Price High School - Pricean Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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Glass History In the year of 1952 eighty students entered Price High School as -Freshmen. As we were a large class we were- put into three divisions under the guidance of Mrs. W. M. Williams, Mr A Monroe, and Mrs. Henrietta Pope. Most of us had come from Monroe Street School and Lincoln Elementary School. Carol Johnson came from Kannapolis, N. C. There were a few others who had joined us from county schools. We participated in some of the major activities of the school. Franklynne Sawyer, Eunice Littlejohn, Geraldine Or- mond, Robert Welborne, and Johnnie Mae Jackson became members of the band. Robert Smyre, Roscoe Roberts, Mary Reid, Juanita Anderson and Napoleon Boyd became members of the Safety Patrol. Imagine our pride in having such boys as Donald Judge, Jethro Partee, Howard Mitchell and Kenneth Carroll on the football team with James McKenzie as trainer. Our Student Council representatives were Rufus Little, John McLaughlin, and Gladys Byrd. On the girl s basketball team were Yvonne Pharr, Geraldine Ormond, Laura Sawyer, and Magdalene Cathcart. We were fortunate enough to have a few members musical enough to join the glee club. They were Frances McCorkle, Magdalene Cathcart and Yvonne Pharr. Gladys Byrd, Mamie Lee Jones, Franklynne Sawyer, Geral¬ dine Ormond, and Eunice Littlejohn joined the Dramatics club. On the boys basketball team were Jethro Partee, and James Hawthorne who played very well. Many of the freshmen girls were invited to the annual football banguet which was held at the American Legion Hut. Loretta Stoner was candidate for Miss Price. Geraldine Ormond won the oratorical contest. On May 6, 1952, we lost our beloved principal, Mr. O. C. Hall. His passing was for us very sad, because he had endeared himself to all of the students. After a successful year, we left the freshman class to become sophomores. When we first entered school we found a new principal, lylr. S. O. Jones. We soon learned to res¬ pect and admire and like him for his many noble qualities. This year we were under the supervision of Mr. I. J. Olds, Miss A. E. Marie Weeks, and Mr. J. W. Nicholson. Geraldine Ormond was candidate for Miss Price. We were happy to have her crowned Miss Price at the home-coming game by Mr. S. O. Jones, our principal. Roscoe Brown and Nora Faye Smith joined us. Bryant Norman, Charles Fields, Rufus Little, Mamie Lee Jones, Mary Reid, Adoris Robinson, and Adam Robertson joined the band. Carol Johnson, Yvonne Pharr, John Massey, Roscoe Brown, and Sadine Parks were in the glee club. Joseph Lavie joined the Safety Patrol and Geraldine Ormond, Laura Sawyer, Ma¬ mie Lee Jones, and Winslow Caldwell became members of the Student Council. Yvonne Pharr won the solo contest. Gladys Byrd was crowned Miss N. H. A. Juanita Anderson was crowned Miss Varsity Sweetheart. Geraldine Ormond won the Ameri¬ can Legion State Oratorical Contest of $100.00 This year a few new.members joined the basketball team. Waddelle Wilson became a member of the basketball team and Juanita Anderson was trainer. On the Library Staff were Laura Sawyer, Eunice Littlejohn, Sadine Parks, and Annie Oakley. Mae Waiters and Kenneth Carroll were in the Dramatics club. The most valuable player of the basketball team was James Hawthorne. Yvonne Pharr joined the cheering squad. In the G. A. A. were Loretta Stoner, Juanita Anderson, Waddelle Wilson, Carol Johnson and Mamie Lee Jones. In the N. H. A. were Gladys Byrd, Geraldine Ormond, Juanita Anderson, Annie Oakley, Johnnie Jackson, Mamie Jones and Laura Sawyer. Joining other classmates on the football team were Harold Fleming, Howard Mitchell, Clarence Finn, and William Keith as trainer. The next year 1954, the class became dignified Juniors. We realized that our high school days were coming to an end and we must do our best work. We were then under the leadership of Miss Eunice Powers, and Mr. S. W. Lancaster. This year we were really on the ball. We were outstand¬ ing in many of the school activities. A large number of us became members of the French Club. We were proud to have additional members on the football team. They were David Boger, Napoleon Boyd, Sidney Kirksey, Charles Fields, Roscoe Roberts, James Morris, James McKenzie, and Joseph Lavie. Additional girls on the basketball team were Johnnie Jackson, Delores Hull, and Maggie Hinton. On the boys ' basketball team were Jethro Partee, Howard Mitchell, James Morris, and James McKenzie as trainer. James Standifer was sports writer. On the cheering squad was Yvonne Pharr and Mae Waiters. Mae Waiters was our candidate for the Miss Price contest. Two of the majorettes were from our class. They were Mamie Jones, and Johnnie Jackson. Franklynne Sawyer won the oratorical contest. Eunice Littlejohn was crowned Miss G. A. A. In the N. H. A. were Juanita Anderson, Annie Oakley, Johnnie Jackson, Gladys Byrd, Geraldine Ormond, Mamie Jones, and Laura Sawyer. The most valuable girl basketball player was Geraldine Ormond. The most valuable boy basketball player was James Hawthorne and the most improved basketball player was Donald Judge. In the Hi-Y Organization were Sidney Kirksey, Bennie Mitchell, Robert Smyre, John Massey, Harold Fleming, James Hawthorne, Gilbert Phifer, Robert Welborne, John McLaughlin, Howard Mitchell, James McKenzie, Jethro Partee, Donald Judge, Kenneth Carroll, David Boger, Rufus Little, William Keith, and Charles Fields. A large number of our students became members of the Crown and Scepter Club. They were Annie Oakley, Juanita Anderson, Mamie Jones, Laura Sawyer, Geraldine Ormond, Rufus Little, Harold Fleming, Jethro Partee, James Hawthorne, and David Boger. David Boger, Roscoe Brown, Geraldine Ormond, Howard Mitchell, Emery Partee, Laura Sawyer, Robert Welborne, Annie Oakley, James McKenzie, and Joseph Lavie joined the Mathematics Club. The most exciting event of our Junior year was the Prom. It was a pleasant event with a Oriental scene. Our waiters and waitresses were dressed in Oriental style. We danced, received favors, refreshments, and enjoyed the entire evening. That most joyful evening will be rememberd by all of us forever. Harold Fleming, William Keith, Howard Mitchell, Gladys Byrd, Gilbert Phifer, Bryant Norman and Eunice Littlejohn, joined the F. B. L. A. We were proud to have some of our juniors join the F. T. A. They were Eunice Littlejohn, Bennie Mitchell, Maggie Hinton, and Robert Smyre. We moved on to another year which we knew would make a great change in our lives. On September 1, 1955, we became the honorable Seniors of Price High School. For several months we have been one big family. We had been divided into two sections for con¬ venience of keeping records but we are considered as only one class. We have been under the supervision of Mr. W. L. Miller and Mrs. A. A. Lancaster, Rufus Little is class President. During the month of October, the Senior Class was asked to be guest at A. T. College along with a hundred other high schools. The trip was enjoyed by all. Our Chaperones were Mrs. A. A. Lancaster, Mr. W. L. Miller, Mrs. T. J. Johnson, Mr. A. Monroe, Mrs. B. D. Lee, Mr. S. O. Jones, and Mrs. E. Partee. The time arrived for Miss Price. Our contestant was Laura Sawyer, and Miraculously she became Miss Price. We gained four veterans this year. They were Charles Wansley, Stephen Holt, Charley Hunt, and Odell Camps. A large number of our students joined the Glee Club to make use of their voices. They were Harold Fleming, Laura Sawyer, Jethro Partee, William Keith, Geraldine Ormond, Sid¬ ney Kirskey, Napoleon Boyd, Annie Hargrave, and Eunice Littlejohn. We had some of the members to join the F. B. L. A. They were Laura Sawyer, Yvonne Pharr, and Magdalene Cathcart. We were proud to have Loretta Stoner win second prize in the State Typing Contest in Durham, N. C. Our football squad carried fifteen members of our class, all of whom played a good game. The Captains were Jethro Partee, Donald Judge, and Harold Fleming. Joseph Lavie won the most improved player. Napoleon Boyd and Clarence Finn were the most valuable Players. The Basketball team won the Western District Basketball tournament. Four senior boys helped win the tournament for Price. They were Donald Judge, Howard Mitchell, Jethro Partee, and James Morris. The Boy ' s Trainers were James Hawthorne, William Keith and James McKenzie. The basket-, ball season for the girls was really a success. Seven senior girls helped make this possible. They were Geraldine Ormond, Annie Hargrave, Laura Sawyer, Waddelle Wilson, Yvonne Pharr, Maggie Hinton, and Magdalene Cathcart. Juanita Anderson, Johnnie Jackson and Eunice Littlejohn. Delores Hull, Eunice Littlejohn, Charles Hunt, Annie Oakley, James Cook, James Standifer, Winslow Caldwell, Bennie Mit¬ chell, and Nora Smith joined the Mathematics Club. We were happy to have Nora Faye Smith crowned Miss Varsity . On the cheering squad we were represented by Delores Hull, Yvonne Pharr, and Mae Waiters. In the Crown and Scepter Club we were represented by Annie Oakley, Juanita Anderson, James Hawthorne, Loretta Stoner, Annie Hargrave, Delores Hull, Donald Judge, James McKenzie, Gladys Byrd, William Keith, Johnnie Jackson, Bennie Mitchell, Sidney Kirksey, Frances McCorkle, and Roscoe Brown. The most improved girl basketball player was Annie Har¬ grave. We were proud to have Maggie Hinton and John Mc¬ Laughlin elected as our May King and Queen. May we undertake the responsibilities that await us. Then each in his own way, will be an asset to Price High School, to his Community, and to his race. Let us always strive, to seek, to find, but not to yield. Eunice Marie Littlejohn Historian

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Seniors MAE CATHERINE WAITERS (Cat) This, above all, to thine ownself be true, and it must follow as the day and night, thou can ' st not then be false to any man. Cheering Squad, Big Sisters, F. B. L. A. CHARLES LEE WANSLEY (Charlie) 1 am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know. Big Brothers, N. E. S. I. O. ROBERT DALTON WELBORNE, JR. (Duney) Yesterday has gone, forget it; tomorrow has not come, don ' t worry about it; today is here, use it. Big Brothers, Math Club, Band, Hi-Y, French, Crown Scepter. BERTIE MAE WELLINGTON (Bert) I desire no other evidence of the truth to Christianity than the Lord ' s Prayer. Driver Ed., Big Sisters. SYLVESTER WELLS (Ves) 1 have just crossed the bay. The ocean lies ahead. Big Brothers, N. E. S. I. O. WADDELLE VIVIANNE WILSON (Waddye) To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Basketball, G. A. A., French, F. B. L. A., Big Sisters, Library Staff. RICHARD WITHERSPOON (Sonny) Never let another person have more res¬ pect for you than you have for yourself. Big Brothers. MARY ELIZABETH WOODBURY (Sis) Don ' t be too eager for rapid progress, the only progress certain to be rapid, is progress downhill. Big Sisters

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Class Prophecy Listen all ye students of Price High, as I remove this veil of the future, letting the Spirit of Prophecy descend from the spheres to envelop my soul with its mystic power. Aye, I say unto you, it has been given unto me as the chosen one of this great and good people, the class of 1956, to dream strange dreams, and to see strange visions of the glories of the years yet to be. They told me I must prophesy, but I know not what to do because I was not bom a prophet. Neither were any of you. I took several days out to study. I thought hard and deep. At last all worn and weary I finally fell asleep. I had lain there but a moment when I awoke, refreshed and strengthened. I got uo and looked around. Everything seemed strange and queer. Just then I realized that I was in a strange place, because I saw no familiar faces. I walked around the corner when someone yelled Hey there Shorty, Long time no see. I turned to see Paul Barger, one of my 1956 class mates, who now was a great movie producer and was walking down Broadway with me. He spoke of various pictures which he had produced. Juanita Anderson, who has taken over the retired Marilyn Monroe ' s place, is the star of most of his pictures. Over at N. Y. U. Bryant Norman and Roscoe Brown are teaching courses in art and chemistry, flunking three out of every ten students. Over in France, Napoleon Boyd is happily married to the Duchess of Gual. I must say he is wide awake now and is really living. Maggie Hinton and Eunice Littlejohn are famous models in Los Angeles, with their pictures in all magazines and newspapers. Mamie Jones is president of the Palmer Memorial School in Sedalia, while Gladys Byrd is superintendent of nurses at Kate Bittings Reynolds Hospital in Winston-Salem. James Morris and Donald Judge are playing hard with the Globe Trotters, hitting anywhere from 20 to 35 points a game. Just then my dreams were beginning to get pleasant and I was getting hungry. I turned down 5th Avenue in New York and saw a large green and red sign saying Parks McCorkle Restaurant. I went inside and to my surprise Sadine and Frances were celebrating their fifth anniversary. They announced me as their guest and boy! I was treated like a queen. The food was excellent and as usual I ate heartily. Later in the day I had to leave these two dear friends to go to Hawaii to relax a while and enjoy the sun. As I was lying there I heard some very sweet music. As I began to get in the mood and sway a little, I noticed an orchestra in the far comer. Upon advancing a little I could see girls doing a Hawaiian dance with grass skirts. When I got close enough to see, I noticed that their faces looked familiar. Then I recognized the director of the band. It was Gilbert Phifer. Some of the members were James Standifer and Sidney Kirksey. The vocalist was Dorothy McConneaughey. Three of the six dancing girls were Magdalene Cathcart, Annie M. Hargrave, and Johnnie Jackson. Of course they ' re really in business, for this is just a part time job for them. By plane I went to Mississippi. I could see a photographer and a crowd of people. I walked over to see what was hap¬ pening. I have been surprised before but never so greatly as I was to see that David Boger and Jethro Partee were the world ' s greatest Negro Engineers with William Keith and Rufus Little as their assistants. I almost fainted, but a strong hand¬ some man from behind caught me. I heard him mention something about holding something in his arms besides weight lifters. I turned around and noticed that Charles Fields was tall, slim and I must say handsome. Before I could ask him if he was married or not he interrupted my speech by introduc¬ ing me to his wife and two children. Next I made my way to the hotel owned by John Mackey. I thought I was going to get some rest but in the foyer I saw Mary Alice Reid and Winslow Caldwell, who were television artists being directed by James Cook. They told me about Clarence Finn striking it rich in California, about Yvonne Pharr and Delores Hull who had organized the Hull Pharr dance groups at Michiqan State. Finally I went upstairs. Before I got inside my room the phone rang. It was that popular bachelor, Billy Jones calling to ask me to the concert where he and Carol Johnson were singing. The concert was really great. The next morning I left for Chicago where some of my class mates were now living. There I found that Adam Robertson and Adoris Robinson had taken over Olds Band and were making history playing at every dance they heard about. Roscoe Roberts had been president of the Roberts clothing Co. for quite some time with David Jones as his assistant. Bertie Mae Wellington is one of the most famous dress de¬ signers in New York. That popular dean I ' ve heard so much about is none other than Charles Edward Hunt, Jr. who is now dean at North Carolina College. The world ' s most famous baseball player is James Hawthorne. Harold Fleming is head surgeon at Rowan Memorial Hospital. Also in Salisbury, I find that the present principal of Price High School is James McKenzie. Right across the street, Odell Camps and Stephen Holt are sitting on their porches watching their children play. That must be a happy life. Kenneth Carroll and Robert Welbome are playing with that famous combo, with Carroll in charge and the great Mae Catherine Waiters as soloist. Over in Canada, I find Charles Wansley married to the leading lady in one of the famous dance groups there. I never thought he would stop jiving the young ladies long enough to get married and have three children, but he fooled me. To this very day, Joseph Lavie is a lawyer who can solve most any case. John Massey has taken over Barger ' s store and business has begun to pick up. Meanwhile Bennie Mit¬ chell has opened an art school on Bank Street. Sylvester Wells, Robert Smyre, and David Smoot are making a career of Army life. All of these have the rank of major and are making progress. Frankie Sawyer has opened a large motel in Detroit, while her friends, Annie Oakley and Geraldine Ormond are touring the world making public orations. The present secretary at A T College is Loretta Stoner. Waddelle Wilson and Mary Woodbury are living, in Las Vegas with their families. Both of them are living in wealth. Richard Wither¬ spoon and John McLaughlin own large oil wells. They have really struck it rich. Howard Mitchell is still a handsome bachelor jiving every young girl that comes along. As I turned over for the last stretch, I was awakened by a gentle touch. It was my oldest son. You see I am happily married and living in Oregon with my family. Being a doctor and serving at the Elliott Memorial Hospital here in Oregon, my life is a busy one. My dreams have been pleasant but I must finish them later. So long class-mates of 1956 . Nora Faye Smith