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

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The High School Academic Seniors Ruby Lee Anders Betty Barber Geneva Davis Henry Lee Dorsey Gray Finch Hilda Honeycutt Rudell Matthews Charles McKenzie Billy McLain Leona Miller Vocational Seniors Betty Bailey Helen Burgess Leander Carroll Ruby Nelson Terry Parham Charles Pearson Christine Radford Etta Summerlin Alma Whitley Billie Wright Juniors Bobbie Bledsoe Kermit Capes Eetty Daniels Peggy Greene Zeldia Hope Juanita Merritt Dan Miller Jo Peedin Ronald Richards Elma Simmons El’zabeth Steed Betty Turner 10th A Grade Tommy Crumpler Carl Brooks Madge Foster Avis Freeman Mary E. Johnson Vilas Johnson Rosalyn Lee Everette McAlister Clyde Morton Joan Robbins Arthur Thaxton Sterling White 10th B Grade Fred English Joyce Gallimore Billy Heath Geraldine McLain Earl Moore Lowell Riddle Peggy Riddle Tommy Smith Wiley Smith $th Grade Wayne Brinkley Howard Carpenter Oliver Clark Nelson Cooley Hugh DeVenny O’Neal Dabbs Ivey Faircloth Everette Helms Lonnie Leonard Jack Phillips Donald Senter

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Class of 1952 The Senior Class Bast ri Sa SS Front: Charles McKenzie, Betty Barber, Ruby Anders, Hilda Honeycutt, and Billy McLain. Rear: Henry Lee Dorsey, Geneva Davis, Rudell Matthews, Leona Miller and Gray Finch. The Vocational Class Front: Helen Burgess, Leander Carroll, Alma Whitley. Rear: Charles Pearson, Billie Sue Wright, Ruby Nelson, Betty Bailey, Christine Radford, Etta Summerlin, Terry Parham

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Class History By Rudell Matthews and Charles McKenzie Tne Graduating Class of 1952 has a total oc wenty members. Of tnese, ten are irom the Academic Department and tne others are irom the Vocational Department. Both classes were newly rormed in the tall of the 1951-’52 scholas- tic year. ‘T'nis class can rightly lay claim to being tne largest ever to graduate from N. C. S. D., exceeding the class of D1 by two. Ruby Anders, an Academic Senior, entered the Primary Department in 1939. Her home is in Asheville where she was born, on December 21, 1932. Ruby has been much interested in Home Econom- ics courses. However, she is fairly good at typing and hopes to secure work as an office employee. Betty Bailey, a Vocational Senior, who has been deaf since birth, was born on November 4, 1931. She came to school in 1939. Her home is in Graham. She hkes cooking and typing and hopes to secure work in a hosiery mill after graduation. Betty Barber, an Academic Senior, hails from Gastonia, where she was born on March 2, 1932. Her deafness was the result of bad tonsils. Her beginning at N.C. 8S. D. dates back to 1939. She would like to be an office worker after gradua- tion. Helen Burgess, a Vocational Senior, entered N. C. S. D. in 1938. She became deaf from ear trouble during infancy. She was born in Edgecombe County on August 2, 1931. She has acquired much training and skill in sewing. She is eager to find a job after her final parting LLOMIE Ne Cnoe Leander Carroll, a Vocational Senior, is the fattest and jolliest member of the class. He was born in Rockingham County and entered N.C. S. D. in 1938. He was born deaf. In spite of his avoir- dupois, Leander enjoys keeping him- selt busy in the metal shop and possess- es much skill with his hands. He has been taking advanced training at the Morganton plant of the Drexel Furniture Company and will be well prepared to be employed. Geneva Davis, an Academic Senior, was born on October 21, 1930. An attack of scarlet fever during infancy deprived her of her hearing. She started her schooling at N..C. 5) Din) thes fall on 1937. Geneva’s present home is in Lenoir. Geneva is interested in Home Economics courses. She has not decided what she will do after graduation. Henry Lee Dorsey, an Academic Senior, is a restless and active fellow, who has his home in Orlando, Florida, but his heart has always belonged with N. C. S. D. He was born on February 6, 1932 and entered school in 1939 with Miss Betty Watrous being his first teacher. He enjoys different sports but his first love is scouting to which he has devoted a great deal of his spare time. His in- dustry and ambition will soon be re- warded in the form of a badge denoting the Eagle rank. Gray Finch, an Academic Senior, was born on August 11, 1930 and he lives in Wilson. The cause of his deafness is un- determined. He came tos a Gao) at 1939. He is something of a wizard in mathematics. He derives much fun from baseball and basketball. He is thinking of entering the Kendall School in Wash- mavenmeye. ID), (C;, Hilda Honeycutt, an Academic Senior, has always been a quiet and dignifield young lady. Her birth date is July 20, tally deaf during infancy. She came to 1932. Illness with diphtheria left her to-