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

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1940 volume:

THE TAR-BO-RAH 1940 Volume IV Published By SENIOR CLASS OF TARBORO HIGH SCHOOL TARBORO, N. C. FOREWORD We, the senior class of 1940, have combined all our efforts in one last book, the fourth volume of the Tar- Bo-Rah. If it achieves the purposes for which it was written — loyalty, unity, and friendship in our school — then we, the seniors, will depart happy. We wish, also, to thank those who aided us in making this book a suc- cess and hope that they, too, will find pleasure in reading the Tar- Bo-Rah. DEDICATION X To Miss Warren and Mr. Nau, FOR THEIR UNTIRING EFFORTS IN HELPING US REACH OUR GOAL AND FOR THEIR INDISPENSABLE GUID- ANCE THROUGHOUT OUR SENIOR YEAR, WE, THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1940, IN DEEP APPRECIATION, DEDICATE THIS EDITION OF THE TAR-BO-RAH. SUPERINTENDENT Page Four FACULTY Mrs. Ed Belk . . . .Secretary Mr. Burrage Band Mr. Joe Caruso History Miss Sarah Cloud Civics and English Miss Kathleen Herman Music Miss Doris LEEi Science MlSS SARAH MOBLEY French, Sociology. Geography , Economics Mrs. Harvey McNair. . . English Miss Virginia McTeer Home Economics Mr. HENRY NAU Mathematics, Science Mr. John Perian Civics, Science, Mathematics Mrs. Forrest Sledge - English, Latin Miss Mabel Upchurch:!: Science Miss Lynette Warren . . . Mathematics Miss Rebecca Weant Librarian MlSS SUE GREYf Commercial t Half Year. f No Picture. X ■ o « ■ PS o Em ■ 55 W W H W 25 SENIOR CLASS MASCOTS Ann West Edgar Norfleet WEDDING OF MASCOTS ATTENDANTS BlLLIE BATEMAN Louis Bass Turner Bass Jimmy Britt Irene Belk Pete Burns Bip Carstarphen Bill Clark Farmer Cullom Jean Darrow Maurice Davis maland deloach George Earnhardt Gray Eason Billie Edwards Tommy Frank Vinton Fountain Scrap Green Millie Green Ernest Gresham Glenn Hall Edna Hathaway Bill Henry Ruby Hudson Clayton Jackson Maud Johnson Kate Johnson Larry Lane Sarah Lineberry Cynthia Mahler Ann Moye Marlyn Gray Mayo Ben Mayo Mary Jane McDowell Timmy Owens Betty Lou Rice Mack Ruffin Sue Ann Sadler Rosa Lee Shepherd Evelyn Shugar Peggy Vauce Peggy R. Youngblood Page Six Classes SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS William Donald Edmondson President Lula Rogers Vice-President RALPH BALOU WYNN Secretary -Treasurer ght SENIORS James Henry Arnold Jimmie Glee Club 3; Baseball 4. Blue-eyed and light hair, His enemies are not spared; Enthusiastic and reckless as sin, And always raising a din. Pearl Delma Alexander Pearl Travel Club 3; Glee Club 4. Sober, quiet, patient, and demure, A friend of whom you ' re ahvays sure. William Mance Bogey Mance Band 1, 3, 4; Waiter 2; Dra- ma tics 3; Latin Club 2. Mance is funny, we haft a admit; As the class jokes, he gets it; He has his solemn moments too, We just can ' t realise what Mance can do. Goldie Beatrice Baker Goldie Travel Club 3; Glee Club 4. Goldie is a small girl with such a cute face, You never sec it when it ' s out of place. Up on her toes and ahvays alert And Goldie is not a very big flirt. Ruth Waters Bond Ruth Secretary Class 1, 2; Latin Club 2; Green Memorial Cup 2; Basket- ball 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary Monogram Club 3, Vice-President 4; Beta Club 3, 4, President 4; Liberal Arts Award 3; Glee Club 3, 4; Waitress Junior-Senior Banquet 2; Art Editor 4; Travel Club 3; Marshal 3; Voted Most Popular Girl ; Miss Tarboro High. Here ' s to Ruth Bond, a popular lass, A leading light in our Senior Class; She ' s peppy, ivinsome, optimistic too. May all her hopes and dreams come true! Julius Creech Son President Class 1; Marshal 1; Football 3, 4; Band 1, 3, 4; Mono- gram Club 3, 4; Chief Waiter Junior- Senior Banquet 2; Voted Most At- tractive Boy. One thing that I never could see Why an attractive boy as he Could have visitors at his home When he was playing his saxophone. Dora Estelle Abrams Bug Travel Club 3; Glee Club 4. A pal, a friend, a scholar Loyal, honest and always true; She can laugh, she can smile, A true friend well worth while. Allie Edward Atkinson Allie Football 4. A smart boy, he never shirks, He puts everything he has in all his work. Mary Minter Ausbon Polly Glee Club 4; Travel Club 3; Latin Club 2; Voted Cutest Girl. For if she will, she will, you may depend on it; And if she ' won ' t she won ' t, so there ' s an end to it. Daisy Lee Bardin Gal Basket!),- ' 1 1, 2, 3, 4; Marshal 1; Glee Club 3, 4; Class President 2; Monogram Club 3, 4; Waitress Junior-Senior Banquet 2; Art Editor 4; Voted Most Athletic 4. On popularity and attractiveness She has a claim And her athletic skill has won her fame. Russell Speight Carter Spike Glee Club 3; Monogram Club 3, 4; Basketball 4; Associate Editor Baseball 3, 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Voted Best Looking Boy. Smart, dependable, faithful — Lets no school work interfere with Lets no school worl pleasure; afraid of work, but just doc Not m ' t like it. Mary Elizabeth Braswell Dibby Glee Club 4; Travel Club 3; Latin Club 2 ; Voted Best Dressed and Friendliest Girl. She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with And pleasant, too, to think of. SENIORS Margaret Lee Cartledge Margaret Travel Club 2; Glee Club 3, 4; Beta Club 4; Voted Best Dancer. She ' s jolly, she ' s sweet, Just the kind of girl you ' d like to meet. William Donald Edmondson Dink Football 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Monogram Club 3, 4. President 4; Marshal 2, Chief 3; Beta Club 4. President Class 4; Voted Mr. Tarboro High. The class president, he ' s very smart, For making friends he has an art. In all games hr likes to play Chances arc good token he enters the fray. Ruby Lee Ellis Smokey Class Historian 4. Whenever it comes to playing you ' ll Find Smokey ready for fun, But you ' ll also find her ready when Work ' s to be done. Annie Lillian Eure Lillian Beta Club 3. 4. Secretary 4; Latin Club 2; Voted Most Studious and Most Likely to Succeed. She ' s quiet, she ' s calm, and very serene But a sweeter girl you ' ve never seen. Sadie Lee Griggs Sadie Glee Club 1, 2, 4; Travel Club 3; Beta Club 4; Secretary Class 3; Waitress Junior-Senior Banquet 2; Voted Most Dignified Girl. You ' ll always find he A girl whom all love true and just and trust. Richard Sawyer Hoggard Richard Voted Most Dignified Boy. A fine boy, a swell lad, When you get to know him, he ' s no half bad. Jesse Cameron Denton Jesse Beta Club 4; Baseball 4. Smart, happy, carefree, and gay, A good boy in every way. Margie Colleen Clark Pee Wee Glee Club 4; Travel Club 3. You ' ve a sweet way about you That is very, very dear. A pleasant way that always makes Folks glad to have you near. Oswald Hood Graham Ottie Football 2, 3, 4; Manager Base- ball 2; Waiter Junior-Senior Ban- quet 2; Monogram Club 3, 4; Voted Most Sincere Boy. In football he always lacked weight, but When the fighting was toughest, he was always With the rest, doing his best. Anna Meredith Fluck Chuck Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3. 4; Debate 2, 3. 4; Monogram Club 3, 4, Secretary 4; Secretary Latin Club 2; Waitress Junior-Senior Banquet 2; Beta Club 3, 4; Busi- ness Manager Tar-Bo-Rah 4; Voted Biggest Flirt and Most Original. Anna is one of our best athl etes, She has a smile for every one she meets. She ' s a girl that likes her fun She ' s ready when there ' s work to be. done. Ervin Dixon Guill Monk Football 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Basketball 4; Monogram Club 3, 4; Advertising Manager Tar-Bo-Rah 4; Voted Wittiest and Most Friendly Boy. He is very witty But harmless as a kitty. Dorothy Louise Hackney Dot Glee Club 3, 4; Dramatics 3. A form more fair, a face more sweet Ne ' er has it been my lot to meet; And her modest answer and graceful air Shcm her wise and good as she is fair. SENIORS John Wesley Hudson Johnnie Football 2. 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Monogram Club 3, 4; Vice-President Class 2; Voted Most Popular and Biggest Flirt. When as a girl ' s man, he ranks with the best We leave this little verse in hopes that He will turn and be something Besides a girl ' s flea. Ethel Dare Harper Doodle Bug Glee Club 3, 4; Travel Club 3. A cute girl, a witty girl A girl so full of fun, A loud girl, a careful girl A thousand girls in one. William Glancy Mewborn Bill Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Monogram Club 3, 4; Voted Best Athlete. Here ' s to Bill Mewborn and it does seem That he ' s one of the best of the foot- ball team ; Strong and sturdy, always smiling too, Winning and ■willing and always ready to do. Ruth Harris Hoard Ruth Glee Club 3, 4; Latin Club 2; Beta Club 3. We ' re proud of Ruth, The m aid with the light hair; For when she tickles the ivories There ' s music in the air. Margie Royall martin . Margie Secretary Class 1, 2, Treasurer 3; Waitress Junior-Senior Banquet 2 ; Beta Club 3; Class Testator 4; Glee Club 4; Travel Club 3; Latin Club 2 ; Voted Most Attractive and Pret- tiest Girl. Most fair of face, Most winsome in her grace. Julius T. Sadler, Jr. Sadler Latin Club 2; Band 1, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Travel Club 3; LTsher Dedi- cation of Auditorium; Art Editor Tar-Bo-Rah; Voted Most Original Boy. You ' ve never seen Sadler when his work he was shirking And you ' ve never seen him when he wasn ' t working. Virginia De Lon Hagans Virginia Glee Club 4; Latin Club 2. She ' s no Comedy of Errors Nor a Midsummer ' s Night Dream But take it As You Like It She is just what she seems. William McA. Killebrew Bill Bill is one of those polite boys Who never speaks unless spoken to. Aline Hill Aline Travel Club 3. A perfect woman, nobly planned To warm, to comfort, and command. Lillie Mae Jones Lii.lie Mae Glee Club 3; Beta Club 4; Basket- ba ' .l Reporter 4; Dramatics 3; Voted Most Dependable Girl. Lillie Mac Jones, a humdinger is she. She is always talking and quite a fiirt you see. She ' s not exactly a flapper, neither is she very slow But she likes all the boys, so is al- ways on the go. Edward Lee Newsome Little Boy Treasurer Class 1, President 2; President Travel Club 3 ; Waiter Junior-Senior Banquet 2; Beta Club 3, 4, Vice-President 4; Editor-in- Chief Tar-Bo-Rah 4. Edward Lee has driven a school bus for these four years past, He cares not if he runs fast, It is the bus that he so well loves to operate. Even though he is a sparkle He is willing to cooperate. Frances Mae Medlin Wakelon High School 1, 2. 3; G. M. Bell Society 1, 2. 3; Home Economics Club 1, 2. Such a blue inner light from her eyelids outbreak, You looked at her silence and fancied she spoke; When she did, so peculiar, yet so soft was the tone Though the loudest spoke also, You heard her alone. SENIORS Mildred Erline Rawls Travel Club 3; Glee Club 4; Voted Wittiest Girl 4. Mildred is a friend whom we all treasure dear; She has -worn a smile throughout the year; Success in life doesn ' t worry her a bit, And she was voted to be the class wit. Harcld Bernard Shugar Bunny Football 1. 2. 3. 4; Monogram Club 4; Basketball 4; Voted Best Sport. He loves every good looking girl he sees But he loves his wavy hair more dearly; If you ever sec him without his chewing gum Call a doctor, for his case is serious. Catherine E. Roughton Catherine Glee Club 3, 4; Orchestra 2; Monogram Club 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Waitress Junior-Senior Banquet 2; Voted Most Talented. Quick on her feet, always alert, She ' s an all-around girl and som - times a flirt; She loz ' cs to dance and loves to swim And when it comes to singing she ' s got everything. Dercum Strickland Durk Baseball 3, 4; Basketball 4; Foot- bail 4; Advertising Manager Tar-Bo- Rah 4; Voted Best Dancer. Match you for a nickle, when this 1 hear Then I know Durk is near; He ' s handsome, friendly, courteous and kind. In fact Durk is all that ' s fine. Elsie Jean Sinback Marshal 2; Beta Club 3; Glee Club 4; Dramatics 3; Class Prophet; Associate Business Manager 4; Voted Best Sport. Here ' s to Elsie, who ' s heart and smile Make the bubble of life worth while. Marvin Linwood Varnell Marvin Football 1. 2. 3. 4; Baseball 3. 4; Monogram Club 3, 4. Every game he took part in T. H. S. was sure to will. Rudolph Sexton Rudy Football 4; Basketball 4; Mono-, gram Club 4; Voted Most Studious Boy. As a friend Rudolph is great. As a student he just won ' t wait, As an athlete he is fine, You don ' t find many of his kind. Lula Maude Rogers Lula Glee Club 3. 4; Beta Club 3, 4, Reporter 3, Treasurer 4; Vice-Presi- dent Class 4; Associate Editor Tar- Bo-Rah 4; Latin Club 2; Voted Most Sincere Girl. None knew her but to love her. None named her but to praise her. BILLIE STELL Billie Baseball 3. Billie is a great hunter you can guess, Give him a gun and he ' ll do the rest. Everytime he shoots something falls If its nothing but the little lead balls. Ruth Gwendolyn Sexton Gwen Glee Club 3, 4; Dramatics 3; Travel Club 3; Latin Club 2. Just let me sing — be content. Benjamin W. Trueblood Benjy Waiter Junior-Senior Banquet 2; Marshal 3 ; Voted Cutest and Best Dressed Boy. Though he is as cute as he can be He is a true friend to you and me. Mary Frances Stell Home Economics Club 4; Travel Club 3. Frances knows her stuff, She always does study enough; She loves her teacher and her books But what we love is her own good looks. SENIORS Helen Elizabeth Wickham Travel Club 3; Glee Club 4. Her air had a meaning, her move- ments a grace, You turned from the fairest to gaze on her face. ALTON LOUIS WHITLEY Two-Ton have time I will study. Dorothy Lee Zimmermon Dot Dorothy is a girl that everyone knows And she spreads her joy wherever she goes; She is kind and loving too And girls like Dot there are but few. William Webb Bill Football I, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1. 2. 3, 4; Monogram 3. 4; Waiter Junior- Senior Banquet. of boy that is bound ii whatever he under- Bill is the type to succeed takes. He knows much and is ambitious to knoiv all. Only those who are most closely associated with him can fully appreciate his true value. Grace Aleene Wilkins Glee Club 3, 4; Latin Club 1. 2; Travel Club 3. Sweet and sincere, all during the A friend she is too and to tin she is true. school Ralph Balou Wynn Jack Beta Club 3, 4. Program Chair- man 4; Secretary-Treasurer Class 4; Vice-President Travel Club 3 ; Voted Most Dependable Boy 4. Jack Wynn, bright as any, Who helped all the ' students through without a penny, He pulled most of us through without a doubt, So here ' s to Jack a good old Scout. Belle Drake No Picture JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS William Clark President Josephine Harris Vice-Pre sident Eleanor Hyman Secretary HELEN BLAKE Treasurer Miss Upchurch Adviser Mr. PERIAN Adviser Page Fourteen JUNIORS Mary Agnes Anderson Dorothy Armstrong Harold Atkinson Nannie Gray Baker Mary Evelyn Batchelor Helen Blake June Bourne Madeline Briley Jean Cheery William Clark Louise Coker Sarah Dunstan Freddie Ellrod Hilda Ford Vernon Fountain Margaret Guill Allen Harrel Josephine Harris Lillian Harris Juanita Hoard Ophelia Holland Eleanor Hyman Dallas Johnson Celia Mae Joyner Chalmers Laughlin Jane Lockyer Hortense Lyles Van Martin Chandler Muse Ruby Newsome James Parker Bob Peters JUNIORS Mildred Pittman Earl Purvis Theodore Robinson Sam Sheffield Jimmie Simpson Lucille Smoot Virginia Sollee Elizabeth Spruill Richard Thayer Doris Walker Mary E. Wiggins JUNIORS WITHOUT PICTURES Margaret Andrews Louise Brown Effie Cobb Nellie Hudson Ruby Long Margie Lucas Jessie Martin Luther Mears Ernest Moore Paul Nobles Cecil Parks John Pollard Martin Sasser Cathleen Sawyer Joseph Taylor Margaret Wall Charles Whitley William Windberry SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS Boo Boo Gilliam President Ed Bond Vice-President HARVIE WARD Secretary Si: NOR A LINDSAY Treasurer Mrs. Harvey McNair Adviser Miss Sarah Mobley Adviser Ruth Abrams Irvin Adler Wilson Anderson Page Andrews Sam Assad James Ballard Lelia Mae Ballard Lillie Barefoot Mavis Barfield Mabrey Bass Gwendolyn Bateman Ed Bond Joel Bourne Johnnie Bradley Bill Brantley Clyde Bridgens Eula Bunting Garland Carter Hubert Carter Janie Craft Mack Cratch Charles Cullen Frances Cullom Florine Dail Lee Dew James Dupree Billie Edmondson MEMBERS Elizabeth Edmondson Betty Edwards Mildred Edwards Lois Faucette Nathan Ford B?tty Gaines Julian Gatling Boo Boo Gilliam Tom Graham Ruby Griffin Carlton Harrell Catherine Harper Bill Hatton Gladys Hoard Virginia Hoggard Alice Howard Luther Hyman Paul Johnson • Elizabeth Jones Carl Kornegay Hoke Leggett Senora Lindsay Eunice Lockyer Ruth Madry Rachel Martin Cole Morris Robert Moseley Theodore Moseley Corinne Newell Iula Newsome Hubert Parks James Pilly Evelyn Pittman O. L. Pittman Paulie Powell Hazel Price Jacksie Price Marjorie Prokash Jesse Rawls Margaret Respress Milford Ruffin Nick Sawyer Willie Shepard Forrest Sledge Ruth Spier Sam Stell John Taylor Maria Thayer Harvey Ward Corky Webb Mildred Whitley Mary Williams Sherman Winchestor Grace Winslow Page Seventeen Page Eighteen FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS Marguerite Hall President Douglas Hathaway Vice-President WILLIAM TAYLOR Secretary -Treasurer Mrs. Audrey M. Sledge Adviser Mr. Joe Caruso Adviser Miss Sarah Cloud Adviser Helen Alderman Mildred Alford Gladys Anderson Walter Andrews Evelyn Arnold Bettie Lou Baker Elorse Baker Grace Batchler Edith Berry Bennie Bottoms Howard Braswell Earl Brown James Royster Brown Josephine Brown Bruce Bulluck Bernice Bunn Dorothy Butler Hubert Carpenter Kenneth Carter Lanmie May Carter Pat Cherry Ester Collins Eleanor Cox William Crank William Crisp Geraldine Dautridge Kerg Dew Pauline Duncan Brooks Eason Arthur Edmondson Mabel Eleanor Florence Elrod MEMBERS Francis Elrod Bertha Fraley Janice Gatling James Ray Griffin Jack Hagans Francis Hale Virginia Hale Marguerite Hall Earl Hamill Douglas Hathaway Nannie Hathaway Jack Hill John Thomas Hoard Joseph Hales Sue Holland Christine Hudson Anne Jenkins Louise Jennette Herman Leggett Charlie Long Ruth Lucas Roy Madra Maureen Morris Christine Mears Willie Mears Royster Melton Isabelle Mills Edna Mosely Shepard Newman James Knox Ethel Laughlin Ralph Parker Earl Pearce Oma Pigg Thomas Edward Pigg Roland Pittman Bertha Ponds Evelyn Parker Elizabeth Price Alton Rawls Estelle Rawls Raymond Reynolds Rudolph Rogerson Hannah Sawyer Joseph Sexton Virginia Sexton Gladys Shirley Gilbert Shugar Olivia Solee John Taylor William Taylor Lois Thayer Alice Trevathan John Varnell Stanley Umphlct Wilber Walker Lester Ray Wall Claude Walston William Walter Christine Warren George Warren Ashley Wiggins Ernest Winchester Page Nineteen Page Twenty Activities DEBATING TEAM Ruth Bond Jesse Denton Dink Edmondson Lillian Eure BETA CLUB MR. PERIAN, Sponsor Anna fluck Chalmers Laughlin Sadie Griggs Chandler Muse Eleanor Hyman Edward Lee Newsome Lillie Mae Jones Bobbie Peters Lula Rogers Lucille Smoot Virginia Sollee Ralph Wynn Page Twenty-two GLEE CLUB Miss Herman, Director Page Twenty -three X (A I o ■ H t H o ■ w W H U BAND Mr. BURRAGE Director Harold Atkinson Drum Major Sarah Dunstan hortense lyles Drum Majorettes MEMBERS Mance Bogey Lyn Bond. Jr. Sonny Brown Luther Cromartie Pete Clark Son Creech Dail Creech Charles Cullen Farmer Cullom Buck Earnhardt Freddie Ellrod Sue Gains Horace Guill Horace Hathaway Dug Hathaway Ruby Hudson Kate Johnson Cham Laughlin Little Brother Leggett Ted Morgan Alvin Moore Chandler Muse Billie Page Billie Peters Bob Peters Lucile Smoot Virginia Sollee Ted Roberson Carl Rosenbaum Julius Sadler Gilbert Shugar Evelyn Shugar Jimmie Spiers Billie Walters Harvey Ward Joe Wagner Lewis Weeks William Windberry Carl Worsely Bo Jenkins Page Twenty-four MONOGRAM CLUB OFFICERS BlLLlE Edmondson President Ruth Bond Vice-President ANNA FLUCK Secretary-Treasurer Mr. Caruso Adviser Mr. Nau Adviser Mr. Perian Adviser MEMBERS Margaret Andrews Boo Boo Gilliam O. L. Pittman Gal Bardin Ottie Graham Earl Purvis Ruth Bond Margaret Guill Catherine Roughton Ed Bond Ervin Guill Rudolph Sexton Russell Carter Sis Harris Sam Sheffield Pat Cherry Bill Hatton Bunny Shugar Son Creech Johnnie Hudson Forrest Sledge Frances Cullom Eleanor Hyman Lucile Smoot Dink Edmondson Buzz Jeanette Virginia Sollee Anna Fluck Ethel Laughlin Thurman Strickland Charles Fountain Bill Mewborn Richard Thayer Vernon Fountain Paul Nobles Harvie Ward Julian Gatlin Evelyn Pittman Bill Webb Page Twenty-five FOOTBALL earl Purvis . . Sam Sheffield Captain MR. CARUSO Manager MR. NAU . . . Coach Coach Walter Andrews Allie Atkinson Edward Bond Mabrey Bass Joe Bourne Bo Carpenter Russell Carter William Clark Son Creech Dink Edmondson Julian Gatlin TEAM Ottie Graham Tom Graham Boo Boo Gilliam Ervin Guill William Hatton Johnnie Hudson Chalmers Laughlin Billie Mears Bill Mewborn Theodore Mosley Paul Nobles Earl Purvis Robert Peters Martin Sasser Rudolph Sexton Bunny Shugar Jimmie Simpson Forrest Sledge Dercum Strickland John Taylor Richard Thayer Bill Webb Corky Webb FOOTBALL SCHEDULE — 1 939-40 Date School Score September 22 T. H. S 31 Springhope 2 September 29 T. H. S Rocky Mount 24 October 6 T. H. S 32 Kinston October 12 T. H. S 31 Edenton 7 October 20 T. H. S 13 Greenville 13 October 27 T. H. S 25 New Bern 7 November 3 T. H. S 6 Washington November 10 T. H. S 13 Elizabeth City 44 November 17 T. H. S 6 Goldsboro 13 November 24 T. H. S 12 Ranoke Rapids Varsity Squad. Page Twenty-six CAPTAIN EARL PURVIS Awarded the Trophy Most Valuable Team Player Prospects for a winning team for 1939 were not so bright when the candi- dates showed up for practice in the fall. A squad of thirty boys, consisting of fifteen varsity boys and seventeen jun ior varsity candidates reported for work. However, the boys overlooked this handicap, showing fine spirit, hustle and enthusiasm. Under Coaches Caruso and Nau after three weeks of strenuous work, stressing blocking and timing the Tigers were ready for the opening game. On September 22 in Bryan Park the Tigers defeated Spring Hope 32-2. The Tigers ' attack proved very versatile as they scored five touchdowns while Spring Hope scored only a safety. On September 29 in Rocky Mount the Tigers played one of their great games of the year. Nevertheless Lady Luck was smiling the other way and they lost 24-0. The lack of reserves showed up more unfavorably in this game than in any of the whole season. In the next two games the Tigers defeated Kinston 33-0 and Edenton 31-7 displaying great offensive threat in the passing combination of Hatton. quarter- back, and Thayer, end. The game with Greenville proved to be a heartbreaker for the Tigers for after leading 13-0 at the half, they were tied after the flashiest piece of running seen all year was displayed by George Sakas of Greenville who intercepted a pass and ran ninety-five yards for the tying score. New Bern and Washington fell before the Tigers ' jauggernaut 25-7 and 6-0 respectively. The fine running and blocking of Mewborn and Carter aided the Tigers considerably in these victories. As for the defense, the snappy work of Hudson and Creech made the Tigers inpenetrable. The next two games proved too much for the tiring and injury-riddled Tigers as they lost 45-1 2 and 13-6 to Elizabeth City and Goldsboro, respectively. In the final game of the year the Tigers gave their best demonstration game of the year defeating Roanoke Rapids 12-0. Captain Earl Purvis led his team to victory with those yard-gaining line plunges for which he is so well known. The fine teamwork and spirit of good sportsmanship displayed by the Tigers in all their games contributed to the most successful season that Tarboro has seen in many a year. With the loss of only two boys the prospects of a great season next fall seem bright to Coaches Caruso and Nau, the students, and the other football fans of Tarboro. Page Twenty-seven GIRLS ' BASKETBALL TEAM Mr. Caruso Coach Sis Harris Manager Margaret Andrews Guard Ethel Laughlin Forward Ruth Bond Forward Catherine Roughton Guard Pat Cherry Forward Lucile Smoot Guard Frances Cullom . Guard Virginia Sollee Guard Vernon Fountain Forward Anna Fluck Forward Gal Bardin Forward Lelia M. Ballard ... Guard Margaret Guill Forward Janice Gatlin Guard Eleanor Hyman ... Guard Elizabeth Jones .... Forward Buzz Jeanette Forward Evelyn Pittman . . Guard Elizabeth Spruill ... Guard SCHEDULE Jan. 12 — T. H. S. 19; Goldsboro 23. Jan. 15 — T. H. S. 26: Leggett 1 I. Jan. 23 — T. H. S. 28; Williamston 23. Jan. 31 — T. H. S. 47; Speed 28. Feb. 2 — T. H. S. 9; Goldsboro 20. Feb. 6 — T. H. S. 15; Roanoke Rapids 19. Feb. 15 — T. H. S. 19; Edenton 3 7. Feb. 16 — T. H. S. 32; Williamston 31. Feb. 23 — T. H. S. 9; Washington 26. Feb. 27 — T. H. S. 25; Roanoke Rapids 9. Feb. 29 — T. H. S. 7: Washington 19. Mar. 1 — T. H. S. 11; Greenville 28. Page Twenty -eight BOYS ' BASKETBALL TEAM Mr. Caruso Coach Bill Webb Manager VARSITY T Richard Thayer (Capt.) Bill Hatton:|: Johnnie Hudson Dink Edmondson Ervin Guill Ed Bond Russell Carter Dec. 1 2 — T. H. S. 28, Hobgood 2 5. Feb. 10- — T. H. S. 16; Elon College B 39 Jan. 2- — T. H. S. 26; RockyMount 24. Feb. 14- — T. H. S. 22 Wilson 28. Jan. 5- — T. H. S. 30 Wilson 3 8. Feb. 1 5- — T. H. S. 35; Edenton 9. Jan. 12- — T. h. S. 23; Goldsboro 1 2. Feb. 1 6- — T. H. S 35 Williamston 18. Jan. 1 5- — T. h. S. 31 Greenville 3 2. tFeb. 19- — T. H. S. 17; Cary 36. Jan. 23- — T. H. S. 26; Williamston 29. Feb. 20- — T. H. S. 1 8 Rocky Mount 24. Jan. 25- — T. H. S. 59: Edenton 14. ' Feb. 23- — T. H. S 33 ; Washington 1 1 . Jan. 26 — T. H. S. 22; W. Forest Frosh 50. Feb. 2 7- — T. H. S. 32; Roanoke Rapids 18. Feb. 2 — T. H. s. 28; Goldsboro 14. Feb. 29- — T. H. s. 3 1 ; Washington 1 5 . Feb. 6 — T. H. s. 31 Roanoke Rapids 17. Mar. 1- — T. H. s. 13; Greenville 22. Feb. 9 — T. H. s. 29; Greenville 3 7. Mar. 8- -T. H. s. 10 Greenville 28. WON IN 1940 Sportsmanship Trophy of the Northeastern Conference Tournament. tState B Play Off. Northeast Conference Tournament. JWon 228 points — Highest number ever scored in history of Tarboro High School. TAM Center Forward Forward Guard Guard Bill Mewborn Julian Gatlin JUNIOR TEAM Bunny Shugar, Captain Bo Carpenter Tom Graham Lee Dew Chalmers Laughlin Bobbie Peters Dercum Strickland Boo Boo Gilliam SCHEDULE Page Twenty-nine BASEBALL Mr. Caruso Coach Mr. Perian Coach Bill Webb Marvin Varnell Harvie Ward Charles Whitley Boo Boo Gilliam Bo Carpenter Martin Sasser Pete Clark Monk Guill Russell Carter Paul Nobles Mance Bogey Ottie Graham Sam Sheffield Julian Gatlin Forrest Sledge Jack Hagans Dink Edmondson Dercum Strickland SCHEDULE Mar. 21 — South Edgecombe here. Mar. 26 — Rocky Mount there. Mar. 29 — South Edgecombe there. Apr. 2 — Edenton here. Apr. 5 — Rocky Mount here. Apr. 9 — Roanoke Ra pids here. Apr. 1 2 — Greenville there. Apr. 1 6 — Washington here. Apr. 19 — Edenton there. Apr. 23 — Washington there. Apr. 26 — Goldsboro here. Apr. 30 — Roanoke Rapids there. May 3 — Open. May 6 — Goldsboro there. May 10 — Greenville here. Page Thirty Features Page Thirty-one THE TAR-BO-RAH STAFF Edward Lee Newsome Editor-in-Chief LULA ROGERS Associate Editor Russel Carter Associate Editor ANNA Fluck Business Manager ELSIE JEAN Sineack Associate Business Manager SON CREECH Advertising Manager Ervin GuiLL Advertising Manager Ruth Bond Art Editor Julius Sadler Art Editor Daisy Bardin Art Editor Page Thirty-two A DREAM Time to get up! Oh me — such a lovely dream spoiled — but I must remem- ber it! ' Tis appropriate — so appropriate — to tell my classmates on this, my graduation day! ' Twas on a September morning in 1936, ninety-eight girls and boys con- gregated at the high school building. Some of them were excited and reluctant to enter the building, some nervous with anticipation of what was about to happen, and some with a sense of impending disaster — for we were about to be christened Freshmen of Tarboro High School. During our Freshman year, under the leadership of Miss Sarah Elizabeth Jenkins and Miss Ruth Johnston, we conquered our feeling of inferiority; and even though we were called the Silly Freshmen we soon learned to ignore it and console ourselves with the old adage that Every dog has its day. We entered, in September, 1937, our Sophomore year with a few less in number but with determination to be an asset to Tarboro High School. Our encouraging sponsors. Miss Sarah Elizabeth Jenkins and Miss Sarah Mobley, assured us that we succeeded. So now in the face of 1 938, with still fewer in number, but stronger in desire to succeed, we were more than ready to assume the important title of Juniors. The Junior-Senior Banquet and a Hobby Show were the highlights of the year, both of which were directed by Miss Sarah Elizabeth Jenkins and Miss Sarah Mobley. At last the day arrived, September, 1939! We had earned and now received the title Dignified Seniors, and we felt that our tiring efforts were justified. Boy, were we proud! We felt superior and maybe at times we did overstep our bounds! However, most of our energy was directed by our advisers, Miss Lynette Warren and Mr. Henry Nau, in several worthwhile channels. We published the fourth edition of the TAR-Bo-RAH. we sponsored a Tom Thumb Wedding of our mascots, Edgar Norfleet and Ann West; we sponsored a Negro wedding, and individually, members of the class led in other extra-curricula work of T. H. S. The class of ' 40 has come a long way since that morning in 1936. Although the number has dwindled from ninety-eight to fifty-five, we have accomplished a great deal. We feel that these four years have been well spent. We do not feel that this is the end of our education and training, but the beginning of a wider and more thorough range of knowledge. True, a chapter, a very interesting and happy chapter of our lives, is closing; but another chapter is opening and we are going to enter into it with the unspoken aim to achieve something worth- while in life. Fate planned, I am sure, that I re-live my high school days in this dream, on the day of my graduation. May I have this dream again and again as I journey through life, for I shall always hold dear the memory of happy days spent in dear old Tarboro High School. RUBY ELLIS, Class Historian. Page Thirty-three LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT State of North Carolina) County of Edgecombe Tarboro High School City of Tarboro ) We, the senior class of nineteen hundred and forty, being of sound mind and desiring to part with treasures found in our four years of exploration, do hereby declare this our last will and testament. Article 1 To Mr. Mahler and the Faculty, we leave our sincere appreciation for their untiring efforts in our behalf and for their never failing guidance throughout our years in high school. Article 2 To the Juniors, we leave our well earned name The Dignified Seniors and hope that they will enjoy this attainment as much as we have. Article 3 To the Studious Sophomores we leave our best wishes for their success and the hope that they will not have too hard a struggle. Article 4 To the Freshmen, we will our refinement, a sense of responsibility, which we hope to be the building of a better T. H. S. Article 5 To the following students such Senior properties as named: To June Bourne Ruth Bond ' s grades. To Eme Cobb Anna Fluck ' s lack of timidity. To Boo Boo Gilliam Mance Bogey ' s ability to play the clarinet. To Pete Clark Rudolph Sexton ' s height. To Wilson Anderson Jack Wynn ' s scholastic record. To Sis Harris Frances Medlin ' s French grades. To Sarah Dunstan Mary Frances Stell ' s modesty. To Dallas Johnson Bill Webb ' s permanent smile. To Irvin Adler Ottie Graham ' s physique. To Allen Harrel Son Creech ' s masculine nature. To Margaret Guill Sadie Lee Grigg ' s dignity. To Julian Gatlin Johnny Hudson ' s way with the ladies. To Mamie Lois Faucette Mary Lubba Braswell ' s driving ability. To Forrest Sledge Dercum Strickland ' s dancing ability. To Gwen Bateman Polly Ausbon ' s ability to get her man. To Lelia Mae Ballard Virginia Hagan ' s flirtatious way. To Chan Muse Ervin Guill ' s wit. To Eleanor Hyman Elsie Jean Sinback ' s laugh. Article 6 We, the members of the Senior Class of Tarboro High School, have put our hands and seals on this fifth day of March, nineteen hundred and forty. The Senior Class of Tarboro High School. (Signed) Margie MARTIN, Testator. WITNESSES: Gal Bardin, Rudolph Sexton, Elsie Jean Sinback. Page Thirty- four FUTURE FANTASY The messenger brought my gardenias from Creech, the Florist, and, as soon as I had pinned them on, I made my way through the office to the outer door. Whither, Elsie Jean? called our Lillie Mae Jones from her desk as I passed. To no other place than Margie Martin ' s, fellow-journalist, I answered. She is giving a celebrity party — you know. Wish me luck and a good write-up. Here ' s to you, then. said Lillie Mae. I was just going to hail a cab when a car drove up and someone asked me to ride. It was Julius Sadler who had just returned from Hawaii, where he had been spending the winter. I complimented him on the beautiful roadster he was driving and he told me it had been designed by Rudolph Sexton. We soon arrived at the beautiful country estate of Margie Martin. Out admiring her garden were Dr. Anna Fluck, Nurse Aline Hill, Captain Jimmie Arnold of the U. S. Navy, and Gal Bardin, outstanding woman athlete. As I entered the house I saw my hostess talking with the famous dress designer, Polly Ausbon. and Mary E. Braswell. lovely model. There were dozens of people at the party. I don ' t think I could ever recall them all; but in the number were Ruth Sexton, a grand opera singer, and Grace Wilkens, short-story writer. Near the punch bowl I found Scientist Bill Mewborn and Chemist Ottie Graham arguing over the contents of the punch. Drifting about the floor on the arm of Son Creech, well-known orchestra leader, was Ruth Bond, beautiful commercial artist. Dorothy Hackney, a lovely singer, discovered and managed by New York ' s most successful director, Dercum Strickland, was talking with Nurse Dorothy Zimmerman. Mance Bogey, well known lawyer, sat flattering Catherine Roughton, radio singer. Ethel Harper, night club dancer, and Mary Francis Stell, nurse, were listening to Bill Killibrew, the publisher of Sadie Lee Griggs ' latest book. My High School Days. Goldie Baker, nurse. Mildred Rawls, and Alton Whitley, comedy team, and Richard Hoggard, bookkeeper, were playing bridge. Allie Atkinson, designer of Margie ' s house, Jack Wynn, Secretary of Treasury, and Ruth Hoard, concert pianist, were watching the game. Marvin Varnell. professional football player, Dr. Edward Newsome, Benjy Trueblood, recognized aviator, and Russel Carter, heavyweight champion, were out inspecting the pool. Helen Wickham. bed-time story teller on the radio, Lula Rogers, nurse, Estelle Abrams, wife of a famous surgeon, and Lillian Eure, poet, were out on the sun porch listening to the radio. Bill Webb, novelist, Dink Edmondson, Secretary of Agriculture, and Ervin Guill, vice- president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, were in a round-table discussion of the political situation in Europe. Margie Clark, singer, Margaret Cartledge, teacher. Pearl Alexander, lab- technician. Ruby Ellis, beautician, and Francis Medlin, stenographer, were also engaged in a hot argument. Jesse Denton, U. S. Senator, was standing by listening with interest. After interviewing the celebrities and making notes of the other guests present, I made my departure even though the evening was still young and the party was to be prolonged into a dance, which probably was now at its height. Outside the door. I bumped into a late comer, John Hudson, speed demon, the second Suicide Hayes. With him was Billy Stell, big game hunter. I went straight back to the newspaper office where I found Virginia Hagan using my type- writer to take notes given her by Bunny Shugar, the paper ' s circulation manager. I shooed them away and sat down to straighten my cluttered desk. Bunny returned soon to tell me that I had better hurry if I was going to attend the New Year ' s Party for the staff of the Daily Press. Why, I had forgotten! A second after twelve. Little New Year 1950 would be ushered into Tarboro. Another year had passed now. and I wasn ' t any closer to being a celebrity. Oh, well! maybe this year I would be the most famous guest invited to one of those celebrity parties instead of just going for the purpose of writing about it. Elsie Jean Sinback, Prophet. Page Thirty-five Best Looking, Prettiest Margie Martin Russell Carter Most Studious Lillian Eure Rudolph Sexton Most Dignified Sadie Lee Griggs Richard Hoggard Cutest Mary M. Ausbon Benjy Trueblood Most Original Anna Fluck Julius Sadler Mr. and Miss T. H. I Ruth Bond Billy Edmondson Most Athletic Gal Bardin Bill Mhwborn Best Dressed Mary E. Braswell Benjy Trueblood Most Likely To Succeed Lillian Eure Most Talented Catherine Roughton Son Creech Most Friendly Mary E. Braswell Irvin Guill h-1 o o X u CO E U s o « o m «: H Best Sports Elsie Sinback Bunny Shugar iWosf Dependable Lillie Mae Jones jack wynn Most Popular Ruth Bond John Hudson Best Dancers Margaret Cartledge Dercum Strickland ' Scream and Screech with Sonny Creech. Wittiest Mildred Rawls Irvin Guill Most Sincere Lula Rogers Ottie Graham Most Attractive Margie Martin Son Creech Biggest Flirts anna fluck John Hudson The Perfect Gift for Graduation Credit Jewelers Phone 510 Hotel Tarboro Building TARBORO, N. C. Page Thirty-eight Rosenbaum ' s, Inc. Tarboro ' s Leading Store Where Quality Outlives Prices Phone 47 Main St. Compliments of Vanity Beauty Shoppe Located Now Second Floor Rosenbaum ' s Department Store Mrs. H. Keck, Prop. Phone 365 Compliments of W. S. CLARK SONS ' Everything For Everybody Tarboro, N. C. Compliments Given By Merchants of TARBORO, N. C. WOOTEN SERVICE STATION PARKER AND STEPHENSON ESSO CENTER R. A. LINDSEY, Ins. Agt. CUMMINGS WHOLESALE CO. LANCASTER FURNITURE CO. Quality — Service Economy FRESH MEATS HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES FEEDS AND SEEDS STEDMAN STORES CO. We Deliver Phone 615 Page Thirty-nine Compliments of McGRORY ' S Carlisle Funeral Home Home of Tarboro Mutual Burial Association, Inc. Phones: Day 129— Night 192 Tarboro, N. C. Compliments of The SODA SHOPPE Jack Mobley, Prop. Compliments of CITY BARBER SHOP 326 Main St. Phone 54 Tarboro, N. C. CREECH The Florist Flowers For All Occasions Member of F. T. D. NASH and MIZELL INSURANCE RENTALS Edgecombe Homestead and Loan Association ESTABLISHED 1889 HOMES SAVINGS MARROW-PITT Hardware Company Wishes Success to Each Member of the Class of 1940 Page Forty SWIM WITH US Tarboro has the distinction of having the ONLY REFRIG- ERATED POOL IN THE WORLD. City water which supplies the pool passes through a chlorinator and a refrigerating plant twice daily. Ample life guards are constantly on duty to protect human life. The surrounding trees and shrubbery create a picture of extreme beauty. Beautiful lawns, well-kept v alkways offer an attraction to those seeking diversion and the rest afforded around the well- kept pool. TARBORO SWIMMING POOL Page Forty-one BELL ' S CLEANERS AND DYERS Good As Any Better Than Many + Phone 181 The First Thought In Drugs The Edgecombe Drug Co. The Prompt and Efficient Pharmacy ( P - E - P ) Taylor Beverage Co. Phone 140 Tarboro, N. C. Compliments of Planters Nut and Chocolate Go. B. J. Tomko, Agent 164— Phones— 708 Page Forty-two Compliments of Heilbroner Jewelry Company Easiest Terms In Town BULOVA, ELGIN, HAMILTON, GRUEN, and TAVANNES WATCHES TARBORO, N. C. G. E. PUTNAM INSURANCE REAL ESTATE RENTALS General Insurance Phone 85 Tarboro, N. C. Page ' s Quality Market Phone 111 419 Main St. Tarboro, N. C. THE BEST IN MEATS AND GROCERIES Sanitary Plumbing and Heating Go. Expert Plumbing and Heating Phone 500 Compliments of DIXIE CAFE 417 Main St. Phone 409 Tarboro, N. C. Tarboro Building Loan Association The Home of Thrift W. G. Clark, Jr., President V. H. Creech, Vice-President C. E. Putnam, Secretary-Treasurer Tarboro, N. C. Our Best Wishes To The Young Men and Women of Tarboro High School LEVY ' S The Store for Men Compliments of Shugar ' s Dept. Store Head-to-Foot Outfitters Tarboro, N. C. Page Forty-three PS ■ o « ■ PCS H H PS o I z w w H w 2 Compliments of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Incorporated TARBORO, NORTH CAROLINA M. S. Brown, Secretary-Treasurer Page Forty-four To Serve You Better With the Finest Foods At the Most Economical Prices tarboro PENDER FOOD STORES Do You Have Baking Trouble ? If So — Change to Voigt ' s Gilt Edge and Carnation Flour And find the pleasure of the success that has made us hun- dreds of satisfied customers who for many years have en- joyed its rich, pure quality. Peters Wholesale Co. Distributors MILK Supplies Year Around Energy A Bottle of Milk Is A Bottle of Health Municipal Milk Plant Tarboro, N. C HENDERSON LUMBER COMPANY Incorporated Lumber and Building Material We Supply the Builder Phone 701 Page Forty-five When Your Suit Isn ' t Becoming To You It Should Be Coming To Us STAR GLEANERS Phone 272 Compliments of Tarboro Veneer Company Tarboro, N. C. WEEK ' S GARAGE Motor and Electrical Work Exide Battery Sales Battery Recharging Tarboro, N. C. 1914 1940 NOBLES Tarboro ' s First White Barber Shop Phone 52 Tarboro, N. C. Tarboro Motor Go. SALES— SERVICE Tarboro, N. C. Compliments of Braswell Bros. wholesalers Tarboro, N. C. COMMUNITY HARDWARE CO. tarboro, n. c. electrical appliances Colonial and Majestic Theatres Best In Sound Equipment Best In Talking Pictures Tarboro, N. C. Page Forty-six BELK-TYLER GO. ' Tarboro ' s Shopping Center We Outfit The Family SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS Printing and Binding BY THE Observer Printing House INCORPORATED 204-214 West Second Street CHARLOTTE, N. C. Page Forty-seven AUTQGRAPHS ■ o ■ H « H o ■ w w H W 2