Central High School - Breaker Yearbook (Elizabeth City, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1949 volume:

■' • A T H E ■ 1949 ' V j ; BRE 1 i i 7 m 70 i.'{:t 7’ CENT R A L HIGH ! SCHOOL E L 1 Z A B ETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA MIRIAM PERRY Editor-in-Chief ANNABELLE WHITEHURST Business Manager ■ MRS. W. F. PRITCHARD Advisor CENTRAL H 2 DEDICATION ■ | MISS MATTIE BRITE who has so faithfully and conscientiously served Central School and its pupils since the opening of its 4 doors in 1 926. ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY MATTIE BRITE Science BEULAH S. SHARBER Social Science T. M. GRIMES Science and Mathematics MARGARET B. PRITCHARD French and Commerce DOROTHY GALLOWAY English CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 5 MARY HUMPHREY Home Economics J. D. TRIPP Agriculture Alma Weeks Ruth T. Basnight Mary Jane James Eva S. Temple Delores Cuthriell Annie Pritchard Addie Cartwright Carrie Meekins 6 Irene Riddick Lelia Harris SENIOR CLASS MASCOTS Jimmy and Joyce Harris SENIOR ALLEN RAY TEMPLE Vice President CLASS RITA HILBERT Secretary OFFICERS EARL WILLIAMS President ANNABELLE WHITEHURST Treasurer 7 SENIORS... ELIZABETH ESTELLE BALLANCE The Balance of the Senior Class Step aside and let Big Baby pass. Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; F.H.A. 2; Junior Varsity 1. ROBERT BRASWELL EDNEY Known to his fellow students as Bras He's one of the best that Central has. 4-H Club 1, 2, 4; F.F.A. 1; Glee Club 3; Softball 1; Basketball 3, 4; Foot- ball 3, 4. EARL MORGAN EUBANKS Talkative, fun and easy to please He sets his fellow students at ease. Football 3, 4; Basketball 4. RIO RITA HILBERT A pain. Nurse, please come quick! To her professon she's determined to stick. 4-H Club 1, 2, 3; F.H.A. 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Splash Staff 2, 3, 4; Editor- in-Chief 4; Marshal 3; Junior Varsity 2; Baske ball 2, 3; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Breaker Staff 3, 4; Class Secretary 4. RICHARD LINDSEY HUDSON All Hudsons aren't low to the ground 'Cause Lindsey is as highly respected as any boy around. Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 3, 4; Basketball 4. ADDIE CAROLYN JACKSON She's kind, friendly, and not the least bit snooty, As manager of the team, she's really doing her dutyl Class Reporter 1; Class President 3; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Splash Staff 1, 2, 3, 4, Associate Editor 3; Breaker Staff 4; Class Editor 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheerleader 2; 4-H Club 1, 2. SENIORS MIRIAM MARIE PERRY She has an Itchy business just being cute And to her friends she is known as just Toot Toot Class President 1; Class Reporter 2; Class Treasurer 3; 4-H Club 1, 2; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3; Splash Staff 1, 2, 3, Business Manager 3; Breaker Staff 3, 4, Editor-in-Chief 3, 4; Junior Var- sity 1, 2; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Chief Marshal 3; Cheerleader 1. 2, Chief 1, 2. DENNIS EARL PRITCHARD Clark Gable is his ideal man If Clark can't grow a mustache, he can. 4-H Club 1; F.F.A. 1; Glee Club 3; Softball 1, 2; Football 3, 4. ANN ELIZABETH SCOTT Yes, Scott by family tradition is right. But she thinks Austin is better by sight. Class Vice President 1; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Varsity 1, 2; F.H.A. 1; Basketball 3; 4-H Club 1, 2. VERNON LIONEL SMITHSON He's always busy and seldom at leisure But, to help someone else is his pleasure. Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 3, 4; F.F.A. 1. THOMAS E. STEVENSON Honest, kind, faithful and true He's always cheerful and never blue. F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 4; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 3, 4; Basketball 4. BETTY JOYCE TAFT The humorist and comedian of this school She tells her cracks and remains quite cool. 4-H Club 1, 2, 3; F.H.A. 2, 3, 4; Splash Staff 4; Junior Varsity 1, 2; Basketball 3, 4; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Marshal 3. 9 SENIORS.. ALLEN RAY TEMPLE He says he's gonna be a farmer the rest of his days Wonder who the girl will be to change his ways? Class Vice President 4; Junior Varsity 1, 2; Football 3, 4; F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4. LOYCE JANET WHITE A friend to those who know her well Every one thinks she is really swell! Class President 2; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, Pres- ident 2; 4-H Club 1; Splash Staff 1, 2, 4, Associate Editor 2; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Varsity 1, 2; Basketball 3, 4. ANNABELLE LEE WHITEHURST The Mutt of the Comics, not the Jeff She's definitely a clown, not a chef. 4-H Club 1, 2, 3; F.H.A. 2, 3, 4; Splash Staff 2, 3; Breaker Staff 3, 4, Business Manager 4; Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4, Chief 3, 4; Class Treasurer 4; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Varsity 1, 2; Mar- shal 3. EARL GRAHAM WILLIAMS With a complexion of peaches and cream He's every high school girl's dream. Class President 4; Splash Staff 3, 4; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Breaker Staff 4. GERALDINE WINSLOW Although her figure is rather slim With her personality she's really a gem. Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; 4-H Club 1, 2; F.H.A. 2, 3; Class Treasurer 1; Class Secretary 2, 3; Junior Varsity 2. 10 THE SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In the year of 1945 we entered high school. It was in this year that we had five members from Newland to join us, which made us twenty-six in number. Our home room teacher was Miss Martha Sawyer who had to put up with a lot of our silly notions about high school. It was in this year with the girls dressed as boys and the boys dressed as girls that we were initiated into the FHA and FFA. Most of us survived the freshman year but a few dropped out to take another course in life. All of us tried to be pretty mean that year in all our English Classes with everything from tripping the teacher to putting the waste paper basket over the door to fall on the teacher's head. A group of us left school one day without permission and went to a cafe for dinner but we got caught. Then when the fat stock show came along we all went with or without permission. There were no classes that day. Then as Juniors we got along fine except for a few in French. We gave a play The Campbells are Coming which was a hit, in fact we gave it twice. The biggest thrill was the Junior-Senior Banquet. We decorated the gymnasium in colors of both classes, which were green, yellow and white. It was really very pretty with the candle light and all the pretty evening gowns. This year we had a Mother-Daughter Banquet with soap for gravy. And then we became Seniors. The worst part about it is missing the Seniors of last year. We have tried to be dignified but we have found that very difficult. Our biggest pest is Thomas Ed. He has given quite a few of us paddlings with books, um-m-m rather hard with having to sit down all day long in school. Nothing exciting has happened this far but we are looking for excitement before long to hasten the time until graduation. 11 CLASS PROPHECY May 30, 1959 Dear Carolyn, I received your letter yesterday, and I was very glad to hear that you and Carol had another child. I seem to have lost count, which is it, the fourth or fifth? I have been visiting around quite a bit and have heard about some of our old classmates. Last November, Vernon Smithson and I went to Duke University to see the Duke-Carolina football game. Duke's new half-back, Allen Ray Temple, really made a name for himself that day. You know, he married Rita Hilbert. Since he is busy playing ball at college, Rita is making their living patching up the broken bones and sprained ankles of the football team. After the game while we were struggling through the crowd, I noticed a meek little character that looked very familiar to me. We caught up with him and guess who it was? Earl Williams' Not much to my surprise, I learned that he was now a professor of Mathematics at Duke. He said that he was publishing a Math book. By the way, what beauty salon do you visit? Elizabeth Ballance's Beauty Salon is now open in the four hundred block of Main Street. She really has a nice place. A few weeks ago I went to have my hair fixed, but I practically spent the day there waiting on Elizabeth to fix Miriam Perry's hair to suit her. You know she is very particular now, since she is modeling dresses for Madges' dress shop. Annabelle Whitehurst has her studio on the other side of Raleigh where she is teaching professional singing and cheerleading. Ann Scott has found her life work as a private secretary to the editor of LIFE magazine. By the way, the first P.T.A. meeting will be held next Thursday; Dennis Earl Pritchard, recently elected president of the association, will be installed soon. Robert Edney, now the judge of the Central Court, will be voted in as honorary member. You can imagine my surprise when I learned that Earl Eubanks has become a famous doctor and undertaker combined. His assistant is none other than Thomas Edward Stevenson. I understand they have a very profitable business. Lindsey Hudson seems to be doing all right too. The other day I noticed a huge truck whiz by. The driver turned out to be Lindsey, who seemed to be in a big hurry. Mr. Mrs. Hudson are running a goat farm and had to go to the city, to sell two goats before they died. Loyce White and Betty Taft are in business together. Loyce is coaching the All Star Girls of E.C.T.C. with Betty as manager. They haven't won a game yet. By the way, I am now Mrs. W. H. Cartwright. I'm very happily married, and have twins, named Gerry and Billy. Well, Carolyn, I must close, because one of the twins is crying and I have to cook supper for Bill. Love, GERALDINE 12 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the 1949 Senior Class of Central High School with sound minds and bodies, having obtained the necessary units for graduation through the help of our parents and teachers, and now prepared to find our places in the world, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. ARTICLE I. To The Faculty Item I. To Mr. Basnight we bequeath our appreciation for what he has done, and also for what he hasn't done. liem II. To. Mrs. Pritchard, who has a quiet manner, we leave a noisy bunch of Juniors and a swell home room. Item III. To Miss Brite we bequeath the fertile soil of Central. Item IV. To Miss Galloway we leave a toast to the construction business, and a dump truck loaded with rice. Item V. To Mrs. Sharber we bequeath a book entitled How To Pound Civics into Freshmen Heads . Item VI. To Miss Humphery we leave a cook book. Item VII. To Mr. Grimes we will a stack of geometry books which, we, the seniors, have already fully mastered. Item VIII. To Mr. Tripp we leave a most successful basket- ball team—we hope . . . ARTICLE II. To The Junior Class Item I. We leave the class of '50 the many privileges of being a senior. Item II. We will to the upcoming seniors our seats in the auditorium and also the privilege of going to the buses first. ARTICLE III. To Various Individuals Item I. Earl Williams leaves his typing ability to Ann Pritchard. Item II. Elizabeth Ballance leaves her book on How to Reduce in Six Easy Lessons to Nora Lou Sawyer. Item III. Loyce White leaves her athletic ability to Ann Teubner. Item IV. Allen Ray Temple bequeaths his good driving to Bobby Sanders. Item V. Miriam Perry leaves her points on how to catch a man to Yvonne Twiddy. Item VI. Betty Taft wills her ability to foul out of a ball game to Marilyn Carter. Item VII. Annabelle bequeaths her position as head cheerleader to Polly. Item VIII. Geraldine Winslow leaves her exceptionally good looks to Mattie Cox. Item IX. Vernon Smithson wills to Jack Williams a cue- stick in the 3rd rack of Hurdle's Pool Room. Item X. Dennis Earl Pritchard leaves his title as a Night Hawk to Roy Godfrey. Item XI. Thomas Edward Stevenson leaves his nick-name Roly-Poly to Punchie. Item XII. To Betty Lou Wyatt, Robert Edney leaves the keys to Bus No. 2 so that she can stop uptown whenever she likes. Item XIII. Carolyn wills her ability to sing Christmas CAROLS to Ike Harris. Item XIV. Earl (Itchy) Eubanks leaves his ability to scratch to Melba Bundy. Item XV. Lindsey surprisedly, wills Thelma to James Fore- hand for next year. Item XVI. Rita Hilbert wills her position as editor of the Splash to Carolyn Ives. Item XVII. Ann Scott leaves her ability to be quiet on class to Gene Singletary. Having made public our last will and testament, we, the members of the 1949 Senior Class, do hereby leave the above mentioned things with all good will and sin- cerity. Signed and sealed this seventh day of January, I'an de grace, one thousand, nine hundred, and forty-nine. MIRIAM PERRY, Testator 13 JUNIORS... FIRST ROW MELBA BUNDY MARILYN CARTER SARAH FRANCES CARTWRIGHT HILDA EDNEY THIRD ROW MARY BELLE HAIRE BETTY COURTNEY HARRIS ISAAC HARRIS G. F. JOHNSON SECOND ROW LEON FERRELL JAMES FOREHAND WINIFRED FOSTER CLARINE GODFREY FOURTH ROW HARVEY JOHNSON BARBARA LAYDEN JANICE MILLER CORINE BELLE OWENS SARAH AGNES OWNLEY 14 JUNIORS FIRST ROW ANNETTE PRITCHARD VINCENT SAMPLE BOBBY SANDERS GARLAND RAY SANDERS SECOND ROW AUBREY SAWYER BOBBY SAWYER NORA LOU SAWYER JAMES FRANKLIN SCOTT THIRD ROW GENE SINGLETARY HAZEL TADLOCK LAURA WILLIE TEMPLE ANN TEUBNER FOURTH ROW THELMA TURNER FAYE TWIDDY CLARA MAE WHITLEY BETTY ANN WILLIAMS GEORGE WOODS 15 SOPHOMORE CLASS l t Row: Seth Carter, Norris Murphy, Bobby Cooper, Wayne Winslow, Aubrey Sanders, Marshall Harrell, Melvin Sawyer, Calvin Hudson 2nd Row: Sara Lee Hendricks, Ruby Neil Brite, Kathleen Ownley, Bonnie Smithson, Ed Harris, Earline Taft, Judith Lee Temple, Bobby Brothers, Adrienne McPherson, Charlotte Sawyer, Billy Olds, Wilma Godfrey 3rd Row: Rachel Carter, Emily Gertrude Brite, Carolyn Ives, Mary Jane McPherson, Margaret Ann Pritchard, Wilma Dean Ivy, Barbara Ann Bundy, Ann Sawyer, Ivy Ballance, Betty Lou Watt, Sara Ferrell, llys Thompson 4th Row: Bettye Smith, Fannie Bee Alexander, Claudia Raye Sawyer, Barbara Lee Hardesty, Doris Lee Story, Walter Ray Smith, Cecil Rhodes, Billy Jones 1st Row: Billy Sharber, Russell Key, Jack Brothers, Marvin Trueblood, Gilmer Ferrell, Jackie Williams, Roy Godfrey, Rudolph Hoffman, Harry Stallings, Robert Carter, Tilden Whitehurst 2nd Row: Lola Belle Whitehead, Albert Jones, Frances Norman, Barbara Jean Harrell, Nancy Pritchard, Yvonne Twiddy, Martha Branch, Hattie Lou Thompson, Annie Ives, Jean Speller, Sylvia Pierce, Carolyn Pritchard 3rd Row: Winfred Riddick, Caleb Harris, Sylvia Smithson, Mary Elizabeth Ralph, Audrey Wilson, Doris Ballance, Bettie Lou Wood, Barbara Ann Cartwright, Doris Etheridge, Wilbur Turner, Leslie Lamb, Buck Williams, Bill Harris, Jack Dunlow, Jake Branch 4th Row: Edward Murphy, Delbert Creef, L. E. Winslow, Tommie Foster, Franklin Ballance FRESHMAN CLASS 16 MRS. SINGLETARY'S ROOM Fir  row: Margaret Ann Brite, Joyce Mae Tarkenton, Mattie Elizabeth Cox, Gloria Colleen Gregory, Sadie Edith Hudson, Phyllis Rae Davis, Lessie Mae Cartwright, Edith Inez Key, Marian Frances Ambrose, and Martha Ann Gregory Second row: Mrs. Singletary, Gracie Louise Ballance, Lawrence Arden Palmer, John Howard Taft, Frank Marion Palmer, and Bobby Rae Lamb Third row: Johnnie William Gregory, Gerald Winslow Bray, James Augustus Owens, James Garland Jones, and John Culver Gibson MRS. WEEK'S ROOM 1st Row: Carolyn Etheridge, James Ownley, Alice Rhodes, Oliver Hendrick, Lois Jean Sawyer, Egbert Liverman, Charles Fletcher, Carolyn Jones, Lina Williams, James Jones 2nd Row: Mrs. Alma Weeks, James Jennings, Lila Midgette, Jerry Hardesty, Annette Bray, Albert Onley 3rd Row: Billie Brothers, Miriam Pritchard, Carolyn Carter, Barbara Ballance 4th Row: Aubrey Onley, Charles Sharber, Jimmy Ray Sanders, Johnny White 17 MRS. BASNIGHT'S ROOM First row: Roy Rogerson, David Williams, Miriam Meads, Glenn Gibson, Theron Sharber, Wesley Ownley, Margie Jones, Harold Riddick, and Harold Vann Boothe Second row: Willis Halsey, Mrs. Ruth T. Basnight, Joyce Faye Cartwright, Mary Godfrey, Richard Branch, Cecil Williams, Jimmie Harrell, and Billy Baum Third row: Deloris Alexander, Chelsea Smith, Audrey Ambrose, Jean Belangia, and Noland Bundy Fourth row: Carolyn Forehand, Aldean Hudson, Phyllis Johnson, Shirley Ann Sawyer, Flora Bundy, and Yvonne Vickery Fifth row: Betty Mae Clifton, Marie Creef, Shirley Bundy, Adelle Forbes, and Mary Lou Hatfield Sixth row: Jackson Ballance, Maylon Jones, and Leslie Twiford MRS. JAMES' ROOM 1st row: Norma Faye Muse, Shirley Smith, Connie Brothers, Betty Ann Lamb, Edith Meads, Gloria Bundy, Gloria Williams, Grace Jones, Curtis Pierce, Katie White, Jackson Morris, Billy Wilson, Thomas Chappell, and Leslie Lane 2nd row: Jo Ann Russell, Melva Twiford, Jean Kay Sawyer, Mrs. James, Doris Moore, Frances Cartwright, Joseph Etheridge, Jackie Cooper, Willie Jennings, Max Singletary, Sammy Ownley, Jimmy Carey 3rd row: Iris Ann Jones, Doris Whitehurst, Louise Bray, Jimmy Roffe, Theodore Sawyer 4th row: Ruth J. Pritchard, Ella Hoffman, Dorothy Hendricks, Charles Ray Sawyer, Eugene Sample 5th row: Jackie Brothers, Leslie Ray Turner, Valna Alexander, John Madre, and Jack Curlings 6th row: Henry Wilson, Aubrey Hudson, Charlie Hobbs, and Bobby Butler 18 MRS. TEMPLE'S ROOM 1st Row: Betty Wilson, Geneva Lane, Lou Anna Cartwright, Betty Lou Bray, Billie Frances Sawyer, Edgar Johnson, Peggy Branch, Erline Tarkenton, Yvonne Ferrell, Betty Ann Cartwright, Charletta Cartwright, Lessie Mae Jennings, and Delma Spear 2nd row: Doris Layden, Abigail Madre, Mrs. Temple, Jeanette Saunders, Royce Dyess, Billy Brite, Clay Sawyer, Mickey Powell, Mary Eley Reid, Loqueen Mathews, and Jane Overman. 3rd Row: John Douglas Gregory, Joseph Ferrell, Bobby Pierce, Bobby Spence, Ann Ferrell, and Janice Brothers 4th Row: Eugene Williams, Irvin Cullens, Albert Miller, Herbert Steulpe, Melvin Carter, Edwin Layden, and Charles Halsey 5th Row: John A. Jackson, Melvin Ralph, Jo Jennings and Warren Egan MRS. CUTHRIELL'S ROOM 1st Row: Forrest Lilly, Annette Perry, Virginia Lane, Sylvia Ann Jones, Shirley Jones, Peggy Jean McCoy, Janis Ray Whitehead, Irvin Ballance, Gardner Ray Sawyer, Judy Howarth, Gloria Faye Sawyer 2nd Row: Mrs. Firman Cuthriell, Dorothy Brothers, Gordon Sawyer, Margaret Ann Gregory, Jacquelin Perry, Dawn Twiford, Alice Mae Whitehurst, William Sharber 3rd Row: Luther Clyde Bundy, Myra Faye Evans, Alice Lou Ownley, Shirley Jean Whitehurst 4th Row: Willie Lee Whitehead, Earl Lee Saunders, James Clarence Temple, James Andrew Bray, Michael Koerner, Clark Hudson 19 MISS RIDDICK'S ROOM 1st Row: Nellie Mae Ferrell, Madeline Gray, Jerry Singletary, Willard Simpson, Gordon Basnight, Roy Layden, Mary Ann Sawyer, Faye Cruise, Jacqueline Bundy, Kermit Godfrey, and Wilton Bundy 2nd Row: Ann Marie Cartwright Eva Lee Byrum, Maxine Pritchard, Edna Turner, Lee Ellen Murphy, and Miles Lee Harris 3rd Row: Robert Morgan, Frances Matthews, Billie Wrae Betts, Shirley Marie White, Wilton Gregory, Ruby Lane, Clyde Earl Miller, Alton Bundy, and William Chappell MISS PRITCHARD'S ROOM 1st Row: Victoria Lee Morgan, Ella Mae Onley, Tullie Lee Layden, James Claude Branch, Joseph Egan, William Edward Pierce, Robert Allen Roffe, Charlie Jones, Homer John Tessier, John Preston Spear, Phyllis Chamber 2nd Row: Annie Pritchard (Teacher), Clara Bell Cartwright, Archie Curlings, Helen Lane, Rose Mary Overman, Esther Ferrell, Mary Lou Halsey, Ruby Williams, Roy Woodley Cartwright, Aubrey Morris, Ernest Yates Anderson 3rd Row: Eleanor Kay White, Charlotte Ann Wilson, Barbara Jean Chappell, Larry Johnson, Mary Jo Reid, Miles Jessup Brite, Joseph Daniel Jennings, William Drummond Sadler, Melvie Dean Perry, Dempsey White 4th Row: Frances Ferrell, Patricia Ann Koerner, Preston Bray, William Earl Cooper, Margaret Sanna Williams, Wayne C. Murphy 20 MRS. CARTWRIGHT'S ROOM First row: Thomas Llewellyn Grimes, Mary Margaret Cartwright, Frank Lilly, Dot Morgan, Robert Bruce McLawhorn, Beuna Ballance, Donald Lee Jones, and Joseph White Second row: Kenyon Temple, Donald Saunders, Chrystal Lee McCoy, Daniel Gregory, David Powell, Elizabeth Marie Saunders, Velma Dean Twiford, Ellen Egan, and Mamie Jones Third row: Attie B. Cartwright (teacher), Jo Ann Perry, Elizabeth Ann Harrell, Edward Whitehead, Myra Sawyer, Sandra Jennings, Nancy Porter Fourth row: Florence Smith, Betty Lou Miller, Mary Sawyer, Jimmy Evans, and Lenon Madre Fifth row: Douglas Pritchard, Bruce Overman Jr., Don Butler, Gean Ray Cartwright, and Charlotte Mathews MRS. MEEKINS' ROOM First row: Dudley White, Lessie Mae Bray, Hersey Earl White, Nina Mae Lilly, Clyde White, Bryan Johnson, Janet Jackson, Nelson Smith, Lois Jean Lane, Beatrice Faye Ballance, Billy Wilder, and Virginia Sadler 2nd row: Norma Faye Bright, Marion Jones, Edward Reid, Phyllis Bundy, Bobby Cartwright, Dorothy Cartwright, and Charles Clodfelter 3rd row: Jo Ann Ownley, Audrey Lee Lane, James Alvin Weeks, Yvonne Harris, and Joseph Sawyer 4th row: Billy Harrell, Charlotte Layden, John Lawrence Hinton, Faye Saunders, Barbara Ann Doxey, and Julian Cartwright 21 MRS. HARRIS' ROOM 1st row: William Edward Bundy, Larry Cross, Rudolph Perry, William Tuttle, Ivie Cooper, Mildred McPherson, Wilford Dail, Annette Meads, Kenneth Norfleet, James Ray Cartwright, and Sara Lou Pritchard 2nd row: Barbara Ann Whitehurst, Faye Weeks, Johnnie Gray, Rufus Jackson, Myrtle Pritchard, Rosabelle Whitehurst, and Frank Rogerson 3rd Row: Ola Mae Bundy, James Howard Winslow, John Thomas Twiford, Kendrick Cartwright, Winton Lee Onley, and Dianne Jackson 4th row: India Steading, Eva Lou Perry, Audrey Sawyer, and Wilson Winslow 5th row: Lona Mae Spear, June Jennings, Norman Spruill, Roger Lane, Raymon Cartwright, and Garry Chambers 22 Veterans in training in new Agriculture Building. FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA First row: Audrey Wilson, Ruby Neil Brite, Hazel Tadlock, Mary Belle Haire, Bettye Lou Wood, Kathleen Ownley, President, Sara Ferrell, Earline Taft, Faye Twiddy, Rachel Carter, Melba Bundy, Annabelle Whitehurst, and Sylvia Smithson Second row: Margaret Ann Pritchard, Doris Ballance, Lola Belle Whitehead, Martha Elizabeth Branch, Hattie Lou Thompson, Barbara Ann Cartwright, Annie Ives, Loyce White, Betty Taft, Rita Hilbert, Barbara Jean Harrell, Thelma Turner, Carolyn Jackson, and Elizabeth Ralph Third row: Miss Mary Humphrey, Advisor, Adriene McPherson, Sarah Lee Hendricks, Alberta Jones, Barbara Ann Bundy, Wilma Dean Ivy, Doris Etheridge, Claudia Ray Sawyer, Sarah Frances Cartwright, Sarah Agnes Ownley, Margie White, Clara Mae Whitley, Corine Belle Owens, Francis Carolyn Norman, Norma Dean Spence, Carolyn Ives, and Nancy Pritchard Fourth row: Charlotte Sawyer, Judith Lee Temple, Jean Speller, Sylvia Pierce, Carolyn Pritchard, Yvonne Twiddy, Ann Sawyer, Wilma Godfrey, and llys Thompson FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA 1st row: Bobby Brothers, Leon Ferrell, Norris Murphy, Rudolph Hoffman, Lindsey Hudson, Delbert Creef, Billy Olds, Marshall Harrell, Lester Lamb, Jack Dunlow 2nd row: Walter R. Smith, Jake Branch, Jack Brothers, Kent Trueblood, Winfred Riddick, Edward Murphy, Roy Godfrey, Jackie Williams, Robert Carter, Buck Williams, Billy Sharber, Billy Jones 3rd row: Calvin Hudson, Isaac Harris, Vincent Sample, Harvey Johnson, Harry Bright, Franklin Ballance, Caleb Harris, Tommie Foster, Melvin Sawyer, J. D. Tripp 4th row: George Woods, Aubrey Sanders, Wayne Winslow, Bobby Cooper, Seth Carter, Ed Harris, Allen R. Temple, Garland Sanders, James Forehand, Winfred Foster, Cecil Rhodes 23 JL SPLASH STAFF FIRST ROW CAROLYN IVES Business Manager RITA HILBERT Editor MARGARET ANN PRITCHARD Associate Editor SECOND ROW EARL WILLIAMS Photographer MARILYN CARTER Associate Editor OL BREAKER STAFF First row: JIMMY SCOTT Assistant Business Manager ANNABELLE WHITEHURST Business Manager MIRIAM PERRY Editor MARGARET ANN PRITCHARD Associate Editor GENE SINGLETARY Sports Editor Second row: CAROLYN JACKSON 12th Grade Reporter SARA AGNES OWNLEY Sports Editor KATHLEEN OWNLEY Art Editor JUDITH TEMPLE 10th Grade Reporter CAROLYN IVES 10th Grade Reporter MELBA BUNDY 11th Grade Reporter MARILYN CARTER ............................ Art Editor 24 CHEERLEADERS Annobelle Whitehurst, Chief (center) Carolyn Pritchard, Betty Ann Williams, Kent Trueblood Earline Taft, and Margie White THE FOOTBALL TEAM FIRST ROW: Earl Eubanks, Billy Olds, Caleb Harris, Lindsey Hudson, Thomas E. Stevenson, Aubrey Sanders, and George Woods. SECOND ROW: Mr. Basnight, Harvey Johnson, Vernon Smithson, Leon Ferrell, Cornelius Hudson, Tommy Foster, Robert Edney, and Edward Murphy. THIRD ROW: Paul Parker, Dennis E. Pritchard, Gilmer Ferrell, Ike Harris, Allen Ray Temple, Calvin Hudson, Edward Harris, and Norris Murphy. 25 GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM M. L. BASNIGHT Coach First row: Faye Twiddy, Laura Willie Temple, Janice Miller, Loyce White, Betty Taft, Miriam Perry. Second row: Betty Lou Wood, Thelma Turner, Annie Ives, Hilda Edney, Bonnie Smithson, Frances Norman, Sylvia Pierce, Norma Dean Spence. 26 1948-1949 GREEN WAVES T. M. GRIMES Coach First row: James Forehand, Winfred Foster, Lindsey Hudson, Delbert Creef, Garland Ray Sanders, and James Scott. Second row: Bobby Sawyer, George Woods, Aubrey Sawyer, and Bobby Brothers. 27 HALLOWEEN QUEEN n a rate 28 30 Compliments of SIMPSON MILL Everything in Lumber Route 2 Elizabeth City, N. C. HOOD STUDIO Guaranty Bank Bldg. 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C. 37 Compliments of FARMER'S SUPPLY COMPANY Case, Moline, Iron Age Farm Machines Parts and Service Phone 136 Elizabeth City, N. C. Neece Tractor Co. Oliver Wheel Crawler Tractors and Farm Machinery Elizabeth City, N. C. N. W. Daily Agency Mrs. Lessie W. Morgan, Mgr. General Insurance E. Main St. Phone 699 Elizabeth City, N. C. THE FASHION SHOP Ladies Apparel Telephone 580 112 McMorrine St. MADGE THACKER Elizabeth City, N. C. Compliments of BELL BICYCLE SHOP The Best For The Least Southern Ave. Extension Compliments of Elizabeth City Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc. Sealtest Ice Cream Phone 578 DR. VICTOR FINCK Compliments of Your Veterinarians Since 1916 Hospital for all Animals J. S. BROTHERS HOLMES POTTER Doors Cabinets Compliments of Copelands Confectionary Sandwiches — Cold Drinks Ice Cream — Sundaes Phone 561 38 Webb s Expert CITY MOTOR PARTS Cleaners Wholesale Automobile Parts Pick Up Delivery Service Complete Machine Shop Phone 648-J 310 North Water Street Elizabeth City, N. C. Phone 1711 Compliments of KENYON BAILEY GLOBE FISH CO. Roysters Fertilizers Potatoes Beans Phone 106 Phone 126 Foot Burgess St. Phone 1098 Elizabeth City, N. C. Pell Paper Box Company, Inc. WILLIS S. WRIGHT Paper Box Manufacturers Dodge - Plymouth - Dodge Trucks Printers Phone 825 Elizabeth City, N. C. Phone 101 Elizabeth City, N. C. Compliments of Josie G. Thorson Chas. M. Gordon Owners S. WADE MARR GORDON SHEET METAL CO. Compliments of MILES JENNINGS INC Roofing Guttering and Repair Work Phone 627-W 315 Road St. 39 MILDRED'S FLORIST Compliments of R. C. Stevenson Son Exclusive but not Expensive Dealers in Hides, Furs, Eggs and Wool Phone 30 Elizabeth City, N. C. Best wishes of Better Feed for Every Need Quinn Furniture BERKLEY FEED CO. Company Phone 618 Elizabeth City, N. C. Wilson Wholesale LOVES STATE Bakery THEATRE Tommy Tucker Bread Rolls Williams Furniture Compliments of Company SERVICE NEWS Furniture, Stoves Refrigerators 220-222 N. Poindexter Street COMPANY Elizabeth City, N. C. 106 N. Martin Street Phone 1 926 Phone 1 867 40 Elizabeth City Freezer Locker Plant, Inc. 204-206 W. Grice Street Phone 1643 Compliments of BRINSON MILLER Plumbing Heating THE DAILY ADVANCE Your Daily Newspaper For all the Albemarle TUTTLE HARDWARE COMPANY Builders Hardware — Paints Sporting Goods Phone 1773 108 S. Poindexter Elizabeth City, N. C. SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. 201 - 202 Guaranty Bank Bldg. MRS. J. H. MEADORS Manager Phone 1473 PATRONIZE YOUR ADVERTISERS 41 D. T. WHITEHURST Dealer in Fertilizer, Corn, Hay, Wool, Soy Beans Lespedeza Seed Lime a Specialty Hertford Hi-Way Route 17 Elizabeth City, N. C. Congratulations to The Senior Class of '49 from The Senior Parents 42 Best Wishes to THE JUNIOR CLASS of 1949 from Their Parents BOOSTERS William E. James Bobby Lowry Forrest V. Dunston Wayland P. Britton John H. Hall G. R. Little A Friend Vernon F. Wright J. Kenyon Wilson Howard Bray J. W. Jeanette Johnnie Whaley 44 Compliments of Compliments of J. F. SCOTT'S BARR BROS. VARIETY STORE LOUIS SELIG Meats, Groceries, Vegetables BAUER SON Hardware Drug Sundries JEWEL BOX Route 2 Phone Holly 07W2 BRIGHT JEWELRY CO. Compliments of Compliments of Culpepper Hardware W. C. GLOVER Company, Inc. DEALER IN SOY BEANS Phone 418 Elizabeth City, N. C. Wholesale Retail Hardware Phone 30 45 McDowell Motor Co. Best Wishes Sales — FORD — Service Quinn Furniture Company Elizabeth City, N. C. 209 N. Poindexter St. Phone 102 N. Water St. Elizabeth City, N. C. Greetings and Good Wishes The First Citizens National Bank Elizabeth City, N. C. The Only National Bank in the Albemarle Established 1891 Member F. D. I. C. GUARANTY BANK TRUST COMPANY Elizabeth City, N. C. Capital and Surplus $1,000,000.00 Time Tested — Established 1901 Member of F. D. I. C. Compliments of MODERN TYPEWRITER SERVICE, Inc. Underwood Typewriter Sales Agency 406 E. Colonial Ave. John J. Guerco Elizabeth City, N. C. Owner - Mgr. Phone 911 EDGWOOD DAIRY Grade A Milk, Pasteurized Phone 654 M. B. BROTHERS 47 Compliments of THE GOL-DAR Sandwiches — Fountain Drinks Curb Service Shuffleboard Open 4-12 Weekdays 12-12 Saturday and Sunday Compliments of ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL Phone 136 Elizabeth City JOHNNIE CREGORY Truck Trailer Body Shop Where best bodies are built Trailer Repairing — General Repair Work Phone Holly 8513 — Night Phone Holly 19-W-5 Woodville 7 miles So. Elizabeth City BUY BY THE CARTON . . . ROYAL CROWN COLA Best By Taste - Test Royal Crown Bottling Co. Elizabeth City 48