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

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ILL Mil TESTAMENT LAST W Slate of North Carolina County of Pasquotank We. the Senior Class of 1952. being of sound mind and body, with only a few exceptions, do hereby bequeath the following possessions, provided the second party can settle out of court any arguments which may occur. ARTICLE I Section I. To our principle. Mr. BASNIGHT. we leave a diploma for being so tolerant to us through our four years of high school work. Section II. To our home-room teacher, Mr McMULLEN. we leave a JOLLY time. Section III. To the faculty we leave our deepest gratitude for helping to make us what we are. ARTICLE II Section I. To the Seniors of '53. we leave all our Senior privileges. Section II. To Mr MUSE, we leave our sincere appreciation for his efforts at trying to make Central High a cleaner place. ARTICLE III Section I. I, FRANKLIN BALLANCE. leave my friendly manner to Harold Van Booths Section II. We. JAKE BRANCH. CALEB HARRIS, and CURTIS ALBERTSON, leave our CAREFUL driving ability to Gerald Bray and Jimmy Owens. Section III. We. NANCY PRITCHARD and HARRY BRIGHT, leave our wit to Edith Hudson and James Jennings. Section IV. I. JULIAN ONLEY. leave my freckles to Virgil Winslow. Section V. I. MARTHA BRANCH, leave my curls to Lessie Mae Cartwright Section VI We. SYLVIA PIERCE and NORMA DEAN SPENCE, leave our places on the basketball team to Doloris Alexander and Chelsea Smith Section VII I. MARGIE WHITE, leave my title as Head Cheerleader to Harry Bubbles” Blevins. Section VIII. We. DELBERT CREEF. WILLIAM CARTER. ROY GODFREY, and NEIL HUDSON leave our places as bus drivers to the persons unlucky enough to have the responsibility. Section IX. We. BETTYE LOU WOOD and ANNIE IVES HORTON, leave our jobs as Editor-in-Chief and Business Manager of this annual to Albert and Aubrey Onley. Section X I. BARBARA JEAN HARRELL, leave my name as Flirt to Lois Jean Sawyer Section XI I. RUDOLPH HOFFMAN, leave my ability to argue with a sign-post to Flora Bundy. Section XII We. BUCK WILLIAMS and LESTER LAMB, leave our ability to play football to Ray Rog-erson and Jimmy Jones. Section XIII I. BILLY SHARBER, leave my job as president of the Student Council to Spanky Palmer. Section XIV We. MARY ELIZABETH RALPH. SYLVIA SMITHSON and SARA LEE HENDRICKS, leave our seats in the bookkeeping class to Jean Belangia. Aldean Hudson and Shirley Sawyer. Section XV. I. FRANCES CAROLYN NORMAN, leave my art of staying quiet on class to Jo Fay Cartwright. Section XVI. We. EDWARD MURPHY and KENT TRUEBLOOD. leave our looks to Sammy and Wesley Onley. Section XVII. I. BARBARA ANN CARTWRIGHT, leave my size 9AAA shoes to Carolyn Carter Section XVIII. I. HATTIE LOU THOMPSON, leave my ability to catch a man to Ruth Pritchard. Section XIX. I. JEAN SPELLER, leave my ability to get out of class to Shirley Bundy. Section XX. I. DORIS ETHERIDGE, leave my 5' 8 to Shirley Smith. Section XXI. I. HARRY STALLINGS, leave my ability to get along with other students to Joe Etheridge Section XXII We. WILBUR TURNER and JACKIE WILLIAMS, leave our quietness to Jackie Cooper and Bobby Ray Spence. Section XXIII. I. VINCENT GODFREY, leave my good citizenship to Jackie Brothers. Section XXIV. We. the Senior Class, do hereby leave-. Signed and sealed this tenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. Lawyer J. C. Twinklestar Testator

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WIKI’S IVII (I CUTEST Bettye L. Wood Julian Ownley OSr M. nt 7 WITTIEST Nancy Pritchard Harry Bright MOST ATHLETIC Norma D. Spence Punchy Stallings

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1 PEEP INTO THE FUTURE The blustering cold and heaping snow of Chicago had made everyone just a little late for my birthday party, but at last everyone had arrived, oh so cold but cheerful. And now I stood before the huge towering pink and white birthday cake to blow out the forty-two little candles, which merrily blinked at me. reminding me that all of twenty-five years had lapsed since I had had a birthday cake just like this except of course for the number of candles. I had been a senior in school then, at Central High in Elizabeth City. North Carolina As I leaned forward to tell my guests my birthday wish and to blow out the candles. I realized that each of those candles might well stand for each of the seniors in my class of that year of 52. So I told everyone what I had been thinking and they responded eagerly demanding that before telling my birthday wish I must disclose the lives and fortunes of each of my senior classmates So I began: CURTIS DILLON ALBERTSON and MARVIN KENT TRUEBLOOD, who each had possessed good looks, had promptly left for Hollywood, where they are now partners, producing, directing, and starring in the sensational Kent Or Curt productions! I read in Life Magazine the other day. that MARTHA BRANCH has just returned to the states from Istanbul, where her husband. Bobby, was stationed during the Turkish Revolt, as a newspaper correspondent for the New York Tribune. WILLIAM JUDSON BRANCH. JR., is the Professor of French at the University of North Carolina, at the time I noticed while reading the society column m the Boston Star last week that the flirtatious FRANCES CAROLYN NORMAN had married a multi-millionaire from Boston. JULIAN LEE OWNLEY. and is planning a trip abroad with her husband in order to study domestic relations While in New York last spring my husband and I dropped in on CALEB HARRIS and FRANKLIN BALLANCE who are co-owners of a big exclusive night club and society cafe on Fifth Avenue where they were featuring BARBARA JEAN HARRELL. The Queen of Song.’' as their guest star! Around the corner from them. The Horn Tobacco Shop. owned by SMITH HORN. JR., is the favorite hangout of all the New York detectives, since he is quite a Snerlock Holmes himself Tis said that many a case has been cracked there! There was an article in the Chicago Sun two weeks ago about SYLVIA PIERCE who acquired outstanding athletic recognition as a basketball player in high school and college She is now coach of the famous Ohio State Wavelets. who were the state championship winners last year Congratulations’ Last night I watched HARRY FINLEY BRIGHT, known to most TV fans as Bright Harry. He is a brilliant comedian who stars for Bright White Soap every Saturday night on television . I received a letter from BARBARA ANN CARTWRIGHT Castellow who lives in Haiti with her husband. Fred, not long ago She was one of my girl friends and she told me about several senior class members that I had lost track of. One was NANCY PRITCHARD who now rurs a quaint little Tea Shoppe in Niagara Falls, and caters to Honeymooners She said last week EDWARD MURPHY celebrated his tenth year as a pilot for Capitol Airlines, He flew to Winston-Salem to visit his wife. BETTYE LOU WOOD and their three charming little boys A big celebration followed ROBERT CARTER. I understand, has become famous for several lovely water-color paintings that he has painted, and DELBERT CREEF who used to work at a filling station went to Texas and became rich when he struck oil He and Carolyn, together, own several big ranches on which they raise beef cattle Barbara Ann also said, that ANNIE IVES HORTON is still living in Elizabeth City with Jack and their five girls—one's in college and about to graduate NEIL HUDSON is driving a circus truck for Ringling Bros . Barnum and Bailey and is on his way to Florida for the winter JACK BROTHERS and ROY GODFREY are top-rate farmers who made a fortune in cabbage and potatoes and are trying something new—celery and cauliflower' MARY ELIZABETH RALPH married her old boy friend from Elizabeth City and her pal SYLVIA SMITHSON is now on the West Coast with her husband raising seedless oranges'