Henderson Institute - Panther Yearbook (Henderson, NC)

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Elnora Russell is a teacher of Physical Education at Armstrong Junior High, Washington, D. C. You should see her Majorettes. Emma C. Lemay is a stenographer in Bronx New York. She lives with her Uncle James, Manager of theAmerican Ball Bearing Company of that city. John Dunstonis a famous football coach at the University of North Caro- lina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Elizabeth Brodie is a mortician in San Francisco, California. You should see her establishment. Frank Bullock, the great brain specialist has moved to Massachusetts where he is accepting Presidency of Boston University Medical School. Bernice Hicks is the wife of a very rich Wall Street Broker. She has re- established Kittrell College. Rosetta Wilkins has accepted a teaching position in the French Department ofHoward University, Washington, D.C. Thomas Henderson owns and operates one of the largest men clothing stores in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Willette Christmas is a Presbyterian Missionary Teacher in Tokyo, Japan. Her mastery in the Japanese language is amazing. Maurice Henderson is a throat specialist. He now works in a Harlem hospital in New York City. Yvonne Bullock, the famed French Department Head of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina, is now on vacation in France, Deloris Knight recently received her Medical Degree from Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, is now working for Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Vinell Taylor, a stenographer in a large town firm in New York City, New York. Mary Vaughan is now a singing star in Hollywood, California. She has appeared in the picture Sing a Song of Life. Her income is 33750. OO a week.

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Sara C. Williams, an efficient Decorator, operates and owns an Interior Decorating Shop in Henderson and Warrenton, North Carolina. Erdine Carpenter has completed a four year business course at Cortez Peters Business School, Washington, D. C. Calonia Eaton, a capable secretary, is working in Dr. Maurice Henderson office in Henderson, North Carolina. Dedis Burwell, recently received her Ph. D. in French and is now em- ployed in the Division of Humanities at Columbia University, New York City. Mary Owens, Mary Branch and Bronetta Branch are working in the Public School system in Washington , District of Columbia. Evelyn Baskett, an outstanding dance instructor, is happily married to a band leader in San Francisco, California. Evelyn and her husband will ap- pear weekly on the television show Omnibus , Josephine Crews is a commercial Education instructor in Portland, Oregon and is making plans for a June wedding. Edwin Hayes, an electrician, has accepted the Vice Presidency of Columbus Water and Light Corporation, Columbus, Ohio. Carrie Davis is a bookkeeper at a large insurance company of Boston, Massachussetts. She resides on Fifth Avenue with her husband in summer. ArchieSoutherland is an atomic scientist in New York City. He has been appointed to supervise the building of an atomic laboratory at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Laura Mae Baskerville and Nellie Grey Branch are secretaries at the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Durham, North Carolina. Annie Mae Allen is a famous concert artist in Chicago, Illinois. She appears weekly on radio and television with the Firestone Orchestra and Choirs Charles Williamson is a commercial pilot and has made definite plans to open a school for individuals interested in commercial aviation. 1

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Ernestine Bullock, a stenographer for one ofthe largest law firms in Cleveland, Ohio, resides with her husband and two children at 1224 Boulevard Avenue. Annie Mae Marable and two children are now in Africa on a missionary trip with her husband, who is a minister. Lattimore Turner is District Attorney of the City of New York. He has inhis possession a very beautiful wife and three lovely children, one girl and two boys. Helen Floyd is now a stenographer at Sears Roebuck and Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Plummer Johnson is a famous architect in Des Moines, Iowa. Lizzie Floyd and Emma Edwards are now registered nurses at Good Samaritan in Charlotte, North Carolina. Leroy Smith is a teacher in physical Education at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Celesta Walker, a secretary for a large Metropolitan insurance office in New York City. She resides with her husband and two children at 125th Street. Elizabeth Higgs is now a registered nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital inBaltimore. Maryland. Mozella Bennett and Glennie Brooks are registered nurses at a large hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now, Evelyn, I hope I have given you the highlights of our class- mates of 1953. I hope you will enjoy thisletter as much asI have by writing it. Yours truly, Estelle Lewis Evelyn Baskett Sara Williams