley Lc Roy Dennis Charles Dudley Fred Eaddy James Edwards Edwin Ellerbe Tlieron Efans Epp Farmer Melvin Fogg Curtis Ford Pearlie Fowler Ed Furman Hubert Garrett Walker Gardener Rogers Garrison Dan Garrison Ed Gatling Iverton Gatling Dewey Gentry James Godfrey II. F. Grant her Alvin Graham Frank Gregg William Gregg Alex Grimsley Berry Grimes Bobby Griffin Alan E. Green Harry Good son Bob Hand Lloyd Haselden Dudley Hewitt Cogburn Hewitt Te l I lea me Arnold Helmy Connie Hicks Myers Hicks Ashton Hicks Jessie Hill Bobby Holm M. P. Hollis John Hughes Edwin Humphries Hazel Humphries Waldo Hyman Billie Jeffers Archie Jeffords Jenkins Billy Jernigan Richard Johnson Pete Jordan John Kafer Haynes Kendall James Kendall Harold Keefe Clifton Kilien William Kitchens Theodore Kirven K. D. Lane F. W. Lawlion David Lawson Jack Lewis Ray Long William Marshall George Mathis Julian McCall Rve e McCrary Jack McBride Bill McKain George McKenzie James McKnight Gordon McLaughlin Norfleet MeLclIan Ivor McMillan James McLeod McAllister McNeil John Meek ins Wallace Meggs Hugh Merriman Albert Meyers Lawrence Miller Emery Mills George Mims Oscar Mims Marion Mobley Richard Myers Vernon Nelson Alvin Odom Parks Oliver Guy Owen Earle Page Mitchell Palles Alex Pettigrew Charles Pearson Roper Pendergrass Cheves Powell Henry Privette Robert Quarles Berhvyn Ray Francis Rain Howard Rivers Lawrence Revell Paul Revell Harry Richardson Fred Robinson Hugh Rogers Billy Royal Kenneth Sallenger Charles Sandifer William Scaffe Dan Schipman Wilmer Sims Darrell Smith Thomas Skinner George Stanton J. B. Stanley Frank Stewart Arthur Lee Stokes H. I). Stone Marion Summerset A. J. Taylor Harry E. Thomas Val Thomas Jack Thomas Walker Tingen Fred Turbeville J. C. Turbeville Ernest Turner Preston Thames Billy Tyson George Tyson Frank Vaughn Richard Ward Wade Weatherford Jack Walker Lloyd Weeks Ed Wheeling James Whitehurst Henry White Lamar Williams Billy Willard Robert Williman Patrick Wiggins Givens Young 33 } - COULD WE EVEB FORGET 1. R-r-r-red hot! 2. I shall pass this way but once.” 3. Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap! Now children, don't misuse the library. 4. Take these questions. 5. The sermons of Aunt Sally and Mrs. Poyner. 6. The rapid-fire monologues of Mrs. Blanton. 7. Chaucer, Milton, and Miss Lee. 8. Mr. Briggs’ unfailing interest in all our undertakings. 9. The asphyxiation of the third floor by Mr. Fickling’s chemistry class. 10. Stampede for dopes in the cafeteria at Senior dances' 11. The music of the High School Orchestra at the Senior dances. 12. The rehearsals of One Delirious Night . 13. The final American History Examinations' 14. The original play so much discussed by the Juniors! 15. The untiring devotion of the Senior Sponsor to the interests of the class. 16. The youthful appeal of Mr. Hicks. 17. The unceasing efforts of Mrs. Poynor for the Literary Societies. 18. The marvelous variety of chapel programs. 19- The celebrated voices of the Girls’ Glee Club. 20. The members of the faculty. i X T a A AUNTSALLY was on Tuesday morning CAUGHT by Mrs. Poynor STEALING time from her English class. MISS LEE one day last week in the English class DECLARED that the themes of the Seniors wore almost SENSELESS Watch for details. r ——--------—------------------ I MISS SMITH at chapel Friday i morning heartlessly , MURDERED i a touching musical ! number by Irving I Berlin. Further , announcement will j follow. f MR. RHAME says his basketball team STRUCK him as being absolutely DUMB about the game. He ll explain i! you ask him. 33 - - •{36 Honor Citizens THE FLORENTINE Sti dknt Coi ncil 37 H Criterion Literary Society Frances Beaumont Irma Dell Black stone Kleanor Brand Willie Fae Brown Curtis Ford Lillian Gibbs Ki.lik Hicks Mai reen Johnson Elizabeth Johnston Elizabeth Lawrence Jessie Maxwell Mary McBratney Harry McIntosh Jack McLeod Gertrude McNeill Jeanne Mellette Dover Lee Mi nx Helen Nalley Billy O'Harra Louise Price Minnie Price Annie Margaret Rainwater Klizabeth Rogers Katherine Ross Jacqueline Rouse Anne Rutledge Martha Sklp Thomas Skinner I )R TITI or Alice Timmons Charlotte Twitty Billy Tyson Ira Mae Wiggins Nick Zeiglkk Utopian Literary Society Henry Addison Sarah Barnwell Maude Barth Winifred Barwick Agnes Carter Francis Clarke K. C. Crouch Ida Dargan Charles David Clarence Davis Klizabeth Dickman Harvey DuBose Martha Gasque Jean Hamilton Covington Hardee Sam Harper Lige Hicks Louis Hite Vivian Hussey Dorothy Hyman Maeline Johnson Dwight Johnston Dorothy Lazar Marion Lucas Meadows Li nn Irene McCall Margaret McCaskill Dorothy McCown Phillip McCown Beatrice McKlveen Wallace Mkggs Pearle Phillips Dimitr Psirokos Dexter Pckvis Alton Riddick Jane Salters Mary Williamson 1 ■ - {38 Hand and Orchestra Albert Abdel nor I),wiii Adams Hknrv Addison John Baker Arthur Bakoody A. L. Brooks Freddy Brown Aldridge Foss Herman Gkkdks ( VrTIS (ilRSON Ted Hearnk Jessie Hill Manly Hines Loi is Hite Kdwin FIi mi'H Band Jack Lewis Wallace Mkggs Charli-s Mims Herbert Mosher ■:s Vernon Nelson F.l� YOUNG Ai.vin Odom A erick Powell Dick Privkttk William Scakfk Kirckling Stewart Fred Tcrbeville J. C. Tcrbeville Walter Tyler Kber Ward Gene Willis Orchestra David Adams Henry Addison Mary Barnhill Ramellk Cloud Marion Eskridge H. F. Grantham Manly Hinks Louis Hite Katherine Hcckabee Mary Linn Meadows Linn Charles Mims Vernon Nelson Hu hard Privkttk William Scakfk Kirckling Stewart Ever Ward Ed Voung Glee Cu b Bowen a Barringer Mary Boswell Jean Bri nson Carrie Lee Corley Ramelle Cloud Virginia (’ox Lois Ector Evelyn Fork Elizabeth Grimsley Annie Kith Grimsley Dorothy Hyman Meadows Li nn Mary Li nn Dorothy Lazar Betsy Lake Dorothy Moore Mary McBratney Jeanne Mellette Mildred McKeithen Helen Nalley Pearl Phillips Mary Jo Putnam Williford Rotan ne Rutledgb Jean Snyder Edna Tedder 39 } THE FLORENTINE III Y Hovs V ii -1 K H 'BI . ’jj, ,xt K l’Al ' ..I ’HAl’M-'N Sims Crowell IIkrbkkt Easterling Hi 1.1.v Kaki.v Koci-.hs (� rhgg Lick Hic ks Lewis Hitk Covington Hardki-: Carylk Hutchinson Sam Harper IIkrbkrt Jackson Marion Lucas Ben Maynard Phillip McCown Julian M Call Billy O’Hara ClIKVES I’oWKI.L Hknry Reese Edward Kobinson Kenneth Sali.engkr Jam ns Alfred Self Billy Tallkvast Billy Wall CiEnk Willis Sally Barnwell Rowbna Barringer Klinor Brand Wii.i.ik Far Brown Martha Bri nson Fhaxi m Clarke Virginia Covington I.ois Ector I.isswa Ellrrbb Alkxikk Handy Katherine Harbin F.lenor Hopkins Miriam Jones Allison Kells Kat Hi-Y Sisters Betsy Lake Mary I.unn Meadors Linn Irenk McCall Betty McCall Dorothy McCown M i lured McK eithbn krinb Twitty Anza V Emily Maurice Jessie Maxwell JbANNI Mi i m ite Jeanne Miller Jeanne Moore Katherine Parrott Dorothy Reynolds ILLEI’OTO Elizabeth Rogers M III Ml DOl Jane Salters Olive Scott Alice Timmons Edith Tinsley Charlotte; Twitty -4 40 THE FLORENTINE 41 THE FLORENTINE IF WF WERE DIFFERENT I’m so thankful I didn't get a bid to that Senior dance. It’s much nicer to sit quietly at home. Edith Tinsley. I know every lesson for today perfectly. I spent hours and hours on Mrs. Gee’s history assignment. J. A. Self. Please everybody be quiet. My nerves just can’t stand a lot of noise. Helen McGee. It seems a great mistake for a boy to devote himself to just one girl. I believe in keeping always a dozen on my string. Eari. Baskin. Girls, I'm so distressed! I weigh five pounds less than I did last week. Julia V. Kendall. I am a most careful driver. No one will ever pull me for speeding. Sims Crowell. Sure thing I’m not going to take any English notes. Nix on studying for me— I'm going to write to my sweetheart. Jane Salters. Riding in cars makes me ill. I much prefer to walk. Everett Baker. We are so tired of dates. Boys have become too boring. Louise Ervin and Lois Ector. I make it a practice to be prompt at my engagements. It is such a pleasure to be in at the beginning. Margy Russell. Athletics first. That’s my motto. Clarence Davis. I can’t bear a person who chews gum. It is so unrefined. Sally Barnwell. Curiosity killed a cat. Other people’s business never bothers me. Martha Brunson. •SI 42 THE FLORENTINE FOOTBALL -FLORENCE Opened the football season with a 20-0 victory over McColl. Although the weather was hot, the players stood up well and put in some good tackling and nice runs. Bristow, Maynard, Potter, Johnson, and Bryant starred in the line, while the entire backfield played well. Marion invaded Florence's territory and lost to the tune of 25-6 at the Pee Dee Fair on Friday, October 11. As before, the whole team showed up creditably. The Yellow Jackets, suffering costly fumbles and intercepted passes, lost 12-6 to the Rock Hill aggregators on October 17. Florence was handicapped when Wall, quarterback, was forced from the game but the team carried on and fought to the last ditch. Although outweighed and playing against two full teams Florence High was not outfought and went down before the driving Cherokee Indians of Gaffney 45-0 on October 25. O'Harra, McLaurin, Bryant, Bristow and Maynard starred for the defeated Yellow Jackets. Forced to exhibit a shaky backfield and a somewhat patched up line, Florence High School s Yellow Jackets bowed before Sumter on Hicks Field by 20-0. Losing to Charleston High 18-0, Florence played a spirited game but in vain. B. Moore, Potter, Bristow, and Cauthon were luminaries for the Jackets. In this game Florence ran up against a peculiar method of lining up, which baffled them for most of the game and allowed the Bantams to rush up a large score to win. Hartsville was next in line to hand the Yellow Jackets a defeat although they were hard put to do so. This game exhibited two teams about evenly matched, but Hartsville’s boys were t(x much for the crippled Jackets by 6-0. In Orangeburg the Yellow Jackets still had some sting and the victory that came to Orangeburg was anything but easy. Florence gave up in defeat, 25-0. The final game was played against the '35 High School Football Championship team of Chester. Chester’s Red Cyclone devastated the Yellow Jackets’ defense and rolled over them by 35-7. This ended a season in which the whole regular team had played together only the first three games. About fifteen boys were presented with their Block F's” at the end of the season. 1936- W •13 f - THE FLORENTINE BASEBALL Th.S year’s baseball squad will be composed of raw recruits as most of last year's squad graduated. The team will very probably be built about Bill Moore, as he is the only player who has had any baseball experience. Games will be played with about eight teams from this section of South Carolina. We expect to play Sumter and Columbia as the big games of the year. The Yellow Jackets can be depended on to give their best for the school. —“14 THE Florence High Jaquettes started their basketball practice on December 1, 1935, coached by Miss Edith Tobin. The number of girls reporting for the first few weeks of practice was approximately 50 but soon the squad numbered only about 20. The girls who, after much practice made the varsity, were the following: Dorothy Chesnut (f) Frances Mims (f) Eleanor Brand (f) Lila Mae Bailey (f) Virginia Smith (f) Sarah Barnwell (g) Norma Johnson (g) Irene McCall (g) Julia V. Kendall (g) Ann Ledbetter (g) Frances Gibbs (g) The schools against which these girls played were McColl, Hartsville, Mayesville, Memminger, Hartsville (return game), and Memminger (return game). 45 W- BOXING |V -it- LORENCE High turned out a fine boxing squad this year in spite of the fact that we have not had a boxing team in recent years. This year’s team has showered credit on the school by displaying great sportsmanship and ability. After training hard under Coach Tresco Johnson, the Yellow Jackets met Dillon on February 6. Some nice boxing was shown by various members of the team and Florence won the match by 6-2. The reutrn bout was fought in Dillon on February 10, and again Florence came off with the prize. This victory was won by a score of Before the fight with Brooklyn-Cayce, Gene Willis was elected captain and proceeded to show the boys that their faith was not misplaced by leading them to a victory of 4I 2-3V2. The first defeat of the season came at the hands of the Charlotte High School boys, who are the Southern High School Champions. Our boys put up a good scrap,” but not enough to overwhelm the Bamtams and lost 4, 2 31 4- Brook lyn-Cayce was under the wing of Lady Luck on March 2, when Florence went there to meet them. For the second time the Jackets met defeat, but not easily. They lost to the tune of 51 2-3 2. Florence and Brooklyn-Cavce were to meet on March 9 to decide the winner by breaking the tie in victories and defeats, but the weather did not permit this to be done. Charlotte again handed Florence a whipping on March 13, this time in Charlotte. The Jackets lost by 9-1. The Yellow Jackets got sweet revenge on the Orangeburg High School boxers on March 17. The Burghers” were rated as South Carolina Boxing Champions. Putting their famed stinger to use the Jackets downed Orangeburg by 5V2-3V2- To wind-up a most successful season the Florence boxers are to fight a return bout with Orangeburg. We hope our boys can come through with another victory. -«(46 THE FLORENTINE IN APPRECIATION We , the Senior Class of 1936, wish to use this page as a means of expressing our appreciation to all those who have helped to make The Florentine possible. Especially do we appreciate: The kind help of Mr. Briggs and his office staff in arranging our meetings and sending around announcements. In this, as well as in our undertakings during the past four years, Mr. Briggs has showed an unfailing interest, and has been a valuable friend and adviser. The co-operation of Miss Barger and the typing department in lending the use of the typewriters, and helping to get our material typed. The expert aid of Miss Lee during the absence of our sponsor. The contributions of our local business men whose aid made The Florentine a financial success. Finally, we wish to express our utmost gratitude and thanks to our hard-working and faithful sponsor, Miss Brooks, to whom is due all the credit for our having an annual. 2 THE FLORENTINE PROPHECY (Continued front Page 27) Reverend James McCrary is widely known for his splendid sermons. His church is naturally the largest in Albany. Harold Meekins is a mechanical engineer and is very famous because of his new gasless, steamless, non-electrical automobile motor. Henry Reese is principal of a grammar school in Columbia and is known to be the best child psychologist in the state. Frank Garrett, the great mathematician, is professor of integral calculus at the Georgia School of Technology. Madeline Stokes and Katherine Ross once took part in a silence contest. Madeline won the trip to Siberia. Wallace Barnes builds barns. Barnes’ barns are the best things in barnyards. Since Furman Howie has been howling for Furman, Furman attendance has been on the boom. J. D. Dunaway and Martha Eskridge are consuls at Shanghai and Hongkong. How they miss the quiet times at Florence High. David Hicklin is in Africa where he guides tourists over the Mountains of the Moon. Since Mary Louise Brown has become an heiress, she has been very popular with the princes and lords of Europe. It is thought that she will turn them all down to marry Edward VIII Margaret E. Smith studied landscape gardening at Duke University and with the aid of the Rockefeller millions has made the Florence City Park one of the showplaces of the South. Baxter Kerns and Auricc Powell are archaeologists. Once they unearthed at Pompeii a beautiful statue of Venus, which they sold to W. T. Mitchell s museum. Ever since they have been roll ing in wealth. Joanna Crouch was for a while a prospector in the Yukon Valley. Now she owns a gold mine run entirely by feminine workers. Her chief assistants are Mary Lee Robbins and Gladys T ur-ner. Of course it is the richest mine in the world. Maelene Johnson is business manager, and Myrtle Searles is advertising manager. Theo Cox’s brown eyes have been immortalized by her husband, England’s poet laureate. Barbara Harrison is the owner of a very exclusive and modern dress shop in Paris. Francis Craven, the new Governor of South Carolina, has hired Mrs. Hazel Gee, of Florence, for his official adviser. The Class of '36 is indeed remarkable! Jane Salters, Prophetess. AUTOGRAPHS THE FLORENTINE Your Shopping Center EFIRD’S DEPT. STORE --------------- Smart Wearing Apparel Low Prices Try This Great Drink Florence Coca-Cola Bottling Company J. H. Schipman, Manager Drink- Delicious and Refreshing 49 It's Smart to Shop at — BELK’S The Department Store of the South Over 160 Retail Department Stores Phone 876 Florence, S. C. Better Quality at Lower Prices” J. C. Kendall, Pres, and Treas. Phone 266 Florence Builders Supply Company Lumber, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Plaster, Lime, Cement, and Paint FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA 50 Telephone 1275 Russell’sInc. Jewelers Drink We Teach Watches to Tell the Truth • I 3 I W. Evans St. Florence, S. C. • • Established 1 899 FOR PURE ICE GOOD COAL THE FLORENCE Phone 143 STEAM LAUNDRY 76 Phones 77 Launderers—Cleaners—Hatters Florence Ice and Fuel Company We Appreciate Your Business • • In your favorite flavor Try our Pure Fruit Orange, Rums, and Dry Ginger Ale. Florence, S. C. Phone 196 � 51 THE FLORENTINE i Qeorges Young Men's Shop Where Society Brand Clothes Are Sold It’s ■Smart to Be Thrifty” Quality Merchandise, with Style— ALWAYS AT A SAVING! Smart Wear for Men Who Care Dobbs Hats Manhattan Shirts PENNEY’S 135 E. Evans St. Florence, S. C. Phone 438 J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Darby's Drug Company THE STORE OF PERSONAL SERVICE To Charming Women Who Love to Wear Flowers And to Thoughtful Men Who Buy Flowers for Charming Women to Wear. 505 West Palmetto St. FLORENCE, S. C. Palmetto Nurseries, Inc. 830 So. Dargan St. Phone 355 -1936 52 REALTORS RENTALS liken 'Qompany, Inc. Your Insurance Friends Phones 334 and 335 INVESTMENT SECURITIES LOANS A IHopkins Tinker ARCHITECTS Phone 795 Florence, S. C. v ' Harry Gall JEWELER “Where Quality and Price Are Always Right” Sh- pQQQb ■ S 53 THE FLORENTINE To the Class of '36 Best Wishes to Class of 36 Compliments of Compliments of Jones Auto Florence Qas Division Wrecking Co. of the Phone 9 1 0 Florence, S. C. Broad River Ponver Co. •• 138-140 N. Dargan St. Phone 14 The extra values we add to each sale Rainwater are YEARS OF EXPERIENCE Furniture Company “Everything for the Home” SERVICE and FAIR DEALINGS Bedroom, Living-room, and Dining-room Suites. Q. C. Chandler, Incorporated Frigidaire Electric Refrigerators STUDEBAKERS SINCE 1910 FLORENCE. S. C. •• 1936 54 • • liest Wishes Compliments from JOHNSON’S of Cleaners and Dyers • Carolina Power Light Co. Florence, South Carolina • We none offer to the Dealers Garages Service Stations of Florence and Surrounding Territory A Complete Automotive Parts and Machine Shop Service Quality-Service and Satisfaction Guaranteed Standard Parts Co. 1 1 5 N. Irby St. Florence, S. C. Phone 1 000 Cash or Credit Phone 684 204-6 N. Dargan St. • Home Furniture Co. Compliments of The Store of Quality and Service FLORENCE. S. C. McCOWN-SMITH Dealers in Furniture, Floor Coverings, Stoves, and Ranges, Phonographs and Radios. • Compliments • of Compliments of PIGGLY WIGGLY The Chocolate Shoppe 146 West Evans Street Groceries and Fresh Meats 1 936 55 Bultman Shoe Store Stylish Shoes at Reasonable Prices • Good Year Tires—Gas and Oil Day and Nite Service Telephone 9172 and 472 Street Address 300 N. Coit St. I 17 W. Evans St. Phone 287 — Since 1882 Rawlinson Rivers Tire Co. FLORENCE. S. C. Compliments of Mims Barber Shop WE TRIM THE HAIR NOT THE POCKET BOOK 133 South Dargan St. Massey-Hite Grocery Company, Inc. Wholesale Heavy and Fancy Groceries Office and Warehouse 128-130 W. Front St. Compliments of SINGLETON’S Suits tailored to your individual measurements HATS AND FURNISHINGS Compliments of the W. T. GRANT CO. • Merchandise from Ic to $1.00 1 33 West Evans St. Compliments of Carolina Cigar and CANDYCOMPANY • Compliments of ATKINSON TIRE CO. Distributors of General Tires • 56 THE FLORENTINE White Swan Laundry Launderers - Cleaners - Hatters I I 7 S. Church St. Phone 1266 A. H. DICKMAN Staple and Fancy Groceries We Sell the lir.it and Eat the Rest • Phones 302-303-304 500 W. Cheves The Colonial Flower Shop “The Student’s Florist” Carolina Building Material Company 122 East Cedar Street Phone 483 ‘Everything in Building Materials’1 Miller’s Bootery High Grade Shoes Only’ COX MOTORS Authorized Dealers Hudson Terraplane ‘‘Pattillo Printing Pleases Particular People Pattillo Printing Co. Appreciative Printers Phone 22 1 226 W. Evans St. Florence. S. C. Compliments of JUVENILE SHOP South Dargan Street MELTON GOODSTEIN 57 Florence Fashion Center “Where Quality Is Higher Than Price • 1 1 0-1 12 West Evan. St. FLORENCE. S. C. W. M. Waters Barringer Hardware Co., Inc. QUALITY FURNITURE Shelf and Heavy Hardware A V Florence, S. C. Darlington, S. C. FURCHGOTTS Ready-to-Wear—Millinery and Accessories , , We Specialize in Clothes in Junior Sizes Wc Will Appreciate Your Patronage 132 W. Evans St. Compliments of STEIN’S RILEY DRUG CO. • Clothing and Furnishings The Rexall Drug Store Prescription Druggists A w Phones 38 and 39 58