North Carolina School for the Deaf - Clock Tower Yearbook (Morganton, NC)

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mi eh ent eee NR ee Fe ee 111 HH ft co it ) — 1 Ht itt 7 — |||] 1 1 | EL | HH | | YY YY | | | YF | ff Me || | YY fff | fff | | | ll | | | | || || || In the fall of 1921 she was brought to this school. Miss Jessie Ervin was her first teacher. She came to Main Building in 1924. She has learned to cook and sew. Grammar and arithme- tic are her favorite studies. She enjoys playing basket ball and swimming. She spends her spare time reading books and papers. She hopes to get a position in Durham when she leaves here. Louise Willis was born on Cedar Island, Carteret County, N. C. on November 24, 1913. She was born partially deaf. Before coming to school she could read and write a little. At the age of seven, she came here. Her first teacher was Miss Jessie Ervin. Robert White- hurst, Hattie Thames and Ray Gallimore were in the class with her. She stayed in Good- win Hall for three years and Main Building nine years. She would have graduated last year but she stayed out of school one year to help her mother who was ill. She likes history and current events better than any other subjects. Her favorite sport is swimming. She has taken the Red Cross life saving tests. She learned how to swim when she was nine years old. Her favorite pastime is reading and making scrap books. She has learned how to make dresses and knows how to keep house. She does not know what she will do after leaving school but she hopes to get work near home. Jonie Bishop was born near Lenoir in Cald- well County, N. C. on September 6, 1913. She lost her hearing when she was eighteen months old from a rising in her head. She entered the public schools at the age of ten. After attending school for two years near Asheville and two years in the public schools of Hickory, her parents brought her here in 1927 when she was fourteen years old as she had learned very little in the hearing schools. She was put in the fifth grade and Miss Landers was her teacher. She has had great difficulty in learning Eng- lish but she has done excellent work in sewing. Her favorite sports are basket ball and swim- ming. She spends her leisure time reading papers. She has learned to cook and sew. History and | | | | | | | | | 1 | English are her favorite studies. She is undecided about what she will do after she finishes school. Robert Lee Bryan Whitehurst comes from Bethel, Pitt County, N. C. He was born Septem- ber 25, 1914. He lost his hearing when he was two years old. At the age of seven he entered school at Goodwin Hall. He has attended school regular- ly since then. He is athletic and has played basket ball, football and baseball. This year he has played forward on the first basket ball team and has helped win many victories for his school. He is fond of reading and hiking. He is especially interested in history and current events. He years them. belonged to the Boy Scouts for several and enjoyed hiking and camping with He has worked in the printing office five years. He has specialized as a pressman and hopes to get work in a printing office some- where in North Carolina. Elma Edwards is from Mount Olive, N. C. She was born at Duke, now called Erwin, N. C., on January 12, 1916. The real cause of her deafness is unknown but it is thought that it was caused by pneumonia which she had when she was seven months old. She went to several hearing schools but made little progress. Before she came here to school her aunt taught her how to read, write and work a little arithmetic. She first came here to school in the year of 1926 when she was eleven years old. She was put in the preparatory class but in a few weeks she was promoted to the fourth grade and Miss Dorothy Allen was her teacher. In 1929 she was put in this class. Her favorite sports are swimming and base- ball. Her spare time is spent in reading books, and English is her favorite study. She doesn’t know what she will do next year but hopes she can go to school at the Ferrum Training School in Virginia or get a position some where in North Carolina. 1 1 1 ||| | | |] |] ||| || || || || | || || || |||] | || |} | 1] cf Nh —— htt it nl he imme mee HY eH) ne Hf ihe tH ff] nf || |||) ||| ff | ||| || || | || Hh | | Hf || | eH ||| || || || ||| | || || | ||| | | | LY | || | ff || | No cane —- 1 [1]

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