Bennett High School - Panther Yearbook (Bennett, NC)

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Class History We, the Seniors of NineteenHundred and Sixty, know it's the end of our years at Bennett High School. We were all excited when we entered the ninth grade. We began our Freshman year with Mrs, Betty Caviness as our homeroom teacher. We elected our class officers as: President, Linda Hussey; Vice-President, Emma Jean Willett; Secretary, Recil Leonard; and Treasurer, Dwight Brady. As Freshmen, we were very proud of Nettie Mar- garet Purvis winning as Harvest Queen in the contest at the annual Halloween Carnival. Also, we were very proud to win the Polio Drive and thrilled to win the Class Tour- nament. We began our Sophomore year with Mrs. Harmon as our homeroom teacher. Our class officers were: Linda Hussey, President; Tommy Harwood, Vice-President; Judy Welch, Secretary; and Emma JeanWillett, Treasurer. We sold school pins to begin raising money to give our ban- quet. Emma Jean Willett won the title of Harvest Queen. We began our Junior year with Mrs. Charlotte Cavi- ness asour homeroom teacher. Class officerswere: Nettie 26 Margaret Purvis, President; Linda Hussey, Vice-President; Louise Brewer, Secretary; Judy Ann Welch, Treasurer. Selling shampoo and hand cream, we finally raised e- nough money to give the banquet. What fun we had de- corating for the great night, the theme of which was 'Song In My Heart. Long will we all remember how proud we felt to be hosts to the Seniors. Seniors! We entered the twelfth grade as Seniors with Mrs. Betty Caviness as our homeroom teacher again. The class elected Bill Brady, President; Linda Hussey, Vice- President; Linda Jones, Treasurer; Judy Welch, Secretary. What an experience it was to give the Senior play! Regardless of all the work, though, we really enjoyed it. As proud as we had been last year to be hosts at the banquet, we enjoyed even more being guests this year. The Juniors really went all-out to give us the best! Soon we will be separating and each one will go his way. We will never forget the wonderful times we have had at Bennett High School.

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Last Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of Bennett High School in the year of nineteen hundred and sixty, being of sound mind and strong body, having attained ample knowledge to graduate, wish to make this our Last Will and Testament. ARTICLE 1 To the faculty: To Mr. Phillips, we leave our deepest appreciation for his help and guidance throughout our high school days. Tothe teachers, we leave many thanks for their lead- ership and kindness toward us. ARTICLE 2 To the undergraduates: To the Juniors, we leave the privilege of publishing the annual. To the Sophomores, we leave the job of giving the Junior-Senior Banquet their Junior year. To the Freshmen, we leave our ability to have fun and to have parties. PrLOUISE BREWER, leave my superlative, Best Sport, '' to Aletha Teague, and my ability to be picked on to Willie Lewis Hill. I, RECIL LEONARD, will my school bus to my brother, Billy Joe, and my superlative, 'Neatest, ' to my brother, ed. I, MARY JOYCE COX, leave my superlative, Witt- iest, '' to my brother, Roy, and my love for Spanish and Chemistry to anyone crazy enough to take it. I, DONALD MANESS, leave my titles of Best Look- ing and Most Carefree to my brother, Clifton. I, LINDA JONES, leave my superlative, Friendliest, ' to my brother, Charles, and my job as scorekeeper to Larry Stone. I, DEMPSEY MOORE, leave my title of Best All A- round to anyone that deserves it. 25 I, NETTIE MARGARET PURVIS, will my superlatives of Most Dependable, Best All Around, ' 'Most Likely to Succeed to my brother, Vesta Earl. I, BILL WELCH, leave my superlative, 'Most Athle- tic, ' to Willie Lewis Hill, and myschool busto Ned Kidd. I, EMMA JEAN WILLETT, leave my superlative, Cutest, '' to my sister, Elaine, and my cheerleading suit to my sister, Ila Mae. I, GARLAND BRADY, will my position as catcher on the baseball team to Steven Brady, and my title as ''Best Sport'' to my brother, Lavan. I, MARGARET ANN COX, leave my cheerleading suit to my ssister,, Joan, and my superlative; Koolest Cat, to Patsy Brown. I, LINDA HUSSEY, leave my superlatives, ''Best Look- ing ; 'Most Popular ; 'Most Athletic ; Best Personality, to my brother, Dwight, and my love for basketball to Phyllis Powers. I, CAROL LAMBERT, leave my superlative, Most Courteous, '' to my sister, Glenda, and my cheerleading suit to Hilda Kay Andrews. I, BILL BRADY, leave my superlatives, ''Best Person- ality,' Friendliest, and ''Most Dependable, to Ramond Brady, and my bus to anyone crazy enough to drive it. I, EDITH GARNER, leave my superlative, ''Quietest, ' to my sister, Grace, and my love for literature to anyone who enjoys reading. I, WAYLON MANESS, leave my superlative, 'Most Likely to Succeed, '' to my brother, Russell. Ly JIMMY KIDD, leave my titles Cutest and 'Koolest Cat to Larry Brown. I, JUDY WELCH, leave my superlative, 'Neatest, to my cousin, Billy Gene Brewer, and my ability to have fun to Raeford Brady. I, MARIE SMITH, will my superlative, 'Most Care- free, '' to Betty Stokes. MARIE SMITH GARLAND BRADY Testatrices

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Class Prophecy Who was it that said there were not signs of success in the hearts and minds of those 1960 Seniors of Good old Bennett High''—-was it you? Ah, yes, no doubt. But you know...while preparing for oursummer vacation, we decided to find as many of our fellow graduates as we could. Our first ambition was to travel back to Bennett. We are, incidentally, EMMA JEAN WILLETT, now nurs- ing at Cone's Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, and DONALD MANESS, auto racer of the Darlington 500 in South Carolina. As we stopped by the car lot in Bennett, we found RECIL LEONARD selling Fords instead of Chevrolets. We stopped at the high school and, much to our a- mazement, JIMMY KIDD, was principal,and LINDA JONES was secretary of the school. Among those in the medical field in Bennett were: GARLAND BRADY, town's most reliable physician; and BILL BRADY, well-known dentist, who has discovered a new chemical-molecular-acid, which is really important in fixing false teeth. Then we drove ouver to LOUISE BREWER's. She's now happily married and employed in her husband's business, raising prize Cows. Too bad NETTIE MARGARET and MARIE got married er and quit their jobs as models in New York City. But, we did find out that DEMPSEY MOORE now has his own T.V. show, The Thin Man. We also found out that CAROL LAMBERT has now joinedthe Army to be near herhusband, who isa sergeant. BILLY WELCH is in California designing women's bathing suits. LINDA HUSSEY, who wonthe Miss America title in 1965, is his No. 1 model. We visited the famous Opera House in Bennett, and we found that JUDY ANN is now appearing as a Soprano. Those girls who have become executive secretaries are: MARY JOYCE COX, of the F. B.I. in Washington; MARGARET COX, of the State Prison, who is none other than the Warden's wife. EDITH GARNER really fooled fate by choosing her vocation. She sells Tussey products. Do you suppose she just likes Midnight? WAYLON MANESS has just come back from New York, where he appeared on the $64,000 Question. He failed to answer the question, but won an old 1959 Cadillac. And now in 1970, as we gaze back over these past ten years, we marvel at the success and happiness that seem to cling to those Seniors of 1960. DONALD MANESS EMMA JEAN WILLETT Prophesiers