Aycock High School - Governor Yearbook (Pikeville, NC)

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Foreword Perfection, beauty, regality — qualities every student wishes for his Alma Mater to stand. In this past year admiration has increased as our school strived to attain a goal, Today, we may stand aside, and with a satisfying glance, be convinced that Charles B. Aycock has almost reached its goal. With progress comes perfection could well be the motto of C. B. A. The completion of our new school has made it one of the finest in North Carolina. Web- ster defines beauty as that quality which gratifies the eye. Such a definition is certainly representative of our school. It has, been said that beauty is as beauty does — and C. B. A. is very definitely beautiful in both appearance and individu- ality. ' fHPfeBK. Perfection, beauty, regality — these belong to Charles B. Aycock. We, the Governor staff, hope we have recorded the events of the past year well enough to keep them alive for decades to come. II

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1962 The Governor Vol. I Charles B. Aycock High School Published by Annual Staff EDWARD HERRING Editor PikeviUe DICKIE ELMORE Carolina Co-Editor PEGGY LASSITER DONNIE PITTMAN Business Managers I

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The first school at Eureka was a small two room wooden building. It was opened in August, 1881. ' The principal was J. B. Bailey. The school was ended in 1907. In 1924 a new brick school was added. On the first Monday in 1925 the new building was opened. In 1929 the first graduating class graduated. Eureka was then consolidated in 1961 into the present school, Charles B. Aycock. Eureka elementary remains with Mr. Ben Curin, Principal. Pikeville High School was first oc- cupied in 1924, with Mr. Reins, as the principal. The campus covers an area of ten acres. Pikeville had the first indoor gym in Wayne County; it was really a show piece, at that time. Outstanding members in the past were: Nathan D. Burger, Dr. J. W. Rose, Lonnie Smith, and Claude Hinnant. The Nahunta School was formed in 1917 by the consolidation of Oak Plains and Edgewood School, both one-teacher schools. The school was originally located west of the present school site. A few years later Pleasant Hill and Gurley Schools were consolidated into Cogdell school; which became a part of Nahunta in 1924. This left only Aycock School and it was consolidated with Nahunta some 18 to 20 years ago. The first session at Nahunta School was from the fall of 1917 to the Spring of 1918. The first graduating class was in 1923. The brick part of the building was added in 1926 and 1927. Mr. Earl Edger- ton became principal in 1927.