J T Barber High School - Warrior Yearbook (New Bern, NC)

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Glass Jprop ieca It is the year 1965. Ten years have elapsed since the sixty-seven graduates of ”55 parted, each to pur¬ sue his chosen life ' s work. Plump Hill, a fashion designer in Paris; Thomas Brown, a laboratory techni¬ cian at Freedmen ' s Hospital, Washington, D. C.; Helen Brown, a dress designer in Hollywood; and Edna Vines, a music teacher at The Boston Conservatory of Music are touring the United States visiting the W.S.H. S. grads of 55. We start the tour at Burbank, California. Incidentally, we ' re traveling in a 1965 convertible Catalina Pontiac belonging to Miss Vines. After a short drive, we arrive at Travis Air Force Base in California, where Captain Chester Rodgers is stationed. We are also informed that Airman First-Class Robert Staten is a radar technician at that base. Next, we journey to Las Vegas, Nevada, where we find Miss Joan Lee Flarris’ dance group entertaining in a well-known night club. From there we go to Phoenix, Arizona where Mr. Charles Dillahunt is employed as a technical engineer and Mr. Carl Collins as a radio technician. - „ Our next stop is at Lakeland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Stationed there are two WAAFs out of our graduating class. They are First Lieutenant Mary Nixon and Second Lieutenant Beaulah Sanders. In Little Rock, Arkansas, we find Mr. Vander Allen, a prominent mortician in that city. From there we journey to Memphis, Tennessee. We stop to chat with Messrs. Jeston Fisher and Raymond Crump, who are brickmasons. In this city we find, also, Delia Green and Amanda Valentine, who are beauticians. In Raleigh, North Carolina, we find Bryant ' s Hospital which is named for its founder. Nurse Shirley Bryant. It is interesting to note that a new building has been erected for students interested in going into the field of medicine upon the completion of high school. Dr. Gwendolyn Gavin is one of the leading doctors at Bryant ' s Hospital. Other members of the staff are Misses Ludie Fisher, Allegray Reddick, Carnetta Murphy, Vera Richardson, and Mary Bryant, who are nurses. Upon arriving at our home town, New Bern, we learn that Mr. Oscar Keyes is the Farm Agent for Craven County. Added to the staff at J. T. Barber is Miss Maggie Roberson, Home Economics teacher. Jean Williams is a teacher at West Street Elementary School. After spending the week-end at home, we now journey to Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Isaac Roberson is the football coach at Virginia Union. He has one of the greatest teams in the United States. Miss Hattie Kornegay is secretary to the president of Virginia Union, and Miss Nell Brown is the registrar at the college. Traveling from Richmond to Washington, D.C., we find, working in the Commerce Building as stenographers. Misses Essie Blount, Thelma Crooms and Sarah Simmons. Employees of the Agriculture Department as secretaries are Misses Eliza Bell, Vera Best and Christina Bryant. Major Charles Grice is in charge of the R. O.T.C. at Howard University. Working at Walter Reed Hospital are nurses Carolyn Gillis and Annie Jarmond. At the station WWDC, as a radio technician is Mr. Ernest Fisher. Our next stop is in Maryland. At the Maryland Naval Base is Chief Petty Officer Billy Dove, who is an X-ray technician. In Baltimore, we are greeted by Messrs. William Pearsall, Clarence Webb, Casper Carter and Milton Tripp who are mechanics.

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cS uperfatiues DONALD POLLOCK GWENDOLYN GAVIN THOMAS BROWN EDNA VINES JAMES MIDGETTE VERA RICHARDSON LEON NIXON JOAN HARRIS

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We now depart for Philadelphia, Pa., where we find, working there as beauticians, Misses Shirley Hill, and JoAnn Sanders. Mr. Donald Pollock is a lawyer in the city. From there we go to New York. Teaching at New York University are Miss Eleanor Bell, an English instructor, and Mr. Jessie Carter, a physical education instructor. Teaching dancing at Arthur Murray ' s Dance Studio is Miss Josephine Stancil. Miss Ellen Daniels is a seamstress here for Barbara Stanwyck, a movie star. We find Mr. Amos Dunson playing with the New York Giants ' baseball team. Next, we journey to New Haven, Conn., where we are greeted by Miss Ruby Slade, Home Economics instructor at Yale University. Incidentally, Miss Slade is the author of a book titled The New Genera¬ tion. Our last stop is in Boston, Mass. A research chemist, in the field of quantitative analysis, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is Mr. Joseph Williams, who has just successfully completed a perilous experi¬ ment. We wish to congratulate the class of 1955 on the success they have achieved in the various vocations they have chosen. Edna Vines Plump Hill Helen Brown Thomas Brown CLASS FLOWER: CLASS MOTTO: CLASS COLORS: ADVISORS: White Carnation We have crossed the bay, the ocean lies before us. Maroon and Gray Miss J. C. Hobbs Mrs. P. O. Richards