West Hyde High School - Quarterian Yearbook (Swan Quarter, NC)

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V. CLASS PROPHECY After many years of hard work I, Argie Lee Payne, have become one of the world ' s best-known artists. When I became in need of a secretary, I began to make inquiries for one and I hired Norma Sparrow, who had just won the title Miss Sec¬ retary of I960.” We have been constant companions since and are now in Paris. There is a mist of rain, but we have to go to lunch, so we proceed. As I stagger through the hazy air, I bump into someone and lose my balance. The gentleman who knocks me down and no sooner helps me up is none other than Roger Swindell. He has become the comedian and clown with the Barnum Bailey Circus. He has just finished a tour in the United States and is now taking a vacation in France. While talking to him we learn that on his tour he met most of our classmates, and he proceeds to tell us their whereabouts. Jane Harris ' greatest desire has come true and she is head nurse at Duke Hos¬ pital, Durham, North Carolina. Kay O ' Neal, Kay Smith, and Annette Carawan are thrifty little secretaries for Floyd Williams, head investigator for the F. B. I. in Washington, D. C. Rosetta Spencer has become a dental hygienist for Dr. Liverpill in New York City and is eagerly awaiting June when she will become Mrs. Liverpill. Edison Cahoon, a Grand Ole Opry star, has just written Hambone and Gravy Waltz,” which has been a nation-wide hit with all the teen-agers. Ralph Swindell, a prominent citizen of Swan Quarter has an enormous used car lot in which he sells everything from Rolls Royces to Henry J ' s. Murray Cartwright, a lieutenant colonel, in the United States Air Force is stationed at Randolph Field. Murl Carawan, head salesman for the Strietman Biscuit Company in Virginia, has been asked to help the chief chef turn out a new cookie that will be easy to digest for people with ulcers. Amelia O ' Neal in her quiet unassuming manner is the most efficient secretary in the office of the principal of Swan Quarter School. Hazel Gibbs has just written Wake up over There dealing with the problems of children and their parents and is now lecturing to P. T. A. meetings all over the United States and Canada. Glade Sears is a noted lab technician in San Francisco, California. Shelby Smith is assisting her husband with the managing of the Sportsman ' s Club in Fairfield. Doris Tunnell is an airline hostess for T. W. A. and is seeing the world through the clouds. Marlylin, Lenora and Betty Jean, who in their senior year became mesdames Gibbs, Bright, and Spencer, have been devoting these years to becoming efficient homemakers and active leaders in civic and church activities in their respective communities. Prophetesses: Argie Lee Payne Norma Faye Sparrow

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SENIORS NORMA SPARROW All great women die and I don ' t feel so well myself. F. H. A. 3, Officer 3, Convention 3; Basketball 1-4; Junior Play 3; Cheerleader 1; 4-H Club 1-2; Class Officer 3; Reflector Staff 3; Glee Club 3; Beta Club 3-4, Officer 4; Librarian 4; Carnival Queen 4; Safety Patrol 3-4; Annual Staff 4. BETTY JEAN SPENCER Generally the woman chooses the man that will choose her. F. H. A. 1-4, Convention 3; 4-H Club l;Glee Club 1-3, Softball 1; Reflector Staff 3. RALPH SWINDELL To most people nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking. F. F. A. 1-4, Officer 4, Convention 2; Basketball 1-4; Baseball 3-4; Class Play 3-4; Social Science 3; Bus Driver 2-3; Annual Staff 4. FLOYD WILLIAMS Who in his pocket hath no money, in his mouth he must have honey. F. F. A. 3-4; Class Officer 1; Softball 1; Student Government 1; Basketball 1-3-4, Co-Captain 4; Baseball 3-4, Co-Captain 4; Glee Club 3; Class Play 3; Social Science Club 3. ROGER SWINDELL I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them. F. F. A. 1-4, Officer 1-4, Convention 3; Class Officer 1; Marshal 1; Basketball 2-4; Reflector Staff 3; Junior Play 3; Bus Driver 3-4; Social Science Club 3; Senior Play 4; Annual Staff 4. DORIS TUNNELL Bubbling over with laughter and fun, with never a worry for work undone. F. H. A. 1-3; Cheerleader 4; Social Science Club 3; School Bus Club 4, Senior Play 4; Reflector Staff 3; Softball 1-2; Glee Club 1-4; Safety Patrol 3-4; School Bus Substitute 4. ROSETTA SPENCER The greatest pleasure in life is to do a good deed in secret and have it discovered by accident. F. H. A. 1-3, Officer 2, State Convention 1; Class Officer 1-3; Glee Club 1-4; Marshal 1-3, Chief 3; Beta Club 2-4, Officer 3-4, Convention 3; Re¬ flector Staff 3; Junior Play 3; Carnival Queen 3; Social Science Club 3; Senior Play 4; Substitute Bus Driver 4; Annual Staff 4; Librarian 4.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Four of Swan Quarter High School, in the County of Hyde, the State of North Carolina, being of sound mind, and rea¬ lizing our impending departure from this school, do hereby declare and make this our last will and testament. ARTICLE I To the faculty, we leave our deepest appreciation for their efforts toward increas¬ ing our wisdom. ARTICLE II To our parents and friends we give credit for our good record. They have our love always. ARTICLE III To the Juniors we leave the job of issuing THE QUARTERIAN and all the good times as well as the hard times we had in our Senior year. To the Sophomores and Freshmen, we leave our hopes that before long they will occupy the positions that we now occupy. ARTICLE IV Individual Bequests: During our years of school we have accumulated some well- known attributes which we should like to bestow upon specific underclassmen. They are as follows: Item 1. Roger Swindell wills his Wise Remarks to Junior Harris. Item 2. Ralph Swindell wills the office to the principal of next year. Item 3. Murray Cartwright leaves his dignity to Jimmy Williams. Item 4. Edison Cahoon leaves his reading interest to Donald Credle. Item 5. Murl Carawan leaves his place as Captain of the Basketball team to Z. B. Mid- yette. Item 6. Floyd Williams leaves his height to Billy Joe Cutrell. Item 7. Lenora Bright, Marlylin Gibbs, and Betty J. Spencer leave their ability to catch a husband to whoever wants one. Item 8. Jane Harris and Argie Lee Payne leave their ability to talk to Lois Ann Sander¬ son and Tap Armstrong. Item 9. Kay Smith leaves her soft tone of voice to Jimmy Brickhouse. Item 10. Doris Tunnel leaves a few of her dates to Dorothy Hudson. Item 11. Amelia O ' Neal and Shelby Smith leave their dignity to Sally Ann Harris and Louise Spencer. Item 12. Norma Sparrow leaves Queen of the Carnival title to Betty Mann. Item 13. Rosetta Spencer wills her study habits to Nathan Sears. Item 14. Kay O ' Neal leaves her ability to get tickled easily to Cottie Garrish. Item 15. Hazel Gibbs leaves her desire to write a best-seller to Barbara Sadler. Item 16. Glade Sears leaves her long tresses to Evalena Gray. Item 17. Annette Carawan leaves her sportsmanship to Christene Cox. We hereby appoint Mr. W. G. Joyner, our principal, as sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we, the Senior Class of 1954, do set seal on this, the first day of June, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Four. Testatrixes: Shelby Smith Lenora Bright