Kenly High School - Galleon Yearbook (Kenly, NC)

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CLASS PHIIPHEIIY Five long years have passed since our graduation from Kenly High. Ah! Those were The days of carefree happiness. As I begin To reminisce all our senior activities, I ponder over the future of my classmates. I sit down to my crystal ball, and who should I see first but A. G. Askew, who is now a Admiral in The Nav And there's D. H. Ballance, a bookkeeper for a large lumber concern on The West Coast. Y I I see Bobby Barnes who is now a successful farmer. And King's Business College now has a new Typing Teacher, Harold Bowen. I see Two more successful farmers, John Ed Davis and Rudolph Edgerton. AT last Bobby Hales owns his own service station. I see la busy math class. It looks as Though - it is! Carl Leggett is The Teacher. I see Melvin Narron still continuing his education. Thomas Keith Nichols is now Teaching school in one of our public schools. And There are Two more farmers, James Ray Pittman and Aubrey Radford. I see Bobby Ray Pittman who is now an electrical Technician. AT last Linwood Raper has a iob with The Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company. Jerome Rhodes, having just finished college, is a successful druggist. I see Jimmy Watkins working in his own service station in Kenly. I see that Rudolph Watson has finally decided To continue his education. I see Mac Woodard is happy now because he owns his own theatre. Jean Baggett is now coaching basketball at St. Mary's School where Jan Winders is teaching Eng- Iish. I see Two nurses at Carolina General Hospital. Yes, they are Bobbie Barnes and Grace Durham. I see Janyce Bass likes Kenly very much for she has a iob teaching home economics. Eleanor Dickinson now keeps books for Boylan-Pearce in Raleigh. I hear beautiful music coming from one of New Yorks largest Theatres. Yes, it is Peggy Jean Ed- wards making her first personal appearance as a singer. l see Edith Holland and Carolyn Killette happy at home with their families. I see that the Governor of North Carolina has Cleo Jones as his new secretary. I see Elsie Little has finally become a nurse at Duke Hospital. I see Georgia Lee Morris teaching school. I see Christine Hooks and Melba Jean Pittman doing missionary work. At last Hilda Grey Scott is a laboratory technician. Flonnie Ann Spivey and Joyce Woodard, in order to 'be with some of The other graduates of the Class of '50, have gone into training to be nurses. I see that Mary Elizabeth Spivey has been busy in the last few years. After modeling clothes for BuIlock's in Los Angeles, California, she has just signed a contract To make Two pictures a year with R K O. I see Lois Spivey as a successful lawyer in New York City. Smiling, I put away my crystal ball, feeling very satisfied over the success of my fellow classmates. Grace Durham.

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Lil TWILLII DTE 'l'iIMIl'I' We the class of '50, being of sound body las much as possible after changing classesl and of sound mind lno remarks from the faculty pleasell and being in a generous mood, do hereby dispose and be- queath our most treasured traits and prized possessions in this our Last Will and Testament. Gather round, all of you'who are concerned while this famous document, duly executed and signed is read: We the Seniors of I95O, being made up of 37 masterminds with everlasting memories, make known on this nineteenth day of May in the year of nineteen hundred fifty, our Last Will and Testament, so that you, our beneficiaries, may prosper by these things which we leave. ARTICLE I, We leave to the beloved, respected and honored faculty of our school a portion of the honors which we shall win in the future, since it is you who are largely responsible for said honors. It is our desire that you require the same amount of study from all succeeding senior classes as was re- quired of us, and in this study you may use our class as an outstanding example, provided such compari- son is accomplished with our respect to us. We also will to the faculty our bright sayings, practical iobs and all of our old excused tardy and absence slips that you may use them next year. ARTICLE 2: To the Juniors we leave all our Senior privileges. I-Iere's hoping you find them in good condition, because they've never been used. ARTICLE 3: To Mrs. Wethington and all her Sophomores we leave our dignity which has never been used, hoping they will make use of it. ARTICLE 4: To all the Freshmen we leave all our old chewing gum wrappers and our sincere hope that none of them will break a leg climbing the High School Rockies. We, the Senior Class, do will to Mr. Long a cat so curiosity won't kill him, to Miss Scarborough a ticket to Wake Forest because her boy friend stays there, to Mr. Edgerton a history book so all his history will come from that instead of the newspaper, to Mrs Wethington we will a ruler so she, instead of her class, will draw bookkeeping farms in '5I, to Mrs. Barnes we will our ability to hold our temper. To Mr. Snipes: our undying love and gratitude for being our best friend and helper during these 4V2 years he has been with us. I, A. G. Askew, do will my ability to play basketball to Bobby Parnell. vi If I, D. H. Ballance, do leave my excess fat to Delmas Pike. I, I-Iarold Bowen, do will my blushing technique to Squirrel Mozingo. I, John Ed Davis, leave - good riddance, and will my school bus to anyone, lhoping it does fall apartl. I Bobby Barnes, will leave - hoping never to return. I, Rudolph Edgerton, do leave my speed in typing to Harold Bowen so he can pass. I, Bobby I-Iales, do will my adult ways to Douglas I-looks, lwho could well make use of theml. I, Carl Leggett, do will my driving ability to .Edgar Earl I-lolland. I, Melvin Narron, do will six inches of my height to Benny Alford. I, Thomas Keith Nichols, do will my annual notes to anyone who can use them. I, Bobby Ray Pittman, do will my loudness to Glen Edgerton. I, James Ray Pittman, do will my slowness to C. V. Simmons. I, Aubrey Radford, do will my ability to date girls to Douglas Williams. I, Linwood Raper, do will my curly hair to Earldean Jackson and Nancy Edwards. I, Jerome Rhodes, do will my ability to learn to Mariorie Pittman, and my ability to work chemistry to some poor sucker who takes it next year. I, Jimmy Watkins, do will by courteous ways to William Watson. I, Rudolph Watson, do will my shortness to Robert Lee Edgerton and Harold Hinnant. I, Mac Woodard, do will my wittiness to Douglas Williams. lContinued on page 34l

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CLASS OFFICERS EDGAR EARL HOLLAND ..... Presidenf PEGGY WATSON .....A...... Vice President SADIE JONES . , . . , A Secretary and Treasurer Elgie Boyette George Dixon Harold Hinnanf Edgar Earl Holland Earldeen Jackson Sadie Jones Garneffe Lamm Bobby Parnell Delrnas Pike Elmer Pittman Margie Pittman Sandra Strickland Peggy Wafson Betty Lou Wafson William Watson Douglas Williams