C M Eppes High School - Eppesonian Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT After four years of scratching and pecking for a healthy literary diet, we, the graduating class of I957, discover that we have accumulated many valuable possessions worthy of crowing about that we would like to bequeath to those persons we leave behind. Our profound gratitude goes to Mr. W. H. Davenport, our principal, who ever kept our wings clipped to keep us from flying the coop. Our gratitude we extend, also, to our faculty, whose constant guiding light furnished the energy by which we grew. Our best wishes to all our underclassmen to rule the roost in English, math, history, French, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Wista Adams leaves her needle and thread to Gloria Nimmo to sew Gloria's sides when she bursts out laughing. Robert Coward leaves his bankbook to Jacquelyn Reeves. Eleanor Newton leaves her knowledge of French to some needy iunior. William Ebron leaves his ivy league way with the girls to Lawrence Harris. David Williams leaves the use of his huge hands to our quarterback Virgil Lynch. Herbert Harper leaves the burden of playing the bass horn to Isaac Artis. Edna Wilkins leaves her dignity to her sister Barbara. William Teel leaves his position on the football squad to James Teele. Peggie Hardy leaves her modesty to Jessie Best. Billie Hester leaves a pair of shoe strings to Kenneth Greene. Otis Darden leaves his old watch to Lena Carr, so that she will learn to value time. Beulah Weeks leaves her position as secretary of the senior class to Ruby Early. Thelma Lofton leaves her slenderness to Lucinda Brown. John Jenkins leaves his blue and white socks to James Dotson. Doris Spell leaves her neatness to Betty Knox. Russell Vines leaves his height to Betty Corey. Esther Sneed leaves her footprints to Ruby Early. Delois Sherrod leaves her position as typist for the Eppesonion to Loretta Dupree. Geraldine Moore leaves her nice straight feet to Cherry Hester. Dorothy White leaves her maiorette suit to Jolinda Ward. Lillian Floyd leaves her tiny figure to Shirley Jones. Evelyn Floyd leaves her cool dance steps to Jessie Floyd. Joseph Tyson leaves his football suit to James Dotson. David Blackwell leaves his golden voice to James Johnson. James Brewington leaves his basketball suit to James Adams. Hennie Thomas leaves her senior class seats to Bobby Jernigan. Alice Streeter leaves her wit to her brother George. Valgene Gibbs leaves her business acumen to Jane Jeffreys. Gene Carr leaves his friendliness to Ed Weathington. Joe Baker, leaves Reginald Graye the honor of being his best man, when he returns for Lois. Georgialene Jackson leaves her gift of gab to Lena Reeves. Floyd Dickens leaves his ability to charm chicks to Donovan Philips. Shirley Carr leaves her pleasant smile to Doris Cox. Marvin Outterbridge leaves his ability to make the girls swoon to Edmund Love. Jasper Armwood leaves his mustache to Vernal Harris. Mary Smith leaves her slim trim figure to Dorothy Hemby. Shirley Daniels leaves her ability to make friends to Sarah Jones. Adel! Joyner leaves her pretty figure to Peaches Daggs. Yvonne Jones leaves her femininity to Martha J. Brown. Julius Jones leaves his reputation for being Mr. Wonderful to Julius Streeter. Gloria Dotson leaves her smooth skin to Marvin Duncan. Dorothy Jones leaves her poise to Carrie Jean Daniels. Edna Leary leaves her well-groomed appearance to Emma Maye. Rosa Lovetteleaves her ability to become very popular to Mary White. lnell Randolph leaves her beautiful contralto voice to Betty Jo Ward. Robert Edwards leaves his love of good sportsmanship to his brother Harry. Alfreda Lovette leaves her sophistication to Peggy Staton. Charles Carney leaves Meadowbrook and moves to town. Roxie Kilpatrick leaves Mr. Davenport a bushel of town-grown Sweet potatoes. Governor Anderson leaves his iob driving the school bus to William Holliday. Annie Porter leaves her long silky hair to Ann Murphy. Milbon Cobb leaves himself behind to keep the chicks at the barnyard happy. George Hunt leaves his superb conduct to all his underclassmen. Dora Stocks leaves her senior class books to Frankie Gillespie. I. . .Jimmye Jones,leave my desire to sing in the Metropolitan Opera house to James King Cole Hines. Signed and sealed this third day of June, in the year of our Lord, One thousand nine hundred and fifty seven. WIT NESSES: Chicken Little J IMMYE JONES Henny-Penny Testotor Ducky-Wucky

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CLASS PRGPHECY Chanticleer had something on his mind. Meet me in the northeast corner of the barnyard when all the Cl1lCkenS have gone to roost, he crowed. I have something to show you. l was surprised to find that the old rooster had unearthed a crystal ball while scratching for tidbits. Brushing his wing slowly over the ball, he cried, Look closely, now. After the cloud clears, we may see into the future. This is what we saw: Governor Anderson in his own barber shop in Times Square, cutting the hair of the Nobel Prize winner, novelist Milbon Cobb Wista Adams, head of the business departmentof the University of Pittsburg, conferring with her assistant, Shirley Daniels James Brewington, coaching the Washington Redskins Joe Baker, pondering over a problem at General Motors, where he was working as an electrical engineer David Blackwell, Charles Carney, and Otis Darden, three very efficient dentists, operating a successful clinic in Pasadena, California Robert Coward and Russell Vines, working as electrical engineers at the Radio Corporation of America, in New York City Floyd Dickens, acting as chief electronic engineer at General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York William Ebron, playing first base, and William Teel, playing catcher, on the team of the New York Giants Chief of Police Evelyn Floyd, supervising the Tampa, Florida, policewomen Alice Streeter and Lillian Floyd, serving as airline hostesses for Pan-American Airlines Herbert Harper, directing the United States Navy Band in Washington, D. C. Billy Hester, managing the chain of Statler Hotels General George Hunt, issuing directives from his office in the Pentagon Building Jacques Jone Uimmie Jonesl owner of La Maison d'Arts, contracting with Mme. Este fEsther Sneedj, prominent dress designer of Paris, France, to redecorate her shop La Couturiere Georgialene Jackson, Dorothy Jones, and Rosa Lovette, working diligently with crippled children at the Shriners Hos- pital for Crippled Children in Greenville, South Carolina Yvonne Jones, teaching commerce at the Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, North Carolina John Jenkins, working as supervising mechanic for Eastern Airlines Roxie Kilpatrick, chief operator for Bell Telephone Company, getting a manicure at The House of Charm, operated by Adell Joyner Shirley Carr, Gloria Dotson, and Peggy Hardy, working tirelessly as surgical nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Robert Edwards and Gene Carr, owners of The Edwards-Carr Construction Company, contracting for the brickwork on the new Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Shrine, to be erected in Washington, D. C. Edna Leary, owner of The Laurie Dress Shoppe, Richmond, Virginia, outfitting lnell Randolph, ah elementary teacher in the city system, for a South American cruise Thelma Lofton and Geraldine Moore talking Shop-Thelma: is a dietitian at Walter Reed Hospital, while Geraldine is chief dietitian at Howard University. Marvin Outterbridge, conducting his art Class at the University of Paris. Annie Porter, director of nursing arts at Harlem Hospital, discussing a staff problem with Dorothy White and Eleanor Newton, her assistants Delois Sherrod, giving speed tests to her students at Cortez-Peters Business School, Washington, D. C. Mary Smith, caseworker in Syracuse, New York, consulting with city attorney Joseph Tyson concerning a needy family, Dora Stocks, Joseph's secretary, is .taking notes at the IBM typewriter. Edna Wilkins, a mannequin from Freet's Dress Shoppe, owned by Alfreda Lovette, modeling furs at a fashion show sponsored by Doris Spell, who teaches home economics at Morgan State College Julius Jones, dental technician, checking directions for making an upper plate for one of the patients of Dr. Hennie Thomas of Chicago, lllinois David Williams, farm agent of Omaho, Nebraska, chatting with Beulah Weeks, who stopped enroute to San Francisco where she will 'work as a psychiastric social worker in the State Training School for Girls Now, Valgene, said Chanticleer, You're last. Lookl l did look and l saw myself, the owner of a dental laboratory and the employer of twenty technicians, and just as l'd love to have it. . .I was right in line, working as hard as any one of theml

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Class Song Tune: Moments To Remember January to December. . .we'll have moments to remember. The first bright day we came to school, The day we learned the golden rule. . . We'll have these moments to remember. The quiet halls, the noisy fun, The football games we almost won. . . We'll have these moments to remember. Tho' summer turns to winter and the present disappears, The laughter we were glad to share will echo through the years Dear old Eppes High, we love you so, We'll love you e'en tho' years may go.. . You've given us moments to remember. The end of the year has finally come, Our work, dear ones, has iust begun. . . We leave these moments to remember. VALGENE GIBBS Class Poem We are leaving now, dear classmates, with memories aglow, For our work at Eppes is over, and onward we must go. Fondly we remember each moment that we shared, Ne'er shall we forget them. . .the many things ,we dared. For four long years we've studied, trying to succeed: Now our goal 's accomplished, and it's time to leave. We are very grateful to those who have helped us so, We shall not forget them as time goes on. . . No! We still have roads to travel to reach our highest goal, And we will work unceasingly with heart, with mind, with soul Dear old Eppes High School, we pledge ourselves to thee, In our hearts remain ever our truth our loyalty. BEULAH WEEKS Class Colors Class Motto Red and White Not Finished, Just Begun'