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

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, SlD'4ll9'll'lLll4I5lHl1f CLASS PROPHECY tContinuedi book, Aching Hearts. Likewise lladeline VVhite's poetry has received great applause. Carol Vanture has become a surrealist artistg her paintings are hailed as the most surrealistic since the advent of surrealism. Shelton Ganderson has opened up a dancing studio, and is teaching New York some of his fantastic steps. He still thinks he is all three of the Ritz Brothers. At Kladison Square Garden, crowds are flocking every night to see the VVorld's Biggest Rodeo Show. Lights flash, and into the arena dashes a white horse with a jeweled bridle. On his back is a slender figure --Annie VVilder, grown Wilder with the years, and now champion equestrienne of America. Handsome cowboys follow her, among them are George Folsom, joe Seymour, Norman Right, Billy Tillett and Jesse john hforris, dashing men of the 1'ange. The crowds cheer them as the picture fades from sight. The next scene was rather depressing-a courtroom. Bill Parker, that great heart-breaker, was on trial. He is being sued for alimony by a chorus girl in the Zeigfeld Follies. Zelma Kirby, a noted woman lawyer, is prosecuting attorneyg and Leroy Copeland, whose booming voice may be heard in the far corners of the TOOIN, is counsel for the defense. The next case called was that of Bessie Newby vs. Carl Overman. Bliss Newby, the wealthy widow of a late oil magnate, is suing Mr. Overman, America's second Edgar A. Guest, for breach of promise. He has engaged for his defense Kliss Nell Luton, who has also attained prominence in the field of law. Before I could discover the outcome of these trials the picture had bubbled away. A fashionable summer resort was the next thing I saw in this remarkable well. A great many people were gathered there. I noticed two tired business girls, Elaine Ganderson and Elsie Sanders, relaxing after a long hard grind at their typewriters. A commotion on the front steps turned out to be Audrey lNIeads, beauty contest winner, fighting off a mob of reporters and admiring males. She finally gave an interview to a slender young lady named Klargaret Hanna, who has become one of the world's foremost newspaper correspondents. hlary VVhitehill came strolling by, and on her arm was oh, such a handsome man! In fact, he was an All-American fullback, the ideal of IXIary's dreams. And back to another depressing scene, this time a great hospital. Superintendent of Nurses Klarjorie Caddy has turned quietly into a room. The patient is Harold hlidgette, who is recuperating after his ter- rific wrestling match for the National Championship. Harold won the title and also a few sprains and bruises. In another room was Thomas Commander, siX day bicycle rider, resting up. Juil Simmons is also in the hospital, suffering from acute indigestion after Winning 21 pie-eating contest. The next picture showed a huge circus tent. I had difficulty in finding any familiar faces among the thousands of people there, but finally under a huge Hindu turban, I spied Fred fjeanie Boyl Upton, posing as gi snake Chai-mer, A blare of miigiq shqwed Bt-die Palmer, in an attractive costume, whirling a baton and leading the parade, A third familiar faee appeared when the horses pranced into the ring, and I recognized Ruth VVilliams, as the bare-back rider. The next setting was very queer at first-a XVPA Supervisor's office. Then I saw the man behind the desk was Creeper Crank. He has organized a project to finish putting the arms on Venus de Nlilo-a long neglected affair, so Creeper thinks. He is dictating 2 letter to l1iS Secretary. Th-alia Tarkington. The scene vanished and another appeared. It was 21 meeting of the Camden VVomen's Club. The president, Ruth Kight, was introducing to the club memlJe1'S 21 former neighbor-Clay Ferebee, who has made quite a niche for himself in the agricultural world- His C'XPCl'lmCfltS have been So Successful that he has been hailed as a second Luther Burbank. tHe gave 3 blood tl'21I1SfllSi0Il to Celety and got fhllbafb-I Among the club members who are warmly greeting their old friend are Doris Turner, Dorothy Mae Wil- liams and Beatrice Voliva. I next saw a great airliner sailing through the clouds. The air hostesses are Helen Cutrell, Evie Hop- kins, Nellie lklae Lane and Juanita Perry. Among the IH21I1Y P2lSSeI1gCl'S WHS ,llllia DiX0I1i Secretary to the President, going to Hollywood on her vacation. Raymond Sawyer and Henry Crank are co-pilots. The pictures were growing fainter now, and I had to look hard to see the next one. It was somewhere in the interior of China. The young woman who was so earnestly talking to a group of Chinese girls was Gladys Brickhouse, missionary to China. The picture bubbled away, and no more came. The black water had taken on an almost opaque appear- ance. I glanced up and saw it was growing dark. Deciding that I had better return to the hotel, I looked again into the mysterious well. It was just a well-nothing more. I began to wonder just what sort of hallucination I had had, surely I had not really seen all those things in the water! And thatold China- man and his ancestor's heart-that must have been just a part of it too. I climbed into a ricksha, still wondering about my curious experience. I could hardly believe it. I still don't believe it. IXIAISIE XVALDORF, Prophet.

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SIINUYIFILIIQGIHITT o CLASS PROPHECY CContinuedj cony scene, and the ardent Romeo beneath the roses is KIelvin Cartwright. A tall, statuesque blonde ap- pears at the windowg but no, it isn't who we thought it would be. The lletropolitan Opera has bowed to a new star, a lusty baritone-Julian Bray in the celebrated role of Faust . The theatres where Ted Lewis and Benny Goodman chased away your blues are different places now. The competition of Jeanne Armstrong became so strong that Benny packed up his tooter and left. And Edwin Aydlett plays his sax in top hat and tails in the spotlight that Ted Lewis vacated. Helen Klorgan had her dayg so did Klartha Raye. Now in a happy combination of the two, is IXIayo Burgess, making a hit with Bobby Foreman's latest song success, Oh, YVhy Do They All Love IXIe So ? The picture faded and another bubbled into its place, a familiar one this time-Elizabeth Cityl The town is celebrating the election of a new mayor-Francis Griffin, nattily dressed as ever. One of the city's leading citizens, VVilliam L. Spence, U. S. Senator from North Carolina, is presenting him with the key to the city. The stately pastor of the First Baptist Church, Rev. Robert Andrews, is nearby. Hilda Perry, the first woman chief of police in town, is maintaining order as the people press forward to see the mayor. The schoolhouse looks the same as every but since Mr. Bundy left there is a well worn path beside the shrubbery where hlr. Aydlett goes back and forth to school. Tsk! Tskl Tskl Two members of the class of '38 have returned to their dear alma mater to teach-YVilma VVilliams, instructress of English, and R. L. VVhaley, professor of math, physics, algebra, geometry, and what-have- you fwhatta manll VVilliam Bell is now printing the school paper, and Inez Tillett has taken her place behind the desk in the office. Other familiar places come into viewg quite a number of the class have remained in their home town. Phil Bauer has followed in his father's footsteps, and has become an excellent watchmaker. Annie Davis is teaching Sunday School, and lending her splendid alto voice to the choir. Raymond Horse Henderson is tending cows, still manager of the City Dairy. Carlton Perry has built himself a candy factory, and for the first time in his life has all the candy he wants. Carlton Thornton is running the Pepsi-Cola plant. Thomas Sawyer is engineer of Elizabeth City's new streamline train. And that man who is so earnestly praising the new 1948 Dodge to his prospective customer is none other than VVillis IVright, jr. And now a tender scene meets my eye-a balmy Spring day on Main Street and those proud mothers displaying their pretty babies used to be Hlarjorie Hardison, Elizabeth Hughes, lXIarjorie Voeth, and Francis Pat Newbern. lVVonder why Pat's baby is eating peanuts????J Ruby Pritchard and Norma Klorris are still getting automobile license numbers. They have nine hun- dred and ninety-eight now-only three more and they will see their future husbands-maybe. The city of VVashington appeared next. Two men seemed to be in conference, and as the picture be- came clearer I saw it was Raleigh Griffin and Lester Knight-G-Klen. They were planning the capture of two fugitives from justice: Fletcher Bailey, Public Pest Number One, and Robert Stevens, who failed to pay his income tax. Elizabeth Byerly, famous woman detective, was busy looking for clues as to their where- abouts. The next scene was the Navy on parade, and in the ranks of those white uniformed officers appeared the faces of lylurphy Phelps and Bascom Sawyer. The Navy Band has turned out in full regalia, with Bobby Munden beating the bass drum. On the sidelines I recognized Mrs.-ah-Elizabeth Barnes, her face wreathed in admiring smiles. Hmmmm--VVho's she proud of? I wonder... The Navy Air Corps has claimed two of the class of '38g john Frisby and jonathan Spruill. Their uniforms are very becoming too. Then-Hollywood! The first thing I saw was a sign- Brothers Bros. Moving Picture Company. The Brothers were none other than lklargaret and Edward. And at last! After ten long, weary years of research they have finally found a Scarlett O'Hara. Gone with the VVind is really under production, and Scarlett?-our own Florence IVoodley. Rhett Butler is familiar, too. -lack Jarvis' popularity as a matinee idol won him the coveted role. The scene changes to another studiog a picture is in production here, too. Ray and Roy VVest, still exactly alike, have the leading roles in the picture, entitled Mike and Ike. Kladelyn Spruill is taking the character part of their mother, having just finished the leading role in INIother lNIachree. On the same set I saw two familiar figures in the backgroundg Nlarjorie Upton, double for Shirley Temple, and Elizabeth Copeland, stand in for Zasu Pitts. Swiftly the setting changed to New York again, and I recognized quite a number of faces as scene after scene flowed before my eyes. Billie Seymour is society editor for the New York Timesg Lillie lklae Russell and Marjorie Turner fstill inseparablej are running a fashionable dress shop on Fifth Avenue. Hugh Marr fOh, if lNIiss Gordon could see him nowlj is a capitalist. His income mounts yearly, and the poor workers in his factories suffer greatly by this iron-hearted man's unscruplousness. Esther Rhodes has come into her own as a famous novelistg critics everywhere are acclaiming her latest

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SIIPQHOTTILIIQG-lHl1f o HISTORY OF THE SENIOR CLASS On September 18, 1934, we entered a new phase of our school career-fresh and green, but with much ambition and determination. The rules, customs, and curriculum of the high school were quite different from what we had been accustomed to in the elementary schools, and it was difficult for us to become ac- quainted with them. The Sophomores loved to lord over us as we hurried about vainly searching for our classes. VVe chose as our class officers: Thomas Klarkham, president, Billy Tillett. vice-president, and Kliriam VVhite, secretary-treasurer. Under the patient leadership and guidance of our teachers, we completed our first year in high school before we could quite adjust ourselves to the great change that had taken place in our school life. In our Sophomore year we were better acquainted with high school life and enjoyed it much more than we did the first year. As our knowledge was increased, we grew bolder and greatly felt our superiority over the Freshmen. VVe seemed to forget the miserable days we had spent being tormented by Sophomores. Those winning in the election of '35-'36 were Keeney Crank, president, Thomas Markham, vice-presi- dent, and Billie Seymour, secretary-treasurer. Honorable mention should be made of Thomas Klarkham and Calvin Klorrisette, members of our class who so ably took part in the triangular debates, in which they went to the semi-finals in Chapel Hill. Time passed rapidly, final examinations were passed, and we were promoted from Sophomores to juniors. During this year the members of our class were somewhat divided-some taking the commercial courses, and others struggling with languages, unknown quantities, and scientific formulas. However, we were bound closer in the bonds of class fellowship and cooperation brought together by our common ambition and determination to take a place in the Elizabeth City High School's supreme class. As Juniors we put forth much hard work. In February of 1937 we successfully sponsored a Valentine carnival in the high school gymnasium. Beautifully decorated booths, bingo stands, side shows, the high school band, fortune telling, refreshment stands, and a floor show were featured. The climax of that event was the coronation of Evelyn Bright as the Queen of Hearts. hlany Juniors were members of the Girls' or Boys' Glee Clubs, both of which did outstanding work. They won first place in the local district contest and received a rating of 2 in the Statewide Contest at Greensboro. lylany members of our class did notable work on our school newspaper, The Louzirprrzlufr. For our junior officers we chose Bill Spence for our chief executive, Hugh Marr for vice-president, and Jeanne Armstrong for secretary-treasurer. Our junior year was climaxed by the junior-Senior banquet. IVe put forth much labor in making preparations for this affair and it was a great success. Mr. YVade Nlarr acted as toastmaster, and toasts were given by bliss Elsie Sanders and Evelyn Bright who were responded to by Charles Burgess of the Senior class. Following the banquet, dancing was enjoyed in the Virginia Dare ballroom. Finally, after a great struggle, we attained the position of dignified Seniors, heading for the last round- up. This year has been characterized by numerous and vivacious class meetings, for besides our regular work. we have put forth much effort in publishing this SPOTLIGHT of 1938. Our editor, Thomas llarkham, and business manager, Shelton Ganderson, have worked diligently and surely their labors have not been in vain. This year members from our class have made up a large part of the L0llIiJ'fJfllff'l'f staff. Included are Nlaisie VValdorf, editor, Bessie Newby, assistant editor, Hugh Klarr, business manager, and many reporters who have done notable work. The officers of our class this year are Thomas hlarkham, president: Carl Overman, vice-presidentg Jeanne Armstrong, secretary, and Klartha Ann Scott, treasurer. lylany of our Seniors are members of the high sihool band, which, under the leadership of Klr. Gene Gorman, is rapidly gaining fame. Jeanne Armstrong was elected assistant director: lda Bland Overman, secretary-treasurer, and Bobby Overman, librarian. Bessie Newby, Martha Ann Scott, and Bedie Palmer have been chosen drum majors. Our success in reaching the goal is largely due to the patient help and guidance of the members of the faculty. VVe sincerely appreciate their untiring labors in our behalf and hope that they feel that their work has not been in vain. Now the time has come when we must say farewell and leave high school for a broader life. Some will continue their studies and others will enter other business phases of life, but the days spent in this high school are so deeply imprinted in our minds that wherever we go and whatever we do, they will never be forgotten and will always be the most dearly loved of all. NIIRIAM VVHITE, Historian.