Elm City High School - Bear Trap Yearbook (Elm City, NC)

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:JI 35, -H 72: ur M H M.. 55 lf! LAST WILL A U TEST IVIL T ARTICLE I We the nineteen hundred and fifty one graduating class of the Elm City High School. being of sound mind, and knovunv that our high school days are nearing an end, do make and declare this our Last will and Testament ARTICLE II To our superintendent Mr Fuvate hrs secretary, Hattie Mae Lewis, and members of the Hivh School Faculty we leave our deepest appreciation and undying loyalty for their patience and unfailinv services which hare led us through our high school years. To the rIs1nU senior class we leave our home room in the new building and sincerely hope they enjoy their senior year as much as we have enjoyed ours. To the sophomores, who think they are wise, we leave the thought, you have a lot to look forward to To the freshmen we leave our deepest sympathy and wish for them success in their high school years To our mascots Bonnie Dawes and Carlton Edwards, we wish them success and happiness rhrouvh life ARTICLE III Now we have come to the personal bestowals which have been awarded to certain members IH hi h school Doonre Gray Adams leaves her ability to tell libs to Delphia Skinner. eannette Bass wishes for Marie Oakey to receive her tallness. To Elizabeth enkrns will Oo ean Batts popularity. Kenneth Batts leaves his lon0 beard to Bobby Bay Batts. Arthur Beaman wishes for Tom ohnson to receive his ability to write poetry. Lrnwood Braswell leaves his Hrrtrnv ability to Dot Thorne. Ellen Britt leaves her little used much abused chemistry book to Alma Thorne. Aones Burns leaves her shortness to Louise Gooch. Doris Cooke leaves her typ1n0 ability to her sister, Bertie Leigh. Laynette Cooley leaves her friendliness to Shelly Page. To Lucille Barnes Goes Ruby Dawes ability to break up with boys. Bobby Eason leaves his ability to out talk anyone to Sue Parrish. Catherine Farmer wishes for her witty ways to go to lean Beaman. To james Garner will oo Ernest Finch s wewht. Keith Greene leaves his short leos to Bruce Brice. Clodas Iackson leaves his ability to diacram sentences to Adrian Winstead. Elizabeth Langley leaves her economics and sociology book to anyone who is crazy enough to take it. Marian Lanvley wishes for Helen XA71lll3TI1S to receive her bashfulness. To ean Davis will Oo Wilma Grey Lees dimples, in hope that they will win her as manv boy friends Boyd Owens leaves his athletic ability to Billy Williams. Geraldine Owens leaves her love for shorthand to Edna Mae VVilliams. Lena Pittman leaves her ability to sew and cook to Betsy Wells. Sylvester Poland wishes for Linwood oyner to receive his good grades in shorthand. Bobby Proctor leaves his ability to stay out of school to Franklin Davis. Doris Sharpe leaves her ability to Oraduate to her brother, Billy. To Don Pridoen will o Billy Smith s ability to foul out of basketball games. Elvxood Smith leaves his vxay vxlth the Girls to Carl Rick. Immy Sutton leaves his ability to play football to Bufus Hawley. Georvia Lee Webb leaves her 0r1nnIn0 to oyce Gillars. To Helen enklns will oo Donald VV1c1gs crazy ways. Billy Wrgvms wishes for Immy Freeman to receive his curly hair. Milton Wmstead leaves his ability to be a soda jerk to Billy Sharpe. I oyce Taylor lcaxe my ability to play basketball to Frances Taylor. ARTICLE IV Smee vxe the class ol 1951 have been successful during four years of hard work and know tliit vxe vull each separate to new vxalks of life, I, the Testatrix. do hereby set our seal this 29th div of IXI ix ID the ye Ir ol our Lord nlnetten hundred and fifty-one. Iovcia TAYLOR, Tesmtrix 213 . ,S , . 545 Y ' ,- 532 ' ' I' 'O ' . . D as I ' Q ' ' 0 ' ' I I . P . ! , . I ' a - fl ' iii I , . I . . - TF' K 7 . I I X 'ii . ' xr. I , an O ' . .g ' ' I V J A Q ax I F153 . . . ' , film J D I ff ! D 5 5. . I . if o . ' H ' 77 KA LY 1 D - ' 5' . Q - - ' 0 11 ' . , . . ff' ' I o . , , . i 3 b t n iii f I T 0 E N . . . . 5 .px . . q, . 4.. . . V . . . 1- A ,, . . . , 1 . . a I 1. ' , 9.1 , I . . f fl ' I.. , ' ' I :C , C, I .... , l . . li: rn .ga , ,Q V . Q . 7 V. . Q I . . C l 2 I ' 2' ' 'Q W X an J' Y rw 0 I If I 5 ca o -Qs ' D . . tl ,V . . S J I 3 .k . . k A ' v I v 'I Y 1 I l Iv 'lf ' .R y . -- I m tsl ' L' ' ' 2 I 2 I V' 5 f . r- I 5- 'A ki . T - . 'Ah 2 I Q y ,Z Y 1 - .4 ,- 3' I I N,

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BEST 1 15' -N. '. 1- Most Likely to Succeed Vifiletiest ' RUBY DAWES CATHERINE FARMER f MILTON WINSTEAD CLCDD.fXS -IAOKSON Biggest Flirrs Best All-Hozuzd IEAN BATTS QZERALDINE OWENS LINVVGCD BRASWELL BOYD OWENS .gfffwwf A ,pw -, I V ,c vi L , A. - fb-. , ' ,1 ,fl 5141951 34 MRS W 5 wa Am as M6041 I I I , . , H L ' N, R LI ,ISV my f If P I I IJ: yu L F Most Bashful Most Depezezdrzble MARIAN LANCLEY LAYNETTE COOLEY KEITH GREEN IVIILTON WINSTEAD Best Looking Boy Friewglliegf N!IILTON WINSTEAD CATHERINE FARNIER BOYD OWENS ff? L-7' if , 13? I-fx A, ,-C'-' P55 , ,

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CLASS PHUPHEEY Looking into the future ten years, I see the members of our 1951 Senior Class representing all walks of life. Time has seen them going about their duties with a never-failing spirit to make the most of life. Here they are as l have seen them: Mrs. Luther McKeel, the former Miss Doonie Gray Adams, is keeping house for her husband, the coach of Charles L. Coon. Jeanette Bass has just opened one of the most modernized beauty shops in the state. She has two well-known beauticians employed in her new shop. They are Marian Langley and Georgia Lee Webb. Kenneth Batts is one of the best known detectives in the East. They call him The Fat Man. Jean Batts and Doris Cooke are employed by Biltmore-Atlanta Hotel. Doris is head typist and jean works as a switchboard operator. Laynette Cooley and husband, Millard, are taking their second honeymoon in London. Arthur Beaman, one of the Twentieth Century's best known poets, has just finished his fifth book. The title is Beaman's Poems for Enjoyment. Ellen Britt has just replaced Miss Clara Bass as French teacher at Elm City High School. Agnes Burns is keeping house for her husband, who is chief of police at Whitakers. Catherine Farmer is now head typist at the Peoples Bank in Rocky Mount. Ruby Dawes, the girl who doesn't care for marriage, is now a poet and English teacher at Appalachian State Teachers College. You'll never believe it, but Bobby Eason is teaching English at Gardner's High School now. Ernest Finch has just been promoted to general :gales manager of the Clegg Motor Company in Wilson, N. C. Dr. Keith Greene has just taken the high position as head of the Richmond Medical School. Clodas Jackson, the most troublesome boy in the Senior Class, has just returned to the United States since the Korean War. He is a Captain, stationed now at Fort jackson, South Carolina. Mrs. Malcolm Flowers, the former Elizabeth Langley, is working as stenographer in the Branch Bank of Wilson. Wilma Grey Lee, who majored in commercial work at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, is now teaching shorthand and typing in a Chicago high school while her husband is stationed there with the Air Force. Boyd Owens, who was the most valuable football player in Wilson County, is playing his first year of professional ball with the Washington Redskins. Geraldine Owens and 'lhubbyf' Graham Braswell, have just moved into their new home near Town Creek. Lena Pittman has been teaching the second grade at Rock Ridge now for three years. Sylvester Poland, one of the most profitable farmers in this state, has just bought a large cattle ranch in Texas. Bobby Proctor is proprietor of the new Pure Oil Station in Elm City. His motto is We never close. Mary Doris Sharpe, the new seamstress at Sharpsburg, is now Mrs. Lloyd Webb. Since Elwood Smith became so fond of driving a bus in high school, he is now driving for the Greyhound Bus Lines. Billy Smith has made a very successful year in his work as coach of the City College of New York basketball team. jimmy Sutton has just received All-American football honors. He is the smallest boy ever to receive this award. Joyce Taylor, now Mrs. Floyd Brown, is a happy wife and mother of two children. Billy Wiggins has finally settled down to be a mechanic. He specializes in hot-rods. It has just been announced recently that Donald Wiggs, the millionaire Crosley Dealer of Rosebud, N. C., will be married in june. Milton Winstead, a registered pharmacist, now owns a Rexall Drug Store. As for me, I have just finished college and started setting up my practice as the first doctor of Town Creek, N. C. LrNwooD BRASWELL, Prophet i. .. fy .1 v . 'vs ta k . .ffgq in if , E ,ng st I 'zz a, 1. . Lf L1 Q 7 5' I 5. 4 3 c fd Q1 I I R Q it .51 if '.z Ei r p '. ,. ,, ,.,.