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

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5 ' at A ff CLASS PRGPHECY I always dream when I drink coffee, but never have I had such an amazing dream as I did the other night. I dreamed that a friend of mine had made a wonderful invention, and that the honor of testing it had been conferred on me. The invention was a telescope so powerfully magnified that from an airplane or dirigible one could watch the actions of any person one wished on the earth. As I did not know whom to test this on, I picked up my old 1937 annual, which was, at the present speaking, ten years old. I went through the senior class, taking each person individually, and this is what I saw: Fenner Hopkins is operating the New Child's in llvfanhattan. fIncidentally he has gained somewhat, weighing 300 pounds nowj. He has charming Eloise Long and petite lklildred Taylor as hostesses. Moviiig farther over New York, I see Jerry Wilcox and Weymouth Tillett singing at the lVIetropolitan Opera House. Sigmund Romberg's orchestra is also playing there, and among his new players we see Gaither Aydlett, Aubrey Sawyer, and Charles Burgess. Still over New York, we move to The Little Church Around The Corner, where the Rev. Dr. Raymond Henderson is officiating at a prominent society wedding. The lucky??? couple are Carolyn Small and Frank Kramer. fVVhat happened to Buzz?D VVe move on over to the Yankee Stadium, where the New York Yankees are playing the YVashington Senators. Creeper Crank and Bill Parker are in the outfield for the Yankees, and Cliff Sawyer is at shortstop. It seems as if the old combination has broken up, for we see S. B. Seymour and George Jordan with the Senators. Hope you both win, boys. Jimmie VVhite, who was formerly playing with the Yankees, was put out of the lineup indefinitely with a broken arm and is in the broadcasting booth relating the game for a national hookup. He is sports editor of the New York Times now, too. His secretary, competent Ann Britt, is trying her best to take down his rapid account of the game. VVe find lyfrs. Mike Koerner, formerly Selma Watson, at the ringside in IVIIICIISOII Square Garden where her husband is boxing Jeff Ingram for the feathewveight title. But we are fully convinced that our invention works in this atmosphere, so letys hop on over to Hollywood. VVhat's this? Henry Fonda and Antoinette Blakely, are attending a preview of their latest picture. Our heroine is none other than Barbara Hite. VVonder if she's ever talked out? Among the other celebrities we also see Bill Jones, handsome star whose popularity is comparable with that of Robert Taylor ten years ago, Emory White and Billy Hooper, comedians succeeding Laurel and Hardy, Clarice Pritchard and Nelson Eddy, singing together in his latest picture, Ruth Bray, now the school teacher in Our Gang , Alvin Cox and Edward Gregory, famous cowboy combination, and Francis Griffin and Mayo Armstrong, a dancing team that equals the old Rogers-Astaire combination. Sam Dulin and Graham Bunch are rival movie directors, and lVIarion Pritchard and George Frisby are movie electricians and photographer, respectively. Lydia Jones, Francis Grice, and Elizabeth lVIeiggs are professors in the University of California. lNIartha Twiddy, Frances Crain, and Gaynell Harris have opened a fashionable dress shop in Hollywood which is patronized by all the lady stars, and lX'Iary Temple, Ruth Swain, and Mary Fodrey are hostesses at the New Trocadero. Horace Ambrose is Iylaster of Ceremonies and Junnie Garrett, a singing waiter in the same place. As we pass on over Nevada, we see a plane in distress. The pilot and co-pilot are none other than Robert Stevens and Grandy Richardson. There is a group of cowboys trying to assist them. Upon closer inspection we see Harry lVIcPherson, Carlton Perry, Frank Hollowell, Luther lNIann, and Horace Seymour. Never fear, brave comrades, we see a truck coming with your able mechanics, Billy Alexander and Billy Sawyer. Here come the passengers of the plane and the air hostess out of yon house now. The hostess is our own charming Lucy lNIae Pritchard, and the passenger

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Sp B . I - feeaegiisiiQsogwiegiiiiieiffi C' A I :H L -.it L--:tg o E , E- 14:51-UC. - u1!t1!sff' -T l fees:- .-. ,L 5 Q C ,.. fzfii: ' f..E: l E, L. ,ug Q- LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SENIOR CLASS 1937 YVe, the Seniors of 1937, having come to the end of our happy school days take time to make our last will and testament before we leave our teachers, care to go lI1t0 the dark mysterious world of independence. ARTICLE 1. To the Class of '38 we leave our luxurious apartments, numbers 1, 2, and 12, providing they occupy them as seldom as possible. ARTICLE 2. Ganderson. ARTICLE 3. ARTICLE -1. Barnett. ARTICLE 5. ARTICLE 6. ARTICLE 7. profundo voice. ARTICLE 8. ARTICLE 9. Barnes. ARTICLE 10 ARTICLE 11 ARTICLE 12 13 ARTICLE 14 pleases. ARTICLE ARTICLE 15 Zenovah Etheridge wishes to leave her small dainty feet to Elaine B.'b.'H'1.'- -' - 'f I '11 'na ite eaxes hei pull ulth llli. lllidgett to Nell Luton. Blary Simpson leaves her singing and dancing ability to llary Lee llarian XVhite bequeaths her striking beauty to Gladys Brickhouse. Elizabeth Spence leaves her studious ways to Klartell Qverman. To Julian Bray goes VVeymouth Tillettis magnificent basso- R. C. Jones wishes his quick wittiness on C. B. lklorrisette. Frances Anderson hands down her athletic ability to Elizabeth llelba Parker passes on her maIIy charms to Louise Qwens. S. B. Seymour leaves his arms to llflartha Ann Scott. Creeper Crank tosses the ball to Jack Jarvis-take it away son! VVallace Chappell leaves his talkativeness to John Spruill. VVe give our Senior Privileges to lNIr. Bundy to distribute as he To everyone left in the hotel we leave our best regards. just keep your Chins up and face the battle. Having willed away all our worldly possessions to our under underclassmen we hereby fix our hen-scratching on this document on this day, lklay 20, 1937. MARY POD REY, Testator

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eeee 4 . S L WL 13 - Q i.--if 'v...m. CLASS PROPHECY C Continued D list includes such famous people as: Jack Allen, new world's champion swimmer and diver, Henry Brown, manager of the new bar in the Ritz-Plaza Hotel, Clara Spence, leading Nliami Horistg Frances Barkely, NBC torch singer, lNIrs. J. L. VVhite, formerly Doris Bundy, also an NBC singing star, Hazel Byrum, dean of St. llary's Collegeg Jean Simpson, famous prosecuting attorney and her secretary, competent Evie VVinslowg Harry Kramer, big-time bankerg and George Reid, famous brain specialist. On to Chicago, and who is this we see? VVallace Chappell, Claude Tarkington, Sammie Godfrey, and Bobby lXIary Ellis Ownley are running a ladies' beauty salon. Best of luck to you, my dears. Frances Anderson is right here on top of the world, too. She is captain of the All-American Girls' Basketball team, Noah lllorrisette is captain of the All-American Boys' team, and ll. C. Sawyer and Rlelvin Cartwright are playing All-American football. Nlelba Parker is now blues singer of Shep Fields and his Ripplin' Rhythm orchestra. Edward Griffin, a few feet taller, but just as handsome, is co-starred with her. Alva Brown has finally decided that jazz was ahead of classics in her young life, and is ticklin' the ivories in the same orchestra. Janet Cartwright, whom we see walking down the street, is now lllayor of our fair city, and has her diminutive secretary, Iva Alexander, with her. Novella Bray and Edna Nlinton are now bookkeepers for the Chicago branch of the Gulf Oil Corporation. VVhile over Chicago, we take a look at the Bachelor Girls' Club. Sitting on the veranda and lounging around the grounds we see Thalia Tarkington, Katherine Ralph, lylarjorie Ferrell, Alma Pritchard, Gertrude Riggs, Levina Meekins, Lona Rleiggs, and Katherine lklurrell. Hazel Hopkins and lllorris Davis are now on the air as famous comedians. jello, everybody. lVIary Simpson and Madge Lambert are also on that program singing and dancing. CTrucking has never gone completely out of existence.D Virgie Hughes, famous interior decorator, is decorating the VVhite House for the President, Richard Holloman. Vice-President Graham Hollowell also lives there with him, as they're both bachelors, but 'tis rumored that they won't be long. Elizabeth Spence is said to have designs on the President, and Pauline Cartwright on the Vice- President. lklary Evelyn lVlorrisette, Shirley Perrv, VVilma Pritchard, and Evelyn Skiles have recently become hostesses in the famous VValdorf-Astoria Blue Room Club. Kathleen Fearing, Louise Simpson, Zonovah Etheridge, and Katherine Cartwright have established an orphans home in the hills of old Kentucky for the ailing children. And you should see how patient they all are with the brats! Tsk! Tskl Kliriam jones has left for London to defend her title uf VVorld's Champion lloth Racer in the Girls' Division. She has held the title for five consecutive years. lNIary Frances Brown, the governor's secretary, is said to be the brains of the outfit. She is trying to persuade someone to introduce a bill preventing loafing on street corners, as we see Earl Hurdle doing now. His pal, R. C. jones, holds down a good position at the head of a large chain of drug stores all over New York State. Let's move on to Palm Beach and stop over this palatial-looking hotel. Corbell lylorris is managing it, and we see his wife, the former Helen Hill chatting with a bunch of high-society ladies from various fashionable places. In the same hotel, the judges have just acclaimed lklarian VVhite as lVliss America of 19-W. At this point, a wing broke off our plane and we went crashing earthward. Bly dream thus ended as my head went crashing Hoorward. BIARY HOPKINS, Prophet.