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am PROPHECY The seats here in Royal Stadium , which by the way, received its name from the donor, Sam Royal Gooding, who is now an official of the local dacron plant, are rapidly filling. It is expected that the stadium will be filled to its capacity of 2,000 for the annual homecoming football game between Griffon and Aydenhigh schools. These two schools were once great rivals, but now they are such great friends that I doubt very seriously that the services of that famous physican, Dr. Bob Cole, will even be needed. This great friendship has been established through the utmost effortsof Principal of Griffon High School, Bernard McLawhorn, and Agriculture teacher of Ayden High School, Frank Vandiford. The crowd quietens as Mr. McLawhorn welcomes the students and alumni. The coaches give their teams last minute instructions, and the game is on. Coach of the Griffon team by the way, is none other than Fred Rhodes. Half of the game is over, and Griffon leads 13-0. As I look over the huge crowd I see sev- eral members of the 1954 graduating class; it hardly seems possible that it has been 10 years since we were all in high school at dear old Griffon. There are Mrs. Rex Lewis and Mrs. Billy Lewis, if you need a manicure or shampoo just drop in at the Lewis Beauty Shoppe, located on the corner of Pitt and Main. Two young men on the opposite side of the stadium seem to be attracting quite a lot of att- ention; the crowd around them is so thick I can ' t tell who it is — oh, it ' s Bill Jackson and Mac Lancaster showing off, as usual (same old Bill and Mac). These two young men have gone into business together and now own a chain of drug stores all over Eastern North Carolina. I under- stand they are very eligible bachelors. Talking to them are Harriet Stocks and Dean Butler; Harriet is now head of the infirmary at ECC, and Dean is head dietician. Looking across the field I see Phyllis Haddock and Betty Boswell talking together. Betty, alongwithher duties as head bookkeeper of Sears and Roebuck, is still yearning for attention from that eligible bachelor, whose name I shall keep secret. I guess Phyllis and Betty were comparing work; you see, Phyllis is head bookkeeper of Montgomery Wards. Dr. Cole has just been called up to the stadium on the other side to some poor woman who has apparently suffered a heart attack from the excitement. Why, that poor woman is none other than Joyce Dennis, Dean of Women at East Carolina College. Colleen Braxton has just entered the stadium, better late than never I guess. She is still having much success playing professional basketball with Haines Hosiery, I understand she is now captain of the team. Just before the game I saw Alvis Harris who was unable to attend. He was preparing to leave for Cincinnati, where he owns a large hotel. This needed his attention more than the foot- ball game. That nice looking man in uniform with all those medals, who just passed by, is General William Purser. He is now commander in the Far East. Beulah Burroughs, who is in China on a religious mission, was also unable to attend. Well, the game has just ended with Griffon the victor. I guess Ayden will never be able to pull themselves up to Griffon ' s athletic standards. I have only one thing more to say before leaving you, that is-- When troubled, worried, or in doubt, consult Madame Jackson; she tells all without asking any questions. Prophetess Phyllis Jackson
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CLASS HISTORY As we, the Senior Class of ' 54 open the Griftonian , we recall a few memories of our past school days. Let ' s begin with 1949 when we entered high school as an awkard, proud bunch of Freshmen and learned that Mrs, Bunch was to be our class advisor. Through her guidance and our efforts, we began developing our av kard, clumsy characteristics to blend in with the ways of high school life, Joyce Dennis proved her academic inclincations by obtaining the highest scholastic average and receiving the English Award for having the highest English average. As Sophomores, we elected our class officers who were: Bill Jackson-Pres- ident, Edna McLawhorn Lewis-Vice President, and Phyllis Jackson-Secretary, Mr, Brown our patient advisor helped us through Biology as well as open a small bank account by selling peanuts and cake chances at Basketball games. This year ended with Phyllis Jackson receiving the English Award, Bernard McLawhorn the Agri- culture Award, and Joyce Dennis representing our class on the marshall staff, 1951 opened our Junior year with Mrs, Bunch as our advisor. We had at last become Privileged Juniors and we settled down to the task by electing class officers who were: Bernard McLawhorn-President, Bobby Cole-Vice President, Joyce Dennis- Secretary, and Phyllis Jackson-Treasurer, Another problem which confronted us was the annual Junior -Senior Banquet, We decided to have a combination Banquet andDance, In order to make it a success, we sold Christmas cards, operated a con- cession at Basketball games and after many hours of practice presented the play-- Never Darken My Door, Phyllis Jackson served as Assistant Editor and Bill Jack- son Assistant Business Manager to this year ' s edition of the Griftonian, The year ended with our reliables, Joyce Denis and Phyllis Jackson as marshalls. As school opened this year we found that we were dignified seniors at last, our goal f or the past 11 years. The first thing we did was to re-elect Bernard McLaw- horn-President, Phyllis Jackson-Treasurer, and Betty Boswell-Secretary, As soon as our class arrangements were completed, we began planning for our edition of the yGriftonian by electing Phyllis Jackson--Editor-in-Chief and Betty Boswell--Bus- iness Manager, As a means of making money we sold stationary and presented a play. To climax our senior year we are planning a trip to vVashington. After our school days are over we will separate to seek the fortunes of life, but I ' m certain that each of us can look back and say that school days were the happiest days of our lives. Class Historian Mac Lancaster
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