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

Text from Pages 1 - 52 of the 1945 volume:

The Clock Tower 1945 North Carolina School for the Deaf Morganton, N. C. Dedicated 10 Our Mothers 4 “The angels singing to one another, Can find among their burning terms of love, None so devotional as that of ‘Mother’.”’ —Edgar Allen Poe Our Alma Mater May we never forget our beloved Alma Mater, Our home for so many years. A home to remember When each dying ember Will reveal how she stilled all our fears. We've gained from her gems in a cultural sphere, A knowledge of life to be met, How to work day by day, To worship and pray. A high goal for the future we've set. Oh, the joys that we've had as we've plodded along, Climbing the ladder of learning. May the years be kind, As we start lije’s grind, May the fires of success be kept burning. And now ’tis farewell, our last fond farewell, That we bid with burning desires To be grateful to you, To be loyal and true, As the time of our stay here expires. igs Beecscose Rs ac : Og (SST IMAIA Our ALMA MATER Main Building Dr. E. McK. Goopwin Our Past Superintendent Dr. Cart E. RANKIN Our Present Superintendent Mrs. Pattie T. TATE Principal Mrs. Frances E. Davis Mr. Opie W. UNDERHILL Assistant Principal Vocational Director ONICTING IOOHOS adddQ Class Roll Doris LoutsE ALEXANDER, Columbia Muste EpNA ANDLETON, Newport News Iona May Baccett, Aulander Betty ELIzABETH BRADLEY, Hendersonville THELMA LoutIsE Brown, Kinston SHELTON HoL_MES CARTWRIGHT, Jarvisburg Rosa LEE CorBetTt, La Grange RasstE HAarpIn PETERSON, Day Book HAROLD BELVIN WHISENANT, Morganton Inez Avice WILLIFORD, Elm City Ge Crass Motto WISELY AND SLOW: THEY STUMBLE THAT RUN FAST. Crass FLOWER Grass Corors GLADIOLUS Sky BLUE AND GOLD CrASseLREP WEEPING WILLOW Crass MAScoT ANN ALLEN Thomasville Miss NAN JETER Senior “Home Room” Teacher Class Officers INEz WILLIFORD, HaArotp WHISENANT, Musir ANDLETON, President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer DORIS LOUISE ALEXANDER “Skipper” “Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well” Entered N. C. 8S. D. in 1933 from Columbia Typing, Cooking, Sewing Secretary Goodwin Literary Society 1944- 1945 Secretary Fepha Club 1944-’45 Secretary Student Council 1944-45 Program Committee Christian Endeavor Society 1944-45 Girl Scout Patrol Leader Bowling, ‘Tennis, Basketball, Archery, Softball MUSIE EDNA ANDLETON Music” “Virtue is bold and goodness never failing” Entered N. C. 8. D. in 1935 from Enfield Typing, Cooking, Sewing Secretary and Treasurer Senior Class Program Committee Christian Endeavor Society 1943-44 President Goodwin Literary Society 1944- 1945 Vice President Student Council 1944-45 Fepha Club Girl Scout Patrol Leader Swimming, Basketball, ball, Bowling Skating, Volley IONA MAY BAGGETT “Blondie” “First in truth, in work, in healthful play” Entered N.C. S. D. in 1932 from Kelford Typing, Cooking, Sewing Vice President Fepha Club 1943-44 President Fepha Club 1944-’45 Captain Basketball Team 1944-’45 Block Letter Club Girl Scout May Queen 1942 Basketball, Swimming, Softball, Bowling, Tennis BETTY ELIZABETH BRADLEY ““Boopie” “In every gesture dignity and love” Entered N. C. S. D. in 1933 from Hender- sonville Typing, Cooking, Sewing Vice President Goodwin Literary Society 1943-1944 Vice President Christian Endeavor Society 1944-1945 President Block Letter Club 1944-1945 Girl Scout May Queen 1945 Swimming, Life Saving, Basketball, Bowl- ing, Dancing THELMA LOUISE BROWN “Brownie” “A sunbeam on a winter’s day” Entered N. C. S. D. in 1932 from Kinston Typing, Cooking, Sewing Program Committee Goodwin Literary So- ciety 1944-745 Program Committee Christian Endeavor Society 1944-’45 Girl Scout Basketball, Swimming, Softball, Archery, Tennis, Dancing SHELTON HOLMES CARTWRIGHT “Pleasant and capable of sober thought” Entered N. C. S. D. in 1934 from Jarvis- burg Printing Treasurer Student Activities 1944-’45 Treasurer Christian Endeavor 1944-1945 Secretary Sterling Club 1944-745 Society Poy Scout Patrol Leader Track, Physical Education, Scouting ROSA LEE CORBETT oue “The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known”’ Entered N.C. 5. D. in 1933 from La Grange Typing, Cooking, Sewing Program Committee Christian Endeavor Society 1944-45 Goodwin Literary Society Girl Scout Basketball, Softball, Archery, Volleyball, Dancing RASSIE HARDEN PETERSON BRASS “He is never alone who is accompanied w ith good thoughts” Entered N.C. 5S. D. in 1935 from Day Book Carpentry Program Committee Christian Endeavor Society 1944-45 Treasurer of Goodwin Liteary Society 1944-1945 Sterling Club Boy Scout Football, Baseball, Track HAROLD BELVIN WHISENANT “Hail fellow, well met” Entered N. C. S. D. in 1933 from Morgan- ton Printing Vice President Senior Class President Student Council 1944-’45 President Sterling Club 1944-45 President Christian Endeavor Society 1944- 1945 Captain Football Team 1944-45 Captain Basketball Team 1944-'45 Boy Scout Senior Patrol Leader 1944-’45 Basketball, Football, Track, Volley ball ALICE INEZ WILLIFORD “Pig? “The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, the hand to execute’’ Entered N. C. S.D.in 1933. from Hlm:City Typing President Senior Class Secretary Fepha Club 1943-'44 Secretary Christian Endeavor Society 1943- 1945 : Student Supervisor 1944-45 Girl Scout Patrol Leader Goodwin Literary Society Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, Archery, Dancing “Days of Lon FIRST: Betty Bradley, Harold Whisenant, Inez Williford SECOND ROW: Doris Alexander, Rosa Lee Corbett, Iona Baggett THIRD ROW: Rassie Peterson, Shelton Cartwright, Musie Andleton, Thelma Brown Class History oS By Inez WILLIFORD The Graduating Class of 1945 was organized in the fall of 1944. Rosa Lee Corbett, Betty Brad- ley, Harold Whisenant and Inez Williford have been class mates ever since they entered school ime 1933. Doris Alexander was born in Columbia on July 23, 1923.2 She ‘entered school in 1933. She lost her hearing when a bad case of measles left an abcess in her ear at the age of six. Her favorite studies are English Composition and Current Events and her favorite pastime is reading and hiking. Her hobby is collecting picture post cards. She enjoys all sorts of sports, espicially bowling. Her ambition is to become a model. Musie Andleton, Secretary and Treasurer of the class was born in Enfield, August 30, 1926. She entered school in 1935. The cause of her deafness is unkown. She can hear a little. Her favorite studies are Science and English. She spends most of her leisure time reading. Her hobby is collecting perfume bottles. She is a football fan and her favorite sport is swimming. Her ambition is to secure a position as a typist. She would like to go to a Business College. Iona Baggett was born in Kelford on Sept- ember 21, 1924. She was born deaf. She came to school in 1932. Mathematics is her favortie sub- ject and basketball is her favorite sport. She has been on the varsity basketball team for four years. She was captain of the team this year. She hopes to be an office girl when she finishes school. Betty Bradley came from Hendersonville where she was born deaf on August 23, 1925. She entered school in 1933. She is a beautiful swimmer and diver and plays basketball. Her hobbies are collecting china dogs and pictures of mov ie stars. She wants to work in an office when she leaves school. Thelma Brown entered school in 1932 from Kinston. She was born deaf on December 11, 1924. Her favorite subjects are algebra and Dr. Randolph’s experiments in Science. Her favorite pastime is sleeping. She has an unusual hobby— collecting empty lipstick cases. She doesn’t take any active part in athletics, but she likes basket- ball and swimming. She wants to be a nurse when she leaves school. Shelton Cartwright comes from Powells Point near Jarvisburg where he was born on May 29, 1927. He entered school in 1934. Infantile paralysis at the age of three was the cause of his deafness. His favorite subject is mathematics and reading is his favorite pastime. Swimming and track are his favorite sports. Collecting “scrap” for his scrapbook is his hobby. He is more inter- ested in scouting than in any other sport. His ambition is to be a linotype operator, but he hopes to be able to go to Gallaudet College first. Rosa Lee Corbett comes from La Grange. She was born on May 24, 1926. She entered school in 1933. She lost her hearing as a result of spinal menigitis that she had when she was six years old. She has a deaf brother who graduated last year. Literature and reading are her favorite studies. Resting is her favorite pastime. She is not interested in athletics, but likes to attend football and basketball games. She hopes to be a housewife when she finishes school. Rassie Peterson entered school in 1935 from Day Book. He was born in Ervin, Tenneessee on October 25, 1925. He became partially deaf from diptheria when he was about a year old. He first attended public school, but his loss of hearing retarded him. He came to this school at the age of ten. Miss Nan Jeter was his first teacher and his last teacher. His favorite subjects are Science and speech reading. He has always been so deeply interested in woodworking that he has practically ignored athletics. He has not decided what kind of work he would like to do when he finishes school. Harold Whisenant, Vice President of the Class comes from Morganton where he was born deaf on December 20, 1925. He entered school in 1933. He likes all of his subjects. He is greatly inter- ested in sports, especially football and basketball. that won the Western Championship in North He was the captain of the boys’ basketball team Carolina last year and the Gold Medal trophy in the Valdese tournament this year. He hopes to be a linotype operator when he leaves shcool. Inez Williford, President of the Class comes from Elm City. She was born totally deaf on February 18, 1926. She entered school in 1933. Eng'ish composition is her favorite study and reading is her favorite pastime. Dancing and basketball are her favorite sports. She likes cost- ume jewelry. Her hobby is collecting snapshots. She hopes to be an office girl when she graduates. Class Prophecy GOOOQOMOOO By Doris ALEXANDER One very hot afternoon after a hard day in school followed by an exciting game of soft- ball, I was so dead tired that I slipped into the club room and sank down in an easy chair. It was cool. I relaxed and was so comfortable that I could feel myself going to sleep. The next thing I knew it was a beautiful, clear warm day in the year 1955. I was strolling down Fifth Avenue feeling lonely and blue. I had done a hard day’s work modeling and my boss, the famed Mr. Powers, told me I could have a three months’ vacation. Wondering what I would do, an idea flashed into my mind. I would visit each and every one of my old class mates. I had not seen them since way back in 1945, I went home and packed up and got ready for parts unknown. I took out my yacht which was anchored at Hudson Harbor and sailed into Newport News. Leaving my yacht, I went on the streamlined street car to Musie Andleton’s home. At first she did not recognize me because I was not the same old gal she used to know back in school. The beauty expert in New York had changed me completely. When I explained who I was, she exclaimed, ““Why, Doris Alexander, am I happy to see you after all these years.” She told me she was a typist in the shipyard office and that she wasn’t doing so hot either. I told her what I had planned to do and she wanted to go along with me. We took off in Musie’s helicopter and flew down to Morganton. We hovered over our old Alma Mater for just a few minutes. Every- thing was new and very modern in this Post- war World. Even the stores in town were so modernized that we could hardly find a familiar place. We landed and went into Kibler’s drug store. There sitting across from us was a tall, lovely lady who turned out to be Iona Baggett. She was amazed at seeing us there. She was happily married and living in Burke County. She toid us she was working in an office at the Drexel Furniture factory. I asked her for news of our old classmates, She told us that Betty Bradley was now a famous movie star and that she had changed her name. She was a very beautiful woman and a talented actress. ‘Next on our list was Thelma Brown. We had heard she was a nurse so we flew down to a big hospital in Kinston. We asked to see Thelma. The Head nurse told us that Thelma was a very successful and a very popular nurse. She could make the people recover rapidly with her cute ways and winning smiles. Thelma came down to meet us . We were surprised to see a ring on her left hand. She shyly told us that she was engaged to a doctor. She was so happy that she hardly knew what she was doing so we bade her good luck and went on our way. We then flew down to Elizabeth City to see our tall lanky friend Shelton Cartwright. His mother told us that he was in South Africa, We exclaimed, “South Africa! What is he doing down there?” She was beaming with pride and told us that he was a well-known chemist. She showed us a picture of Shelton, Lo and behold, he had a beard! We thanked her and told her we would visit him there later. Then we set sail for Detroit, Michigan. We had heard that Rosalee and Rassie Peterson were working there in an automobile factory. Just as we landed we saw Rosalee. She took us with her to meet Rassie, her husband, who was work- ing at the factory. He showed us around. The beautiful streamlined cars of pastel shades thrilled us. No sooner had we taken off again than we arrived in California. What a small world! We were so hungry that we went to the Brown Derby. While we were waiting for our orders to be filled, a rather tall dark man with a little moustache came up to us and said, “Pardon me, but haven’t we met before?” We recognized him at once as Harold Whisenant. How strikingly handsome he looked in his uniform! He was a pilot on a passenger plane that flew from Hollywood to New York. He told us that his wife always flew with him when she was not busy making pictures and that they had a small son who sometimes went, too. This left only Inez Williford. Harold and Betty told us that she was living in Raleigh with © that good looking red headed husband of hers, So we decided to stop there on our way back to Newport News. It was not hard to find their place which was a modern glass bungalow with a helicopter on the roof. Two of her children, one a red headed girl and another a brown haired boy ran to greet us. Then Inez came to see what was up. When she saw us, she invited us in. She was such a chubby, happy little Mother that we couldn't help smiling. We stayed to dinner and such a perfect dinner as it was. My mouth began to water and I had an un- comfortable empty feeling in my stomach. I began to stir and it.was at that time that Musie shook me and told me it was nearly time for supper. I did not realize that I had fallen asleep in that comfortable chair. My beautiful dream exploded right before me, but I was glad to have had such a wonderful insight into the future. I hope my dream will come true. Birthday Parties: Bag Yhe Annual Washington pirthday parties a eu a 3 eee the School held Saturday February he sever rade body ne ek-En teenth, a5 a hug uccess. Mrs. Tt ebert We anne 1 ° 80 hon 2 pleat At S general chairman. Miss Mau4y and Mr- Ralph aa oe ih or BF but ae ss C. ool Goodwine kite Crutehtiel were IM charge of the party jor the noes 5 eee p,casure ts of ne, Nobod ron Year’ iterary Society Reorganize upper grades held in the Assembly Hall. Dan in th NY ang inm Tch 309 ting € thin w r’s Work 8 Autrey and 1 were their herper Mrs Hawkins 6 eit ro) If eae in th, the fo the Pa We; At the first meeting of thi and Mrs- Alexander © re in chatBe of the party ain titday a as a receive, Uditor; oan ena oor 7, the members Sane fore held in the qauditorunt with Must Andleton and John and jp ust ce d the ie Rar an elected the following seein Literary Weaver aS assistants The party for the younsBe ei 1esiter. a . cere St appl; cl uring the first semester: e rs to serve children was hi in the Gym wit Miss Glovet : dase | t hang. boys Vs, - Birls p, U Beeline saa 2 and Mr. Paul Crutchfield and their heipets, Dom age 13 aS bar. d hs d to id there aved sop ice ee : Music Andleton Alexander and Sh jton Cartwright in charge pial pe 9. The h n a ch an uch ee: pastas : aa ay Slaves r s y : : : The Assembly Hall was peautitully decorate® We Me hall « hard tp aye, at us, anyhakWa a with Harold Whisenant and Th Se nm with patriotic rs, cherries natchets and pic Winns! 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Chy boys T talk. v. J. Ww. 2 sery; ed for 3 : Superintendent Goodwin who eee in honor of was struck and carenwily passed aro von ttende : Gardner. in th out the fiftieth year of his Nore enue son passe the tch along withov Bethe, own, Ty any of i Made saudi of the deaf. in the education out he said, “Jack's Alive,” but ifthe — COlor, with |S, Pert © Wea, ice ay. Mr, Brown ch 4 : € e th at eres : Ae closed the mee “hf out of burned out Je he had It, ‘pI d naiae ct. eC durin the tls an exciting wat Story: Leia with jokes and «Jack's Dead” 4 drop out of the ci ind fren Suse Pretty E the gece! again on Oct. 21 with Miss se trs will meet ame continued til somebody won. Pauline di heir flower. ole The following is the sch Jeter in charge. 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Son : ex 3 _ xhis , ls Co Plage” 6 Oo coun {ot soy ahs ant Sy teks Weng by. er ting “ea relating. Mh - payise veh 2 ol whts Clip, las Wy foe) tre BG Micon OF cat MP peist Se.” Sta th ap Ve ops ay.” Pro, 4e bi Orz,, “tke y, a4 Teed 5 dp Stan, a BA, Ree feng hej. Campus Scenes Senior Superlatives Prettiest Betty BrapLey Cutest THELMA Bpown Most Studious Musirz ANDLETON Senior Superlatives Best All Round INEz WILLIFORD Most Athletic Boy Haroitp WHISENANT Most Athletic Gil IcnA BAGGETT Class Will V, By Musirt ANDLETON- We, the Senior Class of the North Carolina School for the Deaf, in the year of one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, being of sound mind and good judgement, realizing that our days here at school are nearly over, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. To our beloved Alma Mater, our home in many ways, we leave our heartfelt gratitude for knowledge, fun and fellowship. To our Superintendent, members of the Board of Directors, principal, assistant principal, fac- ulty, and household staff, we are deeply grateful for the opportunities that we have had and for the kindness, sympathy and guidance that you have given us. To our “home room” teacher, Miss Nan Jeter, we leave our love for her unfailing understanding and patience. To France Jones—Iona Baggett leaves her leadership on the Girls’ Basketball Team. To Billy Weaver—Shelton Cartwright leaves his “monkey shines”’. To Frances Withrow—Betty Bradley leaves her knowledge of many, many becoming ways of fixing her hair, ways that catch the eyes of the boys. Inez Williford leaves her love of bracelets to Dorothy Morrison but hopes that she doesn't become too weighted down. Harold Whisenant leaves his leadership in sports to Jimmie Dollard and hopes that Jimmie Witnesses: Miss Mary C. Mauzy Miss Nan Jeter May 15, 1945 will make many touchdowns on the football team of 1945. Doris Alexander leaves to Mary Rose Whitley her tom-boyish ways of dressing. To Gladys Hodges—lInez Williford leaves her gentle ways. To Wilma Lance—Betty Bradley leaves her glamour. Doris Alexander and Musie Andleton leave to Emily Sexton and Elsie Little their unfinished and unsettled arguments. To Ina Pendergraph—Thelma Brown leaves her attractive and flirtatious ways. To John Weaver—Rassie Peterson leaves his dignity. Inez Williford leaves to Carl Bunch her pa- tience. . To Pearl Anders—Rosa Lee Corbett leaves her ability to blush easily. To Shirley Edwards—Rosa Lee Corbett leaves her ability to imitate others. To Virginia Whitesides—Musie E. Andleton leaves her studious ways and her willingness to always please others. To the Junior Class the Seniors leave their class room, their books, and the sacred class hatchet. Desiring to leave behind the things which we cannot take with us, we do hereby sign this, our last will and testament. 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It was more beautiful this year than ever before. The pageant began with the weary travelers coming to the inn, Mary and Joseph, who were the last to arrive found the inn full and were taken to the stable by the innkeeper. Then the angels came and later the shepherds followed the star and found the baby Jesus lying in the manger. The Wise Men brought gifts and worshipped the Christ Child. The Pageant was so impressive and we had a very appreciative audience. There were many people from town here and they seemed to enjoy it so much. Students in the Junior and Senior classes took the parts and everybody did excep- tionally well. A great deal of credit for the success of the pageant should go to Mrs. Knox who directs it every year and to her mother, Mrs. Coffey, who has made all of our beautiful cos- tumes. —Rosa Lee Corbett Clippings , nad ave was we cap ree we Pict s ; Sta Ure tle % gxom cen Be i E aid 4 com Te tin pewin’ ¢ unt gavor® ie Green? ook a eee the proke and th yyis game was ; be pecans® ye ee aiden wid ake gor eae tea Id Chen the tchfielg yes we chet yavle was peat” affirn ger ‘led ye Do lative ares endits 4 s aye cits Oem to ae aay game’ Us Nip “Tie nd sly ine ae ie gyniest ¢ all wx? For e a ee é a whit ym pe 2 fe ere g hos, ‘ € c] ee ig en ach and apP oe Sac and Mrs Sony 40 y AY christ Me Wa _anglelon Q ae Se- at Tr ae uty aster oy bhter cust eee a unit) ul es etn) alee snow moe peiore ch a nish tie’ Mr i en ywro wie wn of NN yion © W sive Gav and an Campus Scenes Campus Scenes Campus Scenes Valedictorian INEz WILLIFORD Valedictory Ladies and Gentlemen, Our goal, Graduation Day, has bee n reached at last. We have come to the end of our school life here, a pleasant life interspersed with hard work and play. Tomorrow we will begin a new unaccustomed life out in the world. Every mem- ber of the Graduating Class leaves his Alma Mater with a mingled feeling of joy and sorrow: joy that we have done our best and have reached our goal and sorrow tnat we are so soon to leave our pleasant home and begin the climb to use- ful manhood and womanhood. Governor Cherry, we feel greatly honored to have your Excellency with us on our Com- mencement Day. Through you, we want to ex- press our deep appreciation to the taxpayers of North Carolina for making it possible for us to have had such a well rounded education. To the Board of Diretors, our Superintendent, the staff and teachers, we wish to express our appreciation for the many opportunities afforded us here at our school. You have given us con- fidence in ourselves that we as a class will be an asset and never a liability to our great state. To the boys and girls who have been our schoolmates all these happy years, we wish to say that we will never forget you. We hope that happiness and prosperity may come to all of you. And to our beloved Alma Mater, we bid an affectionate farwell! Salutatorian Musie ANDLETON Salutatory Ladies and Gentlemen, The Graduating Class of 1945 of the North Carolina School for the Deaf bids you welcome. We are glad to have so many parents, friends and alumni with us today. We feel deeply gratified, for we know the difficulties of travel in these times of war. It is hard to believe but this com- mencement season of 1945 will be the fourth year in which graduation time has been observed with the nation on a wartime basis. We feel greatly honored in having His Ex- cellency, Governor Gregg Cherry, present at our exercises today. It is the second time in the history of the school that a governor has done us the honor to be with us at our Commencement. We hope, Governor Cherry, that you will enjoy our program. Dr. Hall, Mr. Daniels, Mrs. Poore, we appre- ciate your presence at our Graduating Exercises. We hope you will enjoy being with us as much as we enjoy having you. As most of you perhaps know this year marks the one hundredth Anniversary of the teaching of the Deaf in North Carolina, and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Morganton School. We are proud that we have been a part of this school and as we look back over the long hard years spent climbing the ladder of learning we realize they have not been in vain. We are sorry that many of our friends and relatives in the service could not be here today but we feel their presence in our hearts and know that they are with us in spirit. Again, our friends, we bid you welcome. Commencement Program 1945 SATURDAY, JUNE SECOND SOO 1 ME, SSS ele ONDA NE 0 cee ee Auditorium Goodwin Literary Society SUNDAY, JUNE “THIRD 8:00 P. M. Baccalaureate Sermon At een eae _. Auditorium Rev. Robert Turner Executive Secretary of Concord Home Missions WEDNESDAY, JUNE SIXTH 11.00 A. M. Commencement Exercises.__._____________. kee Auditorium Presiding. = eee ene Dr. Howarp A. RONDTHALER, President of the Board of Directors js ANNO RROY 2 2 a ee ee Rev. A. W. LiIpparp i EMERG aes ee _..... Musir ANDLETON 3. Addresses __..... His ExcELLENCY R. GREGG CHERRY, Governor of North Carolina Dr. PERCIVAL HALL, PRESIDENT Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C. meVia ledictOl ae ee oh 5 eee INEZ WILLIFORD . Presentation of Diplomas . Awarding of Prizes We Benediction mass. eeeereees = ence eee Rev. F. W. Bower Ts ONC Lt Autographs Meme 111} mmm 11mm {mmm meme em] ==] meme |= fem ff] ff] |_| | | | | me | eM || |] ||] NN omen me Name me nee ee fe} he OB ee — 1 et ee | ff ef ee tt et | —fi 1) —— | 1) ef} |} ft] | me ||| meme |} || meme ||| meme |} meme] omni 1) | 1 NN ht 11 em ff ee Hf ef | mm | me mmm ee | mh m1 mm mm me | mm | mmm mmr | meme | meme || mm) seme 'Morganton Hardware Co. | | HARDWARE FURNITURE ! SPORTSMEN'S HEADQUARTERS : -M. G. COX || woopsury’s | : Quality Jewelry ! : eee | “We Teach Watches : Men's Wear : To Tell The Truth” | on | Morris Motors, Inc. DODGE-PLYMOUTH SALES AND SERVICE eaten ee oe Phone 245 Morganton, N. C. 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C. : SNIPES MOTOR COMPANY : Hudson, Packard and Studebaker BREAD | | | | | | | Sales and Service : | | | PASTRIES | 8 | | | | | | | | | } | | | | | | ] ] | | | ] 2 t CAKES ] | | ] | | | —nt fie_ Body and Fender Repairs Telephones 755 and 752 l | | ] | ] | | | | | Storage and Mechanical Work ] | | ] | | | Morganton, N.C. ] | ? fm 1) 1) mt 1 eH me me 4 me NN HN NN I | Fi— —— 1 1 | | | | THe | | ft | || me fm mm fm 4h gh tf me ff ff me | ee eff ee pf fpf eee) Ross Fabrics, Inc. MANUFACTURERS OF | UPHOLSTERY FABRICS | KOR FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS : AND JOBBERS MorcAntTon, N. C. | ; | : 4 i —Compliments of— | | Stanley’s | Be ee : —Jewelers— || KIRSKEY COMPANY | : a | | The Diamond and Watch Store | | a | | || HARDWARE | @e2 fot | | I AND | | Diamonds, Watches, and | | FURNITURE | ! 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Valdese and Morganton ott ob ot Leading Department Stores et “The Home of Better Values” yf) tf) 8 tt tt 8 Nm me 1 ee BURAND’S CESe community which affords a school for the deaf” e@€6e@ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Morganton, N. C. : | | | , | | I | | | | | | | | | “We are proud to be a part of the | | = | | | I | | | | | | } {| ff YN | HN I HN mm sem Ym | me | mf em | | mf 43 1) 1h] Ht) 1 tN i Oe ASMART ZHOPPE FORZMARTWOMEN The Home of Nelly Don Dresses Phone 332 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Morganton, N. C. 0 GREENE STUDIO Phone 188-W MorcantTon, N. C. Nal we We have taken Photographs at N.C.S.D. tor the past 25 years LOS INES terlines st Morcanton, N. C. —Compliments of— | SURASKY’S | Everything To Wear — lL | || ||| | | ee | mei '-Good Will- DAIRIES CO-OPERATIVE $1 — 11 — 1 — oy 11} 1} — 1 — it — a — nee Grade A Dairy Products Ice cream Butter Whip-O-Will i- Mimosa Brand b ao Phone 64 Morganton, N. 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