Newton Grove High School - Echo Yearbook (Newton Grove, NC)

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PROPHECY Last night I lay gazing at the stars and thinking of graduation and wondering what the future held for me and my classmates-- So I dipped into this future Just as far as I could see I saw a vision of my classmates and who they'd turned out to be. Right here in Newton Grove Many changes had been made In the school, the bank, post office toog And a foundation had been laid For a new school building, and if you please Charles Strickland is in charge with the greatest of ease, A successful contractor he has become He is in great demand by everyone. The bank has grown larger and to my surprise Dean Thornton is president in spite of his size. And would you believe it? Well, yes I see Peggy Graham has been Post Mistress since '53 She's married now and settled down and helps to publish a newspaper for the town. In Wayne County, Well I declare! Maude Jordan is Superintendent of the welfare And in Goldsboro where she now lives The most of her time she cheerfully gives To helping others who are in need She's happy in it, yes indeed, Into the future I reach deeper yet And what I see I shall never forget. For Dorothy Cox has had her tum She now has the job for which she yearned As secretary to some great man I believe it is a Congress man.

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. ' ?? '1 ' 1'f f ff ' WW- N 'f'+ 1 'W'fmF '-T '9f .-5755272 w- V -nyfvv--ff sv-1 wwwwys-'Pe e-W LA T WILL A D TESTAME T State of North Carolina County of Sampson We, the class of 1953, of Newton Grove High School, being sound in body and memory, realizingthe uncertainty of our future careers, and the near approach of our departure, do made and declare this our last will and testament. As to such estate as it has pleased the Fates and our own strong hands and brains to win for us, we do dispose of the same as follows: ITEM 1 ITEM 2 ITEM 3 ITEM 4 ITEM 5 ITEM 6 ITEM 7 ITEM 8 ITEM 9 lst 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th - llth - 12th - 13th - 14th 15th - 16th - To our dear parents and friends through whose patient endeavor and kind consideration we have at last attained our high school goal, we dedicate our love, sincerely hoping that we, by the achievements of our future lives may be able to reward them most graciously for their contri- bution of our success. To our Alma Mater we bequeath our undying love and gratitude for all she has done to train us in lessons of understanding and learning from the carefree thoughtlessness of our freshman year to the more serious and appreciative attitude of today. We give and bequeath to our beloved principal, Mr. Savage, our sincere affection, our deepest reverence, our heartiest gratitude, and the whole unlimited wealth of our eternal memory. To you dear faculty, we leave our love, affection and gratitude for your willing and untiring efforts to help us in anything we attempted to do. To you also, we leave peace of mind, at least, until another Senior Class returns. Juniors, we leave you all our intellectual attainments through our school years, surely need all these and many more qualities. To the Sophomores, our si :r class, we bequeath our studious qualities and the our interest in their future successes. To the Freshmen, we bequeath all the optimism and self-assurance of our Sophomore year. We bequeath 0 those coming after us all those intangible things which go to make life great, good, happy and beautiful. The following may seem but trifling bequests, but we hope that they may be accepted, not as worthless things lavishly thrown away, because we can no longer keep them, but asvaluable assets to those who may receive them, as a continued reminder of the generosity of heart dis- played in our free and full bestowal: Susie Best leaves her ability to stand up for her rights to Edwin Edwards. Marilyn Bryan leaves her ability to chew six sticks of chewing gum at one time to Morris Porter. Zilphia Britt leaves her place in Mr. Savage's car, which she used to and from the ballgames, to Edna Westbrook. Dorothy Cox leaves her ability to make A's without studying to Billy Ray Jackson. Peggy Graham leaves her ability to laugh and to speak what she thinks to Betty Rose. Blonde Jackson leaves her ability to act with ease in the presence of books to Lela Jean Baker. Janet Jordan leaves her ability to act as a child in all the class plays to Celine Royals. Maude Jordan leaves her place on the basketball team to Margie Scott. Carolyn Lassiter leaves her long hair to Maude Gregory. Elsie McCullen leaves three inches of her height and some of her hair to Ruby Jordan. Charles Strickland leaves one of his big feet to Helen Faye Lee and the other to Donald Lawhorn. Shirley Thornton leaves her dark complexion to Frances Warren. for you will assurance of Dean Thornton leaves his friendly ways with the girls to Billy Herring. To all the Juniors, we the Seniors leave all the privileges that we were supposed to have and didn't. To the Lunchroom, we leave a new recipe book in hopes that it will be used. Last comes the one thinghard for us to part with. To our successors we must leave our places in the hearts and thoughts of our principal and teachers. We trust that the class of 1954 will ap- preciate this as deeply as we have and that it may be the most precious possession, as it has been ours, and the one we are most reluctant to hand over to them: In witness thereof, we, the class of 1953, the testators, have to this our will set our hands and seal this the twenty-second day of May. Anno Dominic, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. Blonde Jackson-Testator

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may-rw -we-wg-W-1 mf- mp-vs 'rf-new qv- r----My H-4nw'wmmw5wHwWwv WTS' Deeper and deeper, Q yes t1'se'e Blonde Jackson hasreceived her MA degree ' She will now teach Science and Math When I think of it I almost-laugh For she and Janet Jordan always planned To travel far and wide and visit many lands. Janet, too I see is also a teacher But who would have thought she'd Marry a preacher? Marilyn Bryan at last I've found Directing recreation in a large town She does this work the whole year through Her bank account is growing too. Who is this I see in this great college? Sure, it's Elsie McCullen. She's still gaining knowledge A doctor she has planned to be Yes, it takes a long time to get a MD degree. Who is wearing the white uniforms I see? Shirley Thornton and Carolyn Lassiter, yes sir--ee They plan to go to Korea and while over there Render help to the wounded who need their care, Is that Susie Best in the airplane Passing over Newton Grove again and again? Yes, now I know--she no longer works for the show But is a stewardess, and while up there Makes people comfortable who ride in the air, Can it be true? ls that what I see? Zilphia Britt a member of the Faculty? She's teaching piano--or is it voice? And Newton Grove School is still her choice. The future has faded! No more can I see! Yes, it has faded! Ir's gone from me! I realize now it's still '53 And what our real future holds for us We will wait and see Zilphia Britt Class Prophet CLASS HISTORY We, the Seniors of '53 started our long journey through school in 1941 under the guidance of Miss Virginia Edwards. There were 35 members in our first grade. We'll never forget the dolls and the play house we spent many enjoyable hours with. To our sorrow, Miss Edwards left us, just before Christmas, to become Mrs. Jesse Edwards Meachum. Our new teacher was Miss Clara Lee Bryan. Then came the most heart breaking experience we've ever had. On Sunday, March 8, 1942, our building went up in flames. We finished the year in the gym which had been sectioned into separate rooms.