Price High School - Pricean Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Price High School, saying farewell to this school and its members and being of sound mind and body, do hereby make and declare this our Last Will and Testament. Article I To our principal, Mr. O. C. Hall, we leave our sincere appreciation and our happy memories of dear ole Price. To Mrs. Sutton and Mrs. Lancaster, our homeroom teachers, we leave our fondest affection and our respects for helping us struggle through our last year in High School. To the other teachers, we leave our appreciation for their encouraging efforts for five years. Article II To the Freshmen, we leave our best wishes for three more years of smooth sailing. To the Sophomores, we leave our determinations to strive for the highest goal in life. To the Juniors, we leave the name, Seniors of Dignity, hoping that they will not let it down. Article III To the following: I, Doris Peaks, do will and bequeath my position as official basketball trainer to Lucille Graves. We, Bernice Massey and Robert Kerr, will our ability to jitterbug to Willie Mae Smith and Edgar Hatwood. I, Viola Hargrave, bequeath my popularity to Esther Phillips, my majorette steps to Marian Sharpe and my interest in extra-curricular activities to Mary Frances Hasty. We, Minnye Littlejohn and Albert Reid, will our dramatic ability to Carrie Bell Ware and Clarence Davis. I, Richard Sherrill, will my height to Walter Corry (hoping he will stop striking me at my waistline). We, William Graves and Ira B. Mosely, leave our sizes to Julius Rippy. I, Daniel Sharpe, do bequeath my handsomeness and my ways with the girls to James Earl Milton. I, Celestine Mitchell, will my neatness to Orrie Harris. We, Martha Kerr and Dorothy Wilson, leave our positions on the basketball team to Beth Hunt and Gwendolyn Currence. I, Myrtle Beatty will my alto voice to Willette Miller. We, Walter Evans and Dorothy Howell will our musical talents to Washington Kitchen. I, Howard Bell, will all of my talents to Roy Burney and my hair to anyone who will relieve me of it. I, Perry Leazer, will my ability to write sport news to Charles Teamer. I, Mary Belle Stinson, will my ability to talk when it is necessary and at the right place to Abna Reid and Joyce Carson and my esteem of Miss Samuel to everyone. We, Dunbar Cowan and Joseph Childers, leave our bass voices to Ernest Fisher (hoping two voices will stop him from singing soprano). I, Arthur Pemberton, leave my dignity to Eugene Wansley. We, Betty Hart, Maxine Ormond and Hattie Steele, bequeath our stenographic ability and places in the Crown and Sceptre Club to Annie Lee Roberts, Dorothy Mae Davis, and Minetta Harris. We, Eleanor Stewart and Doris Miller, leave our affectionate ways to Arthur Mae Reid and Marian Sharpe. We, Alton Barnette and Audrey Kirksey, bequeat h our places in the Glee Club to Louise Johnson and Dorothy E. Davis. I, Joelene Pryor, will all my talents to Leathia Mae Wilks. I, Rufus Hobson, bequeath my ability to keep a girl friend and my friendly disposition to Burl Alexander. I, Felecia Thompson leave my oratorical ability to Lucille Graves. I, Maxine Hoover, bequeath my mathematical ability to Laurissa McConneaughey. I, Robert Reese, will my General Business notes to Samuel Davis. We, Carl Brown and Lois Fleming, bequeath our artistic abilities to Edgar Hatwood and Roy Jordan. I, Martha Wilkins, will my position on the basketball team to Ada Partee and my gain to any face that needs it most. I, Mary Frances Weathers, leave my position as president of the Big Sisters to Willie Mae Smith. I, Mildred Ross, will my ability to translate French to Cora Stafford. I, Mae Frances Moore, will my hair styles and jolly disposition to Ruby Ware. We, Bowman and William Aldrich, will our memberships in the FCA to Clarence Brown and Cleveland Addison. I, Ernest Brown, leave my ability to blow a trumpet to Benny Gaston. I, Charles McKinney, bequeath my art of staying out of trouble and my ability to make good grades to Steve Gilmore. We, Margaret Carson and Minnie Mitchell, leave our places in the NHA to Laura Frances Henry and Willette Harris. We, Edna Kerns and Dorothy Siler, will our quiet dispositions to Doris McClain and Elizabeth McKee. We, Majorie Fowler and Jessie Long, will our positions as majorettes to Francella Jolly, Mary E. Fisher and Abna Reid. We, Rose Lyerly and Lauressa Robinson, will our sizes to Lorene Simpson and Mary Lillian Perkins. I, Harrison Wiggins, will my big mouth to anyone who is capable of using it twenty-four hours without getting into trouble. I, Lena Donald, bequeath my place in the Dramatic Club to Voncile Harris. I, William Alexander, bequeath my place in the Crown and Sceptre Club and my ability to get along with everyone to Earl Peaks. I, Levi Barger, bequeath my position on the basketball team and my membership in the Crown Sceptre Club to Samuel Davis. I, David Hart, will my job in the Library and my grades in Negro History to Audrey Childers. I, Theodore Norris, leave my quietness to William Wakefield. We, Ruth Bennette, Billie Jean Smoot and Ruth Tugman, will our helpfulness to the teachers and our places on the Safety Patrol to Patsy Hunt and Isabel Doran. I, Lucille Brown, will my ability to keep house and continue in school to Ruth Dixon. I, Erssell Butler, bequeath my place as Big Sister and in the Crown and Sceptre Club to Odessa Carson. I, Aurelia Tinsley, will my kindness and pleasing personality to all future Big Sisters,. I, Brodie Graham, leave my athletic ability to Ray Hairston. We, Harry Fisher, Geroy Fisher, Rayford Graham, Frank Heilig, Robert Phillips, Jacob Poe, Samuel Ross, Calvester Turner, E. V. Venson, Theodore Rosenborough and Lionel Rippy, will our desire to get an education to all Salisbury GI ' s who haven ' t had the will power to follow us. We, Mrs. Mae Troy Smith, Miss Jessie Torrence and Mrs. Ethel Clifton, will our determination and our patience to the many ladies who have stopped school and want to come back. Finally, I, Mary Louise Kerr, do hereby will and bequeath my place in the tenor section to James Brown, my position as President of the Crown and Sceptre Club to Beth Hunt and my responsibility of the Christmas Seal Project for two years to Willette Miller (hoping each of them will do a much better job than I). We, now set our seal and signature this 31st day of January, in the year of one thousand, nine hundred and forty-nine. Class of ' 49 MARY LOUISE KERR, Testator. Witnesses: DORIS PEAKS, MRS. SUTTON, MRS. LANCASTER.

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CLASS PROPHECY The years seem to have flown very rapidly by and the class of 1949 has reached it ' s destination, time stands still. Before us is a bright and huge crystal ball, gotten from a very old Arabian fortune teller. As we gaze into the crystal the glare is so bright, we turn away, yet the stars within reveal many great and hopeful things for us. ■The glare seems brighter and music seems to float through the air. We hear a strange voice. Dorothy Howell, star at Carnegie Hall in New York City, leaves soon for Paris. A few blocks below Carnegie Hall we find Daniel Sharpe, as the leading actor at the Little Guild Theatre. Looking farther away to home, we see Jessie Long as the first Negro Dancining Instructor in Salisbury. Her office being on West Horah Street. On the opposite side, Rose Lyerly is operating her large Beauty Parlor. William Graves has built the leading Plumbing Business in Salisbury. Looking into our many educational institutions we find Maxine Hoover continuing the work of the great mathematician Einstein. Alton Barnette is back at her Alma Mater, Johnson C. Smith, as History instructor. Mary Francis Weathers is principal of Weathers Elementary School in China Grove. Working with her is Doris Miller. Ruth Tugman has returned to Price High, succeeding Mrs. E. B. Riggs Hall, as librarian. Bernice Massey is head of the Home Economics Dept. David Hart is doing great work in the history field. He is now insltructor a t Livingstone College. Ira Mosley is now head of Chicago School of Nursing. Working with her are Dorothy Siler, Dorothy Wilson, and Marjorie Fowler. They are expecting soon Lucille Brown. Audrey Kirksey is now teaching French at Shaw University, having studied in Paris for several years. Robert Reese is Dean of Hood Theological Seminary and is also doing concert work in Pennsfylvania during vacation periods. Moving southward, we find Billy Jean Smoot instructing Physical Education at Clark University in Atlanta, Georgia. The crystal ball now visualizes Mary Belle Stinson as the founder and head of Stinson ' s Business College. As her assistant she has Eleanor Stewart. Residing in Hollywood Viola Hargrave is secretary to her doctor husband. They have their office within their home. William Alexander is doing research work for the Listerine Company. Doris Peaks is the bacteriologist in a large European University. Lauressa Robinson is the owner and operator of the Exclusive Beauty Parlor in Florida. Minnye Littlejohn has just made her debut after the successful showing of Memories of 49 at Radio City, New York City. Lena Donald is a prominent pharmacist of Salisbury. She also owns Donalds Drug Store in Asheville. Bowman Aldrich has secured a position as hair stylist for Lena Horne and other Hollywood actresses. Looking hopefully into the athletic field we see Carl Brown as star pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Richard Sherrill is playing pro-Basketball with the New York Wrens. To keep the public well informed on sports, we find Perry Leazer as Sports Editor for New York Times, with Joseph Childers and Dunbar Cowan helping him. Robert Kerr has succeeded his father as a building contractor. Ernest Brown is head of Brown ' s Home and Real Estate Company, his businesses being in the larger cities of N. C. Walter Evans has done exceedingly well in law business. He has just opened his office on 52nd Street in New York. , • As we gaze into the social world, we can see Rufus Hobson as head of Hobson s Nite Clubs in Chicago, Illinois. , „ , , , ,. , . tt ■! Harrison Wiggins has greatly used himself in becoming Salisbury s leading business man. He has just finished The 4S Club for young people. , , , „ ,, , , , Celestine Mitchell can be seen on many book covers. She is now a model for Powers Model, Inc. Betty Hart is superintendent of the Hart School of Business in Seattle, Washington. Levi Barger is heavyweight champion of the world and uses Theodore Norris as his business ' ° Vta ha Kerr is a happily married lady with a rich husband and five fine boys. Besides caring for her boys she manages an all-star girls basketball team which travels in many other states of America. Brodie Graham has been added to the Salisbury police force and has done much to make Lee Street the quietest street of the city. During off hours he is manager of the Howard Bell Barber Shop Quartet which broadcasts on Station W.R.O.N.G. three times a week. Edna Kerns is owner and manager of Edna Sweet Shop which sells candy all over the state. Charles McKinney and Louis Fleming are prominent undertakers. Their motto is We Make You °° laxine°Ormond and Myrtle Beatty have set up a girls ' college in Liberia, West Africa. They have both received international awards in their work. Margaret Carson is dean of women at Bennett College. Hotti© St©©l© is rTiQrri©d. to on QutomolDil© sQl©smQn onci spsncis most of n©r tim© trQVGling in ' ' Wnifam Aldrich runs a furniture factory which is said to be the largest in the South. Mary Louise Kerr is head of the English Department at Price High School, succeeding Mrs. Q. V. ’lecia Thompson has obtained the position of science director at Price High School succeeding Mr. j’oelene° Pryor is Assistant Manager of N. Y. Interior Decorating School and plans to operate a school of her own in Salisbury. , •, Albert Reid is now head of the Mathematics Department at Pennsylvania. At the University we find Minnie Mitchell as Registrar. . r-.- -u r c- c-u - • c v k Martha Wilkins has recently completed Wilkins Stitch S Sew Shop in Salisbury. Mildred Ross is the director of City Kindergarten in Norfolk, Virginia, and expects to secure a }ob Ruth Bennett is assisting Prof. O. C. Hall at Price High School, succeeding Miss Nettie Sue Samuels, Ho is Tohnson has recently been connected with the F.B.I. in working against crime and juvenile deliiguency tier Mary Frances Moore have just completed The Glamour Shop for high schoolers. They plan to add a Tots Shop. , r m c. . r- ii,,,-,,, Arther Pemberton has recently been appointed as president of N. C. State College. Mrs Aurelia Tinsley has moved to Los Angeles, California with her husband and three children. She has opened a Delicatessen Shop near the uptown area. o n n Clinton Cowan has been made manager of Purcell ' s. It is now knov n as Cowans Purcells Harry and Geroy Fisher are opening a Donut Shoppe on Monroe Street, they will also have coffee Mr . ' Moe Yroy Smith has been appointed head of the P.T.A. of America. Mrs. Jessie Torrence has opened Torrence ' s Bible Institute in Asheville. Mrs Ethel Clifton has a state-wide baking and spemalty job, that takes place within her home. Raymond Graham and Frank Heilig are contractors for the L. S. Bradshaw Company. Robert Phillips, Samuel Ross, and E. V. Vinson are constructing a Barbecue specialty in E. Spencer “ ' ' Lioiefmppy and Theodore Rosenborough are special contractors for building brick homes. The Pictures in the crystal ball grow faint. As I look a little nearer I see only a jumble of letters and fiaures They seem to dance together. Ah, they are now forming. This is what they say: You have come ?o the end of the prophecy of the illustrious class of 1949. Until these prophecies become true and evL alter they do or do not. May God ' s riches and blessings rest on you one and all. MARY BELLE STINSON

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SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Prettiest Girl .MINNYE LITTLEJOHN Most Handsome Boy .DANIEL SHARPE Sweetest ...DORIS MILLER RUFUS HOBSON Most Athletic .MARTHA KERR ALBERT REID Most Talented .MARY L. KERR HOWARD BELL Best All-Round .JOELENE PRYOR ALBERT REID Neatest .DORIS MILLER CARL BROWN Best Dressed .CELESTINE MITCHELL RUFUS FIOBSON Cutest .IRA MOSLEY WILLIAM GRAVES Friendliest .DORIS PEAFIS WILLIAM GRAVES Wittiest .MARTHA WILFHNS HARRISON WIGGINS Biggest Flirts .MINNYE LITTLEJOHN ALBERT REID Most Bashful .DOROTHY SILER DAVID HART Most Popular .VIOLA HARGRAVE RICHARD SHERRILL Bahies-Of-The-Class .JESSIE LONG ERNEST BROWN Most Likely To Succeed .BETTY HART ARTHUR PEMBERTON Most Courteous .MARY F. V EATHERS ARTHUR PEMBERTON Laziest .JESSIE LONG HARRISON WIGGINS Most Dignified .ELEANOR STEV ART LOUIS FLEMING Most Studious .BETTY HART DAVID HART Most Dependable .BETTY HART ROBERT REESE Best Personality .DORIS MILLER ROBERT REESE Most Dramatic .MINNYE LITTLEJOHN ALBERT REID Most Musical .MARY L. KERR WALTER EVANS Best Vocalist .DOROTHY HOWELL DUNBAR COWAN Best Sports .MARTHA V ILKINS WILLIAM ALEXANDER Tallest .MARTHA WILKINS RICHARD SHERRILL Most Business Like .MARY BELL STINSON ROBERT REESE Most Cooperative .MARY L. KERR WTLLIAM ALEXANDER Most Poetic .MILDRED ROSS ERNEST BROWN Biggest Filibusters .FELECIA THOMPSON ARTHUR PEMBERTON Most Intellectual .JOELENE PRYOR ALBERT REID Quietest .EDNA POAG LEVI BARGER