Tarboro High School - Tar Bo Rah Yearbook (Tarboro, NC)

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THE TAR BUCKET Sue Knight Baker, Lila Mobley, Lucille Turner Three beauty queens from our class No other tribe can this record surpass. Around each face a star I see For Movie Queens they will certainly be. Tom Burnette will go west some day And his Indian football team in the Rose Bowl will play. He ' ll be the foremost coach in our Nation As he trains the Indians on the reservation. Doris Lockyer, so we all know, Will wed Indian brave from Manteo. On Hoanoke Island she ' ll spend the rest of her life As a contented happy wife. Indian water-ground meal, Made famous in every white man ' s hotel. This water-ground meal, the Mewborn sisters will sell The Mewborn name will be in every mouth, Their meal will be known as the Pride of the South. Martha Walker, such a talker ! She will broadcast everyday And receive excellent pay. This I plainly see, Ruby Walters a nurse will be. She ' ll cure paleface of all ills, Ciiving him famous Indian Pills. Charlie Edmondson will still come down the road Always driving his same old Ford. For he ' ll be a farmer and till the soil And make his living by honest toil. Birdie Barrett has a fondness for books, And I know full well She ' ll someday wonderful stories tell. As a story teller she will show great power, And be on the radio in Children ' s hour. Virginia Arnold wants to be a teacher, But she ' s sure to wed a Baptist preacher. Then missionaries they will be And carry the gospel across the sea. It is Elsie Thornburg ' s plan To take an interest in a Hot Dog stand. She ' ll make it attractive and run it right And have everything around painted white. Nina Banks Williams ever since she was young Has always talked in an unknown tongue Always quoting Latin phrases Which makes her appear at times quite hazy. Hut she ' ll make her living with her queer talk And be an interpreter for a foreigner in New York. Piles and piles of tobacco I see George Andrews a tobacco buyer will be He ' ll know tobacco in such a way He ' ll be head of the Lucky Strike plant some day. Murphy Alexander, our good luck guide. Will always be an honor to our tribe. Singing is always her choice Vast audiences she will charm by her voice. One other tiling I want you to know, The older she gets, the sweeter she ' ll grow. Nokomis look up in the sky, Sees a big bird passing by, Howard Hussy pilot at the wheel Makes safe landing in Indian corn field, Says he ' s come with big ship To take red man on western trip. Thus we fly away together To the land of the Dakotas To the great land of the future. Twelve

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THE TAR BUCKET CLASS PROPHECY TX these sands before my wigwam In these sands of all the ages, I can see great deeds recorded Handed down on history ' s pages. I can hear pale face in big cities talk About old Indians and their tomahawk. They ' ll build their highways out of old Indian trail Success will be theirs, in nothing they fail. I see great things — great tilings I plan For the Native American, my red man. All will be peace — they ' ll know no sorrow In this great land — in the great tomorrow. Xokomis see Chief Bill curing white man of all ills. Traveling afar, with bottle of pills. Xokomis plainly see — Great Medicine Man he ' ll be. Mildred Hagans has great knowledge See her as French Instructor in Paleface College. Richard Babcock never tires of making things out of wires. What lie make Xokomis don ' t know, the white man call it radio. I see him in Radio City working day and night So Paleface programs come in all right. Maryon Pitt will lead a happy life As a devoted farmer ' s wife. She ' ll sell fresh eggs every day And help her husband in every way. Crimes Thomas, to tell the truth, Will soon rival Babe Ruth. With ball and bat, he ' ll never stop, Till he bats his way straight to the to]). Morton Jenkins ' career is clear He ' ll be connected witli the sheriff next year. What his duties will be, I can ' t quite think. Unless in the county, be must trap every Mink. Patsy Laughlin will play her way to fame As a great musician, she ' ll make her name. Charles Pillow and Robert Sykes will, I think Win their fame through printer ' s ink. They, the Southerner will buy And their luck as editors will try. Nancy Hart, I see living in a wigwam But it is a great big wigwam. Paleface call it White House Presiding over this wigwam grand She ' d be first lady of the land. Margaret Xewsome has fondness for the flag I see her living at Fort Bragg For her days will be spent Under an Army officer ' s tent. Josephine Arnold, Clarence Olschner Great debaters, big speeches make. As lawyers, great cases take Arguing with Palefare for Indian rights. Pleading for Red man in all their lights. Out on Indian reservation, Charles Weeks will open a service station. He ' ll work on cars and sell his gas And be a friend to the folks that pass. Margaret Baker never has a word to say, But you ' ll hear from her someday. Still water runs deep, So she the President ' s hooks will keep. She ' ll balance the budget for the XRA And every government check she ' ll pay. Over Wilbur Edmondson ' s future there ' s nothing to dread For his fields will furnish his bread. This I clearly see The foremost farmer of Edgecombe County he ' ll be. Murphy Whitehurst has of late Been reading stories of Alfred the Great. She ' ll wed this hero of great renown And live near Mayo ' s Mill, on the old Camp Ground. Xokomis do not understand — big trading posts throughout our land Big sign on door, that say A. P. William Ogburh some day the owner will be. Lilly Thayer will get great joy As private nurse for Baby Leroy Baby Leroy is her favorite actor In his life she ' ll be a great factor. Jack Mobley ' s success will he found On Main Street of our old Camp Ground. For he will run a Soda Shop Always selling Ice Cold Pop. Eleven

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THE TAR BUCKET LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT North Carolina Edgecombe County We, members of the departing tribe of Tarboro High School, being both mentally and physically sound according to leading psychiatrists, realizing the uncertainty of further existence on the hunting grounds of high school education, do hereby make, publish, ana declare this our last will and testament in manner and form following — that is to say: Item 1. We hereby direct our executor herein named to carry out to the minutest detail, this, our last will and testament and to adjust fairly all claims to the estate of this de- parting Class. Item 2. We do hereby give, bequeath, and devise unto — Dee Dee Morris — Bill Raby ' s influence. Hyman Phillips — Sue Baker ' s bubbling vivacity. Albert Alexander — Louise Bryan ' s wit. Gershon Shugar — Clarence Olschner ' s ability to dance. Alice Lloyd — Lonnie Wynn ' s abilty to get by. Elizabeth Liles — Howard Hussey ' s ability to stutter at opportune times in French. Elsie Johnson — Jack Mobley ' s height. Reba Adler — Morton Jenkins ability to be on time. Mary Wyatt — Maryan Pitt ' s disposition to flirt. Sis Ward — Margaret Baker ' s quietness. Rat Boykin — Josephine Arnold ' s studiousness. Harvey James — Lila Mobley ' s debating ability. Wayne Burnette — Patsy Laughlin ' s ability to play the piano. Julian Ruftin — Tom Burnette ' s athletic ability. Harriet Wiggins — Virginia Arnold ' s aggressiveness. Paul Lewis — Grimes Thomas ' good looks. Edward Thomas — Nancy Hart ' s history grades. Sally Powell — Martha Walker ' s figure. J. P. Ballard— Charlie Edmondson ' s baby ways. Elizabeth Bar din — Robert Sykes ' geometry grades. Frances Williams — Margaret Newsome ' s basketball ability. Evelyn Corbett — Richard Babeock ' s ability as ;i carpenter. Gordon Whitlark — Mary Mewborn ' s walk. Item 3. To Mr. Mahler, Mr. White, and the entire school faculty we leave an abundance of appreciation, best wishes, and a deep love that has been inspired by your guiding hand and willing helpfulness throughout our tribal career. Item 4. To Miss Mobley we leave our undying gratitude and sincere love for her hearty co- operation and patience with us during this our last year. Item 5. To the Alma Mater we leave our loyalty, devotion, and best wishes for a success- ful and glorious future. Item 6. To the Classes. To the Juniors we leave our influence with the faculty, studious nature, and dignili. appearance. To the Sophomores we leave our privilege of using the front door, and our gossip circle which holds its daily meeting in the library. To the Freshmen, our privileges of setting high standards of conduct. In so doing we beg of them to remember in the years to come that to attain success in T. H. S. cooperation, persistence, and a model attitude are of vital importance. Item 7. In testimony whereof, we, the members of the Senior Class of Tarboro High School have hereto put our hands and seals, on this, the fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-four. (Signed) Charles Pillow, Testator. Thirteen