Plymouth High School - Roanoke Log Yearbook (Plymouth, NC)

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Page Tufflw RoANoKE Loo-1942 bH mhV Qta25+365 Class Poem Can it be we ever were just four short years ago, Such timid little freshmen With faces all aglow? As sophomores, though, we soon made up Our lack of confidence. We strutted and were so cocksure, To all we gave offense. But then we calmed considerably When juniors we became, For what with plays, banquets, and such, We built up quite a name. an ik 4 4: 4: :of vk Pk And now in this, our final year, . VVith dignity and grace, VVe've reached the goal, welve We've ended our first race. passed the mark, Although we see ahead of us In this historic year Tumult, confusion, war, and death Calamity and fear, VVe'1l not give up our hopes and dreams of what we know is right 1 To any bunch of dictators Without an awful fight. AILINE NEsToR, Class Poet

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RoANoKE Loo-1942 History of 1942 Senior Class Ding-a-ling! Ding-a-ling! rang the school bell on that fair day in September some eleven or twelve years ago. Along the streets to the old Hampton Academy, the beginning place of learning in dear old P. H. S., came little tots clinging to their mother's hands. Their hearts were filled with a mixed feeling of happiness and sorrow at the very thought that they were old enough to start to school. Due to a change in our curriculum this class did not come up in one group, but more in two separate groups who combined in their senior year to form the best Senior Class in the History of P. H. S. There were about sixty enrolled those two years. It took us several weeks to get used to the discipline of the school and to each other. After we became acquainted with both, we were taught the games of all youngsters. At intervals these happy recess pastimes were interrupted by fights. ,Having completed four grades at the old, ivy covered Hampton Academy, we realized the ambition of our four years there, our promotion to the higher seat of learning at P. H. S. Here began the art of grabbing girls' hats or gloves and running with them. Also here was the beginning of our childhood romances, for it was the first time the boys had taken notice of the girls and the girls of the boys. Beginning with the eighth grade we put aside our playthings and began to take our schooling more seriously, for we were faced with the responsibility of being the ones who.in the future were going to be leaders of Plymouth Hi. Our job was also to learn things that would help keep her great name shining. We went about learning these responsibilities in the ninth and tenth grades, for in these two grades those persons with leadership and a sense of responsibility began their training. In our junior year we began paving the highway to our final year in high school. The majority of the class joined clubs or Went out for athletics. This year also brought to us as schoolmates a group of boys and girls from the hills of West Virginia. We only wish they had come sooner for they were the best schoolmates you could find anywhere. The red letter year of our lives, 1942, the fruit of eleven or twelve years of pleasant labor, our senior year! It was then, we, the dignified seniors, had the responsibility of leading the school and keeping her great name clean and raising it to a higher level, and this the seniors have done. In the archives of dear old P. H. S. will go this outstanding year of 1942. As shown by the records, no other year has been anymore successful. The Seniors of '42 sponsored the first annual in our history, they were active members of the Beta Club, also they took part in the Physical Education and first aid courses sponsored by our school to make us better pre- pared for the cause of Democracy. To ten Seniors went the honor of being on the first team of the best football squad in the history of P. H. S. The Seniors were the backbone of the high stepping P. H. S. Band. Thus, as we end this brief eleven or twelve years history of the class of '42, we don our caps and gowns on the night of April 24-th and happily, but yet sadly receive our diplomas and begin a new phase of life. Asa ROGERS, C lar: H iftorizm Page Eleven

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ROANOKE LOG-1942 VYVYV YYYXYVYYVYYVYYYYYVYQYV Last Will and Testament We, the member: of the graduating alan of Plymouth High School, do of our own free will, wish to record before witnerrer, this, :he following, ar our lar! VVill and Tertament: ' 1. Elva Allen leaves her love for studying to Lee Landing. 2. Freeman Allen leaves his heroic ways to Maurice Bateman. 3. Glenna Ange wills her winning ways to Carolyn Brown. 4. Curtis Ayers leaves his Jitterbug ability to Newman Allen. 5. Margaret Bateman leaves her carefree manner to Renn Dupree. fln hopes he'll celebrate., 6. Carl Bailey leaves a chemical mixture fhigh explosivej in the laboratory to Lloyd McNair, in hopes helll drop it. 7. Anna Bowen leaves her calm disposition to Louise Nobles. 8. Douglas Collins leaves his friendship with Katherine Brattcn to Johnnie Hays and hopes the little brother will carry on. 9. Gladys Bowen leaves her ability to play Basketball to Billie Jean Casey. 10. Wilbur Davenport bequeaths his thoughtfulness to Linwood Gaylord. QHe thinks.j 1 1. Margaret Bowen bequeaths her gentleness to Evelyn Craft. 12. Leon Dunbar wills his ability to disagree and argue to Calvin Basnight hoping he will enjoy it as much as he did. 13. Claudia Bratten leaves a tube of lipstick to Joyce Robbinsi 14. Clifford Frymier leaves his big mouth to Gerald Furbee. 15. Carolyn Byrd leaves her sentimental actions to Helene Harris. 16. Felton Magee leaves his quiet ways to Leon Gray Sexton, and we hope he will take it seriously. '- 17. Mary L. Campbell leaves her musical talents to Vivian Sitterson. 18. Roy Manning leaves his desire for things to john Carr. 19. Onalee Dotson leaves her disposition to Ruby Bowen. 20. Elmo Mayo leaves his solitary heart to Fanny Lou Winslow and he hopes she will takc good care of it. 21. Genevieve Holbrook leaves her attractive face to Junior Rath. 22. Zeb Norman bequeaths his suave manner to Shelton McNair. 23. Velma Hopkins leaves her ability to sing to Judy Brown. 24-. John Brown wills his line to Skinner Ayers and ,wants him to use it to good advantage. 25. Frances Jones leaves her dignified manner to Stala Terry. 26. John Edwin Rea bequeaths his dainty expressions, to Geneva Alexander. 27. Lulladean Jordan leaves her cheering ability to Louise Edmondson. 28. Pete Browning leaves his ability to play football to Harry McLean. 29. Martha McGowan bequeaths her Friday night date to Mary C. Cahoon. 30. Warren Robbins leaves his technique with the girls to Jack Swain. 31. Alice Mariner wills her timid soul to Frances Basinger. 32. Ben Robertson leaves his gracefulness to Alton Mayo. 33. Ailine Nestor bequeaths her ability to talk to Dick Harrison. 34-. Asa Rogers wills his wise cracks to the Freshman class to be overhauled. 35. Grace Nobles leaves her ability to play marbles to Shirley Harris. 36. Gerard Spruill bequeaths his cute smile to Charles Brown. 37. Gertrude Woolard wills her solemn face to Dale McCoy. 381 Joe Weede leaves his ability to use the Bookkeeping key to Charles Robbins. 39. Inez Weede wills her use for Latin to Oliver Lucas. 40. Katherine Bratten leaves her technique in winning hearts to Thelma Roebuck and we hope she is qualified. JOHN BROWN , Clan Tertator Page Thirteen 7