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

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am proph[i:y As I sit here studying our Class Day exercises, I can picture our class of ' 54 through 1964. Lemuel Harper is now farming. As a side line, he is cutting pulp-wood for a living. As we look toward Raleigh, we see Bill Herring and Gerald Simmons with Agriculture; L. G. Kornegay with Engineering at State College. Up at Washington, D. C., we see Edwin Hill as a Counterspy. On the side line he swoons at girls and dreams about Rhonda Fleming. Down Blizzard and Holmes way, we see Tommie Hill as Chief of Police and on the side line he makes time with a girl. Woodruff Jackson is nowa five star genera l in the Navy. He is in Japan with a beautiful Japanese girl. I can see Douglas Smith at the big P. X. at Fort Jackson, pricing the baby cribs and other es- sentials. I see Earl Jones farming with his dad. He has Rose Marie Herring as a sweet attraction. We see Horace and Keith at a college studying to be agriculture teachers. They have a big band and teach The Bunny Hop. I see Lawrence Smith farming with his dad. On the side line he reduces for the new girl that he plans to marry at Pink Hill. Up at East Carolina Teachers College, we see Leonard Sutton playing football and studying to be a first grade teacher. Now coaching the basketball team at Albertson, we find our own Oscar Sutton. He is doing a swell job. Ray Franklin is now the owner of the Cadillac place in Kinston. He has a nice ranch style home in Fairfield where Sarah keeps him company. Alfred is now the owner of a big Mercury dealership in some town out West. For pastime, he Dear hunts and goes fishing. Donald Wallace is now a life guard at Crystal Beach, White Lake, N. C., and kills bob cats as a hobby. We see Elwood Walker as the owner of a big Ford firm. As a hobby, he makes time with a red- head. Living in Fort Bragg is Marie Bishop. She keeps house and rears a family. Her husband is serv- ing his country. We see Peggy Grady as the editor of Charm Magazine. She does her own modeling and cares for her three children. I picture Jo Ann Grady as she starts to college. Later she stops, because she has found the right boy to settle down with and take life easy. Frances Harper is now telling the story of Herbert in the Metropolitan Theater in New York City. I see Dorothy Rae Herring as she makes her way through East Carolina looking for that glorious little King boy whom she will find, I am sure, in the coming years and settle down to her kingdom. We see Shirley Herring sporting a ' 54 Ford from DuPont to her home with a crowd of girls having a wonderful time. As we look to Washington, D. C., we find Marie and Peggy Ann working with the F. B. I., trying to discover how to keep up with Joe and Darwin. Over in Kinston we find Margie Jones as a student nurse, hoping that Alfred will soon be a patient. Down in Deep Run, we see Joyce Lanier and Maxine Quinn as telephone operators. Hughlene Murray is now the editor of the Sarecta Times and also Mrs. Douglas Smith. Ruth Ann Page is now Bobby ' s private secretary. They are running a garage down at Sarecta, North Carolina. Lois Outlaw is now in Washington, D. C., working with the F. B. I. Shirley Ann Powell is now keeping house and looking after J. B. down at La Grange, North Carolina. Next, I see in the future. It ' s a bird! No-It ' s a plane I No-It ' s that Shelby Jean Southerland in that new light blue convertible Ford! She ' s on her way to DuPont to that favorite job of her life time. As I look in the far off distance, I see that sweet-talking Betty Smith keeping the home fires burn- ing and watching little Bill Brown, Jr. She has forgotten all about her Doctor ' s degree, but is making time just as well. Up at Peace College, we find Irene Joyce Smith studying to be an attractive secretary. Then I see our dignified Nellie Faye Parker. She is at East Carolina Teachers College flirting with all the boys. Up at King ' s Business College, we find Mavis Sutton studying to be a secretary in some big company down at Albertson, North Carolina. We now see Norma Allan Smith up at East Carolina Teachers College studying the production of Oates. As we look at the Sylvester Tew Plantation, at Albertson, N. C., we find sitting behind a big ex- ecutive ' s desk. Miss Lou Gene Smith. We find over at T. A. Turner ' s, Dorothy Tyndall, typing at the main desk. She is doing very well at this and has found a good career for herself. Next, I see Mary Louise Waters keeping house for the guy she ' s been waiting for so long. Mack Taylor. She finally persuaded him to ask the question, and Wow!, but did he get a quick answer! I now see Nellie Brown Wilkins sitting on the knee of an F. B. I. agent in Washington, where she is working as a secretary. Last, but not least, I see Christine living in a neat little house, but that doesn ' t look like Williams on the mail box. It ' s Alphin, her old school day sweetheart. As for myself, I hope to go to college and take up service work in Diesel. I believe that my future will prove interesting and great in the years to come. Class Prophet; Lester Britt, Jr,

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u$i will i» i[$itM[iir THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1954 We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred Fifty-Four, of B. F, Grady High School, County of Dup- lin, and the State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make public, and declare this to be our last will and testament. ARTICLE I To B. F. Grady, we leave our deep appreciation for all we have learned while here. ARTICLE II To Mr. H. M. Wells, we leave our heart-felt gratitude for his helpfulness and co-operation in leading us to our goal. ARTICLE III To our sponsors, Mr. Edgar Wells and Mr. T. R. Gurley, to whom we are very much indebted for leadership and guidance, we leave our wishes that they may have a class just as they want it. ARTICLE IV To our teachers, who are our friends and helpers, we leave our wishes that the oncoming students will be more willing to abide by the rules and regulations. ARTICLE V To the Junior Class we leave the Big Facts of Grady and the Overflow. To the Sophomores and Freshmen we leave hopes that they will soon occupy our spaces. ARTICLE VI Individual bequests; During our four years of school we have accumulated some well-known art- icles which we would like to bestow upon specific underclassmen. They are as follows; Shirley Ann Powell wills her conceited ways to Marilyn Stroud. Maxine Quinn leaves her baby-ways to Betty Jean Adams. Faye Marie Bishop wills her bashfulness to Alice Jean Hussey. Joyce Lanier leaves her good-natured ways to Inez Grady. Lester Britt wills his good times at Grady to Peggy Jean Garner. Lemuel Harper leaves his ability to shoot squirrels to Raymond Turner, Jr. Leonard Sutton wills his ability to drink Pepsi -Cola to Morris Thigpen. Hughlene Murray leaves her sweet ways to Charlotte Outlaw. Dorothy Raye Herring leaves her natural curly hair to Grace Walker. Peggy Jean Grady wills her popularity to Shirley Smith and Connie Jo Wells. Shelby Southerland leaves her position as Editor-In-Chief of the school paper to anybody that wants it. Margie Jones wills her dignified ways to Inez Grady. Marie Thigpen leaves her witty ways to Lovey Kelly. Lewis Gaston Kornegay wills his ability to take too much time between classes to Raymond Earl Holland. Shirley Herring leaves her height to Elaine Howell. Lawrence Smith wills his fatness to Kenneth Royal Dupree. Horace Kornegay leaves his ability to skip school to Paul Tyndall. Frances Harper wills her ability to get along with other people to Janice Sutton. Douglas Smith wills his cigarette butts to Michael Outlaw. Donald Wallace leaves his cigarette butts to Lewis Westbrook, Jr. Lois Outlaw wills her quiet ways to Alice Jean Hussey. Nellie Brown Wilkins leaves her school bus to O ' berry Wilkins. Edwin Hill wills his position in the Senior Class, the giggler, to Rachel Hardy. Peggy Ann Holt leaves her short blonde hair to Jeanette Kelly. Irene Joyce Smith wills her cute ways to Mollie Faye Davis. Ruth Ann Page leaves her wonderful married life to Ada Frances Scott. Elwood Walker wills his originality to Lucille Barwick. Ray Franklin Smith leaves his ability to have a good time to the Junior Class. Nellie Faye Parker wills her two blue eyes to Bertha Kaye Smith. Bill Herring leaves his most helpful ways to Michael Aldridge. Lou Gene Smith wills her athletic ability to Edwina Smith. Dorothy Tyndall leaves her slowest ways to Kenneth Kennedy. Earl Jones wills his pitching ability to Faison Smith. Woodruff Jackson leaves his witty ways to Kenneth Davenport. Christine Williams wills her be -bop hair cut to Ann Houston. Jo Ann Grady leaves one of her superlatives, romantic, to Geraldine Williams. Betty Spence Smith wills her basketball ability to Peggy Joyce Smith. Tommie Hill leaves his big feet to Cameron Deaver. Oscar Sutton wills his athletic ability to Rommie Hill. Alfred Thigpen wills his ' 52 Mercury to Lovey Kelly. Joyce Sandlin leaves her laziness to Patricia Quinn. Norma Allan Smith leaves her place on the basketball team to Shelby Smith. Gerald Simmons wills his ability to succeed to Albert Sidney Smith. Keith Oates leaves his speedy ways to Ray Westbrook. Witnesses; Gerald Simmons Testatrix; Norma Allan Smith Lewis Gaston Kornegay ¥

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SUPtfiLflTIVfS -Most Likely To Succeed Betty Smith Gerald Simmons IK Shelby SoutterlaM Keith Oates I Friendliest Shelby Southerland Lester Britt Most Dependable Betty Smith Bill Herring