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

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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