New Bern High School - Bruin Yearbook (New Bern, NC)

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aa! will and geatamenf NORTH CAROLINA CRAVIN Counrv New Bern We the Senior Class of New Bern High School of the above state and county, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred forty-seven, being of sound body and excellent mind and considering our approaching graduation in June, do ereby declare this to be our last will and testament to be executed in the following order: Aarxcns I, To the Faculty To our esteemed principal, Harry J. MacDonald, we leave students who. eager in attaining an education, will orderly conduct themselves under the environment of his corrective presence. To all the teachers we bequest our studiousness, model conduct, undivided attention and witty remarks. Aarxcu: II, To the Classes To the Juniors we leave our empty seats of honor, the privilege of higher education and Macbeth, To the Sophomores we beckxeath our undying school spirit and a continuation of all our brilliant ideas. To the Freshmen we leave ardships, good times, and honors, all to be endured and enjoyed in the course of four glorious years ahead. Anrxcaa III, To Individuals The following personalities make these personal bequeaths: Joanne Bratcher eaves her band uniform to Albert Brinson. Audrey Richards bestows her ligstick upon Iola Taylor. Nancy Venters leaves her date ook to Anna Lancaster. Tommy Gooding leaves his band of long-haired musicians to Larry Warrington and Joe Kline. Mary Smith leaves all her Carolinia interests to Pat Collins. Robert Bell leaves his chickens to Mr. Whitehurst. Keeping it in the family, Sonny Quinnelly leaves his pride to Mary Ann. Laurice Karam and Frances Lewis leave their cheerful dispositions to Jo Anne Turnbull and Peggy Glllikin. Harrg Jaccibis ang Tom Wood have decided to have their artistic talents equally divided between Bill Kelly and yr war s. That Clerk Kent of NBHSU after much tl'l0UEl'll Bhd wllaideration be tows his quarter-backing to Bill Pugh fwe mean Langston. of coursej. Mozart Coble leaves her keyboard talents to Kathryn Maxwell, Barbara Green leaves Physics-period!! Lois Bowden and James Scott leave their carrot tops to Jimmy Williams. Albert Brooks leaves his camera to Wilton Block. B. G. leaves N. B. ithis time for goody. Chrtstine Register leaves her talking ability to her sister, Marie, Tommy Will ams bestows his ability to beat those drums, to Ben Williams. Verge Paaffe leaves his school spirit. Betty Ann Parsons and Jean Willis leave their almost empt peroxide bottles to Faye Bland. Charlie Rhodes and Paul Wetherington leave their Sn0zzfes to Bill Lewis. Robert McSorley and Mary Hughes bestows their hashfulness upon Doris Parker and Sammy Torrence. Curtis Hoover Hardlson leaves his School Bus to Clarence Dail. Baby Ballard leaves those awful facial expressions to Sonny Daniels. Ankle Rowe leaves Frances-at 10 P.M. Marllla Jones leaves her artistic hair-do's to to Guinevere Lillie. Buddy I-Iill, Billy Rawls, and Bill Winberry leave the Kehoe Theater to Jean Johnson and Ruth French. Eddie Salter leaves his position as head cheer leader to anyone who thinks he can manage lx girls at one time. Carolyn Hunnlngs leaves that blessed class bell to Hugh Swan. Peggy Bennett leaves her ability to get along with Milton, to Irene and James Crisp. Leon Blzzell leaves his Captain position to anyone who will likewise make All-State. Eunice Brinkley and Elizabeth Goodwin leave the Marine Craps to Pat Patterson and Patsy Cavanaugh. Tincx Guion thoughtfully bestows her gift of gab to Emmett atson. Pig rmstrong leaves the typing room to the rest of the poor typing students. Coplon leaves all the windows in school-wide open. Richard Black bestows those broad shoulders upon Guy Rose. Hubert Tolson leaves that ram-shackle car of his to Jarvis Arthur. Ed Posta hopes to leave Senior English- Anne Edwards bestows her blushing upon Lovie Thomas. Billy Vendric bestows his profile upon Richard Skinner. Ann Brothers leaves her stately height to Virginia Lokey. Charlie Mohn leaves his 20-10 vision to Admiral Ward. Lucille Dissel leaves her book on How To Get Your Man to the library-with the pro9f-that it works! Jack Edwards bestows his dialects upon Buddy Boahn. Kitty Ewell leaves next years' Baum to Ruth Rawlings. Horace Hill and Pat Miller leave their iiendish laughs to Jean Huffstettler. Norma Overby leaves Gaskln's Drug Store, but not for long. Shirley Norris leaves the Hut to Mrs. Cox. Patsy Osborne leaves her football uniform for next year's Hi-Y Initiation. Leroy Price leaves his cheerful smile to Sonny Russell. Raymond Rachld leaves his Conduct Grades to Kathleen Kaus. Emily Farmer .leaves her intelligent questions and answers to Pat Scott. Sally I-Iargett and George Parker leave their quietness to Yvonne Rhodes. Gladys Boyd and Carol erry leave their voices for the needy members of the Glee Club. Anne Andrews leaves her studiousness to Katherine Wike. Brant Brinson bestows his chin upon Andy Gum . Mary Frances Lamb and Gladys Ballenger, leave tgeir freckles to Mergie Williams- Ruth Boyle and Fanny Forehand leave their demureneis to any needy Ffe hmeh- James Garrick bestows his Sportsmanship upon anyvhe who'11 have it. Clifton Sherman leaves his Boat to Ida Mitchell. Connie Newton bestows her dry wit upon Ruth Rawlins. Wh0'll find need Of it. Jesse Parks leaves his excellent record-war and otherwiee-10 anyone Wh0 C-H11 equal il- Klttg,Nichols leaves her merry laughter to Little Margaret. ith apologies to any Senior omitted, I leave this the Last Will and Testament to be enacted to the nth degree. WHDFSSBIZ B tt signed Rfligynafvlfm, Doxus Bnmsou, Testator. 22

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froplzecy l'll start on the short-snorter for my old classmates of '47. They certainly are scattered about but they're a that I have no trouble keeping up with them. I it do you know! Eddie 1Casanoval Salter has Arthur Murray worried about his dancing school. Seems most Jils are ladies. but he doesn't mind, I'm sure. But why do you have classes at night, Eddie? Or don't the ladies b md Charlie Rhodes have opened up a soft drink factory. No doubt their physics is useful to them in JO S Z at brew! Brinson has taken over Carmen Miranda's place on the screen. and from latest reports, she certainly is filling ietrician, that doubting Thomas Jean Coble, has proved that the Pythagorean Proposition was worked out by i Jones. Seems that she had the right idea after all. ilpl do Lyno line fgrnier Nancy Vontergl was elected one of the ten best-dressed women this ycar, but that's :rising to us. since we selected her as the best-dressed glrl of our senior class. lhoiis designs Mrs, do Lyngs Clgthes, as well as those of the other nine best-dressed women. In her leisure ids fashion shows. lnggtgn is algo ii natignally prominent person, As a senator, he is outstanding. His latest campaign is for a hine for the senators rumpus room. 1 fre on tho Siihjooi gf the well-known, we must mention Marilla Jones, our author who has written a history outsclls Magruder. ith is a famous model. Quinnelly runs the model agency that she works for which is the closest he could fa hai-om Albert Brooks is the photographer who has such a good technique-for getting beauty down in liitc, naturally. What did you expect? V - id recently received a presidential citation for hlS ,let-propelled automobile which runs on water. It's completely lil-lo Sc-ieniilic world, as has Ed Posing digcgvery of a way to convert steam into hot air for politicians who are rry is tht- soloist at the Little Church Around the Corner in New York where Carolyn Hunnings rings the ilyn learned her trade in New Bern High School. rmstrong liked football so much that he's now raising his own Pig skins. cSorley is on thc radio. He is the announcer you hear saying, Are you run down when you finish running io you feel groggy after only fourteen hours' sleep? Does your head ache when it hits a wall? Then try norc pep! looding's band is now at the Stork Club in New York. where it specializes in songs of the Old South. ,amb is in Hollywood making a new picture opposite Hollywoods leading wolf. The name of the picture. by the icestein meets the Wolf Man. .zcll and Horace Ballard are the coaches at Notre Dame and Army. respectively, and for the past five years ave dead-locked with a score of 0-0. They seem to be getting nowhere fast! me's training in Home Ec. is coming in handy now. She's teaching the Army a few things-.--about cooking. of of the Army. Buddy Coplon got caught in the draft'-.not the kind he used to create by opening windows. though. Green is a baby specialist. She should be, with nine of her own. llohn and James Garrick have a barber shop over on Main Street. Charlie spots the customers and James I don't know who cuts their hair, but I've heard James calling Jack Edwards, 'Jack the Clipper. Hill has a circus known as Hill's Thrills, featuring Mimi Jurgens and Rosie La Nuts as the daring trapeze artists. Led to be our Pat Miller and Anne Edwards, but. success hasn't gone to their heads. Patsy Osborne also works for s the fearless lion-tamer. while Christine Register leads the circus band. Where would all of these girls be today n't inherited that Boy Scout tent? als and Bill Winberry have opened New Bern's newest and most up-to-date theatre. tThat'1l be Sl0.00, boys.l chols and Gladys Boyd are swimming instructors at New Bern's new pool. As an added attraction they go -rnoon and do a high dive to give the pupils a goal to work for. Black is about to put Charles Atlas out of business with his muscle building classes. He shows you how to ysical frailness for only 31.98. with a money back guarantee if you can prove you don't have a muscle. Alma ae was signing up for a course the last time I took a treatment, Oops! I mean the last time I passed by. .ratcher writcs the musical criticism t'or the New York Times. isn't much doubt, even ten years ago, as to what Lucille Dissel would be. and now we find that we were right. appy house wife. lallenger, Lois Bowden and Faye Connor, with Jesse Parks and James Scott, are publishing a magazine for red- as the Auburn Annuals. ima Hughes has a beauty shop where she distributes the latest dope along with beauty aids. cll certainly is patriotic. Since she left the Secret Service Know don't ask what she did, because it's a deep. dark devoted all of her time to raising a new crop of Merchant Mariners. Williams recently won a prize for his sailboat, the Tom-Tom, which travels by means of a bellows he rigged up. lill and Robert Bell are the town's newest doctors and they are trying to out-do each other by slogans. Horace's is, cure your ill! and Robert's is If you're not well, just come to Bell! lardison and Brant Brinson are trying to perfect a plant that will produce finished cigarettes. Good luck, 'olson and Billy Vendric own a whole block at Atlantic City. Hubert has a hotel lguess where he got the furni- illy runs a pct shop. specializing in hyenas-laughing, of course. Lewis has rented a shop from them, where she sells candy. Where did she get that idea? lorris runs a restaurant there too. fre doing so much talking about running, we musn't forget to mention Anky Rowe who is running in Bridgeton hcr no less! lrinkley and June Goodwin have joined the Marine Corps. They just couldn't resist it any longer. 'atherington manufacturers make-up. Richards has a chain of exclusive dress shops, and Jean Willis is the manager of the one on Fifth Avenue. These we class! 'icc is a private detective. He's the t'ellow who found out why Richard didn't open the door. He's now trying rho Kilroy really is. Karam has a zoo. You certainly can't say we haven't. produced a variety. Parker, Fanny Forehand, and Ruth Boyle are instructors in a night school. I got a letter from one of them the ,it I couldn't read it. It must have been written in the day time. Jverby is really cleaning up this town. She's the new City Manager and she's making war on the Racketeers. l Rachid is cooperating with Norma in her clean-up. I-Ie's the street sweeper. rkcr drives the truck that picks up the laundry. Our people do work together nicely, don't they? Lennett is secretary to Trygve Lie, head of U,N,O. But don't think she takes dictation all the time. iaffe is a policeman. He directs traffic down-town so there won't be any jostling and pushing. Guion is an instructor in flyingshigh flying, that is. irmcr plays with Phil Spitalny's orchestra. Sherman is manager ot' a Steamship company. rews is on a personal appearance tour with the USO. irgettel repairs roller skates. That's what makes the world go round for Sally. guess I'll hang my close on this line. Happy future to all and to all a good life. CONNIE NEWTON, Class Prophet. 21

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