Bethel High School - Key Yearbook (Bethel, NC)

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Class Pic In the five years that I have been married, I have made it my hobby to keep up with my classmates back in the class of 1951. My scrapbook of clippings about them is big and fat now, for that was quite a class and full of people who have become famous in the ten years since our graduation. Beth Briley, now married and living here in the same town as I, dropped by to see me the other day and was telling me about how well Dalton Whitehurst is doing since he has taken over his father’s business. Beth said she had just seen Doris Whichard down at the bus station. She was on her way back to Washington, D. C. Doris is now the supervisor of the largest Kindergarten School in Washington. Every evening I look forward to receiving The Daily Reflector, which is now edited by Gene Anderson. He often supplies me with the articles about my former classmates to add to my ever-growing collection. In last week’s paper I saw where Sue Bland, now a laboratory technician in a big hospital in Chicago, will be home on her vacation next week. Also there was an article in the paper about Joe Whitehurst, who is a Lieutenant in our armed forces, coming home for a couple of we eks. Now, in the bridal section there was a large write-up and a picture of our former Inez Manning. Inez was married last week in the chapel of the First Baptist Church in Charlotte. Rev. Carroll Alexander presided over the wed¬ ding. He is now pastor of that church. The next page in my scrapbook is full of magazine clippings from the State Magazine. Yes, we have quite a few who have made the headlines in the State. Working in our capital building is Bertie Lee Chapman, secretary to Governor John Nelson. And down the hall a ways is the office of Senator J. H. Whitehurst. Also in Raleigh are Margaret Briley and Katherine Mobley, nurses at Rex Hospital. I received a letter from Katherine the other day and she said that Toddy Smith was there for a rest before she has her next piano concert at Carnegie Hall. She also told me that Billy Rollins was an interne there and that he would get his degree in a couple of months. We all thought, back in High School, that Billy would be our only farmer, but it looks as if we were all fooled. I have one page in my book devoted to Fred Keel, who is

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nc)ec) Cl ' ie Out School Da Ended are our school days. Now the time has come For us to depart, dear friends, Even though we feel we’ve just begun. Our goal in high school has been reached For which twelve years we have striven. We smile, yet we hate to leave behind Our many friends and teachers so kind. May we each have learned a lesson That through life we’ll never forget. That in order for life to be worth-while, We must give our best each and every mile. To our teachers who have so patiently helped us Through the many conquests we’ve had to face, We owe a debt of deepest gratitude For no one else could have taken your place. To you who are now rising up in our places, Take care and do not tarnish the name, Of our dear Bethel High School But be sure to add to its lasting fame. Farewell, dear school and faculty. The time is nearing for us to go. The name of Bethel High School We’ll always cherish Because we’ll always love you so. Class Poet Inez Manning

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now playing on the All American Basketball team, and the victories his team has won. That was a grand group of boys and girls in the class of 1951 . I feel sure that as the years go by my scrapbook will become much, much larger than it already is. Class Prophetess Angelin Hyman