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

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Johnny James, a vocational senior, hails from Grifton where he was born on March 26, 1937. His first teacher was Mrs. Horton. He has been interested in sports. He hopes to find work in a dry cleaning shop. Faye Johnston, an academic senior, was born on January 2, 1936 in Martinsville, Virginia. Her parents moved to North Car- lina in time for her to start to school here in 1941. Mis Bowers was her first teacher. She was the football queen at the homecoming game in October 1955. She has been a member of the Fepha Club and of the pep squad. Sewing is her favorite subject. She may get a job as a typist. Benny Mann, an academic senior, is a native of Mooresville where he was born on October 27, 1934. He came to school in 1941 and Miss Gordon was his teacher. He has been a member of the Sterling Honor Socitey. He plans to get work in a printing shop. Ted McBride, a vocational senior, attended public school for five years before coming here in 1947. He was born at Mt. Airy on November 29, 1934. He has been an outsand- ing athlete. He hopes to get a job as a printer after graduation. Glenn Patterson, an academic senior, lives in Henderson where he was born on May 7, 1936. He started to school in 1944 with Miss Bowers as his teacher. His favorite sport is basketball and he made All-America in 1955. He has done excellent work in the wood working shop. He hopes to enter Gallaudet College in the fall. Grady Reeves, a vocational senior, is a native of North Wilkesboro where he was born on January 26, 1936. At the age of seven he started to school and Miss Watrous was his teacher. He plans to get work as a Carpenter. John Robinson, a vocational Charlotte, was born January 3, 1936. Miss Bowers was his first teacher. He hopes to get work in Charlotte. Gene Smith, an academic senior, had Miss Gordon as his teacher when he entered school in 1942. He has been active in scouting. He became an Eagle Scout in May. He was born on April 25, 1935 in Columbus, Georgia but now lives in Cullowhee. He hopes to senior of work as a linotype operator. Herman Spencer, an academic senior, en- te.ed school in 1942 with Mrs. Horton as his teacher. He has been active in the Christian Endeavor Society for many years and has been the president for two years. He was born on January 26, 1935 at Conover where he still lives. He will be a linotype operator. Billy Stephens, a vocational graduate, enterd school in 1944. Mrs. Crutchfield was his teacher. He has been a member of the Photo Club. He was born August 9, 1936 in Yanceyville. He will work in Virginia. Bobby Taylor, a vocational senior, was born on December 20, 1935 in Deep Gap. He entered school in 1942 and Mrs. Horton was his teacher. He has been a member of the Honor Society for several years. He hopes to find work in a dry cleaning shop. Ann Weaver an academic senior, entered school in 1942. She had Miss Gordon as her teacher. She was born in Bessemer City on June 10, 1936. She has been active in sports.. She has been a member of the Honor Society and the president of the Pep Squad. She was the 1956 May Queen. She plans to go to college in the fall. Morris West, a vocational senior, was born on November 23, 1935 at Lumberton, His first teacher was Miss Bowers. He has always been interested in sports. He plans to work with his father at his filling station. Roy Yokeley, an academic senior, had Miss Gordon as his teacher when he came to school in 1942. He was born in Winston-Salem on December 11, 1935, but he now lives in Ra- leigh. He has been active in scouting. He be- came an Eagle Scout in May. He was a mem- ber of the Honor Society and a member of the football team. He plans to work as a linotype operator in Wake County. This is only a brief history of the members of the graduating class as space would not allow us to write more. The friendships form- ed, the hard work done, and the good times we have had will live on in our memories. We hope our lives will reflect credit on all those who through out the years have shown so much interest in us and have showered so much devotion on us.

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Hass Histo 7 Roy Yokeley The graduating class of 1956 is the largest class in the history of the school. It is made up of twenty-seven members. Twelve are aca- demic graduates and fifteen are vocational graduates. We have had many good times together and we can hardly realize that at last we have reached this great day. I would like to give a short history of each senior. Owen Bass, a vocational senior, was born on January 22, 1936. He entered school in 1944 with Mrs. Crutchfield as his teacher. He has been interested in sports. He hopes to get a job in or near Morganton. Owen lives in One Hundred. Janice Beamon, a vocational senior, was born at Elm City in 1936. Her first teacher was Miss Bowers. Janice has been a member of the Pep Squad and also a cheerleader. She plans to work in Wilson. Shirley Beamon, a vocational senior, en- tered school in 1945 with Miss Bowers as her teacher. She has been a member of the pep squad for several years. She plans to get work in Wilson. She was born at Elm City in 1935. Edna Brinkley, an academic senior, comes from Lexington where she was born on July 21, 1935. Miss Bowers was her teacher when she started to school in 1941. Edna has taken part in many extra curricular activities. She hopes to be a filing clerk after graduation. Willie Brower, a vocational senior, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. He came to school here from 1942 until 1945 when he went to Washington, D.C. to school. He returned in 1952. He is a member of the Honor Society. He plans to work for an ice cream company in his home town. Sally Brown, a vocational senior, is a native of Kannapolis where she was born on August 4, 1934. Her teacher was Miss Bowers when she entered school in 1940. She was May Queen in 1955 and football queen in 1954. She wants to work in Kannapolis. Nancy Bulla, an academic senior, was born on October 20, 1936 in Asheboro. Miss Marjory Gordon was her teacher when she started to school in 1942. She has been a member of the pep squad and of the Fepha Honor Society for several years. After gradua- tion she plans to work as a filing clerk. Howard Carpenter, an academic senior, came to us from Dectaur, Alabama where he was born on July 21, 1935. He entered school here in 1949. He has been interested in scouting and became an Eagle Scout this year. Howard now lives in Charlotte and he will work there after graduation. Clyde Chambers, a vocational graduate, was born on December 17, 1936 in Raeford. Mrs, Crutchfield was his teacher when he came to school in 1944. He will work at a mill in the eastern part of the state. Robert DeVenny, an academic senior. entered school in 1942 with Mrs. Horton as his teacher. He has been a member of the Sterling Honor Club for several years. He has been interested in scouting. He became an Eagle Scout last month. As editor of The Clock Tower, he had done an excellent job. He plans to go to college. He was born in Charlotte on February 8, 1936. Eugene Hensley, a vocational senior, was born in South Carolina on December 9, 1935. He went to school there until 1947 when his parents moved to Morganton. He is very skillful in art and he hopes to continue his work along that line. Donald Hill, a vocational senior, entered school in 1942. Miss Gordon was his first teacher. He was born on August 27, 1935 in Winston-Salem. He wants to work at the Rey- nolds’ Tobacco Company after graduation. Virginia Hines, an academic senior, came to school in 1942. Miss Gordon was her first teacher. She was born on February 13, 1935 at White Creek. She has belonged to the pep squad for several years. Her plans are in- definite.

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Class P tophecy Glenn Patterson In the year of 1985 my wife and I were living on a large ranch in Montana. I was raising fine Arabian horses and experimenting with a new breed of sheep. One spring morning I was checking some of the horses and sheep for market when I began to think of my old classmates. I decid- ed to ask my wife if she would like to go with me to visit them and to see what they were doing. That evening after work I told her about my idea and she was delighted with the pian. I told her that while I was waiting for dinner, I would map out our route to Cali- fornia as we had Benny Mann’s address there. I got the road maps and settled back in my easy chair to make the plans for the trip. The first step of the journey was to get packed up. We loaded the station wagon and started for California. We had heard about Benny’s strange and beautiful house and we were eager to see it. We reached Benny’s late one afternoon and we were truly amazed at his house. It was odd and different looking but very beautiful. I asked him how he did it. He told me a fanastic story. A few years after he was graduated, he decided to fly to Venus in a rocket ship. While there he was married to a girl on that planet. When his wife came in, I was surprised at her beauty. She was the world’s most beautiful woman. Their house was modeled after the homes on Venus. I asked Benny how he reached Venus. I was very much excited to hear that Robert De- Venny had helped him with the rocket ship. I asked him where I could find Robert. He said that Robert had homes in different places but at that time he was living in the Sahara Desert- I first felt I did not want to go to such a hot land but I wanted to see Robert so badly that we decided to make the trip. We flew to New York and took a ship for Casa- blanca where Robert met us. He was very glad to see us and we flew in his plane to the desert. We dreaded staying there as the heat was like an oven. I asked him how he could stand living in such a hot place. He said that the part of the house he lived in was air con- ditioned, but that the part his wife used was not. That seemed strange and when he saw how puzzled I was, he told me that his wife came from Mercury and that she liked a hot climate. It was also a surprise that a person from Mercury could live on our earth and I was most anxious to meet her. I wondered how she would look and I could hardly wait to see her. Again, | was amazed as she looked like any American girl. After we had eaten a meal of exotic foods, Robert took me to his factory where he made rocket ships. He show- ed us the blue print of the first one he had built. He said that he could not have succeed- ed if Ted McBride had not invented a strong but light metal. He said that Ted had mines in Siberia. I teld Robert that I’d like to see Ted but it was too long a trip. He offered to send me in one of his rocket ships. After thinking it over, we decided to go. We bade him goodbye and started for Siberia. Zcoming along at a tremendous rate of speed, { became frightened and asked the operator to slow down. It took us only a short time to reach Ted’s mines. Ted was delighted to see us and he showed us his machine shops. I told him how frightened I had been in the rocket. He explained that Morris West had greatly improving the formula for gas so that it caused the rocket to go faster than ever. I saw a fat, cheerful looking secretary in his office and I thought her face was familiar, but I decided I was mistaken. Imagine my surprise when I found out it was Sally Brown. She told me that she loved working there as it was a very easy life. Ted told us that Grady Reeves, Clyde Chambers and Johnny james had a factory in Switzerland. We climbed into the plane to fly to Switzer- land. I stumped my toe when I missed a step and it was quite painful. The pilot soon reach- ed the Alps but he had a hard time landing. At last we reached the factory where the three boys were experimenting on a very hard, last- ing finish for metal used in cars and planes. As we were going through the factory, they