Hunter Huss High School - Astron Yearbook (Gastonia, NC)

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Awards Day Climaxes Last Day Scoring the most points during the 1963 football season. Gene Lewis was honored when he was chosen outstanding athlete of the year 1963-64, and his name was engraved on the Arthur Spencer Trophy. C: BOB BUTLER Appointed to Governor’s School for the summer of 1964, Sherry Diehl was selected for this honor on the basis of her musical talent. Benny DeBlois, a 1964 winner, is pictured above with his winning project, “Can Light Energy Be Converted to Sound Energy?” of School Sandra Webb and Phyllis Lewis represented Huss at Winthrop College in the spring o! 1964 as “Miss-Hi-Misses.” Robert and Barbara Pyant, Huss’s firs colored students, were welcomed by thi Huss student body during the 1963-64 schoo year. With much to talk about, rising senior (left to right) Charlene Lytton, Davi! Cloninger, Nancy Adams, and Jimmy Prici pause for a chat as they look forward tj their final year at Huss. MIKE TED ARLENE DENTON CLONINGER HUDSON ROGER QUINN BENNY JOHNNY DeBLOIS CONNOR JIMMY BEVERLY PRICE QUINN £ 4, k O KEMP HOOPER HUGH PUTNAM PAUL MAUNEY i |L -I W I fit id CAROLYN HUGGINS JOYCE CANNON BABARA POTEAT The second year at Huss ended. The rising seniors looked forward to the summer with mixed emotions. The beginning of the next year would mark the beginning of the end of their high school days. They would be the first graduating class of Hunter Huss High School. The remaining portion of the student body had an elevation in classification awaiting them—the thrill of new experiences beckoning to them. A world is not built in a day. Two years had passed since the opening of Hunter Huss High School, and the creation of a new student world. Now this world had developed—two years of growth took place. Out of the calm came glimpses of new horizons. And in order to reach these horizons came the instruction and nurturing of faculty and friends of Hunter Huss High School—the molding center of its students’ lives. 136

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Dan Ramsey and his hand provided the musical entertainment for the trip through Fantasyland. ' Fantasyland,” for Junior Prom Climaxing this last day was the annual Awards Day program. Gene Lewis received the Arthur Spencer trophy for “Athlete of the Year.” In addition the lettermen received their monograms for participation in the 1963-64 sports program. Scholastic medals ' were presented to students deemed outstanding in achievement in ' the departmental studies. Receiving awards were Bob Butler, ' mathematics; Jane Cleveland, social studies; Billy Carter, science; Mike Denton, English and band; Ted Cloninger, Spanish; Arlene Hudson, Latin; Kemp Hooper, industrial arts; Hugh Putnam, typ¬ ing; Paul Mauney, journalism; Carolyn Huggins, vocal; Joyce Cannon, business; Barbara Poteat, Larry Cloninger, and Roger Quinn, distributive education. Benny DeBlois received the sports¬ manship medal; John Connor, the citizenship award. Jimmy Price and Beverly Quinn were awarded the “best all-round students of the year” awards. Receiving recognition were Sherry Diehl, appointee to Gov¬ ernor’s School; Sandra Webb and Phyllis Lewis, Huss “Miss High Misses,” and Jimmy Price, recipient of the Jaycee “Teenager of the Year” award. Serving as hostesses were sophomore girls dressed as milk maids. The girls are as follows: (1. to r., back row) C. Ingram, D. Forbes, M. Allen, N. Holland, J. Stradley, J. Withers, B. Jenkins, A. Hub- hard. (I. to r., front row) C. Robinson, L. Thomas, A. Woody, B. Ratchford, and S. Sherrill. Captivated by the music and the prevailing atmosphere, members of the junior class were captured by the camera’s eye as they enjoyed the prom. 135

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Posing for photographer in the above picture were the charter members of the Huss Beta Club. Classroom activity planned to stimulate learning ranges from individual study to group projects. During the four minutes of class change, students take short-cuts through the courtyard. roviding a place for club meetings, the Little Theater also the audio-visual room. The Junior Play cast spent 6 weeks in practice be¬ fore staging the comedy, “Harvey”. The 1963-64 cheerleaders along with Becky Lynch as “Miss Huss High” represented Huss in the local Christmas parade. The End of the Beginning 137