Atkins High School - Maroon and Gold Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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THE HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1949 The historv of the class of 1949 is comparable with a motion picture serial, a serial of four chapters. The , l , rhe four years which the class has spent in high school. The setting of this great pro- four chapters P Carter and the faculty and produced by the Board of Education, is Winston-Salem, NorTtfS Thfc ' .?L compo» l of many talented yoong people, .ho member, of rhe class of •«. The oDenine scene of the first chapter shows the arrival of a large number of green” freshmen at At- kins on a rainy September morn, 1945. Although these young people appear somewhat frightened and be- wildered upon their entrance to high school, much talent in all fields is unfurled. In this first chapter, we see the freshmen class winning the debate. Alice Hauser and Dorothy Carter are the two actresses responsible for this victory. Captain Toe Foster leads the intramural basketball team to success in this thrilling episode Allen Jones is the player whom we see scoring the highest number of points in the final game This team holds the dis- tinction of having been the first freshman class to win the championship in the history of intramural basket- ball at Atkins. The dramatic ability of the class is well demonstrated. Biaven Turner, John Matthews and Sir Walter Mack turn in great performances. The class’ excellence in scholarship is revealed in the latter part of this chapter when ten people receive lne class exceiie Certificates These people are: Dorothy Boulware, Thomasina Johnson, Ada SpKDor Sip,! Mildred Rice, Elizabeth Shell, Mattie Rbby, Helen Thompkint, Marsh Wallace, John Matthews, and Andrew McKinney. Rettv lean Thompson reyeals her spelling ability by winning the spelling bee and Richard Nowlin shows Betty Jean inomp Ampriranisrn Poster contest. The first scene fades with many freshmen his artistic genius by winning Come back in twelve weeks for the next thrilling participating in many activities and a voice seems y a episode.” The second chapter o pens in September, 1946. The cast is the same, but there is a difference. The mem- bers of the class are wise and more confident because they are now sophomores. , j definite tact in debate and refutation, the sophomore class is winner in Displaying unu B iavan Turwr, and Ada Peoples are the debaters. This debate can t forgo by the timber, of rhe class of ' 4!. because all .he member, of .be opposire .earn fainted. Each rime .he auditorium ZTSEfc irl “Sdl in ,,Th ' of Nist ' for whlch tW ceives the award for having been the best actress of the year. On the athletic side, the contributions of the class are great in this chapter. The intramural basketball co„.e s ,h .y ' Von by A», Cass Doris aSSJSi McEaddei are foo.bal, players. Dorothy Carter and James Ey.ns are .inner, in the book-naming contest conducted in the library. Again the scene fade, and a well deserved rest is welcomed.

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Name: Charles Curtis Wertz Nickname: Toot” Expression: To see him you would think he is very shy, but to know him you would wonder why you could be so wrong.” Activities: French Club Ambition: Lawyer Name: Rosa West Nickname: Rose” Expression: She’s very glad and happy when oth- ers seem sad.” Activities: Tennis Club Ambition: Doctor Name: Rosa Lee White Nickname: Rose” Expression: A quiet girl you think you see, you are right according to me.” Activities: Ye Merrie Stenos” Ambition: Teacher Name: Abraham Williams Nickname: Flute” Expression: Cooperative, jolly, neat, friendly.” Activities: Ffi-Y, Softball Ambition: Machinist Name: Katherine Wilson Nickname: Cat” Expression: If sewing will make a man, I predict fame for her some day.” Activities: Y-Teens Ambition: Seamstress Name: Doris Wynecoff Nickname: Bobbie” Expression: She’s always very neatly dressed, and takes great pains to look her best.” Activities: Y-Teens, Crown and Scepter Club, Ye Merrie Stenos”, Journalism, Public Speaking, Li- brary Staff, Traffic Squad, Debating, Etiquette Club, Youth Division of Community Council, Photo Fans, Girl Scouts Ambition: Doctor or Musician

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Chapter three gets under way with the election of Dorothy Carter, Ada Peoples, Annette Scott, Doris Wynecoff, Patricia Holman and James Potts to membership in the Crown and Scepter Club. The Public Speaking Club is organized during this chapter. From this group are chosen the participants on the Junior Town Meeting Radio Program. Juniors participating in this activity are Ada Peoples, Dorothy Carter, Doris Wynecoff, James Evans, Beulah Long, Doris Phillips, Alma Lewis, Gearldine Bailey and An- drew McKinney. Ada Peoples is elected vice-president of the state-wide Crown and Scepter Club. Great contributions are made in athletics. Several juniors are awarded block A’s for outstanding ser- vice. We recognize the presentation of the annual Junior-Senior Prom as the last major event of the year and again the screen goes blank, another chapter has been compl eted. Chapter four, the final episode, comes on the screen. Is this a new cast? No, the cast seems different because its members are now thoroughly dignified and sophisticated. Six persons are added to the great cast. They are those brain-busters” who are not contented to spend four years in high school, but must finish in three years. They are Howard Sheff, Earnest Fair, David Thompkins, Virgie Lampkins, Barbara Mauney and Evolia Gaither. Samuel McFadden is elected to the captainship of the football team. James Holmes and Richard Dye exhibit brilliant ball carrying technique. Other members of the squad are Robert Adams, Leander Baltimore and Alec Thompson. At the end of football season, we see a giant parade. The float which is attracting most attention is one in which sits a beautiful young lady. We recognize this as the home-coming parade and we recognize the beautiful young lady as Marion Davis. This celebration will live forever in the minds of the members of the class of ’49 because it marks the first home-coming celebration at Atkins and Marion Davis, a senior, is the first to be crowned Miss Atkins High.” As the home-coming scene fades, basketball comes on the screen. Joe Foster is elected captain and Vernon Cunningham returns to school to render his most valuable services to the squad. George Brannon, Edward Hanes, Archie Caldwell, and James Holmes are also players. Each member of the cast now has a common goal, to graduate. With this goal in mind, the class be- gins to work on the Class Annual. The class of ’49 is the first class to have an annual in nearly twenty years. The staff of the annual consists of Ada Peoples, editor-in-chief, Annette Scott, Mildred Andrews, Dorothy Curry, Delores Blalock, Tecola Lawson, Luella Brown, Norman King, Biavan Turner, Sir Walter Mack, and Andre w McKinney. As the class busily prepares the annual and seniors participate in all other extra-curricular activities, the both joyful and sad words, the end,” are on the screen. Thus we have seen the history of the greatest class ever, the class of 1949.