Pocomoke High School - Papoose Yearbook (Pocomoke City, MD)

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CLASS HISTCRY We cannot turn back the hands of nme but we can look back 1nto our past twelve years of school and recall many nch and wonderful memorres Slnce 1947 we have been makrng hrstory as a class We have had classmates to Jom us and also to leave us but we wrll always remember the experrences we shared When we started Jumor hrgh IH the seventh grade we began what were to be our most VlVld memor1es We had much to get used to that year the hall patrol system and a new type of teachrng and d1sc1pl1ne It drdn t take long for the newness to wear off and after attendrng a few dances wtth the senror hrgh we felt qurte grown up' We had many wonderful events that year but the best of all was our frrst class tnp to Phlladelphra V1s1ung the zoo and the planetarxum at the Franklrn Insutute and tour 1ng the crty proved to be a very enrrchrng experlence for all of us In the e1ghth grade we had fun g1v1ng dances The most outstandrng one we called our e1ghth grade prom For entertarnment we presented a take off on the Ed Sulllvan Show Members of our class rmpersonated varrous celebraues Our chref area of study Annapolrs Our nrnth year 1n school we struggled over our fust term papers We had fun though too The most memorable dance we gave was the Unpred1ctable March dance In the spnng we carr1ed on the newly establtshed school tradrtton of honorrng the semors wrth a program Ours was a hrghly successful old fashroned mrnstrel To clrmax the year we took our thrrd and last class tnp to Washrngton D C We settled down to serrous work rn the tenth grade At the begmmng of the year we had to decrde wh1ch educatlonal courses to pursue academrc commercral or general The greater part of our trme was consumed wrth trymg to complete brology projects for the sclence farr Durrng the last term we recerved fun embarrassment and teas1ng when we took drrver s trammg How many of us could forget that? As Junlors we faced some pretty rough srtuatlons The b1ggest was money order to ralse funds for the prom we sold drrnks at all athleuc events and after bas 87 that year was Maryland history. To highlight this, our class took a trip to historic ' ' ' - . ' In

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Mary Nibblett will Jo Ann Harrison my ability to play sports as long as she doesn t show me up Linda Nock will Martina Neilson my name of Senior providing she is rougher on the lower classmen than I was Carson Northam will Bobby Hoffman my good sense of humor so he can get along better with Carolyn Amy Ollendike will Jonita Caporale the ability to be patient with kid brothers Dicky Parsons will David Mahaffey my ability to date Patsy Dinges and not get excited over it Sandra Phillips will Joyce Nock my short curly hair providing she doesn t let it get longer than I did Yvonne Pollltt will Emily Williams my determination to get through solid geometry with at least a D average Jack Powell will Mary Ann Rantz my ability to annoy and still get along with Miss Matthews Bob Pusey will John Howard Payne my place and position with Hillary Joyce Rehbein will Brenda Stevenson my ability to never argue with brown eyed boys and to always be smiling come what may' Jean Ross will Peggy Merrill The Papoose and wish her luck' Eva Taylor will Margie Ashley my ability to sew providing she makes a dress that will fit her Kenneth Taylor will Bob McGee mlg Billy a Job on the Pocomoke Police Force Janice Trader will Thomas Drew my ability to flirt providing he flrrts only with me Lucy Ward will Faye Wilkerson my extra height so she won thave to look at s shirt all night Ella Mae Wessells will Katherine Whitehead my ability to get in tight spots Wayne Wilkerson will Donald Pars my ability to turn over a Plymouth without wrecking it to a total loss and to come out of it without a scratch Charles Wilkins will Ray Johnson my ability to control the seventh grade girls on hall patrol Wallace Wimbrow will Claude Nock my ability to skip school and write my own note without getting caught I Edward Young will Brenda Clayton my ability to park in driveways unnoticed We the senior class will the Junior class the name seniors and bequeath to them all the rights and privileges to which they are entitled We the seniors will the faculty another senior class knowing that they will always have the time patience and concern for them that they had for us We the seniors leave to the new P H S our best wishes for a successful future 86 I, , I , . . . 1 . I' . I . . . . . . . Il D . . I' . ' . . . . . . . ' I' . , I , I . . . , . . . I' ' . , . l . . . . I. . . , . . . . D I, . I . . . . - . I, , . . ., ',, . . I, Betty Louise Sellers, will Gloria Sturgis my athletic ability providing she uses it sparingly. I' ' . . . . . . . . . I, . . . . , . . h I, ' . . . , , . . I I, . , . . . . . . I. . . ' . . . . I I' . t . . . . . . .

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ketball games we held sock hops rn the gym Our brggest money makrng proJect was the Junror Class Play a hrlarrous three act hrllbrlly comedy entrtled Headrn for a Weddrn The results were worth all the pracncrng the funnrest amateur play ever' ln September 1959 we entered our new and modem hrgh school burldmg and began our senror year full of hrgh hopes and enthusrasm Frrst of all we elected offrcers Later we were measured for our caps and gowns and ordered our announcements and name cards ln the late fall many of us applred for college admrttance We took col lege entrance tests and apprehenslvely awarted the results We carrred the old school tradrtron of the Sadre Hawkrns Dance rnto the new school Darsy May L11 Abner WolfGal and all the Yokem Klan were there for the marrrage ceremony Every one came 111 true Dog Patch style Preceedrng the holrdays the tumors and semors gave the Chrrstmas Ball the frrst formal dance presented rn the new school The gym was romantically decorated w1th candle lrght and evergreens A fesuve atmosphere plus musrc and refreshments made the evenmg one to remember Wrth the sprmg season came the Iunror Senror Prom The gym was transformed rnto a Hawauan wonderland wrth palm trees pmeapple and gay streamers everywhere The cute wartresses rn grass skrrts and le1s and the scenery representrng a sunset over a Hawauan beach created a romantrc and beautrful prom The clrmax of our class hrstory came June 11 1959 at graduatron It was the event we all had been antrcrpatrng w1th gladness but also wrth sadness Marclung out of the audrtorrum rn columns of blue and whrte drplomas rn hand we looked to the future wrth confrdence for the twelve years behrnd us had molded our youth well We know not what the future holds but as we go our separate ways we all have to gurde us the effervescence of youth rn our bodres the warmth of memorres and hope rn our hearts and these words of our motto to rnsprre us too low they burld who burld below the skres by Amy Ollendrke 88 . . . . . . 11 - 1 1 1 1 . ,, . . --I . . 1 - . . , - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' , . 1 1 1 . I 1 1 1 . . ,, . . - 11