Hookerton High School - Ho Hi Echoes Yearbook (Hookerton, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Three, of Hookerton High School, in the county of Greene, the state of North Carolina, being sound in mind and realizing that the time is drawing near when we shall never darken these halls again, do hereby declare and make this our last will and testament. Article I To the undergraduates: To the Junior Class we leave the title of Seniors in hopes that they will fill the shoes with more dig- nity than we. To the Juniors, we leave the job of issuing the two great publications: The Hookerton Spirit and the Ho-Hi Echoes. To the Sophomores and Freshman: We leave our hopes that before long they will occupy the position that we now occupy. Article II To our principal and teachers, we leave our deepest appreciation for their efforts toward increasing our wisdom. Article III We, the Seniors, as individuals bequeath the following: I, J. C. Clark will my good times at Senior play practice to Bill Shackelford. I, Harold Blomberg will my wittiness to Jimmy Ray Creech. I, Mercel Stallings will my artistic ability to Franklin Jones, in hopes that he will use his talents for the future publications of the Hookerton Spirit. I, Harold Jones will my desk in the English room to anyone who can find it. I, Nancy Harrison do will my quiet ways to Bobby Daniels. I, Virginia Miller will my excess weight to be divided between Della Ann Morris and Patricia Mitchell. I, Sara Phillips will my enjoyment for reading novels to Barbara Ann Clemmons. I, Cuneta Speight will my ability to blush to Rachel Williams. I, Edna Whitfield leave my position as Editor of the Hookerton Spirit to any oncoming Senior. I, Mary Ellen Williams leave my love for Basketball and my suit number 2 to Linda Pittman. I, Shirley Williams will my position as chauffeur to anyone who is capable. I, Jean Harvey Edwards will my blank expression to Linda Jones. We hereby appoint Miss Garrington, our class advisor, as sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we the Senior Class of 1953, do set seal of this, the nineteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Three. Jean Harvey Edwards Testator CLASS PROPHECY As I am sitting here, gazing through the beams from the moon on which I sit, sifting stardust through my fingers, I see several glitters; there must be at least eleven of them. Are they stars? No, as the haze clears and I adjust my eyes to the brightness of the dots, I realize they could be none other than the members of the Senior Class of 1953. As I look straight forward I see Harold Blomberg, who is giving Oscar Levant, the great pianist, some real competition. Just opposite I see J.C. Clark just rolling in dough and is Eastern Carolina ' s greatest tobacco farmer. He just bought his son a new Cadillac. Over in blue Hawaii Isee an army officer, Harold Jones, I believe it is. After receiving his commission from the R. O.T.C., he chose the army as his life time career, worked hard and is now a Four Star General . In Eastern North Carolina, Mercel Stallings is now owner of the once Shackelford ' s Store, and has taken up artistry as a hobby. We see on Fifth Avenue in New York, none other than Jean Harvey Edwards now a Powers Model, who is rapidly climbing the ladder of fame. In Memorial General Hospital I see two outstanding figures dressed in white uniforms, walking briskly down the hall. They are none other than Nancy Harrison and Virginia Miller, now Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent of Nurses, respect- ively. In Snow Hill vicinity I see Cuneta Speight. She ' s married and keeping house. At the present she has two little red-headed boys. OutWest I see Edna Whitfield, who having finished a two-year course at East Carolina College, is now happily married and is the mother of triplets. I ' ve always heard they do things in a big way out West and now I believe it. . Mary Ellen Williams, having received a degree in Secretarial Science from East Carolina College, held an office job for two years and then decided that the degree she preferred was a MRS. Shirley Williams also received a degree from East Carolina College and is working as secretary at Barrus Construction Com- pany and at the present she can ' t make up her mind between Mr. Barrus and his son. Suddenly the stars slide back into the haze and I come bock to reality. It is only twelve hours before I must report to the studio for the shooting of my third consecutive movie lead for MGM. Sara Phillips Prophet

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CLASS HISTORY Differing from ail other Freshman classes in that we had no horror of trials ahead, to the astonishment of the upperclassmen and the indignance of the teachers; we moved in like a tidal wave, disrupting the whole system of high school into a livelier routine. Unbeknowing of what they were up against, our teachers started out a bright new year by bright new lessons to not very bright pupils as they soon found out. It didn ' t take long to clean out the cobwebs, and we began to save from our studies some surplus grey matter which we devoted to amusement for ourselves. The year sailed along merrily with Mrs. Laurie Speight as our homeroom teacher; Marie Jones, President, and her cabinet members; vice-president, Harold Jones; secretary, Edna Whitfield; and treasurer, Mary Ellen Williams. The highlight of the year was our Freshman Party at the Community Building on February 14, which was semi-formal with everyone inviting guests. Old and experienced as we were the title Sophomores underrated us. Our officers were president, Marie Jones; vice- president, Jean Harvey Edwards; treasurer, Mary Ellen Williams; and secretary, Edna Whitfield. During this year under the capable guidance of Mrs. George Roberts, our homeroom teacher, we cooked and served the Veteran ' s Banquet, and were honored to serve the Juniors and Seniors at their Banquet. We were not prepared for the shock of losing one of our most loved classmates, Dorothy Marie Jones. Our class suffered a great loss by her death, but pleasant memories of her will always linger with us. For one of our girls, Joyce Hill, wedding bells rang. The girls in our class were Honorary Bridesmaids in her wedding, which was a gala affair and a rather unusual experience for us. There ' s no need to say that we were well prepared to set a new jolly mark for Jolly Juniors. We resolved to live up to our motto, Enjoy yourself-it ' s later tharf you think. Mrs. Leo Smith was our homeroom teacher; Shirley Williams, president; Harold Jones, vice-president; Edna Whitfield, sec- retary; and Mary Ellen Williams, treasurer. They led us into a most prosperous year; the three main features being the class play, our trip to Washington, and the Junior-Senior Banquet. For our class play we chose, The Daffy Dills, which was a great success. No one realized that we could do it until the applause swelled from the packed auditorium, then we gavea sigh of relief. Afterwards we journeyed to the Community Build- ing where our grademothers entertained us. Bright and early on the morning of March 17, along with the Senior class, we boarded a chartered bus bound for Natural Bridge, Virginia. We spent the night there, then aftera brief stop in New Market, Virginia, for a visit to the Endless Caverns, we traveled on to our destination, Washington, D.C. As we toured our nation ' s capitol city we learned many interesting facts about our government. We soon realized thatwe had a social obligation to meet, the Junior-Senior Banquet. We made up our minds to give the best Junior-Senior ever to be presented, so we put our heads together and went to work. We worked long and hard on invitations, programs, placecards, and decorations, all of which were handmade for our theme, The Mardi Gras. After a dinner filled with toasts and all kinds of noise-making instruments we pushed back the tables and danced until we were stumbling on crepe paper that seemed to stick to a certain few like flypaper. Tired but happy we said Goodnight and will never forget our night atfThe Mardi Gras. Another happy event was that we had the pleasure of choosing and ordering our class rings. We picked one with a ruby stone surrounded by the name of our school . We feel certain that we shall always treasure them highly. As we gained the titleof Seniors, Miss Ida Garrington was our homeroom teacher; Shirley Williams, president; Harold Jones, vice-president; Mary Ellen Williams, treasurer; and Edna Whitfield, secretary. We became aware of the responsibility we had to accept as we entered into a number of new paths such as publishing an annual and a newspaper. With grease paint a half inch thick, we nervously awaited the rise of the curtain on The Nutt Family, a fast-moving three act comedy which brought the house down with laughter. After the performance we gathered in the Community Building where our gradeparents and Miss Garrington treated the cast and a few invited guests with a small party. On February 13, all diked out in evening clothes and high spirits, we arrived at the Community Building where we were guests of the Junior class. After a delicious dinner, lots of laughter and fun, we converted our banquet hall into a ballroom. Weary, but joyously happy we dreaded to leave this Land of Hearts but it will always be remembered by all who were hon- ored to have been there. By the end of this last half year we hope to have well profited by our many opportunities, some of which we have recognized and accepted, and hope that we shall be able to take our places in the future world together even if only in the spirit of re- membrance of the wonderful hours we have spent together in the past. Edna Whitfield Historian

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MOST STUDIOUS J. C. Clark Sara Phillips MOST INTELLECTUAL Mary Ellen Williams Shirley Williams BEST ALL ROUND Harold Jones Jean Harvey Edwards SUPERLATIVES .j-,.- t LU Iks. ' ; 1 ' . . jL Tfl (1 { - VR « -- II Kg lilts VI ' ]L fi I M ! : ■ r -M- I J MOST DEPENDABLE MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED RENDERED MOST SERVICE Shirley Williams Edna Whitfield Shirley Williams Harold Jones Harold Jones Mary Ellen Williams MOST DIGNIFIED CLASS BABIES WITTIEST Harold Jones Edna Whitfield Nancy Harrison Mary Ellen Williams J. C. Clark Harold Blomberg