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

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enior 64155 nop ecg Lime: June 2, 1983 Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina If you have any sense of imagination, prepare to use it now, for only those who possess the ability to dream can look into the seeds of time and tell which grain will grow and which will not. Upon the wings of your imagination let your minds wan- der with me. Exactly thirty years have passed since our class of 1953 left the portals of Atkins High School. Many of the members of that class have remained here in the wonderful city of Winston-Salem to help make it a better place in which to live. As we walk down the street of success, we find a sweet breeze blowing through the trees and flowers. Our first stop is at Mayor Eugene Preston's office which is located on the 30th floor of the McPhailentot Memorial Building. Plans for this great structure were drawn up by the Charles Alston Engineering Company. In the mayor's office is Shirley Bacote. The mayor informs us that he works with a very cooperative and capable Board of Aldermen, which consists of the following mem- bers of the class of 1953: Donald Jones, Richard Gamble, James Grant, James Coop- er, and Eugene Gunn. Before leaving the McPhailentot Memorial Building, let's visit ,the Zznd floor and the office of the State Board of Internal Revenue. In charge we rind Certified Public Accountant Leo S. Morrison, Jr.. Working as accountants in lVlr. Morrison's office are Jimmie Truesdale and Earline Reynolds. Across the street is the newly built Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital. The superintendant is Dr Herbert Bradley. Among the stalf of registered and sur- gical nurses we find, Ruby Lash, Betty Ingram, Patsy Fuller, Missouri 1-lawkins, and lvlabel Blackwell. Serving in the capacity of chief surgeons are William Meroney, .John Byrd, and David Dillard. Thaddeus Rice is the laboratory technician. Aware of the tact that time waits for not one we must hurry in order to iinish our tour. In the surburbs of the city we visit WLTV, a recently erected television station. Marvin Hairston is the managing technician. Nancy Davis, receptionist for the station, greets us at the entrance. As we tour the building we find Rogers Lamp- ,kins, and Bernice Crosby serving as directors of advertisements and Barnabas rlart, Allen Jackson, and Thomas Howard as news commentators. As we continue our tour we get to the part of the tour which appeals greatly 'to the feminine members of the group. You guessed it, we are now entering Wins- ton-Salem's largest department store, Rader's, owned and operated by Coleman 1Rader. In this lavishly decorated women's apparel center we rind busy cashiers, beautiful models, and handsome floorwalkers. Doris Kirby, Mae Frances Hamm, 'and Jessie Little, beautiful models, are taking part in a fashion show on the 2nd mezzanine in which the latest styles for the summer of 1983 are being exhibited. Before leaving Rader's Department Store 1et's not forget to mention the very vigil- ant and solemn floor-walkers whom we are forever running into. Among the large staff of floor-walkers are Fred Chavis, James Cobb and James Horton. As we look down the street we see a huge sign which reads Winston Gazette. We hurry to this sign and find that this is the home of one of the biggest circulation 'newspapers in North Carolina. Entering the building we see another sign which reads, Bobby Moore, editor. Recognizing Mr. Moore's name we rush to his private office. On his desk we see a pile of newspapers. We pick one and start reading it. 'The headline reads Frank King appointed Consul to Indochina. As we turn the pages we come to the Who's Wherel' column. We find that Joseph Settles and Stella Bradshaw have left for a vacation in Reno, Nevada. Willie Sturdi- vantrand Doris Jones are in Hollywood to take roles in James Sawyer's latest pro- duction Beginning of the End. Senator Harold Richardson, home for a few days rest, has hinted that he may run for re-election. Octavia Lawson is in New York taking the leading role in Barbara Thomas' opera, Solituda . Turning to the sports page we read that Donald Young has just signed a contract to manage the Brooklyn jDodgers. Harold Barnes, Business manager of the league-leading St. Louis Browns, says that he is satisfied with the attendance so far this season, and hopes that it does- ,n't get any worse. James Sligh and James Brown are tied for the lead in the Greater Winston-Salem Golf Open. Both had a two underpar 69 on the first round. Joyce Lorick is leading the women's open with a first round 75, followed by Dorothy Jackson's very close 74. Since we have taken up so much time reading the newspa- per in Mr. Moore's office we won't have time to tour the newspaper building as we had planned. On our way out we meet Andrea Thomas and Barbara Hunter and ,Sarah Sims making a mad rush to get their assigned stories in before press time. Directly in front of the newspaper building is the most beautiful and unique floral shop on this side of heaven. It is owned and operated by Miss Barbara Kinard. Not being able to turn down the inviting odor of the sweet flowers, we enter. Doris .Parham and Hattie Howie are found making orchid corsages. Green house work- ers are Thomas Mumford, Cordelia Hairston and Bettie Booker. The chief horticul- turist for the floral farm is Louis Bellamy. After such a full and interesting tour of beautiful Winston-Salem, we are all ,very tired and hungry, so let's end this wonderful day by going to the Y. M.-Y. W. C. A. and fill ourselves to the rim with good food at a special reunion banquet for mem- fbers and friends of the graduating class of 1953. At this banquet we see many friends and classmates who will never be forgotten. Now with your permission wc would like to return to the quiet, calm confines of our homes and enjoy ourselves with the reminiscence of such a wonderful day. Leo Morrison, Jr.

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