Marshall High School - Islander Yearbook (Marshall, NC)

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Superlatives PRORART TE Ss GDR, [pete 9 eects ee MOST STUDIOUS CLASS PROPHET MOS Tae VB RT ©) tS eee BEST PERSONALITY MOST CAPABLE FRIENDLIEST MOSES LGN TEE, Doe ene eee MOS EGLO VA [tek oo eee MOST TALENTED MOST DRAMATIC MIST ORIGINAL MOSTSPOPULAR CLASS ROMEO AND JULIET CLASS GRUMBLER Bennie Davis and Katie Nix Gerry Chandler Raymond Wallin Marvin Woodson Atlee Barbour and Clara Ramsey Norman Connor and Faye Riddle Bennie Davis Carol Rice George McKinney and Louise Fisher Betty Dockery Mark Smith and Clara Ramsey Clyne Rector and Mary Rice Christine Ward Mary H. Rector, Lee Roy Ducker and E. J. Coates ...Marvin Woodson and Mary A. Payne George McKinney and Edyth Sams E. J. Coates and Louise Thomas Nannette Hall Marvin Woodson Norman Connor and Loreen Lewis Everette Riddle, Robert Riddle and Louise Thomas Alma Payne Hildreth Rector Hugh Fisher and Altha Briggs Coleen Reece Minnie Lee McKinney Clyne Rector, Jack Tipton and Katie Nix Clara Ramsey and Louise Fisher Marvin Woodson, Altha Ball, and Bar- bara Runnion Eldridge Clark and Evelyn Reemes Bobby Ramsey and Blanche Bridges

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user (lea Prophecy One summer evening while out strolling, I suddenly grew tired and lay down beside a tree. I must have fallen asleep for now I find myself on the street of a strange city. I see the sign Tipton’s Department Store. I open the door and walk in and sure enough Jack is proprietor. I decide to see a movie. I am really surprised when Alma Payne and Barbara Runnion appear on the screen. Now the scene changes and I find myself riding in a car approaching the Golden Gate Bridge. Yes, there are some familiar faces, Eldridge Clark and Everette Riddle are helping paint the bridge. I stop at a theatre. As the curtain comes up the first thing is a solo by Mrs. Eldridge Clark, the former Evelyn Reemes. After leaving the theatre, I walk down the street and stop at a super market. Who would have guessed that our own little Mary Helen Rector had married Lloyd Roberts, the owner of this large store. She tells me that Altha Ball, wife of one of the wealthiest farmers of Madison County and the mother of two darling little girls, is now living in this town. She also says that Coleen Reece still hasn’t made up her mind about who she likes best, so she is still teaching dramatics at Marshall High School. I leave the store and happen to meet Clyne Rector. He is taking his last stroll before leav- ing for South America. He is now in the Air Force and tells me Marvin Woodson, Mark Smith, and Bobby Ramsey have left the week before, and he was to join them there. I go to the airport to catch the next plane leaving for Washington, D. C. Imagine Robert Riddle as pilot and Blanche Bridges as hostess! Arriving in Washington, I hailed a taxi and am I surprised to see Raymond Wallin is the driver. He tells me of Mr. and Mrs. Herchel Roberts’ hotel. Mrs. Roberts is the former Mary Alice Payne. I go to their hotel and after registering we chat over old times. They tell me Senator George McKinney, Hugh Fisher, who is now an en- gineer, and Loreen Lewis, well known dress designer, are coming for dinner tonight. The next morning I start shopping and meet some office girls who have started for work. Yes, it is the old familiar crowd: Mary Rice, Katie Nix, Hildreth Rector, and Minnie Lee McKinney. I then stop by a news stand and picking up a paper I notice the headline Leroy Ducker has been elected mayor and E. J. Coates and Atlee Barbour are the aldermen. This arouses my interest and I see it is the ‘News Record’ from Marshall, so I buy a copy. The news staff was an- nounced on the front page; Norman Connor is now editor. Also on the front page was Bennie Davis’s picture, star player for the Boston Red Sox. Turning through the paper I see an ad- vertisement from the Rice Beauty Salon. Virginia Carol is now owner, with co-workers Faye Riddle, Louise Thomas, and Nannette Hall. On the society page I see that Gerry Chandler, who is teaching English in a high school in South Carolina, Edyth Sams, science teacher in Idaho, Louise Collins, now teaching business education in a private school in Texas, and Clara Ramsey, who is teaching home economics in Florida, are spending the summer in their home town, Marshall. Next the picture of two nurses catches my eye. Altha Briggs and Christine Ward are now head nurses in the Orthopedic Home in Asheville. I now notice the financial report of the Bank of French Broad. It was submitted by the bookkeeper, Mrs. J. N. Ponder. Why it couldn’t be anyone but my old classmate, Betty Dockery. The scene quickly vanishes and I awake to find only a few short weeks ago I had received a diploma from Marshall High School. But, it does make one wonder where will this class be a few years from now!

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allicnt: WA credl Subeperd We, the seniors of 1951, have, after many a hard struggle, finally reached this goal of finish- ing high school. We now make our Last Will and Testament: 1. We, Mary Helen Rector and Loreen Lewis, will our second year French books to Larry Mc- Elroy and Lewis Bryan. 2. I, Louise Fisher, will my ability to study to Sadie Stines. 3. I Katie Nix, will my being football queen to Peggy Ward, and my place on the basketball team to Peggy Frisbee. 4. We, Altha Ball, Coleen Reece, and Faye Riddle the sleeping beauties of the journalism class, will our seats in the amen corner to Ernestine Whitt, Wilma Jarrett, and Betty Jo Reid. Or I, Clara Ramsey, will my place on the basketball team to Sally Roberts, and my seats with initials on them to Joyce McKinney. 6. I, Blanche Bridges, wil my troubles to Zane Wallin. 7. I, Mary Rice, will my ability to marry and work hard to Peggy Holland and Sadie Stines. 8. We, Alma Payne and Evelyn Reemes, will our journalism books to Joy Payne and Geneva Hensley. 9. I, Eldridge Clark, will my honorable name, “Romeo”. to “Red” Deaver. 10. I. Gerry Chandler, will my job of taking up the lunch money to Peggy Ward. 11. I, Minnie Lee McKinney, will my position on the basketball team to Francine Ramsey. P2en Ls Barbara Runnion, will my good grades in accounting to Jewell Davis and Burma Boone. 13. We, Mary Alice Payne and Betty Dockery will our accounting books and grades to Bobby Ponder and Don Payne. 14. I, Betty Dockery, will my seat on bus No. 1 to Ruby Payne. 15. I, Mary Alice Payne, will my ability to get along with the bus driver of bus No. 1 to Wanda Payne. 16. I, Robert Riddle, will my English book to Don Payne. 17. I, Norman Connor, will my accounting book to Larry McElroy. 18. We, Altha Briggs and Christine Ward, will our two afternoon study halls to Burma Boone and Belva Roberts. 19. I, Nannette Hall, will my place on the basketball team to Joyce McKinney, and my seats to Peggy Holland. 29. I. Clyne Rector. will mv ability to drive a school bus and come in late for class to “Red ” Deaver. 21. I, Louise Thomas, will my physics book to Sadie Stines. 22. I, George McKinney, will my ability to miss class for the purpose of begging money to Larry McElroy. 23. IT Hildreth Rector, will my studious ways to “Boots” Proffitt and Francine Ramsey, and my dear old French book to “Red” Deaver. 24. I, Marvin Woodson, will my position on the football team to Larry McElroy, and my seat in Mrs. Chandler’s room to Eugene Shipley. nw or I, Mark Smith, will my position on the football team to Carroll Frisbee, and my troubles to Tommie Caldwell.