Reidsville High School - Renocahi Yearbook (Reidsville, NC)

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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

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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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L ST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of l939, of Rockingham County, of the State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and disposing memory, and realizing that our school days are about to close, do make, declare, and publish this-our last will and testament: FlRST: To Mr. Perry we offer our appreciativeness for inspiring us throughout our twelve years of educa- tion. To Mr. Lipscomb, with heartfelt thanks, We leave our kindest appreciation for his never-dying efforts in help- ing us through this, our last year of school. To Miss Baker, we express our most sincere thanks for her untiring help with French and the annual. To Miss Ratledge, we will the love and sympathy of the entire Senior Class. SECOND: To the Junior Class, we leave our title of Seniors, in hope that they will be as proud of it as we were To the Sophomores, we leave the courage 5 to press onward and see their task com- pleted. To the Freshmen, we leave our determination to push ever upward. THIRD: To Kathleen Cheek, Lucy Kiker leaves her prom-trottin '-with the assurance of many love-ly week-ends. Betty Throckmorton reluctantly departs with her in- cessant chatter by leaving it to Edgar Bray. To l-lortense l-laizlip, Genie McDonald wills her petite- ness. Marie McAdams and Lois Simon leave their athletic ability to Elsie Maynard. Billie Betts' title of Class Baby is left to Helen Smithy- Who-a-a-a-al Syble Ellington leaves her love to Grey Pettigrew. Juanita Carter wills her skating ability to anyone who thinks he can master it. The versatility of Betsy Lee Mayberry is left to Charles Anna Price. Margaret Burton's and Virginia l-lopper's appetites are left to Frances Fagg, with the hope that she will not over indulge. l-lelen McCollum's knack of being out of class is willed to Mary Lloyd Glidewell, knowing that it will not be discarded, but used to its best advantage. Margaret Jones leaves her capability to Robert Roscoe, assured of its not being abused. The lovely voice of Margaret Byrd is left to Anna Clark McDonald. Our budding artist, Jett Osborne, leaves her sketching ability to Roy Stallings. 'X Minta Price leaves, to anyone who would 1 care to use it, her little saying, it really do not matter. Todd Ferneyhough and Mac Allen's musical ability is left to the entire band. John McGehee's smoothness with the girls is left to Richard Clark. The soft voices of Evelyn Walker and Grey Waynick are left to Ruby Carter. The beauty spot of Margaret Glidewell, which all the girls have envied since the first grade, is left to Marion Robertson. G. W. Burgess and Raymond Goolsby will their athletic ability to T. Bone Smith. C. L. Saunders' slow but sure way is willed to Jimmy Mobley, knowing that he has need for it. Page Thirty