DEDICATIONFor 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 ArcherDear Seniors,

I greet you as you enter this new phase of life with a challenge for more creative endeavors in thefuture, but more important for growth toward your fellow citizens, to your community and to the peopleeverywhere—the world over.

The quality of any school is measured to a large extent by the spirit of its student body. We areproud of our faculty, other personnel, proud of our school's traditions, and above all, proud of our seniorclass

.

So to you, our graduating class of 1959, my congratulations.

Respectfully,

Harry J. Archer, Jr.

SCHOOL BOARDMr. Archer, principal; Mr. Albert Bundy; Mr. Harold Bailey; Mr. San Tugwell, chairman; Mr. Jack Cunningham; Not

shotvn; Mr. C. Brantley Aycock

COUNTYSUPERINTENDENT

MR. B. L. DAVIS

FACULTY

MRS, ROSALIND P.

BRITTAppalachianState Teachers

College

JIMMY WILLIAMS DAVID STARLINGAtlantic Christian College N. C. State College

MRS. MARYJ. SHIRLEYAtlantic Christian College

B.A.MRS. ELMA C. HOLLOMANHigh Point College, B.A.

Alabama Polytechnic Institute, M.SMRS. HENRIETTA WILLIAMSON

Atlantic Christian College

A.B.

MRS. A. J. CRAFTUniversity of Georgia

MRS. RUTHM. WALSTONEast Carolina College

A.B.MRS. LOUISE B. THOMAS

East Carolina College

A.B.

FACULTY

MISS DELORES FORDEast Carolina College

B.S.

MRS. SUE H. GAYEast Carolina College

A.B.RS. JANIE G. STARLINGEast Carolina College

A.B.

MRS. J. H. GRANTHAMGreensboro College

MRS. NANNIE PATEPublic School Music

MRS. HORTENSE G. BEAMONOffice 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, MostCourteous; 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; treatmen 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-HClub 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; MayDay 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 HAVEA THING TO

RALPH CLAYBORNE RUBY DENTON MARGIE EVANS

JUNIORS

TENY GAYWAYNE 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

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SOPHOMORES

NANCY CAROLADAMS

CHARLOTTEAYCOCK

JOYCE COXEDWARD CRAFTKENNETH CRAFT

JANICE CRAFTWAYNE DAIL

LINDA EVANSBOBBY GALLOWAY

GERALD GAY

RALPH HEATHJANET HILL

LINDA HUBERJAMES JOHNSONFAYE JONES

HAZEL LANGLEYBEVERLY LANGALEX MEWBORN

MARGARET McKEELJEAN NORVILLE

RANDY TYSONALICE WAINWRIGHTSTEWART TUGWELLBECKY WINSTEADRAYMOND WOOTEN

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EUGENE BEAMANDONALD BOWDENADDIE BURRESSJEAN CLAYBORNESTANLEY CRAFT

JAMES DUNNBRENDA HARRELLLINDA HEDGEPETHBONNIE HOLLOMANLESLIE HOLLOMAN

EUGENE JENKINSANN LANGLEYHARRY ED MAYODAVID McKEELGEORGE MOORE

JEWEL MOOREGAIL MILES

NOAH MOOREGLORIA PADGETTRUBY PARKER

BILLY SERMONSMARY HELEN

SHIRLEYJO CAROL TYSONBOB WALSTON

RONNIE AVERYBILLY BARNHILLLINDA BEAMANPATRICIA BEAMANWILBERT BOWDEN

SANDRA BUNDYCAROLYN COBBDIANNE COBBJUDY COBBWILLIAM CRAFT

JEANIE ELLIS

PATSY GARRISBILLY GINNPATSY GRAVESBRENDA HARDISON

ERNEST HARRELLCONNIE HAYESEDWARD HEATHBECKY HOLLOMANMALAINE JONES

SIXTH GRADE

MARTHA JO JONESSTEVE LETCHWORTHCAROL McKEELDIANNE McKEELSTANLEY MERCER

ALICE FAYE MOOREANN MOORELINDA MOOREJEANNETTE ORMONDGAIL SHIRLEY

ONDRA SHIRLEYBOBBY SMITHFAYE SUMRELLGAIL TAYLORBECKY WALSTON

AUDREY WINDHAMJIMMY WOOTENPAT WOOTENKENNETH LANG

BARBARA ADAMSJUDY BEAMONSTEVE BEAMONBEN BOWDENJANIE BOWDEN

TRUDY BRITTRAY BROCKJAMES CATESCARLOS HARDISONSIMMY HOBBS

ARTHUR HOLLOMANBETTIE HOLLOMANGLENN LETCHWORTHLORAINE LEHMANNRICHARD McKEEL

FIFTH GRADE

NANCY MEWBORNMICKEY MILESDAVID MOOREROBERT MOORESANDRA MOORE

LINDA ORMONDDONNIE REASONCONNIE REASONMAJORIE ANNE SAWREYMICHAEL SUTTON

MARGARET ANN WHITLEYBARBARA WINDERSELLEN WOOTENKENNETH WOOTEN

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STEVE AVERY

V^HLON AYCOCKPAULINE BAILEYLEONARD BEAMANWAYNE BEAMANBRENDA BROCK

HAZEL COBBGAIL CORBETTJARVIS COXDAVID CRAFTDAVID DILDYPHOTO NOT

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PAUL ELLIS

SARAVEEN FIELDS

MICKEY GAYBILL HALLWILLIAM HARDISON

FOURTH GRADE

SHELBY HARRELLJANICE MINSHEWCLAUDIA MOOREALLEN MOOREMARVIN MOORE

PEGGY MOOREBRENDA MORGANEDWARD PADGETTRICHARD PARKERA. C. SHIRLEY

RICHARD SHIRLEYMARY ELLEN SPEIGHTKAY TAYLORFAYE WALSTONLOU WALSTON

JOYCE WOOTENKATHRYN WOOTEN

SHIRLEY YVONNE AVERYTONY LYNN BEAMANLINWOOD RAY BOWDENBOBBY AL BRITTGILBERT CARL COBB

MARSHALL LEE DILDYMILDRED ANN ELLIS

MARY CLAUDIA GARRISWILLIAM RUSSELL GAYCATHY ELAINE HARRELL

CAROLYN HAYESJANICE LEE H4YESROGER CLEVELAND HEATHMARY ETHEL HUMPHREYBOBBY CARROLL JOHNSON

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PHOTO NOTAVAILABLE

FLOYD THOMAS JONESWILLIAM ROGER JONES

D^RAH GAIL McCULLEN"g^NDA CAROLYN MEWBORNARTHUR GENE MOORE

THIRD GRADE

GEORGE HARVEY MOORELOU ELLEN MOOREMARVIN EARL MOOREROY LEE MOORERONALD DOUGLAS MOORE

PHOTONOT AVAILABLE

JANICE ANN SERMONGLORIA FAYE SHACKLEFORDDENNIS RAY SHIRLEYGLENN CLAYTON SHIRLEYVICKY GRAY SHIRLEY

JUDITH ELLEN SMITHBILLY RAY SUTTONDONNIE RAY TAYLORMAYLON BRUTON TAYLORMILTON RODERICK TUGWELL

GERALD NORFLEET VICKJAMES WILLIAM WALSTONJAMES EARL WHITLEYJERRY ROGERS WOOTEN

J. C. BEAMANMARY ESTHER CLAYBORNEJANE CRAFTJEAN CRAFTMARY ELLEN FIELDS

JOAN HARDISONRONNIE HEATHJOEY JENKINSGARY LANGSTONCHARLES LEHMANN

DEBORAH MAYOLARRY MERCERDWIGHT MOORELINDA MOORE

SECOND GRADE

MARTIN PARKEREVELYN SMITHRICKY SPEIGHTAL SUGGSCARSON SUTTON

CLENTON SUTTONKEN TAYLORJEWELL TUGWELLJASON TYSONLYMAN EARL TYSON

DOROTHY WAINWRIGHTWAYNE WAINWRIGHTBECKY WHITLEYGENE WOOTEN

DIANNE BAILEY

JESSIE BEAMANVICKY CORBETTCHARLES DILDYDONALD RAY ELLIS

LOU GARDNER

RONNIE HARDISONGLENDA HAYESSUE HOLLOMANALBERT LEE MOOREDEBBIE NEWTONCAROLYN SAWYER

JEFFREY SHIRLEYBEVERLY SMITHBENNETT TYSONBRIAN WALDRONDENNIS WALSTONJUDY WALSTON

WAYNE WHITLEYLARRY WILLIFORDJOAN WOOTEN

FIRST GRADE

PHOTO NOTAVAILABLE

LINDA ALDRIDGEGEORGE BAILEYSTANLEY BEAMONCATHY BOWDENJESSE COBBBARBARA ANN DUNN

VICKY ELLIS

SAMMY GAYDONNIE HARRELLGAIL HARRELLFREDA HOLLOMANKENNETH JOHNSON

ANN LANGMARY SUSAN McKEELDIANE MERCERLARRY MEWBORNBRENDA MOORELUCILLE MOORE

MARVIN PADGETTCAROL LYNN RUSSELLDAVID SHACKELFORDRONNIE SHIRLEYKAYE SPEIGHTMARY LOU WHEELER

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENTWe 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 IVTo individuals we bequeath the following

THOMAS VICK leaves his schoolbus to Charlotte Aycock, so that she will still have a front seaton 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 himout 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 heneeds it.

HARRY MOORE leaves his way with the women to Robert Roberson even though he doesn't needit.

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

PROPHECYOne 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 -paeked 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 POPULARChristine Ormond and Mike Mayo

MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEEDVivian Beamon and S. W. Sumrell

MOST ORIGINALLois Johnson and Henry Cox

MOST ATHLETICFrances Lang and Thomas VickMOST COURTEOUS

Leafy Mae Jones and Roy Lee Wooten

TALISMAN’S STAFF

Frances LangEditor

Vivian BeamonAssistant Editor

Odia HuberBusiness Manager

Glenn BeamanAdvertising Manager

)me, Thom;

DRIVING CLASSMr. 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, BeckyiJ/itutMd, Charlotte Aycock, Mr. Williams, Faye Jones, Neat

:S, Vivian Beamon, Linda Parker, Linda Johnson,

Corbett.

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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 VARSITYMr. Williams, Coachj Ralph Heath; Douglas Hardison; Leslie Hardison; Jimmy Norville; James Padgett; Mac McKeel; Donald

Owens; Robert Tugwell; Charles Harrell; Alex Mewbom.

BASEBALL TEAMMr. Williams, Coach; Douglas Kearney; Jimmy Norville; Charles Harrell; Robert Tugwell; Randy Tyson; Skipper Hall; DonaldOwens; James Padgett; Mac McKeel; Andy Mewborn; Roy Jones; Gerald Gay; Jimmy Smith; Mike Mayo; Odia Huber; Kenneth

Sutton; Edward Craft.