Reidsville High School - Renocahi Yearbook (Reidsville, NC)

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EIJ-ISS PBUPHEIIY It wos fifteen minutes before time for my clossmotes to orrive ot Ye Old Tovern for our closs reunion, but I hurried over to meet the proprietor, C Li Sounders, ond our hostess ond former president, Elizobeth Mitchell, As I hurried olong the street, I met Jimmie Woynick, whom I recognized os the fomous electricion whose inventions were moking him o notionol hero, Jimmie told me thot he would demonstrote his lotest invention, the photo- scope, for the entertoinment of our clossmotes ot the reunion, l-le soid thot he would be oble to let us look in upon those who were not oble to ottend our meeting, Since I hod been the closs proph- et, I wos oble to meet my fomous clossmotes os they come to the tovern from the dedicotion of our new librory. Chorles Scoggin come first. As governor of our stote, he wos os dignified os ever. Fronces Lee Foucette ond lvlory Boyd Rice come with him from his 'ggi office where they were his most voluoble secretories. Rodford Lewis told us thot he wos o certified public occountont, but he wos better known for his music. Lois Simon come from I-lollywood with her monoger, Chorles Bendoll. She hod concelled o picture to come to Reidsville. I-lelen Smoll wos weoring o dress which she hod designed ond her hoir wos orronged in her own originol style which hod swept the country. Inez lvlotkins ond Annie Doisy Motley were very hoppily morried, Billie Betts wos discussing the mony offers which she hod received for her book, Love, As You Like lt. lvlorgoret Burton hod settled down to leorn the doiry business, Louise Thompson hod given up her job os stenogropher to morry the president of the Clover Chewing Gum Foctoryf' lvlorgoret Jones hod retired from her news- poper work to live o quiet life in the country with her fomily ond to write o book. Ann Chombers wos exploining to Mildred Horrelson, Reidsville's new commerciol teocher, her system of cooking to music, which she used in teoching I-lome Ec. Junior Dciniel hod become fomous for his first mon's column on The Writ- ing of Love Letters, Tom Fitz wos breoking heorts in every port os Lieutenont Fitz of the IJ. S. Novy. Buford Griffin wos o successful chemicol engineer in New York. Moc Allen hod undertoken the undertoking business. Syble Ellington seemed to be the typicol young housewife in o new outfit of her fovorite grey. lvlorgoret Glidewell looked just os if she hod stepped from one of the mony billboords where she is pictured os o model for Beech Nut Gum. Evelyn Wolker ond Grey Woynick told us thot they hod finolly mode their choice of husbonds, Louis Wright wos telling lvlinto Price obout his successful new foods, ond Minto wos put- ting to proctice her prescribed course on Ani- moted Conversation. Thomos Evons hod mode quite o nome for himself os o forest ronger when he rescued Cloude Reynolds, Jr, from o forest fire, ond Genie lVlcDonold Reynolds wos still emborross- Page Twenty-eight

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At the close of the year the juniors took a very important part in the commencement exercises The marshals were, Elizabeth Mit- chell, C, L. Saunders, Margaret Jones, Betsy Lee Mayberry, Lucy Kiker, Genie McDonald and Frances Lee Eaucette. Like the fall of Rome, dramatic Betty Throckmorton slipped from the stage steps with a garland of ivy and roses trailing over her shoulder. The European civilization was far greater and more powerful than any preceding it. Dur- ing this empire people began a specialization They branched off into many different fields, unknown before. ln the eleventh grade the students in your class began to specialize in certain subjects preparing for fu- ture necessity Many new fields were opened. Manual training was introduced, and your school had a new work shop. Many of the stu- dents thought that they had reach- ed their Waterloo when there were various and freauent explosions in the Chemistry lab. Genie McDon- ald and Mary Jane Robinson like Beethoven and Bach strove onward with their music courses. You had your Leonardo de Vinci's in the persons of Jett Osbourne, Lois Simon and l-lelen Small Student organization was introduced into your school this year. Many members of your class took active parts in its careful planning and carry- ing out, The student organization sponsored issuing of your high school paper The RENOCAHI, Of course you are most interested in the American civilization. This is the highest civilization ever reached and it has greatly overshadowed that of the European. ln the twelfth grade we made the final preparations f S for our future, The turmoil that goes with present day elections could be compared to our selection of officers, superlatives, and an- nual and newspaper staffs, Many of the stu- dents who hold high offices in the school are from our classi President of Student Organiza- tion, C. L, Saunders, President of Senior Class, Elizabeth Mitchell, Publication Chief of School Paper, Claude George, Editor in Chief of School Paper, John McGehee, President of Debator's Club, Margaret Jones, President of Dramatic Club, Betsy Lee Mayberry, President of Hi- Y, Tom Fitz, President of Young Tar l-leel Farmers Chapter, Curtis Eitts, President of Band, Charles Scoggins, Captain of football team, G, W. Burgess, Captains of basketball teams, Marie McAdams and Buck Groff, Co-Captain of baseball team, Burnelle Cook Everyone enjoyed the Junior-Senior banguet this year very much, An- other important event was the bas- ketball tournament in which our . boys won first place, and the girls second place, ' M a n y personalities developed during the years spent in High School. You have your own Martha Raye, Miss Billie Betts, who gives lessons on Love at Demand. Next on your list is Benny Goodman Lewis and his swingaroos clarinet. Margaret Byrd as Jen- nette McDonald and Claude George as Gene Autry show great talent. Spirit of l-listory, we the historians, thank you for showing us the history of our past school life, May we in later years, look back upon this as the best part of our life. C. L, SALJNDERS, MARY JANE ROBINSON, l-listorians S ST le Mnocah 1- W--4 -W -------- - T Page Twenty-feven

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ing him by telling of his brovery in rescuing her son. After we hod met oll of our clossmotes who were there, Jimmie hooked up his photoscope ond begon looking for those members who hod not come. Cloude George hod been too busy keeping his notion-wide business going to come to Reids- ville ond he hod refused to ollow his secretory, Dorothy l-looper, to hove the doy off. G. VV. Burgess, Burnelle Cook, ond Roymond Goolsby, fomous footboll cooches, were mok- ing new rules for footboll. Morgoret Byrd wos nnoking her debut ot the Metropoliton. Rolph Monte Peorson, rodio sports com- mentotor, wos interviewing Buck Groff for mo- teriol on the Big Leogue pioyers omong whom Buck is outstonding. Virginio l-lopper ond Elmo Meodor were ot- tending the beouticions' convention in New York. Lucy Kiker wos storring in one of Brood- woy's big productions. Betty Throckmorton could not leove her broodcost, l'll Tell the World. V Jett Osborne hod to ottend o dinner where she wos to be given on oword for her lotest pointing, Horses, lvlory lvleodor wos not oble to get someone to toke her ploce os dietition ot one of our lorge southern hospitols. l-lelen lVlcCollum, Eronces Eowlkes ond Edith McClintock were busily breoking heorts ond mending bodies os nurses ot the some hospitol. Curtis Eitts hod promised to moke o tolk on his success os o former. Kotherine Sounders wos going on o second honeymoon with Poul Rooch. Kote ond Ruth Tronthom were both teoch- ing school ot Bethony. Morie McAdoms could not leove her bosket- boll teom which wos trying to win the stote chompionship. Irene Woshburn ond Elsie Chopmon hod bought o string of dime stores which were noted for their good treotment of the clerks. Juonito Corter wos teoching roller skoting ot Reidsville's new pork. John lvlcGehee hod become o well known engineer. Ai B. Gilliom ond Poul Tuttle were doing their spring plowing. lvlory lone Robinson wos scheduled to pose for on importont mogozine. Obed Doy wos teoching ot Appolochion Stote Teochers College ond the coeds wouldn't let him leove. Ruth lvlorkus hod become l-2eidsville's libro- rion, noted for her obility to onswer questions. Betsy Lee lvloyberry hod opened on exclusive school for girls which wos well known for its dromotics. Annie McBride hod given up teoching ond pessimism for some lucky young mon, Mildred Poyne hod token on importont po- sition os secretory to one of Reidsville's out- stonding businessmen, Billy Anderson. Billie Shelton wos ottending the big boseboll gomes in New York to inspire Jule. Clorice Thornton wos o model former's wife. After we hod finished heoring obout our friends, we went bock to the school to heor the rest of the dedicotion speeches. We oll felt proud of our closs, for we hod helped to bring fome to the school which we hod left fifteen yeors before. -ELIZABETH PERK l NS, Prophet, E EW Ecifre !Qn0caAi 153133-MAA-A AAAA Am f? MT Page Twenty-nine