Upchurch High School - Eagle Yearbook (Raeford, NC)

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CLASS WILL fcontinuedj We, Hazel Finkley and Alberta McNeill, leave our knowledge of English to Mozelle Flowers and Edna McKee. I, Ruth McAllister, leave my musical ability, my loyal and dependable leadership, scholarship, and my editorship to the future junior class leaders. We, Elouise Morrison, Melvin McLean, Lawrence Murchison, Gladys Moultrie, Gladys McPhatter, Catherine McMillan, Sylvester Covington, Strata Covington leave our places in the Dramatic Club to Clarence Dupree and Shirley McMillan. May you continue to lay a solid foundation for a representative cluh. We, the bus drivers, Samuel McRae, James McRae, Benjamin Alston, J. W. McNeill, Archie Smith, Neal Bratcher, Theodore Hollingsworth, and Wilbert Harris leave our safety records to the future drivers. May you always make safe and dependable trips so that our school may never have a serious accident. We, Sallie McNeill, James Graham, Paul Green, Maggie McEachin, leave our good records in Commercial Education to Joyce Campbell, Susie Stevens, Charline Haley and Jennell Morrison. We, Ophelia Alford, Charlee McDonald, Nellie Melvin, leave our pleasing personality to Rachel McNeill and Bernice Green. We, Bertha McRae and George Morrison leave our dancing ability to Rosa Roper and Franklin Bridges. We, Raymond Cole, John Thomas, James Ray, and Eugene Edens leave our good con- duct and spirit of co-operation to Joe L. Cole, Curtis Allmond, and Henry Hayes. We, Georgia Treadwell and Vera Lloyd leave our conscientious efforts to. complete all our assignments to Doris McEachln and Betty J, McNeill, We, Caleb David, John Harris, and Robert Henderson leave our desire to become good American citizens to John McNeill and Elbert Shaw. Mamie Lee Smith

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CLASS WILL We, the graduating class of 1954, do hereby make our will: To our Principal, we leave our gratitude for his help and his understanding of our many problems. To our teachers who have been our friends and loyal counselors, we leave our accom- plishments as Seniors. From you our accomplishments came and to you they should be returned. To the Juniors, we bequeath our good luck and well-known nerve which they will need next year. We also leave our honored place as Seniors. May you build a bigger and better school community. To the Sophomores, we leave our long suffering and unquestionable patience. To the Freshmen, we leave our school. You will be here a long time. May you improve all the departments. Individual bequests are: I, Leroy Horsley, leave my ability as student leader, my sincere interest in my school, and my salesmanship to the next annual staff. We, Donella Quick and Willie McNeill leave our musical ability to Sarah Davis and Richard Shaw. We, Betty Sue Malloy, Helen McNair and Hazelle McLaughlin leave our steps as majorettes to Annie Ruth Willis and Sallie McKoy. I, Emest McLaughlin leave my hook shot in basketball to Moses Smith. We, Channie Smith, Evelyn Monroe, Gladys Morrison, and Ollie Kearns leave our little jam sessions to Frances Kemp, Christine Peterkins, and Parthenia Baldwin. We, James Pope, Christopher Evans, and Mamie Smith leave our places in the band to Roscoe McLaughlin, Henry Hayes, and Curtis Allmond. We, Victoria McPhatter and McCormick Allmond leave our artistic ability to Edna McKee and Daisy Lloyd. We, the family groups, Dessie and Ora Carpenter, Dorethea and Jessie Daniels, Richard and Johnnie McLaughlin, McCormick and Smith Allmond, James and William Pope, leave our places to all family groups that may choose to attend our school.

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PROPH ECY Twenty years have passed since I was a senior at Upchurch. Since that time I have traveled extensively. Some of my trips brought me in contact with many classmates, and I have gained much knowledge about them. Leroy Horsley has established a business school where many boys and girls are taking Typing, Shorthand, and Bookkeeping. Christopher Evans, Benjamin Alston, and Ernest McLaughlin are members of the Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball Team. James Ray and James McRae are owners of the Ray--McRae Restaurants in Raeford, Aberdeen, and Southem Pines. Victoria McPhatter operates an art studio. Many of her paintings are in the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, D.C. John Thomas and Lewis Melvin are successful farmers. They own large plantations where all modern equipment is at work. Ophelia Alford, Charlee McDonald, Nellie Melvin, and Catherine McMillan are leading educators in various places of their native state. Willie McNeill is now training voices in his famous studio. Gladys McPhatter, now married, operates a group of Beauty Salons. Hair styling is her specialty. Working with her are Evelyn Monroe, 'Eloise Morrison, and Ollie Kearns. Bertha McRae and George Morrison are famous dancers. They have made many appearances in Europe and South America. Ruth McAllister is now an outstanding concert singer. She was recently accepted as a member of a New York opera. Donella Quick is also a singing star on Broadway. Many outstanding housewives and civic leaders are in Raeford. Among them are Sallie McNeill and Strata Covington. At last Raeford has a School of Embalming. The operators are Samuel McRae - manager, his wife, Channie Smith is secretary. Other members of the staff are Sylvester Covington, William and James Pope, Lawrence Murchison and Smith Allmond. Melvin McLean operates a fleet of taxis in Red Springs. With him are Theodore Hollingsworth - Co-Owner, Wilbert Harris - business manager, and J. W. Harris. The charming office girl is the former Gladys Morrison. Farm Demonstrator Richard McLaughlin has a lovely home and family on his prosperous farm near Bowmore. The Daniels and Carpenter Dress Shop is a new addition to the business section on U street in Washington, D.C.