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

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Class Huslory Ne, the senuor class of l957, realuzung that our remaunung days at Atkuns are numbered, pause amudst our many and varuous actuvutues for a reflection over the past four years Alot has happened to us suncethatmemorable day un September of l953 when we arruved on the Atkuns campus We have spent many days un the halls of Atkuns some good, some bad, some happy, and some sad But no matter what each day brought, all of them combuned make up the History of the Class of 57 Though we as freshmen were green to hugh school lufe, we were eager and enthusiastic to get unto the swung of thungs here at Atkuns, so Immediately we uouned the variety of extra curricula actuvutues offered here These Included dramatucs, band, glee club, and sports Not only were we actuve extra currucularly but also scholastucally Thus was evudent by the fact that several of our number frequently led the honor roll and were awarded honor certufucates un the sprung Finally June came and a year of hard work and fun was over We left school wuth a great antucupatuon for the fall when we would be sophomores After a restful and delightful summer, we agaun arruved on the Atkuns campus Wuth a year s experience un hugh school lufe, we got rught down to work This year a number of us were promoted to the advanced glee club u h I 5 number uf-.eluded Lefhq Gwyn Frances Cockerham, Betty Puryear, Ruth Moses Joan Woods, Theotuas Kelly Betty Rhynes, Hattue Benson, Dorus lngram Shirley Belton Treva lsauah, :duth Caldwell Tyrone Boyce Zeola Baldwin, Corrie Puckens, Mary Pearson, Delous Deberry Wullue Jones, Leon Havner, Thurmond Dubois Several ofuswere also promoted to the advanced band These were Carolyn Hargraves, Clara Bauley Gwendolyn Newton, Wullue Adams Nathan Cook, Barbara Pannell Gloria Bess Leon Smith Katherune Feemster, Marulyn Leak, and Eugene Belton A few of our strong and husky boys began playing football wuth the C ame l s Some of these were Franklin Tullman Bullue Nance Allen Black Thurmond Debous Wullue Jones and Gerald Dozuer David Archue and Bullue Nance ouned the Camel cagers and helped the team to wun the state champuonshup Not only dud we do our 'ob well un the departments of musuc and sports but we also took an actuve part un thus year s homecomung festuvutues Gwendolyn Newton was our candidate for the much coverted Muss Atkuns Hugh Crown purpose and goal toward whuch we were working Although our scholastuc duties demanded a great deal of our attentuon, we stull had tume tor extra curricular actuvutues Representing us un the advanced band were Barbara Pannell, Gwendolyn Newton Ida Patterson, Constance Howue Carolyn Hargraves, Katherine Feemster Delous Busnop, Leon Smith, Eugene Belton, Gloria Bess Leon Caldwell Clara Bailey Wullue Adams, Marulyn Leak and Ann Brown Hughlughtung thus year s actuvutues was the homecomung events We elected Marulyn Leak to represent us un the contest for Muss Atkuns Hugh We partucupated un other varied actuvutues among whuch were the Y Teens, Jr Red Cross, dramatuc club, football, basketball, and baseball Our strenuous scholastuc endeavors dud not go unrewarded, however Theotuas Kelly Gwendolyn Newton June Simmons, Joan Kunard Frances Cockerham, .lean Hayes Barbara Pannell, Betty Puryear, Clara Bailey Dorus lngram Bessue Luttleuohn Barbara Rice, Shirley Belton Letha Gwyn Katherune Feemster, and Curtis Duxon were inducted unto the Crown and Scepter Club The sprung of thus year was clumaxed by the gala Junior Senior Prom, whuch was the most outstandung affair of the year The dance orchestra furnushed the musuc Our contrubutuons to thus group were Eugene Belton, Leon bmuth and Wullue Adams As the year rolled to a close, we felt that we were well on our way to becomung an outstandung class vie launched unto our senuor year wuth only 2l7 of the 455 students who arruved at Atkuns four years ago as freshmen Begunnung un September several of the senuors were appounted to posutuons of leadership un the organs zatuons of the school George Hull was elected presudent of the senuor class Letha Gwyn, presudentof the senuor Y Teens Theotuas Kelly editor un chuef of the Maroon Wave , Curtis Duxon president of the Student Govern ment And now the tume draws near when we must leave our beloved Atkuns we are both confudent and reluctant Wuth deepest gratitude to those who have helped us up thus rugged traul, welowertheludof our trunk of memorues of our truals as well as our triumphs of our losses, as well as our gauns, memories to be fuled away un our cabinets of fond reminiscences, to be recalled at wull GWENDOLYN NEWTON TH EOT IAS KELLY Hustoruans l . . . , . . 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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the Senaor Class of naneteen hundred and fafty seven, of Atkans Hagh School beang of sound mand and ludgment realazang that our departang tume as drawang close, do hereby make publash and declare thas to be our Last Wall and Testament Sectaon Sectaon Sectaon Sectaon ARTICLE I To our adorable parents who have borned wath us through many sorrows and paans we leave our gratatude To our beloved prancapal Mr J A Carter, we, the senaors, leave our token of thanks for the consaderataon and guadance he has gaven us durang our stay at Atkans Hagh To the faculty, we leave our warmest thanks for the efforts put forward by them ARTICLE ll To the entare student body we bequeath the followang Joan Woods walls her abalaty to go to school four years wathout occupyangaseat anthedascaplrne room to Alton Gunn and Helen Johnson Artemas Daxon walls has abalaty to stay quaet to Charles Goans Margretha Epps leaves her abalaty to get geometry to James Epps and Thurmond Evans To J B Sharp goes Franklan Tallman s abalaty to play fullback Ethel Perry walls to Frances Perry her abalaty to make E an deportment Catherane Butler walls her seat an French class to Delores Butler and Calvan Connor Nettae Rousseau walls her sangang abalaty to Ada Ruth Jones and Gloraa Sales To Rosetta Peay Essae Smath walls her abalaty to keep her hands off pravate property Leon Havner walls has love technaque to Elvas Presley s fans Eugene Belton walls has heart to all the garls that hate ham To Wallaam Ducke goes Theodore Weldon s abalaty to play hooky Bobby Sharp walls has lunch tray to Earnest Jones Gerald Dozaer leaves has dravang skull to all hot rodders Lavon Galmore walls has old locker to Maldred Lattlelohn Deborah Hammond bequeaths her old bad walk to anybody who wants at Lewas Harras walls has abalaty to cut class to anyone who thanks he can take advantage of at Galbert Mock walls has tardy forms to Paulane Maller Leon C Smath walls all has love to Sharley A Macon Jeanette Brooks walls her drum malor suat to Paulane Maller and her dancang abalaty to Jacquelane Fanney Elaane Brown walls her unused Physacs book to Gladys Race Jackae Burnett be queaths has knowledge ofthe radao to James Jackson Sharley Hairston leaves her best washes to Maldred Carson and Norma Jean Cherry Runetta McFarlan walls her old combanataon lock to Brenda Hooper Nancy Reynolds gaves her abalaty to play vaolan to Alace Broadway To Glymp, Shell, and Campbell Tyrone Boyce leaves has abalaty to obtaan so many garls Glor a Jeffraes leaves her fafteen cents to some poor and needy person To Frank McMallan goes James Sades seat an Mrs Fraende s French class Myrtle Young walls her posataon as Mtss Atkans Hagh to next year's lucky senaor Theodosaa Walson leaves her abalaty to get along wath everyone to Decae Wallaams Martha McNeaIl leaves all the luck an the world to NathanaelToney Frances Cockerham walls her abalaty to get along wath the teacher to Emma Jean Cockerham To Velma Smath goes all of Katherane Feemster s Jam Dandaes Anne Brown hereby bequeaths to Dorldane Thomas her loud pank lapstack and all her love to Fred Tanner To Gwendolyn Baaley Clara Baaley walls her whate bucks Wrllae Adams leaves has problems notebook to Walt Daddy Oh Adams BessaeLattlelohn bequeaths to Loss Carolyn Walson her crazy but sweet personalaty Howard Shaw leaves to Elmo Landsay hrs doorless locker Ida Patterson leaves many happy memoraes of her senaor year to Carolyn Boaley To Earl Puryear goes Betty Puryear s abalaty to shout step lavely an the halls Gwendolyn Newton walls her abalaty to cut class and not get caught to Almetras McDonald, and her abalaty to get along wath people and stay out of trouble to Carolyn Newton George Hall leaves has nackname, Sweet Daddy Dew Drop to Jammy Rousseau and has abalaty to charm the women to Randolph Roseboro June Sammons walls her abalaty to dance to Martha Hawkans Barbara Race walls her crazy haar style and haar pans to whoever wall accept them To Joann Truesdale Constance Howae walls her whate shoe strangs Zeola Baldwan walls her headaches an typang to Dorothy Patterson Barbara Pannell walls her abalaty to wear bag stockangs to Velma Pannell and the audacaty to wear her red sloppy Joe sweater to Mavas Johnson To Theodore Caldwell goes Curtas Dlxon s abalaty to wear chaan gang socks wath I I I I I ll ' ll I. , 2. , . . . I. : . . , .. . .. ,,,,. . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . , .. . . . . . . . ,. ,. ' I ' I . . , . . , ' J O . . . , . . . ' I . . . . . . ,, - ,, . . . , .. ,, . ,, . . . ,, ,, . . .. ' I