Greenville High School - Tau Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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THE GREEN LIGHTS ★ Prophecy (continued) Glass, Ann, Batchelor, Roy — Mr. and Mrs.; owners of ABC store — they cater by underhand methods to certain old friends. They keep shy of Sheriff Ward. Reverend Lawrence is one of the more steady elusives. Hardy, Jesse — Bus line tycoon — operates Southbound buses from G. H. S. to N. Y. A. center (No, the new high school isn ' t built yet). Bought fleet of old school buses from Billy Harrington, (which see) Clark, Bobby — Former noted criminologist - -with aid of get-away car, Black Light- ning, devised perfect crime (thought he) but got caught. Lawyer Garrett lost client and case in trial. Convicted by Judge Which- ard. (which see) Mayo, Alton — Big rubber planter- the farms in Pitt County. -owns all Crawford, James — Impersonator — employed at radio station WPLRB as De Fodders second. Sutton, Jimmy — Rubber tycoon — owns Sut- ton Tire and Rubber Co. of Snow Hill — He decided to reside there and thus save the trouble of going over so often. Trotman, Joe — Artist — at present he is put- ting the finishing touches on the PLRB great seal, or coat of arms . . . Lee. Walter — Businessman, proprietor of Lee Sport Shop which encompasses the entire block on which the great architectural truimph, that magnificent structure, Fire- stone Hall, stands. Garrett, Will — Lawyer — inspired to the Bar (don ' t know which one) by Harrell. Says Willie, The only reason I took Clark ' s case was because I thought it had something to do with White Lightning. Laughinghouse, Jane — Celebrated artist — her favorite model is: Howard, John — The Body Beautiful — world renowned model for artists, sculp- tors, etc. Said to have most perfect physique on earth. Roberts, Rodney — Famous Paris Clothes de- signer — acknowledged to be one of best dressed men in the world — now in New York displaying his specialty, the Toute Suit. It has everything. Renfrew, Linda — Mathemetician, Now in China with Missionary school — This gen- ius has all the degrees you can make out of the 26 letters in our limited alphabet — she has begun to take degreees in the 44,449 letters in the Chinese Alphabet. Brooks, Virginia — Beauty salon owner — has a shop which specializes in peroxide .I ' obs — Has her own special blend of H2 02 which will make the scalp turn inside out. Sideris, Xenophon — Track star and all-round athlete — only fault is he ' s always late at the start, (as usual) Harrington, Billy— Automobile dealer — also test driver for manufacturer of Sherman Tanks — He takes them on a normal trip with the sports teams, and they are really broken in after that treatment. Fornes, Evelyn, Rowe, Alice, Gray, Ramona — Scrub women at Hollywood bowl at Los Angeles- they wer . demoted from cashieis because of knocking down. Parrish, Pat — Housewife — finally married after being engaged 34 times— Phys. Ed. teacher at N. Y. U.— also teaches course, How to Inhale. Sawyer, Judy, Smith, Hazel, Hudson, Jessie, Saieed, Gladys — Banded together and form- ed a club for tired old tycoons — This club, located on the Mezzanine of the State Bank building, is The Gold-Diggers — They hope to dig through to pay dirt in the Bank ' vaults some day — Miss Sawyer directs the floor show. Stoneham, Opal, White, Martha — Cirgarette girls at a night club — they sell exactly one-half of their wares — the rest they dispose of in their own manner. White, Julian — Employed at various night clubs to mimic The Honorable Willie Mil- ler, world famous statesman — Jule repeats some of the Rev. Millers more famous talks and quotations, including the famous, The War of 1812. Bowen, Joe — Internationally known athlete — Awarded world ' s most valuable Athlete Cup. The KOTW ' s got his find physique from Chuck Atlas, who gave him personal lessons for 5 years after correspondence treatments failed. Jordan, Christine — Ballerina luminary — shines in Ballet Russe Tousse de Loose Papoose. Williams, Ed — One of the most famous soothsayers of all times. Traveled the United States and Europe and South America del- ving into the future and revealing its mys- teries. His famous drums attracted almost as much fame as his prophecies. Viola, Ella Frances — Accompanied above on all international journeys. Carried his portfolio and pencil, and drove the 1936 Dodge limousine. Inspiration for all his writings. Parkerson, Betsy Ross — English instructor at La Giggle Institute in the backwoods of Iran. Broadcasts tickle beams across ocean to eager professors of the U. S. Eighteen

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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

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★ THE GREEN LIGHTS ★ LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the departing- seniors of the class of 1946, after completing our four years of high school life, do from the fullness of our hearts make these last bequests to those remaining, sincerely hoping that they may profit from them: 1. To the Juniors, we leave Mr. Robin- son, his little blue Chemistry book, test tubes, Bunsen burners, and hydrogen sul- fide. Mr. Robinson, in return bequeaths all his old True Confession magazines to be used in Miss Lewis ' Senior English Classes, next year. 2. To the students, at large, we leave the school with its high standards and ideals to be protected and cherished. 3. To our school, G. H. S., our super- intendent, Mr. J. H. Rose, and our principal, Mr. 0. E. Dowd; we leave our sincere grati- tude for their excellent supervision. 4. Romona Gray leaves her quietness to Eleanor Clark. 5. Julian White wills his broadmind- ness to up-coming senior Martha Conway. 6. Arthur Lee Hardee leaves Engaged — but not to her diploma. 7. Jimmy Ward leaves his 6 ' 3 of height to Bobby Saieed. 8. To Hogan Gaskins, Jane Laughing- house leaves her sweet disposition in hopes that Hogan will take advantage of his in- heritance. 9. Will Garrett leaves his many women at the mercy of the remaining G. H. S. Wolves. 10. Audrey Cox and Alice Rowe leave their commercial studies just in time to sur- vive Dix Hill. 11. Ken Evans leaves — O ' Neal Roe- buck. 12. To Miss Lewis, Bobby Clark leaves a bust of himself (in the form of a cough drop) symbolizing his earnestness in ridd- ing himself of his never ending ( ? ) colds. 13. Linda Renfrew leaves her ability to sing (as well as yodel) to upcoming- seniors, Joyce Duke and Muriel Shotwell. 14. Florence Tucker leaves .... 15. Jack Whichard, outstanding mem- ber of the Senior Class, leaves his office of president of the Student Council and of the Beta Club to whomever it concerns. Also leaves Ann Beatty in hopes that Douglas Guthrie will do without her also. 16. Jimmy Futrell wills his most val- uable possesion (his way with the women) to Tommy Diener, hoping that Tommy may be as successful as he. (Editor ' s Note: Hub- ba-huboa.) His athletic ability is willed to Shelly Beard. 17. Billy Harrington leaves his latest book, The Polished Line to Billy White. Also his athletic ability is willed to whom- ever it may concern to keep G. H. S. on top. 18. To all athletic lovers, J. T. Will- iams leaves this thought concerning- sports: Always get your man before he gets you. 19. Billy Mac Batchelor leaves his ability of high pressure salesmanship to Mr. 6. E. Dowd. 20. Lois Brandt wills her ability to make friends to Mary Dawn Drum. 21. Ella Frances Viola and Ed Will- iams leave hand in hand. Ellie leaves her sincerity to Betsy Flye while Ed be- queaths his quiet, unsuspecting ways to Dave Clark. 22. Male Barton leaves her vast vocab- ulary to Jim Haney. 23. Xenophone Sideris leaves his abili- ty to attract the females to Sam Northrop. 24. Roy Batchelor leaves his ability to attract the females to Sam Northrop. 25. Loraine Whitehurst bequeaths her short statue to Peggy Reid. 26. - Virginia Brooks leaves her never tiring energy and wit to Marcel Humber. 27. Julia Sawyer leaves her smile to Louise Bizzel. 28. Jimmy Sutton leaves his ability to sell ads to Alvin Taylor. 29. Hazel Smith and Hazel Baker leave clutching their diplomas. 30. Lewis Lawrence leaves his chival- ry to the entire Junior Class, in hopes that they will t ake advantage of it. 31. Evelyn J ornes and Jessie Ray Hudson leave their quietness to Howard Proctor. 32. To Carolyn Clark, Christine Jor- dan bequeaths her gift of gab. 33. John Taft, Walter Lee and Frank Diener leave their studiousness at the mer- cy of the school. 34. Edna Corbett leases her musical ability to sister Esther, for use during her senioE year. 5) James Crawford leaves his danc- ing ability to Alfred Smith. 36. Joan Oppelt and Pat Parrish leave their places in the Glee Club to whomever it may concern, hoping that they will be as successful. 37. Joe Bowen wills his originality to brother Billy. (Editor ' s Note: For the sake of those remaining in G. H. S., we hope that this inheritance will be disregarded.) 38. Gladys Saieed and Doris Rowland leave their Black locks to Ann Oakley and Frances Aman. 39. Lullah Jane Cox Macgregor leaves — to .join Mac . 40. Rodney Roberts bequeaths his abil- ity to play the trombone to Tommy Filers. 41. Alton Mayo bequeaths his blond hair to Henry Turner. 42. To whom it concerns. Dot Ormond leaves her versatility. 43. Earl Morgan bequeaths his ability to shoot the bull to Cletas Jackson. 44. Dora Hathaway wills her good posture to Marylyn Scheller. 45. John Howard bequeaths his un- questioned rights as school nuisance to Guy Evans. 46. Betsy Parkerson arrives just in time to graduate with her original class. 47. Opal Stoneham and Martha White- hurst leave their good citizenship to Lina Worthington and June Rose. 48. Joe Trotman leaves his art abili- ty to Lucille Laughing-house. 49. John Taft leaves his earnestness to Rosamond Nicholson. 50. Ann Glass bequeaths her omph to Frances Bendall. Nineteen