Benson High School - Tatler Yearbook (Benson, NC)

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h MR. E. S. SIMPSON Superintendent of Johnston County Public Schools Mr. J. M Denning 8

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Finally ♦ • . the End of the Rainbow At the end of these 12 years, with sad, yet happy, hearts and minds, we look back on our school days. It seems like only yesterday that our patient mothers forced us into our Sunday Best and dragged us off to encounter a new experience—school! During our eight years of grammar school many of our days were stormy; but soon there was a ray of sunshine to drive every cloud away. Before we knew it, we were making plans for our first year in high school. Our Freshman year was filled with every color of the rainbow. Turned footloose in high school, we were only interested in having a good time. But with the guidance of Mr. J. W. Thompson, Mrs. Owen Willis, and Mrs. Nor- wood Sorrell, we were soon set straight. Our officers for that year were Sue Lynn Bailey, president; Judith Whit- tington, vice-president; Guan Barbour, secretary; and Sarah Whittington, treasurer. As Silly Sophomores, our year was rather gloomy, and it seemed as if a rainbow would never appear. We tried to increase our class pocketbook by sponsoring The Sauline Players, but our profit amounted to $3.25. With encouragement from Mr. Tom Davis and Mrs. Owen Willis, our sponsors, we hoped for better years to come. To conduct our business for this year were Randel Holland, president; Sue Lynn Bailey, secretary; and Frances Barbour, treasurer. During our year as Jolly Juniors we began contemplating ways to collect cash. With the help of Mrs. Joan Johnson, we published our school paper, The Spotlight ' Mr. Joe Woodworth had the patience to help us present our class play, The Dizzy Dillions, which, along with Stunt Night, really increased our bank roll. What a task it was for our President, Gordon McLamb, to keep order while the class was making suggestions and decisions for the long-awaited Jr. -Sr. Prom. With the help of Joyce Raynor, secretary, and Rochelle McLamb, treasurer, everything went off smoothly. The brains of our class, who were to serve as marshals, were Susan Wood, chief; Judith Whittington, Sue Lynn Bailey, Elbert Massad, Sarah Whittington, Elizabeth Wood, Joyce Creech, and Gay Nell Ennis. We could hardly believe that in three months, we would be Sophisticated Seniors. Our last year can be compared to the brightest color of the rainbow. To conduct our orderly class meetings, Gordon McLamb was again our president. To keep notes and correspond for our class was Sue Lynn Bailey, secre- tary. We elected Ann Currin and Judith Whittington to keep an eye on our money. We stayed busy making plans for publishing the TATLER, ordering rings, preparing the senior play, and doing the one hundred things a senior class must do. We realize now the storm will soon be over, and we will have reached the end of the rainbow- -graduation! Will we find a pot of gold? Some of our seniors will; perhaps some will not- -but it waits for those who seek. Sue Lynn Bailey Historian 10