Enfield High School - Blue Tide Yearbook (Enfield, NC)

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Now the scene changes, landscapes speed by, and I see a classroom in the Denver High School. Some unlucky pupil has been caught making paper planes out of the pages of the encyclopedia and is being taken to the office of the principal by the librarian. There at a big desk behind a stack of papers is - yes, it's Virginia Pittman, now the head of this large school. Now through the crystal ball I see the interior of a large government building in Washington, D.C., where the entire Senate body is present to hear the North Carolina Senator present the bill which, if passed, will change the whole world situation. It will do away with all taxes, send prices down, and wages up, eliminate strikes, give every- one a three day work week, stop the Communists, and make this world a Utopia. The lady senator is our own Rosa Mae Hearne. 4 From Washington we are sped to Carnegie Hall.'A1l the famous musicians and critics are here to witness the performance in concert of one of the most brilliant young pianists of the day. As she walks to the piano, we see that it's Jeanette Sykes, now tops inthe world of entertainment. When she begins to play, a fog covers the scene and with its clearing I see a Broadway theatre on the opening night of a new comedy play. The people are pouring in. The crys- tal shifts backstage to the star's dressing room. Look who is here - it's Junie Purring- ton, the sparkling new comedian who is the sensation of the nation, and she is just as nervous about the opening tonight as she was on the night of our class play. As the curtain rises, the scene changes completely. We are no longer in the theatre but in the office building of a large business corporation, where a special meeting of the board of directors has been called by the president. When the door opens, there isa hushed silence, and out comes the president herself - Jeannette Hawkins, the top business woman of the world. I am trying to keep the ball focused on this business conference long enough to see our old schoolmate at work, but for some reason it keeps pulling toward anewspaper lying on a table - the World Telegram. The print blurs into one large gray spot, and I see the World Telegra 'f'i ntion is drawn to a door marked Advice to the Lovelorn from One Who Knows - Editor. I wonder how she got into this business.Let's take a peep inside. She looks very busy with a stack of letters covering her desk, so we won't bother her now. The scene is getting dimmer, and the picture is fading. A purple haze covers every- thing. The crystal clouds, and I can see no more. Shirley Futrell, Class Prophet. Q 9 33

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I now see what appears to be the interior of abook store. At a desk is seated a lovely young woman who is autographing a book, the title of which is 'A Peanut Grows in En- field , a best-seller. Why, it's my old friend, Mary Spooner Harrison, now a famous authoress. The time is three o'clock in the afternoon and time for school to be out. Inside a lovelybrick home I see emerging from a kitchen awoman half-hidden bya birthday cake. Many children in the room are laughing and playing. I see that the woman is Julia John- son, or Mrs. Julia Thompson. She always did want to be a successful house wife, and from the looks of her family, she has become'a big success. The scene in the ball changes now. I see hundreds of large trucks. The scene changes again, and I see a very modern office. The executive's back is to me, and with him are several men talking very seriously abouta big business deal. The man in the big chair slowly turns, and Isee that it is Alton Gossett, Jr. He is now a wealthy man and has just finished buying the whole state of Florida for Gossett's Produce Co. The mists clear again, and I see that I am looking at a Hollywood premiere. All the big wheels of the movie industry are here - Cecil B. De Mille, Eric Johnston, and many others. The screen becomes alive withmoving flashes of color. I don't quite understand what Isee now - waves, many waves, blond waves. As the camera moves back, I see that the blond waves are waves of hair. When it swings around for a profile, I recognize our own M. G. Sparks playing the leading role in the movie. Now I see on a desert what appears to be agroup of scientists gazingup into the sky. Look! There is a strange looking object falling very rapidly towards them. It is a space ship with Arnerican markings. It lands, and through the small door comes a crew of men carrying a man on their shoulders. lt is their pilot, Spooner Keeter, the first man on earth to make a trip to the moon. There is a quick gust of wind and the sands hide the scene from view. As it clears, I see a large city, New York, and a large building - the New York City Institute of Art. We go up to the fifth floor. Here we find the Fashion Department and a huge door with Fashion Director' lettered on the glass in gold. As the door opens, we see at the di- rector's desk, Jean Sykes, who has worked her way up from fashion artist for a small weekly paper in a small town to the very top in her field in only ten years. The crys- tal ball remains focused on the building and the scene shifts to the tenth f100r Where I see the Interior Decorating Department. I recognize some of the beautifully furnished rooms as those from pictures in magazines. Here I see someone who looks very familiar to me - La Rue Whitley, famous decorator of famous homes, known in the business world as Madame La Rue. She is talking to the President's wife about redecorating the White House. Now the office seems to fill with pets of all kinds. There is a cash register,anda sign which says, If you must have rats in your house, bats in your belfry, and butter- flies in you stomach, be sure that these pets come from the Rachela Pet Shoppe . The girl behind the cash register is my old friend, Rachel Anderson. Now a tall distinguished- looking gentleman enters the shop and places an order for 500 white mice, 500 rabbits, and 50 monkeys. He says he wants them for research work and experiments inradio- activity. He is that great scientist, Dr. Edwin D. McCutchin, another one of our class- mates who has made his name know to all in ten short years. It certainly is interesting to watch Dr. McCutchin try to bargain with Rachel to get the animals at a discount because they were classmates but - The image is fading, and now I see a hospital room where a dangerous operation has just been successfully performed. After words of praise from the surgeon, the nurse wearily removes her mask and walks in the hall. I see that it is Dot Smith, who has become one of the best nurses in the country. 32

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lASl Wlll A IIHSIAMI I We the Senior Class of '49, being of sound minds and failing memories for history dates, do bequeath in the following manner the following bequests to the following per- sons, these things: First--we order and direct that our executor hereinafter named shall buy Mr. Hickman a new pocketknife because he has worn his old one out whittling on the limbs of the tree the Seniors left him last year. Second--to the coming generation of Seniors we leave the hard task of writing and publishing the fourth edition of the 'En-Hi-An. Each member of the class has a small gift he wishes to leave to a friend or needy individual, some of these enumerated here- inafter: Jean Bobbitt leaves her dramatic ability to Alice Clark. M. G. Sparks leaves to Lewis Barnes his curly hair. Bobbie Griffin wills to Emily Weeks all her fond affections for Jimmy Bellamy. LaRue Whitley donates to Joan Pegram her bashful nature. Wilbur Weeks wishes to leave to Arnold Pope his position as cheerleader. Jean and Jeanette Sykes leave all their beautiful clothes to Joyce Anne Fisher, be- cause she doesn't have any to wear. Jeanette Hawkins leaves to Betty Holliday all her flirtatious ways. Jack Wood leaves to Billy Matthews his pleasing disposition and wonderful person- ality. Mary Spooner Harrison leaves to Martha Jo Westray all her romantic ways. Shirley Futrell offers to Elizabeth I-Iux her dancing ability. Junie Purrington wishes to leave to Jane Condrey her conceit. Jo Fagala wills her singing ability to Sura Meyer. Kevin Viverette leaves his lucky pool stick to Faris Sykes. Rachel Anderson leaves her good nature to Harry MacDaniel. Virginia Pittman entrusts her mischievous ways to Barry Newsome. Rosa Hearne leaves her sweet, loving disposition to Tommy Weeks. Anne Cousins wills to Gertrude Hearne her musical talents. Julia Johnson leaves her love of teasing to Don Lee Harris. Dot Smith wills to Jimmy Fleming her wit. Bill Mann leaves his artistic talents to Hulda Turner. Doris Sledge leaves to Jean Barnhill her slow ways. Edwin McCutchin wills his photographic ability to Percy Aycock. Marie Thrower leaves to Stanton Viverette the honor of being class baby. Eddie Hickman presents to Preston Leggett his basketball uniform which has been so lucky for him for the past four years. Spooner Keeter leaves all his love for the girls to Bert Bobbitt. Jane Atkinson leaves her height to Sam Manning, who needs it so badly. Junie and Eddie wish to leave to Peggy and Matt their loveseat on the front walk, where Eddie always sits to tell Junie how he played his last game. I, Alton Gossett, Jr., reader of this will, wish to each and everyone of you the best of luck and much happiness in the future. In leaving, we hate to think of the in- coming Seniors getting the honors and praises that we have received in our Senior year, knowing that the more they are honored, the more quickly we will be forgotten. Lastly, we make, constitute, and appoint Nfiss Dorothy Marks, our class sponsor, to be executrix of this, our last will and testament. 1949 Senior Class Alton Gossett, Jr. 34-