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.Palmer Stone School News Views of Interes
Class Prophecy
By Christine Polk
Since we were not fortunate
enough to have a very good pro
phet among our Senior Class, we
all decided to visit one of the
many reliable “Fortune Tellers"
in and around Covington. There
fore each Senior found out his ex
act future. This visit at least elim
inated the worry we would have
gone through in finding out what
we would become in the future
Some of the exact quotations
Compliments of
Mr. J. P. Floyd
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! of this famous Fortune Teller are
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“I see that Otis Bellamy is go
ing to reform and become the Pre
siding Elder ol the Oxford-Deea
tur District.
“The Juniors and Seniors of
1945 are going to have the most
s 'ccessful banquet the school has
ever had, because everything is
being supervised by their most
capable teacher, Miss Clara But
ler.
of Rip Van Winkle being re-lived,
“For Wesley Budd, I see the life
since he likes to sleep well.
“It’s hard for Hazel Burton
to choose between a business
course and matrimony, but final
chance becoming a business wo
ly she decides she has a better
man.
“I see a vacancy for a basket
ball coach in Clemson College,
which will be filled by Grady
Byrd. Though to everybody’s sur
prise Kay Standridge will not be
his wife.
“Ruth Day is going to become
•head nurse’ of Emory University
i Hospital, and she is also going to
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Graduates of the Paliher-Stone School of Oxford are pictured above. In picture are (left to right). Christine Pickett, Christine
Polk, Ruby Ellis, Clara Butler, Rachael Dial, Katherine Strindrige, Hazel Burton, Mildred White, Marion Georgia, Hazel Johnson. Ruth
Day
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Boy graduates in the picture are (left to right), Franklin Dick. Otis Bellamy, Everitt Gardner, Grady Byrd, Hulon Kitchens, James
Polk and Wesley Budd.
make ‘head-way’ with one of its
most famous doctors.
“Little men sometimes accom
i plish mighty things. That’s why
1 see Franklin Dick as president
] of the Royal Crown Bottling com
pany.
“If graduation day doesn’t hur
ry and come. I'm afraid the class
will lose Rachel Dial to the
Highway Department
“I see a great fortune awaiting
Everette Gardner, but since he
so fickle, he will lose most of it
through ‘breach of promise’ and
alimony law suits.
“Ruby Ellis is also going to
make a nurse, but she will give
up her career as soon as
catches one of the good looking
doctors.
‘‘I see an early marriage
family for Hulon Kitchens, as he
1 think* married people prosper
more quickly than single.
“The line between a musician
and a scientist is so vaguely drawn
that I cannot foretell which pro
fession Marian George will choose,
However, I see a success in either
for her.
“I see a big neon sign hang
ing over the sidewalk in Oxford.
It reads: ‘Rogers Super
Manager, James Polk.’
“I notice that Hazel Johnson is
j very fond of jewelry,
rings. She has a class ring and al
so one for that all important fin
ger.
“Christine Pickett i.s doomed
be an old maid school teacher
less she gives up teaching at
and joins a
! system. It would also help her
I j go “Mildred on a very strict White diet. is going
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Class Will
By Clara Butler
We. the members of the Senior;
Class of Palmer - Stone High
School in the yerr of our Lord,
i one thousand nine hundred and
forty, being sound in body and
unsound of mind, do herein be
queath to the member- of the Jon
i° r Class of the said school the
| proud privilege of being Seniors,
and also the use of the Senior
room during the term 1940-41.
To the Sophomores, we be
J queath the worst the class title in of school. being called
To the Freshmen, we bequeath
j the right to continue to make more
noise than any class in school,
To our Superintendent, Mr. E.
A. Edwards, we bequeath our love
and affection.
To our home room teacher. Miss
Evelyn Sewell, we bequeath all
English workbooks, notebooks, es
says and debates and the privilege
to have English all day.
To our Health teccher, Mrs.
Howard Brooks, we bequeath all
j first aid and of health giving books, First and aid the to
privilege
any one who needs it.
To Miss Griffeth we bqeueath
the right for her to solve all our
| ' future problems in life since she
is our math teacher.
To our Guidance teacher, Mr.
W. I. Dillard, we bequeath all our
Guidance and Government note
books and questions we wrote in
Guidance,
We, of the intelligent class of
1940 bequeath to individuals of
the Junior class our personal pos
j sessions and our wonderful char
acteristics.
I, Hazel Burton, do hereby be
queath to Elizabeth Williams my
ability to get along with the
teachers.
Clara Butler, wills to Myrtice
Summerour the rear right cor
ner seat, which is the «*ost desir
able one, being most protected
from teacher’s eye.in case a weary
student desires a nap or lunch.
Ruby Ellis, with all her skilled
make such a success as a radio en
tertainr that she's going to have
more people staving home listen
mg to^the Pot o Gold program.
“Kav Standridge has just been
;> arried the Pulitzer prize again.
This time it’s for her book, “Gone
With the Seniors of 1940.”
“I see a bookkeeping position in
the Western Auto Company
awaiting Christine Polk—or is it
a house wife's position?”,
Faculty of the Palmer-Stone High School
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Pictured above are members of the high school faculty at Palmer-Stone 'Left to right) Miss
Evelyn Sewell, Mr. E. A. Edwards, Mrs. Howard Brooks, Mr. W. D. Dillard, Miss Rachael Griffith.
ability to play basketball, wills it
to Aebecca Dobbs, hoping she
stays off the floor.
I, Rachel Dial, will to Mary Jo
Martin the privilege of always
firing her hair out on the basket
ball court, in the school room or
anywhere else,
Hulon Kitchens hereby wills to
Gordon Williams the right of tak
ing care of all the girls.
I, Franklin Dick, do hereby be
queath to Chester Clarke myj
knowledge of farming and also r i
ability to use a tractor.
I, Christine Polk, will to Hilda!
Ewing my ability to sing.
Marian George wills to Marga-i i
ret Polk the privilege to play the i
piano on the amateur program!
next year.
L Everette Gardner, do hereby
bequeath to Lester Owenby my
beloved curls so as to win the'
hearts of all the girls,
I, Mildred White, will to Geor- j
gia Butler my love for writing
and receiving letters, provided she
gets as big a thrill out of them as
I do.
Wesley Budd wills to James
Meador the right to be iate fiom
lunch at least every othei day.
I, James Polk, do hereby be
queath to Kathleen Dobbs my
talent and ability in drawing.
Kay Standridge wills 1d
Ellington the northwest corner
the Senior room, where she may
talk to Gordon as Katherine has
to Grady.
I. Ruth Day, do hereby bequeath
to Martha Gilbreath my
sense of humor with the hope that
it doesn’t get her into serious
trouble.
Otis Bellamy wills to Ruth
Kimble the right of pestering and
aggravating the other members of
the class.
I, Christine Pickett, do hereby
bequeath to Mary Lou Johnson
my love for Emory Junior Col
lege boys.
Hazel Johnson wills to Frances
Harris her loving personality and
ability to provide fun for all.
I, Grady Byrd, do hereby be
queath to Chessie Mae Brooking
my beaten path to the store.
74 n of the 2,480 killed were
pedestrians, killed while walking
on Georgia streets and highways.
Walkers in cities 430, on rural
roads 310. Urge all pedestrians
to walk facing traffic on their
side of the road—on the left hand
side of the highway. In cities,
cross only at intersections, always
observing the traffic signal if there
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Who’s Who at
Palmer-Stone
Prettiest Girl, Hazel Burton;
handsomest boy. Hulon Kitchens;
most studious girl, Christine Pick
ett; most studious boy, Franklin
Dial; most popular girl, Marian
George; most popular boy, Wesley
Budd; best all-round girl, Mar
ian George; best all-round boy,
Everette Gardner; most athletic
boy, Grady Byrd: neatest girl,
Christine Pickett; neatest boy.
Wesley Budd; cutest girl, Hazel
Burton; cutest boy. James Polk;
wittiest girl, Mildred White; wit
tiest boy, Wesley Budd; quietest
ing girl. Ruth Day: quietest boy,
Franklin Dick; most accommodat
girl, Ruth Day; quietest boy,
Hazel Johnson; friendliest girl,
Rachel Dial; most dignified girl
Clara Butler; most talkative, Kay
Standridge.
Members of the
Graduating
Clara Butler, Covin-Ton. Ga.;
Hazel Burton. Oxford, Ga.; Ruth
Day, Oxford, Ga.; Rachel Dial,
Oxford, Ga.; Ruby Ellis, Oxford,
Ga.; Marian George, Oxford, Ga.;
Hazel Johnson, Oxford. Ga.;
Christine Pickett. Oxford, Ga.;
Christine Polk, Covington, Ga.;
Mildred White, Oxford. Ga.; Gra
dy Byrd, Oxford. Ga.; Otis Bel
lamy, Oxford, Ga.; Wesley Budd.
Oxford, Ga.; Franklin Dick, Cov
ington Ga.; Everett Gardner, Ox
ford, Ga.; Hulon Kitchens, Ox
ford. Ga.; James Polk, Covington.
Ga.; Katherine Standridge, Ox
ford, Ga.
Nature’s woodland gives amaz
ingly efficient protection against
erosion.
Dean and Joe Dimaggio respec
tively.
Weil, we reached the Senior
year- and one more member
joined. Kay Standridge, who has
found the class most interesting.
This is the end of our past his
tory, but far be it from being the
end of us. We’re" starting young
and fresh now, each in different
! paths, but when We meet again,
, we hope to be as strong as ever,
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Class History
On the sunny morning of Sep
tember 6, 1920, the grammar
school of Palmer Stone began with
a chatter of teeth, knocking of
knees and a few giggles and
groans. Pd like to stop there with
my description, but there were
also a few tears. Among the hap
pier ones was wee little Marian
George. Oh. 1 know she s not so
wee n °w. but that’s the way it
was in the first grade.
In the second grade Franklin
Dick lankly showed his eager
ness to become a part of the group,
Along with him came the future
secretary of the Senior class, none
other than Mildred White.
Two star basketball players
joined the group in the third
grade, possessing the well known
names of Hulon Kitchens and Ru
by Ellis. *
In the fourth grade there were
no additions to our group, which
was probably just as well, as room
was willingly made in the fifth
for two other members, each with
Butler, basketball, and Hazel
d er own starring parts, Clara
,jo| lrsson , We!!, she’s wearing her
ring now—on that all-important
finger.
The addition to our class in the
sixth grade was Ruth Day, a liv
R g example of the well-known
proverb “Silence is golden.’
Something unusual fo 1- this group
Three cheers for Ruth
In the seventh grade, tall, dark
ar)d gthletic Grady Bvrd became
a part of the g^p and became
the star basketball player for the
school.
My, time did fly, we were then
really a pari of the high school
and eagerly absorbed our new
freedom. Although considered
dumb, we were very happy!
On arriving in the eighth grade
we found two well-known per
sonalities awaiting us: Habel Bur
ton, the belle of the class, and
Otis Bellamy. Well, you know
Otis.
Wesley Budd and Christine
Pickett with radiant faces entered
the “ultra” group in the ninth
grade and though the Palmer girls
boys might be interested Wes
ley and Christine had eyes and
hearts for “outsiders” only.
As obliging Juniors we wel
corned into our midst four popular
members of the Senior class, two
of which are good basketbalj
players: Christine Polk and Ra
chel Dial. James Polk and Ever
ett Gardner were the other two. I
might add they’re future Dizzy
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Faculty Membi
Mr. E. A. Edwards, Su Ms
dent: Miss Evelyn Sewell
Rachel Griffith. M rs ^ ,
Brooks, Mr. W. I, Dillard, I
Mary Loyal] Brown, Miss u
Laura Brown. Mrs. M R rid
ton, Piper, Mrs. Mrs. Ella Sam Park, Miss Do]
Maude Baker. Tribble i
Miss Evelyn jJ
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