Henderson Institute - Panther Yearbook (Henderson, NC)

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CLASS SONG Old H.l. Dear, We Are Thine Owng Here Began Our Life, Our Love, Our Home, We'll Sing Of You Afar And Nigh We Love You Dear Old Dear H. I. All Of Your Precepts Made Us True Live As Nobly Our Whole Life Thru Let Loyalty Bc Our Eternal Shrine With Faith ln God And Heart And Mind. Through Days Of Joy Or Years Of Pain To Serve The Better Be Our Aim And Now We Say Our Last Goodbye We Love You Dear Old H. l. And Now We Close We Hope You See Not Heard But Most Of A11 To Be As We Climb The Growing Tree Remember The Class Of '53, Words by Charles Williamson Music by Miss G. E. Abbott CLASS POEM To Live, Love And Cherish Thee Our Aim Shall Always Be, To Always Abide By Your Rule And Honor Thee When Far Away Our Bodies Have Gone Our Thoughts Will Turn To You, Our Home A Home Where We Have Learned To Be Honest, And Trusty And To Always Use Our Courtesy With All Who We May Come In Contact With And Make Use Of Our Time By Being Swift. Now With Tear Filled Eyes And Heavy Hearts, We Must Make Our Sad Departs. Bur The Memory Shall Always Linger Near. Of The Four Happy Years That We'vc Spent Here.

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Evelyn Baskett was again crowned queen but this time queen of the Boy's Club Beauty Contest. Our two queens are still together and now we find Laura Baskerville reigning queen of the Business Department. We were fortunate enough to discover another actor in our midst. This was Frank Bullock, who had never acted in a play. The play won first place, with Frank selected as the best actor at the district tournament held in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Appearing in the first place play with the first place actor were Yvonne Bullock and Lattimore Turner. Our oraror has at last reached success and now we find her first place winner of the Crown and Scepter oratorical contest, Chamber of Commerce Essay Award and also second place winner of the Americand Legion Contest. Need- less to say, this was Yvonne Bullock. Frank Bullock has now jumped from delegate and is now the National Vice President of New Farmers ofAmerica and State President of New Farmers of America. Most of us at sometime have enjoyed looking at television but few of us have suffered the fright of appearing. We can boast because one of our crew, Frank Bullock appeared on Strike It Rich and was a success at winning. The proceeds went to the less fortunate, therefore we were proud of him. Our experiments didn't stop there because we were the first Junior Class to have a member win the French Award and this was our striving orator Yvonne Bullock. Encouraged, happy and looking forward to landing at the shore of graduation soon, we continued. We were again happy that we had royalty and this time Evelyn Baskett was crowned Miss Homecoming for thc second time in her high school career and Deloris Knight was her attendant. Another queen was Sarah Williams and she was queen of the Debutante Ball held in Raleigh, North Carolina. To us this was indeed an honor because she reigned over girls from all parts of our state. Ou: queen was not alone because Yvonne Bullock and Josephine Crews also attended the ball as Debutantes. Attending the ball as gucstswere Evelyn Baskett, Grace Ward and Plummer Johnson. We were not shocked, but were certainly surprised to discover an artist among our crew - Plummer Johnson who won the Chamber of Commerce Poster award. As the ship draws near to graduation we adopt this motto, which we plan to abide by strongly We have started forward, sail on. Written by Yvonne Bullock

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CLASS PROPHECY Dear Margaret, One summer afternoon one of my High School chums, Estelle Lewis who is one of the best secretaries of a firm in Fort Worth, Texas, visited my California home. We sat out in the garden and began reminiscing over our High School days. It all began when she told me that Grace Ward is now a famous Home Economics teacher at the University of California, and was recently elec- ted President of the American l-lomemaking Association. Grace is happily married to a famous doctor there and has two sweet children to comfort her in her cozy ranch style home. Bettie Taylor is living in Tampa, Florida with her husband, who is the owner of a two hundred acre fruit farm. Minnie Yarborough is a distinguished music teacher at the Washington High School, Raleigh, North Carolina. Fannie Alston is acting Dean of Women of Elizabeth City State Teachers College, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Her experiences have been ex- citing. John A. Jones is a famous veterinarian in South Africa. He writes a weekly column in the New York Times for the benefit of his friends in America. Read after and carefully. Jesse Palmer, an optometrist has a suite of offices in downtown Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania. Did you recognize his secretary, the former Miss Eva Cheathem of Henderson, North Carolina. Dorothy Hayes, a nurse in Bellevue Hospital, New York City, has just been offered a contract with Paramount Pictures to be the leading lady. Margaret'Bullock is superintendent of all nurses in one of Los Angeles largest hospitals. She is married to an intern there. James Hare is employed as an instructor at Morgan's College, Baltimore, Maryland in the Engineering Department. Gladys Marrow is a Pharmacist and operates one of the largest drug stores in Hartford, Connecticut.