Perquimans County High School - Galleon Yearbook (Hertford, NC)

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192 7 A Th ew Kilcoko n en Prophecy -OR years I had wandered away from friends and old acquaintances and had sought F the worldly things of life. Becoming dissatisfied with this roaming, I longed to seek a haven where I could rest my weary bones and in my imagination mingle with my dear old classmates of 1927. I sought a quiet and shady nook by a sparkling stream of water. Upon reaching this haven, I sank, weak from exhaustion, upon a green mossy mound. While looking around at the beautiful things of nature which surrounded me, I spied an old woman. Said she, I have been looking for you all day. My Majesty whispered to me that you were very anxious to know about your old classmates. Take these leaves upon which you will find inscribed the names and occupations of all your old classmates. Trembling with eagerness, I picked them up and read: Leaf I: Addie Mae Williams, the red-haired girl, after getting tl1e Hertford Steam Laundry well established, went to Meredith College. Having graduated, she accepted a position in the, Richmond High School. Leaf II: Henry Williams, the shiek of the class, who recently completed his minis- terial course at High Point College, has gone to hold his first pastorate at the Friends Church, in Philadelphia, Penn. Leaf III: Lucile Benton, the bashful member of our class, has completed her course of study at King's Business College, and is now the private secretary of our governor. Leaf IV: William Perry, Assistant Principal, is now the world's greatest aviator. He is preparing to take his annual trip to the North Pole. Leaf V: Evelyn Madre, our musician, attended Peabody Conservatory of Music one year. She has not only won for herself a reputation as a wonderful soprano in America, but in the foreign countries as well. She now sings with the Metropolitan Opera, having replaced Marion Talley. Leaf VI: Henry Nachman, our football star, was graduated from Duke University in the year of 1932 and is now a professional football player. Leaf VII: Ruth Gillam Thach, sponsor of the 1926 football team, received her B.S. degree from Greensboro College, and is now teaching at the Sargent School, in Boston. Leaf VIII: Charlie Smith, the singer of the class, was graduated from Wake Forest College in 1931. He is cashier of the First and Citizens National Bank of Raleigh, North Carolina. Leaf IX: Pauline White, a wonderful math student in high school, has decided to keep adding and multiplying. She is one of the head clerks in Wanamaker's Department Store. Leaf X: Tom White and R. S. Monds, upon whom we always depended for jokes, have really become serious minded enough to plead cases. There is now a law iirm in Charlotte, North Carolina, known as White and Monds. Leaf XI: Hulda Wood, who always expressed her opinion, attended Oxford College four years, and in 1929 she went to China as a missionary. Leaf XII: James Evart Newby, the class grumbler, was graduated from Boston Tech in civil engineering, and he is now working in Kentucky. Leaf XIII: Frances Humphlett, a perfect specimen of dignity, after spending a few years at home, has gone in training for a nurse at Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk Virginia. Leaf XIV: Edward Weeks, President of our Class, has attained the heights of his ambition. He received his LL.B. degree from Harvard in 1933, and is a Judge of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Leaf XV: Winnie Winslow, who was willing and ready to help at all times, entered Guilford College in 1928. During her third year, Cupid took possession of her heart, and she was married the following summer. Leaf XVI: Wallace Blanchard, the swiftest runner in Perquimans County, thought it was foolish to go to college, as he could become a millionaire with only a high school education. He is owner of a gold mine in California. Leaf XVII: Lucile White, a very lovable character, joined a chum of hers at Green- ville in 1928. Immediately after she was graduated, she was called to Wilmington, North Carolina, to take charge of the dramatic club in the High School. Leaf XVIII: Arnold Winslow, quite a skillful bus driver, left this State, as he was de- termined to see some of this world. When he reached Norfolk, he found that a ship was Twenty-three

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The uliilcolgo I1 en 192 7 twenty-sevcfnth day of thu First month that the tribe adopted Oolorsz pink and lavender, a nmtto, and a flown-r. Mr. Harris was our home room teacher. And it canw to pass, aftcr four years the tribe of '27 pale and thin from laboring so hard in thc land of P. H. S., conies forth vivtorious. Now, fill 1'Pf0l'0, the trihc- of '27 rc-aches its ond and receives its long Oovete-d rr-Ward, in a rap and gown on the fourth clay of the sixth month, of the- year mm thousand nine 1lll1llVi1'Pli, twc-nty-seven. Thus f-nds the- trials and tribulations of the tribe of '27, and they are svattoreil th1'f'nlgimnt tlni 1'-arth, tu the- four f'0l'llf'l'S thfercof. ZEVELYN Mannn, If'1iHf0'l'liClII. Xf Q51 E: ft 7 v 'I' wr- n t y ff wo

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The Kilcokonen g 1927 being fitted out to make a trip abroad. He bought a share in the boat and left, expect- ing to return to this country in 1940. Leaf XIX: Edith Bogue, an industrious girl, obtained her B.A. degree from N. C. C. W. in 1932. At present she is teaching history in the Belhaven High School. Leaf XX: Jack Brinn, the most indifferent person on earth, completed his course i11 agriculture at State College in 1932, and has gone to take charge of the home demon- station work in Iredell County. Leaf XXI: Madge Stallings, the runt of our class, cultivated her talent for art at home and became so famous that her paintings may be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Leaf XXII: Leonard Umphlett, business manager of the Kilokoneoz, has recently obtained his M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College. He is now a general prac- titioner in Greensboro, North Carolina. Leaf XXIII: Lillie Whitehead, always studious and eager to learn, took a teachers' training course at Greenville, and for the past three years she has been teaching at Roanoke Rapids. The people there refuse to release her. Leaf XXIV: Wilson Fleetwood, always accommodating, went to Wake Forest one year, but did not like the work. He is now a trapper located in Alaska. Leaf XXV: Louise Knowles, an amateur flapper, was graduated from Greensboro College in 1931. She is librarian in the Congressional Library, at Washington, District of Columbia. Leaf XXVI: In 1932, Virginia Eason, good natu1'ed and always the same, reached the goal toward which she had been striving. She was graduated from Vassar College and liked the place so well that she has gone there to teach. Leaf XXVII: Margaret Ellis, always very timid, overcame this affliction, went to Oriental to summer school two years, and afterwards accepted a position at Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Leaf XXVIII: Clifford Simpson, our chauffeur on all big trips, went to the University of Virginia and specialized in his favorite study: mathematics. He is now Professor of Mathematics at West Hampton College. Leaf XXIX: Hazel Keaton, a radio fan, went to Randolph-Macon Woman's College, but during her second year fell in love with the most handsome man on earth, she thought. They were expecting to be married, but he was called to Paterson, New Jersey, on business, and never returned. Hazel is a pianist at a broadcasting station in New York and is still living in hopes. Leaf XXX: Roxanna Chappell, whose greatest pleasure was washing dishes after ban- quets, went to Mt. Holyoke College and studied astronomy. She is writing a book called Thr IjItl'I1.1'fS fl'l'lfI Their Relations to US. Leaf XXXI: Sara Maie Winslow, thrilled with hopes of becoming an adviser of the Belvidere-Winfall Highway, attended Ma.nche Conservatory of Music one year, and chiefly by her own efforts, became a concert singer. Leaf XXXII: Bettie Miller, our tall and cunning one, took a stenographic course at Massey's Business College. She was guaranteed a job, and was very fortunate in getting a position with the Jefferson Standard Insurance Company. Leaf XXXIII: Louzetta Stallings, Ibetter known as Lonzeta, thought that she would like to teach, but later decided that she preferred being matron of some college. 'tLeaf XXXIV: Helen Fowler, although she was not larger than a speck, was honestly loud. When she Hnished high school, she did not desire to go any further than Edenton. In this town she became a bookkeeper for J. H. Holmes and Company. Leaf XXXV. Pennie Wood Webb, who has always had a chum larger than herself, 'took a business course at Draughton's Business College, and is now teaching short hand in Poughkeepsie, New York. Leaf XXXVI: Lade Copeland, the girl with common sense, has gone abroad to study voice. When she returns, she expects to teach voice at a conservatory in Maryland. Leaf XXXVII: Elizabeth Sutton, fearing college because she detested detentions, became an actress and later the bride of Rudolph Valentino's cousin. Leaf XXXVIII: Junior Miller. although always deeply in love, became a scientist. His latest discovery is perpetual motion. As the shades of night were approaching, I expressed my gratitude to the old woman, and turned my steps liomeward, meditating over the glorious tidings that had come to me concerning my old companions. As I dropped the leaves, thinking still of my classmates, my greatest wish was that happiness might pursue each member of the class of 1927 and that all might ever re- main loyal and true to our dear old Alma Mater. HANNAH Wiz.-xl-3 VVARD. Class Prophet. rPNVt'lllj flhlll'