Maury High School - Mecca Yearbook (Maury, NC)

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Witt and dJedtament Earth Northern and Western Hemisphere United States of America North Carolina, County of Green City of Maury, Maury School We the Senior Class of nineteen hundred and fifty-two, being together as a class for the last time, hereby will and bequeath the following to-wit: We wish to thank our parents and friends who have made it possible for us to reach this glad hour. To the faculty we give forever our love and esteem and our increasing respect in token of what they have done in making us what we are. To our senior class teacher, Mrs. Olive, we give our love and sincere wishes in the future and also an ideal twelfth grade English class. Julius Hughes wills his position on the basketball team to Herman Croom. Wallace Stocks wills his seat in three of Mrs. Olive ' s English classes to Joseph Pippin. Doris Mozingo wills her pleasing personality to Erma Johnson. Deane Wooten wills her musical ability to Bonnie Rouse. May she use it to advantage in learning English. To Robert Lee Moye, Rachel Albritton wills her everyday saying, John . Bobbie Sue Bowen leaves Marietta Trippe a few tips on how to get along with boys. Harold Hinnant leaves his numerous excuses to be absent from school to Joe Jones. Joanna Butts wills her senior dignity and privileges to Ruth Graves. To Faye Wooten, Geraldine Murphey wills her ability to play basketball. Janie Grace Bowen gives Albert Wood the privilege of being Mr. Whitford ' s assistant next year. Charles Vick leaves his witty ways to Ruth Murphey. Alice Mills wills her ability and studiousness to James Carraway. Bessie Morgan wills to Jackie Jones a map on the shortest route to Walstonburg in case she might be interested some day. A. L. Moye wills his popularity with the girls, especially one at East Carolina, to Edwin Earl Jones . Dorothy Taylor leaves all her written book reports to Oscar Ross. He will probably need them before he gets his diploma. Ann Elks wills Virginia Stocks an automobile so she will not have to sit home on Saturday and Sunday nights . Tommy Gadley wills his good disposition to Edgar Lowe. Thelma Stocks wills her pleasing plump figure to Edith Horne so she will have better prospects of getting a boyfriend. Peggy Allen wills her sarcasm to anyone who might need it to defend himself. Carroll Skinner wills his school bus to Willie Palmer next school term. Don ' t have a wreck the first day. Eddie Ray Moore leaves JoAnn Hedgepeth a rope so she can tie Billy Graves her senior year. After our decease, and after our funeral expenses have been paid, we direct that all our property, real and imaginery, be sold, and that the funds be turned over to Mr. Whitford to be used toward the building of a new gymnasium. We, the aforesaid, declare this to be our Last Will and Testament, and do hereby appoint our Principal, D. G. Whitford, as sole executor. Madeline Albritton, Testatrix Class of ' 52

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COLORS Green and Yellow MOTTO We strive for a higher goal. FLOWER Gladiolus a ate jpwpliectj I, Alice Mills, am enjoying a vacation at my home in the rural district of Maury. I shall soon return to Washington, D. C. where I work with the F. B.I. Agency. While looking through the contents of an old trunk in my room, I found a copy of the Maury Mecca. As I turned the pages, memories came flooding back. The dear faces of my classmates appeared to me as they had been on the night of our graduation, just eight short years ago. Today Madeline Albritton lives in Snow Hill where she teaches. Rachel Albritton and Geraldine Murphy operate a beauty parlor in Greenville, N. C. Peggy Allen is a telephone operator. In France, Bobbie Sue Bowen has become a famous home economist. She will return to the states soon. Janie Grace Bowen is happily married and lives near Farmville. Joanna Butts is secretary to the president of a large transportation firm. Ann Elks is a famous Army nurse. At the present time, she is stationed in Italy. Tommy Godley has become well known in Eastern North Carolina as a tobacco farmer. Harold Hinnant works for the state. He has become a civil engineer. Julius Hughes is a well known agricultural leader. He operates a famous dairy farm. Bessie Morgan is a laboratory technician in Duke Hospital. A. L. Moye finally got through school and is doing a splendid job as athletic director at State College. Doris Mozingo lives near Maury. She has an adorable husband! In China, Thelma Stocks has become a missionary. Dorothy Taylor is happily married. Deane Wooten is outstanding as a Baptist Youth Director. Eddie Ray Moore is a radio technician at Cherry Point. Carroll Skinner operates a very prosperous farm. Wallace Stocks is an excellent salesman for the Brown Color Company, which is well-known today all over the world. Charles Vick drives a truck. He covers the territory from Maine to Florida. At last the book fell to the floor. The noise brought me out of the reverie into which I had fallen. The pictures had brought back memories of the past, never to be forgotten. Although the years have pass ed, my memories of our high school days are as vivid as ever. Alice Mills Prophet

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