Maury High School - Mecca Yearbook (Maury, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Seniors of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty Six, of Maury High School, in the County of Greene, the State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and body and realizing our impending departure from this in- stitution of training, do hereby declare and make this our last will and test- To the teachers of Maury, we wish to express our many thanks for their leadership and efforts toward increasing our wisdom. ARTICLE II To the buildings and busses we leave our deepest sympathy after the care we gave them for the past twelve years and hope the future Seniors will be better to them. „ ARTICLE III To the undergraduates: To the Juniors, we leave the privilege of keep- ing the whole school waiting for them until they get to the assemblies; To the Sophomores, we leave such a high standard of achievement that they can never attain. To the Freshmen, we leave the responsibility of acting meekly in the presence of upperclassmen. ARTICLE IV To our beloved Parents, who have sacrificed so much, we leave our deepest love and gratitude and we hope that you can say that your sacri- fices have not been in vain. ARTICLE V Individual Bequests: During our years of school we have accumulated some well-known articles which we would like to bestow upon the members of the high school. They are as follows- Lois Heath wills her love for library books to Addie Mae Murray and Tom- my Moore. Kenneth Bowen wills his rebounding ability to Bobby Nethercutt, and his curly red hair to Taylor Nethercutt and Jim Pollock. Lois Hughes wills her quietness to Sylvia Faulkner in hope she will absorb some of it. Eioise May leaves her flirty ways to shy Lorraine Vandiford in hopes she will learn new techniques with the men. Betty Lou Sugg leaves her ability to sing to Faye Meadows. Jean Stanley .wills her guard position on the ball team to Marilyn Webb. Bobby Baldree leaves his seat in Mrs. Olive ' s car to Guy Moore. Good riding, kid. J. D. Moore wills his way with the women to Kenneth Johnson and Wesley Smith. James Ray Bowen leaves his two seats in English Classes to Billy May, since they both enjoy it so much. Fred Murphy leaves his courteous and dignified ways to Artie Shields. To Charles Rogers, Reid Pate wills his ability to get along with Coach John- son. Billy Carraway wills his good looks and presidency of Senior Class to Roy Carraway, but he will have to let his hair grow out. Bonnie Carraway leaves her plump figure to Doris Mooring Janice Ann Mooring leaves her chief cheerleader suit and ability to get the student body to yell to Edna Sugg. Joyce Beaman leaves her talkative ways to Jerry Jones and Phillip Harper. Carolyn Nethercutt leaves her Athletic Ability to Hilda Letchworth and Mary Frances Linton. Glenda Cash leaves her fight in trying to keep the schools segregated to Richard Worthington, since he has three years to carry on the job. To Stanley Fulford and Billy Daughtry, F. J. Faulkner wills his agriculture grades and witty ways. Sally Wade leaves the right to represent Maury in Farmville on Farmers ' Day to Ann Sugg. Kay Frances Mooring wills her tallness and ability to catch, and hold men to Mary Harper Beaman. And I, Earl Stocks, would like to leave my sincere thanks and appreciation to all, for twelve wonderful years of school. And also to leave Roger Mo- zingo the presidency of the F.F.A. and my Engish grades. For the use of the electric typewriter all the paper staff leaves it to Jo Ann Faulkner and Ruth Taylor. We hereby appoint Mrs. Juanita Olive, our class advisor, as sole exe- cutor of this, our last will and testament. We, the Senior Class of 1956 do set our seal on this, the 23rd day of May in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Six. Witnessed by: Carl William Smith Louise May W. H. Howell

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HISTORY As the school year comes to a close we find ourselves Seniors. Our thoughts wander back through our high school days. In 1953 Maury claimed a group of proud freshmen. As this year was our first year in high school, of course, we noticed the difference from gram- mar school. Everyone worked hard and had a fine year under the leader- ship of Mr. Bryant Tripp. As school opened again we are now Sophomores. Under the leader- ship of Mrs. C. T. May we worked very hard and along with the work we also had several parties. At last, we are Juniors. Although we are decreasing in number we are filled with high expectations. This is the year we order our rings, present our Junior play and the best of all the Junior and Senior Banquet. On March 17 we gave our Junior play. April 11 was a proud day, we had our Junior- Senior Banquet. And now it is September again and we begin as twenty-one proud Sen- iors with Mrs. Graham Olive as our teacher. We have really been looking forward to this year especially those class rings and diplomas. Our class officers were Billy Carraway-President, Janice Mooring-Vice-President, Kay Mooring-Secretary, Jean Stanley-Treasurer and Bonnie Carraway-Reporter. On October 11 we took a trip to Williamsburg, Va. This was a very edu- cational trip and everyone enjoyed it. We had a Christmas party at Kay ' s. Christmas not only brought us a party, but also a new member, J. D. Moore. For our class colors we chose pink and green, and Carnations for the flower. As our years come to an end here at Maury we will always remember our happiness and mishaps. We would like to thank our parents and also the faculty for helping us through our high school years. Historian Carolyn Nethercutt

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PROPHECY It has now been fifteen years since the 1956 Seniors departed from the great institution of Maury High School. According to the wishes of the said departed Seniors, I - Kenneth Bowen, United States Ambassador to the Uni- ted Nations, was supposed, in the fifteenth year of our departure from the Greene County Institution, to let the Maury High School paper know what the 1956 graduates were doing. Last week while enjoying an afternoon home with my wife, the former Lois Heath and our two children, we were discussing the problem of how to check up on our former classmates when the door bell sounded. To our sur- prise and enjoyment there stood two of our very close classmates, Earl Stocks, now principal of our Alma Mater, and his wife, Kay Mooring. When the evening was over we had all the information needed about the 1956 graduates for the Maury Hi-Yi. We learned that Earl and Kay were married soon after graduation and that Earl attended East Carolina Col- lege while Kay worked. They now have three children. Carl, Earl Jr., and little Alma Kay. Earl told me that Billy Carraway was a famous singer with the Lucky Swan dance band. in every class there has to be one person to enter County politics. That privilege went to James Ray Bowen-sheriff of Greene County. With Sheriff Bowen and F. J. Faulkner of the State Highway Patrol, Greene County has become a nightmare for the hot-rod racers. It was very nice to learn that Bobby Bald ree was manager of the Straw- berry State Experiment Station in Wallace. Earl told me that J. D. Moore was Manager of the Kinston Baseball Club. They say he is another Leppie Dorocher-As a baseball manager that is. It was gratifying to know that bashful Reid Pate had married and was now owner of the Snow Hill Tractor Co. While Earl and I were talking about the boys, Lois and Kay were catch- ing up on the girls. It seems that Jean Stanley is Playing Manager of the re- cently organized National Basketball League for Women. Eloise May gave up her job at W.N.C.T. to marry Coach Carson Jones of the Walstonburg School. They have five children. Because of her love for Shorthand, Joyce Beaman became the Secretary to the President of Du Pont Dacron Plant at Kinston. Wishing to spread the Christian religion Lois Jean Hughes became a missionary to the dark continant of Africa. Energetic Carolyn Nethercutt de- cided to settle down and live a quiet life, so she opened up a Ladies ' Beauty Shoppe in Maury. She now knows all the latest gossip in the county of Greene. Lois couldn ' t believe it when Kay told her that Janice Mooring had decided to enter a man ' s profession. She is now one of the leading stock car racers of the South. It was also surprising to learn that Sally Wade had changed her mind about becoming a preacher and is now the English tea- cher of Hookerton High School, if seems that Bonnie Carraway got tired of going to Ayden to buy clothes, so she opened up her own shop-“The Or- mondsville Shop For Women , with a branch store near Wilson. Betty Lou Sugg is now the star performer for T. V. Station W. N. C. T.-specializing in programs for men. Fred Murphey is now chief mechanic-in charge of all Greene County school busses. Fred always was good for looking out for the busses. Our ex-classmate, Douglas Gibson, who matriculated to E. M. I. is now commanding General of the Light House at Cape Hatteras. The list of the 56 graduates was brought to a close with the discus- sion of what a wonderful job Glenda Cash was doing as a social worker for the Greene County Welfare Department. She is the Old Maid of the Class. After Principal Stocks and wife, Kay, had left and Lois had gone to put our two children, Lois Olive, and Kenneth Jr. to bed, I finished this report about the 56 graduates, which will appear in the next issue of the Maury Hi-Yi.