B F Grady High School - Overflow Yearbook (Seven Springs, NC)

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1( 941 lie 0 verflow THE PMOPHECY In a quaint caravan There ' s a lady they call the Gypsy. She can look in the future And drive away all your fears. Not very far from here there ' s a quaint caravan midst green pine trees. In this caravan there resides a lady — the Gypsy. Her fame has become widespread. People from far and near come to consult her. We seniors of ' 47 have just paid her a visit (and incidentally we paid her a lot of money, too) to tell us our for- tunes. With nervous anticipation each of us waited his turn with the Gypsy. She had such insight that she could even call the names of those who consulted her. In her mysterious way the Gypsy talked on: Your name is MITTIE RUTH WALLACE. I see you graduating with honors from a big university. Later I see you serving as full-time President of the North Carolina Debating Union. GAYNELLE STANLEY — Ah. I see you — a great lady — having your picture made beside your pet cow — a Texas Jersey. Again, I see you sitting by a beauti- ful brook writing love poems and nature poems. ISABELLE GOODSON — I see you actually flying an airplane — your own plane, named for your uncle, the ' Flying Parson. ' NELSON KORNEGAY — I see a blonde-haired girl whose initials are R. S. Beware of her! A red-haired girl will come again into your life and forgive you. Now, I see you preaching to large congregations. HELEN OUTLAW — There ' s trouble ahead for you. Watch that blonde-haired girl. Fight for your man. He is a good boy and worth fighting for. He ' s a preacher, too. JEANE HARPER — You will take a long trip — away out West. I see a school — Brigham Young University. Now I am looking at a gorgeous temple — there ' s a wedding. You are the maid of honor at the wedding of Alma Dail and Marland Harper. They make a handsome pair. EVELYN KORNEGAY — another preacher in the class — - and a woman too! How you will influence young people! You will marry a boy you know now, but you are not in love with him now. You will be blessed with 12 lovely children. Your oldest girl will have red hair and will be named ' Bessie. ' You and your fam- ily will especially enjoy making pictures and playing the phonograph. IRENE LEE — A busy little house-wife you will be. You have a beautiful home to display your talents. The blonde you marry will be an answer to a matrimonial bureau advertisement, but he will make a good living selling Kermit Sedans (put out by Kermit Williams). KERMIT WILLIAMS — With all your money you will never find a girl who will marry you. It seems that they can ' t forget how untrue you are and how many hearts you have broken. Watch your fickle ways, my boy! Page Twenty-seven

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CXs Overflow 1 947 Activities: We had the privilege of publishing the fourth volume of The Over- flow which was the Victory Issue. It contained individual pictures of our 300 service boys and girls from Grady with a personal account of the accomplishments of each. We voted to dedicate this volume to the mothers of the eleven Grady boys who were killed in World War II. We presented a Junior Play, Miss Jimmy , with Thomas Edgerton, Evelyn Komegay, Mittie Ruth Wallace, Erma Lee Turner, Elsie Smith, Mary Edna Waters. Wilbur Eubanks, Adelle Turner, and Coolidge Turner. We were given parties by Isabelle Goodson, Willard Whitfield, and Gerald (Buck) Waters. Also Alice Rogers ' mother gave her a surprise birthday party. The class presented Alice an identification bracelet. We also gave Ava Gray, who was out of school several weeks because of illness, a bracelet just like it. We had several parties at the Gym, one of which was a farewell party for Thomas and Mr. Edgerton. We presented to the Edgerton family a crystal console set. In May we went on an educational tour to our Nation ' s Capitol, and Virginia. This trip was most enjoyable and instructive. We are grateful to those who helped make the trip possible. New Members: Gerald (Buck) Waters and Willard Whitfield. (Veterans!) Members Lost: Annie Mae Summerlin and Adelle Turner (got married without the consent of this class); Buck Waters and Willard Whitfield graduated; Wilbur Eubanks left us (against his better judgment) to enter school at Trenton; Mr. Edger- ton and Thomas went to Wallace. (How we have missed them all!) TWELFTH GRADE Officers: Louise Carter, President; Nelson Komegay, Vice-President; Edmund Carter, Secretary; Norman Stanley, Treasurer; Helen Outlaw, Reporter. Home-Room Teacher: Mrs. Pearl C. McGowen, English and French. Other Teachers: Mr. Hugh Wells, Sr., Principal and History; Mrs. Carolyn G. Outlaw, Home Economics; Mr. J. H. Dotson, Agriculture; Mrs. W. W. Maxwell, Science; Mrs. Alice G. Davis, Mathematics; Mrs. Hazel Farrior, Economics. Activities: Our class and the Seniors from Kenansville chartered a bus and went to Chapel Hill to Senior Day and a football game. We had a Junior-Senior Masquerade Party in the Gym. What fun! The hand- some major who held a cigar was none other than Mrs. Pearl McGowen. “(Thanks to Major Bob Wells). The lovely Senorita from South America was Mrs. Alice Davis. We gave a play, Almost Summer, starring Nelson Komegay and Helen Out- law. Rumors are flying around that Nelson fell in love with Flelen while practic- ing this play. We enjoyed parties at Isabelle Goodson ' s, Elizabeth Grady ' s, and also at Mrs. McGowen ' s. We gave a second play, The Daffy Dills. With the help of our sponsor we are now working on the fifth volume of The Overflow. Ours is the only class privileged to publish two volumes of the annual. This is due to the fact that, with the addition of the twelfth grade, there was no Senior class last year. The most of the work on the Annual has been done outside class. We have worked together for this book which we consider worth every minute of time spent and every penny it costs us. It has inspired us and other stu- dents throughout the high school to do better work, especially in English. New Members: Norman Stanley, Edmund Carter, and Bill Futrelle. (More Veterans!) Members Lost: Leland Wallace joined the army during this year. This class has truly cooperated in every undertaking. We are as brothers and sisters. Together we have shared joys and sorrows. Now that Graduation Day is approaching we are happy because we are at last reaching the goal for which we have struggled so long; we are sad because it is just like one large family go- ing separate ways. IRENE JONES and IRENE LEE, Historians. Page Twenty-six

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' O ' he Overflow 1 ' 947 ELSIE SMITH — My! Such beauty! I see a dress designer and lashion model, surrounded by luxuries of all kinds. No! There ' s no man in your future except a host of admirers. JAMES RADFORD — I see a prosperous farmer. There is nothing backward about your business. You have on your plantation a Franklin Quinn Cotton Picker and a Bonnie Davis Tobacco Looper. ELIZABETH GRADY — I see a husband for you in the near future. In fact, I see you receiving a diploma and your husband is present! COOLIDGE TURNER — You will be the smartest lawyer in Kenansville. You will get Vera Rogers Ulrich a divorce from Gus, free of charge. Then you will marry her yourself. ERMA LEE TURNER — I see you driving a Cadillac at break-neck speed. You stop at Glen Echo Recreation Center. You and Louise Carter step out and proceed to your Jobs — you to the Roller Coaster, which makes a round of ten miles in one minute; Louise to the swimming pool where she serves as swimming instructor for some Girl Scouts. DORIS HOWARD — I see you married to a very handsome boy named Zewin- ski Gabrinski Futrellibus. BILL FUTRELLE — I see you happily married and holding a supervisory job at a Diesel Engine Plant. LOUVENIA WILLIAMS — There is much in store for you. Very soon you will be the winner in a nation-wide beauty contest. A cover girl! But you will be un- happy. You will give up the man you love for a life of publicity. It ' s too late to be sorry. Evelyn Bell got him. FRANCES HILL — I see hospitals and doctors. You are Superintendent of Nurses. You are sweet and lovely now, but you will change into a hard-boiled sister! IRENE JONES — An old maid Home Economics teacher you will be — Mrs. Out- law ' s assistant at Grady. In years to come, how your heart will ache when you hear any song pertaining to the Navy. Too bad you gave that beautiful diamond back. MARY EDNA WATERS — I hate to tell you this, but you will be a school teacher. That ' s all. Too bad! AVA GRAY WATERS — I see a beauty shop in Mt. Olive with a sign over the door; ' Ava Gray ' s Shop. We specialize in making school teachers look younger. ' You are now beautifying Mrs. Annie Mae Blanton. There will be many men in your life. Watch a black-haired boy; he isn ' t true. NORMAN STANLEY — You will own the Stanley Steamer Airlines. You make non-stop trips from Pink Hill to Kenansville. Of course, these two towns will be large cities. EDMUND CARTER — Girls! Girls! Girls! And then more girls! Finally you are in a wedding at the home of a certain blonde. Your name is ALICE ROGERS. First I see a college. Oh, there ' s a handsome doctor in your future. Yes, he is your husband. I see him as he treats Ralph Jene Dotson ' s goats. This is a famous Veterinarian. ALICE ROGERS, Class Prophet. Page Twenty-eight