State Normal High School - Normal Light Yearbook (Elizabeth City, NC)

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1926 THE NORMAL LIGHT 49 Class Prophecy As I stood near the leaning Tower of Pisa which has proven a mystery to tourists in Italy thinking just what might be the outcome of each mem- ber of my class, there appeared before me an old man with long white beard, pointed cap and monastic gown. As I stood gazing in amazement, he' drew near me and whispered: I am Merlin, prophet, sage and magician to King Arthur and his round table knights. I am come to enlighten you on the destinies of your classmates as they will appear in 1950. Listen attentively. Ralph Hill is pastoring the largest church in the West Indies. Ellen Cooper and Marietta Carter are' teachers in the University of Berlin, Germany. Minnie Hill is doing National School Extension Work. John Bias who is now married to Evangeline Forbes is professor of mathematics in Howard University. Maxwell Overton has charge of the Theological De- partment and his wife, who while in school was Florida Robinson, is librar- ian in Howard. Mattie Alston, Alice Coston and Annie Creecy are Red Cross nurses in New York while Anna Johnson and Ella Louise Poole are doing similar work in Paris, France. Leon Reid and his wife who before marriage was Nellie Simpson reside in Wilmington, Del. William and Norman Parker are studying an invention in science, How to Put Voice in Movies. Luther Wilson is becoming very notorious as an oiator and we know that with such oratorical powers as he possesses, nothing can crown his efforts but success. Willie Nixon is the respected owner of an employment office in New York City. Mattie Holley, Lillie Norman and Annie Hassell are residents of Atlantic City, N. J. Raymond Purnell is teaching mathematics in Colum- bia University. Mary Reid is teaching Physical Education in this same institution. Ellen Mills is teaching music in the New England Conservatory. Horace Ward resides in Chicago with a family of a wife, three sons and two daughters. Charles Fayton is teaching vocational work, and his wife who, prior to being married was Willie Raign, is teaching English in Wilberforce Uni- versity. Mary Sledge and Lillie Blackwell are also teachers in Wilberforce, Art and Science respectively. Claudius Bonner is an auto mechanic in Detroit and Olive Burton is stenographer for the Western Union of that city. Rosetta Honablew is teaching foreign language and James Norman is pianist in the largest jazz orchestra in Chile, South America. Mildred Fleming, Catherine Grandy and Willie Hurdle are singing in London, England. Beatrice Roberts, Mrs. Griffin, Bessie Parker and Willie Ready are missionaries in Africa. Alma Norfieet, Blanche Barclift and Ruth.Spellman are actresses in L'Opera Grande in France. Charles Anderson is a merchant in Paris. Leo Perkins is whistling in the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and also with the Ziegfield Follies. Ethel Ward is posing for the Palm Olive Soap Co. Keep that school- girl Complexion.

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48 THE NORMAL LIGHT 1926 Class Will Let it be known that we, the undersigned, being in a nervous frame of mind after four years under the iron hand and will of the Teutonic in- structors, but being ever mindful of the duty we owe to our successors, do hereby make and declare our first. last and only Will and Testament, ex- pressly revoking all rash promises of members made heretofore. We bequeath, turn over, present, and bestow upon the Class of '27 the following: 1. Our beloved class room, Number two, to be used for their own personal use. 2. Seats on the front row in chapel, especially during prayer meeting. 3. Privileges of going around the campus without a chaperon. 4. All stray marks that we did not need to graduate. 5. The most interesting book of the class, Literature and Life, Book IV. to be studied under our beloved English and Class teacher, Miss Eva J. Lewis. Our personal bequests are as follows: 1. Miss Florida Robinson gives to Miss Clara Roberts all stray ham bones that can be taken from the kitchen. 2. Miss Penelope Johnson gives to Miss Margaret Heath her dimples. 3. Misses Christine Clark, Alice Coston, Catherine Grandy, Mary Reid, and Evangeline Forbes turn over to Misses Ailene Hol- ley, Lelia King, Willie Beverly, Evelyn Mitchell and Bernice Bias, all implements that go to make a school girl look at- tractive. 4. Mr. Willie Hurdle bestows upon Mr. Vernon Holloman his melodious voice. 5. Mr. William Parker presents to Mr. Harry Slade his humorous actions. 6. Miss Annie Hassell bestows upon Miss Trolie Brown her ex- cellent capacity for getting knowledge, and sincerely hopes that Miss Brown will be an honor student as she was. 7. Mr. Owen Thompson wills to Mr. Samuel Holley a book writ- ten by him entitled How to Make 51.00 Look Like S2.00. 8. Miss Ethel Ward would like to give some friendly advice on How To Make And Break Records, Knot Victor records.J 9. Miss Beulah Hoffle gives to Miss Mary Louther the know- ledge of How To Reach the Heights without Fleischman's yeast. 10. Miss Annie Creecy bequeaths to Miss Jessie Brown the little pamphlet entitled How to Eat and Grow Thin. We hereby appoint by unanimous vote, Mr. Jafmes Capehart to act as executor and chief mourner, and to see that no insulting remarks about us are made when we leave. We direct that Mr. Edwin Green place our document in the State Normal School safe and that he be provided with a can opener in case Miss Hicks forgets the combination. In witness whereof, I, the undersigned, as a member of the notorious Senior Class of 1926, do affix our name and seal. Signed in the class presence this twenty-seventh day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six. 1 Annie Creecy

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50 THE NORMAL LIGHT 1926 John James is a very prominent lawyer in New Orleans, La. Arlethia Johnson, Eulah Williams and Eulah Walston are teachers in Tuskegee In- stitute, Elizabeth Luton is a stenographer for that same institution. Azzelia Ferebee and Christine are teachers in Morehouse Collegeg Christine, music teacher and Azzelia, science teacher. Manly Royal has the largest Art Studio in Atlanta, Ga. Louise Smith- wick is stenogvrapher for the International Loan Co., of Atlanta and Evora Council is County Supervisor for Union County, Ga. Blanche Coley with the assistance of Georgia Davis is directress of Physical Education in Shaw University. Verlie Faison and Martha Weaver are the proud owners of a very successful beauty parlor in Winston-Salem. Beulah Williams, Carrie and Pauline Lewis are State Supervisors of Public Instruction. Lester Spellman and his wife who was Sarah Hill when she was in school, own a very famous art studio. They have as models Lelia Law- rence, Jessie Burke, Julia Simpson and Beulah Liverman. Pictures from these models have made the artists world famous. Beulah Hoffler and Mabel MCMUUFCH have settled down as Old Maids. Mrs. Newby and the others of our class who were married at gradua- tion, with the exception of Mrs. Griffin who is doing missionary work in Africa, are teaching in Elizabeth City and neighboring towns. C Regent Staton is at the head of the Social Worker's Club in New York ity. Right here Merlin ceased to speak and I saw no more of him. We are fascinated by sweet imagination.s but may truth spread the light so that it may appear what we shall be. -Owen H. Thompson