Clayton High School - Clahischo Yearbook (Clayton, NC)

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.Cast Will ,And Ccstamcnt We, the Senior Class of 1954 of Clayton High School, in the city of Clayton, the county of Johnston, the sta te of North Carolina, realize that the end of our school days is drawing near, We wish to lea ve behind some advice as well as a few of our accomplishments to the students who, we believe, will best use them. ARTICLE I We, the Senior Class of '54, lea ve to Miss Patterson the memories of an extraordinarily studious group of children whom she has helped in so many wonderful ways. ARTICLE ll We, the Senior Class of '54, leave to Mr. Waters and the fa c ulty our deepgggyiaititude for helping us to reach the climax of our school days. , 5 f',, , f ARTICI-E111 If in it iivi if We, the Seniors, leave to the school our memories ofthe wonderful we hivtifffiidinfhlere with our friends . lt will hold ne'er to be forgotten golden moments us.. p f- qt ARTICLE IV I , f We, the Seniors, leave to the Juniors a glance at they book which we Qhaivejivigttteng lyf1 vi.-gsrfecially for our own use. The book is entitled, Tactful Ideas to Get One'sfWay.?' 'j 'sbin Asryyy. j ' ' We, the Seniors, leave the Sophomores our co-operative and 'scholarly ways. , I We, the Seniors,leave to the Freshmen our sympa thy if they,haveitQ'.'l'i2ty'ey ffthnrbt more years of gruesome study halls under Miss Taylor. , j, I y J' T I ARTICLE V y f,e, ,lf I, I t f ,- ' Individual Bequests L i T I, Dorothy Jones, leave my position as cheerleader to Margaret Medlin. y' A I, Iris Beasley, bequeath my wit to Margaret Spence. if p I, Marie Stallings, leave my ability to keep a boy friend to Alice Faye yPuokettf4 I, A. C. Penny, leave one-eighteenth of my brains to Jimmy Lassiter. Jimmy, in order to graduate you must have eighteen units. I I, Caroline Nelson, bequeath my talent in shorthand to Lynne Benson. I, Betsy Moore, leave my typewriter to Eugene Capps. I S y I, Charles Gordon, bequeath my position on the football and basket-timid teams to Acky Johnson. I, Martha Jones, leave my position in the soprano section of the Glee Club to Betty Jean Pounds. I, Mary Ann Powell, bequeath my bus driver-'s license to Anna Ross Jones. g I, Dorothy Wood, leave e xa c tly nothing to no one. I will need everything Iipwn to get my MRS degree as quickly as possible, I n I, Sherrill Canady, bequeath my nickname, Worry Wert , to Douglas Dean. Doug, do it justice. I, Spencer Johnson, leave my cobbish haircut and clothing to Jerry-icapps.. I, Treasure Coats, leave my hair-styles to Marlene Wilkins. I, Mary Jo Talton, leave to Patricia Dean and Linda Pittman my Small waistline. I, Clarence Jones, leave my know-how to graduate from high school inyjust three terms to Les- ley Sealey. , If I, Frances Pollard, bequeath my ability to get an engagement ring to Delores Wall. I, Betty Perry, leave to Patricia Brannan my many admirers from Wendell, Smithfield, Selma, Corinth-Holders and Raleigh. Patricia, I also bequeath my secret of how to get acquainted with so many handsome fellows. f I, Janice Wood, bequeath my many hard hours of bea ting a poor defenselesspiano to death to Mary Wood. ip f I n I, Patricia Hockaday, bequeath my poetic mind - part that is -, to Frances Poole. I, Joe Myers, leave my position on the Safety Patrol to Dan Norris .M n y y I I, Winfred Hall, leave my position as President of the Student Cou1'1oi1iftofBrent Moserivfi I, Jimmy Moore, bequeath my Don Juan personality to Jack Gulley. A i I, Jessie Pearl Puckett, leave my ability to get to school on time to Paeton,Sta1lings. ' I, Barbara Clayton, bequeath my ability to get a long with my boyfriend' vgrithoixt any complaints to Betty Bain. ' , -f I, Charles Adams, leave some advice to some certain noisy Junior girls. Shutrtlpl , it I, Edward Benson, leave my ability to skip school without anyone's missing me td'Ne1son Coats. I, Jesse Hogg, bequeath my ability to do bookkeeping to Betsy Pulley. I, Frances Mitchell, bequeath my gigglebox to Marie Snipes. Marie, it m us t have some faulty mechanism for it giggles when it shOuldn't. I, Allen Stewart, leave my position on the football team to Bobby Jones. I, Joyce Lambert, bequeath my good nature to Aubrey Ellis. I, Bobby Turner, leave my many courtin' corners to my brother, Jimmy. I, Kenneth Edwards, leave my quiet ways to Al Cole. Al, remember, Silence is Golden. I, Jackie Yates, leave my ability to laugh the loudest in study hall to Bessie Williams. I, yours truly, leave my hard days at basketball practice to Rosa Ellis. Testator Peggy Nichols

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Hlass History In the year of 1942, a large group frightened-jand snaggleftoothed yo un g s t e r s entered the first grade. With'MiSs Janie Gulley' a:ndyMiss Katherine Harrison as our t e a c h ed: snvv e passed o1ifi'fl'fifi'St of school. With the help of our other teachers- Miss 'Br1itt., Brantley, Miss Satterfield, Mrs., Poole, Mrs. Hocutt',1'Mi3sVSi Woodall, Miss Crutchfield, Miss Floyd, Miss Gray, Miss Miss Harrell, we managed to struggle through the last seven colors. During those years weadded Marie Stallings, Jessie Pearlfrjlfkiiejl kett, Pa t r i c ia Hockaday, 11-is'Beasley, Martha and Dorothy Jonefgglgsylapgll Joe Myers to our class. Now We were eager- and willin g to our first big steps. ' Vi 'D Upon entering the ninth gr ade 'a group of green freshmen, we soon adjusted ourselves to the round ofxschool activitiesy That yeagzfl Mr. Stev- ens was our homeroom tea ch e rfas Well as, With his Is that not so? 1'liiTlgil'Xg'ih our ears we a Sophomore year. r l l y W From there Miss Marc. took over a happy,-gpgluokyiwhuneaiiii-'of Wildcats. Boy, what a time she must have had! But y l gerqkindyyJandlitgentle ways she finally quieted us down-- a little. The ithinygjidiie all looked forward to that year was payitigiour loyal re,spegtisVto'bhe'is e n i carrying the Daisy Chain. ' f ' f ' V,,' 1 'VV', ' rg We realizedfthat our junior 'yearifwas to be oiir most joyous and prosperous years. That ye ar-MisSWRuth we all called Red he lpecltiis to make our yaar a success. yricli' Qljjiirgingyolifthe year we en- gaged in numerous activities aimoing which wlelrrelafNegiro minstrel, our Junior Play, It's a Date , and last but'faryfrQpn,j.lyeagsigdi our Junior-Senior Banquet, which was our main, event offthej'yeafrfg,1ffQ,We carried out a night club theme. jf V i p ' f,,i ff i That year we added Janice fwfood and Perry to Our class. y At1ong,1as't,We reach theipeak of oxQiij,higJl1lschool days, our senior year. With Mr.lfBraswell, MrlfHii:ks, Miss McMillan, Miss Taylor, WM1' .-Wate1rs- our principally and1iMis,sifg15atterson- our class spon- sor, hyelpingl us with the many undertook to dog we had a most Successful. Year - , tiir iff I rrrsy W Weieel that in ourtlpayst ha ve come a long way, Now we are ready fiQQ'fQQC that it may hold in store for us. i ,. fp' t'1,r Q l i if ,il, i,'glflri3' Historian y f V1 Caroline Nelson y ., W y4,y,, Q ,,,, , ,yy, ,,

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611155 Praphccy I was wondering what the future held for my classmates and me ten years from now, so I went to vis it Madamoiselle Sophie, the great prophetess. I asked her if she could help me. She replied, Indeed, I can! This is what she and her crystal ball foresee: The former Janice Wood is happily helping her beloved husband, Joe Myers, on his druggist career at Carolina Beach. Clarence Jones and Iris B now They are really do- ing a fine job, too. They up the ring which had terror- ized New York City for Charles Gordon is Peggy Nichols. Marie Stallings school at Cleveland while out of the One of our , hast a career. Her book, Love So for Clayton wife, Kath- erine Poole, syn s Drug- store. Winfred now ma Sherrill In Life. He says it Jesse sy Feather Weight B coaches , Spencer J a weekly trip back to Carolin man to pop the questi The never manager is Edward Benson A. C. his fine secretary, Martha None will fifth di- vorce. The experts Frances Polla om moved into their new hom Joyce Lam Ann, POW- ell's nurse. Dorothy of the United State rine rays n world, since our own the world's rl is going far in the at the ripe old age of is still not married, she .,-has the hopes of getting her boss Q' Q I was very s or 1' in his newtruck. But I am glad to hear as his private nurses, Mary .To Talton and To all you fans w movie, be sure to see Take Him Away, starr newest star in Ho Betty Perry. You would never guess, but Dorothy Wood is finally married and has two beau- tiful children. The former Betsy Moore is ha ving a job keeping her husband, Tom Edwards, and three children quiet in Virginia. The former Treasure Coats has decided to settle down and take life easy in New York with her second husband, Melvin Wilkins. Barbara Clayton is now a Paris model. One would never guess that she models only French bathing suits. Class Prophet Martha Jones