Booker T Washington High School - Bear Yearbook (Suffolk, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1959 volume:

We X959 Kew' BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL Suffolk Virginia II!!-XX-f'w!QfX JA PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1959 FOREWCJRD w'QM3 ' -' .' .. ,.V..-,, A 111+ J- . . 4 Y 1' 'f 1:7:,. fQ,.r'lf'W 71-Qgn'N'f'101 hr. , - V- iz, if -3, 1, , f:,.,ip'f'g'5 ti s-if agp af' ,. . e. PM . . ,. 'www 5 ,. , -V 7f 'v f. i '5Qf'?',f:1fz f1f'?i?1'?Qf3a4'-:fSzxvQ-X- VV , f V ' ff .:wff9?7-p.fg.Q3f24??sz?f.P s a v W1wH,mMwwwMwan-w.-.ewpuwym U 1 yi?Vw' 1N'-VV'V., Y-V I---lf J -V 1 ful '25 'Q .Ag RVN. V kr V -, Q .I my Q -. QV.-' G6 , ,DJJJ ,1.Tgt.g,:-U. V. V - V, W .. X ,.Lu.mi.f 6 - V .:'f'4 233511 ' T 5' Exif: . ' ' A 4- ' . . . 'V n, - 5-V It g1V9S us great pleasure 1n presentmg The Jil, 1 Vx' ., .,.I, , , ' rl Ig.. vt, N 1959 Bear to you. We hope that as you turn the AV Q . :pb ,A X fy. 4 , ,H If U. pages, fond memories come into your heart. 5 P. , ' r vs , 71, We should 11ke to thank the faculty, patrons and studentbody for he1p1ng us to complle and to present The 1959 Bear The Staff MW Jacquelyn Chapman Edltor o ai 4 J W ,K 937' 4 xv W. FJ 37, R 7 1 4: K P N 2 JL X ha.-P 0 -e ,P rig 'YJ 'X 9' fp Y ii I4 -,NKJV .r Nl' ' if, Lf ,M 5 . 1 -Fwr .H J ' PM W 7 Dm' bn 1f 4 '3r5'h?F tis' IA! N ' V. A mx x . ,dwfb-MQ ' ! pf L D, 1 6,3 Vg If .J ' f- -. Efigi' ' - J -fn fa' 15611 'ffl J ,' '4 ' - . F . Y . 5. ,H U '. rs. L xxx lair?- . V 'sro 5, Q fi':f. , . , ,V 211831 4'.5'4'l 2 9 ,. .L H, Y 32' it pie' .J nf, it Aff' K 5 5' 95: -'S . AE: , , 'X , N1 32 ww .512 wi iz! ,fini . If ,xg L:-'CBI' - . H. -!,g:,-., 'rr Q4 'rjq ' Y .J 1 , 245. . 1 . .ff . zu, fl1, . , :X 7 fi 'J . ' 4 ' :U '. . V. 3- NF, f ?,'. 5, li 4.'.'q1',h-Q...,.. -ug. Q 1 H, up .1 . Y. MJ- ' ' AT- rv A 1. . -1 -we Lg., 4. ' - .- - - -. 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J- : ., . - 1, .H . f -, -.1-., -. . .7-, . '- .--' w if' 1' -' . ','91 '3 1.2-.. an ...:'.---f.. rev' .-11'if -' ' N - 1 f? f. 2 -- 'Q ' -c ' 3' : .....- -' 'N' 'H-54-255, - - -vs 2 DEDICATIO At some interval in the educational career of a youngster, our teachers represent a parent, a guide, and diciplinarian. Our teachers have contributed a great deal to the formation of a well-rounded personalityg they train students to think independently and accuratelyg they train youth to evaluate evidence and arrive at logical conclusions. They open the door to the probings of great men of every era who have evolved philosophies that serve as guides in our daily living. We, the class of '59, wish to join our nation in the re - cognition of those devoted individuals who are the molders of youth, by dedicating our yearbook to the teachers of Booker T. Washington School. 5 X ,k g it .. , ,Q .Jw . . . 2 4' ' ,,i wr , ' . 4+ :JW dam 8 ' as N, , , 4 4 3 UPERI TE DENT'S MESSAGE GREETINGS AND CONGRATULATIONS Again it is a pleasure to offer greetings and congratulations to all those pupils, teachers and friends of the Booker T. Washington High School who have helped in any way to make the 1959 edition of this high school annual possible. It is a wonderful thing to see pupils in high school have the opportunity, with faculty guidance, to accept responsibility and carry out that responsi- bility for producing a book of this type. The job of working together to develop a year book that is a credit to the student body and to the community is a sizeable task. Moreover, the pleasure that will be given many people in the years to come in living again their highschool experiences through the pages of this book will be another reason that all those persons who served in producing this book have rendered valuable service. My congratulations to you. W. R. Savage, Jr. Superintendent 4 vfx 3? if .4 , ku. -n. Q f if :A If Jw 2 M, sw -,. R , 4 fr, ,, .F k,k, .,n'g,V sffaf Q '-.Ti Vw. ' ,Jug I , , Q- , . W. '4-. I , .,, rjfw,- . QW f V-5 ' wx 633' fgm GQQ: N. ASSISTA T PRINCIPAL' MESSAGE What Is Truth We often hear the expression Truth will triumph. but what is truth? Truth never changes, but our knowledge of Truth becomes more perfect every day. Because of the way we know Truth, we must fragmentize Truth into many small images. Often these tiny images are blurred and imperfect and incomplete. But this is no reason to despair and cease our efforts to create more perfect clearer images of reality. Truth is a reflection of what is. Truth is a perfect image of reality. Suppose an artist were to paint a portrait of George Washington Carver. Although we might see only the face of Dr. Carver. yet if the artist were successful, we should agree that a true image of a real person had been created. Such an image is true because it is an expression of what really exists. It does not necessarily represent all that exist. Would such a Portrait be any less true because it did not express the whole reality of Doctor Carver ? So too, in science as in art, human knowledge of Truth is limited, but because it is limited, we cannot conclude that therefore it is false. If all of us would strive to perfect human knowledge by seeking truth irrespective to how much it hurts then we would not be guilty of a creeping skepticism which would reduce us to mere vegetables. JAM H. M. Bass, Asst. Principal 6 CJUR CAROLYN WILLIAMS Choir N.H A. SENICDRS PATRICIA WILLIAMS Choir MARIE DANIELS Cheerleader Library Club RAY THOMAS DANIELS Football Dramatics Basketball Class Parliamentarian Library Club PONSOR SADIE WHEELER Asst. Sect. of Class N.H.A. KELLY LEWIS Tri-captain Football ANNE BOOTHE Basketball Choir Dramatics Library Club Annual Staff l 'Wir RALPH BOONE Football Choir Dramatics GRACE WALTERS Choir Band Annual Staff Basketball HERMAN CARTER Band Ind. Arts Club Annual Staff Dramatics MARGIE FORD Cheerleader Choir N.H . A. Class Treasurer S . P. A. MAURICE BIGGS Football S . P. A. President of Class Choir JENCY PITTMAN Choir Cheerleader S.P.A. Treasurer Draniatics N.H.A. Parliamentarian Basketball Library Club u v fa ' I-,F-Milt su, Neff www X .ggi 4 'Era 'L X 'f exif? MX .aff ,, , 1. , '. K4 X , ' F 21 ,321 gg. i Q- ye-rin.. 5 Q31 07 MALCOLM BERNARD Football Band S.P.A. President Co-editor annual Class Vice-President JACQUELYN CHAPMAN Choir Band Secretary National Honor Society Editor of Annual Secretary of Class Library Club Miss Homecoming Dramatics -ix frm 'Ui JAMES LEE Football Tri-captain Basketball JANIC E JONES Band at SYLVIA JOLLY Choir Cheerleader N.H.A. Basketball WILBERT BRYANT Annual Staff Ind. Arts Club HERBERT GREEN Captain of Football Basketball PHILLIPPA ESTES Choir Dramatics N.H . A. MILDRED CHESTER Choir Cheerleader N H A SPENSER MAYFIELD Choir 3 Year Letterman- Basketball Football Annual Staff IO iss' , I JOYCE SMITH Choir Captain of Cheerleaders Annual Staff Basketball MAJOR RUF FIN Football Dramatics AMOS TILLERY Basketball TOMASINA VINES Choir N. H . A. Library Club VIRGINIA TROWER Choir N. H. A. Library Club RUDOLPH WILKINS Band Choir Dramatics I I if..- ff? BETTIE JEAN IRBY Choir Dramatics N.H A. FLOYD MALONE Choir Dramatics ALGERNON MORRIS Dramatics Band RUDOLPH PARKER Choir Football Trainer Basketball OUR MASCCTS Vann Bernard QR. :S A4251 I if P it 1 W- I 2 gg W !k.,!! La Geris Underwood 4 -.Ag SENIOR UPERLATIVE MR AND MRS SENIOR James and Janice Amos and Tomasina SMARTEST Anne Boothe Jacquelyn Chapman QUIETEST Carolyn Williams Margie Ford Sadie Wheeler L BEST DRESSED Virginia Trower Ray Daniels NEATEST Wilbert Bryant Sylvia Jolly Rudolph Wilkins MOST POLITE Bettie Irby Ralph Boone l 3 MOST MUSICAL Herman Carter Grace Walters ........Al.r,. .M SENIOR SUPERLATIVES BEST ATHLETES Spenser Mayfield James Lee Anne Boothe Herbert Green Kelly Lewis BEST FIGURE Grace Walters PW . I MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED LAZIEST Jacquelyn Chapman Amos Tillery Malcolm Bernard CNot shown in picturej Algernon Morris WITTIEST Jency Pittman Wilbert Bryant BIGGEST FLIRTS Joyce Smith Ralph Boone CNot shown in picturel Floyd Malone A any MOST GLAMOROUS Virginia Trower SENIOR SUPERL TIVE CUTEST Joyce Smith Jacquelyn Chapman l L2 MOST POPULAR J acquelyn Chapman James Lee 15 W BEST LOOKING Anne Boothe Maurice Biggs LOUDEST Malcolm Bernard Tomasina Vines Marie Daniels Wilbert Bryant fNot shown in picturej Jency Pittman MOST STUDIOUS Janice Jones Kelly Lewis Jacquelyn Chapman MOST TALKATIVE Tomasina Vines Wilbert Bryant Phillippa Estes FRIENDLIEST Patricia Williams Margie Ford Janice Jones MOST SOPHISTICATED Mildred Chester Bettie Jean Irby Q I i s 1 1 EJ' CUR PROM Y X, ke, as Maurice Biggs crowns the valedictorian, Barbara Gordy Ralph Boone crowns the salutatorian, Martha Staton 2 Ui. Q K x UH I6 'Ksf-'f:. M 'Q 3 4 X F . ' I . ji' wr, 1 B 'J A i ' V s X la . Z M r xx . W1 SENIOR C ASS GFFICERS Secretary President Maurice Biggs Vice-President Malcolm Bernard Jacquelyn Chapman Treasurer V I Margie Ford 17 Parliamentarian Ray Daniels ' Assistant Secretary Sadie Wheeler CAN Y u IMAGINE Joyce Smith being skinny ? Herbert Greene not grinning? Rudolph Parker wearing a size two shoe '? Herman Carter with a little mouth whispering Something worthwhile '7 Bettie Jean Irby walking without a twist? Virginia Trower modeling for the Big Pay Off ? Phillippa Estes not being nosy? Grace Walters and Carolyn Williams walking without those bowlegs 'P Tomasina Vines and Amos Tillery not arguing? Marie Daniels being a bookkeeper for the Planation Drive-in? Malcolm Bernard being the Father of an Episcopal Church? Sadie Wheeler weighing 100 pounds ? Mildred Chester with her hair fixed? Jacquelyn Chapman making F's ? Janice Jones and Margie Ford with long hair '? Maurice Biggs owning the Biggs Dancing School? Sylvia Jolly and Algernon Morris being engaged? Wilbert Bryant jitterbugging on Arthur Murray's danc Rudolph Wilkins not whining '? Patricia Williams being captain of a basketball team? Anne Boothe not making sly remarks '? Jency Pittman not talking about someone '? Ray Daniels being a drum major ? Major Ruffin being president of Ruffin Bank Inc. ? Ralph Boone owning Boone's Packing Company? Floyd Malone taking trigonometry? James Lee playing midget basketball? Spencer Mayfield being intelligent ? Kelly Lewis being impolite ? 18 e party ? CLASS MOTTO CLASS FLOWER We finish to begin. CLASS COLORS Pink Blue Carnation an C ASS P0 EM We leave this great institution of learning, Though we will always have a yearning. Through countless days we have toiled with endless pace, In order that we may stay ahead in this great race. Day by day, night by night We've always kept our goal in sight. We have now learned that life is but a game, Where you have to work hard in order to obtain fame. Our memories of these last days will be great, For in our future they will determine our fate. From Dear Ole Booker T., we've gathered a wealth of knowledge Something we won't regret if we don't go to college. W. Maurice Biggs, Jr. CLASS SUNG Dear Booker T., we're leaving now, It hurts us deep to go somehow, Our graduation day is here, But in our hearts we'l1 keep you dear, So comes the time for us to part Although you'll never leave our hearts. For as we say good-bye to thee, Our love won't die, dear Booker T., Though we shall travel separate ways, We can't forget our high school days, Our love for you will never die, God bless you as we say good-bye. Jacquelyn F. Chapman I9 Pink SEN I ORS T HEN X , v ,mix .1 QV X .JT fWP'7 Y i . 43 ., ,N L Wilbe rt, 2 yrs. Jackie 7 yrs. Herbert 4 yrs. Bettie Jean 9 yrs. W., 7 as f an! W5 , X., ll Virglnia 3 mos W Tomasina 6 yrs. xx..- Marie Amos Sadie 4 Yrs- 7 yrs. 5 yrs. A, Lg., A X' fM J i.? 'aa, V Ng '7 ' : E a F '. 2' , ,, fafiiak, -1 5 x Ng 7 ' ' Li . i 7 - Herman 1 r. 7 Anne Y 3 yrs. w ' I v, at A ' X A A Rudolph W Sylvia - A 1 yr- 4 yrs. i.. R .WCP 5- we Patric 11 mo ia s. Joyce Grace Chicken Janice 4 yrs. 9 mos, 7 yrs. 5 yI'S- ' 20 Mildred 6 yrs, SENIORS THEN , Nw! Y 5 Magor 4 yrs. Mpmwf' Malcolm 9 mos. -...A Maurice 5 yrs. Phillippa 9 YFS- 6 yrs. Kelly 4 yrs. Algernon 21 Ned 6 yrs. Jency 6 yrs. NK... -J . For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see. Locksley Hall-Tennyson CLASS PROPHECY One day while we were walking down the street, we suddenly passed a fortune teller's place. Having nothing else important to do, we decided to spend a few minutes of our time here looking into the crystal ball. Lo and behold there passed before us the members of the senior class with ten years of their lives having expired. We saw that Maurice Biggs was the head engineer of the Virginia Highway Construction Company. Malcolm Bernard was being considered as the new president of Lipton Tea Company and trying to make Bettie Jean Irby his private secretary. Jency Pittman and Janice Jones were head nurses atJohn Hopkins Hospital. Kelly Lewis was principal of A. J. Brown High School. Phillippa Estes, Patricia Williams, andSpencer Mayfield were appearing at the Metropolitan Opera House. Music connoisseurs of the day were comparing Phillippa's voice to that of Adele Addisong Patricia's, to that of Matiwilda Dobbs 3 and Spencer's to that of William Warfield. Wilbert Bryant, Amos Tillery, and Floyd Malone were running the Three Aces Used Car Lot. Carolyn Williams and Virginia Trower were head captains of the Suffolk Police Force with Rudolph Parker acting as judge of the City Circuit Court. Jacquelyn Chapman was filling out a prescription for Mrs. Tomasina Tillery's Knee Vinesjthird set of twins. Herman Carter and Rudolph Wilkins were the proprietors of the A 8x P Supermarket, Marie Daniels was their bookkeeper. In the field of athletics some members of the class had made lofty advancements. Sylvia Jolly was head basketball coach at Hampton Institute with Anne Boothe and Grace Walters assis- tants. James Lee was head coach at Howard University with Herbert Greene assistant and Algernon Morris trainer. We saw clearly from the posters in Chester's Beauty Shop that the hair styles had changed immensely in ten years. Mildred was showing Sadie Wheeler and Margie Ford the up's and down's of a beauty shop. As the crystal ball gave its last spin, we saw Major Ruffin and Ray Daniels living at Million- aires Row in Buckhorn, Virginia. The last members of the class of '59 to appear were Bernard Boone and Joyce Smith who were running a flirting school in the Dismal Swamp. cf- j ' 1' Prognosticators , Phillippa Estes K v Patricia Williams 1 'A 23 Mrs. Iva Sullivan Junior Sponsor Jean Robinson Melvin Allen Olivia Shields Richard Wilson John Riddick Branda Holley Shirley Lee Edward Pittman Helen Johnson Hurley Johnson Ronald Hart Peggy Scott Philip Moss Betty Williams Roy Gambrell .Li tk YM y Ri 4 Mary Alice Watson x WW .-5 JU IORS Beulah Mitchell -in-5 ku 4 . , Edward Gardner 2 1 Mr. Charles Christ1a.n Junior Sponsor Jefferson Knight Elizabeth Barrett Y - EL? R. I Clifford Chambliss J V11 :Z i ' 73 ian' We 1 sv -I' r W A nw A t 1 ' K 'fs- 25 Alvin Kelly Elinor Jones William Lyons Ada Miller Joyce Jones Ralph Bellamy Doretha Jones Mildred Joyner Leroy Johnson Allen Strothers Clyde Fisher Willie Doughty ,GQ SOPHOMORES Evelyn Edwards Andrew Littlejohn Ruth Littlejohn Miss Florence Oliphant Class Sponsor 've Willie Brookins fb ge 'H i ' James Harris ,A M' 4 any 1 'N Bettie wukine 1 fb M-V e Bettye Byrd Q 5 E zl. . X K A 4, f is '-..,, Margaret Tillery Y 'lf ' in Q Bernard Singleton 3 gm Q. -A 'E ' ? vs- Brenda Whitney if iq M iq, A :Q tk- 5 j 5 My Linwood Beamon 223- , 5 g Brenda Williams 1? A ff g W A- K X f Edna Mason 'bllzi idi g ,- Clifton Silver egg- 1 4 Jean Butts A ig., ,A Douglas Parker do ' E Barbara Biggs - S Evangeline Miller Haywood Corbett Jean Jones Catherine Byrd S K Evelyn Byrd Casper Cheeks Cora Bowers 26 SL, ve ef - 'N re' yn. . in K., NA E - F -f X 713 ,fi St-1, Ml Xe '1 'vw S sw f , it-A get li E ' ME X.. S A 'P' Q SOPHOMCRES . vi. .. 1 i 'Clif A , Y H 4 . Q wbl , i Alvin Parker M ,PQQ q,,: M . ig A , l f , ,J if A fLj 5 Joyce Lamb a L Gerald Kelley , , ., A , Q ' Mr. Joseph Parker Class Sponsor qt t Felton Mmeer gf N C X S .C LaVerne Brown ' Q X 1' 7 Carolyn Jones . Roland Goodman J as f m KK M Z ' Charles Slaughter .ff ' Q ' Bessie Lee j ' A i Essie Garris Q 5 K Rosa Chambliss Q N 'fe ' W Joseph Lewis Mfg i xii X Xt, it ,A X f. X J vi l .' my .na ., ,.k, . tt.: iii? si? 'T ali 2 K ,EM X. War, S- at 1 nf .. , . ..:. . .t Qi is-sig A 1. .Q an 4 . vwij ,wi . as UQ! ll 5 Providence Vann Jacqueline Riddick Doretha Davis Gertrude Franklin Harold Mason James Butts Christina Jones Bettye Barnes Ella Holland Harriet Southall James Wilson Naomi White 27 I D 4. A. WK e , EJ f 'J f ' J 5. 4 Wg.. H. , , V amy , Je as ,Q LM' Q Q 'PV 1 355- if if V ' y FRE HME Jeanette Sears Lydia Hunter Sandra Scott Mrs. Margaret Barnes Freshman Sponsor Ronald Kelley Lillian Mayfield Mary Devone Leland Pierce is ts Levy Campbell Patricia Cokes W H , Elaine Privott Louvenia Davis 'x Roland Wilson l - Cade Jones Sonja Brinkley Rosa Lee Vann Barbara Ann Diggs Grady Boykins if in 4- 1 I If ix, , ' K F is i . ' 1 jx L ax. .. , L 1, . T' eanl L--Q F . f z N9 1 K L L oi i 1 it aad or s i Q ' t 4 A L R' 2 . ieai i J 1 ' William Buck Peggy Freeman Evelyn Lee Frances Lee 5? R605 Gerline Diggs James Sugars Emily Pugh 28 x r A Y fs, J 2 1 ns, sf' X fm fs .i'vs i,k. M4 Q X X , . fs, . 3 Q Q? .. X x v 'Q xt' A Q is 1 Q' T, 'NS X , if xN 'J xr. its 3 X X vin Qt Y A - :lm A xii . Y - xgvi ,.k. A Y S ia' f FRE HME in fi... ,M , rf ir ,kc W, C , Ri Lv-1, - Q x l RNs . w f Wm, Ain N ,, 5 5 -,L i K1 h cvs' an X x ... -i 'NF 'P 4 m I Wie-QaHxXlixilii', Qi ,lxlixixuxlaks-W' Alix, N-V S fs- 4 Ld ,,, .,. 1 if X L ki. X ,X X it if? .. Q Q i .,. 'N rig Q Connie Morgan Miss Doris Logan Freshman Sponsor Ray Parker Jessie Wilson Bernadette Gill James Gatling Herman Hall Andrea Boykin Daisy Turner Curtis Hayes Howard Tillery Dorothy Council Rosalind Ruffin Larry Riddick Calvin Holley Jean Sugars Hazel Lewis James Bazemore 5 ,f5 X J ohnella Hunter Sandra Brown R, ik- Wei-5 .. , x CX --- J Q. X Nw it f S 1 gif 'w ,.'- ..i.. , ' s, 'o R I K ,,f1 I R .. ' gm. I ., R mf . ' . W, X . s w e fs , if x .i,..e, , .s,ee 29 Margaret Harris Thomasine Daughtrey Joyce White Ann Staton Mrs. G. Underwood Miss M. Brown Mrs, L, Wiuiams UB- FRESHME Gwendolyn Parker John Bernard Ruth Sugars Daniel Drayton Shirley Bryant . Hugh Jones tr . . Carollonia White Marvin Copeland Gloria Johnson .bq ' r Sadia Miller James Bellamy Louise Tucker Henry Dillard Barbara Knight James Lee Jo Lorraine Scott ' Alvin Richards, Jr. M.-'Q' Delores Johnson ,X . ,, .xv Marian Cross Walter Bryant Rebecca Pittman Helen Peebles Sub-Freshmen Sponsors i fu. :- ,- . , , ,Q . . R i iv 'Zi' we , wr Q w w bra 'V ., A rg, I X 5 6 4 in ..., .il A' ':'1 'S I. wh- E. M 'N -.. ' , Q 2 K 4 gk 'f '1 M 'Lgeiktl 1, 1:1 K3 .2 X 30 A S1 ie? N af it v- if . X tv SUB-FRESHME SUB-FRESHME 64 A 2 J X ,- . I X3 3 KY xliflsl fr-'ff is 'fi if , . . W., 'WV 9. - A ' 'Y' 1 fd :A 1 K J' t ,- X .f ,,,,, - hz rw. K V .QU 'ad' Bl Don Mills Jean Wilkins Herbert Wynn Shirley Newby Charlie Pittman Vance Boone Mary Bailey Joyce Biggs Ella Baker Martin Alston James Boone Dorothy Wiggins Mary Hill Ethel Jones Frederick Darden Jesse Riddick Annabel Jones Eloise Bates Judy Childs Edward Harrel Eric Brinkley Eva Jordan Francine Boothe Audrey Staton George Rountree William Jones Carolyn Williams Jean Boone Connie Davis Shirley Thorne va- Mrs. G. Holman Mrs. L. Jones Mrs. O. L. Parker Thomas Lewis Dwight Stanford Frances Taylor Mary F. Myrick James Howell Maurice Tennessee Norman Wilson Geneva Holland Winford Coley Shirley Pierce Willie Peebles Evelyn Joyner Sheila Parker Willie Hill Joan Morgan Charles Harris Sandra Pierce Harry Byrd Larry Gambrell Ernest Goode Jo Ann Bates Candace Walters Reginald Bryant Isaac Baker George Singleton Veronica Perry Ronald Johnson Belvie Miller Ray Elam Carolyn Edwards Seventh Grade Sponsors SEVENTH GRADE 3 : 'Q ' A af. f Ag, . kk H-F1 ,I X xl' -an P W Q.. ',,.. f , .1 . P . W if 1 it i ,E .af M. . L A l ri- -gs., ,I , up K f..i M A Q In Q .gg A E If ii' M V ' . X I '1 gb 3 N., Wy.. A ' J ft 1' I s Ah il is . . -wn V :ii . x. LEJ 32 'A 3? E , -fi ' A Carey Boone Bernard Scott Lynette Chambliss Bernice Britt Marvin Elam Calvin Butts Robert Drayton Thomas James Lucille Hollie Sylvia Lundia James Holland S. T. Williams James Hinton Ronald Winborne Elsie Kearney Sandra Bowers Vernon Hall William Ruffin Eugene McCarther Otis Lee Boone Lois Estes Elsie Freeman Benford Hunter Lander Daney David Cotton Alphonsa Britt Jacqueline Roberts Claudine Windsor Theodore Vincent Leroy Boykins Lee Otis Tillery Jerry Hart Gloria Williams Betty Jean Warren George Boykins Jessie Holley Raymond Tillery Barbara Bowers Bettie Ruffin Helen Kearney Emma Wilson James Burks Douglas Artis Clarine Pittman Patricia Mason Peter Hudgins Doris Shambly Preston Boone .5 X t y . in I, . , ' Q v J. Y 1 -,,., . .if ix X W Qxxi Ks ' L if 1, ff gy ji Q qs L wi , , MJ. Q' A , ' 1 , X lx X R P','. 7,1 J , 55- Q- ff vi' W -- . W' 1 if T ' J ' A n t Xxx . iitx ksaf .X 1 C I A BR I :KA f qi 1 ' 51 an gf 7 'ie rzifaffiifjlsf et A .l J f x-5 r ainfall ' X 15 ig f eiiia ' Q X My it W., if 3 9 it . if 'Kyla 4' W U Y X x S iii: - ' llqh. it sqqqll Q iii Q, .J 33 Mrs. A. Newton Mrs. D. Richards Mrs. J. Wilson Arrington Pittman Alfred Copeland Paulette Kelley Mazie Garris Jody Hill Maurice Milteer Lorenzo Sugars Muriel Mitchell Willie Vincent Cynthia Thompson Vandious Britt Rita Vincent Andrew Hunter Betty Knight Walter Hunter Rosalind Raney Ogene Williams Sheila Holly William Freeman Carolyn Jones Wilbert Holland Barbara Rodgers David Archer Evelyn Perry Steve Milteer Beulah Parker Alfred Richards Ann Diggs Clyde Daniels Ida Taylor Sixth Grade Sponsors SIXTH GRADE . Pl M 'K . ,, - , if ' ' is 'A 2' , , A' . 2 I EQ g, 1 , lik , X V g ,Q wld . 35 . fwfr, ,NV 2 VK' Rm. , , I I - 5 -f ' . f'-' .. F Q 'f47,2t--Z .1 . fNl9 , i . Q 1 f V ff fu.. fag 'fr-' , V ' ' Q' f N E Q mp: ..' 3 2, . S rf, . . so-li -aa. -aw? 'L , . t X A I I L wif. ' Ilw..ik'x New by ,L mm if ' ,,4A ina V X QT.. e I AX tx ii t 9 H. Wise wg' 'ill' - A Q 1 i .. -ga, 11.25. .gg ,. X, a . , f W 1. -jf , - ,. .7 . . I . ag S .. .tt 1 F., 'PGP . Q. V A N2-K 34 Q M 9' ' it , N W lL ww vii il .ii Margaret Chambliss Lawrence Chambliss Geraldine Parker Arcee Beale 4 g' , ,. V. Q J 4 :V , V itil I l 1. kim si xxvpfgax R ,gi ,val 1- , s.1.+..f.fx'i ' I lx ' A 1 had L It ii in i Hodges Franklin Q' H A Delores James Q- ' ', ff 5,51 'T John Smith, Jr. 2' j ' V ' Beatrice Ricks i L ,t on K A Richard Edwards A a ' gg X Van Parker I A ' , ' Delois White :.. 3? 'T ,, y I F - William Lee X A f Mary Holland 5, W X t an , A W, gg' Claude Vincent E li QF A J ' u. ii Wt A : 1 ni 31' a . .I - vi Fred Saunders f y Sandra Davis A, 1 . ji - Vanita Davis A 9 Q' . ' V ' Kathryn Boone V X 'I X 1 'T' Y: Allen Parker aff? fail X ' Q , 4 .K ,f ' A Viola Archer , R A Viola Holley W 7' - ,Q I is Calvin Mason XA A 'ig' 4. Delois Scott A ' X ' Juanita Harris ' Q , . Evelyn Pittman Erma Jenkins 1' X Harry Boone V 5 Annie Davis i at Gladys Mosley gk. 1 , v x Velma Doughty t - y Gloria Brodgon i . Julius Rountree Alice Holley Qi, l 1 Cora Hill li , X . Minnie Rittley McCoy Parker Loretta Cargille Indie Boone ,i Si Q. Q ' l 95' la- ,ns ,w , , -f aqf . 3-4 I2 il ' ig ,in If' as Q9 'UHF ivy M 1 . r'ii' N if F my--M-.ea-E. ... 8 -N: 5 5 x s Q?-4 4,8 X 31? QXVM iv is qi -wh ,Q 3, Q ,Q gg, Q, 5 ,ji i Q ff k S- n.,':Q 2 f wi ,f 4--N k.f-M . .J 1 i f Qfffl? A 5f lL fx,' ,: , 1, fg- O -TEACHI G PERSONNEL Mrs. Rzufhcl Underwood, 5611001 secretary. Checks the office files. JA ITORIAL TAFF Mr. Langston. Mr. and Mrs. White, Mr. Brown 36 ff' .gggslg .-ani CAFETERIA STAFF S 1 .ii , A J qjmw ,J .Wg CAFETERIA SCENE l 37 Pd M11B d STUDENT CCDUNCIL N, 5' X F5133 in msn aixtxiiiaiiiiibiihs5111134Tm fn TTEEQBSYSHEHTIL T . Tw y W. 4 , L .4 D f Y X U' ,ff 'gan K .Q . 'rm K i , ,gt-.ev-fa, K X K SPA REPRESENTATIVES surer ecre ar Assistant Secr t T S t y Jency Plttlllflfl Evelyn Edwards Bett y Byrd 38 V P d CHOIR L 39 I 91 1 w ' imfm jx -. ' 'ff?'T?ff3 g. fe f ff A HOME LIRSING C ASS Inset - Mrs. Goldie Allen. Home Economics Instructor I DU TRIAL ARTS CLUB 41 E :- C Joyce Jones A I I 0 A L NATIONAL SOCIETY HOFXQ3 SCLQETY D Cvcntor 'E Z Miss F. Oliphant, Sponsor 221 5 .SL STATE WINNER IN CHEMISTRY QUIZ Jacquelyn Chapman, who won first place in the Chemistry quiz at Lawrenceville, demon- strates her chemical ability to her instructor. Mr. H. M. 5? Bass. 42 5 W J ac quelyn Cliaplnan HO CR LIB C B Mrs. M. B. Moss, Librarian 1' A. if. 'Sf W k i k f Q--. V 1 V B Mrs. M. B. Moss, Director 43 ,L ,.. CHEERLEADERS 4 44 FO O T BA L L T EA M mil K 7 A 25:1 4 S, A x 1 5 ,Q M-I ,XN . SX s, 1 TRI-CAPTAINS AND COACH 45 VW if 1 BASKET BALL T EAM T Defending State Champions .I V BASKETBALL TEA ' 47 GIRLS' ASKETB LL TEAM MISS BOOKER T. - Betty Barnes MR. ELEMENTARY - Maurice Milteer MR. BOOKER T. - Marvin Copeland MISS ELEMENTARY - Ida Taylor 48 -Y ELEMENTARY CHORAL CLUB Maurice Biggs, senior class president, presents the class gift, a high-frequency micro- phone to Mr. Peele. The most outstandingfeature of this gift is that it picks up music and voices b e tt e r than ordinary microphones. UFFOLK' MIDGET FOOTBALL TEAM 55 A ff-if .. ... F SCENES FROM MIDGET BOWL PARADE The senior class takes this opportunity to thank the Varsity Club for presenting to the citi- zens of Suffolk such a well-planned event. Miss Midget Bowl Booker T. Washington Band LaGeris Underwood 50 1 Q Y x - K f . xx X gk -. Re X Aw Q -S Swv X N X x NX -'-'- ' -- S -LYQQI 1 W K, tw ,.,4,,f-,j, U H I . LH' Q will ' fi I- QQ: , M 1 5 . 1 h W ',.,, ld We .v ..f an-gl wh -- WZ'-35 'K l J .E Us 'M MJ K' 6 -Hifi J, gif, .- v. ,.,1- SENIOR PLANNING CCDMMITTEE 'fi'-1 'gg' I . xxx Spencer Mayfield Mrs. Lucille Williams The planning committee and other seniors wish to thank Mrs. Lucille Williams for her co-opera- tion withus during the school year. We are more than grateful for her suggestions and her time which helped our activities during the year to be a success. Phillippa Estes Herman Carter Margie FOrd Malcolm Bernard Janice Jones 52 .. -lv' '-'IHS 'L A A ll In I MES l ANNUAL STAFF Q--r at we wgisgi Milli IHHIIIII T7 Ll , , Jacquelyn Chapman, Malcolm Bernard, Grace Walters, Anne Boothe, Joyce Smith, Wilbert Bryant, Miss M. D. Vann, Spencer Mayfield, Herman Carter. xl an SI 'f , Nw N .: , -.x N X N X 6 xx xt 5 4 .A r.- -I X ,N K W 5 1 5 1 f . ' N ' g Q I I 1, E Jacquelyn Chapman Earlene M. Lee, Typist Editor Class of '57 A Malcolm Bernard Joyce Smith Maurice Biggs Co-Editor Advertising Manager Circulation Manager 1' qu. 53 Mrs. Clara 1 lu 9 A Qly S , cw Boosters bs? Mr. 8: Mrs. George V. Tines Mr. 8: Mrs. Walter Silver Dr. Martin Goldner Mr. 8: Mrs. Moses L. Brown Mr. 8: Mrs. Horace Jones Mr. 8: Mrs. Jesse Eley 555555 . Moses Lassiter . 8: Mrs. W. C. Moss . 8: Mrs. J. E. Richards . 8: Mrs. G. L. Underwood . William H. Pope . Jerry Buffaloe Mrs. Bertha Posey Mrs. Annye E. White Mr. 8: Mrs. James Baker Mrs. Josephine Perry Dr. 8: Mrs. T. A. Graham Mr. 8: Mrs. Charles Mitchell Miss Alice Myrick Mr. Lock J. Parker Miss Etta Mae Willie Mrs. Robbie M. Riddick Mr. 8: Mrs. Lee R. Ray Mr. Vernon Jolly Mr. Richard A. Ricks Mr. 8: Mrs. Willie Williams Mr. 8: Mrs. James Pruden Mr. 8: Mrs. S. A. Cook Mrs. Eloise Johnson Miss M. V. Brown Mr. 8: Mrs. John Edwards Rev. 8: Mrs. R. W. Barker Mr. John Myrick Mr. 8: Mrs. Gilmore Trower, Jr. Mrs. Flossie Jones Miss 0. E. Graves Rev. 8: Mrs. Amos Parker Mr. 8: Mrs. W. A. Coker Mr. 8: Mrs. Willie J. Robinson Mr. 8: Mrs. Otis Richards Mr. 8: Mrs. Roland Harrison, Jr. 55 . 8: Mrs. Luther Whitaker . 8: Mrs. Wade Jenkins P.F.C. William H. Harding Mrs. Lena Devone Mr. 8: Mrs. Andrew Langston 55 . 8: Mrs. Sidney E. Holley . 8: Mrs. Willie Joyner Miss Mamie Wilson 5555555 . 8: Mrs. J. L. Riddick . 8: Mrs. R. L. Harrison, Sr 8: Mrs. Jesse Freeman 8: Mrs. Benjamin Davis 8: Mrs. John D. Walters 8: Mrs. Harry Southhall 8: Mrs. T. M. Young Mrs. Bettie S. Davis Mr. 8: Mrs. A. R. Buck, Jr. Mr. 8: Mrs. P. W. Boykins Mr. 8: Mrs. James A. Estes, Jr Mrs. Julia E. Mobley Mr. 8: Mrs. M. O. Hurst Mrs. E. W. Joyner Mr. 8: Mrs. John Hoggard Mrs. A. B. Willis Mrs. Queen Smith Mr. 8: Mrs. S. D. Boothe Mr. 8: Mrs. O. E. Jones Mr. 8: Mrs. W. W. Lawrence Dr. 8: Mrs. Mr L. T. Reid . 8: Mrs. Thomas E. Irby Mr. 8: Mrs. William Davis Mr. 8: Mrs. Carlton Godwin 55555 gr? F55 S259 555 2 P-' E P9 2 Q D 8: Mrs. Thomas Artis . 8: Mrs. John E. Jones Mr. 8: Mrs. Earl Sugars, Sr. Mr. 8: Mrs. Dorsey Beamon Mr. 8: Mrs. S. A. Estes, Sr. Mrs. Matilda H. Gray Mr. 8: Mrs. M. L. Walters, Sr. Dr. R. H. Bland Mr. 8: Mrs. Henry Evans Stallings Mrs. Georgia Joyner Mr. 8: Mrs. A. Wilbert Griffin Mr. 8: Mrs. Fred Wright Mrs. Mable Sykes Mr. 8: Mrs. George Bemberry Mr. 8: Mrs. Thomas Winborne Mr Nathaniel Thompson Mr 8: Mrs. Herbert L. Thompson Mr. Calvin R. Vann Mr. 8: Mrs. S. T. Venois Williams Mrs. Ada B. Hinton Mr. 8: Mrs. Leland Pierce Dr. 8: Mrs. W. M. Hoffler, Sr. Mr. 8: Mrs. William H. Brown Mr. 8: Mrs. Griffin MaCarthur Rev. 8: Mrs. T. O. Mills Miss D. A. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Logan William Henry Boone Romie L. Barnes Moses Vann Solomon Cokes W. E. Holman Garles Jones Mrs. Helene M. Holman Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Miss M. D. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. C. W. Chapman James E. Thompson Heyward Eason Vann Frank Carballo George L. Richards Mrs. Mary V. Brooks Miss Catherine E. Chapman Mr. Sz Mrs. Percy Jenkins Mr. Sz Mrs. Charles E. Cross Miss Florence Oliphant Mrs. Bertha Harrison Mr. Sz Mrs. Russel Mason Boosters Cont'd Mrs. Amy Lee Wilson Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Rev. Sz Mrs Mr. Sz Mrs. Rev. Sz Mrs William Franklin Steward Evans, Jr. James Knight James Everett Fitz Turner Aulcie Williams . Maurice L. Johnson Clarence Copeland . D. W. Lamb Mr. John L. Turner Mr. Sz Mrs. Mrs. W. M. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mrs. Alma Mr. Gennie Mrs. Daisy Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. Rev. Sz Mrs Mr. Sz Mrs. W. Maurice Biggs Mr. Sz Mrs. Malcolm Bernard Mr. Sz Mrs. Mr. Sz Mrs. J. C. Lee Hoffler, Jr. Ocie Ruffin Bryant Barham Love Crawley Bryant James Myrick W. C. Carter . C. J. Word Calvin R. Hicks J. F. Peele, Sr. Class Rings Martinsville WILLIAM W. 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