Mount Airy High School - Airmont Yearbook (Mount Airy, NC)

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a small window through which James Armfield wills to “Blushing Joe” Tesh lie is to keep his head in the fresh air and so prevent grogginess Paul Surrett wills his soprano voice to Lakey Harkrader. Claude Monday wills the gift of gab to Joe Tesh. Lexter Holvfield wills his agility in Spanish to any Junior that needs it. 1 helma Mayberry wills her modesty to Mildred Wolfe. Robert Jackson wills his unconsciousness to Kenneth Cooke. Homer Beck leaves his poetic ability to Woodrow Thompson. Potts Partridge leaves to James Bray her place on the girls’ basketball team. Mary Lynn Hennis wills her height to Lois Gwyn. (Lois needs it.) Myrtle Adams wills her shortness of stature to Lillian McCoy. Claude Monday leaves his curly hair to Chester Seewald, in order that Chester may throw away his curling irons. Elmo Beasley leaves his artistic ability to James Combs. Ernest Brown leaves his ability to sing to James Bray. (Practice in the warehouse, James; it will sound more natural.) Julia Jeffries wills her quietness to Frances Stewart. William Simpson leaves to James Combs the ghost of argumentation. I.ong may it haunt him! Valeria Jackson, James Creed, and Dorothy Jackson leave to any ten mem¬ bers of the Junior Class their ability as advertising managers. Hugh Sawyer wills his slogan, Necessity heeds no law,” to Irene Roberts. Dot Jackson wills to Clara Belle Welch the breakfasts which she didn’t have time to eat. (That will average about five per week, Clara.) In testimony whereof, we, the said Senior Class, have hereunto set our hand and affixed our seal on this, the thirty-first day of May, nineteen hundred and twent x-nine. THE SENIOR CLASS. William Simpson, Testator. Witnesses: Buffalo Bill Paul Revere Louis XIV Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck I % ft ft w ft aw ft -5A p s x ft m ft ft ft: ft ' JM ft ft i y Vi « ft ft M I i ft aw ft ft ft: ft : 1 it ft: ft ft ft ■ w ft ft ft ft ft ft ft: ft ft: ft i p M SBS m ' m Vt Yt Page twenty-five

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w ft ft « ft fl ft ft .u. ft ij; ft M ft ft ft ft ft: SI I 1 m ft ft ftf. ft! ft ft ft ft ft i ft ft ft v 5 M: vt ft ft ft ft i i i ft t I heard Ernest Brown telling Margaret Lewis that in order to make a success of her tea room, she would have to keep that “school-girl complexion” by using “Justrite” cosmetics. He is a traveling salesman for that company. Dorothy Jackson, who had just been crowned “Miss America” for 1939, was watching Hallie Moore dance. Hallie teaches school at Low Gap. I was not surprised to see Clunette Creed doing all kinds of elaborate hand¬ springs, cartwheels, and the like. I suppose he has to go through all of this stren¬ uous exercise in order to keep the title of the world’s strongest man. He stopped once in a while to talk to Nora McKnight who was poring over the notes which she had taken preparatory to writing a new Spanish reader for High School stu¬ dents. By listening attentively to what Clunette said, I learned that Jack Warren had been sent as a consul to Patagonia, and that William Taylor was an under¬ taker in the Fiji Islands. About this time I saw Arlie Stewart sitting in a rocking chair in the shade of the poop deck. He was eating some of the popcorn which he hadn’t sold while he was a popcorn vender in Atlantic City. Between mouthfuls, he helped Pauline Barber get the tune of a new song which she is going to teach the school children of Mount Airy. I feel sorry for the unfortunate children who have this teacher. Mary Lynn Hentiis, who has just succeeded Billie Dove in the movie world, passed by with Professor and Mrs. Hugh Alton Sawyer. Hugh is busy most of the time teaching science at Pilot Mountain. Thelma Mayberry, Katherine Monday, and Gertrude Ramey all seemed glad to get away from the : r work for awhile. Thelma is instructor in piano at Pea¬ body Conservatory and Katherine Monday is instructor in athletics at Ithaca, New York. Gertrude has a position teaching Typing at Roanoke Business College. Stand ing butter-and-egg man. Creed, our big football player, now a big was complaining to him about some eggs Elbert Hull, the famous ball player, was near the rail was James M ' ldred George which he had sent to her tea room, helping James defend himself. Several people at one end of the lower deck began laughing very heartily. Harry Goldsmith, who is a clown with the Dingling Brothers Circus, was giving a private performance. Near him was Irene Scott, who owns a large chicken farm out West, talking to Julia Jeffries, who is secretary to Chief Justice Taft of the Supreme Court. Thomas Edwards was also present, was getting information from Evelyn course, America’s greatest opera singer. Kate Edwards was also on board. her profession and that she nursed General Foch just before his death. A new voice called, Flello! I couldn’t get my hair to wave just rig that detained me a little while.” “Yes, Claude, we understand perfectly,” said Mary Sparger, who is structor in a German university. “You would be late!” Poor Claude, he hard coaching the football b oys at Carolina. lust as a smiling young man approached me. I awoke with a start in time to hear the conductor cry, “Mount Airy, next stop!” —Paul ne Jacobs, Prophetess. He is editor of the New York Sun and Slaughter about her debut. She is, of I learned that she has chosen nursing as ht, and an in¬ works ft ft ft 1 ► m r ??f. 4 ft A ft ft ft ft Sis ft: ft ft .ft ft ft ft: m m a H y,c « M;. w vs m ft ft ! H m lg m 1 VS $ vs m VS w Vs m M. M. ft w 1 4 V VS yjv m ft ft v, ft ft ft ft ft ft ft .ft:: A .... kviyj .viyASAy. Page twenty-seven