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Thursday, June 4, 1931 / McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER TWO McCormick High School News This is our last issue of school news and we wish to thank those who have so faithfully helped co make this school news what it has been. We especially wish to thank those who have so diligently ham mered on the “Underwoods” in order to get the news out each week. We wish for each of our readers a very pleasant vacation. CLASS PROPHECY. E. C. Winn will win his race Or he’s to take Babe Ruth’s place. Ruby and Pearl Y/hite will sail away on the sea And to the Filipinos teach Algebra and X Y 2. Andrew Giles will be a navigator all his life And his ship “Sally” will be named for his wife. Mabel Lyon will be a history teach er And will keep house for a Metho dist preacher. Frances Lyon, who is just seven teen Will some day be a rich man’s “Madame Queen.” Carl Will will be a wealthy ad vertiser He will make much money but will never be a miser. These will be John Thomas Mc Grath’s latest books 4 ‘A Treatise on Love Making; “Football” and “Looks.” A lone aviator th^at will cross the sea, James Furqueron, none other than he. ' Helen Brown, with her winning ways Will take part in musical plays. Thomas Tall^rt, an astronomer who at school was never at play Has discovered seven new stars in the great White Way. Walton Burkett, oh! What a bouncer Some of these days he’ll make a good radio announcer. Helen Talbert, with so much poise and grace Ten years from now will take Miss Kennedy s place. Kathleen Hollingsworth some day will play in Grand Opera And no one on earth can stop her Who will be the girl with the big full purse Annie Belle Langley, our fine trained nurse. Mildred Deason, with all her friv olous ways WiU settle down to housekeeping some of these days. Elizabeth McAlister, who is quite a blonde type On*2 d:.y on the movie stage will be a bright light. Howard Franklin, our history shark Will go to Europe on a wedding lark. Louise Huckabee, in her dignified , way Will take care of the sick day by day. v Ruth Banks, our studious scholar Will marry a man with' many a * dollar. Bam Young for work will be in great need As he will have a wife and five children to feed. Ellen Bosdell in her happy go- lucky way Will be in a road show that trav els day by day. Ruby Cothran with intelligent ways Will be a representative to Con gress some of these days. Louise McKinney, who dresses with much care Will own a beauty shop and curl people's hair. Alleen Arrington with her baby face Will take Sue Carroll’s place. Herman Sandifer, “shiek” of high school days Will some day settle down to “hen pecked’’ ways. Azlle Self, with her everready smile In the near future will be washing dishes by the pile. Janie Pearl Brown, •with her Span ish looks Will be sought by many matrimon ial hooks. Myrtis Dillashaw and Susan Rob ertson can not sing But you should hear—they make those typewriters ring. James Patterson, who is a great talker Will certainly win a place in some Chautauqua. , Billie Britt, who used to read “Tom Sawyer” Is sure to become’the world’s most famous lawyer. Welboume Schumpert, the prohpet of ’31 J* a wealthy merchant still having :?un. The two Bills—Mayson and Dow- - tin Ly name By flying planes and sailing will win great : ame. Sam Price instead of taking a tex tile course Will be the chief of the McCormick police force. Milton Walker, whom we call Grinnie” Will be a great architect and de sign houses for many. Emmie Mayson will be a farmer’s wife She says she wanted to be one all her life. WELBOURNE SCHUMPERT. CLASS WILL. We, the Senior Class of 1931, be ing seized with a temporary, gen erous impulse, and realizing with ; grief that our days at McCormick High are numbered, do make this our last will to wit: I, John Thomas McGrath, do hereby leave to Neil Ridlehoover both of my dimples, together with their ability to win the feminine hearts. I, Howard Franklin, do hereby will to James Dorn the ability to drive the school bus around the corner on two wheels, realizing that James may put this to good advantage while driving his Ford. I, James Furqueron, do hereby will :ny pompadour to Howard Bradley, hoping that wind-blown bobs will stay in style. I, Janie Pearl Brown, do hereby will my talking ability to Elizabeth Crawford, with the hope that she will win the one of her heart’s de sire. We, Azile Self, Alleen Arrington, Helen Talbert, do hereby will our French books with all notes in cluded, to the rising Senior Class, feeling sure that much knowledge can be gained from our original translations. I, James F’atterson, do . hereby will my big feet to Ab Lyon, feeling sure that they will prove a firm foundation. I, Bill Dowtin, do hereby will my manly figure and military bearing to Jack Coleman with the advice that he eat plenty of tasty yeast. I, Herman Bandifer, do hereby will my blonde curls to Sam Leard. I, Sam Price, do hereby will my ability to make love while listen ing to a lesson to John Morrah, realizing that he will use it to good advantage. I, Sam Young, do hereby will my ability to hurry through life to Rodney Russell, hoping that he will not skid around the corner. I, Andrew Giles, do hereby will my ability to absorb a four year high school course in five years to James Talbert with the assurance of “while there’s life there’s hope.” I, Louise McKinney, do hereby will my love for history to Bill Bracknell with the conviction that history repeats itself. I, Elizabeth McAlister, do hereby will my small appetite to Martha Major with the hope that she may put it to good use. I, Welbourne Schumpert, do hereby will my ability to serve as class president, manager of lunch stand' and any other office to James Willis, trusting that he will soon become president of the Unit ed States. I, Billie Britt, do hereby will my ability to advertise the qualities of Milky Way,” peanut butter sand wiches, etc., to Claude Workman, as he seemed to have been my best customer. We, Pearl White, Ruby White and Ruth Banks, do hereby will our smiles and blushes to Dorothy Bowen and Frances Strom, since blushing is still in style. I, Mildred Deason, do hereby will my ability to say the right thing at the wrong time to Betty Work man. I, Mabel Lyon, do hereby will my teaching ability to Richard Will iams hoping that he may some day be Superintendent of the McCor mick Schools. We, Louise Huckabee and Emmie Mayson, do hereby will our calm and serene manner to Jewel Pat terson and Sara Christian, realiz ing their need of it. We, Myrtis Diljashaw and Susan Robertson, do hereby will our abil ity to get to school at the last minute to Evelyn Brown and Louise Davis. * We, Ruby Cothran and Ellen Bosdell, do hereby will our ability to become famous actresses to Elsie Langley and Leila Bradley. I, E. C. Winn, do hereby will my pretty blue eyes to Charles Black- well and hoping that the girls will like them as well as they have mine. We, Annie Belle Langley and Helen Burnside, do hereby will our o o Your Throat With Harsh Irritants "Reach for a LUCKY instead" Now! Please!—Actually put your finger on your Adam’s Apple. Touch it— your Adam’s Apple — Do you know you are actually touching ycur larynx?—This is your voice box—it contains ycur vocal chords. When you consider ycur Adam’s Apple, you are considering yourthroat — your vocal chords. Don’t rasp your throat with harsh irritants — Reach for a LUCKY instead — Remember, LUCKY STRIKE is the only cigarette in America that through its exclusive "TOAST ING" process expels certain harsh irritants present in all raw tobaccos. These expelled irritants are sold tp manufac turers of chemical compounds. They are not present in your LUCKY STRIKE, and so we say Consider your Adam’s Apple. /# It’s toasted” Including the Use of Ultra Violet Rays Sunshine Mellows—Heat Purifies Your Throat Protection—against irritation—against cough bashful ways to Kathryn Lang and Shug” Talbert. I, Frances Lyon, do hereby will my ability to understand big words to Eva Coleman. I, Walton Burkett, do hereby will my popularity to Eugenia Langley, feeling sure that she will keep ufc the good work. We, Milton Walker and William Mayson, do hereby will our ability to obtain diplomas to Raymond Sanders and Randolph Puckett, feeling sure that they will be as successful as we have been. We, the Senior Class, do leave to the Junor Class all our history notebooks, English themes, French term papers, Geometry notebooks, and any other knowledge that we have acquired by much labor and diligence, warning them that the path *io learning goes up one hill and down the other. We, leave to our teachers and Superintendent — the pleasant memories of our stay here, know ing indeed that they will never get another class that can surpass us in asking questions about our credits and diplomas. We, hereby appoint Miss Bowles, Miss Reid and Miss McCord as executors of this our last will and testimony in witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal, McCormick. South Carolina, on the second (2nd) day of June, Nineteen and thirty (1931). Lawyer—ELLEN BOSDEL ’31. PRESIDENT’S WELCOME ADDRESS. Parents, friends and visitors, from time immemorial there has existed the observance of certain customs, and I today am very glad , that the custom of welcoming you has been invented, because it af fords me the pleasant opportunity of telling you in behalf of the class of 1931 of the board of trustees and of the faculty that we believe it is well you have come. We deem it is well on three counts. It is well for yourselves, for here will be presented before you all those who have happily attained the long-de sired goal and won ijie coveted laurels of our high school course. Surely out of it all, if you are a bit receptive, you ought to increas: your mental pabulum by gathering a few crumbs of wisdom, and wis dom is not a drug in any market. It is well for us, as the graduat ing class, that you have come, be cause we know that an occasion of this kind brings out, as in one common cause, the “intelligencia” of the town and presents them be fore us in a body for our contem plation and emulation. It is well for the school that you are here, as it strongly attests that despite much outward, seeming in difference our school really and truly has a warm, fixed place in the hearts of the citizens. As I was complaining the other day to a woman of wide experience about the trouble of welcome ad dresses and things of that kind, she answered me with a bright, never-to-be-forgotten look. “Dear boy, these things you call ‘fuss and feathers’ are the great sweetners of life; these gentle courtesies are what make the difference between savagery and civilization. They are also a part of what the Apostle Paul meant when he said “In honor preferring one another.” Then realizing just ’what her meaning was, I said to myself, “If we youngsters can do anything, be it ever so little, to bring goodness and pleasure to those who are bearing the burdens of the day for us, how rejoiced we should be to do it.” And suddenly I was happy that I could appear before you, as I do now, and proclaim with fervent sincerity welcome from the senior class and everyone connected with it. VALEDICTORY. , “Of all sad words of tongue or pen-the saddest are-it might have been.” But there are no might have been’s with us, for by our presence here tonight, we have shown that success in a way is ours. Have we thus gained this peak by our unaided efforts? The answer comes back-no! Civiliza tion itself today is bound together with cords that link nation with nation. No one nation or person stands in its strength alone. Com merce, industry, fine arts, a vari ety of products, and numerous oth er properties exert their influence, thus grouping the world into a large family. Perhaps some trivial incident has caused the interests of nations to become entertained. Af ter all it isn’t the greatest deeds that count for the most. Small acts performed by unknown and often insignificant individuals have led the world on to better things. Look around you-in all phases of life. There stands the mighty oak, raising its leafy branches, and day by day drinking in the warm sunshine and water, growing tall er and stronger. “Tall oaks from little acorns grow. Large streams from tiny sources flow.” The lit tle acorn falls to the earth, and is imbedded for months, where the bleak winds and snows cover the earth until the coming of spMnk- Then the warm rays of the sun and showers moisten Mother Earth, causing the swelling of the buds, and ’ere long the tiny sprouts will show themselves. After a bit, the tiny leaves grow to twigs, then on and on until the little sapling as serts itself, and the little birds that carol their sweet songs will find R AT-SNAP KILLS RATS Also mice. Absolutely prevents odors from carcass. One package proves this. RAT-SNAP comes in cakes—no mixing with other food. Guaranteed. , 35c size •< 1 cake *. enough for Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar. 65c size - 2 cakes - for Chicken House, coops, or small buildings. $1.25 size - 5 cakes - enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage buildings, or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by STROMS’ DRUG STORE McCormick, S. C. a heaven of rest. And after awhile the sapling grows to the gigantic oak, where the traveler can find rest to sit under the shade of the trees. But, back to our seniors, as we come to “the paYting of the ways” and step out into the great arena of life. We hope that the best to be will follow each of us in his chosen vocation, and a bright and happy future will follow till we reach the goal. For four years we have labored together here, re joicing with one another’s pleas ures, and sympathizing with one another's sorrows. We will not always find beds of roses in pur pathway, for there’s no rose 4, with- out a thorn. This makes us ap preciate life’s bitters as well as its sweets. Each succeeding year, as the mighty oak, we have gain ed more knowledge -and wisdom, strength “with line upon line and and our characters have grown in precept upon precept.” Ties of friendship have been formed which can never be broken. To our loved faculty we owe much that we have gained by their (Continued On Page Seven)