Garner High School - Lecole Yearbook (Garner, NC)

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I remembered my errand and hurried on down to the department store, hoping to catch Bessie in her office, I arrived just in time for her to invite me to lunch. We had so much to talk about we hardly knew where to begin. It appears that june Beasley is nursing at Wilson, where she and her husband have settled. Dennis Best and Hardy Prince have opened up a machine shop and have prospered to the extent that they can retire at any time they wish. jean Ball is married and living in Aurora. Edward Davis started out as a farmer but has enlarged his business and is now quite a successful produce broker in Florida. His favorite pastime is admiring the scenery. Rebecca Harrington is companion to a rich, elderly lady and is now assisting her in obtaining a mate through the Lonely Heart's Club. She is hoping to be included in the will. jesse Yeargan is in the office at Dillon Supply Company. After I had thanked Bessie for her hospitality, I invited her to New York for my next performance in Cheaper By The Grossf' I remembered that I yet had a purchase to make in the glove department. I made my selection and paid the salesladyg she handed me my package and rang up the sale. Her face began to blur and the lights grew dimmer. The ringing of the cash register grew louder and louder-or was it a fire alarm? I suddenly knew is was neither, for I recognized the familiar objects of my own room. The ringing was merely my alarm clock calling me back into the world of reality. As I leave you now, let me remind you that this graduation is just the first step up the ladder of success. I urge you to keep climbing until you have reached the topmost rung. CAROLYN HINES U The Prophet CLASS WILL State of North Carolina Garner High School We, the SENIOR CLASS OF 1951, being of sane. mind and sound body, considering ourselves very efficiently drilled in history, do hereby declare the last will and testa- ment as follows: ARTICLE 11' TO THE FACULTY X Item I-To Mr. Perry, our principal, we leave our appreciation for his kind under- standing of our many problems. Item II-To Mrs. Banks, our homeroom teacher, who gave unsparingly of her time and ability, we leave our deepest gratitude. Item III-To Mrs. jones we leave memories of us as algebra students. Item IV--To Mr. Carr we leave quieter science classes. Item V-To Mrs. Couch we leave more commercial-minded students. Item VI-To Mrs. Creech we leave more agreeable economics students. Item VII-To Mr. Brinkley we leave our hopes for better American History students. Item VIII-To Mr. Napowsa we leave the memories of the most brilliant class he has ever taught. Item IX-To the teachers, as a whole, we leave reformed students. ARTICLE II't TO THE CLASSES Item I-To the juniors we leave all our senior privileges, Cwhich were few and far betweenj our homeroom, and all the trials that fate bestows upon seniors. Item II-To the Sophomores we leave the pleasures that await them in American History.

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Each of us has learned a great deal in the years spent at dear old Garner High, and although some of us will not admit it now, I know that in future years we shall look back on the days spent here and remember them as the happiest days of our life. JUNE BEASLEY Hiriorian PROPHECY At the end of a hectic week of exams, I made preparations for a bit of much needed relaxation. After chasing brief forms until I was dizzy, I decided to count sheep. I lay very still for a while-four hundred seventy-seven, four hundred seven . . . was that lamb really motioning for me to join him? Yes, he must be, so I followed him to the outskirts of Raleigh, ten years hence. As I approached the business district, I noticed the city was awakening to its daily bustle. I heard a man shouting as I came to the courthouse, so I went in to see what was causing the commotion. The law firm of Buffaloe and Henley was pleading the case of Betty Best, a singer at El Socco, whose third husband was suing her for divorce on the grounds that she was not able to cook like Mama. Taking notes on the case was none other than Billy Hocutt, court stenographer. I Passing the Register of Deeds' office, I noticed Paul Johnson recording a deed for a Eve hundred-acre estate inherited by Frances Archer from her rich uncle. As I entered the post office, I met three very efficient looking secretaries-Phyllis Hunt, Bessie Atkinson, and Josephine Medlin--each carrying her boss's mail. They informed me that Cleo Jones is teaching home economics at Garner High School. Doris Jackson also is there, teaching mathematics, and Faydene Hayes is working in the primary grades. Janice Penny is senior class sponsor at Wendell. I came by the Cradle Shop and saw two attractive young matrons window shopping. I realized they were the former Jackie Sauls and Joan Holder. lt seems that shortly after graduating from high school, they started in their scientific career, chasing mole- cules, but a few years later both of them settled down in Knightdale. They were eager to tell me that Bonnie Wall is married to a former football star from State College and is now living sin California. They added that Norma Clark is the hopeful secretary to a tobacco execiitive in Durham. I was glad to learn that Reverend and Mrs. Charles Pittard, the former Barbara Ellington, are living in Richmond, where he is pastor of the First Baptist Church. Joe Ann Kelly is in charge of Religious Education there. I began to have that peculiar feeling that someone was watching me, and when I turned around, I recognized a policeman as Henry Trevathan. Over a cup of coffee we discussed the latest happenings concerning our classmates. Barbara Beasley is the wife of a local banker and has a lovely home in Country Club Hills. Bobby Pollard is teaching art at Columbia University. Earl Medlin is working with Southern Bell Tele- phone Company as maintenance supervisor. Lois Hicks is an operator with the same company. Henry went back on duty, and I made my way toward a department store, for I had a purchase to make, however as I reached the bank, I ran into Rowan Coates and Marie Parish, who are private secretaries to two prominent lawyers. From them I learned that Bessie Bridges. is assistant buyer for a large local department store. They went on to tell me that Joyce Barwick and Ruth Franks are employed at the North Carolina Department of Revenue. Stanley Rowland and Charles Hunt are still pursuing a naval career and are now at Norfolk, Virginia. Edna Earle Ray and Addie Hicks are receptionists for two painless dentists.

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Item Item III-To the Freshmen we leave three more years of over-taxation of the brain. IV-To the classes, in general, we leave the shining example that has been set by the dignified UD seniors of '51. Item Item Item Item ARTICLE III4' PERSONAL BESTOWALS I-Betty Best leaves her singing ability to Lucy Branch. II-Janice Penny leaves her studious ways to Quenton Hill. III-Cleo jones leaves her excess weight to Anne House and Ruby M. Franks. IV-Rowan Coates leaves her ability to play basketball to Fred Gower. Item V-Jackie Sauls leaves her long brown hair to Rachel Grissom. Item VI-Carolyn Hines leaves her weakness for green '49 Fords to Bobbie A. Ogburn. Item VII-Bobby Henley leaves his ability to stall for time on class to Phyllis S. Item Item Item Item Item VIII-Edward Davis leaves his height to Bobby Buffaloe. 1X+-joan Holder leaves her quiet ways to jean Watts. X-Bobby Pollard leaves his ability to get a girl to Ray Yeargan. X1-Stanley Rowland leaves his good looks to Linwood Poole. XII-Barbara Ellington leaves her love for sleeping in science to Mary Lou Smith. Item XIII-Charles Hunt leaves his ability to play football to julian Baucom and Billy F. Item XIV--Norma Clarke leaves her dreamy eyes to Sybil Thompson. Item XV-Bonnie Wall leaves her instinct to laugh constantly to Myrline Pollard. Item XVI-Charles Pittard leaves his record as the safest driver of the class to Billy M. Item XVII--Rebecca Harrington leaves her wit to Joyce Wilson. Item XVIII-Marie Parrish leaves her ability to drive a school bus to Shirley Sauls. Item XIX-Ruth Franks leaves her love of shorthand to Shirley Best. Item XX-jesse Yeargan leaves his shyness around girls to Roy Cochran. Item XXI-Bessie Atkinson leaves her wise cracks to Marilyn Poole. Item XXII-Billie Buffaloe leaves his short frame to Ronnie Chilcoat. Item XXIII-Frances Archer leaves her flirting ways to Betty Rand . Item XXIV-Earl Medlin leaves his loud mouth to Braxton Banks. Item XXV-june Beasley leaves her love for geometry to Anne Stevens and Effie Stancil. Item XXVI-Dennis Best leaves his love of brunettes to jimmy Creech. Item Item Item Item Item Item XXVII-Doris jackson leaves her weakness for losing things to Carolyn Sauls. XXVIII-jean Ball leaves her intellect to Marie Lorbacher. XXIX-Paul johnson leaves his ability to talk to Patsy Yancey. XXX-Joe Ann Kelly leaves her place as cheerleader to Magdalene Parrish. XXXI-Billy Hocutt leaves his love for loud shirts to Billy and Bobby Corn. XXXII-Henry Trevathan leaves his sense of humor to C. H. Upchurch and Thomas Y. . Item XXXIII-Joyce Barwick leaves her ability to get a diamond to Peggy S. and Melba W. Item XXXIV-Edna Ray leaves her bangs to Mary G. Burnette and Phyllis Williams. Item XXXV-Barbara Beasley leaves her friendly smile to Hilda Simpkins and julia Nell G. Item XXXVI-Faydene Hayes leaves her love for drive-in theaters to Wilma Gulley. Item XXXVII-Hardy Prince leaves his surplus dates to Grady Jeffreys, Z. V. Burchett, and David Mitchiner. Item Item Item XXXVIII-Phyllis Hunt wills her curly hair to Hilda Franks. XXXIX-Lois Hicks wills her undying love for earrings to Nancy Wilson. XXXX-Bessie Bridges wills her long blonde hair to Mary Sue Umstead and Elizabeth B. Item XXXXI-Josephine Medlin wills her boisterous ways to Emma W. Burnette.