Elizabeth City High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Elizabeth City, NC)

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Gllaaa ldrnphvrg of 1929 By Frank Snowd en It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the rainy evening of July 1, 1949. I was sitting alone in my library half asleep when suddenly I was startled by the ringing of the telephone. Answering it I found it to be none other than my good friend Prof. George Benbury, the mu-lti-millionaire scientist. I-Ie asked me to come over to his house to listen and look in on his new static proof television set. I jumped in my car and dashed around to his workshop. He met me at the door and together we went into the giant room filled with all kinds of mechanism. After I had taken a seat, he pushed a button and the room was plunged into total darkness. At a far end of the rcom a giant screen was illuminated. Prof. Benbury walked over to the set and pushed in several switches and turned several dials. One large dial was near my chair. When he began turning this dial it was then that I first noticed the names of several cities on it. Turning the dial to New York we saw and read the following: Elsie Leary and Mary Byrd Saunders, of the firm Saunders and Leary, exclusive danc- ing teachers, have dissolved partnership on account of an argument over Delmas Sawyer, the new proprietor of Overman and Stevenson. Elsie and Mary Bryd were only shadows of their former selves. Together I believe they would only weigh 100 pounds. Delmas still possessed that Soda Fountain laugh. The new gambling place, Monte Sarle, was opened today. It is managed by the notorious Lois Bond and the former head of the negro school organization in this city, Kenneth Munden. Ye Gods! Lois' once coal black hair had turned scarlet red, while Kenneth still wore that Harry Langdon look of high school days. Gertrude Glover, society belle, returned yesterday from Reno, Nev., where she secured a divorce from the Rt. Rev. Frank Wilson, noted Holy Roller, who she has found out is too intelligent for her. She plans to join Kack Mann at the Paramount Theatre as assistant stage water boy. Both girls had on perfectly stupendous dresses to match their excessive beauty. Frank seemed to be qufite nervous. This was a remarkable feature of him on a geometry quizz. Income tax receipts show that Harmon Taylor and Frances Pendleton tonsorial artists, are doing the most flourishing business in the city. Frances looked more and more like her little red headed sister while Pete still dressed like Clara Bow, a moving picture actress in 1929. Shirley Fearing, a Salvation lass, has been decreed the best tambourine beater on Broadway. The judges were Mary Barnes, Cora McKimmey and Vera Jennings. In Shirley's hand was the cup winning tambourine. She wore high laced shoes and a shabby black hat. The judges all reminded me of a bunch of drunk old maids. At this point there was a sudden spurt of deafening noise and the vision became terrible, but in a minute I found the noise to be the melodious voices and the bad vision to be the beautiful faces of Elvene Culver and Roy Lane. The faces were beautiful, all we could see was their open mouths, but the voices were terrible and we were forced to turn to New Orleans where we found this: Margaret Driggers and Evelyn Pritchard have been chosen May Queens in the Mardi Gras celebration. The vote was unanimous. I could think of only one thing, an old saying, t'Such Beauty Cannot be Surpassedn. Ryland Davis and Nellie Boyce, two of the most popular young people in the city, were quietly married today by Dr. Fred Stanton, D.D., at the Park View Church. What a pity! Nellie's freckles have vanished. Ryland seems perfectly disgusted. Fred looked worn out on account of his argument with a well known orator on the subject, Evolution, A Fact, No longer a Theory. Beulah Wright and Wilbur West sang a duet entitled: I'd Just As Well Rob the Cradle as Rock The Grave . Beulah had at last lost that boyish bob and had substituted a per-

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.find it is well, For school is but a firstly thing. The History of our Class is a .nfarrative Cf all history. Embodied in this Class one finds traces of all civilizations: The knights of old-the powdered statesinen, The melancholy Burr-the stalwart jackson And it is well. School is like a Gypsy band, that wanders thru a Countryside, only to return to the Honeysuckle country of flowers. Always Roving, always singing, they lightly Pass the time, until a heartfelt duty Arises. Then each Gypsy forgets his mirth, And works with a will. KENNETH MUNDEN Historian May 17, 1929.

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manent for it. Wilbur had procured a brown complexion from being a life saver at the seashore. . Myrtle Hill, matron of the home for blind mice, has been re-elected to this position. Florence Ballard, a widow, has been chosen to act as the optometrist for the victims of their fair institution. Myrtle had a wood-en countenance while Florence was chewing gum. Erlien Newbern and Carrie Miller, motion picture actresses have fine little adjoining apartments. Both girls were married therefore they each had a husband: but Erlien had something else. It was playing on the floor with its dad, Chapman Nelson, noted White wing sweeper. Chap has grown to be a physical giant, but Erlien and Carrie, were so far back in the picture that they were not clear, however I could see the 1929 green sweater that Erlien wore and Carrie was crying, possibly thinking of her high school days and a certain Dodge car. There was a loud bustle as the door of the laboratory flew open. In rushed Clay Foreman. He told us he had been looking in at the picture through the key hole, and seeing that last picture could not stand that location any longer, so we turned the dial to Hong Kong, China, where we found this: Norman Gregory and Alice Woodell have bought out the hair dye factory here. Mr. Gregory will have charge of the black hair dye and Miss Woodell the red dye. I might be color blind but that picture sure had Red's hair RED and Alice's black. Edward Midgett, having lost Miserere Hettrick, a contemporary author, has taken the appointment of ambassador to Africa. Edward was smaller and thinner than ever, and lo! Miserere was still smaller. Doris Harrison was going through a life of drudgery. Her husband Frank Snowden, is having a hard time finding food for four by writing athletic articles for the Hong Kong Screamer. Her mouth was open, her glasses were on and she had an impish twinge about the corners of her mouth. Frank was like any ordinary writer. No hat on his head and unshined shoes on his feet. Albert Kramer and Neulah Raper are still being proclaimed by Barnum and Bailey as their best trapeze artists. Twenty years have not changed Neulah or Albert, she still longing for Joe and the filling station and he still longing for a certain Norfolk girl. At Atlantic City we found: Margaret Harris and Adrienne Davis were judged the two girls with the handsomest physiques at this famous summer resort. Adrienne has grown as tall as Margaret, but she does not rock and reel as does the latter. Ruth Overman and Byron Sawyer are visiting in the city. He is the author of the novel, If You Can't Be Good, Be Careful . She is a noted palmist. Byron bore all the marks of a marriage battle. There were several prints of rolling pins and flat irons on him the same being made by the hefty arm of his elegant, brunette wife. At Raleigh we found this: George Little, Supt. of the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Dix Hill, reports a shortage of dumbness at that fair institurtion and asks that more vegetables be furnished by the State Equal-ization Board. George was a little bit cross eyed from straining his lungs practicing a cornet in his youth and yelling at the dumb mutes at the Hill. Elizabeth Bright, poser for the Palm Olive Soap Co., visited the city yesterday. That same School Girl complexion. Carl Scarborough of New York will play in Flappers' Delight at the Carolina tonight. Eight piece orchestra. Those same enchanting brown eyes that have made many a good girl leave home. Elizabeth Evans, eminent missionary from Angelus Temple of Los Angeles, is visiting ii? the city. While here she will help in the revival being carried on by the Hollywood Church. Elizabethls voice was still as sweet as ever. After this picture was flashed on the screen the announcer announced the end of the program Prof. Benbury walked over to his set and turned it off. We then retired to his library where we discussed what he had just seen and read, and we made a note that of all of the people that we had seen tonight were our old schoo-l mates at Betsy Hi. The clock in the hall struck twelve. I arose and put on my raincoat and bade my friend good night, thanking him for the enjoyable evening that I had spent as his guest. When I reached the street I noticed that the storm had ceased and above the top of the trees a vivid red moon was casting a warm yellow light over all the town.