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

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1. Carolina Beach. 2. Fun at Perkins’ Farm. 3. “Big Game” Hunters. 4. The “Cullowhee Crasher.” 5. In a Pensive Mosd. 6. 1938 Foestball Squad. 7. The “Fair Section” of the Class. 8. Protesting Tight Ties. 9. The “Professor” Caught Off Guard. 10. The Class Prexy. 11. Goodwin Hall Days. 12. Campus Sheik. 13. Strenuous Camp Life. 14. Imbibing at Clearwater Beach. 15. Beginner’s Shop

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Class History By Mitprep DANIELS The present graduating class was organized in the fall of 1938. Of its nine pupils only the following five have been together since the pre- paratory class: Beulah Storie, Mildred Daniels, IXremer Phillips, Zeb Austin and Andrew Collins. Vernon Quarles, President of the Senior Class, came to the N. C. School from Swannanoa, where he attended public school for five years. He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, on November 14, 1921. He suffered partial loss of hearing when he was stricken with pneumonia at the age of seven. Vernon has studied printing for five years, and is well on the way to becoming an expert linotype operator. He hcpes to eventually secure a position on the Asheville Citizen. His favorite sports are football and baseball. Gerald Winstead, Vice-President of the Class, hails from Wilson, N. C. He was born on May 4, 1921. His deafness is congenial. Gerald enter- ed this school in 1928. He and John Whisenant entered the same class and have been classmates ever since. With six years’ experience in our printing shop, Gerald hopes to land a good job after gra duation. History and arithmetic are his favorite subjects. Swimming is his best-loved sport. Kremer Phillips, the Class Secretary, is from Asheville, N. C. He was born in Gadsden, Ala., on March 11, 1921. He is congenitally deaf. Kremer entered the N. C. School in the fall of 1928. He has worked in the printing office for four years, and hopes to get placed in a printing establishment in Asheville this summer. Current Events and history are his favorite studies. Kremer has been an outstanding athlete in foot- ball and basketball. Zebulon Austin comes from Morganton, N. C. He was born in Marshville, N.C. on July 14 1921. The cause of his deafness is unknown. Zeb has worked in the woodworking and cabinet making shop for several years, and is an expert carpenter. He hopes to secure work in or near Morganton. His favorite studies are arithmetic and algebra. Basketball and baseball are his best-liked sports. Andrew Collins was born in Asheville, N. C., on June 3, 1919. He came to school from Alex- ander, N. C., in 1928. Andrew left school early last spring to help his mother, but returned this past fall, and has been able to catch up in his work and graduate with the class. He has work- ed in our carpenter shop for three years, and expects to work on his mother’s farm after gradu- ation. He likes basketball best of all sports. Beulah Storie came from Blowing Rock, N. C., where she was born on July 2, 1921. The cause of her deafness is unknown. She entered our school in 1928. While at schcol, Beulah has learned to sew, cook and type. She aspires to some form of office work. She is very fond of playing softball. Her favorite studies are history and literature. John Whisenant, of Morganton, N. C., entered school in 1928. He was born on December 26, 1919, Illness so on after birth caused his deafness. He has learned several trades since entering school, but has finally settled down to tailoring, which he hopes to make his profession. Due to poor health, John has not been able to take much part in active sports. His favorite pastime is reading. He is especially interested in science. Mildred Daniels entered school from Beau- fort, N. C. She was born on September 14, 1920. Her deafness is congenital. Mildred has studied sewing, cooking, art and typing. She hopes to secure some kind of work near home, but has not decided what type of work she would like to do. She is interested in history and science more than any other subjects. Mildred’s favorite sports are swimming and basketball. She had to give up basketball because of a weak heart. Her favorite pastime is dancing. Roy Norton comes from Cullowhee, N. C. He was born on November 19, 1922. He had partial loss of hearing when he was fourteen years old. Roy attended public school at Cullowhee for e.ght years. He entered the N.C. School in 1939. Mr. Noah Webster wouldn’t agree with Roy’s spelling, but otherwise Roy is a good student. He has worked in our carpenter shop since he entered school. This experience will be of great help to Roy when he leaves school to work on his father’s farm. Roy likes football and baseball, and has made the varsity team in each sport. His favorite hobby is photography. He is also fond of hunting.

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Class Prophecy By GERALD WINSTEAD Lazily stretched out on the lawn of our front campus one warm May afternoon I sadly watched the big hands on the Goodwin Memorial Clock pushing the hours behind. Just a few days more in the North Carolina Schoo! for the Deaf! I dreamily wondered what the future he!d in store for me and my classmates. Gee, how the years have slipped by. Here I am at the Greater New York Exposition of 1960. I missed the World’s Fair in 1940, but I am seeing far more wonderful sights at this huge exposition. How I wish all my classmates were here to see the sights with me! I am a bit lone- some and wish my wife and two sons were here with me, but my wife insisted that I take my vacation alone. I have been working hard and steadily these last two years in my new printing establishment after resigning from the Wilson Daily Times. Well, I think Ill go into the General Motors building and see their new Diesel-powered cars. But who is that big mechanic over there tinkering with an auto- mobile? I can hardly believe my eyes—it is Kremer Phillips! I surely was glad to see him. Kremer said he had a good job with General Motors and that he had a nice little home in the suburbs of Detroit. He was very eager to get home to his wife and five children. That night as Kremer and I were taking in the exhibit we were pushed aside by a police esccrt of a famous Englishman and his wife. I pinched myself—the lady was Beulah Storie. Beulah stopped and intreduced her husband to us. He had met her in Blowing Rock and had married her after a whirlwind of courtship. A crowd of autograph seekers put an abrupt end to our conversation. : It was nearly midnight, so Kremer and I decided to stop in at an attractive restaurant and get a bite to eat. A red headed waiter slapped me on the back. Kremer laughed at my surprise. The waiter was my old classmate, Zeb Austin. Zeb told me that his wife was running his cafe- teria in Morganton while he was working at the exposition. He was very busy and could talk only a few minutes with us. The next morning I noticed a familiar blonde head coming out of the beauty culture exhibit. What a pleasant surprise to see Milderd Daniels again. The years had been kind to Mildred—or perhaps the beauty culture—for she looked no older than when I last saw her. I noticed a tell-tale golden band on the third finger of her left hand, but Mildred refused to tell me the name of her husband. I asked her to supper and a show that night. She told me that John Whise- nant had a good position in a swanky tailor shop. I resolved to look him up while I was in New York. The next . I paid John a surprise visit. We chatted for a long time. John proudly showed me some of the suits he had made. I congratu- ated him, for John had been most successful in is work. However, he was still a bachelor. He dently told me that he was eager to get but that he had nevergotten up enough connc married, nerve to propose On my way peer to the exposition grounds I almost fell over a couple sitting on a park bench. I rubbed my eyes! It was Vernon Quarles and a very pretty young lady. They both grinned sheepishly—newly weds always do. Vernon told me that he was on his honeymoon. He and his little blonde bride had been to Niagara Falls and were taking in the Exposition before returning to Asheville. Vernon was making good on the Ashe- ville Citizen after retiring from professional baseball. He had pitched five seasons for the Ashoville Tourists. Vernon’s wife told me to be sure to come out to West Asheville and see their cute bungalow the next time I visited the western part of the state. feat © On my last afternoon at the Exposition I spent quite a while taking in the North Caro- lina exhibit. Many people were crowded around the Cherokee Indian village. The Indians were having an archery contest. I pushed my way into