Bath High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Bath, NC)

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CLASS PRGPI-IEC? As I was golng through R1chmond I suddenly brought the car to a stop On a b1llboard was a Slgn that read Dar1ng Bud Dan1els and h s Fearless Hell Dr1vers w1ll appear here 1n person the 4th of July Bud, also, was an old classmate Then I real1zed I was hold1ng up traffxc I looked back to see a tax1 dr1ver gettmg out of h1s car Here's where I get a bloody nose, I thought but the dr1ver turned out to be Tommy Tyer As we talked traff1c p1led up Soon a motorcycle came p I thought I d get a tlcket but the cop was none other than Leroy Tetterton He also Jo1ned 1n the conversatlon Soon I bade my fr1ends goodbye and cont1nued on through R1chmond I dec1ded to go through Norfolk and stop 1n to see some of my classmates F1rst, I went down to the Naval Base to see Lt Commander R1chard Carrow Then I went up town where Helen Bradley 1S as s1stant manager of RICCIS Department Store Then we had lunch at Bell's Restaurant where Lou Brooks and Carolyn Chr1smon were wa1tresses After lunch we cont1nued on down towards North Carolma, arr1v1ng 1n Wash1ngton 1n t1me to hear Governor Boyd make a speech at the court house H15 secretary Della Tetterton was r1ght there to h1s ass1stance' Carl Aust1n 15 Governor Boyd's fa1thful chauffeur Upon tal.k1ng to Della and Carl, I learned that Doreta S1mps on 1S the Wlfe of Ronald Wallace famous coach for N C State I also learned that Glorla McGowan 1S 1n South Arner1ca w1th her husband who 1S about to complete a b1g construct1on Job Inc1dently her husband 15 Jack A111 good I also learned that B1lly Sanderson 15 the new agr1culture teacher at Bath, and Ahce Meek1ns and Evelena Sull1van are teachers at Snow H111 I further learned that Pearl G1bbs and Magg1e Cordon are profess 1onal cartoorusts w1th Dell Publ1cat1ons 1n New York C1ty Mary Sk1nner 1S pr1vate secretary to Jack Marsh, manager of Marsh's and Son's De partment Store 1n Bath Cl1fton Cutler 1S a d1str1ct salesman for L1bby McNe1l 8: L1bby's Incorporated and makes h1s home 111 Wash1ngton Park I was glad to hear of so many of my classmates and was glad to hear On the way to Bath I was almost S1deSW1ped by a Norfolk and South ern Bus d1-wen by Jul1a Woolard Now we even have women bus dr1vers What w1l1 they th1nk of next 'P The next day I saw Cl1fton and he told me that he too had run 1nto some of our classmates 1n h1S travels He told me that Lola Ward was a b1g telev1s1on star out west, and that Dora Dean Woolard was an 1r l1ne hostess for T W A He sa1d he had taken many tr1ps on her fl1ght to f1eld Off1CeS 1n South Ame r1ca Wlth none other than Jack Mason as the p1lot Cl1fton also told me that Hugh Boyd was an algebra 1nstructor at E C C and had a very n1ce home 1n Greenv1lle He also sa1d that Frances Woolard was the manager of Behc Tyler's and that Nelda Woolard was a tyP1St for the Wash1ngton Da1ly News Tune went by and our vacat1on was com1ng to an end There were Stlll some classmates I d1dn t know about yet F1nally came the 4th of July the n1ght of our homecommg We were hav1ng lt 1n the Club Blackbeard, Bath's newest n1ght spot The club was a very n1ce place Everyone of the 52 graduates was there except Glor1a who 15 1n South Ame r1ca I learned that Luv1na Chr1smon 15 a Hollywood dress des1gner do1ng very well Rosa Lee Everett 1S l1v1ng 1n Kentucky w1th her husband who sells 1nsurance Sh1rley Asby and Irene Cox both are marrled and are help1ng the1r husbands operate a restaurant 1n Bath I learned that Thelma Gurk1ns IS runn1ng a beauty parlor 1n P1ne town and l1keW1Se Lorena Keech has opened up a shop 1n Bath that guarantees ' to make you beaut1ful for S10 Elma Jordan had come from Cal1.forn1a for the event She had start ed out Yxllth a dress -shop 1n Sacramento and now has a Chaln of stores The homecommg was a success It was very good to see and talk wzth all my classmates after 10 years But all th1ngs must end and soon I was back 1n D C I was really glad that my classmates had all had good luck 1n the1r IIVCS after grad uat1on . . ,, . . ' P I i . . . . ,, I . u , ' . - u . ' . 1 , . l , 0 . 4 . . . I . ' . . , . 1 . , they were doing well in their jobs. , . . I . u 1 . I . . , . . . . , . . , . . . , I ' ll I 0 .

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CLASS PHSTORV At the begxnmng of the year we drew up the l1st of pr1v1leges that all of us had so long awa1ted Those wonderful days f1nally arr1ved when we could leave our lower classmates waxtxng at the sta1rway for the bell to rxng wh1le we proudly walked up the steps Lxttle thmgs lxke th1s were goxng to make us stand out as the senlors of Bath H1gh School Sometlme dur1ng the second month of our sen1or year we declded to go to Washlngton D C ln the fall 1nstead of wa1t1ng untll the sprlng Preparat1on was made and on November 12 twenty two of us left Bath for a four day tour of Wash1ngton D C Words cannot express how we enjoyed the trlp but no one regretted golng' We returned wlth memorles of Washmgton D C 1n our mxnds that w1ll never be forgotten After commg back from Washmgton we selected our class h1stor1an prophet and testator We had a volunteer comm1ttee to wr1te our class poem and song Now we are eagerly wa1t1ng for the sprmg of the year to arr1ve when we st1ll have many thlngs to look forward to gettmg our class r1ngs presentmg the Semor Play the Junlor Semor Banquet Senlor Day and fmally graduatxon when we w1ll b1d dear old Bath H1gh farewell and con t1nue on our way CLASS PROPHECV When I got off from work I was very contented The next day started my two weeks vacat1on Both my wxfe and I had two weeks off Our vacatxon was to be chmaxed by a homecom1ng of my old classmates mn 52 The year IS now 1962 After school I had got a Job w1th the Navy Department 1n the Pentagon, here 1n Wash1ngton, D C A large number of my classmates have settled ln the cap1talc1ty Els1e Cutler 15 a prlvate secretary to J Edgar Hoover dlrector of the F B I Eva Carrow IS ass1stant manager of the Greyhound Bus Stat1on and H1lda Woolard and Lola Woolard are also worklng w1th the Pentagon Elmo Sullxvan and Leon Tetterton are owners of the S 81 T Cafeterxa, one of VlLash1ngton's largest and swankxest cafeter1as and Trav1s Latham IS the manager of the Ambassador Hotel But gettmg back to my story When we got home we ate supper and then went out to a mov1e The theatre was a drxve 1n just 1ns1de Maryland owned by Josh Waters I espec1ally wanted to see th1s p1cture because the star was one of my classmates Jeanette Waters who had been sent to Hollywood after graduatxon by a talent scout She has made qulte a name for herself as a dramat1c actress In a sports short on basketball Bud G1bbs star player of the Washmgton Cap1tals was featur ed He 1S a very valuable player for the team When we got back home I turned on the rad1o to WCKY My old classmates Donald Jackson and Octavus Wallace had just started the1r program They have become popular h1llb1lly recordmg stars and have a rad1o program 1n whlch they promlse to show you how to play the harmomca 1n ten easy lessons After the1r program we packed our lug gage and went to bed The next mormng we prled our luggage mto the car and thus began our tr1p a.nd well earned vacatlon On the outsk1rts of Arhngton I stopped at Boyd's Servlce Stat1on owned by Mason Boyd I fxlled up the tank and cont1nued on to Rlchmond , . , . . . . ' ' - ' 1 I I , y - 1 I , . . . V : , . ' 1 ' 1 1 , - We'd agreed to have a homecoming ten years after graduation. That was . , . . . 5 I . . . , 1 I - - P ' 0 1 1' I I . n 1 ' . . , .

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l 3 C4 BIGGEST FLIRT Gloria McGowan Bud Daniels MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Jeanette Waters Hugh Boyd 3 5 MOST VERSATILE Lou Ellen Brooks Bud Gibbs BEST LOOKING Lola Ward Clifton Cutler SENIOR PERSONALITY Lola Woolard Octavus Wallace MOST CONCEITED Carolyn Chrisrnon Travis Latham 1' 1' if sv .fv- uv- an - Y' -A-I asv I BIGGEST PEST Nelda Woolard Bud Daniels -wiv'-N 'ii N, A I ,nv ,gn 1 Della Bob DRESSED Tett o ert I1