Ashley High School - Spinner Yearbook (Gastonia, NC)

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OFFICERS Jimmy Smith . Jimmy Summey Bill Craig John Parks . . . . . .President Vice-President Secretary . . . . T reasurer Members : Jimmy Alexander, Bob Barker, Mike Brunnemer, Kyle Clemmer, Stanley Clemmer, Darryl Conrad, Roger Coon, Bill Craig, Bobby Dellinger, Harold Dellinger, Dan Flowers, Melvin Fox, Alfred Friday, Marshall Gaddis, Danny Gray, Jake Gray, Charles Horne, Sammy Jackson, Bill Jarman, Mac Jones, James McDaniel, John Parks, R. F. Piercy, Raymond Putman, Tommy Rhyne, David Smith, Jimmy Smith, Howard Spargo, Jimmy Summey, Bobby Tate, Nick Teeter, Johnny White, Gene Williams, Larry Wright. LETTERMEN’S CLUB Each member of the Lettermen’s Club has earned a “G” by participation in Varsity sports or by being manager for a varsity team. It is the purpose of the club to serve the school in a greater capacity by being leaders for: 1. Clean sportsmanship in all competitive sports. 2. Maximum participation in all forms of athletics by the young men of Ashley Senior High. 3. Administration of the stadium and gymnasium during all home games. Members of the Lettermen’s Club are eligible for the following awards which are made each year: The E. R. Morgan Award for best football player The A. B. Carter Award for most valuable football player. James Mullen Award for best football blocker. Bill Uren Award for the outstanding three-letter player. Dr. John Bond Award for most valuable baseball player. Mr. Ches Freeman Award for most outstanding basketball player. Mr. Paul White Award for most valuable track man.

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Robert James Barker Freddie Robert Bridges Michael Ray Brunnemer Darryl Walker Conrad William Lewis Craig, )r. Leonard Ralph Dalton IIarold William Dellinger | ohn Lawrence Fisher | ohn Marshall Gaddis, Jr. Harold Dean Harwell Samuel Phillip Jackson Brent Marion Mayberry R. F. Piercy Claude Raymond Rogers James Arthur Smith, Jr. Berel Ray Sparks Richard Donald Stapleton Bobby Ray Tate Earl J3angle Teeter, Jr. Kenny Scott Thornburg Gene Osben Williams

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First row: Jimmy Smith, Sammy Jackson, Bobby Dellinger, Jimmy Summey, Johnny White. Second row: Kenneth Rhodes, Mac [ones, Larry Wright, Danny Gray, Danny Jones. Third row: Jimmy Alexander, Jerry ' Adair, Bill Jarman, Darryl Conrad, Jack York. B A S K E The 1958 basketball season has been a heartbreaking one for Coach Larry Rhodes and for the Green Wave. In the stretch drive of the last six games, the Wave lost four games by a total of seven points— a one point loss each to Reynolds and to Greensboro, a two point loss to High Point, and a three pointer to Burlington. Five of Gastonia’s seven league losses have been decided by four points or less, with a list of the heartbreakers reading like this: Two losses by one point to Winston-Salem, 46-45, and to Greensboro, 54-53. T B A L L A two-point loss to High Point, 50-48. in overtime. A three-point defeat in overtime to Burlington, 51-48. A four-point loss in overtime to Burlington, 54-50. Add these losses and you get five Conference defeats by the grand total of eleven points. It is also significant that the five close losses were to the four tournament teams from the Western AAA. Just a dozen points spread over five games would have given the Green Wave a tourney berth and the possibility of a state title. Johnny White, guard for the Green Wave, was selected for the All-State Basketball Team.