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

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(lass “@ll By IrnmA LEE CONNOR E, the Senior Class of the North Caro- lina School for the Deaf in the year of one thousand nine hundred and forty- four, after twelve long years of work and play, find that our last school year has come to an end. Therefore we do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. To our Alma Mater, our beloved home for many years we leave our heartfelt gratitude for our education and so many happy hours. To our superintendent and members of the Board of Directors, our sincere thanks for the many interests that their efforts have given us. To the principal, assisstant principals, faculty and staff, we give our sincere thanks for guid- ance, kindness and sympathy. To Rosalee Corbett, Melvin leaves his good disposition and his wit. To Inez Williford, Marion Sessoms bequeaths his ambition and knowledge of words. To Haro!d Whisenant, Carey Cale leaves his skill in long end runs in football, hoping that his team next year will win some games in the West- ern Conference. To Lorenzo Taylor, Melvin Corbett leaves his unusual tumblin ability. To Doris Alexander, Irma Lee Connor leaves Witnesses: Miss Mary C. Mauzy Miss Nan Jeter May 20, 1944 her frisky ways, hoping that Doris may lose a little of her dignity. To Charlene Saunders, Mildred Pace leaves her charm and popularity. To Ernest Brown, Percy Watson bequeaths his clever acting ability. To Musie Andleton, James Vaughn bequeaths his thoughtfullness and generousity. To Gladys Hodges, Irma Lee Connor leaves her fondness for movies magazines. To Frances Jones, Mildred Pace leaves her title of “Sweater Girl.”’ To, John Weaver, Marion Sessoms leaves his “Abraham Lincoln” ways. To Virginia Whitesides, Percy Watson leaves his ‘“‘blushes.” Gilmer Lentz lets fall on the worthy shoulders of Claude Barlow his senior dignity, which may earn for him the title of “student supervisor.” To the Junior Class, the Seniors graciously yield their class room, their books and the sacred class hatchet. Ever unselfish in our desire to leave behind that which we cannot take with us, we do here- by, with full legal sanction, sign our last will and testement. Signed: CAREY CALE Percy WATSON MILDRED PACE MELVIN CORBETT MarIon SESSOMS James VAUGHN GILMER LENTZ

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I hardly realized that Mildred was gone before another newspaper office in the town of Greens- boro emerged into view. I was not the least bit surprised when I saw James Vaughn sitting behind a big desk with a sign on his door which read ‘‘Advertising Manager.” I knew that James had followed up the good beginning he had made while securing and setting up the ads in our Class Book of so long ago. The next scene carried me hundreds of miles southward across the land of cotton and peaches, and into the land of orange blossoms and palm trees. There in a beautiful Florida town, I saw Percy Watson, wearing a snappy suit, walking along the beach. I recalled Percy’s former state of health and knew that his continual winter colds and coughs had carried him to Florida. He was the picture of health and success. As he disappeared into a modern looking office building occupied by an outstanding state paper. I knew that his future, too, was secure. This wonderful insight into the future lives and fame of my fellow students brought me back with a suddeness that caused me to gain instant control of my plane. I realized that I, too, could live in fame and that it was not inevitable that I go down in flame. My future was thus revealed and I deemed my dream a fortunate one, indeed, as it gave me the desire to soar ever higher and higher, to make the most of the educational gains I had made thus far and to achieve in the future. lasting and worthwhile things.

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Senior Superlatives GIRLS Prettiest tees es ee eee ae ee Mildred Pace Nostalalkatives=sas = aera Irma Lee Connor Most? Popular ees eee Mildred Pace INLOStEA thet ice ees eee ee Irma Lee Connor Smartest: ace ee ee ee ee Mildred Pace Moses i howolhtitl ees Neatest Gutesties BesteA cto nae WiAttiestee ss tern ee eee Most Ambitious Boys Best) Looking see eee Carey Cale Most, Valkative= = eee Melvin Corbett Most Popular 2 James Vaughn Most2A thletic ee Carey Cale SMartes( 205s Marion Sessoms ... James Vaughn ... Percy Watson ee! .. Irma Lee Connor Most=Dependables saa ae Gilmer Lentz = Percya Watson Melvin Corbett , Sere Marion Sessoms MosteAmiablene aaa enaee . . ... Gilmer Lentz Snickers Irma Lee: “I lost a nickel. Did anybody find it?” Carey: “No, but I found a penny.” Irma Lee: “I'll take the penny and you can owe me the other four cents.” Me'vin: “If I can’t earn enough money, maybe I'll have to go out on the streets with a tin cup.” James: “Not a tin cup, buddy, but a ‘plastic’.” Miss Jeter: ‘Mildred do you object to wars?” ‘Mildred: “I certainly do.” Miss Jeter: “Why.” Mildred: “Because wars make history and I hate history.” Irma Lee: “This typewriter isn’t any good” Mildred: ‘‘What’s the matt er with it?” Irma Lee: “I want to write the word “book” and can't find but one ‘o’.”’ Scoutmaster: “If you stood with your back to the north and your face to the south, what would be on your left hand?” Tenderfoot Lentz: “Fingers Sir.” Percy: “Whew! I just chased this trolly car seven blocks. Still, I suppose I saved a nickel.” Marion: “Why didn’t you chase a taxicab? You’d have saved much more.” Gilmer: “Come and give me what you have in your mouth, Adrian.” Adrian: “I wish I could, its the toothache.” Percy: “Hey Marion, what’s the idea of making faces at the bull dog.” Marion: “He started it.” Carey: “Why do you call that pig Inky? He isn’t black.” Irma Lee: “Because he keeps running out of the pen.”