Woodleaf High School - Acorn Yearbook (Woodleaf, NC)

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Mr. Langford, our Agriculture teacher, who was absent when the pictures were made Mrs. Waller, our music teacher How did that get in here? Nice dressing roms, boys. First grade reading class—C-A-T—cat! “On the flying trapeze.” Our Cafeteria Staff. Chow time—come and get it. Just relaxin’ ’n eatin’. Roll “them” bones, kids. Seniors—one happy group. Are we seeing things? Our chauffeurs—a swell bunch of guys.

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PROPHECY Last summer while | was on a cruise to the Hawaiian Islands | met a very interesting couple who appeared to be of foreign descent. They invited me into their stateroom and told me about some of the customs of their land. As our conversation lingered, | looked about the room, and suddenly my gaze fell upon something that amazed me. It was a crystal ball, and | could actually see images forming in it. The man was still talking and, unnoticed, | walked over to it. Then, these words appeared: “The Senior Class of 1948—Woodleaf High School.” The mist cleared and | saw a very familiar image—a five star general in the marines, and the general is none other than Graham Swicegood. | next gazed upon a sign at the entrance of one of the world’s largest dairies, “Pot-Neck Juicery,” which specializes in cows that give chocolate milk. The owner is Donald Honbarrier. The scene changes now, and what is all that noise? It is Martin Barbee, now a great Hilly-Billy song writer, surrounded by a large group of swooning Bobby-Soxers. A large building is looming before me now. It is Harvard University, a college where everything is taught. The professor, dressed in a long robe, turns around, and I see that it is Thomas Langford, the teacher of Smooch- ology. The crowded court room of a Chicago court house now appears before me. Court has been in session for three days, and the district attorney is just about at his wits’ end. He has been trying to get the conviction of Bobby Holt in the case of “Who Pushed The Biddie In The Creek?” The D.A., is none other than Bobby Ward. The radio comes on now and a half-hour of good string music is played by the famous “Bush-Jumpers.” The leader of the band is Walter Lee Goodman. A mad rush to all the department stores is now taking place. The cause of the rush of the women is a new invention——stockings guaranteed not to run, creep, pick or tear. The inventor of this wonderful money saver is Darwin Correll, the famous inventor of 1958. A fashionable New York mansion now looms before me, and as | eagerly watch, | see a man who is wildly trying to escape from the flying pots and pans and a rolling pen. The wielder of the rolling pen is Nannie Mae Harris who is after Dee for swiping a penny from her piggy bank. | now hear a famous orchestra playing a famous selection, “Tonight Is the Night,” written by Jean Yarbrough, a famous song write. She was inspired by Howard Painter. A large crowd is gathered in Madison Square Garden, where a citation is being given. The citation is for breaking the world’s woman’s track record. This honor goes to Hilda Click. | now see a big Greyhound bus whizzing down a long. stretch of highway. Lawrence Safley, the driver, has just received an award for driving One Million miles without an accident or a flat tire. There is a girl in a white uniform hurrying down a long hall. She has a hypodermic needle and gobs of pills. It is Maude Lee Swicegood, who is head nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The scene now shifts to the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus. As the scene becomes clearer, | see the world’s largest and smallest men; the largest being C. W. Myers and the smallest Bobby Williams. | now see the pennant winning Yankees’ crack coach, Donald Watson, talking to his best pitcher before he starts the world’s toughest game. The pitcher is none other than the all-star Sidney Blume. In a distance | see waving palm trees and as I draw nearer, | see a sign, “Quiet On The Set.” The famous picture, “Are You Going,” is in the making, and as the director turns around, | see that he is none other than Garland Pope, an old ciassmate. Now, | approach the Hawaiian Islands, and | see a famous Hula-Hula dancer. The dancer is Thelma Powlas, who is surrounded by a group of cheering natives. She is accompanied by her partner, May Trexler. They have almost succeeded in teaching the natives a new Hula dance. | now see a missionary in the deepest African jungle surrounded by natives. She is none other than Louise Fleming. (She inspired the author of the song “Civilization.’’) Now, | see a large, widely read newspaper. On the front page | see an article, “Girl Typist Wins $1,000,000.” My eyes bulge, and as I read further, | see that the article is about Lillian Speas, who has won first place in a world typing contest. Softly, | hear sweet music playing. The conductor turns around, and | see—why it’s Ruth Click. Her music- makers are called, “Ruthie, and her all gal orchestra.” Now, in a large New York office, 58 stories above the street, | seem to hear the click of a typewriter. I peep through the keyhole and see Dorothy Beck who types faster than her boss can dictate. Every once in a while I hear her boss say, “Hey, wait for me.” Then, the vision faded, and | began to make preparations to leave the stateroom. Of all my trip, | enjoyed the “look back at the Class of 748” the most of all. DOROTHY BECK, Prophetess

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JUNIORS CHARLES BARBER TOMMY BARBER aot EVA MAE SHOAF EVERETTE SHOAF BILLY WARD