Clayton High School - Clahischo Yearbook (Clayton, NC)

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Class History We, the Senior class of 1950, looking backward through the long years of our history in school, feel that we really have a great deal of appreciation to express to our parents, our teachers, and to Mr. Welch,who showed so much thoughtfulness and patience in setting the sails for our long voyage in life. The year 1939, we were a group of little children, beginning our struggle up the ladder of school years--twelve long years. Miss Janie Gulley and Miss Massey were our first teachers, the ones who really had a great deal to do with putting our feet on the right path. We will always be grateful to them for the many patient hours they gave to us. We traveled along well in school, and each year found us with a new room and a new teacher, most of whom we liked. We lost Jimmy Gordon in the third grade, but when we reached the fifth, we gained Jimmy Barbour, Whit Bain, and Ruth Sherron, who proved to be grand additions to our class. We climbed our ladder through Grammar School and finally reached grade eight, where we gained Marjorie Ford, Cleo Jones, and Mary Lou Catlett. There we had Mrs. Otho Gulley for a teacher, she broadened our outlook on life and prepared us for high school. The fall of 1947 found a group of fifty very green freshmen entering high school. We had that year, Miss Elizabeth Spears, as our homeroom teacher. By her able assistance, along with the help of Miss Ferrell, Miss Layton, Mr. Crutchfield and Mr. Welch we finally came through. We were very happy our first year in high school to be able to join clubs and take part in other high school activities, which made us feel a little less green . It was with glad hearts that we arrived in the tenth grade, knowing that we had really accomplished something. Although we were not sure exactly what, we decided it was passing Algebra that first year. Miss Godley, a new member of the faculty, was our teacher. She taught us a lot of Chemistry and left such lasting impressions on the girls as how to be good housekeepers. Miss Reel, Mrs. Young, Miss Majette and Mr. Crutch- field also taught us our other very interesting subjects. Our greatest thrill of the tenth grade came when we carried the rose chain for the Seniors at graduation. The expression Jolly Juniors really applied to us in grade eleven. We felt that we had really climbed in high school, although we had lost Whit Bain, Mary Lou Catlett, Cleo Jones and Kenneth Brown, who had moved away to other schools. We also lost Joseph Capps, who left school to join the U. S. Air Force, but Jimmy Gordon came back to be one of us.

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'f '9 BETSY ANN CANADY Bet Betsy's eyes reflect her feelings, Brown and large and most appealing. Crlee Club l,2,3,4g Beta Club 3,43 Junior Play 3, Basketball l,2, 3,43 May Court 23 Hi- Lite Staff Z,3,4g Vice- Pres. Class 3g Annual Staff 43 Sec. Class 4, Class Reporter Z5 Marshal 33 Home EC. Club l,Z. f CHARLES STEWART You can do almost anything, if you try hard enough. Beta Club Z,3,4g Glee Club Z,3,4g Hi Lite Staff l,2,3,4g Treas urer 3g Vice-Presi dent 4g Annual Staff 45 Junior Play 35 Mar shal 3. A ff- 1 CILLIAM UNDERWOOD Always be Happy Basketball l,Z,3,4g Class President 1, 3,43 Baseball 1,23 Beta Club Z,3,4g President of Beta Club 45 Glee Club Z,3,4g Annual Staff 4, Hi Lite Staff 3,4 Marshal 3g Junior Play 3.

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With Mrs. Mary Young as our able instructor, we had a successful year. Under her guidance we gave our Junior Play, The Girl from Missouri , which everyone seemed to enjoy. Then too, we entertained the Seniors at a banquet, the theme of which was Hitch Your Wagon to A Star , it took a lot of work, but we all enjoyed playing host to the Seniors. Looking ahead to our last year of high school, we happily passed from grade eleven. At last the long awaited day arrived! Hurrah! We are Seniors. We have climbed the ladder, we have reached the top, and as all Seniors we are very proud of that fact. This last year we were twenty-three in number,having gained Laura Lee Barbour, who we were very glad to have join our class. Miss Aileen Reel, our much admired Senior teacher, has helped us a great deal more than we know. She was a great source of advice while we were working on our annual for 1951. She was also the director of our Senior Play Deacon Dubbs , which we presented with a great deal of enthusiasm, even though it took a lot of practice. We cannot forget our other teachers of this last year, Miss Majette, Mr. Hicks, Mr. Stephenson, and our principal, Mr. Welch, who were strong staffs for us to lean upon, when we needed advice or aid. This last year has been filled with a great many different activities, but we have come smiling through. We are looking forward to our long awaited trip to Washington, D. C. We know it willbe a trip we Seniors will enjoy very much, even if it will be the last one we Seniors will take together. As it comes time for us to part, we are made very sad to think that we have finished our history of school years, but we know that we have only begun our life's history, which we hope will be a happy one to brighten the ,world for other school children to come. Joyce Ellis Class Historian