June 9, 1937
GOLDSBORO HI NEWS
PAGE SEVEN
Date: 1947. Class of *37 Still Scoring
By ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH
(Editor’s ISTote: This is a sum
mary of the prophecy as presented
in play form at Class Day.)
On a late summer day in 1947 I
found myself in ]STew York on a
business trip. Woman-like, I wanted
some new clothes to carry home with
me. So I asked several people to
direct me to a dress shop and was
told that the Mozingo Dress Shoppe
was the best in the city. I needed
a dress for a reception being given
in honor of Hilda Eae Pate, the
opera singer. Several other well-
known figures, or celebrities, were
to attend. Among them were Albert
Rose, the millionaire; Busbie Glas-
cox, the explorer ; C. B. Barbre, the
sports writer and Marshall Mc
Dowell of the firm of McDowell and
Proud, Lawyers.
A Memory-Reviving Outfit
I tried on dresses for what seemed
hours and finally spied a red and
white net that I liked. It was- a
“Yvette” model. The wrap that I
selected to wear with it was a crea
tion of Elaine James. The clerk,
much to my surprise, was none other
than Ruth Frederick, who persuaded
me to buy a pair of Spence and
Creech sandals to match my dress.
I didn’t feel that I could pay the
price that Ruth asked for the entire
outfit; so I asked her to call the
manager and let me talk with him.
He turned out to be Mr. William
Hosea Shepard, or my old friend
‘‘Stupe.” It was hard to imagine
“Stupe” Shej)ard as the manager
of a ladies’ ready-to-wear shoppe.
He must be a busy man because as
he came to talk with me two secre
taries rushed after him. He was
trying to dictate a letter to Dot
Savage and all the while Margery
"'Raters was trying to get him to
answer an urgent ’phone call from
liis lawyer, William Dees.
' Celebrities
i While I was waiting for my jDack-
ages to be wrapped, I talked to
another of the clerks. Hazel Shaver.
She told me that some of our old
classmates were regular customers of
l^ers—that Annie Laurie Howell, the
concert pianist, had been in just
that morning. Annie Laurie had
just returned from a tour of Europe.
It happened that Mary Clyde Hill,
the writer, was on the same boat
with her and that Hayes Beamon
was the captain of the ship.
; I learned all of this from Hazel
too—that Edythe Tesler was no
longer Edythe Tesler but the
Countess Texetta; that Carolyn
Smith was the head nurse at the
Goldsboro Hospital with Madeline
Yates, Blanche Crocker, Lillian
Pate, Rachel Hooks,. Doris Warrick,
and Inez Costin all nurses under
her; that James Rollins and Edwin
Deans were partners in the grocery
blisiness in Goldsboro and that
Pete Jarrell, Christine Epps, Mable
Deans and Mary Sherman were
teaching in the Goldsboro schools.
News Across the Table
I left the dress shop and went to
Marguerite Thompson’s /‘Ye Beste
Eoode” tearoom for lunch. Elsie
Lewis was Marguerite’s dietetian.
And whom should I run into ?
Katherine Jones! I ate lunch with
‘‘K” and found out that she was
a secretary in - the Langston-Walton
Manufacturing Company and the
Wilborne Jones was a salesman in
the same company.:
We “swapped. news” for awhile
and pieced together this much—that
it was rumored that. Elizabeth Door
man, a feature dancer of Eleanor
Smith’s “Carolina Girls,” was under
contract to Cecil Willis, the film
director; that Erank Earfour and
Clevia Balkcum had both recently
won first places in the Olympics—
Erank for track and Clevia for
swimming; and that “Teeny” Lewis
had married a boy from Eremont
in a beautiful church wedding,
Ozello Woodward, the interior
decorator, had charge of the ar
rangement of the church for the
wedding.
Stage Production
Katherine told me that Patrick
M. Witherington had been made the
president of the Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company and that
Rosanna Barnes was his j^rivate
secretary. After lunch “Kay” and
I went to Harold Ward’s Grande
Theater and saw Dot Parker in
“A Electing Moment.” The story
was written by Margaret Eordham;
the clothes were designed by Mar
jorie Wood Eagan; the scenario
writer had been Elizabeth Bass and
the head electrician, James Thomp
son.
Studio of Voice
After the show Katherine and I
separated and I wandered aimlessly
up the street. I saw a sign on a
window that read “The Mitcham
Studio of Voice.” I wondered if it
could possibly be my old friend,
Irene. Going in, I was pleasantly
surprised to find that it was. We
had a good _ “old times” talk. I
asked Irene just how many of our
classmates of ’37 had jobs in ]^ew
York. She said there were several
who were secretaries in the big city
—Katherine Shefiield, Lena Reeves,
Mary Alice Hardy, Rachel Daugh-
tery, Hattie Smith, Coleen Mc-
Clenny, and Adelle Beamon. She
told me that Ruth Slocumb, the
surgeon, was in 'New York visiting
Margaret Edmundson. At least she
used to be Margaret Edmundson,
but now she was married to one of
the Police Inspectors of K'ew York
City.
Merchants
Leaving Irene’s studio, I walked
up the avenue and saw two shoppes
owned by former GHS girls. The
first was the Ellis Hatte Shoppe,
owned by Hellon Ellis, and the
second was the Bass and Best Dress
Shoppe, owned by Kathleen and
Edythe. I went in this shoppe and
found that Margaret Britt and
Ruth Dillworth were models there.
I talked with them for a long time.
Ruth told me that Clifton James
was head athletic coach at the Uni
versity of JNTorth Carolina—that
Mary Elizabeth Rackley was Golds
boro’s public librarian — that
Geralene Gregory was a medical
missionary in China and that Helen
Elowers was teaching the English
language in a Paris school.
Opening of WGHS
Margaret asked me if I was plan
ning to listen to the opening of
Radio Station WGHS that night.
I told her that I was. EranWin
Spencer was the head engineer of
the station and Henry Simmons his
assistant. The Monk-Etheridge
Wholesale Grocery Company was
sponsoring the opening program,
which was featuring “Babe” Bad-
dour and her Syncopated Sizzlers
with Dorothy Hill as vocalist.
I wondered how these girls knew
so much Goldsboro news. Edythe
told me she had just returned from
a visit to Worth Carolina. I had not
known that Robert Hatch was run
ning for governor of ISTorth Caro
lina. She told me, too, that she
had seen Morris Warrick Avhile she
was in Goldsboro and that he was
in a business all his own—the War
rick Electric Refrigeration Com
pany. Sadie Watson was his sec
retary. Ralph Britt was in the
Used Car Business in Goldsboro.
A Get-Together
We decided that we would like to
have a partial reunion of our class
that night. We called everyone that
was in ]STew York including Zealy
and Teague, the doctors; Bruce
Duke, the manager of a well-known
department; Seymour Brown, the
steel magnate; Woodrow Barden,
teacher of industrial arts, and Bes
sie Green, Helen Powers, and
Erances Gillikin, teachers in School
ISTumber 13.
Bryan, Grady and Montague,
engineers, had their offices in ISTew
York, and was felt sure we could
get them to come to the reunion.
Randall Davidson, the secretary of
the Deshong-Smith Steel Works, was
in Chicago on business, but we
called Earl and John. I knew that
Catherine Buie wrote a column on
Advice to the Lovelorn for a Wew
York paper and was informed by
Catherine’s secretary, Delphia Rose,
that Miss Buie was out of town.
Floyd McDowell, the shortstop for
the Yankees, agreed that he would
come when we called.
Evening of Fun
For entertainment we decided to
go to see the new Musical, “The
Dog and the Lady,” with Mildred
Parker, playing leading lady to
Robert Bartholomew, the handsome
screen idol. The play had been
produced by the Dewey-Spicer Pro
duction Company. I had not known
that Margaret Korman was a secre
tary in this company until Edythe
told me. We planned to go from
the play to the Lancaster Mewborn
Hotel to dance.
I wanted to have my hair fixed
before time for the reunion. Ruth
suggested that I go to the Edwards,
Ginn and Hinson Beauty Parlor.
We agreed to meet at eighth and
realizing how much fun I was going
to have, I left the Bass and Best
Shoppe looking forward with keen
anticipation to the pleasures of the
night.
Growth and Inconsisfency
To the strains of “Largo” 42
Seniors in 1938 w’alked down the
aisles of the auditorium to receive
their diplomas. This year 112
Seniors will go over the same pro
ceedings.
An inconsistency and at the same
time growth is shown in the fol
lowing: In 1930 74 diplomas were
conferred; in 1931, 79; in 1932, 89;
1933, 118; in 1934 and 1935, 105;
and in 1936, 95.
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