Walstonburg High School - Talisman Yearbook (Walstonburg, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 32 of the 1959 volume:

DEDICATION For her patience and understanding through two trying years, and above all, for her friendship, we hope that the dedicating of this 1959 edition of the Talisman will show how much we love and appre - ciate MRS. ROSALIND BRITT. OUR PRINCIPAL Harry James Archer Dear Seniors, I greet you as you enter this new phase of life with a challenge for more creative endeavors in the future, but more important for growth toward your fellow citizens, to your community and to the people everywhere — the world over. The quality of any school is measured to a large extent by the spirit of its student body. We are proud of our faculty, other personnel, proud of our school ' s traditions, and above all, proud of our senior class . So to you, our graduating class of 1959, my congratulations. Respectfully, Harry J. Archer, Jr. SCHOOL BOARD Mr. Archer, principal; Mr. Albert Bundy; Mr. Harold Bailey; Mr. San Tug well, chairman; Mr. Jack Cunningham; Not shotvn; Mr. C. Brantley Ay cock COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT MR. B. L. DAVIS FACULTY MRS, ROSALIND P. BRITT AppalachianState Teachers College JIMMY WILLIAMS DAVID STARLING Atlantic Christian College N. C. State College MRS. MARYJ. SHIRLEY Atlantic Christian College B.A. MRS. ELMA C. HOLLOMAN High Point College, B.A. Alabama Polytechnic Institute, M.S MRS. HENRIETTA WILLIAMSON Atlantic Christian College A.B. MRS. A. J. CRAFT Universi ty of Georgia MRS. RUTHM. WALSTON East Carolina College A.B. MRS. LOUISE B. THOMAS East Carolina College A.B. FACULTY MISS DELORES FORD East Carolina College B.S. MRS. SUE H. GAY East Carolina College A.B. RS. JANIE G. STARLING East Carolina College A.B. MRS. J. H. GRANTHAM Greensboro College MRS. NANNIE PATE Public School Music MRS. HORTENSE G. BEAMON Office Secretary GERALD BATTE3M Women are strange things you can ' t live with them you can ' t live without them Class Officer 1; Bus Driver 1,2, 3, 4; F.F.A. 1, 2,3,4, F.F.A. Officer 3,4; 4-H Club 1, 2,3,4, 4-H Officer 3,4; May Day 2,3. GLENN BEAMAN A little nonsense nowand then is relished by the wisest men. Glee Club 1,2,3; F.F.A. 1,2, 3,4, Officer 3,4; Bus Driver 4; Class Officer 3; Annual Staff 4. SENIORS VIVIAN JEAN BEAMON Nothing is impossible to the willing heart. F.H.A, 1 , 2, 3, 4, Officer 2, 3 ,4;Marshal3; Super- lative 4; Glee Club 2,3,4; May D ay 1, 2; Class Play 3,4; Annual Staff 4; Paper Staff 4; Class Officer 3; Music Club 1,2; Basketball 4; Library Staff 3,4; Tobacco Queen 4; Class Favorite 4; Citizenship Award; Salutatorian. HENRY COX Use every minute of life, you only live it once.- Glee Club 1, 2, 3,4; Bus Driver 4;F.F,A. 1,2,3, Officer 3;Class Play 3,4;Basketball2, 3,4;Mono- grara Club 4; Class Officer 1,3,4; Superlative, Best All Around boy; Class Favorite STEPHEN DOW CRAFT My destination, The Universe. F.F.A. 1,2, 3,4, Officer 4; Class Play 3. ODIA HUBER What ' s the use of thinking if you can ' tsay what you think. F .F .A . 1,2, 3,4, Officer 3,4; Class Officer 3,4; Beta Club 2; Baseball 1,3,4; Class Play 3,4; Best Student Medal in Ag. 2, 3; Annual Staff 4; Trans- ferred from Snow Hill. LOIS JEAN JOHNSON Happy go lucky, fancyfree, nothing ever bothers me . F.H.A. 1,2; Annual Staff 4; May Day 3; Class Officer 3,4; Class Play 3, 4; Class Favorite 4; Cheerleader 4. LEAFY MAE JONES It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are. F.H.A, 1,2, 3,4; Glee Club 3,4; Basketball 4; Class Officer 3, 4, Re porter;ClassFavorite 4, Most Courteous; 4-H Club 1; Pack-O-News Staff 4; Exchange Editor; Annual Staff 4; Class Play 3,4; Class Historian 4. SARAH FRANCIS LANG Trust men and they will be true to you; treat men great and they will show themselves great. Beta Club 3, 4; F.H.A. 1.2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1.2, 3,4; Basketball 1,3,4; Marshal 2,3; Valedicto- rian 4; Best -All-Around 4; Home Economics Medals 2; Monogram Club 4; Class Officer 2; Pack-O-News 3,4; Annual Staff 4; May Day 1, 2,3; Class Play 3,4. JAMES BERNICE LANGLEY A laugh is worth one hundred groans in any market. F.F.A. 1,2,3. GEORGE MICHAEL MAYO If silence is gold then I ' M bankrupt. Transferred from Nahunta; F.F.A. 1, 2, 3,4; 4-H Club 1,2; Annual Staff 4; Class Officer 4; Class Favorite 4; Basketball 4; Baseball3,4; Monogram 4; Pack-O-News Staff 4. HARRY LEE MOORE I never let studying interfere with my educa- tion. F.F.A. 1,2, 3,4. THOMAS VICK If it ' sworth having, it takes effort to procure it. F.F.A. 1,2,3; Basketball 2, 3,4; Class Favorite 4; Annual Staff 4; Class Officer 1; Class Play 3,4; Bus Driver 4. ROY LEE WOOTEN The deed I intend is great, but what, a s yet, I know not. F.F.A, 1,2, 3, 4; Class.Play 3,4; Class Favorite 4. DONNA CHRISTINE ORMOND Full of chatter, full of pep, never quiet, that ' s her rep. F ,H.A. 1,2; Class Favorite 4; Annual Staff 4; May Day 1,2; Class Play 3,4. JIMMY SMITH My businessisnot to remake myself , butto make the absolute best of what God made. Basketball 2,3,4, Co-captain 4; Monogram Club 2,3,4, Officer 3,4; Pack-O-News Staff 4; Class Officer 2,3; May Day 1,2; Glee Club 1,2; Class Play 3; Baseball 1,2, 3,4; Bus Driver 4. SAMUEL WILLIAM SUMRELL I am looking into the future, not the past. F.F.A. 1,2,4; 4 -H Club 1, 2,3,4; Annual Staff 4; Class Officer 2; Class Favorite 4; May Day 1, 2; Tobacco King 4; Library Staff 2; Transferred from Snow Hill . CARL TYSON If laziness were money, I ' dbe a millionaire. F.F.A. 1, 2,3,4, Officer 3,4; 4-H Club 1,2. I DID’NT HAVE A THING TO RALPH CLAYBORNE RUBY DENTON MARGIE EVANS JUNIORS TENY GAY WAYNE GARRIS M.O. HALL RAY HARDISON PAT HARRELL PEGGY HOLLOMAN JAMES HUMPHREY DOUGLAS KEARNEY BILLY JENKINS ROY JONES RUSSELL MERCER ANDY MEWBORN MARILENE MEWBORN HELEN MOORE JIMMY MOORING ROBERT ROBERSON JERRY SMITH CHARLES TYSON CONNIE PARKER f i SOPHOMORES NANCY CAROL ADAMS CHARLOTTE AYCOCK JOYCE COX EDWARD CRAFT KENNETH CRAFT JANICE CRAFT WAYNE DAIL LINDA EVANS BOBBY GALLOWAY GERALD GAY RALPH HEATH JANET HILL LINDA HUBER JAMES JOHNSON FAYE JONES HAZEL LANGLEY BEVERLY LANG ALEX MEWBORN MARGARET McKEEL JEAN NORVILLE RANDY TYSON ALICE WAINWRIGHT STEWART TUGWELL BECKY WINSTEAD RAYMOND WOOTEN NO PHOTO AVAILABLE NO PHOTO V ' t BENBEA .MON . DIANNE B EAM( , - JAY BEA -MON 4 l JOANNE BB .ANT If wir lEk VN BILLY BU [rre: It fctST ilri iii m W: ' « a i m4 1 4 ' ' ' M tty 1 311 HHL U jf- tg SEVENTH GRADE EUGENE BEAMAN DONALD BOWDEN ADDIE BURRESS JEAN CLAYBORNE STANLEY CRAFT JAMES DUNN BRENDA HARRELL LINDA HEDGEPETH BONNIE HOLLOMAN LESLIE HOLLOMAN EUGENE JENKINS ANN LANGLEY HARRY ED MAYO DAVID McKEEL GEORGE MOORE JEWEL MOORE GAIL MILES NOAH MOORE GLORIA PADGETT RUBY PARKER BILLY SERMONS MARY HELEN SHIRLEY JO CAROL TYSON BOB WALSTON RONNIE AVERY BILLY BARNHILL LINDA BEAMAN PATRICIA BEAMAN WILBERT BOWDEN SANDRA BUNDY CAROLYN COBB DIANNE COBB JUDY COBB WILLIAM CRAFT JEANIE ELLIS PATSY GARRIS BILLY GINN PATSY GRAVES BRENDA HARDISON ERNEST HARRELL CONNIE HAYES EDWARD HEATH BECKY HOLLOMAN MALAINE JONES SIXTH GRADE MARTHA JO JONES STEVE LETCHWORTH CAROL McKEEL DIANNE McKEEL STANLEY MERCER ALICE FAYE MOORE ANN MOORE LINDA MOORE JEANNETTE ORMOND GAIL SHIRLEY ONDRA SHIRLEY BOBBY SMITH FAYE SUMRELL GAIL TAYLOR BECKY WALSTON AUDREY WINDHAM JIMMY WOOTEN PAT WOOTEN KENNETH LANG BARBARA ADAMS JUDY BEAMON STEVE BEAMON BEN BOWDEN JANIE BOWDEN TRUDY BRITT RAY BROCK JAMES CATES CARLOS HARDISON SIMMY HOBBS ARTHUR HOLLOMAN BETTIE HOLLOMAN GLENN LETCHWORTH LORAINE LEHMANN RICHARD McKEEL FIFTH GRADE NANCY MEWBORN MICKEY MILES DAVID MOORE ROBERT MOORE SANDRA MOORE LINDA ORMOND DONNIE REASON CONNIE REASON MAJORIE ANNE SAWREY MICHAEL SUTTON MARGARET ANN WHITLEY BARBARA WINDERS ELLEN WOOTEN KENNETH WOOTEN ABSENT WHEN PICTURES WERE MADE JIMMY ALDRIDGE STEVE AVERY V HLON AYCOCK PAULINE BAILEY LEONARD BEAMAN WAYNE BEAMAN BRENDA BROCK HAZEL COBB GAIL CORBETT JARVIS COX DAVID CRAFT DAVID DILDY PHOTO NOT AVAILABLE PAUL ELLIS SARA VEEN FIELDS MICKEY GAY BILL HALL WILLIAM HARDISON FOURTH GRADE SHELBY HARRELL JANICE MINSHEW CLAUDIA MOORE ALLEN MOORE MARVIN MOORE PEGGY MOORE BRENDA MORGAN EDWARD PADGETT RICHARD PARKER A. C. SHIRLEY RICHARD SHIRLEY MARY ELLEN SPEIGHT KAY TAYLOR FAYE WALSTON LOU WALSTON JOYCE WOOTEN KATHRYN WOOTEN SHIRLEY YVONNE AVERY TONY LYNN BEAMAN LINWOOD RAY BOWDEN BOBBY AL BRITT GILBERT CARL COBB MARSHALL LEE DILDY MILDRED ANN ELLIS MARY CLAUDIA GARRIS WILLIAM RUSSELL GAY CATHY ELAINE HARRELL CAROLYN HAYES JANICE LEE H4YES ROGER CLEVELAND HEATH MARY ETHEL HUMPHREY BOBBY CARROLL JOHNSON ABSENT . . . PHOTO NOT AVAILABLE FLOYD THOMAS JONES WILLIAM ROGER JONES D RAH GAIL McCULLEN g NDA CAROLYN MEWBORN ARTHUR GENE MOORE THIRD GRADE GEORGE HARVEY MOORE LOU ELLEN MOORE MARVIN EARL MOORE ROY LEE MOORE RONALD DOUGLAS MOORE PHOTO NOT AVAILABLE JANICE ANN SERMON GLORIA FAYE SHACKLEFORD DENNIS RAY SHIRLEY GLENN CLAYTON SHIRLEY VICKY GRAY SHIRLEY JUDITH ELLEN SMITH BILLY RAY SUTTON DONNIE RAY TAYLOR MAYLON BRUTON TAYLOR MILTON RODERICK TUGWELL GERALD NORFLEET VICK JAMES WILLIAM WALSTON JAMES EARL WHITLEY JERRY ROGERS WOOTEN J. C. BEAMAN MARY ESTHER CLAYBORNE JANE CRAFT JEAN CRAFT MARY ELLEN FIELDS JOAN HARDISON RONNIE HEATH JOEY JENKINS GARY LANGSTON CHARLES LEHMANN DEBORAH MAYO LARRY MERCER DWIGHT MOORE LINDA MOORE SECOND GRADE MARTIN PARKER EVELYN SMITH RICKY SPEIGHT AL SUGGS CARSON SUTTON CLENTON SUTTON KEN TAYLOR JEWELL TUGWELL JASON TYSON LYMAN EARL TYSON DOROTHY WAINWRIGHT WAYNE WAINWRIGHT BECKY WHITLEY GENE WOOTEN DIANNE BAILEY JESSIE BEAMAN VICKY CORBETT CHARLES DILDY DONALD RAY ELLIS LOU GARDNER RONNIE HARDISON GLENDA HAYES SUE HOLLOMAN ALBERT LEE MOORE DEBBIE NEWTON CAROLYN SAWYER JEFFREY SHIRLEY BEVERLY SMITH BENNETT TYSON BRIAN WALDRON DENNIS WALSTON JUDY WALSTON WAYNE WHITLEY LARRY WILLIFORD JOAN WOOTEN FIRST GRADE PHOTO NOT AVAILABLE LINDA ALDRIDGE GEORGE BAILEY STANLEY BEAMON CATHY BOWDEN JESSE COBB BARBARA ANN DUNN VICKY ELLIS SAMMY GAY DONNIE HARRELL GAIL HARRELL FREDA HOLLOMAN KENNETH JOHNSON ANN LANG MARY SUSAN McKEEL DIANE MERCER LARRY MEWBORN BRENDA MOORE LUCILLE MOORE MARVIN PADGETT CAROL LYNN RUSSELL DAVID SHACKELFORD RONNIE SHIRLEY KAYE SPEIGHT MARY LOU WHEELER LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the Senior Class of 1959, being in sound mind do make, publish, and declare these prized possessions, our last will and testament. ARTICLE I To the me mbers of the faculty, in recognition of their kindness and generosity to us, we leave our sincere thanks and appreciation. ARTICLE II To the Sophomore and Freshman classes we leave our ability to be a good senior class. ARTICLE III To the Junior Class we leave our title Sophisticated Seniors and hope they will hold it well. ARTICLE IV To individuals we bequeath the following THOMAS VICK leaves his schoolbus to Charlotte Aycock, so that she will still have a front seat on it each day next year. STEPHEN CRAFT leaves his love of science to Gerald Gay because he sure can use it. GERALD BATTEN leaves his appealing look to A, V,, his brother, in hopes that it will help him out with his girls. GLENN BEAMAN leaves his schoolbus broom to Ralph Heath, thinking maybe he can use it ne xt year. FRANCES LANG leaves her unused fouls to Teny Gay to use in next years games. J. B. LANGLEY leaves gladly. LOIS JOHNSON leaves all her giggles to Belle Roberson even though she doesn ' t need them. HENRY COX leaves his ability to aggravate everyone to Jerry Smith. ROY LEE WOOTEN leaves nothing he takes it all with him. JIMMY SMITH leaves his ability to get along with the Coach to Roy Jones, he ' s got a feeling he needs it. HARRY MOORE leaves his way with the women to Robert Roberson even though he doesn ' t need it. CHRISTINE ORMOND leaves her ability to flirt with boys and get away with it to Linda Huber. CARL TYSON leaves his ability to m a k e an A in Agriculture to people who are on the border line. S, W. SUMRELL leaves his great amount of hair to anyone that needs it. VIVIAN BEAMON leaves her blushes to Linda Parker because she seems to need them. LEAFY MAE JONES leaves her acting ability to be divided among the Juniors. ODIA HUBER leaves his quietness to all the freshjnan girls because they surely need it. MIKE MAYO leaves his winning ways with girls to the Junior boys. In witness whereof, we the Senior Class of 1959, do set seal on this, the twenty-seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty -nine. Mike Mayo, Testator Witnessed by: Mr. David Starling Mrs. Richard Godfrey Mrs. Charlotte Callihan Mr. Jimmy Williams PROPHECY One day during study hall, as I was day dreaming, I was startled to see the seniors marching in review. Years had passed ! Walstonburg is now a thriving town with ultra -modern stores and office buildings. As I look around the town, I find a very modern building. On the front is a sign. What does it say? Now it is a little clearer, I read Walstonburg High School. As I go up the steps and approach the door Isee VIVIAN BEAMON, 1st grade teacher welcoming little Frances, who is clinging to hermom, the former FRANCES LANG. On down the hall I see LEAFY MAE JONES, 2nd grade teacher singing with her boys and girls. In the Gym, is Coach JIMMY SMITH working with his basketball team. He is preparing for a game with Wilson High, where HENRY COX is now head coach. Leaving the school and going up the street, I come to an Auto Repair Shop, Co-owned and operated by ROY LEE WOOTEN and GERALD BATTEN. They tell me that the building across the street is a Science Laboratory that is managedby Laboratory technicians, Doctors THOMAS VICK and STEPHEN CRAFT who are working on a very secret project. Adjoining the laboratory isa very modern hospital, in which LOIS JOHNSON is head nurse and CHRISTINE ORMOND is head of pediatrics. Beside the Post Office is a fine Office building owned by GLENN BEAMAN. The Air Force maintains a recruiting office head manned by CARL TYSON and J. B. LANGLEY . Riding out into the residential section of town in mySumrell Station Wagon (my ovm invention of which I am justly proud), I see a nice home in which FRANCES LANG (retired physical therapist) is raising her family. Across the street is HARRY MOORE, gentleman farmer, and his family. On out into the country I meet a State Patrol Car driven by MIKE MAYO. Following close be- hind is another Patrol Car driven by ODIA HUBER. The sirens are wide open. All of a sudden I awake with a start the bell is ringing Study Hall is over, it is time for an En- glish test and I haven ' t time to study. Prophet Samuel W. Sumrell CLASS HISTORY We, the Seniors of 1959, of Walstonburg High School, have climbed a ladder bui It by dreams step by step. As the time of graduation draws near we recall those dreams remem- bering the desire for their fulfilment andthe joy of realization. One of our dreams was to finally get in high school. Finally we became green freshmen. With Mr. Ben Wethingtonour teacher we spent a fun -pa eked freshman year. We really had many things to learn. Days quickly passed by and before we knew it it was vacation time. September 1954, school again and we were Sophomores. We felt especially important.thatyear. Our teacher Mrs. Richard Anthony packed another year for us. The height of our ambition was to be- come Juniors. We had many things to look forward to as Juniors. We would have a Junior play and a Junior Supper. We thought there was nothing more important in the world than getting to be Juniors. Now we are Juniors at last. We had a full year already planned for us. We were ve ry glad to have Mrs. Russell Britt as our Junior teacher. One of our big surprises i n our Junior year was our trip to New York and Washington. Of course this made us have to earn money any way we possibly could and believe you me we really did it. First we had our Junior Supper. Second came our Junior Play, The Scarecrow Creeps. We had a very small Junior class with only five girls and fourteen boys but we finally raised enough money to go to NewYork. Boy, did we have a swell time. By the time our Junior year was over we really thought we were the most important people in the whole school . At last we were going to be Seniors. Last of all our Senior year rolls around. The first day we came back from vacation we were very happy to find out that we were going to have Mrs. Britt as our Senior sponsor. W e were all ex- cited over our class rings. We knew we were importantbecause we were wearing a class ring. Another thing we had an annual to publisit which meant plenty of work and plenty of money. We also gave a Senior play, The Honeymoon is Over. We had a Senior Supper to prepare for. We really had to work hard. Everyone seems to get the idea when you get to be Seniors you have nothing to do. Leafy Mae Jones Historian MOST POPULAR Christine Ormond and Mike Mayo MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Vivian Beamon and S. W. Sumrell MOST ORIGINAL Lois Johnson and Henry Cox MOST ATHLETIC Frances Lang and Thomas Vick MOST COURTEOUS Leafy Mae Jones and Roy Lee Wooten TALISMAN’S STAFF Frances Lang Editor Vivian Beamon Assistant Editor Odia Huber Business Manager Glenn Beaman Advertising Manager )me, Thom; DRIVING CLASS Mr. Harry Archer, Principal; Gerald Gay, Stuart Tugwell, James Johnson, Kenneth Craft, Randy Tyson, Raymond Wooten, Lois Johnson, RoyLee Wooten, Janet Hill, Jean Norville, Christine Ormond, Gerald Batten, Henry Cox, Steve Craft, Ralph Heath, Thomas Vick, Julia Cox, Helen Moore, Jenny Lou Bailey, Margie Evans, Linda Evans, Janie Burress LOIS JOHNSON CONNIE PARKER LINDA HUBER ALICE WAINWRIGHT ■_ verly Lang, Frances Lang, Pat Harrell, Teny Gay, Becky iJ itutMd, Charlotte Aycock, Mr. Williams, Faye Jones, Neat :S, Vivian Beamon, Linda Parker, Linda Johnson, Corbett. r ‘ Jerry Smith, Mike Mayo, Roy Jones, Jim Smith, Alex Mewbom, Mr. Williams, Coach, Doug] ■ I l ies Harrell, Austin Vick, Andy Mewborn, M. O. Hall, Gerald Gay, Kenneth Sutton. — . JUNIOR VARSITY Mr. Williams, Coachj Ralph Heath; Douglas Hardison; Leslie Hardison; Jimmy Norville; James Padgett; Mac McKeel; Donald Owens; Robert Tugwell; Charles Harrell; Alex Mewbom. BASEBALL TEAM Mr. Williams, Coach; Douglas Kearney; Jimmy Norville; Charles Harrell; Robert Tugwell; Randy Tyson; Skipper Hall; Donald Owens; James Padgett; Mac McKeel; Andy Mewborn; Roy Jones; Gerald Gay; Jimmy Smith; Mike Mayo; Odia Huber; Kenneth Sutton; Edward Craft.