Siler City High School - Seniorogue Yearbook (Siler City, NC)

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on his dude ranch near Austin, Texas. George Phillips is his foreman; and here also is Polly Darden, vacationing from her job as commercial teacher in a Texas college. In the nation’s capital in Washington I see Estelle Brooks doing secre- tarial work. David McPherson is coaching baseball at State College. Lib Rowland has a promising career as a dram.atic teacher at a school for girls. Slowly the vision grows dim, and I can see nothing. But then there appears, very faintly, another familiar face. It’s Palmer Whitt, who is manager of a modern theater in Atlanta, Georgia. And Tom Brady is there, too, a very successful druggist. In a sudden shifting of the clouds, my vision moves quickly back to good old North Carolina. Dimly I see the skyline of Greensboro, where Mack Gee owns a department store. Rachel Whitehead is a secretary in a large business firm. Earl Fitts is a reporter for the Greensboro Daily News, and Bobby Holt is manager of Coble’s Sporting Goods Store. Billy Payne is in the furniture business, with Clyde Dowd a salesman and Rebecca Straughn as his secretary. Ruby Lois Dixon is teaching English at Woman’s College. The vision passes on swiftly, and I catch a fleeting glimpse of Duke Hospital, where Ann Stone is dietitian and Mozelle Gilliland a nurse. Moving quickly to our home town, I see very clearly for a few minutes. Frank Brooks is a druggist in his father’s store. Ella George Mclver and Ercelle Culberson operate a swanky ladies’ dress shop. Brady’s garage has an expert mechanic in Ralph Tysor. Taking up the teaching profes- sion at the local high school are Jean Freeman and Barbara Ann Burke. Also in our home town I find Margaret Headen and Betty Thomas operating a beauty salon, and Jean McPherson a clerk in the postoffice. Ah! The enchanting sights grow dim and appear no more. What does the future hold for me? That I cannot see. The mystic haze has lifted, and I see nothing but the surging blue waters. C. K. Siler, Prophet. 19

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CLASS PROPHECY ONE RADIANT, sunny afternoon I find myself on the beautiful sands of Miami. The ever-rolling waves break on the smooth, glistening sand. Dreamingly I lie here, and the splashing waters bring many mysterious and exciting visions. These sights are of the incomparable future. Can they be true? Yes, surely they must be. My prophetic mind is filled with all the familiar faces of my graduating class of ’47. From these strange visions there ap- pears the future — a very promising one — for my classmates. Ah! First there appears class president, Dwight Beane, a veteran test pilot at Wright Field. In New York City I see Jean Goode, who is a famous opera star, and Curtis Harris, who has just finished another of his weekly radio broadcasts as a singing star. So these two have really fulfilled a destiny in the musical world. At Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Charles Wrenn is now head surgeon, with Jane Maness and Elaine Hancock efficient nurses. Norman Jordan is physical education instructor at the University of Maryland, where Billy Lee Phillips teachers forestry. The vision moves west to Chicago where I find Jesse Milliken a prominent lawyer, with Doris Scott as his private secretary. Dolores Cranford is modeling for a leading dress designer, Jean Brewer. Wayne Brewer is a journalist for the Chicago Tribune. My! Chicago seems to have a big share in our future. The vision moves swiftly on and reappears far away in sunny California. Rawdon Vann is a movie extra for Columbia studios. And just finishing another comedy hit are the Holt Brothers. I look closely, and who should they be but Milo and Billy, who are hailed as the best since Abbott and Costello. John M. Johnson is chief mechanic in the Boeing Aircraft plant, of which Edwin Clapp is superintendent. The vision grows dim, and then brightens to show me John Emerson 18

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT NORTH CAROLINA Chatham County Siler City High School WE, the seniors of Siler City High School, being of sound mind and memory, realizing our superiority over all other classes and that our school days are numbered, and wishing to leave some of our excellent traits and talents with our underclassmen and to our school, do hereby make, publish, and declare this as our last will and testament. Item I The Senior Class knows that we are leaving the Faculty with a new condition of mind — a mind filled with peace and joy. Item II Jesse wills his store of confusing questions to Jack Allred. Item III Ruby Lois wills her three study halls to some lucky lass. Item IV Hudsie leaves his spirit of the old West to John “Tex” Jordan. Item V Jean Goode leaves her love for singing to Rachel Hall and Mary Harris. Item VI Milo leaves his cute smile to Frankie Gilmore. Item VII Billy Lee Phillips wills his muscular body to Robert “Doodle” Emerson. Item VIH Jean Brewer leaves her quiet ways to Becky McMinn. Item IX Ralph wills his height to Bobby Jean Johnson. Item X Dolores leaves her pep as cheer leader to one of next year’s lucky cheerers. Keep up the good work! Item XI Becky leaves her love for politics to all the dull history students. Item XII Ed leaves instructions to Buddy, who wanted to come back, to keep things going. Item XHI Clyde wills his ’37 Chevrolet to his brother, Dewey Dowd. Item XIV Lib and Ella George will their parking space to Lydia and Marsha Mood: Item XV C. K. (Bush) leaves his athletic ability to his brother, Henry. Item XVI Elaine wills her baby ways to cousin Doris Hancock. Item XVII Yank and Charles will their ability to get out of class for sign painting and banking to the Senior Class Treasurer and handy man of ’48. Item XVHI Barbara Ann’s cheerful disposition goes to Marcelene Stanley. Item XIX Curt leaves the workshop steps to Bessie, to be held alone. Item XX George transfers his stubbornness to his sisters, Joanne and Rachel. Item XXI Ercelle wills her bookkeeping ability to next year’s students (?). 20