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

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CLASS PROPHECY With the first breath of spring in the air, with the green foliage slowly peeping out on the trees we become more conscious of our school days together drawing to a close. We begin asking What are you going to do? With this question on my mind I had a beautiful dream — a dream that interests most of you so I felt I must relate it. The March winds were howling and the rain was beating down on my window panes; yet I felt something gently lift me from my bed and take me out into the dreary night. A spirit told me that I was bound for a trip through the different states . When my companion and I reached Greensboro the rain had ceased. We visited the Army Air Base and as we arrived I recognized Lieutenant Ralph Piland, our class president. During our conversation he told me that Charles Stott, Bruce Bullock and Milford Ruffin were engineers at Johnston, Florida. Ralph invited us to attend the show that was just beginning. As the curtains rose Edna Hathaway came forward and sang How Sweet You Are accompanied by Evelyn Shugar. Later in the program Ernestine Moore tap danced in the bottom of a chair. When the program was over I talked to Edna and she told me that Mildred Merritt and Edna Edwards were stenographers in Washington, D. C. After my talk with Edna my companion sug- gested we leave for Raleigh. While at Raleigh we visited in the capitol. Lyman Braddy was judge of the Supreme Court and could argue all he wanted to without penalty. Lyman told me that Josephine Bailey was doing splendid work as a teacher at the blind school. He also told me that Hazel Bullock was attending Meredith College to become a physical education teacher. Later we left Raleigh and went to the Navy Yard in Norfolk. There I talked with Willie Mears and Buzzy Andrews. While talking with them I found out that Dan Baker and Kerg Dew had joined the Marines and were now in England. Immediately after we left them we went to the Red Cross Sewing Room. Mary Ballard was making a speech, Why Contribute to the Red Cross. After the meeting Mary told me Irene Belk had just married a sailor. As I didn ' t know Irene went with a sailor, I asked What sailor? When she told me Jack Jennings I nearly dropped dead. This was too much for me so we started for Washington. As I was walking in the business section of Washington I read, Shepard ' s Beauty Shop. When I entered I saw Rosalie rapidly at work. She talked with me and told me that Annie Lou Braswell was working with her. She also told me that Farmer Cullom was a great Army band leader. As I left Rosalie ' s shop I recognized Edna Edwards on her way to work. During our chat I learned that Pattie Walston and Velma Coker had arrived that day as typists with the FBI. She also told me that Alton Pittman had joined the U. S. Marine Corps. Afterwards I left for New York and as I got off the train I saw Sue Gaines. She invited me to a party at her home. When I entered I met Buck Cherry , her husband, who was a noted pharmacist there. As we entered the library I saw four members of our class, Kate Johnson, Dale Creech, Jean Darrow, and Ruby Hudson. Kate and Dale were famous in New York as artists. Jean and Ruby were training to become aviatrixes. Buck told me that Harvey Mewborn had completed his study as an optometrist and was leaving for Tarboro soon to open an office. As I stepped into the street, after leaving Sue ' s home, I met Ida Mae. To my surprise Ida Mae was there on her honeymoon. I learned from Ida Mae that Ruth Collier and Frances Harris were enjoying life in a uniform of green. I was tired and dreary, but I had to start for home. While we stopped in Rich- mond I saw two Waves crossing the street. When they drew nearer I recognized them as Christine Hudson and Juanita Griggs. As I was getting ready to speak to them the bus pulled out. Later when we arrived in Rocky Mount I learned that Jessie Sherrod, Nancy Wood, and Maureen Morris were nursing there at the hospital.

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MEMORIES I can hardly believe it, but here I sit looking at my son, who graduates from high school tomorrow. Oh, but that brings back fond memories into mind. It has been twenty years ago today since I graduated from that same old high school. Why, it seems like only yesterday, but those memories will never leave me. Why, I remember the first day all of us were entering our freshman year. It was in early September, and were we excited! We thought our- selves so big to be entering high school, and yet, we felt so small along with the sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Miss Bryan, Miss Horner, and Miss Warren — oh, I don ' t know what we .would have done without them, for they helped get the kinks out of us. Well, we flew through the eighth grade, all one hundred and twenty of us. We felt a little better the next September, for we felt we deserved our title — sophomores. Miss Mobley and Mrs. Sledge were our guiding lights in the ninth grade, and we don ' t think we shall ever forget them. So, after struggling through that year, we moved on. Now, in our junior year, we felt as if we were getting into the swing of things. Of course, without Miss Hales and Miss Bryan, we would have never been able to have put over our Junior-Senior Banquet and play. Those, of which, were a big success — something for the records. Oh, boy! Now I ' m afraid we were very proud the next year, for we were the biggest group in high school — dignified seniors. Sometimes I think we showed our joy loo much, but who wouldn ' t after realizing they were almost at their goal, although the size of the class had reduced considerably since our freshman year — from one hundred and twenty to fifty to be exact. There we were at last, standing on the stage awaiting our diplomas. Could we believe it? I hardly think so. But our graduation exercises went over beautifully, thanks to Mrs. Spiers and Mrs. Cromartie for their kind help and understanding. Well, now I ' ve sat here and thought back about my high school days and my class-mates when I should be helping my son with his gradua- tion speech, but my, how I ' ve enjoyed it. -Kate I. Johnson, Class Historian.

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We finally reached Tarboro and I was talking to Curtis, our deputy sheriff. Curtis informed me that G. G. Harrell, Jinvmie Cox, and Conrad Taylor were working at the ship yard in Newport News, Virginia. He also told me that Irene Wood and Allene Long were working at the telephone building. My companion and I went to the drug store and there we saw Jack and Bertram still jerking sodas. When I asked my companion what I would be doing I was awakened by the ringing of wedding bells for Dorothy White. This was only a dream but who knows it might reveal the future of some of our seniors. FRANCES POLLARD, Prophetess. CALENDAR - HIGHLIGHTS OF 44 1943— September 1 — School opened September 6 — Miss Gertrude Gilliam married Lt. William B. Cahoon September 21 — First Football Game — T. H. S. vs. Greenville November 19 — First Edition of Tar-Hi-Tattler November 28 — Thanksgiving December 12 — Carol Service by the Glee Club December 19 — Christmas Holidays December 19 — Senior Dance — Hal Thurston ' s Orchestra 1944— January 18 — Mid-Term Exams February 10— Bond Rally ($8,000) February 11 — Radio Program over WEED February 18 — Stunt Night February 29 — Second Bond Rally March 1 — Spring Football Season Opened March 20 — Baseball Season Opened March 27 — Senior Edition of Tar-Hi-Tattler Went to Press March 31 — Junior Play — Silas Smidge from Turnip Ridge April 9 — Easter Holidays April 21 — Junior-Senior Banquet and Dance April 28— Senior Play— Oh, Promise Me! May 12 — Seniors Give Hay-ride for Juniors May 20 — Baccalaureate Sermon May 25— Class Night May 26— GRADUATION ! - -DIPLOMAS!! — Kate I. Johnson and Buck Cherry.