Alamance High School - Smoke Signals Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Giftorian Jingles To RACHEL BYRLEY who types with no terrors, We give an eraser to keep down the errors. To SUE NUNN who hopes to be Clarence's wife, We give to her a Butcher Knive. To RAY INGRAM who likes to chew gum, We the class of '56 give him some. To LARRY REYNOLDS who has gone out of his head, We give this ring so he can be wed. To LIBBY HAIRR who has a special beau, We give this road map to show her where to go. To BERNIECE SHOFFNER who is neat as a pin, We give this needle so she can mend. To RUTH MAY who has the longest hair of the girls, We give a permanent to make plenty of curls. To JERRY GRUBB who loves his fun, We give for protection only, this gun. To LARRY KIVETT who is always slow, We give a turtle so he can go on with the show. To ANN STANCIL, a courteous classmate, We give this book on Emily Post to keep her up to date To SAMMY NELSON who has outstanding knowledge, We give this application to Guilford College. To EDDIE O'CONNOR the most Athletic of all, We give a souvenir Basketball. To GEORGE JONES, the best-looking boy, Who acts like a child, we give him this toy. To DONNIE WRAY, with the winning grim, We give this top which he can spin. To MARGARET PHIPPS a genius you know, We give this monkey to complete her show. To RUTH BRANNOCK who talks a lot, We give this tape to keep her off the spot. To GROVER WOOD who seldom dates, We give these Chinese dolls to be his mates. To DOUGLAS SMITH who draws in a daze, We give this picture so he'll remember his ways.

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Rachel Byrley has charge of demonstrating office equipment in the Empire State Building, in N. Y. She shudders when she remembers how long it took us to learn how to operate the mimeograph machine and hopes her buyers will learn faster. Ray Ingram is the proprietor of a chain of Soda Shops. As usual, Ray always has his car full of people drinking sodas that they charge to him. Randy Johnson, has a iob drawing cartoons with Colliers Magazine. Now we know how Randy got to be the Wittest of the Senior Class. Sue Nunn is the most wanted model in New York. But with her newly acquired husband, Sue feels her place is in the home and rarely does work outside. Donnie Wray is a chaplain for the Navy. His red hair has made him very popular with all the sailors. Now, I see-Oh dearl The Comet is coming to earth again! l'll never know what my future will be. But before I landed I saw another spectacular display: Plan your future now. And this great quotation came to my mind: Hitch your wagon to a star. These things you have iust read could only have happened to the Alamance Senior Class of I956. Our Mascots DEBBY REYNOLDS DANNY SHOFFN ER

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To MARY ANDREWS who's to be a teacher it's said We give this hickory stick so she won't go off in her I head . To JERRY MONTGOMERY who sings like a lark, We give this music so he can sing in the park. To JIM CARTER, who has a friend so dear, We give Barbara's picture so she'Il be near. To CLARENCE FORREST the quietest of all the boys, We give this horn to make a little noise. No gift of my own that I can pick, Just only to be remembered by the class of '56 RAN DY JOHNSON Giftorian RUTH BRANNOCK - Fifty years ago, an old-fashioned garden, a dove. LIBBY HAIRR - Shunshine, friendship, an easy chair. RANDY JOHNSON - Peck's bad boy, bicycles and roller skates, little Henry. GEORGE JONES ' Huckleberry Finn, ginger snaps, a fourth of July Celebration. MARY ANDREW - The age of innocence, baby angels, Alice in Wonderland. MARGARET PHIPPS - Madame President, the woman of tomorrow. RAY INGRAM - A red racer, a merry-go-round. SAM NELSON - Words of six syllables, leather bound books. SUE NUNN - A moonlight night, the perfume of rose petals, the smile of a littl ANN STANCIL - Silk stockings, a cut glass bon bon dish, diamonds. e child BERNICE SHOFFNER - A bottle of ink, tortoise rimmed glasses, prayer meeting. EDDIE O'CONNOR - Perpetual motion, a stick of dynamite, a cyclone. GROVER WOOD - A christmas sparkler, a Jack-in-the-box. RUTH MAY - Jazz, striped peppermint candy, monkey on a string. RACHEL BYRLEY - An eager beaver, Sunday School