Brawley High School - Tiger Yearbook (Scotland Neck, NC)

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GSS JFOP QC? It has been ten years srnce the class of 59 graduated from Brawley Hrgh School Srnce we have a composrte of the class we wrll try to tell you all we can about the whereabouts and oc cupatrons of your classmates Glorra Powell rs Drrector of Dramatrcs at the Paramount Theater rn New York Barbara Trl lery rs her assrstant Streata Barnes rs one of the head nurses at Krng s County Hosprtal rn the crty Hattre Smrth Helen Clarke and Idester Trllery work there also as regrstered nurses Mag gre Gary has Just srgned a contract to appear at Club 53 rn Oakland Calxfornra Evelyn Da vrs and Dorrs Johnson have therr own dress shop rn Trenton New Jersey James Edmondson rs TV technrcran He has hrs own busrness wrth Bertha Kearney as hrs prrvate secretary James Powell has hrs law frrm w1th Dons Smrth Jane Hrcks and Delores Harvey on hrs secretarral staff He has garned qurte a reputatron wrth some of hrs cases Johnny Smrth has just frnrshed modehng a Jet of hrs own desrgn James Bennett and Rod Bazemore are hrs Jet prlots Mary Wrllrams Annre Harrell and Cleotha Kearney are workrng together rn therr own beauty shop Robert Taylor rs presrdent of Ford Motor Company rn Detrort Mrchrgan Henrretta Wrggrns and Emrly Smrth are stenographers there James Smrth lee Curtrs Dancy and Leculley Brooks all have chosen mrlrtary careers Leonard Clark and Sherman Johnson are barbers rn Rrchmond Vrrgrnra Just wart untrl you hear thrs Robert Hampton rs co captarn of the Harlem Globetrotters James Wesley rs head of the Department of Physrcal Educatron at North Carohna College rn Dur ham Jermeral Hreke rs basketball coach at Morgan State College rn Baltrmore Maryland Angre Hrggs and Clemetrne Pender are elementary teachers at Brawley Hrgh School I know you wrll be surprrsed to know that Elesta Dancy and Sadre Boddre are chrld psychologrsts at Hampton Instrtute Alrce Davrs rs a Publrc Health Nurse rn Halrfax County Ann Anthony rs a socral worker rn New York Crty, Mary Ellen Brantley and James Evans are dorng frne James rs an electrrcal engrneer They have two frne chrldren Thelma Smrth and Frances Dancy are workrng rn Washrngton D C as beautrcrans I am sure you would lrke to know that Lrllran Moore rs a laboratory technrcran at Temple Hosprtal rn Phrladelphra Pa James Savage works there also as a technologrst Kenneth Turnage and Paul Dancy are colonels rn the Unrted States Army Julra Nash Hazel Leathers and Annre Prtt are regrstered nurses at Our Communrty Hosprtal rn Scotland Neck, N C Guess what Mabel Tootle rs drrector of the famous St Augustrne s Chorr They are to tour Europe soon If you were to call the telephone operator rn Phrladelphra you would hear the vorce of Joyce Brantley Roosevelt Harrrs rs workrng for the same as a lrnesman Ethel Epps rs a telephone operator rn New Jersey I see that Wrllram Stephens Jr rs the only Veterrnarran in Scotland Neck Emma Sprurll and Alma H111 are stenographers rn a large frrm rn Boston Massachusetts Dorothy De brule rs a bookkeeper there Joyce H111 and Vrrgrnra Shrelds are on the nursrng staff of St Phrl lrps Hosprtal rn Rrchmond Vrrgrnra Mary Moore and Juamta Frelds are rnstructors rn cosmet ology rn Ralergh North Carolrna Mary Pender rs teachrng rn an elementary school rn New Jer sey Last but not least you Mrss Jones we see are teachrng nursrng at Eprscopal Hosprtal rn Phrladelphra, Pennsylvanra and your rnstructor Mrs Thompson rs strll teachrng at Brawley Hrgh School helprng others as she helped you Well' Thrs rs your lrfe Wrrtten by Esther Jones

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GQJS jfsfory The excrted freshman class of 1955 56 started on therr adventurous trrp of gorng through the four years of hrgh school wrth the enrollment of 197 students Because there were so many of us we were drvrded rnto four sectlons under the supervrsron Mrs H B Thompson Mrss S L Townsend Mr L F Bowens and P F Barton Durrng therr frrst year rn hrgh school many of the freshmen partrcrpated 1n varrous actrvrtres Some of them were as follows The Dramatrc Club Glee Club Band Basketball Football N H A and N F A Clubs the Student Councrl and the Journal Staff Our Freshman year was full of excrtement and adventures and before we knew rt our year as Freshmen had ended and we were ready to begrn our year as Sophomores We started our year as Sophomores wrth the enrollment of 136 students Agam we were drvrded rnto sectrons Thrs trme we were under the supervrston of Mrss S L Townsend Mr J A Wrlder and Mr P F Barton Agarn many of our classmates partrcrpated rn many extracurrrcular actrvrrres Durmg our Sophomore year Laura Shrelds from New York Jorned us Agarn the year passed very qurckly and we were ready for our year as Junrors Durmg our Junror year we were drvrded rnto two sectrons Our advrsors were Mrss L Y Lassrter and Mr P F Barton To us the Jumor Sen1or prom was the brggest event of the year On the nrght of the prom the audrtorrum was beautrfully decorated w1th a lrghted moon surrounded by roses whrch carrred out the theme Moonlrght and Roses We danced to the musrc of the Rhythm Rockets from Rocky Mount N C and everybody enjoyed the nrght of fun When school re opened the followrng fall 82 students were enrolled 1n the Seruor class Durmg our Senror year we were d1v1ded rnto two sectrons under the Supervrsron of Mrs H B Thompson and Mrss V S A Edwards We went to work rmmedrately In order to prepare ourselves for problems that mrght confront us both sectrons of the class selected and orgamzed class offrcers They were as follows Sectlon A Presrdent James Evans Vrce Presrdent James Savage Secretary Esther Jones Assrstant Secretary Thema Smrth Treasurer Elesta Dancy Sectron B offrcers were Presrdent Frances Dancy Vrce Presrdent Walter C Smrth Secretary Hattre Smrth and Treasurer Joyce F Brantley We realrze that we are gettrng closer to our destrnatron although as senrors we strll have qurte a few responsrbrlmes to face We know that rn order to attarn our goal we must strrve to marntarn a certarn average The Sen1or class of 1958 59 hopes to achreve success and progress as rt has rn the prevrous years . . , of ,.. .... , .. . . . .... , , , . .... . . , . . ll oil I 1 - ' I . - I . I ' I I 1 I I I I I I : . . . I I ' I I I I . . I I I . ' - .

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ass ' We the graduattng class of 1959 berng of sound mtnd and realtztng that we are near the end of our htgh school days thtnk that rt ts wtse to leave sometlnng to those who tn the future wtll undertake to ftll our places We do hereby acknowledge and declare th1s to be our last wtll and testament To our dearest beloved parents who have stood by us for twelve long years tn order to make thxs occasron posstble we smcerely gtve them our thanks our love and our apprectatron Mr J C Bras our prmctpal we render htm thanks for the valuable servtce he has rendered our advlsors we leave our love apprectatton and hopes of berng rewarded for therr many good deeds the faculty we leave our gratttude the commumty we w1ll our abrltty to undertake worthwhtle programs the honorable Jumors we leave the name of Sentors and all the drgmty and responstbtltty of the name the sophomores we leave our place at the prom the freshmen we leave the ab1l1ty to make a name for themselves To Edward Smtth Thelma Smrth wrlls her ab1l1ty to make htgh marks rn chemtstry To Mmme Kearney Bertha Kearney wtlls her abtlrty to type tnstead of peck Barbara Ttllery wrlls her abtltty to go to class to Btlly Ray Marrow Elesta Dancy wrlls her sweet manners on the bus to Roxte Smrth To B111 Peterson Angle Hrggs wtlls that certatn smtle To Robert Thomas Kenneth Turnage wtlls hrs football socks To Raymond Edmonds Robert Hampton wrlls hrs halfback posruon on the football team Glorla Jean Powell wtlls her actrng abrhty to Emma Lou Davts Esther Jones wtlls her posrtron as vtce prestdent of the Honor Socrety to Gert1e Smrth Dor1s Smtth wtlls her ab1l1ty to make frtends to Brenda Anthony Ltlltan Moore wtlls her basketball abrltty to Ltllran Hampton To Carrte Taylor Sylvta Manley wtlls her abrhty to get a bus ltcense To Mary Davts Delores Harvey wtlls her abtltty to talk to people To Kay Thompson Jane H cks wtlls her basketball knee pads Cf If To . ' I . ' . . ' . , us. To . I . . ' . . To ' , E To ' ' ' ' ' . To . . . 4 . . . . T0 . To ' ' . To individuals: