Reidsville High School - Renocahi Yearbook (Reidsville, NC)

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Page 1-TPS! ' 44 1 N145 -,M Qi Q.. J : . E f .. 5 aft 24'-12:2 f- Qfaffsaffw M225 'T 2-xf f A If It ' f -1 PRogmglEcY SENIOR CLASS OF 1938 The orchestra was softly playing Stardust, as I dozed off to sleep. There seemed to be stars everywhere, small ones, and large ones. There were only a few very large ones, but there were five that were twinkling, and these attracted my attention. As I gazed at one of the stars more closely, I saw to my amazement that it was showing a scene, and as this drew my whole attention, I saw that it was a Night Club, The New Tobacco Club, which was recently built on the outskirts of Reidsville. My, do my ears deceive me or is it really Benny Goodman? Oh, I can see better now-No, it's not Benny Goodman, but it is Pam Oliver and her red hot clarinet. Pam has an all girl orchestra playing at the Club. She is better known as the Queen of Swing. Pam also draws the largest crowd in the South. All the tired business men come here to relax, and listen to the red hot music. At one of the front tables I notice Stephen Siddle, who has recently been made President of the Siddle Tobacco Co. I see that Stephen has a guest tonightewhy it's none other than little D. C. Burton. He is the traveling salesman for the company. D. C. turned out to be the little man about town of Reidsville. The star twinkles a little and I notice a smaller star to the right of the first star. Why it's a part of the big star. The scene is in Stephen's private office, where I see his private secretary, Margaret Carroll, reading the details for jane Montgomery's program. jane is singing for the Siddle hour on the air. In the othce with Margaret is Catherine Bendall, who is Janes business manager. It's all she can do to keep a record of the phone calls that jane gets from Bobby Gapen alone. The star twinkles out and another takes its place. Ah, it's a picture of Marion Rascoe, the Movie Queen, whose latest picture is Yours For The Asking. What's that funny sign at the bottom of the picture? No wonder I didn't know what it was -it's signed Bob Gapen, That means that this very modern building is Bobby's Studio. Someone is coming out of the door of Bob's othce. Why, it's Dr. Wfilliam Fetzer. Bill tells me that Bobby has just taken his picture for the papers because he C'f,ff11fC'I'l1

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ix i v '- ' I . 1' ' wi ' 55 ' Lfl6AtAiS 4l'i f b' ji '?1'7'i-L J- -liQi?,lf 7QlJo:!'N4 'NZ 3,lv,,.fsfM -. L' r ig, 1 6 , ji' L- . -- rf 5- tc- . 5, - -I 45 1 dx 1 XF -!P- ,-1,,,:N ,, 'f1- ,W X, members were often seen in the halls in dresses and pajamas. Our Dramatic Club, under the splendid leadership of Mr. Leggette, and our debating team, under the lead- ership of Miss Bane and Mr. Leggette, had a most successful year. As our third year of High School drew to a close, we looked eagerly forward to being Seniors the next year but all our hopes were shadowed when we learned of the addition of a twelfth grade. We entered school in the fall of 1936 bewildered as to our rank but soon forgot all this when Mrs. Kushner led us into the study of English Poetry and Mr. Kuykendall into Geography and Arithmetic. Our class was joined this year by julia Carter, who came here from Bethany, Willard Lane Alcorn, who came from Wentworth, and Pete Wallenborn, who came from Salisbury. Wfe finally reached the end of the year and looked forward to being real Seniors the next year. Our Senior year has been a most successful one under the splendid leadership of Miss Ratledge and Miss Baker. One of the outstanding things of the year was our football teamis winning the Class B State Championship and then taking a trip to Fred- ericksburg, Va., and Washington, D. C. X3Ue formed the Perrylips Literary Society, which has proved to be most successful under the leadership of Miss Ratledge. We were unfortunate in losing one of our classmates, Lacy Brame, in january when he left us to enter Duke University, but were fortunate to have Catherine Bendall, from John Marshall High School, Richmond, Va., join our class this year. Student Government was inaugurated this year with Pete Wallenborn as the first president. This organiza- tion has so far proved itself worthy and we hope it shall continue to do so in the future life of our school. Pam Oliver, a classmate, was awarded the silver cup as the winner of the Beauty Contest sponsored by the Hi-Y Club this year. Our Dramatic Club this year entered the district contest, competing with Concord, Gastonia, Winston-Salem, and Albemarle, but were defeated by Concord and Winston- Salem. Those taking part in the play, The Sisters' Tragedy, were Betsy Lee May- beery, Lucy Kiker, Jett Osborn, Claude George, and Steve Siddle. A baseball team was organized this year to add to the athletic activities of the school. And now, as we are about to bring to an end the twelve years of which we are to be proudest in after life- Lef ezfery one in Thirfy-High! ffyv God bleu nm' clrzir mmf Reidizfilfe Hi! -STEPHEN SIDDLE, H iylorialz. Page scvcfzteefz

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44 1 b I. , ,i ., , ,, .. Lg. f 3v5a5lQs4g.mi..b:f..- ?,:'f!.Q3i,.1gi -!, -i6glfgIf7j2ys,tsa4,'sz1,N,.ag5-4-gigs? QR PETNQ C Af Ha ,1 49.47 , ,Q L:5Z.,i5 new gap kfayfsaf has been appointed State Health Officer. I mention the fact that Marion's dress is pretty and he tells me that Catherine Baynes, the noted Dress Designer, makes all the dresses that Marion wears. Another star twinkles and takes the old one's place. The scene now is in the Burton warehouse, owned and managed by none other than Frank Burton. Frank recently bought the warehouse from Raymond XX'agoner, who has accepted a position with the Siddle Tobacco Program on the air. Raymond talks like an auctioneer over the air, and gives the auctioneer's opinion of good tobacco. With Frank and Raymond I see Cicero Hill, a noted farmer, who has invented a new watermelon which has a thick rine. He did this so his wife, Dorothy Van Hook, could can to her heart's con- tent in the summer. Ah, I see a visitor coming. Why itls Ruth Butler, President of the State 4-H Clubs. She wants Cicero to tell her 4-H Clubs how he invented the watermelon with the thick rine. I The scene changes to another star and here I see the Chaney School for Girls, of which Hallie Chaney is President. Down the hall I see that julia Carter is teaching General Business. Across the hall I see that Birdell Piner, the Home Economics teacher, is having Martha Baker, the dress designer, tell the girls about the trip she has just made to Paris, during which she studied the new styles. When I go back up to the office, Hallie tells me that two big business women, Anne E. johnson and Willard Alcorn, are planning to finance a boys' school across the street. The twinkle of the stars becomes very faint because the dawn is near. At last I see the last picture. It's Nurse Avra Sacrinty telling Dr. Paul Thompson that her brother, Coach john Sacrinty, is only bruised up a bit. While coaching one afternoon, john tried to show the boys how he used to carry the ball in high school, and then the boys ganged up on him, and sent him to the hospital. Out in the chemistry laboratory I see Dr. Peter Wallenborn trying to fill out a formula. He doesn't succeed, however, because technician Penelope Donovan is telling him how beautiful his hair is. She does this so she can see Peter blush. Now as the gray of the dawn appears, the stars disappear and the light of the morning comes upon us. JOHN NVALTIQRS, Propbef. Page nineteen