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

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cmss PROPH[CV As I sit here during our Class Day Exercises, I can picture in my mind our Class of ' 53 in 1963. I see Shirley Britt and Laura Alice as graduates of Bowman Gray Hospital. Shir- ley has captured her high school dream man and Laura is working as private nurse in Pink Hill. Ernest is a patrolman. As a sideline, he is in a well-known quartet, his own group. Gwyn majored in child education while at East Carolina. She and Snowball are using it wisely, for they have several brats all their own. Audrey is happily settled near Red Hill as a preacher ' s wife and a religious edu- cator. She and Clara Lee Kornegay went to school together. Clara Lee is now a mis- sionary in China. Ida Rouse has established a fine kindergarten school at Albertson. She keeps several of her classmates ' kids while they work, including Mildred ' s and Delano ' s. Mildred has her own TV program at Pink Hill, since she is our latest female Bing Crosby. The new editor of the Outlaw ' s Bridge Times is Shirley Smith, who is now Mrs. Dove lie Outlaw. Robert has established a large tobacco industry near Kinston. He even has a private secretary, Dixie, and a private telephone operator, Velma. Velma ' s high school chum, Katie, works as a secretary in Kinston. Robert says the three girls keep the telephone lines hot. Elbert and J. W. helped out our Uncle Sam a little while. Elbert is making the Gy-renes his career. J. W. is now busy supervising work on his plantation near Watersville, N. C. Annie Bruce and Ruby Powell almost rocked A.C. clear out of Wilson while there. They are both secretaries for bachelor millionaires. Could they be interested in the millionaires ' millions, or does Annie Bruce still fall for black wavy hair ? William Dail is in the Navy. As a sideline he writes those wild stories like he did in high school, for Life magazine. Everleene is cin X-ray technician at Wilson. She coaches the Nurses ' Staff bas- ketball team there. Ruby Grey and Bruce are starring in a hit Broadway musical as a dance team. Bruce still likes his Pink Hill girls, and Ruby her Cadets. John Henry is a lawyer in Duplin County and is in position for the next County Judge. Arbutus and Nelson had a June wedding and she is now one of the outstanding Home Demonstration women for the county. Viola is settled near La Grange with her high school boy friend. She and Lena Bruce work in the telephone office there as operators. Donn is an outstanding music teacher. He specializes in teaching high school glee club. Adrian is still taking Nannie Lou to every show that comes to Mount Olive, but now he takes their little girl along, also. Dulan is choir director of several Baptist churches around here. He has lost the name of Class Baby now. Betty is head ticket agent for the drive-in theater at Woodrow ' s. Margaret is one of the top beauticians of the South. She specializes in hair styling and massages . Now coaching the basketball team at State College, we find our own Lynn Harper. He is doing a fine job of it, too. Irene is head cheerleader for Alan ' s baseball team. Alan says she can yell, too. Morris is playing professional football now and making a real name for himself. Thar on is Jimmy ' s private secretary. They are running service stations in Deep Run. Joyce and Clara Lee Quinn are both nurses in the new hospital at Kenansville. Joyce is day supervisor and Clara Lee is night supervisor. Eugene has an eight -piece band which plays for all the dances anywhere around, since he has taken the Rhythm Four ' s place. Martha Sue is now working in Warsaw and living there. She is slowly but surely losing her bashfulness. Somewhere along the way, I see for myself a rosy future, and hope that it will come true. Prophetess: Annie Lois Grady

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cuss HISTOliY In August, 1949 , we, the Class of 1 953, made our green appearance in high school. We were not noticeably shy after the newness of the promotion rubbed off. It was not long before many of our members became active, especially in the F.F.A., F.H.A., and other clubs . How well I remember our mysterious glances at the stuck-up Seniors, and how we longed to have their privileges. Under the keen eyes of Miss Dil- day and Mr. Sills, our guides, we soon began to get the high school swing. With Shirley Ann Smith serving as the class president, the year happily passed and we had grown to be lively Sophomores. So many Sophomores were we that the class was divided into two parts; Mrs. Swain (Miss Hofler) and Miss Grady were our advisors. Shirley Ann Smith, Donn Wells, J. W. Waters, Shirley Britt, Annie Lois Grady, Annie Bruce Grady, Nannie Lou Jones, Gwyn Kelly, Robert Hines, Morris Sandlin, Velma Heath and Katie Miller nourished the class as Beta Club members. I ' m sure we all remember the lovely ice cream party, as well as the swim we had at Dudley Beach, which was given by Annie Lois and our respective grade pa- rents. We had a lovely party at Ruby ' s home that year, also. Soon - but not soon enough - we were Juniors. We elected as our officers J. W. Waters, President; Shirley Britt, Vice-President; Gwyn Kelly, Secre- tary; Robert (Ro-bear) Hines, Treasurer; and Laura Alice Bryant, Reporter. We gave our Junior Play, Bolts and Nuts , with flying colors. Of course, this credit goes to Mrs. Davis and the play cast: Annie Lois Grady, Donn Wells, Shirley Britt, Shirley Ann Smith, Annie Bruce Grady, Robert Hines, Elbert Garvey, Ruby Powell, J. W. Waters, Bruce Southerland, Ernest Grady, Joyce Oates, and Lynn Harper. Everleene and Gwyn were equally important as prompters. I think we had more fun at Woodrow ' s Famous Hot Dog Stand than we did at play practice. After the play was over, Woodrow Smith and Syl- vester Tew gave the play cast a dance at Maxwell ' s Mill. Shortly after the play, we had our Jimior -Senior Banquet, with the help of Mrs. Davis, our home room teacher. The theme was A Wedding . We honored Mr. and Mrs. Wells on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. The banquet was given in the Hotel Goldsboro, Goldsboro, North Carolina. We ordered our class rings and had a magazine sale. We were divided into two sides for the sale. The losing side gave the winners a fish fry at Scottie ' s Pool near Mount Olive. Various mem- bers of the Beta Club that were in the Junior Class went to the State Convention in Raleigh. Annie Lois, Robert, Elbert, Gwyn, Annie Bruce, and William Snowball went to Carolina Beach on a week-end beach party. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Grady were chaperons. And now--we are Seniors! My, it seems that only yesterday we were like lost sheep in the corridors of B. F. Grady High. Yet today, we have ordered calling cards, invitations, caps and gowns, and we have had our pictures made for the annual. Our class has decreased since 1949. There are only forty of us now left in the Gypsy Clan. Mr. Johnson is our Senior Advisor, and our officers are as follows: J. W. Waters, President; Shirley Ann Smith, Secre- tary; Donn Wells, Vice-President; Robert Hines, Treasurer; and Shirley Britt, Reporter. The Overflow, basketball, baseball, and dramatics played important parts during the year. And guess what? ? ? Well, since you can ' t. I ' ll tell you. Our Harvest Festival King and Queen, Lynn Harper and Viola Wilkins, were crowned Mr. and Miss B. F. Grady High in the Annual Harvest Festival! Many things that are important to a Senior are yet to come: Our Senior Play, the Junior -Senior Banquet, Baccailaureate Sermon, and finally (sigh) our Graduation. It makes us very sad to know that this is our last year; that we have walked these corridors with a sense of belonging for the last time. Yet, we are brave and we will be prepared for the future with smiling faces, as a true Gypsy should. Historian: Shirley Britt

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um will mil iinuMnii THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1953 We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred Fifty-three, B. F. Grady High School, in the County of Duplin, State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and realizing our impending depar- ture from this school, do hereby declare and make this our Last Will and Testament. ARTICLE I To B. F. Grady High School, we leave our love, our many hours spent at study here and our gratitude for edl the things we have learned. Yes, we leave you, but with happy memories. ARTICLE II To Mr. H. M. Wells, our principal, we leave our deepest gratitude for the effort and time spent for the Senior Class. ARTICLE III To Mr. Johnson, our Senior Sponsor, we leave our deepest devotion for helping us have the happiest school year ever. ARTICLE IV To the High School Faculty, we wish to say thank you for what you did and the interest you held for us in our four years of high school. ARTICLE V To the undergraduates: To the Junior Class we leave the job of issuing the two great publica- tions, The Big Facts of Grady and The Overflow; our ability to support our King and Queen in the Harvest Festival. To the Sophomores and Freshmen, we leave our hopes that before long you will occupy the po- sition that we now hold. ARTICLE VI Individual bequests: During our four years of school we have accumulated some well-known articles which we would like to bestow upon spe- cific underclassmen. They are as follows: William Dail wills his G. I. haircut to Stone Outlaw. Arbutus Williams wills her good nature and quiet ways to her sister. Hazel. Eugene Herring leaves his cigarette butts to Oscar Sutton. Laura Alice Bryant wants her ability to get along with Mr. Sills to go to Lewis, Jr. Everleene Davis wishes Maxine Quinn to have her athletic ability. Robert Hines leaves his ability to jitterbug to Gerald Simmons. J. W. Waters leaves his ability to get along with women to Oscar Sutton. Margaret Wood wills her B-bop hair to Cri- cket Lee. William Rhodes leaves his ability to get a new girl every day to Lawrence Smith. Shirley Britt wills Lou Gene Smith her abili- ty to wrap Mr. Sills around her finger. Ida Fordham wills her baby -like ways to Ed- win Hill. Ernest Grady and J. W. Waters leave their ability to get off study hall to fill out bus reports to Gerald Simmons and Bill Herring. Audrey Walker wills her quiet ways to her brother, Howard, in hopes that he will use them. Dulan Powell wills his love for sports to Bill Herring. Donn Wells wills his typing ability to Irene Smith. Annie Bruce Grady wills her loud mouth to Margie J one s . Shirley Smith wills her intelligence to Pop O ' Quinn and her love for Hess, Jr. , to Shelby Smith. Nannie Lou Jones wills her ways to get out of fifth period study hall to anyone who wzints them but she wills Adrian to nobody . Elbert Garvey leaves his ability to mock Mr. Sills to Michael Aldridge. Morris Sandlin leaves his good physique to Donald Wallace, and his wonderful manners to Bill Herring in hopes that he will simmer down when he gets to be a senior. Bruce Southerland leaves his romantic ways to L. G. Kornegay. Lynn Harper leaves his ability to play bas- ketball to anyone who feels they can take his place. J. H. Sullivan wills his friendliness to Mr. Sills so he won ' t be so mad looking, and his math book to Mrs,. Davis so he can take a rest. Annie Lois Grady wills her strawberry curls to Carolyn Smith and her musical ability to Betty Smith. Tharon Harper wills her sophistication to Peggy Holt in hopes that she makes better use of it than she did. Velma Heath wills her mischievous ways to Jo Anne Grady. Betty Herring wills her most helpful ways to Wendell Outlaw. Ruby Horne leaves her ability to dance to Lester Britt, Jr. Clara Lee Kornegay wills her studious ways to Lois Outlaw and hopes she ' ll use them. Gwyn Kelly wills her ability to blush to Chris- tine Williams. Lena Bruce Lanier wills her naturadly curly hair to Grace Walker. Katie Miller leaves her excess pounds to Virginia Stroud, Joyce Oates wills her popularity to Janice Sutton . Irene O ' Quinn wills her friendly personality to Peggy Grady. Ruby Powell wills her dramatic ability to Shirley Powell. v Clara Lee Quinn wills her quick temper to Cricket Lee and hopes she will control it. Dixie Stafford wills her front seat on forty- one to Hughlene Murray and Norma Smith. Mildred Smith wills her senior loneliness to Mr. Edgar V ells. Martha Sue Taylor wills her bashfulness to Dorothy Raye Herring. Viola Wilkins wills her school bus to Nellie Brown, and gladly gives her second year French book to Lois Outlaw. Testator: Elbert Garvey Witnesses: Donn Wells J. W. Waters