Seagrove High School - Se Hi Yearbook (Seagrove, NC)

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PRGPHECY As I walked lnto the news othce thrs mornlng my boss Cllflford Lucas edltor of the Seagroye News and Press greeted me wrth the followlng words Xour next 1ss1gnmcnt wlll be a complete LONLFILL of the world lookrng up and reportlng on the where 1bouts and posntrons of exery member of the class of 50 Now th1s was rrgght down my alley What could be more lnterestxng than looklng up and talklng wxth old classmates? Well I hopped a plane anel ran smack bang mto Willard Cox who rs stlll shootmg the breeze and III the meantlme selllng Pont11c Automobiles You see he runs the Pontlae place ln Phoenix Arrzona My hrst stop w IS LlGLldfkll1 lreld where I met lunror Beck the fiITIOLlS b1ll pl 1yer of the St Louis C1rd1n1ls They are rn town for 21 serles w nh tl1e Grants and are well on therr way to the pennant I had to get aw 1y from the held some how and md who was drnmg that yob but Rex Combs Rex h IS llNPI'ONCll III h1s drnrng since he droye 1 bus 1nd I got to the Waldorf rn one piece As I went up to my room who should I run 1nto but Irank Deaton and 1 bunch of cattle buyers You sec Irank owns a large cattle ranch rn Texas and rs buylng and selling cattle up here I entered my room looked through the wrndow 1nd IH the skyscraper next to the Waldorf there was Catherlene Cole ,ust workrng herself to death trying to make one of the ugllest women pretty She runs 1 beauty shop and they say people w1ll go up forty odd stories yust to get her to do the work When I started to settle down and turned on my radro to short waxe who should I hear but loy Cann one of the best amateur radio and telegraph operators 1n the busxness Well this w1s wonderful but I heard of the basketball game at the Colosseum so I dressed and started on my merry way When I arrned I was amazed to see what was taknng place There were two of the best athletes lI'l our class Kenneth Hall and Delons Auman Kenneth rs pl1yrng for the Washrngton Redsklns and Delorls has her own team ot All Amencan girls rncrdentally each of them rs captain of hrs team They really showed therr stuff yust because I was there you know Kenneth w1s 1lw1ys bal about that anyway Dee was hugh scorer for her team whrle Kenneth set 1 scorrng record wlth srxty elght pornts I left the ball game 1nd went home to try to get some res I awoke the next mornmgg and had roaming on my mlnd New York rs not the only town IU the world you know I arrrxed at LaGuardia lleld at ten oclock sharp and dccrded to go to Hollywood Wfhen I boarded the plane who was there to make me 1ll snug 1nd comfortable but Kathleen Deaton She w1s 1lw1ys dreaming ln cl1ss 1bout benng 1 hostess on one of these bug pl 1nes My trrp was 1 ple1sant one but sometlnng tune up th1t remmded me of my dearest class m1tes We were gorng swell when a storm blew mto us thus remxnded me of oseph Ledw ell He they tell me oseph lb dolng rather well with the detectne busxness He rs Edgar Hooyers rxght hand man now smce he cracked hrs last case We h 1d 1 h1ppy landlng and I was almost ready to settle down when I heard Mary Lee Iarlow off rn the dnstance I knew xt could be nobody else so I rushed ox er to hnd her I trxed to ask her how thrngs were goxng but before I had a chance she had already told me She I5 doing the last thing I exer thought she could do teachlng dramatrcs Wfell I decided to look Hollywood oxer and you know theres lots of thrngs ln Hollywood to look oxer so I caught 1 subway to the mam part of town lust 1s I w 15 about to cross Holly wood and Vnne who drd I run unto but Gladys Ireeman We had a chat and I was surprised to learn that she was ClCSlgI1lI'1g clothes for one of the most popular actresses rn the busmess today Blendon Slack Blendon has really been on the go slnce the unror and Senlor plays I went on to 1 hotel to get a room and there at the desk to help me was Irances Lambeth She really has 1 yob keeping all the thrngs strarght rn the hotel of whrch she I5 p1rt owner As I was going to my room down the hall l passed an office Was 1, r I ' .- 4 . . 7 V A - 4 fl S! . . 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Wm W' Ever:-za NNW!!! BEEF SUPERLATIVES Best Looking Cutest Neatest Fruewdllest Best All Round Best Sports Quuetest Most Optlmustlc Wnllard Cox Catherlene ole Jack Upton Blendon Slack Wnllard Cox Frances Lambeth Frank Deaton Gladys Freeman Jerldean Ledwell Rex Hurley Delorlse Auman Kenneth Hall Lawrence Slkes Mary Kung Earnest Show Rachel Tucker

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PROPHECY I dreamrny, or had Bonnle Hayes fmally reached her coal as prnate secret1ry ' Well she has the yob 1nd her boss too IH my way of thmklng, After 1 wh1le I went clown from my room for 1 w1lk 1round the block 1nd I dxscoxered one of the luekxest clrls of our class tl1e former erlclean Ledwell She nabbed her man rexlly before craduatron Mr 1nd Mrs W1de Luther are operltlny, one of the cutest 1ce cre1m parlors rn Hollywood Incldentally she h1d lots of ex perrence blck lt school selhny, 1ee cream for Mr Dew 1r I left tl1e 1ce cre1m parlor full to tl1e brrm 1nd went down the street a httle way to a news st1nd I w IS lookmg ox er the1r supply of hterature when SOITICIIIIDKL caught my eye tf1at was re1lly wonder ful the book that I w1s 1bout to buy w IS wrrtten by one of my former cl1ssmates ane Presnell After asking., 1 few cyuestlons I found thlt l1er books are 1ll best sellers I Aeuess 1ny pl1cc w1ll get borm rfter 1 wlnle 1nd I had rece11ed word tl11t some of my fellow m1tes were Ill the Lone St1r St1te so whlt do I do but t1ke the next C 5 1 out of town I rrrnfd safe 1nd sound but completely unaw 1re that I w IS 1lmost to be run oycr by one of those tr1ctor traller yobs I w 18 yust IS st1rtled when I s1w Rex Hurley w1s Lll'IXlflf, Rex IS dome wonderfully well these days 1nd owns 1 llne of trucks Well lt w 15 wonderful to see Rex but he w 18 headed for New York and I the other way so we eouldnt talk lonl Ernest Shaw w 1s the xery next person I SIVK 1nd I began to wonder 1f they h1d moyed PISEIII down to Texas Ernest practrcally sold me 1 tractor rryght then 1nd there but I Suddenly reahzed th1t the only w1y I h1d of bnngnne, t back w 15 un my pocket so I had to refuse Ernest really h1s a prohtable bus1ness selllng Alhs Ch1lmers Texas IS 1 wonderful place but Id begun to yearn for 1 pl1ce closer home so just to break the monotony of 1t 1ll I took 1 tr11n out I drew str1ws for the pl1ce I was bound 1nd landed rn Nashulle It w IS S1turday nrysht 1nd I know youre 1ll flI'I'llll1I' wnth The Gr1nd Ole Opery I dropped ID just for tl1e fun of rt Who was the hrst person to lttract my attention but Albert Luther He IS one of the flXOI'lte stars of I-Inllbrlly 1nd Folk Songs Most of the people say he rs better than Edche Arnold exer hoped to be The next person that I e1me 1n contact wrth w IS Mlry KIHQ., She s 1 nurse now rn one of the most f1mous hospntlls rn Tennessee Ixe wondered many tlmes how I hlppened to meet my next classmate but you know Ver1 Parks nexer IU the same place twrce I asked her what she was dorny, 1nd she told me plenty Her hobby IS COllCCtlflg boy frlends and her oceupatron teach my, musxc Well not eyerythlng IS away from home so I thought Id yourney back and yust to make the tr1p complete I thumbed I got out on the hlehw ay 1nd who came dong, but Mr 1nd Mrs Elton Aumln ID the1r new Cllclllldc Elton 1 1 fo r stir y,ener1l 1nd Nlncy well you know 1ow much trme lt ttkes to e1re for 1 house and cl11ldren Tl1ey 1re mmkrny, Cunp Leyeune the1r home After lbout 1n l1our of flying, low I lI'I'lXLLl Lt Nrncy s former home Erect To my surprrse I met Slh1d1 Stlley Sl1 s st1ll l111nAc, 011 the fum 1nd oxes s wn1bu1 ewa sIws enternny, the cxty hmlts I s1w one of the blecest hosiery mllls lll tl1e South On tl1e srcn was prrnted Owned 1nd oper1tecl by Mr lI1Ll Mrs Lendon Wlllllmb Well I1Rue you fin1lly n1bbed your ITlll l dldnt you? On down Maln Street there w1s the Knddre Shop operxted by Norm1 Vone1n non She just loxes to make chnldren hapy L1wrence Slkes I understand IS employed 1s supernntendent 1n therr mxll I w 1s standxny, on the corner trylny., to thlnk of more of th If wonder ful LIISS when Richel Tucker came up She Sillcl tl1ere yust Isnt mythlny., else for her to do but 1ct so shes tour1nAe, the country wlth 1 group of playm1kers Theres lust one more phopf1ecy Id l1ke to m 1ke Se usroxe School wrll cet g,fL1ICf 1nd gre1ter but therell ne1er be 1 creater or ermder cl1ss tl11n the one of 1950 jrck Upton Prophet A, ' , 'A ,,A ' f , ,, - . . . '- . . 'A 4 ' A - , ' 'Q 2 ' Y, 'ja ' ' ' A ve f . . 1 .. 2 1 . . , . 2 , , N - 1. ,Z A 1 y I 4' 7 1 ' ' -f . - - f f f 1 1 I D' ' 1 7 A I A K K. Y I , - - 7 . vc . 7 7 I '- 1 v. y A 1 . .2 , 1 2 v A A v4 y , I vf v ye 2 A I K , I I . , , vi- V' 7 f - r ' f 4 f . Q ' Sc 'Q 7 . 2 S. , a ' 1' 2 ' . Se u 3 . , , ,Z 4 , ,ZA , . A 1 4 1- Az Q 1 ', ', ' ' l ' . . 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