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

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CLASS PROPHECY Recently the New York Chronicle carried a series of interviews of various individuals who are well known to society. Many of these outstanding men and women are known to you and me. The article was so interesting we thought we would share it with you as it appeared in the society column. Miss Valna Alexander, who is known to us as “Peanut,“ was recently seen in a well known night club with her attention on Clyde Palmer and Johnnie White, who had a week's engagement at the club. The critics say that they're running Martin and Lewis out of business. A well known school of modeling in New York now has a new owner. Miss Janice Blevins. She says that an old school chum, Ella Hoffmanns enrolled in her school to get her figure back. Ella is married and has five little girls, who all have inherited her giggle. Mr. Gene Sample and Mr. Thomas Chappell have a partnership in the YOU NAME IT; WE BUILD IT company in Chicagq, where they are living happily with their wives and children. Superintendent of Nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is none other than Frances Cartwright, who is engaged to be married to Mr. Dick McDowell early in the spring. Mr. Donald Stallings and Mr. BUI Gregory are touring the country with their Hell Driving outfit. Jackie Cooper, now a most notable citizen, can be seen going about his duties every day as the city dog catcher. M Senator Billy Hampton has released the news to his publicity chairman, Joseph Etheridge, that he will run on the Democratic ticket as a candidate for President in the coming election. His leading opponent running on the Republican ticket is Mr. Jack Curlings. John Madrc, who is known nationally for his production of peanuts, now owns a big factory in Virginia. The recently elected “Nurse.of the Year is our old friend Ruth Pritchard, known to us as Tink. She has an outstanding position in the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Charles Ray Sawyer is owner of the Sawyer Trucking Company located at Morgan's Corner, the capital of Ncwland. Sgt. Lcahman Ballancc is making a career of the army. In his company are his old school chums, Jimmy Roffe and Jackson Morris. Mrs. Harold Riddick, formerly Miss Doris Faye Whitehurst, is leading a quiet family life in Elizabeth City with her husband and six children, Edith Meads has kept her title as biggest flirt. She not only flirts with Marines, but she's now a private herself. Norma Faye Muse keeps all the movie stars looking sharp. Her beauty shop, called the Rayficld Beauty Salon, is located in Beverly Hills, California. Franklin Davis owns a large farm in the western part of the country and raises about anything on the market. In his spare time he teaches the little Davises to play basketball and football. Max Singletary is in Switzerland lenrning to make Swiss watches and Swiss cheese too in his spare time. (ajr7 The editor of True Arts Magazine is none other than Theodore Sawyer. Mademoiselle Connie Brothers i9 in Paris running Christian Dior out of business. Her celebrated actor fiance, Leslie Turner, spends most of his spare time assisting her. (In finances mostly.) Bobby Ray Spence, a successful farmer, is making a career of raising corn and babies. The new secretary of the Central Banking Company in Chicago is Gloria Williams, who is seeing quite a bit of a well known millionaire about town. Miss Shirley Smith is the head of the English Department of W. C. U. N. C. Her husband is coaching at a near-by college. , Dr. Mary Ann Jones is doing her practicing at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. North Carolina, while her fiance, Dr. Hardc ty, is her supervisor.

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CLASS HISTORY In the year of 1943 a group of happy boys and girls entered the first grade. During the following eight years many interesting things happened to us. In the eighth grade we took a trip to Raleigh to the many historic buildings as well as the Capitol. We also had an increase in our class. In this year, the students from Newland came to Central. In 1951 we entered high school and lived up to the name of noisy freshmen. In our Sophomore year we settled down and began to get full benefit from high school --some of it, anyway. In our Junior year we were a busy group of boys and girls preparing for our Junior play and Junior-Senior Banquet. The last week of school we had Senior privileges. During our Senior year we looked forward to many interesting things. We are happy now but before school is out we will be sad, for we must leave Central and all our friends and face this big wide world.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We. the Senior Class of 1955, leave dear old Central and the teachers who, along with our parents, urged us on to our goal for graduation. Now we start out in a new world and begin our careers, which we hope are just as happy and successful as our school life has been. We hereby give you our last will and testament. A ■— To Mr. O'Neal we leave quieter halls and happy memories. To Miss Bntc wc leave a handful (of incoming freshmen). To Mrs. Sharber we leave our regret. (“We ain’t got nothing of no value.”) To Mrs. Jackson we leave memories of our Freshman and Sophomore years. To Mrs. Larabec wc leave a new Family Relations Class. To Mrs. Randolph we leave the front row of the bleachers during next year’s football game. To Mr. Derrick we leave a very ’’Brite” prescnt--our home room teacher. To Mr. McMullan we leave our regrets that our Senior boys can’t play football in ’55. To Mr. Davenport we leave North Carolina’s No. 1 Annual Fisherman's Manual. Article II We leave the class of ’56 the full responsibility of leadership. We also bequeath our superior privileges to our “baby brothers, the up-coming Seniors. Article III Valna Alexander leaves her place on the cheering squad to Abigail Madre. Lcahman Ballance bequeaths his conceited ways to Larry Markham. Janice Blevins leaves her place as head cheerleader to Mary E. Jordan. Connie Brothers wishes to leave--with Leslie. Frances Cartwright leaves her map of Chapel Hill to Dottie Brothers. Thomas Chappell leaves his quarterbacking ability to Curtis Casper. Jackie Cooper bequeaths his hog-raising ability to Preston Spear. Ella Hoffman, Edith Meads, and Gloria Williams leave their ability to giggle on class to Lessie Mae Jennings, Zephyr Brinkley, and Gloria Sawyer. Franklin Davis leaves his outstanding pass-reception to Jackie Brothers. Joe Etheridge leaves his friendship with the Weeksville girls to Billy Cecil White. Billy Gregory wishes to leave his “wate-on“ pills to Shirley Whitehurst. Mary Ann Jones leaves----(Central, not Jerry). John Madre leaves his quietness to Phil Sawyer and his ability to raise peanuts to Gene Johnson. Jackson Morris leaves his nickname “Whitcy’’ to Willie Lee Whitehead. Norma Faye Muse leaves her position on the basketball team to Jean Whitehouse. Clyde “Gata Palmer and Johnnie “Boy White lcave--in our “Plymouth Car.” “Tink” Pritchard leaves her place as manager of the girls basketball team to Wendy Matthews. Jimmy Roffe leaves his job as office boy to Clay Sawyer. Charles Ray Sawyer bequeaths his book, “How to be Funny.“ to Mr. Davenport. Theodore Sawyer leaves his musical ability to Leon Eason. Max Singletary leaves his parking place beside the gym to his mother. Shirley Smith leaves her World Peace theme to Dempsy White. Bobby Spence leaves his singing ability to “Blue Sharber. Doris Faye Whitehurst leaves her auburn-red hair to Aubrey Gene Morris. Leslie Turner leaves his height to Bill Hop Brite. Donald Stallings leaves--(the teachers hope so). Billy Hampton leaves his half-back position on the football team to Calvin Craddock. Jack Curlings leaves his “most valuable football player trophy to next year’s left guard. Being of sound mind and body, we of the Senior Class of nineteen-hundred and fifty-five, have made, published, and declared this to be our last will and testament. Jack Curlings, Class President