Bethany High School - Pine Burr Yearbook (Reidsville, NC)

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Graduation ends our worries and fears; We have reached the goal we have sought through the years. If, in our lives, success we shall land. We will not forget where we began. Our aims are as pure as the rose of our choice; To honor dear Bethany is to rejoice. Our teachers that guided our footsteps till now, We won ' t disappoint, we give them our vow. We have crossed the bay; the ocean lies before us. We leave with this slogan and with Bethany ' s trust. Our class with the colors of pink and white Has come through the day and must go through the night. We have come to the end of a very long way; We shall leave and make room for others to stay. When they have labored for days upon end, They can say to the next class: Enter, my friend . CLASS POET RUTH ALLEN

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I suppose you have seen some of Ray Isley ' s advertisements, Eye Isley, Tracer of Lost Persons - - - especially good in finding girl friends, This is one job in which Ray declares that he doesn ' t mind working over time. Betty Jo, while going to school at Bethany, developed her lungs to such an extent that after finishing school she found that she could not talk below a bellow. The last I heard of her she was the Champion Hog Caller of both Rockingham and Guilford Counties. If you ever need a used car, and wt Jo mean a USED car, go to Foulk’s Used Car Lot on the corner of Bethany and Pine. Kenan is making a killing on his original model which he put together in his spare time, The Chevordbakerson. It is supposed to be the fastest thing on wheels. Kenan claims that he made it especially for Miss Huey. Claudia Mae Williams is at the very top of the ladder of success, but she did not have to climb it. She flirted, smiled, giggled, and talked her way into stardom. She is the star of all the afternoon soap opras. She’s Stick ' s Other Wife , Young ’Widder’ Williams , Claudia Faces Life and When A Girl Marries all rolled up into one. Lincoln Griffin is running the snazziest eating joint in town. It is the favorite hangout of the younger set. Lincoln has grown another six inches and lost twenty - two pounds he has had to work so hard. Not long ago one of his helpers slapped him into a bun, , sprinkled on some onions, spread on mustard, and served him to a customer before he realized his mistake. Did you hear the awful news about Claude Hudson? For weeks no one saw or heard from him. Then one day I saw an old mountaineer ' s sign of Furs for Sale . I looked among the rare rabbit and weasel pelts and realized that the third from the end was poor Possum , caught at last but grinning just as big as ever! What am I doing? I m still at Bethany, of course. 1 have a full load this year, too. I’m teaching English, history, math, science, home ec. , typing, physical ed. , and agriculture. I hardly have time to keep up with my gossip. Why don ' t you and the others stop by to see me sometime? Love, Barbara Ann Overby

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We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty - Two of Bethany High School, being of sound minds and well trained memories do make and publish this, our last will and testament. ARTICLE I To the Administration: To Mr. Bourne, we leave our sincere appreciation for his help and guidance during our school days. To our teachers, we leave many, many thanks for putting up with some of our trifling ways. ARTICLE II To the Cafeteria personnel we leave our thanks for the many meals they have prepared for us. ARTICLE III To the janitor we leave our appreciation for trying to keep our school looking orderly at all times. ARTICLE IV To the Undergraduates: To the Junior Class we leave the honor of being it after eleven long years. To the Sophomores we leave the many tasks they will have to perform during their Junior year. To the Freshmen we leave all the battered - up textbooks, and all the chewing gum under the desks with the hope that someday they, too, will reach the top. Individual Bequests:- Bobby Alley leaves his cute little grin to Donald McCollum. Loraine Price leaves her good sportsmanship and beautiful blushes to Dot Roberts. Kenan Foulks bestows upon Donald Sharpe his run - along - little - worries - don’t - bother - me attitude. Betty Jo Combs leaves her shorthand book to anyone in the whole school who can learn it better than she could. Ray Isley collects every silly joke he ever heard or ever told and turns them over to John Moore. Ruth Allen wills her basketball suit to Jimmy Saunders realizing that he cannot fill it as she did. Lincoln Griffin leaves his quiet dignity and tall stature to James Simpson. Clyde Hanks leaves his favorite expression, Let ' s go get a coca - cola , to Milloway Tucker. Claudia Mae Williams leaves her ability to roll her eyes, and toss her head to Dot Lea Chambers. Nick Smothers leaves his corduroy hat and his position as ruler of the roost to George Yeatts. Barbara Ann Overby keeps her giggles but gives her sp-ic and span appearance to Evelyn Dixon. Claude Hudson, with great sorrow, wills his American History Book to Lincoln Wall who might get up enough nerve to use it someday. Penn Jones gives his battered coupe, the one that he has taught to do tricks, to Jimmy King. Frances Paschal leaves her gift of gab to Hilda Jones. Jimmy Knight leaves bus no. 42 to anyone who can drive it. Carl Shelton gives to David Knight his love for getting out of study hall on any pretext. Daisy Covington takes Carl with her but leaves to Maggie Allison her love, peace, quiet, and order. Carl Shelton, Testator Daisy Covington, Witness