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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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
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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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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.