Walstonburg High School - Talisman Yearbook (Walstonburg, NC)

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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

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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

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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