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

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PROPHECY It must have happened when 1 was crossing the intersection of our foremost street, that I was suddenly hit from behind by some fast moving vehicle. The years pass by and I see the year I9JJ. The first scene shows the interior of a big hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I see Dr. William Peters, now a famous specialist, at work. Assisting him is Nurse Emily Sawyer. The picture fades and in the John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore I see Elizabeth Craw-ley. Mildred McCoy and Pearl Voliva, other nurses, hard at work. Next door to the hospital is an undertaking establishment run by Charles Miller. Again the scene changes and I see Glorious Gloria singing her way to fame in a Broadway vaudeville. Merle Hegy has changed her name and so has Miss Creekmore, now Mme. Dessa Odessa, famous accompanist and pianist. My eyes glance up to upper New York where I see Shirley Morrisette. designer of gowns for La Parce Modiste Shoppe. As his models he has selected two girls from Elizabeth City, Kathryn Hurdle and Linda Upton. I see in another shop such models as Mildred Bright, Virginia Worth, and Clara F.wald. In Greenwich Village I sec Eleanor Foreman and Edward Hughes painting their pictures. The scene changes to the spacious Madison Square Garden, where the big Barnum and Bailey Circus is exhibiting. In a side show- I sec the Duffs posing as the Siamese twins, and their announcer. Marvin Carmine. Proceeding on through the show, I see Chick West, the wild man from Borneo, and Doc Lowry, the wild and wooly cowboy from Texas. Turning my gaze again to a place of peace and comfort, I see Roger Shannonhouse married to a beautiful blonde and living happily. Elizabeth Peed lives in the city of Washington with a tiny shriveled up man who looks as though, in spite of his size, he still bosses her. James Cooper is a bachelor and has a good government job. Hello, Billy. Folks, this is William Pritchard, a prosecuting attorney in Washington, D. C. Again my gaz.c travels further, and 1 find m self in the continent of Asia. I sec Sam McPherson, assisted by Tom Cox, giving American haircuts and shaves to the natives of China. James Jackson has married Fu Manchu's daughter, and it’s said this marriage has quieted all of Europe and Asia. My eyes travel to the small country of Japan where Wood Boyce is the peace delegate from our own country. Phil Morrisette is at last the captain of a man-of-war and is fueling at the port of Tokyo. While glancing around Asia 1 sec, in Northern Siberia, Enoch Ludford and Columbus Forbes acting as guards over the chain gangs. Glancing again toward the west, I see in the Hawaiian Islands Hoover Alexander running a drug store for tourists, with his assistant, David Hill. Leaving Asia and going into the fair country of Europe, I find in Italy, on a world tour. Alice Bundy. Nell Ingram, Viola Emery, and Caroline Greenleaf all in search of foreign husbands with titles. My gaze rests on the country of Switzerland with its grape vineyards. George Williams is resting after his big clearance sale in America. I find that the peace meeting is taking place in Geneva. Our representatives are Minnie Bell, Cora Breeden, and Jack Sawyer. Let the women talk. Jack. Leaving Switzerland for France, 1 sec in Paris a reproduction of the 'I wo Sisters, Alice and Lottie Cartwright, now famous singers. C. J. Corbett is their business manager. Traversing France to the West Coast, I stop at one of the great wineries, where 1 sec Tom Dail intensely at work. England looms big in my vision and what a fervent prayer escapes my lips to hear the old language again! I see Garland Dunstan, a representative of the Boy Scouts of America, on an errand of friendship. My eyes are tired of foreign countries. The Panama Canal looks good to my far away vision, and I see Edwin Hastings and Albert Luton busy at work for the Government as engineers. Good luck, fellows! Ahoy! Mexico ahead! And look—if it isn’t Shelton Stevens, a general in the Mexican army, and Wilford Williams, the General’s secretary. Off in the distance, somewhat pathetic but still humorous, Charlie Morris, an old prospector. Good luck, Charlie. Leaving Mexico, my eyesight weakens. Still I can see on the Mexican border a chorus of girls consisting of Elizabeth Cohoon, Dora F'vans, Mary Fcrebec, and Alma Harris. Dance on, girls. My gaze encounters a meeting in Kansas City, an Old Maid meeting, including such officers as: President. Irma Coppersmith; Vice-President, Dorothy Daniels; Secretary, Lucille Mann; and such members as Marjorie Griffin, Eslc Hobbs, now divorced, Ethel Ives, Hazel Lamb, Louvcnia Lane, Elizabeth Lister, Nancy Minton, and Celestia Scarborough. Still nearer home I stop to get a look at Kentucky. I see Louise Seymour, Lcssic Mae Simpson, Dorothy Spence, Lizzie Bell Tarkington, Maude Turner, and Doris White at a Kentucky Derby with their husbands. Make your husbands look at the race, girls. Inspecting the landscape with my eyes, I knew I must search the hills of North Carolina. Helen Williams, Grace White, and Mary Elizabeth Upton are enjoving their vacations in the hills. Kathleen Midgett. Katherine Taft, and Mary Lillian Mitchell arc working together on a book called Bewitching Mountains of North Carolina.” Slap, slap. I sit up and look around. There the doctor is slapping his hands to awaken me from unconsciousness, and I’m still trying to be a poet. GEORGE OWENS.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SENIOR CLASS 19 3 5 WE, The Senior Class of ’3 5, knowing that The old order changeth, yielding place to the new, do, after manifold strivings and struggles, give up our place to those who follow after us. The Senior Class hereby bequeath with sorrow and regret (?) the following articles: Article I. To the Class of ’36: 1. Our reputation for dignity and conducting ourselves properly at all times. 2. The Senior privileges, which were promised to us by Mr. Bundy, but which we never received. 3. The honored rooms I and II. 4. The privilege of being shown respect by the student body’s standing when the Seniors march into Chapel. Article II. To the teachers the problem of finding better students than we were. Article III. Mildred Bright leaves the honor of winning first place in a beauty contest to Helen Cooper. Article IV. Kathleen Midgett’s power with Mr. Ross to any fortunate French student. Article V. Mac Duff’s emphatic French pronunciations to Noah Morrisette. Article VI. Doc Lowry’s preference for Miss Gordon to Selma Watson. Article VII. Viola Emery leaves her dainty feet to Elaine G.viderson. Article VIII. Article IX. John Spruill, and Article X. Article XI. Article XII. Article XIII. Article XIV. Lane. Esle Hobbs’ sneeze to Dorothy Williams. Shelton Stevens and Philip Morrisette leave their athletic ability to Luther Mann. Caroline Greenlcaf’s gift of gab to Barbara Hite. James Jackson’s wavy locks to David Stick. Albert Luton’s privilege of ringing the bell to Bill Parker. Sarah Seeley’s height to Kathleen Jackson. Elizabeth Peed leaves the path to S. B. Seymour open for Bertha Article XV. Jack Sawyer’s title of King of Romance” to Emmett Sawyer. We hereby set our hands and seals to this our last will and testament on this day, March 13, 193 5. KATHLEEN MIDGETT, Chairman WITNESSED BY: ELIZABETH PEED Mr. Bundy’s Detention Hall JESSIE SKINNER

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 spoTLIGHT 51 SUPERLATIVES Most Original Alice Cartwright, Marvin Carmine Best Looking Maude Turner, Winfred Dail Cutest Sarah Seeley, Shelton Stevens Most Popular Virginia Worth, Wood Boyce Most Intellectual Kathleen Midgett, Billy Pritchard Most Athletic---------------------- Esle Hobbs, Roger Shannonhousf. Best Dressed Katherine Hurdle, Edward Huciiis