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

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT In this year, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, we the Senior Class of Hookerton High School, city of Hookerton, county of Greene and state of North Carolina do hereby make and declare this, our last will and testament. Article I To the Junior. Class, we leave our best wishes that they will succeed the many trials ahead of them in the coming year. To the Sophomores, and Freshmen we leave the many good times that we had going to basketball games on “Ole Phanny.” We also leave our sincere hopes that they will use their time wisely so that as they follow in our foot- steps they will be more suited for the responsibilities placed before them. Article II To the faculty, along with our deepest thanks, we leave a years supply of aspirins. We feel sure thatwith the oncoming seniors they will find a need for them. Article III As individuals, the Seniors generously leave the following: Travis Sugg leaves his school bus to anyone who is capable of handling the route . Bill Shackleford leaves his handsome face to anyone who has the physique to go along with it. Jean Tyson leaves her flirty ways to no one. She couldn’t get along without them. Lonnie Price leaves his curly hair to James Edward David. Jane Carroll leaves nothing; she ' s taking it to college with her. Douglas McLawhorn leaves his long, lean and lanky appearance to Franklin Taylor. Jimmy Creech leaves his ability to stay “in” with the teachers to Jimmy Johnson, Margaret Morris leaves her stubborn ways to anyone who will take them. William Clark leaves his artistic ability to Ethleen Beaman. Roland Jones leaves anything he’s got to anybody who wants it. Joan Eason leaves her bashful ways to Linda Pittman. Sidney Dixon leaves his ability to skip school to Roger Mewborn. Franklin Jones leaves his love for basketball to Robert Earl Carraway. Billy McCoy leaves his “wanted column” to some less fortunate member of the Junior Class. Jack Carroll leaves his brief case to Curtis Daniels. Barbara Clemmons leaves her love for hamburgers and french fries to Anne Hardy. Bobby Daniels leaves his country style loving to anyone who cares to try it. Melba Darne leaves only because she has to. Melba Darne Testator

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CLASS HISTORY The class of ' 54 had its beginning in high school the year 1950 with twenty-eight stu- dents in the home room of Mrs. Laurie Speight. Like all Freshmen we entered high school with great enthusiasm but still we were just a little “scared.” Class officers were new to us, but we chose some very dependable ones, Bobby Daniels, president; Franklin Jones, vice president; Nancy Sugg, secretary; and Jane Carroll, treasurer. Into tne limelight of our Freshman year came the Freshman Party which we gave at the community building, and everyone enjoyed it immensely. We entered our Sophomore year with twenty-five students in the home room of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith. Our class officers were: Franklin Jones, president; Bobby Daniels, vice president; Marjorie Butler, secretary; and Barbara Clemmons, treasurer. The Sophomore year went along smoothly as nothing too exciting happened. Twenty-two students entered into the home room of Miss Ida Carrington to be classed as Juniors. We were all excited as to the events which were in front of us. Jack Carroll was elected president; Franklin Jones, vice president; Fletcher Gray, secretary; and Jane Carroll, treasurer. The production o£ Poor Papa.” our Junior Play, given on April the lOth, under the direction of Mrs, Smith was a great success. Then a bigger event came. The Juniors chose their class rings. It was a hard de- cision, but we chose ruby stone with a crest on top. They arrived December 17th and were we a happy bunch of Juniors. Then the biggest event of all, on F ebruary the 13th, after much planning, preparation, hard work and much fun, and a lot of help from Mrs. Smith, we gave the Junior-Senior Banquet in the community building. Our theme “The Land of Hearts” made an attractive interior and we never dreamed such an exquisite night could be made possible. It was a grand banquet and will long be remembered by all of us. ahead Seniors, we knew there were many important tasks ' I ' ® were: Jack Carroll, president; Franklin Jones, vice presi- dent, Jane Carroll, secretary; and Roland Jones, treasurer. thrilled our audience comedy. We were delighted that everyone thought it was a grand play boardeds cool crispness of hferch a happy and eager-to-go bunch of Juniors and Seniors boarded a carter bus for that long awaited trip to our nation ' s capital. Washington In this Si a historical monuments we learned much which we snail not forget for a time to corne. After much sight-seeing and much more walking we arrived home on Sunday tired, but with happy memories of our trip, always be the memory of the night of April the 16th, the Junior - terTa Pausing, and taking a deep breath before entering the doors of the cafe- and E te ' h ' ' fascinated and delighted with what we saw. Decorations of pastel colors and Easter buimies made us forget everything except that we were having a grand time in woLllf Td”® It ended all too soon for us and we hesitated to leave this fror th“botTo m orourlearts! ' ’ ” ' ' - banquet and we thank the Juniors outtime is drawing near to graduate from high school, we realize the many sacri- alwavrremember Tb “- Ponsibilities in the future Ld will Iways remember something from high school to help us along. This is a sad moment for all of us, but It IS just one of the stepping stones for us to entir into our futurral ne! Joan Eason Historian

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CLASS PROPHECY Six-fifteen almost time! I hurried around, straightening this and that, getting everything ready. It was almost time for the eighteen graduates of 1954 to start arriving for their grand class reunion in 1964, Yes, it has been ten years since we, as a class, were together. First to arrive was Dr. Jack Carroll, who is almost as well known in Hookerton as his father. Arriving just a few minutes behind him, Jane Carroll who is now his nurse, brings along his satchel, just in case of an accident. Margaret Morris arrives next with her two children. It seems Alaska agreed with her but she did make it back for our reunion, A crowd rushes in next. Bill Shackleford and his twelve children. Bill says they’re cheaper by the dozen. .Just behind Bill is Roland Jones who is now a Christian minister. They’ve been making plans for the christening of Bill’s youngest child. That inseparable twosome, Bobby Daniels and Douglas McLawhorn arrive next. They were overheard discussing plans for Bobby ' s airbase in North Carolina, where Douglas will be manager as well as pilot. As usual Barbara Clemmons and Melba Darne entered together, right be- hind Bobby and Douglas. After going to school for nine months Barbara set up her own Beauty Parlor in Hookerton. Melba does her secretarial work and bookkeeping. After doing such nice work for “The Hookerton Spirit” Billy Ray McCoy de.cided that he liked newspaper work. He now owns his own newspaper in Raleigh. West Point lost one of its students for a short while, Lonnie Price, who is there studying to be an officer came home for the reunion and also to see Jean Tyson who is waiting for him in Snow Hill, Joan Eason, Hookerton’s own school teacher, arrived next with her husband. It seems she’s been too busy to start a family yet. When Sidney Dixon arrived we could tell that he came prepared to fix our television set. After finishing school he took an electronics course and is now a grade A T. V. fixer. That great explorer William Clark came in next. He’s giving Congo Bill great competition as a game hunter for national museums. Next to arrive was Jimmy Ray Creech. From the looks of things he ' s all right as manager of the Kinston Tobacco Co. My old life-time friend, Travis Sugg and I, Franklin Jones,sat discussing our old classmates. He told me about his last year’s tobacco crop and I, in turn spinned the tale of how the fish are biting on my farm near Trent River. Our reunion ended with the refrains of our school song, written by our classmate, Melba Darne, floating across the way, bringing backmemories which will never be forgotten, Franklin Jones Prophet