St Johns High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Darlington, SC)

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Elizabeth Cody will become a social butterfly, But she will not deign to stop anywhere nigh; Over to Monte Carlo she’ll go And teach the crowds some things they don’t know. Sadie Goodson will be an Attorney-at-Law, And in her work you’ll find no flaw. Bob Lumiansky a wife will seek, And find one he thinks is mild and meek; But later she’ll turn out to be a shrew, And he’ll walk the chalk-line by her rolling-pin, too! Genevieve will become an aviatrix fair, And there’ll be nothing she will not dare; She’ll even make a non-stop flight From Darlington to Palmetto in the dead of the night. Howard Edwards, by paying the cost, Will reach the heights of a “Tammany Boss,” Where he’ll be able by a wink of his eye To make all the big politicians get spry. Billie will finish school and a little later Begin business as an interior decorator; On draperies she’s good, tho’ on pictures she slouches, But above everything else she’ll specialize on Couches. You’ll see this sign eight years hence: “Shave and a hair-cut, fifteen cents; Come and let us attend to your mop: Albert Couch’s Barber Shop.” Mary Sue, after graduating, will take her choice And go to New York to study voice; She a few years later a great prima donna will be And will charm a large audience at Lydia, S. C. Oscar Colvin will leave home And go to live in the Vatican at Rome; As with the ways of the world he can not cope, He’ll decide to try the job of the Pope. F'rank Clifton, always gloomy and morose, Will go abroad and take a chemical course; Then later he’ll decide no more to roam, And come back and teach chemistry in a Bachelors’ Home. Twenty

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THE PEDDLER OF DREAMS I am called “The Peddler of Dreams!” This is the Class of ’29, it seems. I’ve been sent here today by the fates To reveal the future of these classmates! Now, Willie Banks is young, foolish, and gay, But when he grows older he’ll change his way; He’ll become a solemn, stern moneymaker, And clear a cool million as an undertaker. Ellen Lyles will run for Congress, And the admiration of all arouse; And then, when she is elected, Will become Speaker of the House. Hazel Byrd will be a florist, And will spend all his hours—• All day long and late at night — In the culture of Flowers. Myrtle and Sue Nelle will cut many a caper In order to get their names in the paper; Finally they’ll take the age-worn test Of trying to climb Mount Everest. Lit Wilson will become the joy Of every little girl and boy. When night-time comes they’ll love to hear What happened to little Cuffie Bear, Or what Suzie Chipmunk saw at the show — For Lit’ll tell bedtime stories o’er the radio. Ruth Siskron will become the speed fiend of the 20th Century, And will barely escape the penitentiary By practicing on the Darlington Square For the races that will come off that year. Blanche Dennis, after trying many a job, Becomes a hair-dresser — her specialty the Bob; But later she marries a lad named Rill, And settles down in Bishopville. Ernest Law will sell his farm, There to return no more, And in Darlington will become the owner Of Law’s Grocery Store. •Vine feet!

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Susan Woods a dress designer will be And will take up her residence in gay Paree. Winnie Howie will be a song-writer Of great style and wit — “Yes, We Have No Bananas” will be her greatest song hit. Hugh Dargan on the platform will go And give lectures daily over the radio; And, however strange to you it might seem, “The Evil Effects of Chewing Tobacco” will be his theme. Hannah Sue will become a great student of her time, And will win distinction while still in her prime; One book she’ll write of great attraction: “Research Into Fundamental Chemical Reaction.” Jennie Ervin will become an M.D., For an eye, ear, and nose specialist she will be, And the head of the Hospital of Darlington, S. C. Six years hence you’ll see this sign: “Roland Tew in ‘The Kiss Divine’,” For Roland will become, at an early age, A nonchalant shiek of the stage. John Kilgo, always handsome and healthy, When he finishes school will become very wealthy; He, with the aid of some of his workers, Will organize the “Kilgo 20-Ring Circus.” Kilgo’s Circus’ most attractive feature Will be a winsome, graceful little creature, The tight-rope walker, Sarah Dargan by name, Who will wing her way to fortune and fame. Grace Dutton will teach school in the Appalachian Highlands, And later marry the Ambassador from the Fee.jee Islands. Then he’ll take her back home on his trusty old nag, Where she’ll be happy teaching the natives the “Varsity Drag.’ If you don’t like you future, don’t blame it on me: I had nothing to do with it — I’m just a peddler, you see For only the fates have the power to foretell: But I must be going, so to all a Farewell! Twenty-One MARY WARE