Yearbooks can be a valuable source of photographs of community members whose images were infrequently captured or retained. The 1952 edition of Charles H. Darden High School’s yearbook, The Trojan, included this photograph of Oswald W. Harris, who briefly taught math at the school. A native of Warrenton, North Carolina, Harris went on to become a professor of mathematics at Union College-New Jersey and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He died in Pompano Beach, Florida, in 2001.
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In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 210 Powell Street, Oswald W. Harris, 40, math teacher at city high school; wife Johnnie, 37, home economics teacher at city high school; sons John M., 5, and Anthony W., 2; and cousin Lucy J. Oneill, 25, “caretaking of home.”
Wonderful ♥️
Ms. Johnnie B. Harris was a vibrant instructor for CHD for years. ” Johnny Boy ” Harris was a keen spirited entrpreneur gregarious spirit during his Wilson years. HE was last i saw him living in WS,NC in the late 1990’s. ” Tony Hookie ” Harris is considered the most outstanding drum major in the history of CH Darden HS, know for great theatrics and fanfare. Last heard of in the Tallahasee vicinty of FL. serving as an outstanding radio D J.
I remember Mrs. Harris!