Mount Olive High School - Eagles Claw Yearbook (Whiteville, NC)

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C L A S S H I S T 0 R Y It is really hard to believe that four years ago we were Freshmen. we had looked forward toward entering a high school for eight long years. In the year of nineteen hundred and fifty-three we enter- ed the portals of Mt. Olive High School with forty-five stud- dents enrolled. It was very hard for us to consider ourselves as high school students. We worked hard trying to become mem- bers of a few clubs and organizations with Mrs. E. E. Powell as our instructor. Many of us felt this was an exciting year. Finally, we were Sophomores. We found Mr. Yates at his desk with his roll book and pen Here we realized how little we knew and how great the task was before us We became more serious minded, and settled down to real work Many students were in the school closing play 'A ntie s Big Joke August, nineteen hundred and fifty five, we were Jun iors, how proudly we were looking forward to a Junior a Senior Prom Tried to make this the greatest event of the year Many of our students took part in the high school play nMeet The Husbandn Our advisor that year was Miss E A Taylor Yes, we are Seniors The first person we saw was Mrs Brown We only have twenty seven to graduate, but we took up on our shbulders the duties and carried out the task to win We know that there was still more to be done The class offi cers are as follows President John Stephens Vice President Ina Jane Lennon Secretary Ida Virginia Stephens Ass Secretary Johnsle Shipman Treasurer Queen E Wooten Queen Wooten has been our treasurer for two years We are now making preparation for our class play and graduation we want to thank all for the privilege of attending Mt Olive High School from first through twelfth grade To our parents and teachers, again we thank you ff? snr wg By Johnsie Shipman Romania George ' Ruby Lennon thx EP' gil 4 JW 0 o o , f I YI q I In - -s N ll o o 2 O I o 0 s o . - .. O , .- Q l . --..-..----.. ........---..----..-- . 0 0 0 0 o ,lx-X ,.r L-- H- N fbfZ :sn WV ,, i ' I' , 1+ MT .Q A ' A , ' 13, ,iv 4, r ,. . . I. ,, , - ttf' , 5'

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CLASS After ten years' stay in I would come back to A erica wondered about my classmates, I landed in lhiteville PROPHECY Africa as lhile I the class Airport a missionary, I decided was over there I often of 1957 September 26, 1967, and much to my surprise I couldn't even find myself I went over to get a cab, and great scotts' Joseph McDuff1e was driving the cab Joseph was looking fine for a man of 28 I asked him to take me out to Spring Hill, to my aunts' Whoopsl Can't ten years make a difference? The first person I saw was Iris, a young lady now, and very talkative Much to my surprise she told me to hurry up and finish eat ing, because in ten minutes an interview of Olive College will be over channel 2 The ten minutes soon passed by and I could hardly wait for the announcer It was Ralph Ladson, dressed as a millionaire, my he looked well He said nfirst we shall take you to the pres ident's officen 0 let m adjust this Crystal Ball Guess who is the President? It is Edward Lennon Yes, he is the President lo shall now journey into the Senior Class There sits Shirley Pridgen, trying to take the place of Mrs Brown Shirley has a few gray hairs, Kfrom worrying over a h sbandj She is busy trying to show her students the difference between the Democrat ic and Republican Parties Right across from Shirley is Jannie Wright The former Jennie Mae McQueen She is busy in the H E Department trying to teach the girls how to make an Up Side Down Pineapple Cake The next room we shall visit will be the Science Department In it is Benjamin Blanks, still short and has finally grown some siders He is engaged in disectlng a frog Next person we saw was the 910113 , if you can remember well, preaching was always who's ambition' Nathaniel Lennon's of course Stephens is Next we visited the Commercial Room, John Henry in charge John and his students are working on 'The Eagle Claw' to the next After the interview was over, I was listening program Taft Hill, as a comedian, is imitating what he did when he was in school He is also imitating Elvis Presley, in 'Hound Dog', which was popular in '57 Johnsie Shipman and Doris Williams as they were known to us in the class of '57, but now are Doris Haynes and Johnsie Monroe are singing, 'Away in the Moonlight', I am sure this number will be number one on the Hit Parade of Olive College, a 6'6N man now and handsome, oh my. g 0 U