West Street School - Planet Yearbook (New Bern, NC)

Page 16 text:

Senior puperlahves “Class Gigglers” Halice Hargett Gossie Hudson Most Bashf ul Verlinda Leaxy James Dawson Most Likely To Succeed Osric Hargett Gilbert Taylor ‘Best Personality Elorizell Cooke George Woods Best Dancers Annie Manly George Green 3 Wittiest Halice Hargett Gossie Hudson Most Vivacious Halice Hargett George Whitfield Most Original Ethel Simmons Walter Peterson

Page 15 text:

aMMmxWMWttZMfEM gfgg $ eruoir Most Studious Best All Around ' Rita Mills George Woods Osric Hargett Gilbert Taylor Most Athletic Most Intelligent ' Gertha Henderson Arthur Green Bessie Martin George Baucom ’Cutest Best Dressed Geraldine Harris James Hayes Mable Moore Athur Green Class Flirt 1 Best Looking ' Annie Frazier Helen Dove George Green Walter Cartel- Most Dignified Delores Dudley Best In Dramatics ' Delores Dudley Junious Joyner Thomas Nixon

Page 17 text:

Traveling through a cloudy sky in thd midst of the gray atmosphere, we c?-nifvra of 49 recollect the interesting episodes of our Journey, which at was very dark, but soon came to light. ™ “took off in the autumn of 45 with a crew of over one hundred. You ■imagine how excited and nervous we were among the upper classmen. After a can of care ful guidance we soon became accustomed to high school life, lew willing minds, we had as our patient and kind instructors Mrs.Smith T° SUin UizelliMrs. Danyus.Mr. Carrington,Mrs.Fisher.Miss Roach, Mrs. Mrs• jtjsinu-ty i IiiLc Mizsll Stewart, Jfr.BoleaMjn ourae ives into the high school family, we began to par- . , the various activities which were a vital part ofour school life, ticipaxe . our c i asa found an outlet in the Glee Club and hand. George The musi Delores Dudley, Halice Hargett .aijd, Millie Knight became mem- HiH, Evel n 01u . Members of the bandwere Thomas Nixon, Osric Hargatt, bers or xne aoas i e Hudson, Junius Joyner, Helen Dove, Annie Mrazier, Ella Herberx hoi » Sylvester Midgett, James George and George Green. Display- in great atheistic interest were Charlie Staten George Woods, George Hill and Leroy Moore. Tovner a howed great promise in the field of dramatics by partici- + rlD . in ?he high school play “The Red-Headed Stepchild. pating in 1 ® iencea 0 f our first year enabled us to enter upon our second year of high school with well established ideals and with a vision of greater accomplishments. au0 ce 33 ful freshman year with clearer visibility and a rap- 4 j i v +11 „ nin propeller, we entered over sophmore year. This year, 1946-47, saw idly turning P w ver encouraging instructors were Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Rivers 1£ra 5 an ?- ch SSf ' wnitov, Mrs. Danyus, Mr. Bell, M . Carrington, Mrs. Pisher andMrs. Jones, year the sophmore class organized with high ideals. We had for Mizen. Tni y Joyner - Pres., Ethel Simmons - Vice Pres. , Delores Dudley officers - v m - Aa t. Sec., and Gilbert Taylor -Treau. We were repersented Sec., wo g clU Tj Gertrude Deans - Vice Pres., Marie Gorham, Plorizell in the worn lore3 Dudley- Treau.. On the paper staff Was Gilbert Taylor, Junius Cooke, an lie S t a ten. As in the previous year we were represented in the band and varsity team. Glee kjj - u • res Dudley and Junius Joyner were members of the cast of the play No Greater Love” which was presented at the dramatic tournament held ih Fayette- Tille With the added maturity of another year, as Juniors of 47- ' 48, came . rAnml3 nrepration for encounters with study. Our advisors with their m0 «ovprins? guidance were Mr. Boley and Mrs. Jones. For this new trip through unwavex b atmosphere our class officers were-George Woods- Pres., Gilbert ■the eau -pres., Gertha Henderson-Sec., Annie Frazier- Ast. Sec., Donald Treau.. Within a few short months it became our time to honor the tQ lora of ’48’ with a Junior-Senior Prom. For this long dreamed of affair we 3enl ?„n of olans and excitement. May 7th found the girls dressed in beau- iff owns and the boys in dark attire, all having a wonderful time. As this x 4 JZabA w« were proud of our marks and the end of examinations, trip ena ne t e en hundred fourty nine found us flying high as the altimeter . x firq hauov and proud Seniors ,a name we wear with great dignity. We chose registers nppy Charles Staten, Co-pilot- George Woods, other members- r pn Cooke- Sec., Gertha Henderson- Ast. Se., Gilbert Taylor-Treau., Peterson-PiLi. Sec., and Junius Joyner- Navigator. Walter . great talent and bringing many victories on the football ih George Baucom, George Woods, Charles Staten, Gilbert Taylor, Junius Georse Hill! and Willie Smith who upheld the seniors with unfailing J !ndExceptional sportsmanship.Between the halves of our homecoming one of members-Zie Frazier received the honor of being crowned “Miss West Street up their muaiC al talent were Osric Hargett, James Hayes, Thomas Nixon and ' Cents’of our hearts we sincerely hope that our honored “Senior „ vTS ' Lted wisely throughout the four years. Although we have completed dass has acted reach hig her altitudes in the World of Tomorrow , one maj°As our long e Journey nears its%nd, we level off for a happy landing. Delores Dudley and Gilbert Taylor, Historian s