Maury High School - Mecca Yearbook (Maury, NC)

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To The Future. It -was spring and almost time for graduation. As I walked over the meadows one starry night, I thought of the future. What would it bring to each member of the graduating class of 1960? I dropped to the ground beside a babbling brook. As I watched the moonlight scatter its beams through the ripples, I fell into a deep sleep. When I opened my eyes, it seemed as though fifteen years had passed. I was viewing people and places I had never seen before. But Avait! I did know some of them. They were the members of the graduating class of 1960. The curtain goes up at the Metropolitan Opera House as JOHNNIE SUE WEBB makes her opening debut in the leading role of Mimi. A rocket zooms by! Why, it ' s WILLIS MURPHY and his family on their way back to earth. They just spent a wonder- ful vacation on his little farm on the moon. HERMAN BRAXTON is coach of a top-notch team at the University of California. They haven ' t lost a game since Herman began his job there five years ago. SHIRLEY BOWOs is head nurse in a large hospital in Virginia. She married a local boy. The girls who take Home Economics at the Consolidated School of Greene County are really enjoying their work. They have two wonderful teachers — JUDY W ' ALLS and DOROTHY MOORING, graduates of East Carolina College. LINTIIA OWENS, the former Lindia Bowen, is now living in Florida where her husband, Bill, is stationed in the Air Force . CAROLE DAIL and W ' lLSON WADE were married soon after graduation. After serving a few years in the Air Force, Wilson, with his wife and children, settled down in the suburbs of the city of Snow Hill where he now serves as Mayor. J. D. HUGHES became Sheriff of the town of Maury. He and his Deputies— JIMMY ALBRITTON, KENNETH HEATH, and STANLEY TAYLOR are doing a wonderful job keeping the town a nice place in which to live. It seems as though a few of our classmates made it up to Washington, D. C. LEWIS GRAY is now serving as President of the United States. LANE FAULKNER, HERBERT GRAVES, FRANKLIN HINSON, and EDWARD WRALEY are members of his cabinet. We ' re right in the middle of an election in North Carolina. BOBBY WADE and KENNETH WORTHINGTON are run- ning for Governor. May the best man win! MILDRED DAVIS and ELAINE WADE are operating a Ladies ' Beauty Shoppe in Goldsboro. They ' re keeping up with ALL the gossip these days. PATSY HILL, after much studying, became a Private Secretary. She ' s wearing a big diamond now. Wonder if it ' s from the boss? LEMUEL BOWEN graduated from Yale University recently. The new sign on his door reads: Dr. Lemuel Bow’en. CHARLES COX discovered oil on his farm and is now the richest man in Greene County. DANNY DAUGHERTY graduated from a Law’ School in California and now has an outstanding practice in North Carolina. GERALDINE MURPHY, after marrying her childhood sweetheart, finds joy and contentment in running the Greene County Pet Shop in Snow’ Hill. Aside from being wives, the Bunn twins, REBA and RETHA have a great comedy act on television station W.N.C.T. • at 4:30 every evening. JOHNNY RAY STANLEY left Elvis w’ay behind in the dust when he became a Rock and Roll singer. Johnny also writes in his spare time. His latest book is entitled, 1 Was My Teachers ' s Idol. HILDA VANDIFORD and CAROLYN MAY became bookkeepers for the Du Pont Plant of Kinston. They thank their lucky stars that Mrs. Allen was their bookkeeping teacher. WILLIAM EARL BROWN surprised everyone by becoming a professor of English. He says Mrs. Taylor was his inspi- ration. After enjoying a school life full of mischief, ROBERT WHITLEY became the Pastor of the Methodist Church in Maury. Because of their friendship, LOUVENIA BUNN and ELLA MARIE GRANT went into Nurses ' Training together. They are now both Registered Nurses at Duke Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. Who is that strict judge everyone is talking about these days? Why, it ' s none other than JAMES IVEY MOORING, who now resides in Snow Hill. JOHNNY MACK JONES joined the Air Force after graduating . Later he went to college and studied Engineering. He ' s doing well for himself these days. BILLY MAYO became manager of a chain of Colonial Stores in Wisconsin. He ' s a very wealthy man now. All forms soon began to fade and I came back to the present. A feeling of amazement came over me as I realized what I had witnessed; a revelation of the future of the graduating class of ' 60. May the best come to each of them. ELLA MARIE GRANT Prophetess 15

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From The Past . . . Now that we have taken our places as Seniors in high school, our minds often ■wonder back over the past. Several ■years ago, when we were so young and gradua- tion was so far away, we didn ' t realize how fast time passes and how quickly we grow up. Our first keen memory takes us back to our eight years of grammar school. We ' were in different rooms and had a lot of wonderful teachers. In the fourth grade, we visited theCarolina Dairy and the Fire Department in Greenville. This was ourfirst trip away from school, and everyone enjoyed it. After we reached the seventh grade, each class had a gym peri- od. Several times each year wehad parties at a park or even on the old faithful clay hill. In the eighth grade we went to Raleigh. This was a very educational trip. We didn ' t have eighth grade graduation, but everyone made his grade. In 1956, we entered high school. Our group was divided; the girls were under the leadership of Mrs. Tripp, and the boys had Mr. Pope as their leader. Along with toilsome hours and several class parties, our Freshman year was one to be remembered. After a summer filled with hard work, we started our Sophomore year with Mr. Bryant- Tripp as our homeroom teach- er. Our class was united into one group and we had a wonderful year. The highlight of our sophomore year was the Christmas party we had in the cafeteria with Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Tripp as our chaperons. At last we became Juniors. We were filled with high expectations and hopes of reaching our goals. On March 20, we presented our first play, Grandma, How Could You? . May 8, was the proud day we had our Junior-Senior Banquet. We used Moonlight and Roses as our theme. Our class rings were ordered and we received them on May 12. Thus our Junior year was successful. Our last year at Maury has arrived and we are Seniors ! We have presented our final play, Aunt Samanthy Rules the Roost. Now that our high school years are almost over, we have no regret of the times we have had at Maury. We only hope the future memories will be as happy as our past ones. With all sincerity we wish to express our appreciation to our dear parents and teachers for the guidance they have given us in our past years. May we always remember our motto, The need to laugh is greater ■when things are at their worst. The Seniors of 60 Geraldine Murphy Historian 14

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MOST COURTEOUS Carole Ann Dail William Earl Brovm MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Louvenia Bunn Lewis Gray MOST ATHLETIC Johnny Sue Webb Herman Braxton MR. and MISS SENIOR Ella Marie Grant Charles Cox