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

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OTHER PRINCIPALS OF THE OLD SCHOOL 1915- 1916 E. T. Hines 1916- 1917 E. T. Hines 1917- 1918 E. T. Hines 1918- 1919 Mrs. Harry S. Taylor. Sr. 1919- 1920 W. C. Ormond 1920- 1921 W. C. Ormond 1921- 1922 B. T. Hoffner 1922- 1923 Britt The last class to graduate in this school was the Class of 1922. We regret that no picture of that group is available. GRADUATES MARY FRANCES ALBRITTON CARROLL BETTIE HARDY TAYLOR EDWARDS BETTY LILLIAN SUGG ERNEST TAYLOR School was held in the old building during the school term, 1922-1923, but the new school was completed in time for Commencement Exer- cises that spring. The only graduate was Eliza- beth Grant. PROGRAM Commencement Exercises —of the— pmnlicrimt Jnqli ijcljuul HOOKERTON, N. C. MAY 5th to MAY 10th. 1922. The New Hookerton High School Note the old school buses, Uncle Jack stand ing out front, the front driveway, and the neatly trimmed shrubs. Could this have been a typical spring day? 3 CARD OF C0U!i 5.x ’A - ; 3. 7 . D. - T ’ “o v H WnPK - ' . ' Y

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1907 FIRST ROW: Rob Hart, Bennie Sutton, Ludie Worthington, John Shackelford, Victoria Little, Lucy Bea- mon, Ellie Stocks, Bessie Dixon, Bertha Batts, Thelma Dixon, Bessie Beamon, Sallie Hart, Callie Sugg, Mary Ida Edwards. Fannie Tyndall, Rachel Mae Taylor, Mamie Edwards. SECOND ROW: Jasper Vause, DeWitt Allen, Richard Taylor, George Allen, Willie Waters, Jesse Shackel- ford, Shep Brann, Miss Irene Sylivant, Teacher; Josie Oakes, Cleo Baldree, Minnie Sugg, Mary Allen, Helen Palmer, Miss Mamie Daily, Music Teacher; Sophie Palmer, Rachel Vause, Alice Taylor, Myrtle Vause, Nannie Mae Vause, Bessie Lawerence, Kittie Sugg, Nina Mae Sugg, Mae Waters, THIRD ROW: Jim Little, Raymond Johnson, Willie Edwards, Joe Edwards, Mr. R. J. Matlock, Principal; Maud Braxton, Letha Dixon, Nora Spivey, Fannie Brown Edwards, Estelle Sugg, Janie Stocks, Effie Edwards, Ida D ail, Nonie Vause, Lillian Moore, Ernest Wooten, Harry Stanton Taylor, Charlie Murphy. FOURTH ROW: Herman Rouse, Seine Braxton, Frank Edwards, Tab Stocks, Jim Sugg, Sam Beamon, Henry Dixon, Leo Baldree, Arthur Oakes, Elmer Wooten, Buck Harrison, Fred Beaman, Will Kil- patrick. Under the guidance of Mr. Matlock, the school flourished; its educational opportunities were known for many miles. The curriculum was one of the best in the state. From a catalogue published - 1909- 1910 - Miss Mamie Daily has a certificate from the Southern Conservatory of Music, Durham, N.C... . She teaches by methods used at die Conservatory . . . This course will be given just as at the Conserva- tory at Durham, and a student will be credited there for work done here, if they ever attend this or any other Conservatory of Music. People from Lenoir and Pitt Counties boarded in the town and nearby com- munities in order to attend the school. In the spring of 1910, Mr. Matlock resigned; he was replaced by Mr. C. K. Proctor; he was followed by Miss Winnie Harper of Snow Hill in the fall of 1911. Miss Harper, like Mr. Matlock, helped expand the school program. As a sidelight, an entry made by Miss Winnie in her school register stated, Raked leaves twice and have made money to buy a basketball outfit and a croquet set. We have also lines for the tennis and basketball courts. Today we hear many local citizens laud tributes of praise on Miss Winnie. According to the minutes of Jerusalem Lodge No. 95, on June 24, 1913, permission was granted the school trustees to build an annex on the south side of the building similar to the one on the north side. This would have been in the summer preceding Mr. Matlocks’ third administration, 1913-1915.

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In our search for information pertaining to the history of Hookerton School, many of our questions have been answered, and perhaps many facets have been overlooked. Indeed, many new questions have arisen. What about our school lunches? Many of our older citizens recall making contributions to the soup kitchen, as it was sometimes called. This seems to have been a community project of providing lunches both for sale and as a service to the needy prior to the School Lunch Program in existence today. When did we first have school buses? None were used until as late as 1923. Lenoir County sent some of their students here by bus. When the rural elementary schools in Hookerton school district, Hooker ' s, Glenfield, and Sugg ' s, were consolidated in 1926 and 1927, several buses were acquired. We had an agriculture department added in 1941-1942. Mr. P. T. Long was the first agriculture teacher. The name of the school has presented many unanswered questions: further search only posed further questions. For a period prior to the turn of the century, as early as 1889, the school was referred to both as Hookerton Academy and Hookerton Collegiate Institute. After the turn of the century, both names were used, in ad- dition to the name - Hookerton High School. After 1919, no reference, what we have found, was made to the name Hookerton Academy or Hookerton Collegiate Institute. What happened to the early building? It was purchased and moved to the pre- sent school site with the intention that it should be renovated and used as a teacher- age. Nothing was done for its preservation; it soon deteriorated and was moved away. This seems a tragic loss I We wish it were possible to mention everyone who has been affiliated with this school. We present three well -remembered men as a cross section. MR. R. J. MATLOCK Mr. Matlock, grandfather The name of Mr. John Stanton one of our classmates, has will be echoed in this school district already been cited for a pore for time immemorial. The name seems to have a special significance for us although we have only known him vicariously. He was principal prior to our entrance; yet the im- agery of him who gave 14 1 2 years of dedicated service to our school seems a reality to us. The sound of his keys, worn on the hip, seems to have been a special symbol. We cannot help envying those who knew him. MR. JOHN C. STANTON On the succeeding pages we have used many pictures to portray, not only life at our school, but in the town of Hookerton as well. Our one wish is that we have of his futuristic planning. H years of service dated prior ti the program of state support public education. MR. VENTERS In gathering materials for this yearbook, we hav been concerned with esta lishing firsts. ' As we as sembled the data, we we: aware that Mr. Venters, certainly was instrumenta in helping the students of H.H.S. have the satisfac of having extracurricular experiences similar to the in larger schools. Although we can only claim Mrs. Beaman, and of course, Mrs. Stocks, we know these others have played important parts in the lives of many of you. been able to supply you with some information about your heritage. We, like you, are reluctant to turn away from that which has meant unaccountable pleasure and, as yet, unrealized benefits to us. However, we know that we cannot stand idly and look wistfully over our shoulders at yesterday. The dawn of another age, a new ■ — challenge, faces us; we, too, must be ready,