Williston High School - Willistonian Yearbook (Wilmington, NC)

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cSattt (Bfrivettn, Qt. W hen Bowens hits, Baltimore wins So ran the headlines as Sam Bowens, grad¬ uate of Williston Senior High School in 1956, began his professional baseball career. A run-down of his high school athletic record shows that from the very beginning he had the makings of a pro. He served as Captain of the football team and star quarterback for three years. In addition he was Captain and top scorer as a basketball forward, a hard-hittin outfielder and a track runner. The first four letter award winner Williston ever had, he made all state in basket¬ ball, baseball and football. Mr. Washington in an interview recalls Bowens as the best all-around athlete in the 12 years I’ve been here! His keen plays brought Williston the championship in football 1955, champion baseball in 1956, and 2nd place in baseball in ular right fielder for the Baltimore Orioles. 190 pounds slugger but proved a good one and held a batting average of 280 .. . including 18 home runs and 58 runs batted in. Sam is one of three sons of Mr. Mrs. Samuel Bowens who live at 415 South 13th Street in Wilmington. He has two brothers, Harold and Fred Bowens. Harold, the oldest of the threesome, is a teacher at Hillside High School in Durham. Fred, the youngest, finished Vorhees Junior College in South Carolina. Sam is married and has two children, Jeff Bowens, who is four, and Kimberry Bowens, who is 2. His wife, Mrs. Pheola Marion Bowens, a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, was a student at Tennessee State before they were married. on a basketball scholarship, he is now reg- 1964 was the first season out for the 6 ' 2 - Bowens just seemed to have a hot streak 9

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1 OiLLiam (Streeti From the doors of Williston, William Streets has placed his imprint on the conti¬ nent of Africa. He was bora in Wilmington, on March 23, 1937. He attended the public schools of Wilmington and graduated from Williston in 1955. $ From this point he studied at Lane College, Jackson, Tenne mn, majoring in History. In 1959 he received a B A. degree and in 1960 het ■m M.A. degree in History from North Carolina College. In May of 1961, he was given an Ea rican Fellowship to study the History, cul- ture and language of the East African coilpSpies iPlCenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. After completing tne course at ColumfiH University, he continued the same course at Makere College, Kampala, Uganda. j y - tk In August, 1961, he appointed as an Educator by the Agency for International im - Developmoilll two years. Since then he has received another two year contract ancf ' to do ms part in promoting world peace by promoting the progress of its underprivileged people. 8

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Jtlzadfrw -Jlutk- JL mfrti Some people can do an amusing stunt and receive just a few hand claps, but a man like Meadow Lark Lemon can do that same stunt and get an ovation, 0 A product of Williston Senior High School, it was here that ne gained his athletic stardom. He was All State for three years in both basketball and football— playing center on the basketball team and end on football. The Globetrotters started scouting him llPIE nataftjrai lalent for comedy which al¬ ways seemed second nature to him. Of cot|fpe it took more than a talent for comedy—it took real basketball skill. Lemon showed evidence of his ability very early in his career when he scored 65 During hig description and packed a | The size three qu s with t has met, one single game. rotters he has played before crowds of every nalities like Krushchev when the Globetrotters 0 capacity arena for nine straight games in Moscow. lights of his career came in 1964 when he visited Pope Paul VI in Vatican City during an European tour and entertained His Holiness with an exhibition of the Globe- andling artistry. ome, Meadow Lark has left his imprint in England, Belgium, France, Swl zer|ggi, Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, Yugoslavia, Italy, Ireland, and Scot¬ land Lemon openly expresses real love for basketball and hopes that his youth and phys¬ ical fitness will allow him to be active with the Globetrotters for many more years. 10