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

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mt' 7046! ealfameal Of 746 eacafz OPAL HAWKINS TESTATOR We the Senrors of the class of 1952 have frnrshed our work rn thrs school and have come to the end of the four happrest years of our lrves and do hereby declare thrs our last wrll and testament Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron Sectron ARTICLE I To our dear school we leave our hrghest devotron and srncere gratrtude for beloved memorres To Mr Whrte we dedrcate our annual Upon Mrs Hardy and the entrre faculty we bestow our most gracrous gratrtude for therr help ful gurdance To the Iunrors we wrll our senror responsrbrlrtres ARTICLE Il Upon Chrrstrne Huffrnes and Betty Ruth Smrth Jean Bowman bestows her studrousness Odrs Gordon leaves hrs wrtty remarks and wrsecracks to Davrd Hopkrns Jean Elmore leaves her basketball abrlrty to Mrckey Hess and Patty Snrder Mary Stanley leaves her lrttle frgure to Shrrley Wagoner Joanne Bowman leaves her sweet drsposrtron to Mrs Shrrley Mrller and Betty Casey Bobby Green leaves hrs basketball abrlrty and surt to Carl May and Leo Calhoun Ruby Mrller leaves her sweet smrles to Lourse Tucker and Imogene Smrth Davrd Rerd Hopkrns leaves every rnch of hrs herght to Bennv Toler Vann Stanfreld leaves hrs popularrty and abrlrty to rmpress the teachers to Jtmmy Drxon and Mac Bowman Lrllran Mayberry leaves her charmrng Vrrgrnra accent to Lorene Sutton Glorra Summers bestows her neatness and gentle nature to Peggy Apple and Bobbre Gray Apple Betty Jones leaves her beauty and charms to Joanne Lowe and Shrrley Brann Lelra Chrrsmon wrlls her abrlrty to handle her man to the Joyce Srsters Alrce and Janre Opal Hawkrns wrlls her abrlrty to get rnto arguments wrth that certarn one to Betty Gray Chrrsmon John Rrchardson wrlls old 78 to the Busrck twrns hoprng they wrll hold everythrng down even the speedometer Larry Summers leaves hrs baseball bat to Donald Huffrnes and Rerd Gordon Freddre Murphy s many grrl frrends and rnterest on the Brown Summrt road are left to Brlly Roberts and Donnre Chrrsmon provrded they stay wrthm the Clty lrmrts L W Brown's physrque and babyrsh ways are left to our mascots Charles Smrth bequeaths hrs hydramatrc drrve to Bus No 44 Srgned and wrtnessed rn due form rn the year of our Lord 1952 Srgned Opal l-lawkrns Testator IB 0 3 4 . 1 - . . . ' 2 - . ' ' ' . . 3 - U . . , . . . 4 - 4 - . . 4 . . - - r I . 1 - . . . . Y . . . 2 - . . . . . . I . 3 - . . . . . . 4 - . . . . . 5 - . . . I . . . . 6 - . . . . . . 7 - . . . . i Section 8 - Evelyn Smith leaves her quietness to Deaner Wyrick and Becky Herbin. . 9 - . . . . , . D . 10 - . . . . . . . . . - - 4 ' - n - - . . 12 - . . ' 13 - ' ' . . 14 - , . . . . . ' . . u . 15 - I . . . . . . ,, . .. , - . . . ,, ,, . . ' . . . , . - I - . . . . 18 - . , I 1 . . . . . ' 19 - . . ' ' . ' . 20 - . . . . . n

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amz 71 As lsrt w1th1n a world of yesterday my thoughts begrn to wander back to the year of1940 Our frrst day at school was an excrtrng event As the years moved on thrngs became more excmng and before we LILLIAN MAYBERRY could realrze what was takrng place our grade school days had passed HISTORIAN We the Class of 52 have reason to be proud of our deeds that we have done rn the past twelve years In September 1948 we became Freshmen We were very proud of ourselves when we entered hrgh school Mrs H G Chapell was our homeroom teacher Management for that year was VannStanfreld Presrdent Freddy Murphy Vrce Presrdent Glorra Summers Secretary Lelra Chrrsmon Treasurer To represent our class rn the Annual May Day Glorra Summers was elected May Court attendant wrth Freddy Murphy as her escort As we entered rnto our Sophomore year we hoped for a more successful year then the past one Elect ed for management were John Rrchardson Presrdent Larry Summers Vrce Presrdent Joanne Bowman Secretary L1ll1an Mayberry Treasurer Our Sponsor for Ih1S year was Mrss Sarah Arnold untrl Chrrstmas then Mrss Mary Dosrer became our homeroom teacher Under therr gurdance we were able to be more frurtful and successful rn our Sophomore year That year our class had as our May Day Attendant Lelra Chrrsmon wrth her escort Larry Summers September 1940 was a brrght trme for everyone We entered our Junror year wrth much excrtement After electrng our class offrcers Presrdent Vann Stanfreld Vrce Presrdent Davrd Hopkrns Secretary Betty Jones and Treasurer Joanne Bowman we turned our mrnds to more rmportant work Our Junror year kept us very busy Mrss Nellre Webb was our homeroom teacher for our Junror year She was loved by all for her loyalty krndness and helpfulness whrch she shared w1th all of us Our brg thr1ll came when was a mystery Three Frngers rn the Door presented rn the school audrtorrum That year our class had as our May Day attendants Betty Jones wrth her escort Davxd Hopkrns and Joanne Bowman w1th her escort Od1s Gordon In the sprrng of that year near the closrng of school rt was our prrvrlege as Junrors to sponsor the annual Junror Senror banquet whrch we held at the Belvedere Hotel on Aprrl 13 1951 We had much pleasure on thrs occasron and rt brought us closer to the realrzatron that we were nearrng the end of our school term Our commencement marshalls were Jean Bowman chref Joanne Bowman Glorra Summers Mary Stanley and Betty Jones At last we have reached one of our goals that we have strrved for SIHCC we entered school we are SENIORS Our class offrcers for thrs our most rmportant year were Larry Summers Presrdent Davrd Rerd Hopkms Vice Presrdent Lrllran Mayberry Secretary Glorra Summers Treasurer We senrors decrded to present our semor play Take Your Medrcrne For the edrtor of our school paper The Star John Rrchardson was elected Our paper was rssued every SIX weeks Van Stanfleld was elected as edrtor of the 52 Mon Echo our school yearbook We semors had as our gurde Mrs Beatrrce R Hardre and Mr B U Whrte who helped us over many hardshrps and problems We shall never forget therr warm smrles that helped us along and the Jokes that Mr Whrte shared wrth everyone Thrs supposedly bemg the h1story of the Class of 1952 has been wrrtten for future reference concemrng the Class of 1952 Lrllran Mayberry Hrstorran vis I a . ' Y I ' . ' : . ' - ' 2 ' , : . . I , ' : . I .' - ' : . - , : . - . . . I . , . 5 - . , . . Q l y we selected our class rings. Our rings, set with ruby, have the state seal on both sides, The Junior play : . ' 2 . ' . , - . ' . ' f ' . 2 1 ' P f ' . - : . : , . . .

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?'wh4wf JEAN BOWMAN One cold nrght rn November of 51 whrle the wrnd was whrstlrng around the corners I was seated rn the lrvtng room by the frreplace AsI watched Class Pf0Dhel the blazrng flames of the frre the world of tomorrow seemed to be reveal ed before me I saw Lrllran Mayberry now Mrs James Lewey worktng wrth her art as Bud watched wtth eager eyes Odts Gordon our wrtty playboy was strll enjoymg pleasure for he was travelmg rn a Burck Converttble Mrs John Johnson the former Opal I-lawkrns seemed qulte busy sxnce she and Tabby had Just completed therr new brrck home on the outskrrts of Burlrngton I was really surprlsed to see Vann Stanfreld as the Dean of Men at the Unrversrty of Carollna Joann Bowman reached her one ambrtron for she was the head nurse of John Hopktns Hosprtal rn Baltt more Maryland Freddy Murphy was a famous photographer for the Vogue Magazme rn New York Posrng for Freddy was none other than Betty Jones Mtss Amerlca of 1955 who seemed to be enjoyrng her modelmg career whrle she watted for that certarn guy Larry Summers and Bobby Green were makrng good use of therr abrltty to play baseball Larry was a southpaw prtcher for the Boston Red Sox whrle Bobby was the thtrd baseman for the New York Yankees Can you rmagrne Jean Elmore Teachrng? Well she was She was teachmg a Brble Course rn Pahokee Florrda Employed at the Jefferson Standard Ltfe Insurance Co was Lelra Chrtsmon whrle Marcus her husband farmed I saw L W Brown as a truck drrver for the McLean Truckrng Co It seemed that he was enJoyrng the traveltng for he had a gtrl tn every town I saw Mary Stanley w1th her frrendly smrle l-lurryrng down the hall at St Leo s Hospttal she met none other than Ruby Mrller They looked very neat and pretty tn thetr uniforms Glorla Summers I saw as a prrvate Secretary to the Presldent of S6arS Roebuck Co Evelyn Smrth our quret grrl was ltvtng a quret lrfe tn a cozy home wrth her husband Howard Grbsonvrlle Charles Smlth workrng on a murder case was a detectrve Ln Chtcago Davrd Rerd Hopkms now marrted to Patty Sntder owned a large gram farm 1n Kansas He was usmg hrs agrrculture tratnrng to the best advantage It seems that I was the Home Demonstratton Agent for Ashe County rn North Carolrna As the frre began to dte I was amazed to frndthatlhad been lrvrng rn the world of tomorrow and had seen the sentors of 52 as they wrll appear tn 1962 but I was glad to return to the present trme for tt was gettlng late and the room had become cold I9 . . , . . . . , . , - 5 I ' I I . ' Y I , . . John Richardson owned a large cattle ranch out in Texas and was making a successful headway in life. ' . . l . I 1 . . . . , . l D ' . ' l I ' I U D I I O . ' . . Y . . . . , . ' ' in I I l I ' ' I I . , ' . . . . D