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

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SENIOR STATISTICS VALNA ALEXANDER Glee Club 1,2; Monogram Club 3,4; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4; Cheerleader 3,4; Class Officer 2, Secretary Treasurer; 4-H Club 1,2,4; Softball 1. LEAHMAN BALLANCE Football Manager 1,2; Bus Drivers’ Club 3,4; F.F.A. 1,2,3,4; 4-H Club 1; Superlative 4. JANICE BLEVINS Basketball 1,2; Softball 1; Monogram Club 2,3,4; Cheerleader 3, Head Cheerleader 4; Halloween Queen 1;4-H Club 1,2,4; F.H.A. l,2;Glee Club 1,2; Class Officer 1,2,3; Junior Play; Superlative 4; Bus Driver 4. CONNIE BROTHERS Beta Club 3.4; Monogram Club 3,4; Student Council 1.2; Glee Club 1.2.3.4; F.H.A. 1,2,3.4; Basketball 2,3,4; Junior Play; Splash Staff 3,4, Ass't Editor 3, Editor 4; Superlative 4; 4-H Club 1, Secretary 2, President 3,4; Marshal 3. FRANCES CARTWRIGHT Basketball 1,2,3,4; Softball 1; Glee Club 1,2,4; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4, Secretary 2; Monogram Club 1,2, 3,4, Secretary 3; Student Council 4; Junior Play; Bus Driver 3,4; Bus Driver Club 3,4; Superlative 4; Class Officer 3; 4-H Club 1,2,4. THOMAS CHAPPELL Football 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; F.F.A. 1,2,3,4, President 4; Monogram Club 3,4, Officer 4; Student Council 3; Bus Driver 3,4; Junior Play; Class Officer 1,2,3; Glee Club 1. JACKIE COOPER F.F.A. 1.2,3.4; Softball 1,2; Glee Club 3.4. Officer 3.4; 4-H Club 1.2.3,4. Officer 3,4; Junior Play. JACK CURLINGS F.F.A. 1,2,3,4; 4-H Club 1,2,3; Glee Club 1; Monogram Club 3,4; Studcrit Council 2,3,4, Parliamentarian 2, Treasurer 3,Sgt-at-Arms 4; Baseball 2,3,4; Football 2,3,4; Basketball Manager 4; Class Officer 1,2,3.4, Vice-President 3, President 4. FRANKLIN DAVIS Basketball 1,2,3,4; Football 3,4; Baseball 2,3,4; F.F.A. 1,2,3,4, Officer 4; Monogram Club 2,3,4; 4-H Club 1,2,4; Superlative 4; Bus Drivers’ Club 3; Home-Coming King 4. JOE ETHERIDGE Football 2,3,4; Basketball-J.V. 1,2, Varsity 3,4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Monogram Club 1,2,3,4; Student Council 2,3,4; F.F.A. 1,2; Junior Play; Bus Driver 4; Bus Driver Club 3,4; Superlative 4; Marshal 3. BILLY GREGORY F.F.A. 1.2.3,4; 4-H Club 1.2.3.4; Glee Club 2,3,4, Librarian 3.4; Bus Driver Club 3. BILLY HAMPTON Football 2,3,4; Basketball 1,2, Manager 4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Monogram Club 2,3,4. Officer 4; F.F.A. 1.2,3,4, Officer 3; Bus Driver 4; Junior Play; Class Officer 4. ELLA HOFFMAN 4-H Club 1.2,3.4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Softball 1; Monogram Club 2,3,4; Glee Club 1.2; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4; Junior Play; Superlative 4; Bus Driver 3,4; Bus Driver Club 3,4. MARY ANN JONES Basketball 1,2,3.4. Captain 3; Softball 1; Monogram Club 2,3,4, Vice-President 3, President 4; Beta Club 2,3,4, Secretary 3, President 4; Class Officer 2,3,4; Student Council 2,3, Secretary 2, Vice-President 3; Junior Play; Splash Staff 2,3,4; Superlative; Halloween Queen 2; Home-Coming Queen 4; Glee Club 1,2; 4-H Club 1,2,4, Vice-President 1; F.H.A. 1; Chief Marshal 3; Athletic Award 3. JOHN MADRE F.F.A. 1,2,3.4; 4-H Club 2,3.4. Delegate to National 4-H Congress 4; Football 3.4; Junior Play; Superlative 4.

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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

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EDITH MEADS Glee Club 1,2; Monogram Club; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4; Basketball 3,4; Superlative 4; 4-H Club 1,2,4; Softball 1. JACKSON MORRIS F.F.A. 1,2,3.4; Softball 1.2; 4-H Club 1,3,4, Officer 4; Glee Club 2,3,4. NORMA FAYE MUSE Basketball 1,2,3,4; Softball 1; Monogram Club 2,3,4; 4-H Club 1,2,4; Glee Club 1.2; F.H.A. 1.2, 3.4; Student Council 1,3,4, Vice-President 3, President 4; Class President 3; Junior Play; Beta Club 3,4, Historian 3; Superlative 4; Marshal 3. CLYDE PALMER 4-H Club 1.2; Bus Driver Club 2.3.4. RUTH PRITCHARD Basketball Manager 2,3,4; Glee Club 1,2; Monogram Club 3,4; Splash Staff 4; 4-H Club 1,2,4; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4; Class Treasurer 4; Superlative 4. JIMMY ROFFE F.F.A. 1.2.3,4; 4-H Club 1.2. EUGENE SAMPLE F.F.A. 1,2,3.4; 4-H Club 1.2. CHARLES RAY SAWYER Class President 1; Beta Club 2.3,4, Vice-President 2, President 3; Glee Club 2, Librarian 2; F.F.A. 1,2,3,4; 4-H Club 1,4; Splash Staff 4; Football 2; Superlative 4; Bus Drivers Club 3,4; Student Council 1; Softball 1. THEODORE SAWYER 4-H Club 1,2,3.4; Glee Club 1.2.3.4. Officer 2,3,4; Splash Staff 3; Annual Staff 3.4. Editor 4; Student Council 3,4; Class Officer 1,2,3, Treasurer 3; Junior Play; F.F.A. 1,2; Superlative 4. MAX SINGLETARY 4-H Club 1.2; Glee Club 1,2.4; F.F.A. 1,2,3.4; Bus Drivers Club 3.4; Football 3. SHIRLEY SMITH Beta Club 2,3,4, Officer 3; Monogram Club 3,4; Student Council 4; Cheerleader 2,3,4; 4-H Club 1,2,4; Glee Club 1; F.H.A. 1,2; Splash Staff 4; Junior Play; Class Officer 1,2,4, Vice-President 1, Treasurer 3, Reporter 4; Superlative 4; Marshal 3. BOBBY SPENCE Basketball 1; Football 3,4; Monogram Club 3.4; Glee Club 1,2,3; Bus Drivers Club 3,4; Bus Driver 4; F.F.A. 1,2; Superlative 4; Class Officer 2,4; 4-H Club 1,2; Softball 1. DONALD STALLINGS F.F.A. 1,2,3,4; Class President 2; 4-H Club 1,2,3; Superlative 4; Softball 1. LESLIE TURNER Monogram Club 3,4; Beta Club 3,4, Officer 3; Student Council 3,4, Treasurer 4; Football 3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Junior Play; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Class Officer 4; Bus Driver 3,4; Bus Drivers' Club 3,4; Superlative 4; Splash Staff 4; Marshal 3; F.F.A. 1,2,3,4, Officer 3,4. JOHNNIE WHITE Perquimans High School 1,2,3; 4-H Club 1,2; Bus Drivers' Club 2,3,4. DORIS FAYE WHITEHURST Basketball Manager 3; Monogram Club 4; Splash Staff 4, Business Manager 4; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4, Secretary 2; Glee Club 1,2; 4-H Club 1.2,3,4. GLORIA WILLIAMS Glee Club 1.2; 4-H Club 1; F.H.A. 1; Softball 1.