Hamlet High School - Choo Choo Yearbook (Hamlet, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY We had daily inspection to choose the neatest person. Darlene Williams and Lula Mae Mitchum chased the boys at recess every day. Poor Joe Wooten couldn't run fast enough and his penalty was a kiss from Darlene. Patsy Williams cried because Joseph Corbin winked at her all day in class. Sixth Grade: Miss Brewer beat Joe Strickland on the hand while Miss Tillman was beat- ing his can. Jane Evans moved to Hamlet and all the boys were crazy about her, but she picked Gene Huguelet to be her one and only. Joe Lucas walked Patsy Williams home every day. Becky Woodall was the center of attraction when she came to school wearing her first angora sweater. Seventh Grade: Nancy Milham went steady with Charlie Thompson. Jimmy Hendricks fell through the ceiling of Marion Farmers home, and Mrs. Farmer got after him with a broom. Everyone thought Mitchell Hargett was going to be another Frank Sinatra, but he turned out to be a Tennessee Ernie. Mr. Haltiwanger gave R i c h a r d Carnes his first beating. Sue Brown and Pat Selph didn't know the difference in the boys' and girls' restrooms, and they went to the one below the seventh grade every day. Ida Rose Bruton had to stay in five hours for getting caught with a love nOtC to Mack Allen. Eighth Grade: Betty Mixson moved to Hamlet and she couldn't choose between Howard Martin and Jimmy Blakely. Elma Monteith preferred senior boys to mere Junior High kids. Mrs. Creel's class had eraser lights between classes. Bill Norris and Gene Huguelet went dear hunting every day at Kins- man's. The skating rink was set up be- tween Hamlet and Rockingham, and it immediately became the center of communication between Hamlet girls and Rockingham boys. Charles Newton brought bees to school and terrified everyone when he let them loose. Ninth Grade: Tommie Wilder and Isabel Ereeman used to race at break-neck speed to stand in line beside David Rice and Bruce Hamilton. Eva Davis and Carl Uzzell started going steady-and haven't stopped. Betty Turner didn't like Jack Brig- man.

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CLASS HISTORY As we near the end of our last school term we suddenly realize how quickly the years have passed and how much they have meant to us. Some of us have taken advantage of the opportunities that have been offered us: these are the ones who will benefit most from what they have learned. The others will go on as they have in school-doing as little as possible. But wherever we go or whatever we do, we shall still have the memories of our school days. Perhaps we will re- member when: First Grade: We all entered school for the first time and were eager to get started. About an hour later we were all eager to go home. Mildred Smith had to be spanked because she didn't want to stay in school. Miss Dellinger held Polly Lou Rob- bins on her lap because she was so little and cute. Patty Sue Williams got a spanking almost every day for talking. Marie Smith was sure Bry a nt Thompson was a goner when he picked up a lighted firecracker. Joyce Hatcher got a spanking for walking around the room while the other students were reading. Patsy McLean didn't blush when spoken to. Second Grade: Mrs. Ware tried to teach the girls how to knit. Jean Smith and Joyce Pence learned the art of popping their gum, and they were well supplied at all times. tStill are.J Annie Mae Yates got in a light with a boy and came out with two black eyes. Third Grade: All the girls were crazy about Tom- my Moore. Gene Huguelet mailed Kay Hargett a big valentine with Sweetheart writ- ten on it. Bernard Williams jumped out of the window when he got mad with Mrs. Clements. Ben McGowan received help on his homework from Herbert Kirkley. Fourth Grade: Pat Selph stuck Darlene Williams' hair in place with bubblegum. Dan Howell told his mother that he was going to marry Everette Ann Smith when he graduated and take her to Florida. Joe Wooten came to Hamlet and Dorothy Davis welcomed him heartily. Carolyn Wilkinson received a brace- let from Bobby Parker which said, To Carolyn with All My Love, Bobby. Grady Beck thought he was Super- man because he weighed all of sixty pounds. Fifth Grade: Nash Le Grand and Nancy Wood- ard were a steady twosome.

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CLASS HISTORY Patsy Brigman joined the Byrd and Hargett clan. Efhe Hargett and Margaret Byrd brought a rooster to school and it started crowing on the bus. Bill McGoogan was sent to the of- Hce four times in one day. Tenth Grade: Marion Farmer got very mysterious love notes. Jesse Long decided that he preferred Miss Liles to another English teacher and moved to Hamlet. Bill Gaddy was mooning over Ger- ry McDuffie. Aubrey Dunn came to school one morning with his face all bandaged. You 'guessed it! His first shave. Eleventh Grade: Jack McDougald was the only one who wanted Rockingham's band to play for our Junior-Senior. Remus Edwards could think of no other way of getting out of classes, so he took the bus-driver's test and passed. Beatrice Presnell became chief cook and bottle-washer in the lunch-room. Clara Gibson and Jewell Craddock poured Pepsi-Cola into the gas-tanks of the wrecker down at Oakes Motor Co. Shirley Moore came to us from Harding High School in Charlotte. Pat Zilonka, Effie Hargett, and Margaret Suggs got married. After all, who wants to be an old maid? Larry Hammond decided his HiaY -pin looked much better on Libby. We all went to the Junior-Senior and had a wonderful time. Twelfth Grade: Bessie Cox finally made the basket- ball team. Gladys Lewis spent her lunch hour every day in a black car parked in front of the school. fWho says you can't live off love?J Wyatt Parker used his French class to catch up on his sleep. Jerry Scholl didn't like the pictures in his books, so he brought his own private collection to admire. Jack McDougald turned such a pret- ty shade of pink when he presented the Homecoming Queen with a crown and a kiss. The Senior Play was a huge success. The Seniors got their rings and everyone got very friendly. CYou know what l m-ean. They went around wav- ing at everyone they saw.l Juanita Slate came to Hamlet and said she had had nothing but bad luck since. Well. those are the things that have happened to us: and good or bad, they have made our history a wonderful one to remember. Sara McCaw lClass Historian?