Monticello High School - Mon Echo Yearbook (Browns Summit, NC)

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We wish to express our gratitude to our teachers, who have helped to make us what we are. To Mr. White and Mrs. Hardie, especially, goes our appreciation for helping us over the tough spots in our senior year. Peggy Lambeth, Historian LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the class of 51 are coming to the end of school days at good ole Monticello High but wlth many golden memories do leave this our last will and testament Article I To our beloved school we leave our hopes and wishes that it will see many more graduating classes Article II To the Junior Class, we leave our desks 1n the Senior Class room Article III To Mr White and the faculty we leave our appreciation for guidance and help in our school work Article IV To all others we leave our thanks for their help Article V Junior Clapp leaves Peggy Apple to Hayes Riley Dolphme Cobb leaves her height and 4 H work to Betty Jones Laery Cooke leaves his ability to take it easy to Charles Smith Marcus Faucette leaves his front seat to John Richardson Thelma Haynes leaves her talent to handle money and her short fingernails to Joanne Bowman Marian HOPKINS wills her studious ways to Thomas Huffines Evie Mae James wills her sm1les to Dot Jones Bobby Lee Jones wills his ability to sing hill billy songs to Odis Gordon Helen Jones leaves her helpfulness and friendly ways to Mary Stanly and Ruby Miller Joe Jones leaves his great ambitions and ideas to Warren Brown Peggy June Lambeth wills her basketball ability to Jean Bowman Pete Mabe leaves h1S wishes to 3o1n the Marines and a turned up collar to Larry Summers Bobby Smith wills his good looks to Freddy Murphy Donnie Summers leaves h1s many girl friends to David Hopkins Jo Soyars wills her quietness to Opal Hawkins and Gloria Summcrs Betty Wagoner leaves her charms and sweetness to Lelia Chrismon and Lillian May berry Elaine Weadon wills her position 1n the Beta Club to Jean Elmore and Evelyn Smith with the hope that they will make as good use of it as she did Wade Zimmerman leaves his bus to John Henry Payne Worth Z1 nmerman wills his h1story book to L W Brown and Bobby Greene with the hope that they will make A s 20 Edward Hopkins leaves his love for vacations from school to V mn Stanf1eld Marcus Faucette Class Te stator 1. ' f ' . 2. ' ' - . 4. ' ' . 5. . . ' T ' 7. . . A . U 8. . . .. . . F . T . E 9. ' ' A . 10, . . . . 1 11. ' ' ' . 12. . . . . . L . 13. ' ' ' f . 14. ' 1 ' - ' .f . ' 15. ' ' - ' ' - 16' g . .. . - 17' . . V. . . . 18. ' . ' . . 19. '1 ' ' ' . . '

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CLASS HISTORY We the class of mneteen hundred flfty one would llke to go back twelve years to remmxscence We started out together ln 1939 excxted but a l1ttle scared M1s LaRue was our teacher and we shall never forget her kmdness and gentleness Durmg the next sur years we worked and played together gaxmng new students and los1ng some of the old ones ln the elghth grade we were happy to welcome new students from Busxck and we all soon became frxends Eagerly we entered hxgh school We th1rty three exc1ted freshmen felt very grown up Mrs W1ll1e Wagoner was our home room teacher Offxcers for the year were as follows presldent Peggy Lambeth v1ce presmdent Bobby Sm1th secretary Betty Wagoner treasurer John Jones Peggy Lambeth and John Jones were chosen to represent our class in the May Day program Dol phme Cobb was elected presxdent of the newly orgamzed F H A Smce we had found ourselves in our freshmen year we came back as determmed sophomores Our enrollment had dropped from thlrty three to twenty four Thls year we chose to lead our class Marcus Faucette presldent Bobby Sm1th v1ce presldent Peggy Lambeth secretary and John Jones treasurer Mrs Herbert Chappel was our teacher and we turned to her for everythmg She was especlally loved by the glrls who w11l never forget our Mother Daughter Tea under her superv1s1on Elame Weadon w1th Pete Mabe represented our class 1n the May Day At last we were Jumors w1th work and more work to do' Bobby Sm1th recelved the top honor of presxdent Our other offlcers were v1ce presldent Helen Jones secretary Peggy Lambeth and treasurer John Jones Mlss L1lly Wmn was our teacher We shall always remember her gentle ways unself1shness and love for us all We outsold the semors xn the magazme campa1gn Ela1ne Weadon was hxgh salesman Peggy Lambeth and Bobby Smith were chosen to represent our class on the annual staff We were happy to select our class rmgs and could hardly walt to recerve them Our Jumor play was another unforgetable event of our Jumor year We owe 1ts success to Mr Jenk1ns our d1rector As our May Day attendants we chose Geraldme Bus1ck Bobby Sm1th Peggy Lambeth and John Jones In the sprmg lt was our duty and pr1v1lege to entertam the sen1ors at the annual .Tumor Semor Banquet We gave It at Bl1ss s Restaurant The Easter theme was carrxed 1n our program and decoratlon We thought everyone looked especlally nice m evemng clothes and we enjoyed the food and games lmmensely Dur1ng the commencement fest1v1t1es our marshals were Marlan Hopklns ch1ef asslsted by Elame Weadon Helen Jones Jo Soyars Dolphme Cobb and Peggy Lambeth Dur1ng the summer of fxfty came the news that Mr Jenk1ns was leavmg and Mr B U Wlute was to take h1s place After eleven years of hard work and good tlmes we entered Montlcello Hlgh School for the last year Mrs Joe Hard1e Jr was our teacher Mr Whxte was new to us but lt d1dn t take long for us to get acqua1nted Offlcers for th1s last year were presldent Marcus Faucette v1ce pres1 dent Bobby Sm1th secretary Dolphme Cobb and treasurer John Jones Our class by th1s t1me had dropped to twenty one and when John Joxned the mar1nes we had only twenty For ed1tor of our school paper we chose Bobby Sm1th A paper for every s1x weeks was lssued Peggy Lambeth was chosen to edxt the school annual w1th many other members of the class elected to perform var1ous other dut1es 1n mak1ng up the annual For our sen1or play a three act farce comedy Let me out of Here was selected w1th flVe boys and fxve g1rls tak1ng part Marcus Faucette and Thelma Haynes were unforgetable as the colored elevator boy and colored ma1d Mrs Hardxe was our faxthful d1rector For our May Day Program Peggy Lambeth was chosen Queen and Laery Cooke Kmg Dolph1ne Cobb was elected ma1d of honor and Betty Wagoner was the selected ma1d of honor The hxghest honors went to Marlan Hopkms Valed1ctor1an and Elame Weadon Salutor1an Elame Weadon recelved the D A R Good C1t1zensh1p Award w1th the Cwxtan Award gomg to Peggy Lambeth The Jumors gave us a wonderful tlme at the Jumor sen1or banquet It was an event that w1ll always rema1n w1th us We all reallzed that 1n a few weeks we would leave our dear old school as students Th1s made us all sad but as we look back we feel as rf we have accompllshed somethmg We feel that from our class were some of the best students athletes, and c1t1zens and our hearts w1ll always be here at Montlcello no matter where we go . . . - - Q 1 1 ' 9 , . , . ' 1 1 ' Q 1 y 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . . - ' 1 1 1 1 , . . 1 1 - ' ' 1 - 1 1 - - . . , , . 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . , . . , . . . , ' - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' , . . ' 1 ' 1 H ,, . . . . . 7 Q ' ' 1 1 . - - , ' ' ' 1 1 . . . . , , . 1 .A-1

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CLASS PROPHECY I had heard that once xn the l1fet1me of the chosen prophet a knowledge of the future would come One day as I was s1tt1ng by the f1re I happened to doze and the future of each of my class mates was revealed to me as pla1n as anythmg It 1S the sprlng of 1970 and the world has changed somewhat I was flymg 1n a modern a1rplane controlled by atom1c power As I passed from tovum to town I chanced to meet my old school mates In New York I stopped to see Dolph1ne Cobb who IS a famous dress des1gner known abroad as well as throughout the states My next stop was at Ebblts F1eld Brooklyn where Bobby Jones IS the famous Dodger catcher I could hardly get to h1m for all the krds, anxious to get h1s autograph I boarded my plane aga1n and the next town was Baltlmore Maryland As I walked down the street I saw a huge poster announc1ng that Ela1ne Weadon noted p1an1st was g1v1ng a concert I hurrxed to buy my tlcket, but I was too late all t1CketS had been sold far ID advance I traveled on and at Tampa Florxda I heard that Helen Jones or rather Mrs Hanks, ran a tour1st home and I hurr1ed to get a room and talk of our past school days From her I learned that Jr Clapp IS truck farmmg 1n F1or1da on a large scale In Las Vagas I saw Edward Hopk1ns name ID bw neon l1ghts He was runn1ng a pool room and bowllng alley It seemed as lf most of my class mates have settled 1n N C Peggy IS marr1ed to States basketball star and 1S a reporter on the Greensboro Da1ly News Laery Cooke IS st1ll a bachelor farm1ng and Marcus Faucette has marrxed and IS very good one In G1bsonv1lle I saw Thelma Haynes now Mrs Dewey Just1ce She has a lovely house and her m1sch1evous tw1ns keep her on the go I was 1nv1ted to d1nner w1th Ev1e Mae and her husband She and Clayton have an ador able l1ttle gxrl Ev1e told me that Joe Jones IS workxng w1th the F B I and had already tracked down several cr1m1nals When I got home that n1ght I found a letter wa1t1ng for me from John Jones He IS an offxcer 1n the Marxnes wh1ch he had chosen for h1s career I had read of the wonderful work he had done I had a talk w1th .Io Soyars before she left for Afrxca She IS golng back to carry her m1ss1onary work I know she s a good one wlth her gentle ways Bobby Smxth IS the coach at Sen1or Hlgh 1n Greensboro and h1s teams have won several trophles under h1s traxmng Donn1e Summers owns a large farm 1n Buslck and IS domg very well for h1mself Pete who has always l1ked the mov1es IS the manager of the Carolma theater 1n Greens boro On my next tr1p I plan to see Wade and Worth who have a prosperous bus1ness 1n Cuba I see myself as a wealthy W1dOW How else could I be travel1ng around 1n luxury I awake surpr1sed but happy to have seen my classmates as they w1l1 be 1n 1970 Betty Wagoner Class Prophet farming with the help of his two sons? Marianytiopkins is a teacher at W. C. U. N. C. and a