Wilson Daily Times, 9 June 1948.

Saint Alphonsus Catholic School’s 1948 graduation and closing exercises dispensed “diplomas” to 44 children:

Clarence Halley, Albert Farmer, Boisey Barnes, Edgar R. Gay Jr., Charles Weaver, Jerome Hodges, James Earl Cotton, Joseph Lucas, Marshall Willington, Milton Bynum, Arte— Lee Cox, Timothy Freeman, Archie Short, John Davis, Charles Murphy, John Smith, Jerry Lee Williams, Dema Darden, Vincent Peacock, Charles Groseland, Arthur Lee Edwards, Sandra Purdie, Joyce Woodard, Winnie Coley, Barbara J. Foster, Brenda C. Hines, Betty Jean Ward, Mary Helen Jones, Yvonne, Goodman, Joyce Ann Carr, July Millain, Johnesse Bryant, Delories Short, B. Jean Purdie, Marion Wright, Louise McPhatan, Joan Johnson, Sylvia Walker, Lewis G. Royster, Peggy A. Hargrove, Betsy Mae Lane, Barbara A. Smith, and Emilia Gay.