Aycock High School - Governor Yearbook (Pikeville, NC)

Page 21 text:

Ruth Wells Jack Wi lliams Class President 1, 3 45 Basketball 1,2 3»45 Dram¬ atic Club 35 Glee Club 2, 4 ? Most mischievous l» 2 e 3,4; Most talkative I, 2, 3 4-5 Best Sport 2,4-5 4-H Club l,2»35 Most popular 1,3,4; Assistant Editor OF NEWSPAPER 35 ANNUAL 45 Home Economics Club 4- JACK JOINED THE AYCOCK Seniors in their final YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL. Fayetteville High School transfer: Science Club !, 2,35 Track Team 2,3;Dram- atic Club 35 Library Clu8 2, 35 Booster ' s Club 35 Aycock High School: Alo¬ ha” staff 45 Glee Club 4 Senior Class History We, THE SENIORS OF ’42, ENTERED HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF I938»MR.CUDE WAS OUR HOME ROOM AND MATH TEACH¬ ER, with Mrs. Warren as science teacher,Miss Hughes as English teacher,and Mrs.Belue as history teacher. Lou¬ ise and Claude Hopkins,Aron Wilson, and Estelle McCul¬ loch WERE NEW STUDENTS OF THE CLASS. IN THE FALL,CLARA Belle Anderson moved away. Just before Christmas, two big events took place. Kathleen and Gloria Wilson JOINED us; AND WE WENT TO SEE TREASURE ISLAND”, A STORY WHICH WE HAD JUST FlNISED READING. MEXT SPRING, MISS Hughes was sick for 5 weeks, but a good substi tute»Mrs. Bragg, took her place. Just before school was out, we WENT ON A WEINER ROAST. iT BEGAN RAINING BEFORE WE GOT THERE, BUT NO ONE GOT VERY WET a In the ninth grade,we had Mr.Lathan as agriculture TEACHER, IN ADDITION TO THE SAME TEACHERS THAT WE HAD HAD THE YEAR BEFORE. WE HAD THE SAME STUDENTS,EXCEPT FOR A NEW MEMBER, I.J. WILSON. ABOUT CHRISTMAS, EDMUND COPPLE, WHO HAD BEEN GOING TO EFLAND FOR AROUND A YEAR CAME BACK TO JOIN THE GIRLS IN TAKING HISTORY, WHiLE THE OTHER BOYS TOOK AGRICULTURE. DURING THE WINTER THE DEEP SNOW DELAYED US FOR 2 WEEKS, BUT WE DIDN’T CARE. The next spring we went to V.F.W. Lake for our weiner ROAST AND FROM THERE TO BURLINGTON TO SEE THE SHOW. !t RAINED THAT NIGHT, AND ALMOST EVERYONE GOT WET»TH ROUGH THE STORM COVER WHICH HAD BEEN PULLED OVER THE TRUCK. The following summer, Mildred Grinstead decided that she couldn’t stand us any longer; hencf she married. As Juniors, we had the same teachers except for Miss Ward,our home room teacher,who took Mrs.Belue’s place. In October,Kathleen and Gloria left us and moved to Greensboro. The night before they moved, we had a wei¬ ner roast and told them good-by. In order to make up MONEY FOR THE BANQUET, WE SPONSORED A POPULARITY CON-

Page 23 text:

test. Peggy Pope was the prize-winner. After Christmas, Clara Belle came back. During the winter we had a few PARTIES AND DANCES AS ENTERTAINMENT. THAT 5PRING, JUST BEFORE WE GAVE THE SENIORS A BANQUET, WE GAVE A PLAY, called Aron Slick from Pumpkin Crick , which we think EVERYONE ENJOYED. THEN CAME THE BANQUET, IN MARCH. WE HAD A VERY PRETTY NIGHT FOR IT. LATER ON, WE WENT BACK to V.F.W. Lake for another weiner roast and went on to Burlington for the show. After school closed, another of our band-Clara Belle Anderson, joined the band of matrimony. This year, we have a new student, Jack Williams, for¬ merly of Fayetteville. However, we have lost a few mem¬ bers. Elizabeth White and Aron Wilson are working in Burlington. We have several new teachers,who are: Mrs Wall, our science teacherJMr. Muss,Agriculture teacher, Miss Cook, home economics teacher; Mr. Arrowood,who is principal. We still have Mr. Cude and Miss Hughes, two faithful teachers who have been with us a long time. On September 20, we attended the Lenoir-Rhywe foctsall game at Carolina, when all the North Carolina seniors WERE GUESTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. CM OCTOBER 2 ), WE WERE guests of State College. We are trying to live up to our motto, Faithful to the finish , and hope to be as happy in the future as WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. Ellen Frances Laws Class Will WE, THE 24 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF ' 42, AYCOCK HIGH School, being of sound mind, do by our wish bequeath the following items to those who are our successors: 1. Alene Crabtree’s ability to eat in class and GET BY WITH IT TO CORA LEE WAGONER. 2. Estelle McCulloch’s bashfulness to Lela Clay¬ ton . 3» Edith Clayton’s wittiness to Edith Hawkins. 4 Roy Clayton’s ability to make book reports to Sam Boland. Margaret Lynch’s knowledge of French to Anne Pope . 6 . Fred Compton’s basketball skill to Malcom Cole.