Long Creek High School - Souvenir Yearbook (Long Creek, NC)

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GLASS PROPHECY As I gaze into my crysfal ball if takes me to ray classmates of 47 I can see a fat-m, ye? it has a small white house with a picket fence a ' -ound the yard There ' s someone feeding the chickens why its Betty Sue. and with her is her small son. As I walk down the road f ' -ora her house. I see Billy Jane McClure sitting on the porch of he- home She seems very happy Seeing Billy Jane made me think of Corinne, so I asked about her, only to find that she ' s working with her husoand in their studio I went on down the Beattys Ford Road There was a party or something important going on at the Greasy Spoon which was owned and operated by Donald Elliott r went in side to d.iscover that there was an athletic association meeting in session Chairman of the meeting was Johnny Fesperman, who is now Physical Ed Director at NC State, the others were Merton Vance. Big League oasebail pitcher and Helen Hatley who was coaching basketball at Woman- s College University of N C I sat down at the counter to o»-der a coke and who should take my o ' -der out Betty Mcintosh, After finishing the coke ]. left went out side and caught a bus to Charlotte. When getting on the bus I saw the driver was an old classmate of mine Evelyn Nance I took my seat by a young lady not realizing until 1 noticed more closely she was Isaoelle Caldwell, now Vice president of Bell Telephone I walked up main street after reaching Charlotte There was a news boy on the corner, so I decided to catch up on the latest news items Well guess who is now the manager of the Observer Dalton Parke ' - Turning the pages of the paper I noticed several interesting articles. A lecture will be given to the Woman ' s Club tonight by the w!- ©? - o ' f ' trhe year s best seller. Mary Clayton Edwards Another item of interest was that Senator Dorothy Hart would ue the speaker in Legislature Another classmate in the news was Betty Harpe. Dress Designer for Iveys who was sponsoring a fashion show that evening What s this. Jean Hamilton Met ropolitian Opera Singer will perform here in three weeks accompaning at the piano will be Beth Elliott, teacher of music, at Phifer Junior ColJege I put ray paper aside and decided to do some shopping I went to Belk ' s one of the largest depa ' -tment stores in the city I had hardly entered when I met Oliver Saxon now the Manager of the store When getting my package wrapped I thought the wrappe ' s face was familar 1 was right, for Baroara Thomas was chief wrapper of Belk s I noticed some one was watching me he seemed to be the store detective only he moved so slowly he could never catch a shop lifter It had to to Bill Blyt ' he for there ' s no other person who could be that I left Belk s and visited other Dusiness sections of the city. As I walked in and out f various offices I saw many of my former classmates In the office of Lance ' s I found Madeline Black, now president and serving as her p«-ivate secretary, Jean CoHii s Another reliaole class mate Margaret Hambright , was serving as Madeline s effiorient Bookeeper I took a cao from Lance ' s to go to a night cIud I was delayed in ar ' -iving at my des tin?tion however by a crash that temporarily tied up traffic A docto»- and his assistant Louise Henderson, while answering an emergency call, had collided with another car Under the efficient supervision of Sheriff Todd traffic was soon untangled, and I was again on my wa y As we ode on toward the club I noticed the large electric sign of a model agency own ed by Odessa Evan.-; now proprietor of This Ulfta Smart establishment When seated I picked up a program on my taole Well what do you know Boyce iNfixon s Jazz Band was playing there that n = ght and as a special featur e the jitterbug Champ ion =Dickey Hart was to give a per- fo raanc e Johnnie Fesperman

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HISTORY OF CLASS OF ° 47 When to the sc ' sAon of sweef-, s i ' p r »• thought I s-ummon. up ' ' emembt ar r e s of things past., The poet- ha« we! ! exp» essed tha whJ ' -h I hope to convey tp you The .Remembrances o tb-r.pt p a s t being cv s ' hool days at dear OJ Long C ' eek H ' As I think r» a r k J t erall mo e and mo e- t he srenes •• cm our Sri ool life Fifsf of all that September day long ago when we started almost as, babies under the gt ' idanre and supervision of ou - firts grade teacher. Both our tragedies nd ouf triumphs seem sma ' ' and insignificant viewed over a distance of tweive yea ' s Yet it was, perhaps our hardest year for young as wc were we had to adapt ourselves to discipline to group 1 i y « ng „ to f on = for othe ' s and free ourselves, to a degree from our dependance on our parents and home Our course through primary and grammar srhool was the unusual one. We worked we p layed we were good we we ' °e naughty we studied or we didn- t we we e in rhapel p ' og ' -aras ope ' etta but never falte ing time advanced us grade by grade and year by year until before we scarcely realized it we were knocking at the portals of High Srho ' cla ■ We were welcomed into this h ' ghf realm of learning t y our principal Mr Jenkins, and Miss Lois Whitfield, who was cur home ' ' oom teacher Since this was a war year we did not have competitive athletics so extra cirricula a t i V i t i e s w e r e 1 i m i t e d The last three years proved to have a brighter forecast, however and very little took place in the county in which our students did not have an active part -r fact our competitive a« tivities became as much a pa ' t of our dai I V ' cV- ' -vf as did our regular studies Mrs. Kelly in our Sophomore yea ' ruTed us to a gi eat extent of our giggles. As frefkies disappea« ' ed and di gnity deve ' oped Mrs» Lawing who had helped us through the seventh grade , again took us under he ' w-ng to guide us safely through the reraainde ' ' of High School, She sympathized suffp ' ed, yes, and laughed with us acting as a guiding light. There ha -e been successes,, but thei ' e have also been failures to be su«-e». But rhe real history of the class can not be summarily written, for it is the •eco ' d of the lives and struggles of each student as he goes on with never faltpf-ing courage to face the life tha - the future and fate have in store for him That record of class of, 47 shalJ reach its fruitition through the ac- compli s hm e r t s of its members. The greatest chapter of this his to. y is yet to be written, the chapter of life where, when partings are over and student days are gone forever,, each will have his individual task to perform. An d i s i t boastful to say that the present speaks a future that is bright with prospect of great lives of achievment in service? But what eve - may happen, every member of the class will forever be loyal to Long Creek and the class of 47

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CLASS f .IFTS Merton and I havo .ointed throu multitudious ways and by ways to find for you, dear class mates, these ti jasu ed gifts, prize tliem, for they represent much tliought. We feel, you should ue v ry appreciative, because each giA represents one of your pet claracteristics, ambitions, or aversion;- . Madeline Black has been an outstanding student, especially in English. We have for you J small dictionary so you ' ll always be up to date in your vocabulary. There ' s one member of our class. Bill Blythe, who ' s always late, ijlaybe some vitamin pills will build your energy up ai.d g you more speed. We ' ve noticed Isabelle Caldwell has had trouble keeping her bangs straight, so in order to render our assistance in the best way we know, we give you this comb and lope you find it usefXil . •Jean Collins is always fr shf m...,, her lips by a new covering of lipstick. We fear you ' ll run out soon, so to keep up your supply, here ' s a tube to add to your collection. Mary Clayton has a crush, the only trouble is that he ' s at Wingate, and this distance limits their dates. So we ' re giving you a ticket to Wingate, with the liopes you get a date. Beth Elliott, the jazzie member of our class has been attending many dajices lately. We know this is hard on shoes, so here ' s a pair in reserve. Donald Elliott is always talking about what he ' d do if he had some money saved. Well the best way to save is put your money in a bank, so here ' s a penny bank for you to start your savings with. Odessa Evans has beautiful long black hair. We want you to keep it ttiis pretty always so we ' re giving this card of bobby pins in order to aid you to do so. We ' ve noticed Johnnie ' s peroxide curls have disappeared lately, so in order to renew them here ' s a bottle of peroxide. Margaret, we hear you ' re going to Mary Wasliington College. We know you ' re ajixious to leave, so to help you wait until fall here ' s a little Mary Washington Doll. The most talkative member of our class is Jean Hamilton. Jearc,; we fear your tongue will wear out, so we ' re giving you this one in reserve. Betty Harpe is always worryiijg about how she lookj, Betty here ' s a mirror so now your worries will be over. Our favorite pin-up boy, Dickie Hart, is having trouble keeping all liis dates. We want to render our service by; giving you this date book. Dorothy Hart is always wanting something to eat, in order to satisfy your hunger we give you this bar of cmidy. Helen Hatley is one of our favorite basketball playe.-s, to keep dear the memories of your school days we give you tMs basketball. We ' ve heard tiiat louise Henderson is planning on being a scliool teacher. We know tlds paddle will come in handy in future days. Betty Macintosh has a bright fUture planned, so here ' s a salt shaker to start you ' re hope chest with. Billie Jane McClure, the girl wto ' s got an out-of-oonmunity boy frieid, maybe needs tius rope to hold him. Since Corinne is a natural curly head, we give you these curlers Just in case mother nature should change her mind. Evelyn Nance has been driving a bus for two years, we know you ' ll be lonesome when schools out, so here ' s a bus to keep dear the memories. Boyce Nixon, our musical mentoer. Is always singing the same song, maybe witli tlds song book you ' ll be able to leam a new tune. We hear Betty Sue Osborne is planning on being a teleplione operator. We ' re sure tliat with this telephone you can get plenty of practice and be ready for work. All the girls have been mobbing Dal ton Paricer lately and if something ' s not done we fear you ' ll get hurt. So Dal ton here ' s a stick to protect yourself. Oliver Saxon used to be our favorite usher at the Imperial, but now he ' s working else where. So we ' re giving you this show ticket so that you ' ll be able to see a show again. Barbara Thomas is the friendlist member of our class, so that you may carr out tlds friendship when meeting with her friends we give you this copy of Auld Lang Syne. Since Bill Todd has had trouble getting his dates we want to help you by giving this little book of addressess and phone numbers. Surely you ' ll get a date now;. Merton Vance has been known in high school for his wit, but four years of tlie sajne Jokes is tiresome, so we ' re giving you this book of jokes and hope you ' ll make good use of it. By the stars in the eyes of June Wilson we figure you ' ll be keeping house soon. This rolling pin might prove handy in finding out who ' s boss BETn 1ACINT0SH