Rocky Mount High School - Hi Noc Ar Yearbook (Rocky Mount, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1940 volume:

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READY, Principal SIPS a} PIAA SAAS Bh bet FT aes Three THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR FACULTY CANDID SHOTS TOP ROW: Miss Baird and Miss Hardy—Mr. Edson—Mrs. Brantley SECOND RCW: Mr. and Mrs. Ready—Mr. MacGregor—Coach Adkins. THIRD ROW: Miss Griffin—Misses Baird, Craighill, and Matthews—Mrs. Pate FOURTH ROW: Miss Pearsall—Mrs. Thigpen—Miss Ricks—Mr. Privott THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Four ——=_ ae we BOYS’ ADVISOR Mr. R. QUILLEN WARD fe tan A panes Py WITH THE FACULTY OF 1940 —— —— es GIRLS’ ADVISOR Miss KATE PARKS KITCHEN Sa FIRST ROW Mr. Emery E. Adkins, Mr. Neal Ashley Adkins, Miss Virginia Mead Baird, Miss Mary Lou Barr, Miss Wita Avis Bond, Miss Helen Cashwell Bowling SECOND ROW Mrs. Tempie Ricks Brantley, Mr. James Matthew Bridgers, Miss Dorothy Craighill, Miss Helen Daniel, Miss Elizabeth Barty Earp, Mr. Robert A. Eason THIRD ROW Mr. Cyrus Melvin Edson, Miss Cornelia Ferrell, Mr. Josewh Taylor Foster, Mrs. Emmie G. Fountain, Miss Hazel Griffin, Miss Eugenia Jennings Hardy FOURTH ROW Mr. Lloyd Russel Harris, Mr. Harry Vernon Hooker, Miss Jessie Jahnson, Miss Frances Gresham Ledbetter, Miss Martha Jane Matthews, Miss Nancy McDearman FIFTH ROW Mr. Angus Mallory MacGregor, Jr., Miss Ora Belle Pace, Miss Effie Iola Parker, Mr. Harold T. Parry, Miss Eleanor Robinson Pearsall, Mr. Charles Earle Privott SIXTH ROW Miss Margaret Ricks, Miss Ethel Christine Sheridan, Miss Ruby Temple, Mrs. Margaret Redmond Thigpen, Miss Rubie Jackson Vause, Miss Hazel Worsley THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR FACULTY OF 1940 oer zanial mee THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Six (srecrz! zp CANDID SHOTS Jim Johnson—Isla Gorham—lIvy Barnhill—Cne Loyal Supporter !—“Sister”’ Speight— We're Sorry to Bother You—Strict Attention—Monkey Business —Buddy’s Working!—-New Year’s Morning Seven THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR SENIOR CLASS THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Eight SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Fall Term President ELIZABETH DIXON KNOWLES Vice-President MILDRED CLAY THORI’ Secretary JIM JOHNSON Treasurer EPPIE KNIGHT ——7 SENIOR CLASS SONG THE CLASS OF ’40 A band of students of Central High We march along with time Two by two with courage true and fine We'll work together We'll play together As we go marching on Singing Forty’s praises, loud and strong. CHORUS So merrily sing we all for Central High The school we all stand by We'll keep her standards high We will yell for the Blackbirds And we'll sing of Forty’s glory Hear our voices ring. The days go by, the goal is nigh And time is marching on We’re keeping step with this our merry song Whatever the test we’ll do our best Until the prize we gain And Forty’s Class will be the class of Fame. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Spring Ferm President HENRY L. OWEN, JR. Vice-President Mary ScoTt TYREE Secretary BETSY ROLLINS Treasurer ELSA JANE DORSETT ———_—_— | SENIOR CLASS POEM It seems but yesterday, and yet It seems a whol e lifetime Since we, the Class of Forty, set A goal toward which to climb. | We’ve reached that goal and now we stand Eager to forge ahead, Although a most bewildered band, The path of Life to tread. Yet, taking as our sword and shield, The knowledge gained here— We’ll face the world and never yield For “Forty” knows no fear. We’re leaving now these hallowed halls Commencement day arrives To’ loathe to part, Adventure calls And we must mold our lives. Mildred Thorp. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Ten Eleven 6. 9 Ini dil 2: DorotHy EULEN AYERS—A quiet, friendly girl with one of those sweet dispositions. VIRGINIA DARE BAKER—A striking blonde with those “hands you love to touch’’. Roscork ALLEN BARBER, JR.—If, Roscoe doesn’t go far in his leadership ability, we've guessed wrong. ALMA VIRGINIA BARNES—The home-maker type, very quiet with a lot of initiative. DoroTHY NELL BARNES—Talkative, good natured person who likes to work. Ivy ELIZABETH BARNHILL—The type of girl you want for a friend—trust-worthy, conscien- tious, and sincere. OMAH CHARLES BAss—Shy but likable fellow who likes all types of sports. CORNELIA DOZIER BATTLE—Boy, does she and can she drive a car even though she is as quiet as a mouse! MartHA ANN BaTTLE—“To see her is to love her.” MyrkTLE STEELMAN BatTrs—Myrtle is always seen driving that green car, her chief delight. STEPHEN D. BENNETT, JR.—Don’t we wish we had his amazing common sense and his sense of humor. ALFRED LEE BooTH, JR.—The short boy with a low deep voice which is pleasant to hear. 1. EVELYN WINIFRED Boyp—A pretty girl who has everybody’s welfare on her mind. Others, like her, we seldone find. bo ROY GARLAND BRANTLEY—Clever, hardworking boy who always seems to know what he is talking about 3. EMMA ELIZABETH BRYANT—-Talkative blonde who really knows her fashions. 4. EMILY ROYSTER BURTON—“‘Bootsie”’ is a viva- cious brunette who has a way of going after what she wants and getting it. 5. ALTON JARVIS CAMP.ELL—Concise, contemplative, conscientious, and well-liked lad. 6. MIcHARL LEMUEL C'ARR A likable, laughable, ladies-loving leader! 7. Mavis IRMA CLACK—A beautiful blonde whom everybody likes. 8. RICHARD ALLEN CLACK—One of those he-man types who has football as his sport. 9. JACQUELINE LITTLE CLOUGH—Dreamy-eyed bru- nette who is recognized by her neatness of dress. 10. MILpRED ELIZABETH COBB—A helpful, handy, happy girl who can always be depended on. 11. LILLIAN VIVIAN COLESON—Can she talk? (She never stops) Can she laugh? (Always) And can she chew gun? (Definitely!) 12. ELsinf RAY COLETRAIN—A whiz at shorthand, a whiz at typing—in other words she’s out to be a good secretary. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR 1. Louie FAYE COLETRAIN—The type of a typist we find trustworthy and conscientious. 2. FRED Ross CONYERS, JR.—Quiet lad who delights in taking pictures. 3. EULA ELAINE CoUNCIL—Mischievous Eula, but yet she always stays out of trouble. 4. NORMAN FRANCIS CROTHERS—Silent boy who spends his time being the “Russ Morgan” of the Rocky Mount High School. 5. VERNON WILLIAM DANIELS—Just a good all round boy. 6. JOHN MILTON DAUGHTRIDGE — “Ladies’ Man Daughtridge” with a Rogue’s Gallery of Gals. 7. GLADYS CLARA Davis—Silent, neat blonde who has a soothing effect on people around her. 8. ELAINE ELIZABBTH DELBRIDGE—Fair-haired girl with dainty ways which are a pleasure to us. 9. FLORENCE MCDON OUGH DENTON — A dependable person with a willingness to stand up for her principles. 10. WILLIAM STOUFFER DIEHL—An orator im dis- guise as “Baron Von Diehl.” 11. MILDRED JANETTE’ DILLARD—Small, lively person with a keen sense of humor and a mortal fear of vampires. 12. ELstr JANE DORSETT—Quwiet, capable girl with a surprisingly radiant smile. ———_ — 2 Sth es So = : 7 | Serereee Sa) |: Se SS i : 2 3 a Zs are ene a = . “ a Rr i watt z E a 2 2 = Ray es Thirteen THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR 1. GRACE ESTELLE DUNN—Tall, witty, athletic girl known for her good sportsmanship. 2. CHARLES EARNEST EDGE—A dependable, hard- working, intelligent male with the nickname OfeHhieZy = CHRISTEL ANNA ESCHMANN—Lovely to look at, delightful to know, and—well, what else can you ask for? (Ji) 4. MILDRED ROSE ETHERIDGE—T all, quiet girl with a pleasing personality. 5. FRANK EVELAND—Small, attractive boy that is everybody’s friend. 6. Mary ELIZABETH EZZELLE—Dependable, willing to help, likable—in other words, just a plain good sport. — Eva MARGARET FANT—-Tiny but talented—a real artist under her shyness. 8. ALMON EAGLES FOUNTAIN—Easy-going person with an unusual knowledge of how to be silent. 9. ANN SLOAN FOUNTAIN—Lovely person whose deep blue eyes, clear complexion, and soft dark hair sets hearts fluttering. 10. HAZEL KNIGHT GARRIS—The girl with the golden voice and the gorgeous eyes. 11. IsLA CUTCHIN GORHAM—Happy, laughing girl with dancing eyes and “the skin you love to touch”. 12. JAcK LOUGH GORHAM—A talkative, witty likable huntsman. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Fourteen 1. HENRY LEON GRIMSLEY—His favorite subject— industrial art drawing, his favorite sport is basketball. 2.. WILLIAM MERRITT GRIMSLEY—A rabid fan of all school sports and an active participant in his hobbies—hunting and fishing. 3. RoBerRtT PEOLA HALL—A nice, quiet and likable boy. 4, PRITCHARD HAM—A good egg—what a wonderful combination! 5. Mary Louise HARDISON—Gay, laughing person with an infectious personality. 6. RopBerRT E. HARMON—Irresponsible, irrepressable, and irresistable. 7. IpA DAUGHTRY HARPER—Petite, impish, well-loved person who enjoys her laughs. 8. MARJORIE VERNELLE HARPER—An agreeable classmate with soft brown eyes. 9. NELLIE GRAY HaArris—Blue-eyed blontle with an easy going way. 10. LEON EUGENE Hart, JR.—Glamor Boy Hart— fiery, democratic, humorous, never speechless, blue-eyed wonder. 11. MarsorigE Cectn HAYES—Blue-eyed girl with a good attitude and a friendly smile. 12. GuILDAROY MoorRE HENRY—A good sport with twinkling eyes and a lady-like manner. Fifteen THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR 1. Mary LuciLtute Hocutr-—A lovely blonde with a sweet disposition. 2. WILLIAM HoGsHIRE — Member of the football squad, and a grand sport—known familiarly as “Wild Bill’. VIOLET VERONICA HOLLINGS—A faithful member of the glee club who has for her hobby, collect- ing pennants. : Go 4. FRANKLIN ARRINGTON HoOLMAN—A_ rollicking chav, with a contagious laugh, and the gift of gab. On DAn HoutmMrs—TZall, dark and lanky boy who is liked by everyone. 0 LONNI= HENRY HOWELL—A quiet, steady sort of a fellow who, we prophesy, will get to the top. 7. CHARLES ALEXANDER HuntT—Tall, blonde, and handsome boy who has a way with the—oh, well, you know. 8. Mary ELIZABETH JAMES—Happy-go-lucky girlie with an infectitious giggle. JAMES GASTON JOHNSON — “All State” “All South”, all round boy. S 10. JOHN Jay JoNES—Friendly boy with a love for history and his three “J’s”’. 11. WILLIAM Drew JOYNER—An active eager par- ticipant in many sports. 12. DELON CoopER KRARNEY — A_ rather quiet, capable person who completely exemplifies the slogan—‘‘Ready, willing, and able’. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR pe Siateen Seventeen 1. FRANCES ALETHEA KEEL—She has personality plus an ability to lead, to talk well, and to make friends readily. 2. GERALDINE RUTH KELLERMAN—A_ likable girl who loves a good book and her baseball. 3. MILDRED ELIZABETH KING—One of the best, who has an unequalled ability for getting her vocabulary mixed up; and her wit and nativity are topped by none. 4. EpPiI—E PHENOY KNIGHT—He came, he was seen, he conquered. 5. ELIZABETH DIXON KNOWLES—Lively, laughing, twinkling “Brown Betty’’. 6. SARAH GARNER LAMBERT—A personable girl who has the unique ability to keep quiet except when she has something to say. 7. HELEN MAkE LANCASTER—Twirling drwm major- ette, born dancer, and a good sport. 8. .EuLA Mage LANE—The girl who has the unusual combination of executive ability, intelligence, and a ‘“‘come hither look’. 9. ROBERT DAVID LANE—A star pupil in the field of carpentry. 10. Mary EUDELLE LANGDON—A collector of poems, a lover of English and reading, and a future beauty operator. 11. Harry STUART LARGE—Click! That’s Harry taking another one of his many pictures. 12. Sauuie Mercer LATrTaA—Generous, cooperative, fun-loving “Sallie Mae’’. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR 1. IpA BELLE LEESON—“Long Distance’ is the girl who likes to laugh and seems to find fun the greatest thing in life. 2. JAMES LELOUDIS—A fun-loving boy full of good nature and chewing gum with a flair for gay clothes. 3. JAck MAcRAE—A true southern gentleman; a fine sport with unexcelled chilvary. 4, RAAE MANGUM—A good natured, sports’ loving, humorous sensation. 5. CLAUDE MASon—Fillirty “Hump” who claims he is a woman hater. 6. LINzZY MAYBERRY—He’s a wonder, he’s a dream, he’s the captain of our team! 7. JOHN LIVINGSTON McApAMS—Very reliable lad who is interested in dramatics and speech. 8. JAMES MINTER—Likes everyone, liked by every- one—popular boy. 9. PatTre RuRH Moore—Quiet girl who likes to listen to her radio. 10. ROBERT BOWLING MooreE—Funny, talented lad in both music and candid shots. 11. Sapir Marir Moore—Vivacious blonde who is known for the lisp in her voice. 12. ISABELLE MurpHy—She’s the type we all like because she can really cook good things to eat. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Eighteen 6. CO 10. Li 12. Leroy Murray—Laughable Leroy who can ac- tually grow very serious at times. ELFANOR NICHOLS—She has what everyone of us wish we had—brains. HENRY L. OWEN, JR.—President of his class, patrol leader of his Scout Troop, printer as his trade, and drummer of his band. Lacy PapGeTtt—An unexcelled drummer in our band who might someday be a famous maestro. CHLORACE RAY PARKER—An excellent basketball plauver who knows when and how to ring that goal, EARL PARKER—A tall, gangling boy who takes an active interest in sports. IRVIN PENNY—A newcomer this year who seems to have won the hearts of his fellow class- mates. . EVELYN VIRGINIA PHILLIPS—A blonde who seems to be a person with the gift of gab. MARGARET PITTMAN—Slender, piquant blonde who is one of those candid camera fiends. Mary PITTMAN—A nurse’s life she wishes to lead, and we’re sure that she’ll succeed. NELL CATHERINE PULLEN—Striking brunette who can really tickle the worries. GILBERT RAY—His pride and joy is his hair. Nineteen THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR 1. J. D. RICHARDSON—Quiet but forceful leader who is always definitely in love. 2. NINA CORRINE ROBBINS—A bright eyed brunette who helped us make an impression on visiting teams. 3. BETSY ROLLINS-—Charming “Betsky’—a long- haired musician who has, unbelievably, no eccentricities. 4. Bitty RooKER—One of the “11” who gets good grades and pleases the girls. 5. MAuRICE EDWIN SADLER—Known over entire school for his “glider” ears, hill-billy methods, love of dramatics and use of the expression “Gad”’. 6. JAMES ROYAL SAUNDERS—Hal Thurston’s little offbeat. 7. WILLIAM SELLERS—Quiet, polite, unassuming. We predict success. 8. CARL SHEARIN—Black-headed boy who thinks he is a priviledged character in study hall. 9. FLAVIUS SIMMONS—Knows his circles, triangles. equations up side down and inside out. 10. R. V. SNIPES—“‘Dynamnviite”’ Snipes who gave us the lucky breaks on the football team this year. 11. Proacy SPrEIGHT—I rresistable Peggy—a sparl: plug in any crowd. 12. IrvIN STATON—A very dependable boy who is already a success in the business world. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Twenty 1. BENNIE RANDOLPH STRICKLAND — Cigar Benny who is the magician of our school. 2. DANIEL RAY STRICKLAND—Polite as Sir Walter Raleigh, and sure to get there. 3. CLELLE STEWART—Known for her good looks and originality in speech. 4, W.S. SwWAIN—-Always doing something different that delighis those around him. 5. ELIZABETH TAYLOR—A newcomer to our school who is possessed with that wonderful trait of knowing when to be quiet. 6. MARJoRIE TAYLOR—Hardworking, friendly and likable senior. 7. MAXINE THARRINGTON—Radiant drum major of our high school who is admired by all. 8. MILprReD CLAY THORP—She has a disposition that really clicks along with her Betty-Boop eyes. = JEAN TIPPETT—An ardent movie fan, a regular bicyclist, and a good member of the glee club. 10. VIOLET JACKSON TURNER—Just like her name— sweet and demure. 11. Mary Scott TyrEE—The quieter half of the Tyree Twins with a definite personality all her own. 12. VIRGINIA OWEN TYREE — Slaphappy, likable Virginia with an unerring ability to get in embarrassing situations. eas Twenty-one THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR 1. CALDWELL Warp—‘X” is his mark—drugstore cowboy his occupation—dancing and puns his recreation. 2. ERROL WARREN—A boy who bubbles over with enthusiasm in his hobbies—journalism, photo- grapy, and scouting. 3. THAD WEBB—A good sport and, alas, one of the chief members of the Hill Street gang. 4, CATHERINE WIGGINS—A pretty dark-haired girl. Isv’t it nice there are two? MARY WIGGINS—An important division of a sur- prisingly good double feature. On 6. ADDIE JANE WILKINS—Tiny, efficient—she will be some lucky man’s secretary. 7. BENJAMIN WINSTEAD—A boy with a flair for his models, a fanatic for accuracy and neatness. 8. Mary Lovisk WoMBLE—A studious, intelligent girl who will find a place in this wide world. 9. MARGARET WoOLARD—The girl with the friendly smile. 10. RAYMOND JOHNSON WORKS, JR.—A Kentucky Wonder with a head full of bright remarks, and horse sense. 11. CHARLES WorRSLEY—Boy with wit and an appre- ciation of good music. 12. DorotHy KitNnc—Dark-haired girl with a good nature and a winning personality. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Twenty-two HISTORY OF THE SENIOR CLASS ke k k k All abooooard!! Train bound for all parts of the future! All abooooard! Get off John Daniel—you’re not a senior. We only allow seniors on this train. We’re taking a tour of the past from car 1935 to car 1940. When we get to car 1940, we’ll have to change trains; cause that’s all the farther this train goes. All aboooard! With Mr. Ready as our conductor and Miss Tempie Ricks (the first four }ears—becoming Mrs. Brantley the Sfth) as our Engineer, we should have a swell trip. Well, well, here we all are in car 1925-36 and with 266 passengers it’s a full car. Mildred Thorp is our first president we start off with a bang! The first thing we do is to be the only class to get a song in our freshman year: we'll carry it all through high school with us. And bless my soul if it’s not a play! The one we give in chapel before the whole school; it’s the first time we sing cur class song in public. We have every body saying that we’re the first freshmen who have ever done anything. And the freshman party and “‘My first date”. Gee, it’s fun. This whole year has been wonderful, but good-bye 1935-36. Here is car 1936-37 and can you beat it! We’re freshmen all over again ’cause they’ve added the twelfth grade. We’ll have to change our song'now. What in the world rhymes with forty? Carroll Gardner is our first president and he immediately breaks into the gossip column with Betty Knowles saying, “It Takes Two to Make a Bargain,” Ida Harper and Junior Whitley. Peggy Speight and Bill Greathouse are likewise paired off in the BLACKBIRD. Tommy Harris is the woman-hater; such a pity too, .cause he’s so witty and good-looking. Cotton Walker is president the last term. But no matter how good a time we’re having we can’t go back over it—so long 1936. And now for 1937-88. If it doesn’t beat all! We’re freshmen again. They’ve divided the school into the Junior and Senior High. So we’re freshmen in senior high. Never jou mind, tenth graders, we might still be freshmen, but we are learning things —-maybe. Ida Harper is our president until the second semester, and up comes woman- hater Harris for president; he is elected! And we start laboring for our Junior-Senior. We have nine dollars now, that we made selling drinks out at the ball park. But it’s time to go, Summer vacation calls. Oh, it’s school time again! Let’s enter car 1938-39, to see what’s there. Here we find a vacant seat; for Carroll Gardner, one of our most outstanding and beloved class- mates, was a victim of a tragic death during the past summer. The Junior-Senior approaches nearer, hour by hour. And we don’t have enough money, what shall we do? Since Ella Mae Lane is president, it’s up to her to think and think hard. Oh well, we’ve plenty of time; no use rushing ourselves. Good Gracious! Is it time for elections again? Martha Battle is elected. We had better begin working on the Junior-Senior in earnest. It’s awfully close. I know, we will sponsor a picture show, and a talent show, and anything else we can. At last, enough money. Ohe hundred and forty-nine dollars, doesn’t that sound impressive? The night finally arrives, new dresses, dates, and plenty of excitement. It’s a swell way to end a swell year. And now thrill of thrills, we are seniors! We walk with our noses in the air, and dare it to rain. We run everything and everybady mad, but we’re seniors. A few of the , ARNT ALF ses SENS BESS, $A. 7 Twenty-three THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR passengers left at different stations and now the number stands at 150. To make matters worse, we have two sets of twins in this senior class. The ‘Tyree and the Wiggins twins. Ch, gee gosh! which is which? Betty Knowles is our first senior president and now Buddy Owen has her job. I guess everything will get done eventually. But we are still looking forward to the time when Mr. Hooker’s band will play “The March of the Priests” and we'll walk down theaislefor the last time, one by one in our caps and gowns. Our eyes will fill with tears and we’ll wink fast to keep from showing it. And the goodbyes! They’ll be the hardest. Goodbye to the teachers we’ve loved, goodbye to our fellow- students, goodbye to the school. We’re sad to be leaving but we’re eager to go on. DELON KEARNEY SCOTT TYREE THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Twenty-four PROPHECY - 1960 “What time is it, Frances? Gosh, I can hardly wait!—What’s your watch say now heh?—Why don’t those hands go faster? ..... Just think, Keel, you, the woman’s champion heavyweight wrestler and me, (Elizabeth King), the strongest woman in the world, hiding down here in Australia like two scared rabbits, all because of those silly little character sketches that we wrote for the ’40 issue of the Hi-Noc-Ar. Isn’t that preposterous, though? Oh hurry—find the station, we don’t want to miss a second of that broadcast of our class reunion of ’60. Hope the static isn’t too bad ! ? ! ? ! Ahhhh - here it is! “Goo’ evening folks, how y’all? This is Jim Saunders speaking to you from the Penny Gardens in this big little city of Rocky Mount. My band’s here to play for the second reunion of the class of ’40 of the Rocky Mount High School. As I look around me at this evergrown family, I see some very famous people. There is Buddy Owen, the owner of a string of toy factories whose specialty is a baby rattler that plays the tune of “Oh, Johnny” when rattled. With him is Mildred Thorp, the well known imitator of Wee Bonnie Baker. Sitting at the table to my right is Roscoe Barber, recently appointed minister to the vassal state of Berlin, and his assistant Prichard Hamm. Sitting near them is Betsy Rollins, who is to be remembered as the composer of “There You Are’’, which the singer Pat Jones immortalized. Standing near them is Dr. Ella Mae Lane and her companion Dr. Raymond Works, two famous Duke graduates, who are double- dating with the scientist Armstead Brock and the local kindergarten teacher, Emily Royster Burton. I see our master of ceremonies, Mr. Gene Hart, becoming impatient about beginning the program so I had better stop my meaningless talk. Before Gene takes over, however, I’d like to introduce some “‘new members” of our band—a few class- mates who’ve made good playing in other orchestras around the country and who have consented to add their bit in the wav of music. Bobbv Moore, the sensational swingeroo. is taking his place at the piano and unlimberinge their trombones are Francis Crothers and John MacAdams. Also tuning up are Charlie Worsley, Arthur Schulken, Lacy Padgett and Vernon Daniels. And now Gene—the mike’s yours.” : “Well folks, here we are—and what a crowd. One hundred fifty-two strong. There are doctors, lawyers, factory’ owners, business men, a few well known politicians and many others. What a cosmopolitan group.” Standing near me in group discussing the policies of their railroad is Harry Large, Garland Brantley, Robert Hall and Leroy Murray. Robert and Garland are co-presidents of the Brantley-Hall Railroad. Harry and Leroy are two of their laboratory technicians who invented the present streamliner which makes the Quebec- San Francisco-Miami run in nine hours, fifteen minutes and thirteen seconds, and who have made the railroad what it is. With them is Edgar Carter, their chief Deisel engi- neer, who designed the Champion X. Seated at the bar guzzling Pepsi-Colas, as usual, are Maurice Sadler and Errol Warren, who have consented to take pictures of to-night’s frolics in Errol’s re-nowned color-tone film. Since “Froggy”? made such a success on the stage playing the part of a Kentucky mountaineer and became so famous, he is surround- ed by a large group of journalists and admirers. Foremost of these is DeLon Kearney, celebrated columnist and novelist, who is interviewing Mr. Sadler for her paper. Hover- ing near her is Mary Elizabeth James, her secretary and helper. I say helper, for in her last book, De Lon gave Mary Elizabeth half the credit for her success. Clamoring for Maurice’s autographs are Vivian Coleson and Virginia Baker, these co-authors of “A . Shorter Method of Writing Shor thand.” Coming to his rescue is Johnny Daughtridge, his stage manager. He directed that smashing Broadway hit, “Fifteen Sisters” written by Sarah Lambert and Mildred Dillard. These two, by the way, have received the 1959 Pulitizer Prize for their play “Unknown Sisters”, a sequel to their other play. Showing a few of theirstage antics to a group of old friends are those two well- known black-faced comedians, Ida Harper and Bill Greathouse. With an approving look on his face is Admiral Xenonben Caldwell Ward chatting socialably with his old pal, Frank Holman, who is here tonight with Ann Fountain, manager of the Nash County Poor House. Frankie is the designer of the new ultra modern “U. S. S. Johnson’, named for the Secretary of the Navy, Jimmie Johnson—our own football ‘hero of ’39. pe ee ST gaan [aaa pa SLIM Twenty-five THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR gues SNAPS OF THE YEAR ee I—Mary Wiggins’ Plane. 2—Strickland’s Florist. 3-—Looking For Infinity. +—Marjorie and Her Dogs. 5—U. S. S. Johnson. 6€—‘Sust’ Bobby Moore. 7—Mary Louise’s Habitat. 8—‘‘Ray Hop.” 9—Oh! Those Twins. 10—Champs in Action. 12—On the 1?th Second. 12—Ida and Bill. NOTH—Number 5, The U. 8S. S. Johnson won the Errol Jordan Warren Photographical award for Action Shots, It was snapped during actual warfare. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Twenty-six Surrounding Mary Louise Hardison, who is responsible for tonight’s culinary achievements, are many of our class’ settled housewives; Mary Pittman, Dorothy Ayers, Grace Dunn and Nellie Harris. They are demanding the recipe of the wonderful dish served at the banquet earlier in the evening. If I were they, though, I wouldn’t waste my time doing such, because in Miss Hardison’s own words—‘The dish is nothing more than a new way of fixing creamed potatoes.” Ah—lI hear a very familiar voice near me and it belongs to none other than my old friend, Stephen Bennett, who is now dcing research work at Northwestern Univer- sity. Heand Mary Scott Tyree are the two notable mathmeticians who have collaborated and are working upon the theory that infiinity can be reached. Here’s wishing them success! Now, let’s swing into the talk of local politics. At the present, a woman is holding the job of Mayor of our home town. Her Honor, Mary Louise Womble, is the first woman Mayor of Rocky Mount, and she’s doing a fine piece of work. With her is her secretary, Ivey Barnhill, who is the best typist in seven states. Evidently talking politics with our mayor is the city manager, Ben Winstead. It is said that this regime has been the most successful and prosperous of the present decade and Rocky Mount is ranked as the first city in the United States for general all round well management. Standing near, taking the proper attitude of dignity aind poise for aldermen are Irving Staton and Frank Eveland. Getting into higher politics, I see many figureheads in the state and national governments. There is Mike Carr, best liked governor that North Carolina has had in years; Jack Gorham, former radical leader in the United States Senate and a favored candidate for Vice Presidency in the coming election; Elsie Jane Dorsett, the Secretary of Labor; and Eleanor Nichols, who has returned to her native state after a long absence due to her position as Welfare Director of New York State. As Hollywood usually sends representatives to most important celebrations, so she sends several ecelebrities to this class reunion. Piloted by the dependable Mary Wiggins, a silver plane landed this afternoon at our air terminal—bearing the dramatic actress Elizabeth Speight and her confidential secretary, Jacqueline Clough. Also journeying with them are the great Wagnerian singer, Hazel Garris, who has just finished her latest operatic movie; Margaret Woolard, the designer of many elaborate movie sets; and the chic dress creator of Hollywood—Christel Eschmann. Coming in the gate, singing their Olympic victory song is the group of our classmates who miraculously stuck together and virtually won the world championship for the United States. Peggy Speight and Ida Bell Leeson walked away with all of the golfing honors; Fred Conyers and Tom Harris hold the tennis championship in doubles; R. V. Snipes fought his way to the top of the boxing list anid is hailed as the greatest fighter since ‘‘Louis”; Eppie Knight, the sensational “miler”, really cinched our cham- pionship in his last magnificient race; and the leader in the women’s division is Mae Lancaster, who took top honors in swimming and javelin throwing. Trailing behind the oly mpidians are some members of the “All Star Amateur Football Team”. These jovial players are Linzy Mayberry, W. D. Joyner, Billy Rooker, Bill Hogshire and Dick Clack. You remember they each were “all stars” back in “1945”. Today they are conquering the professional world after having invaded and humbled the amateur. Now I see some of those girls who made good as the professional models of Paris and New York. ‘Straight from “Paree”’ comes Mlle. Marie Lucille Hocutt, just for this occasion, and I understand that when she starts back to resume her glamorous work, Clelle Stewart will accompany her-—not she’s tired of New York, but as she says, “Just to try out her French”. Talking business with la Hocutt is Geraldine Kellerman. Gerry is probably asking Mary Lucille to endorse her cold cream for advertisement uses. Eying them enviously, probably wishing that she had thought of that idea first, is Patty Ruth Moore, owner of the Patty Cookie Company—you know the delicious little cookies that are so popular everywhere. As I stand here describing this little group to you, I see Margaret Pittman and Jean Tippett amble up for perhaps a few moments of chatting with their old school pals. Margaret and Jean, you know, left good old Tar Heelia because there was something very, very attractive about the Orange Blossom State. Squabbling over the price of four feet of hickory lumber are the eccentric Grimsley Brothers. Merritt and Leon are the Eastern United States’ lumber kings, who claim that they made their fortune by economizing. Hubert Griffin, here beside me, just remarked that Merritt wants to sell 4 feet of lumber for two dollars and Leon in- sists on two dollars and two cents. So that’s what they call economizing, eh? By the way, Hubert came up here to see if his “mike” was connected propertly—I say HIS because Twenty-seven THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR he is president of the N. B. C. now. Boy! did he skyrocket from assistant electrician back on W. E. E. D.! Everybody is now flocking over for the unveiling of Bobby’: Harmon’s newest soda fountain. This new invention is just another result of the immense cooperation that he and his co-partner, Nina Robbins, have built up. They have branch drug stores all over the world! The one in Paris is managed by John Jones and cared for socially by the hostess, Sadie Moore. In Africa, holding out among the blacks, are James Leloudis and Dorothy Barnes, while taking the spotlight by selling iced drinks to the Eskimos are Clarence Lane and Eula Council. This new soda fountain is a product of the keen mind of Emma Bryant. It may seem strange that a woman perfected a soda fountain, but she did, and boy is it a honey! ! They say that every drink it makes is perfect!!! Who in the world is that fat, jovial man running around crying, “Popcorn! Pop- corn! Two bags for a nickel’’. Oh-h yeah, that’s Karl Shearin, the popcorn man. He’s still running the popcorn stand down on Main Street. Sitting at a table near the door, patiently waiting for him, is his change girl, Isabelle Murphy. Do you all remember her? She’s the girl with whom Karl chatted so often in Miss Barr’s old home room. And speaking of Miss Barr’s home room reminds me of the days when we had those courts. Remember how it seemed that everybody was so criminalistic minded? Well, most of ’em turned out all right after all. Virginia Tyree stopped “smooching” without a license and made a good wife of herself. Gladys Davis stopped being late everywhere and is even the owner of the “On Time” Clock Company. Everyone knows lher clocks— the ones that are guaranteed to get ou up and there on time, regardless. Alma Barnes, who was often the insipration behind the programs we had in those listless days, got so upset one day looking for a program that she decided to write a book of programs— and write a book she did! It became so popular with students everywhere that Miss Barnes won the TAR HEEL CUP! Oh-h-h-h. How I wish you could be here to see the entertainment that is going on! The program is that of a master, and it couldn’t possibly be done by any other than Elaine Delbridge, the celebrated “Miami” hostess. Remember? She planned the Billionaire David Lane’s great ball. — Why everything here is perfect! The pro- gram sheets, or rather I should say books, are works of art. Why?—wWell, Lee Booth printed them. Doesn’t that explain why?—I hear that Margaret Fant assists him in designing those original covers. The orchestra starts up and the couples start coming out, laughing and joking. Wending their way from a far corner is Professor Charles Edge with Guilderoy Henry, who is dean of girls at the school of which Charles is president. Dragging Chlorace Parker, the new girl scout executive, behind him. is Charles Bass, the fish man. You remember Chlorace always was slow about dancing, even if she did win the jitterbug e antest back in 1942. Gliding around, attracting much attention with their smooth per- formance of Gilbert Ray’s new dance sensation, the “Ray Hop”, are Bennie Strickland and Eudelle Langdon, the two eminent magicians. Watching their performance from the sideline are the non-dancing Y. M. C. A. worker, Thad Webb and nurse Elizabeth Taylor. Among the other dancers, however, are James Arnold, engineer, with Mavis Clack, lawyer. Remember reading in the newspaper the other day that Mavis, with a typically @ramatic speech, literally freed James of the charge, that he had built a bridge that wasn’t long enough to cross the river? Dancing sorta absent) mindedly like, is the well-known child psychologist Nell Pullen who is wearing orchids from the Ray Strickland Florist Company. I say from Ray’s place because they are of a variety that only Ray can grow! These evidentlv were given to her by her escort Albert Thompson. the multi-millionaire church janitor, because onl a rich man could buy such flowers! Through the mob, I spy Sally Latta, titled best dressed giyI in America, who is set apart by the silver monkey fur that she is wearins. Her escort must have given her this for he is none other than William Swain, the famous big game hunter. Cornelia Battle just drifted by, so I reckon she was able to leave the twins and come in peace! she looks grand with that new hair “do” by Addie Jane Wilkins. They say that practi- cally all the leading society ladies prefer this hair set and that most of them demand Marthia Battle, Addie’s best hair dresser, to fix their hair. Taking the lime light with his boisterous laughing and ancient jokes is Elwood Moore, the author of the ancestorial comic strip “School Daze’—spelled with a Z. With him is Marjorie Taylor whom everybody knows as the mistress of the St. Bernard Dog Kennels. Oh yes, her two assistants, Mildred Ethridge and Daniel Holmes, are here but they are spending most of their time hovering around a basket in which I hear they have a bunch of motherless pups—awfully parental like, aren’t the)? THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Twenty-eight Folks, )ou should have been here to see the floor show that just ended. Boy—was it hot! Singer Flavius Simmons is the great artist. Maxine ‘I'harrington was the star of the show, with Violet Hollings shining in her novelty act. ‘The two Coltrains, Hisie and Louie, really came out in a tap dance act of theirs. After the performance was over, a charity collection was taken up by Dorothy King and Marjorie Harper two of L. L. Williams’ assistants. This coliection is to heip “L. b.”? in the great work that he is doing for the Home for Insane French Teachers. Leaning against a post and watcning the collection plate like a hawk is Lonnie Howell, that famous detective. Wonder if he thinks we have dny thieves in the group? Strangely enough some of the cigarette ‘and hat-check girls seem to still be laugh- ing at the last joke of the show. I wonder who—oh yes, I recognize them now. Certain- ly, why not? They are members of the class too! They are Myrtle (giggle) Batts, Isla Gorham and Evelyn Boyd; as cute a trio of cigarette girls as ever I have seen. Tem- vorarily leaving their positions are the two hat check girls, Mary Elizabeth Ezzell and Marjorie Hayes. Boy (whistle) you should see THEIR costumes!!! Beer Baron Earl Parker looks like he is winking at one of the cigarette girls but he doesn’t seem to be making much headway. (?) The waiters also are cutting up—but then—no wonder, aren’t they entitled to it? There are Alton Campbell and Jack MacRae. Don’t they look cute in their monkey suits though? And now we will close this broadcast and reunion by singing ““A Band of Students From Central High,” led by the ‘‘Um Boon-Boop Quartet’, consisting of William Sellers, Violet Turner, Willard Viverette and Catherine Wiggins. Doesn’t that song make you sad though? Now—back to your announcer, Jim Saunders—Goodnight everybody! ! ! Folks, this program comes to you through the courtesy of the “Ray Mangum” cigarette company. We shall now close with the familiar chant of the tobacco auctioneer. The auctioneer this evening is Miss Florence Denton, the sole woman -auctioneer in the world. So we pay tribute and say farewell to the class of ’40, better known as the “Class of Fame”. All except the class’ two traitors, Elizabeth King and Frances Keel, were gathered here tonight. The class sends its best wishes and pardon to their two cue ee exiles and may they come to the next reunion without a hunted look upon their faces. BETTY KNOWLES J. D. RICHARDSON Prophets in peor 80 T wenty-nine THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR LOOKING BACK GUESS WHO’S WHO De Lon Kearney, Elizabeth King, Ida Harper, Mildred Thorp; Betty Knowles; Evelyn Boyd, Clarice Mae Register; Jean Harper; Hazel Garris; Paggy Speight; Mary Eliza- beth Ezzelle; Eleanor Nichols; Mary Lucile Hocutt; Charles Edge; De Lon Kearney; Tyree Twins; Gene Hart; Frank Holman; Elizabeth King and Ella Mae Lane; Ida Belle Leeson; Martha Battle, Frances Keel; De Lon Kearney. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Thirty Thirty-one SUPERLA’ MOST STUDIOUS Mary LOUISE WOMBLE IRVIN STATON MOST POPULAR MaRTHA BATTLE MIKE CARR BESS PORES BETTY KNOWLES GENE HART i ( i ‘ { i IVES MOST ATHLETIC MAE LANCASTER Jim JOHNSON BEST LOOKING ANN FOUNTAIN J. D. RICHARDSON WITTIEST PEGGY SPEIGHT TOM HARRIS THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR SUPERLATIVES MOST PERSCNALITY MILDRED THORP MIKE CARR MOST COURTEOUS Dre LON KEARNEY J. D. RICHARDSON BEST ALL ROUND MARTHA BATTLE JIM JOHNSON rHE 1940 HI-NOC-AR MOST INTELLIGENT Mary LOouIss WOMBLE ROSCOE BARBER MOST TALENTED BETSY ROLLINS Bospspy MOoorRE CUTEST Mary LUCILLE Hocutt JIM SAUNDERS Thirty-two JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS ELIZABETH FANT President MAURICE BRASWELL Vice-President BILLY SMITH Treasurer OLIN PERRITT Secretary JUNIOR SNAPSHOTS TOP—Another Indian Bit The Dust—“‘Queen Anita’”-—“Football Conference of 1941” ECTTOM—Jack MacRae, Buddy Luper, Ben Bulluck—Herman Blackman— Cotten Walker—Franz Holscher. Thirty-three THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR JUNIOR HOME ROOM - MISS PARKER Roger Rogers, Dan Barrett, Herman Blackman, Robert Thompson, Johnnie Harper, Mary Modlin, Murrill, Bryan Price, Laura Ann Parker. Benn Bulluck, Ann Hillmatn, Paul Carl Morris, Lois Morgan, Billy Arie, Charles Rinehardt, William Ivey, Neverson Lewis, Dick Daughtridge, Katheryn Stephens, Jean Cherry, Alberta Overman, Elizabeth Turner, Mary Frances Speight, Nancy Johnson, Polly Harris, Marie Brame, Jack Purvis, lizabeth Mayfield, Ann Bennett, Dorothy Staton, Molly Pauline Harrelson, Christine Joyner, Geraldine Stevens, Boseman, Carolyn Myers. ae JUNIOR HOME ROOM - MISS LEDBETTER Joseph Christian, J. T. Cox, John Daniel, Robert Davis, Milton Hinnant, Jack Holland, Herbert Jeffries, Lloyd Joyner, Lynwood Joyner, Hlmore Luper, Elwood Orr, Olin Perritt, Teckley Poplin, Billy Smith, Robert Summerlin, Kdward Taylor, Raymond Thompson, Foy Allsbrook, Carolyn Bass, Margaret Boyd, Evelyn Breedlove, Margaret Burrage, Margaret Davis, Naomi Fowlkes, Norma Garland, Betty Hilton, Alice Hux, Margaret Jeffreys. Virginia Lee Knight, Naney Lancaster, Athlene Lewis, Hugenia Marshburn, Norma Pittman, Mildred Proctor, Evelyn Starling, Frances Strickland, Dorothy Sutton, Annie Vick, THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Thirty-four JUNIOR HOME ROOM - MR. EASON Matalie Atkinson, Ruth Barnes, Naney Bean, Virginia Harris, Virginia Harrison, Betty Jones. Hrances Lane, Hortense Lee, Christine Murphy, Ethel Overby, Frances Riley, Myrtle Savage, Rosa Lee Smiley, Sara Thorne, Anita Wheeless, Zenobia Wheeless, Emma Lou Williams, Michael Thomp- son, George Andrews, Henry Bell, Willard Braswell, Jack Denton, Gibbons Gaskill, Joseph Gay, Billy Green, Victor Hamlet, Robert Lee Hearn, Jr., Franz Holscher, Miles Maloney, Walter Powell, Linwood Robards, W. S. Swain, Jr., Norman Shearin, Graham Williams, W. lL. Turner. JUNIOR HOME ROOM - MR. PRIVOTT Margaret Barber, Myrtle Cobb, Pauline Craft, Margie Daughridge, Flizabeth Evans, Elizabeth Fant, Catherine Gill, Hthel Guvganus, Jane Hardy, Jessie Mae Hyman, Alice Innes, Frances Martin. Maxine Parker, Dorothy Robinson, Margaret Saunders, Mary ‘Thompson, Edith Rae Turner, Estelle Turner, Florene Whitfield, Barbara Yates, Hollace Boles, Maurice Braswell, Milton Bulluck, Poole Campbell, Leon Ford, Elwood Inseoe, Robert Lewis, Hurley Mooring, Hdward Peele, William Pittman, Herman Roberson, James Strickland, KFugene Thomas, Donald Wilhalf, John Williams, George Williams, Bill Shearin. Thirty-five THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Thirty-sia COACHES EK. EH. ADKINS Bos EASON Head Coach Basketball and Track Miss HELEN BOLLING MatLuLory MACGREGOR Girls Athletics Business Manager CHEER LEADERS TOP ROW WAYNE WHITLEY, GENE HART, ROBERT THOMPSON SECOND ROW DatIsty DAWSON, Berry ADKINS, ZENOBIA WHEELESS THIRD ROW Bitw THorp, Head Cheer Leader. Thirty-seven THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR FOOTBALL - 1940 BLACKBIRDS TOP ROW Bill Proctor Greathouse, Charlie Johnson, Edward Taylor, Jim Johnson, Chester Forrester, Edgar Carter, Charles Bass, Wade Pitt, R. V. Snipes, Ben Bennett, “Jiggs” Walker, David Black. MIDDLE ROW Joe Vaden, Armstead Broc k, Cotton Walker, Bill Hogshire, Milton Bulluck, Linzy Mayberry, R. C. Williamson, Charlie Hondrous, Jack MacRae, Billy Smith, Red Campbell. BOTTCM ROW Buddy Luper, Joe Kermon, Franz Holscher, A. R. Weathers, Howard Turner, Frank Carr, Billy Rooker, Gilbert Bulluck, Richard Clack, Bud Inscoe, Holace Boles. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Thirty-cight BASKETBALL TOP ROW James Leloudis, W. D. Joyner, Wade Pitt, Jim Johnson, Earl Parker, “Cotton” Walker, Earl Cade, Wilbur Padgett SECOND ROW Bill Proctor Greathouse, Mike Carr, Ben Hayes, Bill Shearin, T. Thorne, Howard Turner, “Jiggs” Walker, Ben Aycock. Se ee ee ee a ES | SR ES BASEBALL TOP ROW T. C. Bray, Elwood Inscoe, Johnny Brown, Wade Pitt, R. C. Williamson, Buddy Luper, Jim Johnson, Ed Rogers, Bill Shearin, Joe Allsbrook. SECOND ROW Frank Carr, Bill Greathouse, Ben Hayes, Benny Strickland, Tom Harris, ‘Cotton’ Walker, Howard Turner, Dobbie Head, Charles Faulkner. Thirty-nine THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR TRACK Billy Joyner, Gilbert Bullard, J. D. Price, Robert Rogers, Earl Parker, Claude Mason, Earl Cade, Franz Holscher, George Valentine, Wiliam Henry Powell, Reginald Holder, Kitchin Hines, Wilson Snipes, Irvin Penny. TENNIS Roscoe Barber, A. R. Weathers, Mike Carr, Jack Furvis, Armistead Brock, T. Thorne. INTRAMURAL CHAMPIONS Johnny Brown, R. V. Snipes, Raae Mangum, Robert Thompson, Roscoe Barber, G. W. Smith, Billy Arie, Armstead Brock, T. C. Cox. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Forty Forty-one GIRLS’ ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TOP ROW ETHEL OVERBY, MAk LANCASTER, ELSIE JANE DORSETT, NELL PULLEN. BOTTOM ROW ZENOBIA WHEELESS, HLOTSE ADAMS. Betty Atkins, Geraldine Barrett, Mary Ellen Batchelor, Carlette Brady, Phillis Bryan, Myrtle Cobb, Pauline Coulter, Pauline Craft, Elaine Delbridge, Florence Denton, Josephine Derby, Grace Dunn, Elizabeth Fant, Catherine Gill, Kathleen Haithcock, Margaret Hardison, Guildaroy Henry, Nancy Hicks, Elizabeth Johnson, Dorothy King, Frances King, Jean Leggett, Virginia Lupton, Carolyn Meyer, Eleanor Nichols, Muriel O’Quinn, Dorothy Owens, Margaret Page, Gladys Patterson, Catherine Peele, Evelyn Phillips, Annie Poplin, Julia Robinson, Eleanor Shaw, Maxine Smith, Emily Springle, Doris Strickland, Tempie Sykes, Janice Turner, Marjorie Taylor, Mildred Thompson, Estelle Turner, Juanita Turner, Geraldine Ward, Catherine Wiggins, Mary Louise Womble, Virginia Woodard, Margaret Woolard, Janice Worsley. — — THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR ACTIVITIES THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Forty-two STUDENT GOVERNMENT CONSOLIDATED HIGH MIKE Carr, President. MaArTHA BATTLE, Vice-President Mary LovuisE WOMBLE, Chairvman Board of Finance SENIOR HIGH J. D. RICHARDSON ARMSTEAD BROCK Presidents HERMAN BLACKMAN ZENOBIA WHEELESS Vice-Presidents DE LON KEARNEY ANITA WHEELESS Secretaries JIM JOHNSON BEN WINSTEAD Treasurers ! a = meet is 7! Ea pe Ty UO Forty-three Bho J oe tee las SS EES ere ans ve yfetinn 8 JUNIOR HIGH GEORGE VALENTINE NORMAN CHAMBLISS Presidents JULIA JOHNSON FRANCIS WINSLOW Vice-Presidents VIRGINIA HI CKS SHIELDS JONES Secretaries CON PROCTOR NANCY DOZIER Treasurers THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR SENIOR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY dda Harper, Jim Johnson, Irvin Staton, Harl Parker, Miss Iola Parker, De Lon Cooper Kearney, BHlizabeth King, Sarah Lambert, Guildaroy Henry, Martha Ann Battle, Mary Blizabeth Ezzelle, Ella Mae Lane, Betty Knowles, Jack Easterling, Dorothy Staton, Zenobia Wheeless, Anita Wheeless, Roscoe Barber, Alice Innes, Margaret Boyd, Molly Boseman, Mildred Thorp. JUNIOR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Nancy Gorham, Dorothy Turner, Betty Murchison, Margaret Fountain, Jennings Mangum, Krancis Winslow, Norman Chambliss, Margaret Dixon, Patsy Barber, Shields Jones, Susan Thorp, Julia Johnson, Carolyn Jean Johnson, Inez Barnett, Lee Stevens, Betty Stevens, Miss Wita Avis Bond, Katherine Elmore, Jane Longest, Nancy Dozier, Bill Thorp, Margaret Winslow, Ann Larkin, Katherine Knight, Rosemary Gaddy, Mamie McLemore. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Forty-Four BLACKBIRD STAFF HERMAN BLACKMAN, Sports Hditor ELIZABETH FANT, Assistant Editor Dr LON KEARNEY, Editor-In-Chief EARL PARKER, Assistant Editor BETTY KNOWLES, Advertising Manager J. D. Richardson, Roy Proctor, Herman Blackman, Ben Bennett, Earl Parker, W. D. Joyner, Willard Braswell, A. R. Weathers, Alma Barnes, Frances Lane, Elsie Jane Dorsett, Bobby Moore, Laura Ann Parker, B etty Atkins, Cornelia Battle, Ethel Overby, Ann Dorsett, Betsy Rollins, Sally Latta, Betty Knowles, Myrtle Batts, Nancy Johnson, De Lon Kearney, Miss Hazel Griffin, Susie Robbins, Barbara Yates. Forty-five THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR HI-NOC-AR STAFF ELLA MAE LANE BEN WINSTEAD GENE Hart Editor-In-Chief Business Manager Advertising Manager Ida Daughtry Harper, Bill Proctor Greathouse, Mildred Thorp, Errol Warren, Raymond Johnson Works, Jr., J. D. Richardson, John MacAdams, Emily Royster Burton, Billy Arie, John Milton Daughtridge, Stephen Dodson Bennett, Jr., Frances Keel, Henry L. Owen, Jr., Elizabeth Dixon Knowles, Mildred Elizabeth King: THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Forty-six BOYS’ SENIOR HI-Y Roy Mayo C. W. CASPER BILLIE ARIE JACK CHADWICK DONALD WILHAF Davis BULLUCK IRVIN STATON BEN WINSTEAD Dick DAUGHTRIDGE EARL PARKER ROSCOE BARBER Vicrork HAMLET RAAE MANGUM JIMMIH ARNOLD RUSSELL PROCTOR ELWOOD ORR JOHNNIE HARPER JOHN WILKINS W. L. TURNER STEPHEN BENNETT JOHN HENRY DANIELS HENRY CUTCHIN EpPik KNIGHT BiLL PROCTOR GREATHOUSE ROGER ROGERS CHARLES EDGE CHARLES POWELL LEROY CLARKE CHAPMAN WOOTEN LOYD JOYNER Wo. IvEY LINWOOD JOYNER BILL GURGANUS MAURICE BRASWELL JACK EASTERLING IRVIN PENNY a Forty-seven THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR GIRLS’ SENIOR HI-Y EUGENIA MARSHBOURN GUILDAROY HENRY IstA GORHAM SARAH LAMBERT Mrs. J. L. E. BRANTLEY MiLDRED DILLARD BETSY ROLLINS DE LON COOPER KEARNEY ELANOR NICHOLS LAURA ANN PARKER ELIZABETH KING MAE LANCASTER MARTHA ANN BATTLE CAROLYN BASS MARGARET FANT VIRGINIA TYREE Mary Scorr TYREE ELLA Mar LANE ANN HILLMAN IDA HARPER MARGARET JEFFREYS FRANCES KEEL Mary LucitueE Hocutt ; , DoROTHY STATON JEAN CHERRY Mary LovuIst WOMBLE MARGARET BURRAGE CORNELIA BATTLE ZENOBIA WHEELES) - OLLY BOSEMAN NANCY BEAN ALICE INNES M Rosa LEE SMILEY MARGARET BARBEE SARA THORNE ANITA WHEELESS MyrtLe Bars BARBARA YATES Foy ALLSBROOK MARGARET SAUNDERS BETTY KNOWLES ELSIE JANE DORSETT VIRGINIA LEE KNIGHT ELIZABETH SPEIGHT NANcY JOHNSON MILDRED CLAY THORP ELIZABETH FANT THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Forty-eigth BOYS’ JUNIOR HI-Y Jennings Mangum, George Brown, Norman Y. Chambliss, Jack Taylor, Tom Hill Davis, Roy Looney, Millard Dozier, David Black, Ben Mayo, Francis Winslow, Ben Aycock, Hassell Weeks, Claiborne Smith, R. Quillen Ward, Con Proctor, Neill A. Nelson, Jr., Robert Hall, Alton Johnson, George Valentine, Jimmy Exum, Edgar Lambert, Flake Chipley, Carr Speight, Coburn Griffin, Adam Thorp, G. C. Price, Bob Currin, Orphie ‘Thorne, Charles Foshee, Eure Johnson, Sohn B. Hxum, Hd Cox Thorne, Jeff Bulluek, Jack Palmer, Norman Vick, Bill Thorp. GIRLS’ JUNIOR HI-Y Miss Margaret Ricks, Katherine Hlmore, Lee Stevens, Martha Ingram, Nancy Dozier, Josephine Mlanagan, Shields Jones, Margaret Winslow, Miss Ethel Sheridan, Betty Simmons, Dorothy Turner, Louise ‘Toler, Margie Wenchell, Betty Atkins, Violet Harper, Kathleen Mayberry, Edith Rector. Ann Dorsett, Margaret Page, Lula Keene MaGee, Ruth Ann Duffy, Susan Thorp, Susie Renee Robbins, Nell Merritt, Janice Worsley, Margaret Fountain, Harriet Thorne, Meriam Knowles, June Wharton, Blise Pettitt, Edith Longest, Helen Robbins, Denise Driver, Julia Johnson, Betty Murchison, Forty-nine THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR SERVICE CLUB Ernest Taylor, W. L. Turner, Hlwood Orr, Leon Eugene Hart, Betty Atkins, Janice Worsley, T. C. Bray, Davis Bulluck, Charles Powell, Mary Greene Maloney, Lee Stevens, Ruth Ann Duffy, Kath- erine Himore, Hlizabeth King, Helen Robbins, Elsie Pettitt, Bill Gurganus, Ann Hillman, Betsy Rollins, Mlorence Denton, Blizabeth Fant, Jack Basterling. Ora Belle Pace, Ella Mae Lane, Mildred Clay Thorp, Isla Gorham, Betty Simmons. GOOD SPORTS CLUB Hila Mae Lane, Mary Blizabcth Jaimes, De Lon Kearney, Sara Thorne, Martha Ann sattle, Bennett, Laura Ann Parker, Sarah Lambert, Norma Garland, Frances Keel, Betty Knowles, Bar- bara Yates, Helen Robbins, Isli Gorham, Carolyn Bass, Zenobia Wheeless, Mary Frances Speight, Virginia Lee Knight, Mildred Clay Thorp, Mildred Dillard, Naney Bean, Mildred Elizabeth King. Ann THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Fifty ROCKY MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL BAND VERNON HOOKER Director Ray Abernathy, Bobby Adams, Harry Andrews, Earl Ayers, Roscoe Barber, Rhodes Batson, Darrell Benson, Kenneth Berk, Frank Boseman, Jeraldine Bryan, M. D. Bryan, Phyllis Bryan, Margaret Burrage, Poole Campbell, Jack Chadwick, Robert Chadwick, Joseph Christian, Francis Crothers, Vernon Daniels, Vernon Daughtridge, Willie Gor- dar, Ray Gray, Robert Hall, Paul Harper, Roy Hendrick, Trace Henry, Herbert Knight, Casper Lamb, Alfred Langston, Ben Mayo, Roy Mayo, John McAdams, Louise Metcalfe, Betty Minter, Paul Morgan, Carl Morris, Jimmy Murphy, Betty Nethercutt, Henry Owens, Lacy Padgett, Jack Palmer, Clin Perritt, Carlton Powell, Hubner Powell, Walter Powell, Bryan Price, Con Proctor, Dan Rhodes, Charles Rinehardt, Arthur Schulken, Joe Speight, Jack Taylor, Phillip Temko, Maxine Tharrington, Ophie Thorne, W. L. Turner, Blanche Walker, Charles Waller, Charles Ward, Edgar Wil- liams, Buck Wood, Melvin Woolard, Chapman Wooten, Raymond Works, Charles Worsley. DRUM MAJORETTES AND COLOR GUARDS Maxine Tharrington, Helen Hooks, Hortense Lee, Nina Robbins, Dorothy Owens, Elizabeth Mangum, Maxine Parker, Pat Jones, Mae Lancaster, Carlette Brady, Geneva Field, Virginia Lupton. Fifty-one THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR GLEE CLUB Bobby Adams, Creighton Alexander, Fay Allsbrook, Dorothy Barnes, Edith Boseman, Evelyn Boyd, Carlette Brady, Dorothy Braswell, Maurice Braswell, Virginia Bryan, Patty Buckler, Gilbert Bullard, Lenore Burke, Mary Cade, Mike Carr, Laurette Chaplin. Mary Cockrell, Eula Council, Miriam Darden, Margie Daughtridge, Margaret Davis, David Dawson, Reva Dawson, Elaine Delbridge, Jack Denton, Billy Diehl, Rudolph Evans, Billy Flye, Hazel Garris, Gibbons Gaskill, Joseph Gay, Ethel Gurganus, Doris Hall, Pritchard Hamm, Mary L. Hardison, Jane Hardy, Bobby Harmon, Jean Harper, Margaret Harris, Virginia Harris, Virginia Harrison, Margie Hayes, Dorothy Hobbs, Violet Hollins, Carl Horton, Constance Hughes, Charles Hunt, Jessie Hyman, Elwood Inscoe, Elizabeth Johnson, Christine Joyner, Mae Lancaster, Eudelle Langdon, Harvey Lee, Hortense Lee, Elizabeth Mayfield, Carolyn Meyers, Mary Modlin, Milton Modlin, C. J. Moore, Jr., Isabelle Murphy, Celeste Nelmes, Muriel O’Quinn, Maxine Parker, Edward Peele, Evelyn Phillips, Walter Powell, Nell Pullen, Evelyn Purvis, Gilbert Ray, Ruth Ray, Charles Rineheardt, Frances Riley, Nina Robbins, Dorothy Robinson, Jim Saunders, Flavius Simmons, Arthur Schulken, Evelyn Starlin, Rachel Smith, Geraldine Stevens, Benny Strickland, Jack Sumrell, Marjorie Taylor, Maxine Tharrington, Eugene Thomas, Mary Thompson, Robert Thompson, Jean Tippett, Mildred Thorp, Mildred Vick, Ruth Whitfield, S. L. Williams, Pauline Williams, Pauline Zimmerman. a tech x , Ud: See 2 AEE psa te P fc. SoM CO's se RUE Fifty-two DEBATING TEAM Robert Bowling Moore, Bill Farmer, Wm. Ivey, Charles Haughton, Elwood Orr, Miss Iola Parker, tdith Rae ‘Turner, Miss Helen Daniel, Jane Hardy, Elizabeth Fant, Maurice Braswell, Francis Keel, Catherine Gill, Roscoe Barber, Bill Gurganus. Margaret Jeffreys, Betsy Rollins, Lenore Burke, Hure Johnson, BLACK MASQUERS Virginia ‘lyree, Bill Proctor Greathouse. Martha Ingram, Helen Robbins, Bill Gurganus, Josephine Woolard, John MeAdams, Margaret Page, Marthn Battle, Laura Ann 3i1k Shearin, Mildred Dillard, Klanagan, Virginia Lee Knight, Virginia Hugenia Marshburn, Hlizabeth King, Nancy Bean, Betsy Rollins, John Henry Daniels, Parker, Mike Carr, Mary Scott Tyree, Frank Holman, Nancy Hicks, Frances Keel, : ; bin! weere hi ink a! iy ae DagREII Ds 7 ASD INGEED ln MRE ON | RT Fifty-three THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Almon Fountain, Douglas Davenpert, Joe Speight, lL. V. Watkins, Fred Conyers, Miles Maloney, Donald Wilhaf, Errol Warren, Maurice Saddler, Wilson Snipes, Wm. Pittman, Philip Temko, Dan Rhodes, Harry Large, Poole Campbell, Alice Innes, Myrtle Batts, Mary Harmer Brantley. Cornelia Battle, Mildred Thompson, Hazel Wells, Barbara Yates, Margaret Barber, Margaret Saunders, Charles Harle Privott. SPEECH CHOIR Mr. Cyrus M. Edson, Frank Holman, John MacAdams, Flavius Simmons, Virginia Tyree, Elizabeth King, Mary Scott Tyree, Peggy Speight, Elaine Delbridge, Mike Carr, Raymond Works, John Jones, Lee Booth, Jacqueline Perry, Maxine Tharrington, Isla Gorham, Mae Lancaster, Margaret Fant, Ida Harper, Bootsie Burton, Betty Knowles, Mildred Dillard, Elizabeth Speight, Mildred Thorp. THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Fifty-four DIVERSIFIED OCCUPATION Robert Davis, James Harrison, George Williams, Norman Shearin, Lee Booth, Billy Diehl, Merritt Grimsley, Leon Grimsley, Mr. James Matthew Bridger, Alton Campbell, Ivy Barnhill, John Jones, William Dempt. Not in picture, Ben Phillips and James Strickland. MISS WORSLEY’S MUSIC CLASS Betty Atkins, Frances Avera, Patsy Barber, Nancy Barrett, Ann Hillman, Ann Blanch- ard, Betsie Bulluck, Janice Brown, Joe Christian, Mildred Conyers, Evelyn Davis, Daisy Dawson, Ruth Ann Duffy, Louise Greene, Virginia Ann Gunn, Ethel Gurganus, Margaret Hardesty, Carolyn Jean Johnston, Betty Knowles, Miriam Knowles, Ann Lar- kin, Mary Farmer Brantley, Jean Legget, Roy Looney, Emily Minges, Virginia Murphy, Evelyn Pettitt, Jean Pearce, Jean Riddle, Bessie Rollins, Virginia Starlin, Evelyn Starlin, Daphne Thigpen, Dorothy Turner, W. L. Turner, Esther Ann Walston, Margaret Winslow. Fifty-five THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Don’ Know What to Call Em But They’re Mighty Like a (Censored) di OUR_GANG DELEGATES TO WAKE FOREST BACK ROW Frances Keel, Mr. Cyrus M. Edson, Roscoe Barber, Jr., Elwood Orr, Maurice Braswell, Bill Sellars. FRONT ROW Catherine Gill, Bill Gurganus, Isla Gorham, Bessie Rollins, Margaret Jeffreys, Elizabeth Dixon Knowles, Miss Helen Daniels THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Fifty-stx CANDID SHOTS Bend Down Sisters—Hi, Yo! Silver—O, What A Jalopy—All Dressed Up and No Place To Go—Up and Over—The Feminine Touch—Which End’s Up—Making Blackbirds—The Hi-Noc-Ar Staff—Hard at Work—The Mighties, Harris and Walker, In Action—Before the Play. Kifty-seven THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR ADVERTISEMENTS THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Fifty-eight Sporting Goods LOS BIGy GIES HARDWARE : PAINTS PICTURE FRAMING ‘GARDNER’S ee CITIZENS COAL SUPPLY CO. ICE CREAM Call for VELVET by name COAL please you too BUILDING MATERIAL GARDNER’S DAIRY PRODUCTS | | | | | | | | | | | it’s delicious goodness will | | | | | | | Rocky Mount Goldsboro ] apas ay Fifty-nine THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR i Sl — a — ll ||| | em Compliments of SAUNDERS DRUG STORE Rocky Mount’s Most Complete Drug Store and Soda Fountain “eA BETTER DRUG STORE TO SERVE YOU” =—U—Ut—— 1 — | —— | | | Ye || emcee fe i —— 11 — 1 ff |! | EH NS TO 1 451] fff YL | | | Ff 1 1 | | ff ||| ff ff | | HY | | | | NL LL A |) Ef if | fff | | | | | || oe 1 1 1 1H — — ll —— ll || ||| ||| ||| || || ||| ||| | || | | |) || me |||] | || | | me 1 1) tt tH) HH OO THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Sixty STR En ener REE ] Compliments of = A i i | Flake B. Chipley, Inc. e | = Jenkins Gehman | Every Service for Every Car_ |! | l | 118 N. Main Street | fewelers | Rocky Mount, N. C. i Rocky Mount, N. C. Packard af Tidepaken : A ett ttt | 0.L.GAY’S PROCTOR’S | Meats and Fancy Groceries Agents and Vegetables Victor and Bluebird Records Sea Food and Ice Cream 149 S. Main Street Rocky Mount, N. C. 1308. Washington Street | | | Dressed Poultry, Fruits | | | | Phone 543 We Deliver : RAY BANDY DESOTO «+ PLYMOUTH CARS s | | | | | | | | | | | | ? Country Store in Town | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PHONE 1414 DANIEL’S, INC. A SHOP OF INDIVIDUAL STYLES FOR WOMEN and JUNIOR MISSES | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 202 - 204 Rose Street Rocky Mount, N. C. j | | | | | ] | | The Newest Styles at All Times | | Siaty-one THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR | | DRINK | HOGGARD-VANN | | MOTORS a, L | | Cubola | Hudson Oldsmobile | IN BOTTLES Rocky Mount, N. C. | eembneringcytnit,” cart Baa en rt ed stp cn Sh lel oye Pa “ | i | Srtesiun hae | MATTHEWS-BUNN | WOODLEY’S MARKET DRUG CO. ! FANCY MEATS, GROCERIES Nettie Carne OuTRCRe and POULTRY 216 Tarboro Street | Phone 2200 | Rocky Mount, N. C. l Rocky Mount, N. C. ROCKY MOUNT MILLS Established 1818 ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. HIGH GRADE COTTON YARN RIVERSIDE TOBACCO TWINE THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Sixty-two SIMMONS HARRIS, Inc. Insurance Real Estate Rentals All Forms of Insurance Written 142 S. Main Street CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS GREATHOUSE BUTLER TAX SERVICE SYSTEMS AUDITS HAMMOND ELECTRIC SERVICE 824 South Church Street ELECTRIC MOTORS and Cy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | : Rocky Mount, N. C. | | | | | | | | | | | | | : POWER INSTALLATIONS a5 ieran POL CT Se ZZ iy ae —_ Oo = Sixty-three THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR —— 1 lL | | | OS i] ROCKY MOUNT FURNITURE Co. “The Home of Good Furniture’ 1 (He ff | ff of ff ff | I tf ff | | So | || oo fff eo | — if —— tl: (time lho | | | | | | | | ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS o RADIOS | | | | | | | | | | | Phone 11 Corner Main and Hill Sts. 5m ff ee fH HH || | | || | | || || | | || | || fff || ||| jf |] jf || ||] fe = cA position awaits YOU..... There is always a lively demand for our graduates. Let us help you make a greater success in life. Enroll in Carolina School of Commerce for special training to supplement your high school training. We invite you to visit our office. CAROLINA SCHOOL OF COMMERCE | L. D. THOMAS, President A Licensed School and Accredited by the American Association of Commercial Colleges Hm ft) ee fff cee || ff | So fj |] ee ff }} co fj |} co |) tj o jt] eee jf |} co fj || ce fj || oe |) | om fj |} ce || }} coe |) |) eo es fh Lc ff me fm fff x ff me | mm fff ee ff | ef | Aff ff (fe ff eS fff ff | 4 a ff fe | fff ||| | || fe jj |f ee | | “Stock And Service Did It” ee fff fff cee fj ff ee jf] ee | DILLON SUPPLY COMPANY 821 S. Church Street ro 11 me Hh Ff he | fj ee | fhe (Fe ft Eo YH | ee || || |i || ||| SH YS ||| || HS || HY ||| || HY Hh SH | | || ||| A ||| ||| | HN |} ff | THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Sia:ty-four a La || ff | ff ff || ef | |} fa | ||| || || fff || || | || | ff ff ff] fe fm |) |} om |] fe |} || fff |} ee ||| ef || | | Compliments Of Compliments Of Thomas Howard Co. | | | Thompson’s Pharmacy |! | | ||) ff) |) ff) | || || | || ff || of 365 Falls Road Phone 811 | WHOLESALERS | a An ee ce ON ee co oe Ee ee Ta) ak eles Spree ta Jen Nansen eee Ae eee ! | SMITH LUNCH | PALACE of SWEETS Hi-Way 301 RESTAURANT Sanitary Rating 97% For A Quick and Satisfactory Meal Come To See Us Our Food Is Invincible Sandwiches and Drinks Sf 1 fh ff fh | 1 = = | = b. H. TAYLOR COMPANY HN Am 1 5m FN HN 48 fff ff fm ff ff ff 4 | ff tf fff ff ff ff ff ff |] ff || me ff || ff |} 151 9) fff) 94} ef} |} | a | ff} ff; | || |} ff |) || fj ff fj ff me | ff ff] ej} em | A a ff |} |) ff |} jf | Distributors | of | = : | SINCLAIR PRODUCTS | | | Rocky Mount, North Carolina j | Pe ra eA cet an Db ck ii nif ns erp a na ease ance Sixty-five THE | | | || | || | | || || | | | | ft 1 1 Nj HH OB s CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1940 CHINA AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. W. B. LEA TOBACCO CO. LH HH fH HOO THORPE RICKS, INC. GARRETT CO., INC. i sam ff} jt) 5 4) | 1} me ff ||| | | Nf || ff || | | |) ff tf |i) a | ||| HN Hf ||| EH HH | Lf |) || | mH | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 mh tt th i th th OR THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Sixty-sia BULLUCK FURNITURE COMPANY 200 S. Main Street You Can Buy Cheaper at Bulluck’s Because They Offer You A 25% Discount For Cash. Gifts Of Distinction KENNILWORTH GIFT SHOP GLASS CHINA NOVELTIES Congratulations To To Tidy The Home See The Class Of 740 | | | | | CITY ICK COMPANY Brewer Paint and : ¢ | | | Wall Paper Co. “Home Owned” Phone 56 “COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS” 107-111 N. Washington St. Phone 267 Rocky Mount, North Carolina PEPSI-COLA REFRESHING Compliments Of and ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | W. R. LANCASTER FURNITURE CO. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HEALTHFUL | | | | | NEW YORK CAFE | | | =- eae eae lg Fe a AF ee cleat) ana 3s ( Rca aa See SSeS See yee == THE 1940 Sixty-seven —— || || | | || || || ff | ff sf ff fff ff | | HL ee HH OR DRUGS PRESCRIPTIONS Jl, th, JKC sy) IDIRIUICS (CO). “PRESCRIPTION (DDRUGGISTS A Good Drug Store vt jj Ef || ft ff | | ff a fff ff | | ff ef | Always Glad To Serve You CANDIES SODAS | — | HL | | i —— 1 —— 1 —— nee —— (ff ||| | | | |} 11 ff mm ff fff] ff ff ||| | ff fj ||| |S | | || | ||| ||| || || || || || || | ROSENBLOOM-LEVY COMPANY “Rocky Mount’s Leading Department Store” I NH 1 || ee ff || a | | | —— 11) ||| ef | | || | It is a pleasure, year after year to serve an ever increasing number of High School students and their parents. For more than fifty years Rosenbloom-levy Co., has been one of Eastern Carolina’s best stores. 1 — 5 || ||| We congratulate the graduates and invite you as well as members of all classes to make our Store your headquarters. — || | HH 11 — tf | | | ROSENBLOOM-LEVY COMPANY — |) — tt —)) — 1 = 0 i THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Sixty-eight foo | | | | : CITZENS BUILDING LOAN CO. | | “The Home Builder” | | ! j | : | : | I ! Save and Build With Us | | | | | | | | | J. C. BRASWELL, President | u I R. L. SIDES, Secretary | | | | | ee a ak ee ee ang anny rte | | | | | i | | WILKINSON, BULLUCK CO., INC. : | | : Established 1895 INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS | | 1 RENTALS REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE LOANS i | | 126 N. Main Street | | | | Rocky Mount, N. C. | | | : Re mw a mn hm em nn Nn ee se = nem meg Qp me ene eae eee pts es Fg ee a Suna — — Saeki Sixty-nine THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR CRONENBURG DAWSON |— |) |) ff | ee | |} ee | ee ft | | | | | | Compliments Of The | j Standard Insurance : | | ‘ ; ROCKY MOUNT SHOE ; Realty Corporation : _ AND CLOTHING CO. : | | INSURANCE | dl) de Neds A Nc Ae, Ak la PP l : | RENTALS | l = | | REAL ESTATE 7 | MacRae Beauty Shop |! i | | | 324 Main Street : 125 Tarboro St. : | ey | ROCKY MOUNT, N. CG. | | PHONE 352 | l | | | he L | | | | | | (GaSube ines — Real Estate | | | ] 110 Sunset Avenue | | | | = i | Phone (. Rocky Mount ! BUNTING-HARDY-MINGES 114 S. Main Street THE STORE FOR MEN and YOUNG MEN Clothing, Shoes and Furnishing ie 11) tt Lf 3, —— i — || | || ll — | | | ll ll ll LL | | || a THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Seventy Jo NN | | Congratulations To The Class Of 1940 ; Rocky Mount’s Amusement Center | THE NEW CENTER THEATRE | AND | | CAROLINA THEATRE | | am a N= ee hk a RA eR 1 Re ES UN eT | | STANDARD DRUG CO. | “The Rexall Store” Specializing In Prescriptions Excellent Soda Service 1 fm 24 me ff | fff me fff jf ff em | ff | 1 ea | 4: fff ff $f | ff 1 ff ff) ff 9) 1} fff ff ff ||] ||| ||| || I co fe Hf Thriftiness Is Responsible For Most Early Success An Insured Savings Account In This Association Will Help You To An Early Success me ff ff fe Hh ff Hh HA 1} ff Hh Nt | | || || He | HH fmf 1s BUILDERS FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCKY MOUNT City Industrial Bank Building Rocky Mount, N. C. AY mm 1 th 8 it it) th hh mm me me me A em em 1 1 Je it ttt te 111 Ft fff ff ff |||} | em 1H Lb || So | |} |||} eo |||] | |] ||| || || oo | |} oO || He |||] || HY S| || | }} a |) || |||] I |] || I Hf] | | |) || Dy || | |) 1) e || || of} ND 4 SN | |) I | |} |) aapasy rete entanah Seventy-one THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1940 MR. J. C. BRASWELL MR. M. D. MUNN DR. A. P. THORPE MR. K. D. BATTLE DR. C. T. SMITH MR. F. E. WINSLOW DR. E. C. POWELL, JR. MR. W. L. THORP MR. I. D. THORP MR. F. S. SPRUILL DR. B. C. WILLIS MR. M. F. JONES MR. F. P. SPRUILL THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Seventy-two Gener me me ec ann rete nee ha em go al ar et | | | j OIL TO HEAT THE HOME j = j Finest Grade of Crude Gil And Kerosene | | | PHONE US YOUR ORDER j | i PEOPLES OIL CO. i | Cee ee : For Expert Radio Repairs | Compliments Of j Send Your Radio To | | Jean’s Beauty Shoppe _ ! yeeepPe {| RADIO SERVICE; 134 Sunset Avenue | : | SHOP | l ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. j | l j WASHINGTON STREET | | i | [Has SLayy yl eee yooh e he cane ae ee aie aas| | | | | | Compliments | l Compliments of | | | | G. R. Kinney Co., Inc. | | Quality Launderers |! | | | Home Of | : And Cleaners | | : | “HDUCATOR SHOES” | | | phat ig yA Ne iad SONI EE BSN Sle cee en OO | | | We Wish Much Success | To The Seniors Of The | Class of ’40 | | F. W. Woolworth Co. Congratulations To The Senior Class of ’40 = = = = = = = DEPT. STORE | | | | : EFIRD’S | : 5c-10ce-25¢e NW © ttt ttt tt tt et 1 | || |, |! || Yl | || | | ||| || | || | | | | || myers a. ive i, ay meas Seventy-three THE 19 40 HI-NOC-AR Mutual Life Insurance Company ROLLER CHAMPION FLOUR Of New York M. R. ROBBINS The Flour The Best Cooks Use District Manager Geo. S. Edwards Co. Daughtridge Fuel Co. Distributor COAL AND WOOD ROCK YS MCUNT se NaC: Grace and Gay St. PHONE 366 HARDWARE PAINTS and TOOLS | Southen Qairies | | | | Ice Cream—Milk l [elps To Make Happy, | J. S. Gorham Hardware | | | | Our Prices and Service Are Sure to Please Healthy Students Company 239-241 Tarboro St. PHONE 234 Sealtest Approved For Your Protection | | LOUISBURG COLLEGE | | Accredited by‘ American Association l pieces Deel alizcel ent | Of Junior Colleges l Opportunities Flavor Try l For i i Self — Help Nehi Bottling Co. | For Details Write : WALTER PATTEN, Pres. ; Makers Of Delicious Drinks | Louisburg, N. C. j yaa lg maa ea a ed a yp ls en Fe pa a THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Seventy-four | | | | l | COMPLIMENTS OF : | | | | | THE BEST 7 | : | BALANCED CITY | : : IN THE BEST : | | BALANCED STATE | | | | IN THE NATION : | | t 3 | | | CITY OF ROCKY MOUNT | : | | | | | Se ee on a sass of a —— wera s 2 Pee ees: = ERS Ay, Seventy-five THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR PLACES OF INTEREST IN ROCKY MOUNT aS CITY WATER TANK NEW FILTERING PLANT CITY POWER PLANT CITY GAS PLANT MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOL MUNICIPAL BUILDING (Under Construction) CITY LAKE MUNICIPAL STADIUM THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Seventy-six ea neg ae ae nie Ne na | | | Step Out Of ] | “Mademoiselle” | | Shop At | = | CUngue Mess Shop j | = [et eheet Rae oa Cla ab smd ee See Us For All Electrical Appliances | Standard Electric Co. | NEW HOME BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 125 Tarboro St. Rocky Mount, N. C. AIRPORT LUNCHEONETTE | | | | | | | i ] | | ie Specialties In Cold Drinks Sandwiches | | | i For Ice C | ce Cream : That niconook | | | and all Delicacies JUNIOR DEB SHOP | | | | | | | ie Free Parking Free Music i Seventy-seven THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR S| | | | | || | || | | ||| — 1 —— 1 I Hh HH THIS BOOK PRINTED BY CAROLINA OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO. Printers - Stationers - Office Outfitters RO CKY MOUNT, N. C. — Hh HE Hh I — HH Nt NN HH HHH Laundry Washing Is 6,000 Times Purer Because Only Laundry Pasteurizes Your Clothes—Also Is Cheaper WE DO ZORIC DRY CLEANING BISHOP LAUNDRY COMPANY PHONE 72—73 | | | | | | | | | | | | | fen = | | = | THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR | Seventy-eight AUTOGRAPHS ¥ x x ee, % ’ i. uf � x « mS PA + - K e 4 P 4 ” - 4 i ort , at . : .7 ‘ ” Ps - hd � é 2 ss % ae « ™. - . ‘ - THE 1940 HI-NOC-AR Seventy-nine oe in oan ong Fit Toon? mw nt : Th = Sener ARAN, nig M4 G9 Oo tees F Sencagtt Parc Tie . he, i ‘ | : ; Sachs ‘ ir RE me e indus We,