Price High School - Pricean Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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Statistician Report I, Willie Mae Moon, having been chosen as statistician by my classmates shall strive to do my best and attempt to uphold this position by giving an accurate analysis of the class of 1962. The shortest girl in the class is Lottie Mae Miller; the shortest boy, Robert Smith. Our tallest boy is James Coan. Most of us will graduate at the age of eighteen, with the exception of Gwendolyn Williams, Joyce Taylor, Barbara Steele, Carolyn Sifford, Evelyn Grasty, Juanita Cowan, Mary Strawder, and Shirley Goodman who are all Sweet Seventeen and never been kissed. A few others will be graduating at the age of twenty or more, not to mention our boys who have been in service and our married classmates who have joined us in order to further their education. Our boys like all sports, but William Agnew and John F. White say you ' ll find them in Jake Bridges ' Pool Room any ole time. Our girls favor tennis, football, and basketball. That is— most of them—because Bessie Campbell just loves boxing. We have eighteen beautiful voices in the glee club, and six skillful players in the band. There are four girls representing us on the Girls ' Basketball Team, while four boys represent us on the Boys ' Basketball Team. We have six hard-hitting boys on the football squad. Most of us plan to enter college, join the services, or acquire a skill such as barbering, brick¬ laying, or beauty culture. The colleges most of us have selected are: North Carolina College, A. T., Morris-Brown, Hampton Institute, Livingstone, Howard, Tuskeegee, and Spelman. Our favorite dances are: The Twist, Hully Gully, The Fly, The Magestic, and The Cha- Cha-Cha, but as you know, Thomas Gladney prefers the Tobacco Twist. When choosing dates, the boys go for upper-class girls. All the college girls like Faries Bush because he is tall and handsome. Our girls, too, like tall, dark, and handsome boys with spending change, but Lorene Hasty likes a certain fellow who is in the armed services—Right girls? Comparing our handsome boys and gorgeous girls, we find that we could pass for Holly¬ wood stars. For example, James Coan and Henderson Stout could pass for Wild Bill Hickock and Jingles; James Hayes for Maynard who co-stars on the Dobbie Gillis Show; Reginald Brown for Alfred Hitchcock; Mae Crawford for Mrs. Gee, and last, but not least, Robert Smith for Dennis the Menace. Our favorite foods are French fries, steaks, barbecue, and hamburgers, but Jacqueline Lake, Joan Grasty, Lottie Miller and Shirley Holt prefer sardines on toast and mashed potatoes. Our teeth and jaws are exercised daily by talking and chewing Juicy Fruit Chewing Gum, with the exception of Patricia Jones who exercises better with bubble gum. The most used expression for our boys is Oh, dawling and the girls are saying Git Down. Our favorite rhythm and blues singers are Jackie Wilson, the Shereilles, Chubby Checker, and the Mar-Keys, but every Thursday evening you ' ll find Helen Stout, Ruby McLaughlin, Judy Oakley, and Doris Wiseman racing home to watch Arthur Smith and his Crackerjacks. Well, there it is. It is true that Price High has had many fine classes to leave this wonder¬ ful school. The class of 1962, in best judgment, is the greatest in the school ' s history and will remain the best class for years to come. Respectfully submitted, WILLIE MAE MOON, Statistician Class of ' 62

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Seniors WELSIE MAE TORRENCE Motto: Of all the best things upon earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the best. Ambition: Elementary Education Teacher hHI JOEL CONWAY WALTON Joe Motto- That which is easily got¬ ten is easily lost. Ambition: Teacher GWENDOLYN LOLAINE WILLIAMS Gwen Motto: To the height through difficulty. Ambition: Physician Activities: National Honor Society, Big Sisters, NHA, FTA, Math Club, Band, Glee Club, French Club JOHN FRANK WHITE The Prowler Motto: Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Ambition: Coach Activities: Hi-Y, Football, Basket¬ ball DORIS ANN WISEMAN Motto: The improvement of the understanding is for two ends: First, for our own increase of knoweldge; secondly, to enable us to deliver and make out that knowledge to others. Ambition: Dietician Activities: Library Science Club, NHA, Pricean Annual Staff BETTY WITHERS Motto: The only jewel that will not decay is knoweldge—time ripens all things—no man is born wise. Ambition: Cosmetologist BAXTER BENNETT WRIGHT Motto: Learn to see in another ' s calamity the ills which you should avoid. Ambition: Electrical Engineer Activities: Math Club, Science Club, Student Council, Glee Club, hi-Y, Big brothers I LA B. WITHERSPOON Beetsie Motto: One who never turns his back but walks breast forward. Ambition: Elementary Education Teacher

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Class Prophecy In deciding how I would write the class prophecy I consulted my dear classmate James Coan who has recently invented a small portable Futurama television. Taking his cue from a lesson in English Locksley Hall by Tennyson, Coan decided to dip into the future, as far as human eyes could see, to see the vision of the world, and all the wonders that would be. His ingenious little device could tell and show jjst what ' s going to happen in the strange and mysterious future. As James and I viewed his set for the first time, the year 1974 flashed across the screen. Washington, D. C., 1974—a crowd of people are on both sides of the world famous Pennsylvania Avenue, the President of the United States is leading a parade for the first American Astronaut to explore the unknown realm of the small planet Pluto, in a privately owned space ship. The Astronaut is Reginald Brown. Also in the parade is James Heggins, the Astronaut ' s chauffeur. Around the Capitol Building we find Judy Oakley taking part freely in the busy activity of the White House; she ' s a tourist guide. In the Senate Building, Billy McNeely is the North Carolina State Representative. He is the most popular man in the Senate, because of his beard. Everyone says he favors Abraham Lincoln. New York City, New York—1975—We find Dianne Laka the head of one of the smart clothing stores in downtown New York. Of course you know who her assistant is. Yes, it ' s Jacqueline Lake. Mary Strawder is our wealthy real estate owner. Her skyscraper building is in the new metropolis of North Caro¬ lina, formerly Granite Quarry but now Strawderville. This bjilding houses many offices, Paul Jones and Robert Smith rent the seventieth floor of offices for their multi-billion dollar corporation. They own glue factories all over the world. In New York City Hospital, Gwendolyn Williams is a busy girl; she is the Head Pediatrician and hardly gets any rest because babies don ' t care what hour they are born. Lorene Hasty is married and has kept Gwen busy. Lorene has six beautiful children, all of whom are girls and all have inherited their mother ' s lovely hair. Ernestine Davis is the head nurse, while Shirley Cook, Rosa Ingram and Doris Wiseman all belong to the hospital business staff. In the Chic Beauty Salon on Fifth Avenue, Helen Stout is Madame Susanne, while Hattie Davenport is her assistant manager, and William Rice is known as Rice of the Ritz, for he ' s the world ' s foremost hair stylist, catering to movie and television stars of great fame. In the swank night clubs of the great city, we find Preston Jones and his great Jazz Band in performance; Joan Grasty is the girl singer for the band. On the educational scene, we see Shirley Goodman, Piofessor of Music at N.Y.U.; and of all things, she has her eye on the handsome bachelor football coach, William Agnew. Thomas Gladney keeps his eye peeled closely on N.Y.U., too, mostly because he is the night watchman. Alphonso Feaster and Curtis Fortune are nocturnal watchers also, but they are famous astronomers. On Broadway we find Faries Bush, better known as Rodney Porter, The Handsome starring in a movie entitled, Gone With the Breeze , written by Billie Ray Douglas, produced and directed by Lester Neely. Faries or rather Rodney ' s beautiful leading lady is none other than Ruby McLaughlin, better known as Laverlee Lovely. Al Paso, Texas, 1976—Alma Kirksey is the owner of the largest ranch in Texas. The Double J Bar Rancho, it ' s called. Alma ' s chief ranch hand is William McGarity. In the great sports arenas in Texas, we find Bessie Campbell and Shirley Holt co-owners of the world famous Women ' s Basketball Team, the Campholt Globe Trotters. In the Texas Criminal Courts we find Patricia Jones being the highest paid criminal court lawyer there. Juanita Cowan is court stenographer. Let ' s not pass by the serious prosecuting attorney, John Frank White, who just so happens 1o have his wits sharpened for the court stenographer. Barbara Steele has written the country ' s number one best seller, the title being The Clothes that Hung on My Line. ' Back to the world of sports. Jessie McCier is the world ' s richest clothes designer, while Joyce Taylor rates highest in the 1976 Paris shows as the model of the year. Betty Withers is owner of Livingstone Nursery School, while I la Belle Witherspoon coaches the Chicago Woman s Bowling Club. Back to Washington, D. C., we find Norma Smyre the owner of the Cortez Peters Business College, while on the staff Carolyn Sifford and Lottie Mae Miller are the most popular teachers. Here is Salisbury, we see Mae Frances Crawford owner and pharmacist of the Purcell ' s Drug Store. Linda Faucettte is the new owner of White Packing House, where her motto is Our products are packed for figures that are stacked. Ruth Gilmore is the owner of Salisbury ' s only pawn shop where her motto is, We buy everything, but used cars. Evelyn Grasty is Home Economics teacher at Livingstone College where she has eyes open for the biology teacher, Baxter Wright. At Livingstone College, Joel Walton is Dean of Women, while James Stout is Dean of Men. James Coan, our ingenious inventor, has changed his job. He is the mayor of the City of Salisbury. Willie Mae Moon is the Fashion Editor of Ebony. 1977 —Cape Coast, Ghana—Mrs. Mary Aggrey Smith is the superintendent of one of Africa ' s Foremost Hospitals. As my last classmate ' s future flashed across the screen, I was slightly disappointed because the screen did not show me what my future held. To my surprise, I finally saw a flash and then appeared a rather slim person wearing dark glasses and dressed in shirt and slacks. She was about to inspect one of the ancient pyramids of Egypt. Smiles came to me, for at least I had become the archaeologist of my dreams! The picture faded. The announcer appeared telling us that the following program would show the future of the Class of ' 63. I turned the Futurama off. Coan smiled as any great scientist would. Is this invention reliable? We will see! Until 1974, in the words of William Rice— Adios.