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

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SENTIMENNIZ J0llRNf7 Whlle on the way to the Metropolltan Opcra House ln a Crosley cab drlven bv John Hargett to hear Cllfton Cayton the world renown tenor who had stopped on one of h1s numerous tours I heard a speclal news flash on the radxo by the world famous commentator Harry Shrlver announclng the 11th Annual Home comlng Dance for the Class of 1950 After selectmg Laurence Tlbbett one of Cllftons understudles to plnch h1t I xmmedlately called Pat Talbot receptlonlst at the Floyd Taylor AIFIIHBS Inc for reservat1ons to New Bern N C Whlle r1d1ng down Broadway enroute to the alrport we stopped for cokes at Skmners Soda Shop and lnformed Herman Harrlson the manager and Mark of the reunlon In the soda shop we watched Mlckey Gunnersen perform her ballet dances on a televlslon screen newly revlsed by Houston Whltty The program was 1nterrupted by another news bulletm announclng that Jlmmy Brown and Ed H111 coaches of the Duke Blue Devlls had already arrlved at N B After arr1v1ng at the alrport we boarded the plane plloted bv Floyd and were made com fortable by Jean Plerce our Hostess Because we were late 1n gettmg started we changed plans and made up for lost tune ln a Hoke Jet deslgned by our own pretty boy Forney Our first stop was Washlngton D C where we plcked up June Boyd the Admlral s wlfe and Senator Swmdell Clucky Hardy he s really gone places smce leavmg ole N B H S J As we were leavlng for the alrport we met Sara Blaylock a modern Hedda Hopper hurrymg to get her SOCl6ty column to Conme Ormsby edltor of the Washmgton Ga ette They Jomed us and we contmued on our Journex We arrlved ln Norfolk Va and were escorted from the a1rport to town by Glenn Eure the motorcycle cop He took us to the De Paul Hosp1tal where we plcked up the nurses Betty and Teresa McSorley and the dent1st John Bengel Whlle there we recexved a cable efficlently carrled by Harold Jones 1nform1ng us that Carolyn L1verman manufacturer of W1l11es the newest model Hudsons was dr1v1ng down from Detrolt Wlth Jane Jordon the famous fashion des1gner and Carleen Chalk Metro Goldwyn Mayer s ha1r styllst Another of our stops was 1n Suffolk where we found Bobby Sasser owner manager and star salesman of the clothlng store Sasser and Co In h1S employment he has Adalr Grant Asst Manager and Tommy Lyerly wlndow dresser To pxck up Rex W111lHmS the manager of the comb1ned o1l companles of the natlon w stopped ln Ellzabeth Cxty Whlle there we VlSlt9d the hlgh school and attended a concert of the school band under the d1rect1on of Bob McIntyre In Ashcvllle we were greeted by George Carbcrrv proprletor of thc local rest home and Barbara Bennmghoff doctor of the cstabllshment Our conversatxon was 1nterrupted by the rlnglng of the telephone and the report from the operator Peggy H111 that Jack Carden ma3or league baseball player had arrlved ln the fa1r clty wlth h1s better half Peggy Lee As we drew nearer to the old homestead another flash came oxer the short wave radlo announclng that Betty Jean Harrls II and Ann Ipock famous society women ID the theatrlcal world were arrxvlng ln thelr own prlvate plane We arrlved 1n Charlotte m a matter of m1nutes and plcked up Ben G1ll1ken chlef englneer for the Duke Power Company tHes gone a long wav from Fagan s hasnt he J Near Charlotte at Davldson College we secured Rlchard Banks professor of Mathemat1cs From Davidson we journeyed to Monroe and found Sldney Epperson st1ll smglng bass Another flash brought to our attentlon the fact that Jean Campen teacher at Mars H111 had arrlved for the get together We ventured further and arrlved ln Fayettev1lle where we found Joe Jones owner of Jones Truck L1ne changlng a t1re Joe has 1n h1s employment Ella Koonce secretary Allce Conners recept1on1st John Scurlock body des1gner and Alton Lamn chlef truck washer In Ralelgh we were met at the alrport by Clty Manager Cralg Barnhardt and learned that Robert Ewell ran the plcture projector at the Ambassador Theater Betty H1gglhS IS chlef popcorn g1rl We also found that Fred Taylor was coachlng football at State and the former Shlrley Salter IS there also coachlnff glrls basketball In order to get 1nto the mam part of town we boarded a bus drlven by John Norris Whlle at the Capltol we saw Georgia Moore playmg her ukclelc She had Just returned to thc states from Hawau After eating lunch at the M 81 E Restaurant Jomtly owned and operated DV Mary Posta and EHFICO Hamllton where Gene Wallace IS chef and Zllda Small head waltress we returned dgalll 26 - - . V . , 1 V 1 7 ' 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 . so , ' . . . . , . . . . . v 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 . . . . . , . . y 1 , - 1 ' 1 1 .1 1 ' , . 1 ' c . . tt 1- I . . . , . , . ., , . , . , . . 1 , ..... 1 1 1 z . . . . . I 1 11 1 .. so , . . . . . . H . . , ,, 1 1 1 , . . , . . , . - 1 . . . , 1 1 1 v ' , e .1 , . . , . . I 1 1 1 1 1 . - V . 1 1 . 1 1 N 1 . v , . 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 I ' . . ' ' 1 1 1 1 - 1 cs f ' , . ' , ' . ' ' 1 1 1 1 I 1 - ' . . . V l 1 . ' ' '. . 1 1 1- 1 1 - ' 1 1

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GENE WALLACE Dark Eyes hazr Havelock quilt Newport High School POLLY WATSON Lass Wlth the Delleate Air southcrn dmul bangs Pa Soph Clas Secretary Jr H1Y Sccretarv Beta Club Treasurer Chlef Marshal Jr Ho ne Room Vlce Prcsxdent SClTl0St0l Honor Roll CARL WHEELER More Beer Corkey congenzal Freshman Home Room V1ce Presldent Soph Home Room Presldent Intramural Football Intramural Basketball Baseball BRUIN Staff D E Club Semor Home Room Presldent Monogram Club HOUSTON WHITTY Deep ln the Heart of Texas Rec Hall olds sobcr REXFORD WILLIAMS Rex Ing Wlth the Moon JEAN WILLIAMSON Jeannie Wlth the Llght Brown Han Hawk S freckles cheerful Latln Club Jr H1Y Sr HIY Lhaplam DORIS WINFIELD Walking m a Winfield Wonderland utlractwe lypmg Floyd Glee Club FHA Club reporter Basketball LAURA WYNNE Four Wvnnes and Seven Seas Gerald jnen lly smzlcs F H A Club K .S'fNl0R5 pq in A . Q I I ' Q D .I QL ', Q M 'A . ij, 2, Q' q N- zum. J H l ' A ll f f ' . ' I- 5 I 59 . ' ' . ' j f ' swf 9' I Peach fuzz . oil can Rex . . . Pontiac X ' ' '- 2 . '- 1 ' - '. 25

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to our plane On the way to the axrport we saw Tommv Coston h1tCh hlklng' After stoppmg for hlm we contmued on our way In Goldsboro we learned from Nevln Leary gulde of the cxty that Barbara RlddlCk was desxgner at WLl1S Dept Store Betty Jenn Harrls I IS manager of Women s Apparel at Pennv s At the dancmg StLldlO Faye Smlth teaches Arthur Murravs danclng ln a hurry In the amc town we learned from a nearby police statxon that Corkev Wheeler was runnmg the ABC Store tout of business? A1 thls polnt ln our Journey we rccelycd a wlre from the luxury lmer Prmcess D that George Smlth Presldcnt of Oxford UDIVLFSIIN was aboard shlp wlth Dot Jefferson typlst and Barbara Pullcv Interpreter Joe Latham just set 1 new world record bv SWllTllIIlI'lg behlnd the liner Contmumg, onward we arrlxed 'lt Keanston where we met Jean WIIIIHWISOD who told us of her success ln the used car busmess Dorxs Wlnfield 15 her stenographer Roy Cahoon lb well established there ID the produce buslness For a change of atmosphere we decided to take '1 tram engineered by James Mase John Trader shovels coal for the englne In the outsknrts of Keanston we spled Ralph Game the game warden who has hls resldence ln Cove Clty Only a few mlles further down the hlghway we read a s1gn Al Dlxon s Ch1cken Farm At thls tlme a wlreless was dellvered to us by Alton Davls traln conductor stating that Jean Collms housemother at State was due to arrlve at anv m1nute ln N B by bus By means of th1s cable we also learned that Johnny Auslev mortlclan had accldently burled 31lV8 Jlmmy Llngman heavywelght b0XlHg champlon but due to the expert work of O V Rowe tire Chlef he was uncovered 1n tlme to 3NOld dlsaster We stopped 1n Trenton and found Ebe lpock and Alleen Edwards mstructmg golf on the green On the way to Jasper we looked up and saw Nell Armstrong on a telephone pole repalr lng llnes Out 1n the WICIC open spaces we found Bessle Heath and Laura Wynne dlggxng spuds They re provldlng them tor the FCUDIOH banquet Jerry Dobson world famous hlgh dlver had just jumped off the skv scraper on Elks Temple Corner 1nto a wet dlsh cloth On the outsklrts of New Bern we found Frances Ruddock mllklng cows We were Informed by her that Clara Powell has establlshed permanent residence at ECTC ralslng hogs Margalet Sadler had just won first DFIZG at the county f'ur for her preserved perslmmons tGerads favolltel B fore golng to the H1 school we decxded to take a look at the clty and see what changes had been made We dlscovered that Kenneth Booth was constructlon englneer for the Neuse Rlver Brldge that was stlll under construct1on We learned that Joy e Morton was manufacturlng Salt ln Utah Joan Dart met us at the Eubanks Bus Statlon owned by Joe where Hllda Dxckens IS em ploy ed as h1s bookkeeper bpon arrlval at the banquet we learned of many of our old class mates from whom we had not heard smce 19w0 Ellzabeth Lee IS teachlng school 1n none other than N B H S tTyp1ng J We were verv excited to learn that Bllly Mason IS aga1n drawmg plans for a high school Blllys motto IS lf you dont succeed ln ten vears trv for twenty Jack Burnette IS keeplng up the reoalrs on the hlstorlc landmark Dorothv Havxkms and LaRue Holton are welfare workers ln Craven County 'Ihere have really been lmprovements made 7elma Paul as you probably already know IS part owner 1n Morton Motor Co The busl ness has expanded so much that they have employ ed three stenographers Ruth Murray Helen Malpass and Polly Watson We were shocked to learn that Sarah Tlsdale was nexther a Horlst nor a house mother at Wake Forest She deslgns lothes for the Paraslan and we understand that after the reunlon she w1ll go to Parxs to study further 1n thls vocatlon The Banquet was really not cornplete due to the absence of Rodney Smlth Poor boy he st11l works part tlme at Clarks He and hxs band Rodneys Hot Rods dld however get there 1n 1n tlme to play fox the dance The reunlon was a great success and you can now understand what a great mfluence N B H S has been m the class of 49 50 27 L. , lv. V C . x. V ' . . x . , . . . L c . I . 1. . . W , . t m ' ' '-x 1 ' x ' 5 1 . J . . . . 1 v X x x. YE . x V U . 1, x . . x . x v. V 1 ' ' . . I 4 .1 - . V - ' st l 1 1 U 1 f .4 - L I V Sr ' s ' ' r ' rm c I x 1 r ' ' A , , ,. ' ., . ' . ' ' '. , '- , '. ' g ' .l . . . 14 s C x 1 .a . c , . . t. M . , . ,, ' v v . x , . . . . - , 1 . A Q - - - y v . . X . x . . V v . I ' - - . . , . ' ' ' Y x . . . . . U c 9 - . . . X v . . . 1 . 'H . . v y ' 1 ' x v I I . . . x . . . . I . Y . . . . . , . N. V . . . V, . . . . v . ' A . Y . l . , ' 7 V , . . .- -' v N . v - - 1 . 1 n . . . -. V . . . . , - - .. V vw - - 1 . , .. , . . Y 1 . 7 , .