Wilson Daily Times, 4 November 1949.
Floreta Walson Allen died 3 November 1949 in rural Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Per her death certificate, she was born 17 May 1908 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Stacy J. Walson and Ruby A. Trowell; was married; was employed as a teacher. She was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C. Lesly J. Walson was informant.
Though she was said to have lived and taught in Wilson for ten years, I have not found record of her in the city.
Wilson Daily Times, 18 December 1945.
Wilson Daily Times, 18 November 1950.
“Hundreds of Wilson county residents yesterday turned out for the opening of the mass x-ray survey which will last until December 23. Part of the crown which attended the opening in front of the county court house can be seen in the top photo. The Charles L. Coon High school band also is shown in the above picture. Colored citizens staged their own opening program at Nash and Pender streets. The Darden High school band can be seen in the bottom photo getting the mass x-ray started in that section of town. …”
Wilson Daily Times, 16 September 1949.
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Wilson Daily Times, 10 October 1949.
Wilson Daily Times, 11 October 1949.
Wilson Daily Times, 6 November 1950.
Bill Elliott supervised the Darden High School’s Teen Age Club, which held social events at Reid Street Community Center under the joint sponsorship of Darden’s Parent-Teacher Association and Wilson’s Department of Recreation and Parks.
Wilson Daily Times, 26 October 1950.
Darden High school students at a Reid Street Community Center dance after a Trojan football game. Wilson Daily Times, 9 November 1950.
Check out all the marching band members still in uniform!
Clipping courtesy of J. Robert Boykin III.
Wilson Daily Times, 3 June 2022.
These are my father’s beloved classmates. Marking their 70th anniversary, Darden High School Class of 1952 raised $8700 — more than a quarter of the donations contributed this year to Darden Alumni Association’s scholarship and building funds.
Marian Sewell Farmer.
Jean Wynn Jones.
James Edward Farmer Jr.
Herman McNeil.
Leonard P. Sherrod Jr.
Eloise Ward.
Doris Ward Heath.
Rederick Caswell Henderson.
Senior class photos courtesy of The Trojan (1952), the yearbook of Charles H. Darden High School.
My father loved some Darden High School and Darden High School Alumni Association and kept a stack of these in his trunk for whomever he encountered that might have wanted one. It’s a list of every known graduate of Darden from 1924 until it closed its doors as a high school in 1970.
I didn’t attend Darden, but I grew up in the glow of its glory. Memorial Day weekend is synonymous with Darden Alumni Reunion. My father was a founder and an early president of the Association, and his class celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. Jean Wynn Jones lovingly spoke on their behalf at his funeral, and several of his classmates helped carry flowers from the church.
As I continue to celebrate and honor my father’s legacy, I raise a toast to the Class of 1952!
Class of 1952 Darden High School