Hamlet High School - Choo Choo Yearbook (Hamlet, NC)

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CLASS PRCPI-IECY 'Ihe town had certnnnly changed a gre nt denl nn ten yenrs As my trann pulled nn I saw nnstead of the old wooden structure n large modern brnck ednhce When I got off the trann I found that Vernon Grnffnn had beea the engnneer As I looked up Mann Street I hardly recognnzed any of the bunldnngs for many new bunldnngs had been bunlt and others remodeled All of the hngh school crowd were nn Bnrmnngham s as usual and C hnrles Mcfaw had now become the general manager of the establnshmcnt As I contnnued up the street I notnced n benuty parlor operated by I ranees Smnth and joyce McDufIne At the corner of Mann nnd Ralengh Polnce Chnef Berdette Hncks was dnrectnng trafIic wnth an expernenced hand Dnrectly across the street from tlne post office was a mammoth structure whnch had a large sngn on the front saynng The Hamlet Danly Chronncle Upon nnqunrnng I found thlt Laura Morgan had started the paper whneh was the first dnnly paper to be started nn Rnchmonel County Also nn the Chronncle office I saw Betty Bnllnngsly and Betty ean Wnllnams who were stenographers I met S Nolan on the street and found that he was he nd physncs professor at U N C just at that tnme an old frnend Bnlly Samuels pulled up nn hns car and asked me to get nn When he found that thns was my fnrst ynsnt snnce graduatnon he offered to show me around and tell me about some of the class He sand that he was a constructnon company officnal nn charge of bunldnng new addntnon to the old hngh school He took me fnrst to the hngh school so I could look nround The first person I saw was Rnchard Conder He sand he had been connected wnth the coachnng staff of the school snnce hns graduatnon from college I also saw Buck Knotts nnnd Bruce Hamnlton who were professnonal foot ball play ers gnsnng an exhnbntnon of thenr sknll before the Hamlet Hngh squad Insnde the gymnasnum I saw Sarah Anderson Sarah had yonned the gnrls professnonal basketball team and she was sharpennng up her game As Bnlly and I were gonng back to the ear we met Olnye Daxns and found th nt she was the scnence tencher nn the school When we got back nn tlne car Bnlly turned on the rndno and we heard tlne Inst of the program Your Irnendly Phnlosopher wnth Snappy Powers ns the phnlosoplner 'Ilnen came nmmy McNenll wnth the world news On henrnng thns my frnend told me that ses eral of our old school mates were on the radno Barney Patrnck sponsored by Cccnl aeob s Lumber Yard brought the farm news and Vnrgnnna Osburn conducted the Women s World program At noon we went to S P Peele s Cafe for lunch and I rellly got to see some old frnends there Ida Mclzwen whose latest book hnd made her a celebrnty hardly had tnme to cat for autogrnphnng books Betty Shealy cnme nn nnd Bnlly sand that she was the drnynng nnstructor at the cnty hnll Harold Brown eommercnal nrtnst and hns model Nell Byrd came nn and were seated near us I lenrncd th nt Harold had accepted a three year contract wnth the Atlas Gnrdle Company After nnnshnng our lunch I asked my frnend why we aw so mnny of our old frnends He nnformed me thnt thns w ns ho necomnng week nnd cneryon who could was comnng That afternoon he took me to see ltfne Ormsby s book store and Lncy Beck s furnn ture manufacturnng pl nt We nlso went to see Rhyne Garrns who was operatnng a place called Rest Hayen n sanntornum for alccholncs Bnlly snnd nt would be nmpossnble to see Robert Blakely or Bnlly Brumbles Becau e of gnrl trouble they had decnded to become hermnts A lnttle later we happened to meet Inck C lgle He seemed especnally happy and he was gnxnng ex eryone cngnrs When we nsked wh nt the cscntement was he sand that some thnng new had been added He nnd hns wnfe the former Peggy Hnuse had just announced the arrnyal of trnplets to thenr famnly My host told me that can Medlnn usnng her tnste for beautnful clothes was a buyer for Sak s IInfth Avenue nn New York He also nnformed me that Sara Morrnson was nn the clothes busnness I found out th nt she w ns a clothes dcsngner nn Parns I notnced Bnll Leaehs nnd Pnt Browns smnles on all the bnllboards ndyertnsnng Colgate s Malcolm McLellan w ned to us from the door of hns undcrtaknng establnshment as we hurrned by on our w ny to a theater owned by Inckne Bankhead Wfe were gonng to hear a concert by Tnnker Waldrop the famous pnano nrtnst I6 ' ' 1 ' ' 2 1 L.. 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CLASS PROPI-IECY Durrng, 111ter1111ss1on we met 1n1ny more of our ASSOLIAICS rn tl1e lobby Anne Pepper xxas 1 musre Cfltll for the nexxspaper L1b McGoo5,an xx as there and I learned that she xx 1s st1ll looluny, for a husb1nd Gr1ce Mack Prouty xx ho recently celebrated her tenth xxeddmg, 1nn1xersary xx as 1mon5, the croxx cl and of course th1t queen of the soelal xxorld I1mm1e R11th Spence xx IS there She IIIXIICKI us to 1 homecommg p1rty1 she xx as grxrnq that exenmg for .1 number of the former cl1ss of I9 I xx IS cert11nly ple1sed to cet th1t 1nx1t1t1o11 IWCLILISL there I co11ld tmd out 1bout more of 111y fr1ends On the xxay b1cl1 I rode 1n 1 c1h oper1ted by CLIYIIS Jurclc We plssed 1 large sc1ent1t1c lool-clnte IHLIIILIIUKL, d I 1slxcd C t1s xhat t x 1 Hc told me th1t I ec1l Kelly l11d become 1 f1mous sc1ent1st and IIIIS xx IS h1s labor1tory xxhere I1e IDXCFIICLI 1 11exx 1to1111c bomb m1de from 1 new element xxhrch he had drstoxered I h1d m1de arrangements to stay at the Hotel XX'.1lton that mght srnce 1t xxas oxx 11ed by my good IIFIEIILI Iames XV1lton ames h 1d ITIJ le 1 fort11ne from hrs hotels xx h1ch xxere 1n exery e1ty ID the South Whrle I xxas LIICSSIDKQ, tor the p1rty 1mes came up and I be111n lnqulflng 1bout some more of my old fr1ends He sud tI11t I rances C r1xx ley xxas .1 IIOLISGWIIAC xx1th four eh1ldren He- vxent on to say that I l1z1betl1 Luc lb xx 1s novx xxorlung for tl1e Bell Telephone Compmy He told me that St1cy Cnbson xxas one ot the Ie1d1ny,, men 1n busmess 111 the South He m1nuf1ctured buclcets md xx IS malcrng 1 fort11ne 1t 1t Wl1en I 1rr1xecl 1t the party the hostess Mlss Spence lllcl l1er escort for the CXCIIIIII., C lyde W1lson 111et n1e 1t tl1e door Whc11 I got ll'lSlLlC 1nd SIVR 1ll the people I h1d gone to hryeh scl1ool xx1th 1t H1 1de 1919 seem only yesterday There xx IS e1n W oodard xx ho 1n ten years bec une the LITIIITPIOH xxoman golf pl 1yer 1nd Laurene Parlcer 1 1n1ll1ona1re bec111se notrced 11 boy xx ho certamly loolced hlce Tommy Rosser but he dldn t act hlce the Iommy Rosser I 11sed to lxnoxx He had a romat1c loolc rn h1s eye 1nd 1 l1rge group of g1rls were croxx ded around l11m I 1slced someone lbOLlf th1s and they sa1d th1t Tommy reahzed all of a sudden xx hat he l11d been m1ss1n1e Noxx tl1e explorts of Don luan are not exen consrdered 1mpress1xe I xxent oxer 1nd spoke to Mae Pate 1nd to11nd th1t she had xxon tl1e t1tle of M1ss An1er1c1 When d1nner xx1s serxed 1ll h1d thelr eyes on Boots Ixy zer xxho had talccn the plue of hlnlly Post 1n the et1cyuette xxorld I noticed that Dax1d R1cc vx 1s r1ot 111 thc troxxd but I xx IS mformed th1t hc xx 1s 1n the 1n1ddle of a shoxx 111d l1e could 11ot atIord to Lome baclc E1st Mr Rlce IS rated thc most FOITIAHIIL moxre star 1n Hollyvxood He also h1s .1 screen FCPLIIIIIOH of nexer ICIIIIIKL, 1 glfl xxallc out on h1m Th1s reputat1on xx IS 1111de xxhen he xx 18 1n lllygll school xx here he had only one marlc 1yga1nst h1s record Mary lohn Foster and Betty Helen Gubson had lust arrrxed from Washrngton vxhere tl1ey xx ere employed as sen retar1es to the Pres1dent Other guests present from our natlonal c1p1t1l vxere Alta Mae LISSIICI' Demccrahc sen 1tor from North Carolma and Emogene Cflll 1m 111 otI1e1al 1n tl1e Treasury Department At that t1me Henry Re 1xes entered vx1th Peggy Greene 011 one arm and lexxell Ix1rlclex on the other Izxcr s1nce Mr Reaxes tl1e most outstandmig, lwxyer 1n the country xxon IIICII' tIlXOI'L6 su1ts for them Peggy lflcl exxell xxere 1lxx1ys ne1r xxhen Henry xxas around I not1ced tl11t 1ck H IILS scer11ed to l11xe plenty of money Q I 1sl-ted l111n hoxx he a1cyu1red h1s success He sud l1e sold h1s old T model lord to 1 museum for an antrque 1nd made enough to ret1re on Tommy Rose xxas m1ster of eeremonles th1t ex enmg and he presented Danny N1sh hrst xxho put on a comedy act B1ll Thompson and Hazel Gaddy put on a dramat1c slut from therr l1test Broadxx ay produetron ust IS the party xx as brealung up I mct Helen Mullen xxho offered to dr1xe me to the stat1on On the xx ay dovxn she told me of her pos1t1on She xx as the d1et1t1an for the Hamlet Hosp1tal As my tra1n left the st.1t1on I reahzed hoxx fortunate xxe 1ll had been rn the past decade and hoped that the future m1y1,ht be 15 bnght MARION ARNOLD Cllll P11 he! 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