Greenville High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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THE GREEN LIGHTS ★ CLASS HISTORY Jack Whichard SCENE: City Swimming Pool, Greenville, N. C. TIME: June, 1946. X. Y, and Z, three new- ly graduated students, are sitting- on the edge of the pool dangling their feet in the water and staring morsely at the imposing High School building across the street. If possible to assimilate the emotion, these person should be the picture of rejection looking as though they had lost the proverbial last friend on earth. X: (with a nostalgic tremor in his voice) Gosh, to think I ' d ever miss that place. When I was there it was like being in jail, but now I wouldn ' t mind so much being back. Y: (his face lengthening preceptibly) Yeah, I feel the same way. Crazy, isn ' t it? You know little things that happened have been drifting through my mind all day — things like the first day in high school, be- ing unable to find my locker, getting used to changing classes, and, above all, seeing the high and mighty seniors holding hands in the halls. Z: (with a shade of enthusiam) Do you remember the first time we elected officers? We were in the tenth grade. Lets see, who was president? Jack Whichard, wasn ' t he? And Lewis Lawrence, the Falkland Terror, was vice-president. Delia Perry was Secretary and Frances Register was Treasurer. X: (coming out of a trance) The two girls took accelerated work and finished a year early. You remember that year we went into high gear and speeded up the program so boys could graduate earlier and get some college training before being drafted. How many took that accelerated Math and Eng- lish, about 22? Z: You ' re not forgetting the Coronation Ball, are you? Was that a job! The money piled in though. I put up four dollars and fifty-three cents my self and then she didn ' t win. Who was crowned ? X: I believe it was Betsy Hellen and Thurman Dail. Say, what about the maga- zine sale in the Junior Class ? I felt like a nitwit the first time I tried to sell a subscrip- tion. My poor mother never got to read all those I made her take. The competition made it fun, especially after we decided to let the losing side throw a party for the others. Of course, Miss Riddick ' s room came out on top in that as well as in sell- ing stamps and bonds. Y: Do you remember the hours we spent getting ready for the Junior-Senior? It was a case of blood, sweat, and tears. The auditorium looked like a real Sherwood Forest, nice and cozy — convenient too ... . You know, I ' ve often wondered whether I remember more about the Junior-Senior dance or the parties that followed — What a night to remember! Home after sunrise. I wonder how many headaches there were in Greenville that morning. Z: Don ' t forget the officers who steer- ed us. They were: Jimmy Futrell, President; James Crawford, Vice-President; Ella Fran- ces Viola, Secretary; and Lewis Larwence, Treasurer. X: Last year certainly polished off things in fine style. What a ccramble source themes, Shakespeare, selling station- ery, annual and the senior play, calling cards, invitations, and caps and gowns. Z: Don ' t forget the Christmas pro- gram on Sunday evening and the Chapel program when Willie made his annual speech. Y: I wonder how many people have used that stationery we talked them into buying. We did light well with the sales though. Z: That Senior play was Come Rain or Shine. What with sandwiching it in be- tween the Music Festival in Greensboro and Commencement it seemed for a while that it ' d never be put on the stage. We lived through it and managed to learn our lines too. X: The annual was a big job too. Dot Ormond did a pretty good job as editor- in-chief, don ' t you think? Green Lights perk- ed up a little too. Maybe it was the Seniors on the staff — Lewis Lawrence was Editor; Jimmy Futrell was Managing Editor; and Ella Frances Viola was Business Manager, not to mention the advertising staff. Z:A11 in all it was a pretty successful year. Mac Batchelor was President and Jimmy Futrell became Vice-President. Ella Frances Viola kept her old job of secretary while Billy Harrington was made treasurer. He collected so much money that everytime I saw him coming I felt that I had to pay something if no more than a nickel. X: And to prove that we had a few brainey ones in our class several of them were selected marshals. Dot Ormond was chief marshal and the others were: Jack Whichard, Christine Jordan, Jane Laugh- inghouse, Alice Joyce Rowe, Virginia Brooks, Lois Brandt, Joe Bowen, Catherine Spearman, Jimmy Glenn, and Lela Nobles, Catherine, Jimmy, and Lela, however, grad- uated early. Y: (his gloom returning) Well, it ' s all over now — commencement — everything. Just think — I wouldn ' t mind doing it all over again. Crazy, isn ' t it? Sixteen

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THE GREEN LIGHTS ★ SUPERLATIVES Fifteen

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THE GREEN LIGHTS PROPHECY Mothball P. Codger threads his way among the countless stacks of al- most forgotten lore in the Congressioiial Li- brary, for the 51,046the time. Suddenly his eyes rest upon a new volume of learning — bis old burned-out eyes, along with his corpus, nearly drop out of their soc- kets as he rests in order to gather strength for the coming test — i.e.: to reach up over his head to procure the publica- tion of the famous per- iodical, Who ' s Who. In due time, his goal attained, Codgie is sitting back in his easy chair cracking the first paei Ed Wiiliams Prophet What can this be, he creaks, as a grain of corn falls upon his lap. An ill omen, no doubt. (Warning to Readers) Who ' s Who of 1960— Mothball can hardly believe it — a libros he hasn ' t read. He thinks, I ' d sure like to know what happen- ed to that class of ' 46 of G. H. S. (1946, I ' d better say — it could be 2046) I guess I ' ll just look under U for unsuccessful or 0 for social outcasts. As the leaves are flipped to U, sure enough, there appear the names of Class 1946 of the Greenville High School. He be- gins to skim through .... Barton, — Glass, — Trotman, — Harrington, — Whichard — Oh yes, the principal ' s son (or was he the principal? Oh, well, my memory ' s bad) — White — , Yep, they ' re all here. (Editor ' s note) Mothie is the town ' s eccentric, who spends every- day in the library, just looking. Barton, Male — Warden at San Quentin — pro- moted from Pitt County jailkeeper by capture of Bobby Clark (which see). Diener, Frank — Eminent physicist and in- ventor — designs Caldonia rocket ships for teen-agers. Morgan, Earl — Famous movie star — plays in only Mexican pictures where he makes good use of his Souse American accent. Futrell, Jimmy — Head coach at Duke — his teams have not won a contest since his arrival there. Cox, Lullah — Cosmetician, representative for Brooks Beauty Products (one item). Husband Mac often complains because she is out of town too much. Evans, Ken — Cook-chief chef at Club El Swindola. His most famous product Country Stew A la Pontiac is named after the cars he has worn out. He has had an auto front seat installed in the kitchen so ho will he perfectly at home. -Dancers at Club El Swin- Cox, Audrey, Hathaway, Dora- dola. Batchelor, Mae — Orator — at present he is just finishing his great source theme re- port, Lou Gherig. Brandt, Lois — Mrs .Batchelor — she is the on- ly person listening to her husband. As for the rest of the class, they soon got bored and graduated. Ormond, Dot — Opera star — a celebrated singer, now starring in the rousing El Tremulo La Vibrator . Tucker, Florence, Rowland, Doris, Whitehurst, Lorraine — Servicewomen, they decided that they weren ' t seeing enough of their boy friends, so they joined up. Oppelt, Joan — Famous blues singer — at one time was noted classic but since Fut did her dirt, she really moans low the dirges of despond. Corbett, Edna — Celebrated pianist, made debut in Carniegie but she had to stop the higher class music because she be- came deaf, and she played by ear. Whichard, Jack — Judge of Supreme Court, big man in politics — been married 16 years and has just given his wife her fourth kiss. Williams, J. T. — Athlete — still going to col- lege on scholarships. At present he is star cricket man for Oxford. Taft, John — Humorist and gag writer for Broadway stars. Upon seeing T-Bone at Oxford, he commented, I say, but this isn ' t cricket. Baker, Hazel — Sec ' y for famous writer — graduate of Miss Hamburgers Secre- tarial School. Lawrence, Lewis — Preacher and journalist — Reverend Lawrence is editor of the Falkland Times. Ward, Jimmy — Sheriff of Pitt County and ABC officer. (Continued on Page 18) Seventeen