St Matthews High School - Saints Scroll / Stinger Yearbook (St Matthews, SC)

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CLASS HISTORY For six long years we had awaited with great anticipation the first day of school. Finally when the dav arrived we were no different from the preceding first grade—frightened to death if you looked at us straight in the face. Miss Martha Holman and Miss Dorothy Neil were our beloved teachers to guide us through the first nine months of school. When the first grade is mentioned we always think of Sarah crying everyday for her mother. Miss Frances Salley was our second grade teacher, but not for long for she soon got married. Mrs. Mary Wannamaker took over this young devilish hunch where Miss Salley left off. Miss Elizabeth Cleland, the music teacher, stole all the little boy’s heart». Sarah and Harry left us to go to Sunny Plain. After that long nine months and a wonderful vacation, we entered the third grade. Miss Modelle Ta lor and Miss Frances Carter were our instructors this year. We will never forget the day Miss Taylor stomped her foot and broke the heel off her shoe. Gloria Sikes, Perry Cooper Adams. Henry Amaker, and Kate Aul'.man joined our class. This was our first year of exams and we thought if we didn't finish we could stay until we did, but we soon learned different. As we trod up the stairs to the fourth grade, we were met at the door by Miss McMillian. The hoys discovered girls and the girls found out that there were such things as boys. Romances sprang up even where but the most noticeable one was between Nathan and Helen. Gloria and Carolyn should have found out there was an office because they sat in it almost everyday. The whole fifth grade fell in love with Miss Legare Womble, even if she did have the funniest name we had ever heard of in all our lives. Everyday she read us Miss Minerva and William Green Hill. We thought we were proud seniors when we entered the sixth grade but later we learned that we would be stuck in grammar school another year. We were all scared to death of Mr. Crider but he later proved that men weren’t so mean after all. Also never to be forgotten will be the drilling Miss Kennedy had to do to convince us that WAS was a verb and not a noun. The girls will recall a particular incident that happened one day during recess when Mr. Crider made them go to dif- ferent rooms and not to leave until he told them they could. The first grade didn’t know' what to do when they saw Gloria sitting in their room. Bobby lnabinet joined our class this year. After that school year passed we finally became the dignified seniors that we had so long dreamed of and were now awaiting the glorious day of graduation. At the end of the day we had our music class and this is where Clyde caught Timothy, a mouse, in “Miss Gertie’s” piano and carried him around in a match box. There was a great deal of commotion this year, especially the day we looked out the door and saw Reeves, bucket, water and all rolling down the stairs. Margaret Rowell joined our class this year.

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C L W I L L ASS [CONTINUED] Item 17. I. Gertrude Smith, do hereby will and bequeath to Virginia Hungerpeller all my book reports and themes, so she won't have to overwork her brains. Item 18. 1. Lois Bozard, do hereby will and bequeath to Laney Spigner, my natural curls, so he won’t have to get a Toni. Item 19. I, Nora Ellen Spigner, do hereby will and bequeath my diamond to Claire Ricken- baker. because I doubt if she will ever get one from Bob Newberry. Item 20. I, Allan Bruner, do hereby will and bequeath to “Beezy” Culclasure my ability to ask Mrs. Sadler insensible questions {according to her). Item 21. I, Carolyn Culclasure, do hereby will and bequeath to Millie Goddard my ability to play “Chopsticks”, so that she may play them as well as I do. Item 22. I. Helen Rucker, do hereby will and bequeath to Dorothy Ann Herlong, Betty Jane Furtick, and Lois Inabinet my red hair, so that they won't have to peroxide theirs. Item 23. I. Edward Rucker, do hereby will and bequeath to John Emmett McLauchlin my class ring for I doubt if he will ever get one. Item 24. I, Nathan Gressette, do hereby will and bequeath to George Elliott Crider my foot- ball pants, so he can have a pair big enough to fit him. Item 25. I, Laurie Hair, do hereby will and bequeath to Miss Fox my chewing gum, so that we may all chew and be merry. Item 26. I, Clyde Bennett, do hereby will and bequeath to Laney Spigner my beard, because it doesn’t seem as though he is making much headway toward growing one, and I hope that he has as much fun with it as I have had. Item 27. I. Nolten Hildebrand, do hereby will and bequeath to Keitt Hane a little more weight, so that he can use it to good advantage while playing guard, and lots of hair, so that he will have some to comb. Item 28. I, Grace Wise, do hereby will and bequeath to “Beezy” Culclasure my dictionary, so he won't have to wonder when Mr. Haigler uses all those four-syllable words in chemistry class. Item 29. I, Dan Gates, do hereby will and bequeath to John Emmette McLauchlin my ability in making hook reports, so that he may finish school in the next five years and help his father on the farm. Item 30. I. Helen Banks, do hereby will and bequeath to Jov Buyck my love for riding horses —even to this extent—that she may “wobble” along claiming the state of Texas. Witnesses: Testator: Lawrence Gressette Reeves Gressette Gloria Sikes

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CLASS HISTORY (CONTINUED] At last we walked up the steps of St. Matthews High just as seared as we were when we entered the first grade. We didn't stay that way for long for we soon became known as “the meanest class in school” and we still live up to that name. We shall never forget our health lessons which were really lessons in fishing from Mr. Hite. This year we added a whole new clan of students: Lois Bozard, Jack Bozard, Laurie Hair, Edward Rucker, Harry Hammond and Betty Francis. Margaret Rowell left us this year. By the time we reached the ninth grade Sarah Bates and Allan Bruner had joined our class which made it complete. We shall always remember tbe patience Miss Pendarvis had with us as be- ginners in Latin. Next came the tenth grade. Nathan, Clyde, Lawrence. Nolten, Bobby, Henry, and Reeves turned out to be champions in all sports. Shaking the floor was our hobby and the radiator had to take the penalty. Then we were Juniors and had many problems but the worst of them was money for a Junior- senior Banquet. Somehow the money was raised and one of the best Junior-Seniors SMHS ever had was given, even though all the girls had sore fingers from making tulips for the tulip gardens, and the improvised pool leaked and we had to mop most of the gym before Mr. Sadler and Mr. Garris discovered the water on the floor. The boys were practically worn out what with all the carpenter work and hanging crepe paper. The Junior Play, Jane Eyre, was a great success with a packed aud- ience of course, a drawing card in addition to the play was our usual Boys’ Chorus. Now as dignified seniors, the typing room holds many memories. One of the most hilarious of these was the day Lois and Sarah sat on the table and it fell on the floor along w ith two typewriters. It’s a wonder there are any typewriters because Reeves, Lawrence, and Allan almost tore them up every day (not with speed either I. The French class was small but if you were to walk in. you would always find Ben. Carolyn, and Reeves struggling over a translation or trying to get Grace to do it for them. We couldn’t forget the shorthand class and how we dreaded dictation, and the awful part about it is that’s almost the only thing Mrs. Sadler would give us. Lawrence and Clyde made headlines when they played in the Shrine Bowl Game in Charlotte end along with Nolten and Nathan in the Horse Bowl at Camden. Now our school days are almost over but we will always cherish the many memories we have of our ole SMHS and the many friends we have made during our years of learning. We regret to leave you SMHS and each of us will hold dear to our hearts the many wonderful memories we have of you. CAROLYN ClLCLASlRE H istorian