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

Text from Pages 1 - 54 of the 1941 volume:

HE TAR-BO tAH 1941 VOLUME V Published by THE SENIOR CLASS OF TARBORO HIGH SCHOOL Tarboro, N. C. 3-7 , 6 76, f 79c Tar-Bo-Rah - FOREWORD The Senior Class of 1941 offers this, the fifth volume of the Tar-Bo-Rah, as a memoir of their school days at Tarboro High, hoping that the picture it has made of the present may be in the album of the future. Page Two DEDICATION To Mrs. Lola S. Babcock Teacher, Mathematician, Friend For a life unselfishly dedicated to moulding other lives; for accomplish- ments of mind, we dedicate this fifth edition of the Tar-Bo-Rah. Page Three 1941 Tar-Bo-Rah SUPERINTENDENT Mr. W. A. Mahler GRADE MOTHERS Mrs. N. D. Ford Mrs. M. L. Laughlin Page Four FACULTY MRS. BELK Secretary Miss BRYAN Civics, General Business, History Mr. Burrage Band Mr. Caruso History Miss Cloud English Miss Hamilton English Miss Horner Commercial Mr. IVES Chemistry. Arithmetic, Science Miss KlMEL Music Miss McLean Home Economics Miss Mobley French, Sociology, Com. Geography Mrs. Sledge English, Latin Miss UPCHURCH Biology, General Science Miss WARREN Algebra, Geometry, Arithmetic Miss WATSON Biology. General Science Miss WEANT Librarian (♦Indicates Half Year.) Pag e Five Tar-Bo-Rah MARSHALS MASCOTS Page Six THE TAR-BO-RAH STAFF Chalmers Laughlin JEAN CHERRY Associate Editor HELEN BLAKE Business Manager JlMMlE PARKER Advertising and Circulation Manager SARAH DUNSTAN Advertising and Circulation Manager SAM SHEFFIELD Advertising and Circulation Manager Editor-in-Chief MARTIN SASSER Art Editor June Bourne Art Editor VAN MARTIN Art Editor BOB PETERS Asso. Business Mgr. ELIZABETH SPRUILL . . Asso. Business Mgr. LUCILE SMOOT Sport Editor Earl Purvis Sport Editor Page Seven Tar-Bo-Rah SENIOR CLASS William Oliver Clark President SENIOR OFFICERS Harold Atkinson Vice-President First Semester Eleanor Hyman Treasurer Elizabeth Spruill Secretary John Earl Purvis Vice-Preside nt Second Semester Page Eight SENIORS Mary Agnes Anderson Mary Agnes True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. Class Poet (4); 4-H Club (4); Basketball (1, 2, 3). Harold Atkinson Harold It ' s not so much what a man stands for as what he falls for. Band (3, 4); Basketball (4); Waiter at Junior-Senior (2) ; Vice- President Class (4). Mary Evelyn Batchelor Mary Evelyn Ever loyal, ever true, to whatever task she ' s given to do. Glee Club (4); Voted Most Dig- nified Girl. Laura June Bourne June Pretty, friendly, attractive and kind, We wish June everything that is fine. Marshal (1); Basketball (1, 2); Glee Club (3); Art Editor Tar-Bo- Rah; Voted Best Dressed Girl, Cutest Girl, Neatest Girl; Waitress at Junior-Senior. Jean Whitehead Cherry Jean A pretty girl, a witty girl, a girl so full of fun, a brainy girl, a care- free girl, a thousand girls in one. Treasurer of Class (1); Basket- ball (2); Travel Club (2); Band (2); Marshal (3); Beta Club (4); Glee Club (2); Associate Editor Tar-Bo- Rah (4) ; Co-Manager Basketball (4); Monogram Club (4). 4lM Margaret Lee Andrews Snookie Attractive, peppy, smart and stveet, a basketball player that can ' t be beat. Basketball (1, 2, 3, 4); Mono- gram Club (3, 4); Voted Best Sport. Dorothy Armstrong Dot ' Always smiling, always sweet, Always pretty and always neat. Helen Porter Blake Helen A classmate, honest and true, and furthermore a worker too. Rocky Mount High School (2) ; Latin Club (2) ; Business Manager Tar-Bo-Rah (4); President of Music Cla.s (4); Voted Prettiest Girl; Treasurer of Class (3). Madeline Grey Briley Madeli ne A good disposition is the greatest of all possessions. Glee Club (3, 4); Travel Club (3). William Oliver Clark Pete It is not birth, nor rank, nor state, ' Tis ' get-up and go ' that makes men great. Secretary of Class (1); Waiter at Junior-Senior (2); Travel Club (2); Football (3, 41; Monogram Club (3, 4); Band (1, 2, 3, 4); Marshal (3); Baseball (3, 4); President of Class (3, 4). Vice-President (2); Voted Best All-Round Boy, Most Original, and Mr. Tarboro High. Page Nine 1941 Tar-Bo-Rah SENIORS Ella Louise Coker Louise Smart, sweet, and very neat. She ' s the girl that ' s complete, 1 Glee Club (1); Travel Club (2). Elizabeth Belle Drake Belle ' ' Her joys are as deep as the ocean, Her troubles as light as the foam. Glee Club (1, 4); Travel Club (2). SARAH ELIZABETH DUNSTAN Sarah Tall and fair, She is noticed everywhere. Waitress Junior-Senior (2) ; Bas- ketball (2, 4); Band (2, 3, 4); Travel Club (2); Class Reporter (3); Tar-Bo-Rah Staff (4). Hilda Ford Hilda Seldom serious, often gay, and jolly good sport in every way. Glee Club (2, 3). Vernon Hope Fountain FOUNTAI n Cute and attractive, bright and gay, Just the kind of girl to lighten the way. Basketball (1, 2, 3, 4); Monogram Club (3, 4); Glee Club (2, 3, 4); Biggest Flirt, Noisiest Girl. Allen Lee Harrell Lee Not too serious, not too gay, But a darn good fellow in every way. Waiter Junior-Senior (2) ; Beta Club (3); Class Prophet (4); Bas- ketball (4); Baseball (4). Margaret Guill Maggie Seme say the world is made for fun and frolic, And so do 1. Basketball (2, 3, 4) ; Waitress Tunior-Senior (2) ; Monogram Cl ib (3, 4); Glee Club (4); Co-Captain of Basketball Team (4) ; Wittiest, Best Athlete. JACQUELINE JUANITA HOARD Nita Everyone is her friend And she is a friend to all. Glee Club (3). (2, 3, 4); Travel Club Ophelia Holland Phelia Whenever it comes to playing, you ' ll find her ready for fun. But she is always handy when there ' s work to be done. Nellie Hudson Nellie Those who know her best appreciate her most. Glee Club (3); 4-H Club (4). Travel Club (3); Page Ten SENIORS Annie Eleanor Hyman Eleanor An athlete beyond compare, A student, always friendly and fair. Basketball (1, 2, 3, 4); Beta Club (3, 4); Secretary of Class (3), Treasurer of Class (4) ; Monogram Club (3, 4); Co-Captain Basketball Team (4) ; Secretary of Beta Club (4). Robert Chalmers Laughlin Cham A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men. President of Class (1, 2); Band (1, 2, 3, 4); Football (3); Basket- ball (3, 4); Beta Club (3, 4), Presi- dent of Beta Club (4) ; Editor-in- Chief Tar-Bo-Rah (4); Marshal (1), Chief Marshal (3); Waiter Junior- Senior (2); Green Memorial Cun (2) ; Voted Most Likely to Succeed (4); Band Medal (3); English Medal (3) . Jessie Ruth Martin Jessie Ruth She ' s jolly, she ' s siveet, Just the kind of girl you ' d like to meet. Basketball (2, 3); Glee Club (2, 4). Thomas Chandler Muse Chan A scholar and a gentleman. Beta Club (3, 4), Vice-President Beta Club (4); Band (3, 4); Voted Most Studious. James Howard Parker Jimmie Here ' s to our right-hand man, will- ing to do all he can; To help the rest, to pass the test. A ready smile for all, an answer for any call. Beta Club (4) ; Glee Club (4) ; Advertising and Circulation Manager Tar-Bo-Rah (4); Debating Team (4); Voted Friendliest Boy, Most De- pendable, Most Sincere Boy. Celia Mae Joyner Celia So timid in stature, with hair all a curl, They think she ' s a flirt, but she ' s a mighty good girl. Hortense Lyles Tense Flirt! We say she can. Glee Club (3, 4); Waitress Junior- Senior (2); Band (3, 4); Voted Best Dancer and Miss Tarboro High. VAN C. MARTIN Monk To be merry becomes you best. Art Editor Tar-Bo-Rah; Travel Club (2); Glee Club (2); Band (3); Voted Most Dignified Boy. Ruby Mae Newsome Ruby She ' s brilliant, clever, of a rare turn of mind. You ' ll have to look far to find one of her kind. ' ' Glee Club (1, 2); Travel Club (2); Class Testator (4). Robert Brooks Peters, III Bob There he goes, with a book in his hand For a studious youth, makes an intelligent man. Waiter Junior Senior (2); Band (2, 3, 4); Football (3); Basketball (3, 4); Beta Club (3, 4); Glee Club (4); Associate Business Manager Tar-Bo-Rah. Page Eleven 1941 Tar-Bo-Rah SENIORS John S. Pollard John Happy am I, from care I ' m free Why cant they all be contented like me? Travel Club (2); Voted Noisiest Boy. Theodore C. Robinson Ted Though he is as cute as he can be, He is a true friend to you and me. Baseball (3, 4); Football (4); Monogram Club (4); Band (3, 4); Voted Most Popular Boy. Sam H. Sheffield Sam His Line ' s Divine. Baseball (1, 3, 4); Manager Foot- ball (3, 4), President of Junior Class (3); Band (1, 2); Glee Club (2); Travel Club (2); Tar-Bo-Rah Staff (4); Monogram Club (3, 4); Voted Best Looking Boy. Lucile Cobb Smoot Smooty A pal, a friend, a- scholar too. Loyal, honest and always true She can laugh, and she can smile A true friend well worth while. Marshal (2); Basketball (2, 3, 4); Monogram Club (3, 4); Beta Club (3, 4); Band (3, 4); Glee Club (2, 4); Sports Editor Tar-Bo-Rah ; Voted Most Popular Girl ; Voted Most Attractive Girl; Voted Most Talented Girl; Voted Best All-Round Girl. Honorable Mention for Green Cup (2). Curtiss Sprague, Jr. Kit A gentleman born, a gentleman bred, and in addition, a fine level head. Courteous, attractive , studious — all, Kit will anstver every call. Boyside High School, New Jersey (1, 2, 3); Captain of Service Squad (3) ; President Model Airplane Club (2, 3); President Dramatics Club (3); Swimming Team (2, 3); Editor of Soundings Magazine (3) ; Glee Club (2, 3). John Earl Purvis Earl Fair and square in his play A Hercules with muscles strong On the field you hear them say ' Lookout when Purvis comes along ' . ' Baseball (1, 2); Marshal (2) Football (1, 2, 3, 4); Monogram Club (2, 3, 4); Athletic Award (3) Sports Editor Tar-Bo-Rah; Voted Best Athlete; Vice-President Class (4) ; All-State Football Team (4) ; Captain Football Team (3, 4). Martin Glenn Sasser Sasser Full of ginger, and full of pep, He ' s done his part in giving us our ' rep ' . Travel Club (2) ; Waiter Junior- Senior (2) ; Voted Most Talented Boy, Voted Wittiest Boy; Football (3, 4); Baseball (3, 4); Monogram Club (3, 4). Waylon J. Simmons B. Y. worry were the only cause for death, then Waylon would live for- ever. Basketball (4) ; Goldsboro High School (1, 2, 3); Junior Play (3); Vice-President Class (3) ; Model Air- plane Club (2); Voted Biggest Flirt. Virginia DeBerry Sollee Ginnie An athlete, student, scholar and friend She will stick by you to the end. Basketball (2, 3, 4); Glee Club (2, 4); Travel Club (2); Band (3, 4); Beta Club (3, 4); Monogram Club (3, 4); Voted Friendliest Girl. Mary Elizabeth Spruill Elizabeth Here ' s to a girl with a heart and a smile, That makes the bubble of life worth while. Waitress Junior-Senior (2) ; Secre- tary of Class (4); Associate Business Manager Tar-Bo-Rah; Glee Club (2); Voted Most Sincere Girl. Page Twelve SENIORS Joseph Taylor Joe Love to one, friendship to a few, and a good will to all. Voted Best Dressed Boy, Voted Neatest Boy. Doris Lipscomb Walker Doris Far may we search before we find, A heart so gentle and so kind. Travel Club (2); Secretary and Treasurer of Class (2) ; Voted Most Original Girl (4). Mary Elizabeth Wiggins Mary Lubba Not too sober, not too gay, but a true-blue girl in every way. Co-Manager Basketball (4). MARGARET LOUISE WALL Margaret ' ;( radiant smiles and knowledge rare. None can surpass and few compare. Beta Club (3). Charles D. Whitley Charles Never let studies interfere with school life. Monogram Club (3, 4); Travel Club (2); Baseball (3, 4). CLASS POEM We the Seniors of this year Wish to pay tribute to these so dear, The Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors of today That we may show them the better way. We have en joyed these days with you And also the making of friends so true We are all able to shed a tear For all of the friends we are leaving here. You teachers also have something due But all we can give is a big thank-you, For helping each one choose the road to take And all this we know you did for our sake. Mr. Mahler who is good and kind Also helped us our road to find, By showing us the difference between wrong and right And for his standards we will always fight. Mary Agnes Anderson, Class Poet. Page Thirteen 1941 JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS MABREY BASS President ED BOND Vice-President Mamie Lois Faucette Secretary Betty Edwards Treasurer Page Fourteen JUNIORS Ruth Abrams Irwin Adler Page Andrews Lelia Mae Ballard James Ballard Christine Brown Mavis Barfield Mabrey Bass Gwen Bateman Ed Bond Joe Bourne Iula Bunting Frances Cullom James Dupree Betty Edwards Mildred Edwards Mamie Lois Faucette Betty Gaines Julian Gatlin Boo-Boo Gilliam Ruby Griffan Katherine Harper Virginia Hoggard Alice Howard Elizabeth Jones Senora Lindsey Hoke Leggett Rachel Martin Mi mm. ASH ' 1 I ' ' ' i i Page Fifteen 1941 Tar-Bo-Rah JUNIORS Wilson Anderson Sam Assad Lillie Barefoot Johnnie Bradely Clyde Bridgers Mac Cratch Effie Cobb Billy Edmondson Tom Graham Bill Hatton Carleton Harrell PICTURES Luther Hyman Paul Johnson Janie Lockyer Ruth Madra Mildred Pittman Hazel Price Marjorie Prokash Milford Ruffin Sam Stell John Taylor Corky Webb Page Sixteen SOPHOMORE CLASS Bettie Ruth Baker OFFICERS President Hannah Sawyer V ice- President Christine Warren Secretary Jimmie Fields Treasurer CLASS ROLL Mildred Alford Mabel Eleanor Earle Pearce Gladys Anderson Florence Elrod James Pilley Walter Andrews Frances Elrod Oma Lee Pigg Evelyn Arnold Jimmy Fields Bertha Ponds Bettie Baker Jack Fisher O. L. Pittman Bettie Ruth Baker Nathan Ford Elizabeth Price Eloise Baker Janice Gatlin Joseph Sexton Grace Batchelor Jack Hagans Hannah Sawyer Edith Berry Frances Hales Virginia Sexton Bill Brantley Joseph Hales Gladys Shirley Bennie Bottoms Virginia Hales Gilbert Shugar Josephine Brown Marguerite Hall Mildred Simmons Earl Brown Douglas Hathaway Olivia Sollee Dorothy Butler Nannie G. Hathaway Charlie Spain Bernicc Bunn Annie Bruce Holland William Taylor Hubert Carter Sue Holland Lois Thayer Kenneth Carter Christine Hudson Maria Thayer Patricia Cherry Ann Jenkins Stanley Umphlet Eleanor Cox Louise Jennette William T. Walters William Crank James Knox Christine Warren Charles Cullen Carl Kornegay George Warren Florine Dail Ethel Laughlin Ashby Wiggins Lee Dew Eunice Lockyer Mary Williams Elizabeth Edmondson Edna Moseley Sherman Winchcstei Theodore Moseley Page Seventeen 1941 Tar-Bo-Rah Page Eighteen FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS IRMA JEAN PUCKETT President BUCK CHERRY . .Vice-President Margaret Freuler Secretary and Treasurer CLASS ROLL Helen Alderman Arthur Edmondson Sadie Mildred Merritt Freeman Andrews Vera Edmondson Harvey Mewborn Ernest Armstrong Spencer Ford Isabel Mills Levora Armstrong Bertha Fraley Ernestine Moore Pauline Armstrong Margaret Freuler Ted Morgan Josephine Bailey Dot Fussel Maureen Morris Dan Baker Sue Gaines Shephard Newman Mary Ballard James Griffan Nellie Newsome Irene Belk Juanita Griggs Evelyn Parker Lyn Bond G. G. Harrell Ralph Parker Lyman Braddy Roland Harrell Thomas Edward Pigg Doris Bradshaw Eleanor Harrell Ralph Malcolm Piland Annie Lou Braswell Doris Hathaway Curtis Pittman Howard Braswell Edna Hathaway Roland Pittman Ida Mae Brown Jack Hill Grace Powell James Brown Virginia Hoard Irma Jean Puckett Forest Bryant Hazel Howard Alton Rawls Bruce Bullock Carlton Hudgin Estelle Rawls Hazel Bullock Ruby Hudson Rudolph Rogerson Bo Carpenter Kate Johnson Bertram Sawyer George Carpenter Ray Johnson Rosa Lee Shepard David Carson Levy James Kent Jessie Sherrod Buck Cherry Margaret Knight Evelyn Shugar Herman Coker Audrey Lee Conrad Taylor Ruth Collier Gene Lewis John Taylor James Cox James Lewis, Jr. Dcarl Thomas Dale Creech Allen Long John Varnell Farmer Cullom Charlie Long Pattie Walston Willie Dale Robert Long, Jr. Dorothy White Jean Darrow Roy Madra James Whitley Kerg Dew Marie Manning Walter Whitley Pauline Duncan William Marrow William Burton Whitley Spencer Dupree Freddie Matthews Earnest Winchester George Earnhardt Willie Mears, Jr. Irene Wood Brooks Eason Mary Medlin Nancy Wood Page Nineteen Page Twenty Page Twenty-one Tar-Bo-Rah DEBATING TEAM Negative gwen bateman Senora Lindsey Miss Weant, Coach Affirmative Betty Edwards Jimmie Parker Ifiift NEWSPAPER STAFF BETTY EDWARDS ... Editor-in-Chief iMlSS HAMILTON .. .Faculty Adviser BOO-BOO GILLIAM Associate Editor MISS HORNER . . Faculty Adviser . ■ rj - Reporters: Hoke Leggett, Jacksie Price, Pat MILDRED SIMMONS . . .Associate Editor Qhmy Gwen Batemanj Ruth MARGUERITE HALL Feature Editor Collier, Bernice Bunn, Ed Bond, SENORA LINDSEY .Feature Editor Alice Howard, Forest Sledge, Buzz MABREY BASS Business Manager Jennette, Betty Gaines. Page Twenty-two HOME ECONOMICS CLUB Miss McLean, Director BETA CLUB Gwen Batem an Ed Bond Jean Cherry Frances Cullom Dink Edmondson MR. IVES, Sponsor Betty Edwards Mamie Lois Faucettc Betty Gaines Ruby Griffen Eleanor Hyman Cham Laughlin Senora Lindsey Chandler Muse Jimmie Parker Bob Peters Jacksie Price Marjorie Prokash Lucile Smoot Virginia Sollee Page Twenty-three 1941 Tar-Bo-Rah BAND Mr. Burrage . . hortense lyles Director Chief Majorette LUCILE SMOOT Drum Majorettes Virginia Sollee Sarah Dunstan Lyn Bond Luther Cromartie Pete Clark Dale Creech Charles Cullen Farmer Cullom Arthur DeBerry George Earnhardt Freddy Ellrod Sue Gaines Horace Guill G. G. Harrell Ed Hart MEMBERS Doug Hathaway Walter House Ruby Hudson Bo Jenkins Kate Johnson Frances Kenney Cham Laughlin Billy Mahler Billy Marrow Lum Mayo Ted Morgan Alvin Moore Chan Muse Billy Page Billy Peters Bob Peters Bobby Pigg Ted Roberson Carl Rosenbaum Gilbert Shugar Evelyn Shugar Ashely Spier Billy Walters Harvey Ward Louis Weeks Ashby Wiggins Carl Worsley Page Twenty-four MONOGRAM CLUB OFFICERS DlNK EDMONDSON President BILL WEBB Vice-President FRANCES CULLOM Secretary -Treasurer Mr. Caruso Adviser MEMBERS Margaret Andrews Tom Graham Evelyn Pittman Gwen Bateman Margaret Guill O. L. Pittman MabreyBass Jack Hagans Ted Robinson Ed Bond Bill Hatton Martin Sasser Russell Carter Ruby Hudson Rudolph Sexton Jean Cherry Eleanor Hyman Sam Sheffield Pat Cherry Buzz Jennette Forest Sledge Pete Clark Cham Laughlin Mildred Simmons Frances Cullom Ethel Laughlin Lucile Smoot Dink Edmondson Senora Lindsey Virginia Sollee Mamie Lois Faucette Paul Nobles Harvey Ward Vernon Fountain Bob Peters Bill Webb Julian Gatlin Earl Purvis Charles Whitley Boo-Boo Gilliam Irene Wood Page Twenty-five Tar-Bo-Rah GLEE CLUB MISS KlMEL, Director CHEERLEADERS Gwen Bateman Bernice Bunn Senora Lindsey Mildred Simmons Page Twenty-six FOOTBALL Earl Purvis Captain Sam Sheffield Manager Mr. Caruso Coach Walter Andrews Dink Edmondson Paul Nobles Ed Bond Julian Gatlin Earl Purvis Mabrey Bass Rudolph Sexton Martin Sasser Joe Bourne Tom Graham Forest Sledge Bo Carpenter Boo-Boo Gilliam John Taylor Russell Carter William Hatton Bill Webb Buck Cherry Billy Mears Corky Webb William Clark Ted Robinson Denotes Varsity Team. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 1940-41 Date School September 27 — T. H. S 6 Greenville 21 October 4 — T. H. S 13 New Bern 12 October 11 — T. H. S .15 Edenton October 18 — T. H. S Rocky Mount 3 3 October 25 — T. H. S Goldsboro 25 November 1 — T. H. S 6 Washington 7 November 7 — T. H. S 12 Warsaw 6 November 15 — T. H. S 7 Elizabeth City 21 November 22 — T. H. S 6 Roanoke Rapids 8 November 26 -T. H. S Scotland Neck 7 Won 3 Lost 7 Denotes Post Season Game. Page Twenty-seven Tar-Bo-Rah GIRLS ' BASKETBALL TEAM Mr. Caruso Coach Jean Cherry . . Mary Elizabeth Wiggins RUTH ABRAMS Guard Margaret Andrews Guard Betty R. Baker Guard Lelia M. Ballard Guard GWEN BATEMAN Guard PAT CHERRY Guard Frances Cullom Forward Sarah Dunstan Forward Betty Edwards Guard MAMIE L. FAUCETTE Guard Vernon Fountain Forward Irene Wood Co-Manager Co-Manager Marguerite Hall Guard Margaret Guill Forward Ruby Hudson Guard Eleanor Hyman Guard BUZZ JENNETTE Forward Ethel Laughlin Guard SENORA LlNDSEY Forward EVELYN PlTTMAN Forward Mildred Simmons Forward LUCILE SMOOT Guard Virginia Sollee Guard Guard BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1940-41 Date Date Dec. 17- -T.H.S 11 Bear Grass 17 Fel). 4- -T.H.S. ... ... 13 Greenville 33 Jan. 2- -T.H.S. . -.18 Alumnae 16 Feb. 9- -T.H.S. 20 New Bern 18 Jan. 10 -T.H.S. 18 New Bern 19 Feb. 11- -T.H.S. ... ... 17 Washington 33 Jan. 13- -T.H.S. ... 32 Faculty . 28 Feb. 12- -T.H.S. ... . 19 Greenville 16 Jan. 14 -T.H.S. ... 21 Washington 25 Feb. 14- —T.H.S. ... 22 Roanoke Rapids 20 Jan. 17 -T.H.S. ... ... 24 Williamston 22 Feb. 19- -T.H.S ... 19 Williamston - 21 Jan. 24- -T.H.S. ... ... 25 Goldsboro 35 Feb. 25- -T.H.S. 23 Goldsboro 28 Jan. 28- -T.H.S. 18 Roanoke Rapids 24 Page Twenty-eight BOYS ' BASKETBALL TEAM Mr. Caruso Joe Bourne Lyn Bond Ed Bond Forward Bo Carpenter Forward Russell Carter Guard Dink Edmondson Guard Julian Gatlin Forward Bill Webb Coach Manager Assistant Manager Boo-Boo Gilliam Forward Tom Graham Guard Bill Hatton Guard Cham Laughlin Guard Bob Peters Center Center SCHEDULE Date Date Dec. 17— T.H.S 26 Bear Grass 24 Feb. 4— T.H.S. ... ... 17 Greenville . 21 Dec. 20— T.H.S.— — 16 Portsmouth 44 Feb. 9— T.H.S. 20 New Bern 18 Jan. 2— T.H.S. 23 Alumni 22 Feb. 11— T.H.S. 14 Washington 8 Jan. 10— T.H.S 24 New Bern 19 Feb. 13— T.H.S. 30 31 Jan. 13— T.H.S. 38 Faculty 19 Feb. 14— T.H.S. 28 Roanoke Rapids 24 Jan. 14— T.H.S. 12 Washington 14 Feb. 19— T.H.S. ....40 Williamston 7 Jan. 17— T.H.S 27 Williamston 23 Feb. 21— T.H.S 26 Greenville 30 Jan. 24— T.H.S 32 Goldsboro 26 Feb. 25— T.H.S. 28 Goldsboro 25 Jan. 28— T.H.S. 18 Roanoke Rapids 20 Mar. 6— T.H.S 23 Goldsboro 36 State Class B Play-off. Semi-finals Northeast Conference Tournament. Page Twenty-nine BASEBALL Mr. Caruso Johnnie Bradley . . Coach Manager Hubert Carter Russell Carter Buck Cherry Pete Clark Dink Edmondson Jimmie Fields Boo-Boo Gilliam Tom Graham Jack Hagans Allen Lee Harrell Hoke Leggett Paul Nobles Bob Peters Ted Robinson Martin Sasser Sam Sheffield John Taylor Bill Webb Corky Webb Charles Whitley Harvey Ward Page Thirty Page Thirty-one 1941 Tar-Bo-Rah 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-one, 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 I. To Mr. Mahler and the Faculty, we leave our sincere appre- ciation for their untiring efforts in our behalf and for their never failing guidance throughout our years in high school. ARTICLE II. To the Juniors, we leave our well-earned name The Digni- fied Seniors and hope that they will enjoy this attainment as much as we have. ARTICLE III. To the studious Sophomores, we leave our best wishes for their success and our hope that they will not have too hard a struggle. ARTICLE IV. To the Freshmen we will our refinement, a sense of respon- sibility which we hope will be the building of a better Tarboro High School. ARTICLE V. To the following students such Senior properties as named. To Bettie Ruth Baker Eleanor Hyman ' s grades. To Oma Lee Pigg Vernon Fountain ' s lack of timidity. To Ralph Parker Bob Peters ' Height. To Grace Batchelor Chalmers Laughlin ' s scholastic record. To Gwen Bateman Evelyn Batchelor ' s modesty. To Anne Jenkins Doris Walker ' s permanent smile. To Stanley Umphlet Earl Purvis ' s physique. To Buzz Jennette Mary Elizabeth Wiggins ' dignity. To Douglas Hathaway . . . . Freddie Elrod ' s way with the ladies. To Boo-Boo Gilliam Charles Whitley ' s baby smile. To Mildred Edwards Jean Cherry ' s French grades. To Senora Lindsay June Bourne ' s driving ability. To Bettie Lou Baker Elizabeth Spruill ' s dancing ability. To Marjorie Prokash Dorothy Armstrong ' s ability to get her man. To Lillie Barefoot Ophelia Holland ' s flirtatious ways. To Betty Edwards Margaret Guill ' s wit. To Ruth Spier Celia Joyner ' s laugh. To Sue Holland Margaret Andrew ' s athletic ability. ARTICLE VI. We, the members of the Senior Class of Tarboro High School, have put our hands and seal on this 30th day of May, nineteen hundred and forty-one. The Senior Class of Tarboro High School (Signed) Ruby NEWSOM, Testator. Witnesses: JlMMIE PARKER Van Martin Helen Blake Page Thirty-two CLASS PROPHECY October 2, 1951. Gosh! Another Birthday! Seems just like yesterday that I was in High School. That reminds me, I must open my birthday cards. Maybe some of them are from my school pals. Here ' s one from Honolulu. Oh! It ' s from John Pollard, a pilot for the Transcontinental Air Lines, and here ' s one from Helen Blake, nurse at Johns Hopkins. I think I ' ll open this one next, it ' s from June Bourne, now a kindergarten teacher in Raleigh. Here is a nice surprise! It ' s from Sam Sheffield who says that he is a lawyer in New York. Virginia Sollee writes that she is teaching Home Economics at Manhattan and that she saw Lucile Smoot on the concert stage last week. Lucile sent a telegram from Raleigh where she is appearing tonight. I just received a special delivery from Van Martin, Doctor, who tells me that he just treated Pete Clark, Lucky Teeter ' s Chief Hell Driver, for injuries received in an accident. Chalmers Laughlin, chemical engineer. Eleanor Hyman, dress shop owner, Sarah Dunstan, wife of Bill Jones, big league bal l player, and Bob Peters, civil engineer, all joined together in sending a telegram from New York City. Here is a large signed picture of Joseph Taylor, now a movie actor for M. G. M. Hortense Lyles writes that she has just been chosen Miss America. ' ' She said that she saw Earl Purvis, coach of the Chicago Bears, and Harold Atkinson, swimming coach at Yale, talking with Mary Elizabeth Wiggins, first lady of Virginia. Here ' s an attractive post card from Elizabeth Spruill. now a stenographer at Sears Roebuck. Ruby Newsome sends me her congratulations and a ticket to her new play opening on Broadway next week. Chan Muse, professor at Peace, writes that he is crazy about this work (and his students). Celia Joyner, owner of a beauty shop in Durham, says one of her best customers is Hilda Ford, nurse at Duke. Here comes Freddie Ellrod the postman with a bunch of cards and letters. They are from Paul Noble, farmer; Mary Evelyn Batchelor, librarian; Earnest Moore, brakeman for A. C. L.; and Luther Mears, algebra teacher at T. H. S. Jean Cherry, teacher at Wilson High School, writes that she is giving up her job to get Married. (Nice going, Jean.) Charles Whitley and Martin Sasser, owners of a hardware store, dropped in to see me and we had a long chat. Here are two letters with foreign postmarks, one from Margaret Wall, Missionary in China, and one from Ted Robinson, Minister to France. Louise Coker writes that she has just written two new short stories, one about Belle Drake, famous women doctor, and one about Waylon Simmons, racetrack driver. Madeline Briley, my secretary, says that Ophelia Holland, doctor, and Jesse Ruth Martin, nurse, are going to open a hospital. Mary Agnes Anderson, owner of the Meadowbrook Night Club, writes that she received a letter from Margaret Guill, athletic director at E. C. T. C. Dorothy Armstrong is working as a torch singer in Mary Agnes ' Night Club. Margaret Andrews, director of sports at N. Y. U.; Jimmie Parker, advertising manager for Hotel New Yorker; and Vernon Fountain, banker ' s wife, are all three in New York City, writes Curtiss Sprague, cartoonist. Doris Walker writes that she is living in New York where she is designing dresses. She says that she designed a dress for Juanita Hoard, wife of the Governor of North Carolina, and one for Nellie Hudson, owner of an exclusive beauty salon in Chicago. You know, way back in 1941, I was the Class Prophet. Now that I am an established writer I think that I shall take a little vacation and visit all of my classmates of 1941. Perhaps I will even write a history of the class. There are enough famous people who were in the class to make it well worth reading. I bet I could even make a Best-Seller out of it. ALLEN LEE HARRELL, Class Prophet March 4, 1941. Page Thirty-three LOOKING THROUGH A SCRAPBOOK To the fact that the history of our class was kept in a scrapbook presented to us by our freshman class grade mothers we attribute the title and the form that our history is written in. As we look at our scrapbook the days of the past are recalled to us ; the loneliness of that first day in September 1930, when we as a class of six-year olds started on what seemed the long journey ahead to graduation, our goal. We see on the first page a picture of our class when it first started its journey to graduation day. Turning a couple of pages we discover another picture of our group ; only this time we look a little more attractive. It is a picture of the class Miss Lula Bridgers taught in 1933 and 1934. Some of us laugh but others are sad as they think, them days are gone forever. Again thumbing the page we find an even better looking photo. On it are the images of the students of the days of 1935-36, who were ruled by Miss Eva Bain. They thought they were low school seniors. After reading the accounts of our days under the rule of Misses Marrow, Niven, Norfleet, and a few other misses plus our devoted Mrs. Babcock we find an enlargement of the class of ' 41 as freshman. Our goal, we felt, was almost reached when in 1937 we a bunch of brother rats or shall we say green eggs in the form of poor fi-eshies, entered the sacred halls of high school under the watchful care of Miss Lee and Mr. Merrit. At first our biggest job was to stay out of the way of the upper classmen ; however, our inferiority complex did not last long for soon the freshmen began to stand out in school spirit and activities, in fact we became so knowing one of our teachers, Mr. Merrit, hied back to college. The seniors greatly honored us by electing June Bourne and Chalmers Laughlin to serve them as marshals. By the time we reached the important sophomore year a few had fallen by the wayside but most of us encouraged by Misses Wan-en and Jeter set our faces forward, and kept steadily onward. We had become camera shy so now we had to rely on word pictures for our scrapbook. At the senior events Earl Purvis and Lucile Smoot represented us as marshals. Near the last of the year the class, aided by our grade mothers entertained the seniors at a very nice party and dance. A big event this year was the selection of waiters and waitresses by the Juniors for the Junior- Senior Banquet. Those chosen were : June Bourne, Elizabeth Spruill, Margaret Guill, Hortense Lyles, Sarah Dunstan, Josephine Harris, Harold Atkinson, Bob Peters, Chalmers Laughlin, Martin Sasser, Pete Clark and Allen Lee Harrell. The Tarboro High School Band was started this year. Nine of our class became members. On the following page of our scrapbook we find a description of the responsibilities we had as juniors. When we came under the direction of Miss Lee, who was later replaced by Miss Upchurch, and Mr. Perian we had very little money in the treasury. After a Halloween Party and a successful stunt night together with raffling off a radio, we had almost enough to finance the great affair, the Junior-Senior Banquet. The hole in the treasury was plugged with money made on drinks and candy and with the class dues. Preparations were made and after a final week of decorating and putting on the finishing touches the gym was made ready. The night at College Inn with the floor show and dance was enjoyed by everyone. Marshals this year were Jean Cherry and Pete Clark together with Chief Marshal Cham Laughlin. Chandler Muse, Lucile Smoot, Allen Lee Harrell, Virginia Sollee, Cham Laughlin, Eleanor Hyman, Margaret Wall and Bob Peters were initiated into the Beta Club. On the last leaflet of our scrapbook we find the climax of our school days. There is an account of our very important senior year. Under the leadership of Mr. Ives and Miss Upchurch, plans were made for our annual. Our class made history when they elected Mrs. Laughlin grademother for the ninth successive year — as long as we have had grademothers. March 21 saw the class mascots, Peggy Roberson and Hal Liverman, become man and wife at the mascot wedding sponsored by the class. Work on the annual was kept steadily going by Helen Blake, June Bourne, Van Martin, Jimmie Parker, Jean Cherry and other members of the staff. Finally on March 21, amid great rejoicing the annual was turned over to the publishers. On the night of April 25, our class was entertained by the Juniors at the annual Junior-Senior Banquet. This, the biggest event of the school year, in a patriotic setting was greatly enjoyed by everyone. The last few weeks of school were indeed joyous ones, for we had parties and festivities of all kinds. Finally on the 31st of May our goal was reached! That night, in graduation exercises held in the auditorium we were given our diplomas. It can now be said that the class of six year-olds who started out 6o bravely in 1930 had after many trials and tribulations intermingled with all the joys and sorrows of happy school days, finally reached its goal. CHALMERS LAUGHLIN, Class Historian. Tar-Bo-Ra h Compliments of Tarboro Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Incorporated TARBORO, NORTH CAROLINA M. S. Brown, Secretary and Treasurer Page Thirty-eight Where highest quality meets lowest price PENDER ' S FOOD STORES No. ' s 64 and 376 Tarboro, N. C. NASH and MIZELL + INSURANCE— RENTALS Marrow Pitt Hardware Company Wishes success to each member of the class of 1941 Edgecombe Homestead and Loan Association ESTABLISHED 1889 HOMES— SAVINGS Farm Supplies, Inc. see us FOR CORN Tarboro, N. C. The City Barber Shop extends its best wishes to each member of the class of 1941 BELK TYLER GO. Tarboro ' s Shopping Center Tarboro, N. C. 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