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

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Ted Hames, an Academic Senior, the class treasurer and Editor of the Clock Tower, comes from Cliffside. He was born on November 15, 1929. When he was a little boy, he always had trouble with his ears but the cause of his deafness is unknown. He entered school in 1939. He had polio during the epedemic in 1944 and couldn’t move his legs for almost six months. Now he is a great athlete. He is a football hero. He played in the all star Optimist Bowl Game in Asheville and has won all sorts of honors in track. He hopes to be a printer when he finishes school. Doris Hardison, an Academic Senior, voted the best all round in the class was born in Washington, North Carolina, on August 7, 1929. She lost her hearing as a result of serious trouble that she had when she was a baby. She entered school in 1937. Miss Ada Rankin was her first teacher. She loves to tease. She was the Maid of Honor in the court of the 1951 May Queen. She would like to be a typist when she finishes school. Billy McCuiston, a Vocational Senior, comes from Belews Creek in Guilford County. He was born deaf on September 7, 1931. He came to school in the fall of 1939. Tennis is his favorite sport. Dry cleaning and pressing has been his vocational work for the last five years and he hopes to get a job in a cleaning and pressing company in Greensboro when he finishes school. He was voted the best dressed boy in his class. Pete Moore, a Vocational Senior, entered the Primary Department in the fall of 1938. Mrs. Tucker Walker was his first teacher. He was born in Tar Heel in Bladen County on October 15, 1931. He lost his hearing when he was four years old as the result of a serious illness. Pete was voted the quietest in the class. He is interested in baseball and volleyball and was manager of the boys basket ball team in 1951. He has worked in the dry cleaning and pressing shop for the last four years and hopes to get a good cleaning and pressing job when he finishes school. Mary Mozingo, an Academic Senior, comes from La Grange where she was born on August 25, 1930. She was born deaf. She entered school in 1937. Mrs. Edna Kerr was her first teacher. She is a finger nail biter. A big plant, which will manufacture nylon is going up near Mary’s home. She hopes to get a job as filing clerk there. Hilda Neal, an Academic Senior, entered school in 1938 from Bear Creek in Chatham County. Miss Betty Watrous was her first teacher. Her birthday is on Christmas Day. She was born in 1929. When she was three years old she was seriously burned about the neck and face. Her parents think that the burns caused her deafness. She was in the hospital for a long time. Hilda’s favorite pastime is reading. She was voted the most studious in the class. She wants to be an office clerk when she leaves school. Margaret Routh, a Vocational Senior, comes from Charlotte. She was born on August 1, 1931. Scarlet fever when she was one year old caused her deafness. She entered school in the fall of 1937. Sewing is her favorite pastime. She would like to get a job in the alterations department of a big department store. Billie Taylor, a Vocational Senior, entered school in the fall of 1938. Her home is in Burlington where she was born on December 31, 1930. She was born deaf. Swimming is her favorite sport but she has played on the varsity basketball team for three years. By popular vote she was chosen May Queen for 1951. She would like to get a job as a filing clerk in a print shop when she finishes school. Bessie Wommack, a Vocational Senior, is from Winston-Salem. She was born on December 21, 1931. By the time she was two years old she had lost most of her hearing but the cause of her deafness is unknown. She entered school in the fall of 1938. Miss Lucille Pearson was her first teacher. Bessie is vice-president of the class. Sewing is her favorite pastime but when she finishes school she hopes to get a job in a big carbon plant about two miles from her home. Thus endeth a brief sketch of the members of the Graduating Class of 1951. May their future be as bright as their past has been pleasant and may they fulfill the expectations of their friends and teachers and hold dear the memories of school days that are ending.

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Class History By Dorts HARDISON The Graduating Class of 1951 is the largest class in the history of the School. It is made up of eleven Seniors from the Academic Depart- ment and six Seniors from the Vocational Depart- ment. Very few of the Seniors have been together through all the grades. The pre sent Senior class was organized in the fall of 1949 and the pupils in the Advanced Vocational came together as a Class in 1947, Richard Absher, an Academic Senior, entered the Primary Department in 1939. Miss Betty Watrous was his first teacher. He comes from North Wilkesboro where he was born on May 30, 1929. He lost his hearing when he was a very little boy as a result of an ear abcess. He is a natural born clown and was voted the wittiest in the class. He hopes some day to own a dry cleaning establishment. Richard Brown, an Academic Senior, comes from Charlotte. He was born deaf, on October 6, 1930. He entered school in 1937. His am- bition is to enter Gallaudet next fall and secure for himself the cultural background that a college education will give him. He expects to be a linotype operator. He is very talented in drawing. Doris Campbell, an Academic Senior, president of the class comes from Greensboro. She was born on January 5, 1933. She has always been partially deaf but the cause of her deafness is unknown. She entered school in 1939 and Mrs. Tucker Walker was her first teacher. Her favorite pastime is reminiscing with Mrs. Walker. She enjoys all sports especially basketball. She has been on the varsity basketball team for four years. She hopes to enter Gallaudet College next fall and prepare herself to teach the Deaf. Dorothy Casey, an Academic Senior, comes from Goldsboro. She was born on September 24, 1931. As a result of a very high fever during an illness when she was two years old she lost her hearing. She entered the Primary Department in 1939. Miss Betty Watrous was her first teacher. She is interested in Home Making and was voted the neatest in the class so she should prove to be a very capable person. Peggy Edmondson, an Academic Sen ior, the class secretary comes from Durham. She was born on December 13, 1929 and entered school in 1937. Miss Marjorie Gordon was her first teacher. The cause of her deafness is unknown. She is very interested in sewing and hopes to get a job as an assistant seamstress in a big department store. Aileen Efird, an Academic Senior, entered school in 1939 in Miss Betty Watrous’ class. She comes from Stanfield where she was born on September 27, 1929. She was born deaf. She is always in a good humor and was voted the cutest in the class. When she finishes school, she would like to be a typist. Joseph Evans, a Vocational Senior, was born in Louisburg on June 1, 1931. His parents think that he lost his hearing as the result of a hard fall that he had when he was two years old. He entered the Primary Department in the fall of 1938. He has always been interested in woodworking and when he finishes school, he hopes to get a good job in a furniture factory in Rocky Mount. Donald Hall, an Academic Senior, entered the Primary Department in 1937. Miss Marjorie Gordon was his first teacher. His home is in Greensboro where he was born on August 1, 1930. At the age of one year old he became deaf following an illnes of pneumonia. He is interested in sports especially football and bas- ketball. He was voted the best-looking boy in the class. With six years’ experience in the printing shop, Don hopes to get a good job as a printer.

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SUPERLATIV ES == Upper right: Quietest’ 4) eee ee ele VLOore Upper tejt: Best looking couplets eee eee Billie Taylor and Don Hall Leji: ‘@utest .. .. Soa) rene leermic find Lower left: Most studious couple . Hilda Neal and Richard Brown Lower right: Best dressed . . . . Billy McCuiston