Bessemer High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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SUPERLATIVES ■bdtew.. • N • v ■ » » BEST-ALL-AROUND Donald James and Peggy Joyce LAZIEST Howard O'Ferrell and Billie Jean Cooper BIGGEST LIARS Garland Boaze and Shirley Cooke WITTIEST Howard Burney and Jenny Rodgers 19

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Donald James wills his dynamic brain to Bill Miller. Teddy Starr leaves his corny jokes to David Bryant. Betty Williamson leaves her figure to Mickey Wrenn. Jo Anne Hobby leaves her musical ability to Mickey Williams. Calvin Strickland leaves his ability to dodge cars to the Safety Patrol. Jenny Rogers leaves her pleasing smile to Mr. Jett. Peggy McCurdy leaves her high heel to Mr. Festa. Erika Nau leaves her modeling carrer to become a housewife. Harry Patterson leaves his ability to date to Doug Crenshaw. Garland Boaze leaves his hair to Basil Anderson. Josh Harris leaves his ability to snow girls to John Lancaster. Ralph Swing leaves his muscular build to Raymond Pennington. Delmer Wood leaves his mechanial hands to Raymond Caudle. James Frye leaves his job in the mill to Bobby Rich. Marjorie Hayes leaves her babyish ways to Sue Friddle. CLASS HISTORY By Sue Brown It was just twelve years ago that Bessemer High first opened its portals to the class of 1952. As first-grade students, we were shy and bewildered but during the next three of four years, we began to feel our own strength as we groped along the path of knowledge. Furthermore, we participated in such vigorous games as jumping rope, hop scotch, marbles, relay races, and post office. It was in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades that many romances developed which have lasted until this good day. Boys and girls began to regognize each other as friends, and not as someone to pick on and taunt. The highlights of these years came with the end-of-school picnics, when we were allowed to go to such far-away-places as the Battleground and O'Ferrell's lake. It was during the year when we were in the eighth grade that we char- tered a bus and went to Raleigh. We visited such places as the Capitol Building, Andrew Johnson’s home, and the museum. Everybody had a wonderful time and it was a tired group of boys and girls who returned home late that evening. In our Freshman year, we felt that we really belonged to Bessemer High. We were allowed to change classes for the first time which we considered a great privilege. We even had a Junior Varisty Basketball team, made up of such up and coming players as Erika Nau, Sue Brown, Jenny Rogers, Shirley Cooke, and Billie Cooper. When we became Juniors, a number of the students in our class be- came members of the Beta Club, the Dramatics Club, the Newspaper Staff, and the Annual Staff. Vera Sue Ellis, Peggy Joyce, Marjorie Hayes, Sally Murray, and Betty Williamson showed great promise in acting when they stepped before the footlights in the school play, Pigtails. The big event of our Junior Year was the Junior-Senior Banquet, which we gave at the Starmount Country Club in the honor of the Seniors. Juniors themselves designed the tiny pastel umbrellas and umbrella ladies which provided a very colorful setting for our April Showers theme. To make the theme more realistic the weather came through with a genuine shower. Even rain failed to dampen our jubilant spirits, however. That April night will neven be forgotten by the class of 51 and 52. Our school years have been happy and interesting ones and we feel that this dynamic class of 52 will make the world a better place in which to live. 18

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SUPERLATIVES BEST DRESSED Thelma Buckner and Marion Oakes MOST ATHLETIC Harry Patterson and Sue Brown MOST POPULAR Sallie Murray and Calvin Strickland MOST CONCEITED Donald Murchison and Doris Griffin 20