Berryhill High School - Link and Chain Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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0' fl U 'W -M' 0 AJ' Lf CL SS PHUPHEEY The small room of Senor Rico was a scene of much confusion this par- ticular night in the last of April. Almost a hundred souls stood in line waiting for Senor Rico to tell what fate had in store for them. The rest of the party was forgotten- Senor Rico was their only concern. Suddenly without warn- ing the trumpets were heard-the time had come. Two enormous body guards faced the crowd. Their skin seemed to reflect the scene and their eyes glowed as if lighted by the Evil One himself. The first victim was drawn forward by some strange unknown force as the Senor was waving his hands over an enormous crystal ball placed in the center of a richly furnished room. His head slowly moved forward and sound went forth even though the rest of his body seemed lifeless. My friends, as you very well know, l am about to tell you what fate has in store for you. Now as my crystal ball grows clearer, I can plainly see your successes, failures, and attempts and plights of life. I will hereby try to describe them to you as they are portrayed to me through my crystal ball: Dorothy Freeman and Vera Baker are star reporters for the New York Times. Melbert Dixon is a singer in the Metropolitan Opera. Bill Cash, Cloyce Rogers, and Peck Byrum have been transferred to the naval air base in Hawaii, after receiving their wings at Pensacola, Florida. Edwin Gilreath and Albert Hand are operating a prosperous bus line between New York City and Miami, Florida. Neva Cox is the foreign language teacher at Berryhill. Frank Watson, a prominent physician of Charlotte, is steadily gaining fame in the surgical world with Emily McOinn, his very efficient nurse, at his side. Sarah Walker, Muriel Hawfield. and Katherine Loy are nurses working at the Charlotte Sanitorium. Pearl Rufus and Frances Adams are artists' models in New York City. Orville and Paul Thompson are partners in the Thompson Antique Company. Esther Mae Grier is head librarian at the Charlotte Public Library with Jackie Payne and Hilda Larrisey as her assistants, Mac Brown has just completed a play almost equal to Shakespeare's Hamlet Frank Arrington is operating a linotype machine for The Charlotte Observer. Wilson Byrum is a successful traveling salesman for Scott Drug Company with Dorothy Beacham as his private secretary. Helen Stegall and Virginia Smith are secretaries to the president of the First National Bank, Earl Cloninger. Dawson Deshields and Sonny Dixon are playing baseball with the Wash- ington Senators. ' Bobby Byrum is the conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Robert Berryhill is president of Berryhill Airlines. Page Twenty

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'T BHS L ST WILL A D TESTAIVIE T We. the Class of 1942. having come to the end of our high school career, feel it necessary and proper to bequeath certain of our most treasured possessions and talents in the manner that follows. We wish to state that all wills hitherto given from our hand are null and void. ITEM I We, the Class of 1942, bequeath our experience with all the advantages thereof to the succeeding classes. May their years at Berryhill be as replete with blessings as were ours. To the Faculty, who has been a helping hand in our times of need, we leave our lasting gratitude and good will. ITEM II I, Frank Watson, do will my leadership ability to Jane McDowell. I, Jacquelyn Payne, do will my pretty hair to Gladys Pearson. I, Vera Baker, do will my sweet disposition to Betty Propst. I, Melbert Dixon, do will' my glorious voice to Dorothy Abernathy. .I, Edith Parsons. Ho will my place on the basketball team to Sarah Sloan. I, Mac Brown, do will my dignity to Holland Porter, I, Bobby Byrum, do will my ability to play a trumpet to Johnny Berryhill. I, Annie Belle McCoy, do will my pretty clothes to Jackie Arbor. I, George Carmichael. do will my good sportsmanship to Charles Barger. I, Katherine Loy, do will my pleasing personality to Susie Griffin. I, Dorothy Beacham, do will my beautiful blue eyes to Mildred Neely. I, Sarah Walker. do will my skating ability to Frances Stevenson. I, Wilson Byrum, do will my salesmanship ability to John Adams. I, Eliza Mills, do will my skill as an artist to Mary Gordon Mulwee. I, Esther Mae Grier. do will my intelligence to Judith Autry. I. Margaret Reid. do will my quietness to Elise Howie. I, Bettilou Holder, do will my cheerleading ability to Juanita Sorrow. I, Pete Jenkins, do will my beauty to Barbara Jean Elson. I, Joe Eastwood, do will my mathematical mind to Ted McGinnis. I, Ernest Steele, do will my poetic nature to Jack Hasty. I, Dawson Deshields, do will my way with the girls to Hurley Helms. I. Theron Ross, do will my ignorant ways to Johnny Reid. I. Helen Stegall, do will my red hair to Jane Hamilton. I, Bill Cash. do will my love for reading to Marvin Lawing. I, Frank Arrington. do will my good nature to Bill Williams. I, Alice Barker. do will my talkative nature to Mary Elizabeth Springs. I, Jerry Gunthorpe, do will my size to Jimmy Niell. I, Donna Grey Foard, do will my neat, attractive appearance to Bobby Jean McLeod. I, Mary Helen Westervelt, do will my good taste to Blanche Shaw. I, Sara Hall. do will my Writing ability to Marie Parks, I, C. W. Smith, do will my classy car to any finance company that will have it. I. Andy Barker, do will my football physique to William Page. A I, Philip Martin, do will my Spanish features to Doris Secrest. I. Dorothy Freeman. do will my cuteness to Irene Cato. I, Emily McGinn, do will my commercial ability to Helen Vinson. We, John Arbor, Peck Byrum. and Gus Rufus. do will our love for hunting to Billy Wilson and James I-Iawfield. I, Cloyce Rogers. do will my ability to write the class prophecy to the l943 class prophet. ' XVILSON BYRUM. MARGARET REID. ORVILLE FFHOMPSON, Class Lawyers. Page Nineteen in WNW Ll 41

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R 9-3 BHS Tommy Hancock is running a summer resort in the mountains of North Carolina. Duke Eoster and George Taylor have made good with M.G,M. Studios. Bettilou Holder is the vocalist with Bill HendriX's swing band. nery establishment in New York City. ' Hoyt Randall is manager of the largest archery range in the United States, with John Arbor as assistant manager. +P- Dorothy Hamilton is secretary to Edgar Carter, president of Carter's Petroleum Corporation. Marvin Smith is manager of the Bagging Department at the A 25 P ware- house in Charlotte with Erskine Rhodes as assistant manager. Eliza Mills has just received the highest honors from the United States Institute of Art. Helen Daniels is married and living very comfortably. l Helen and Mary Smith are teaching Physical Education to girls at Berryhill. Jerry Gunthorpe and Jimmy Therrell are stars on the radio as negro comedians. Edith Parsons and Mary Alice Erancis are playing basketball for one of the South's finest colleges for girls. Ernest Steele is designing the Buicks for l955. Clayton Sorrow is partner to Jack Messmore in an air transport service across the United States. Donna Grey Eoard, Margie Springs, and Alice Barker are hostesses at the Army Air Base here. V Helen Nance and Kathleen Neely now operate a large beauty salon in Charlotte. Warren Beaty is president of Beaty's Gas and Oil Company with Pat Thompkins as vice-president. Bonsal Williams and Philip Martin are now playing for the Charlotte Clippers, professional football team. Margaret Reid, Hazel Jean Robinson, and Mae Smith are nurses at the Memorial Hospital, Reece Bigham owns half interest in the Parker Veterinary. Mary Helen Westervelt and Mary Elizabeth Jackson own an interior decorating establishment in San Francisco, California. Remus Edwards is StateaSupervisor of Agricultural Extension Service. Billy Byrum is now working for Duke Power Company, operating a Monroe Calculator. Tabor Smith, Hazel Pryor, and Maggie Nixon are working at the S '55 W Cafeteria. Ralph Young, a Bomber Squadron Commander, is stationed' at Barksdale Field, Shreveport, Louisiana. The Senor vanished from the room, leaving behind thoughts of the future, while the crowd stood in a trance, afraid to move until the trumpets blasted again. . CLOYCE ROGERS, Class Prophet. Annie Belle McCoy and Sara Hall are running a large. fashionable milli- SU rv iv' Page Twenly-one