Bethel High School - Key Yearbook (Bethel, NC)

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Before the curtain falls we want to mention the other directors who had much to do with our drama of education and its success. They are Mr. Latham, our principal and mathematics teacher; Mrs. Dewar, our commercial teacher; Mr. Dewar, our agriculture teacher; Mrs. Highsmith, our ninth grade English teacher; Mr. Gray and Mr. Nicholson, our science teachers; Mr. Hart, our history teacher; Miss Perry, our home economics teacher; and Mrs. Tucker, our eighth grade science teacher. As the curtain falls on our drama of education, we feel that we have suc¬ ceeded ohly by the careful and constant guidance of all our directors. It is our hope that they may somehow be rewarded to the fullest extent! Although our drama of education is ending, the drama of life is just be¬ ginning! Class Historians Mavis Weathersby Geraldine White

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Hass History ACT I In the fall of 1940, thirty children both eager and scared, entered the Bethel Elementary School and began their first act in the drama of education. Miss Matt Exum, now Mrs. Larry James, was the director we found to help us become acquainted with the fundamentals of school life. With the helping hand of Miss Humphrey, we completed the second scene of the first act without much trouble. In completing the first act of the drama of education, we had slowly, but surely, come to realize what to expect in the future years. Miss Blanchard was our director during the third scene. ACT II We were directed by many during Act II, including Miss Mayo, Miss Ellen- berg, Mrs. Hammonds, Miss Staton, Mrs. Whitehurst, and Mrs. Jones. Some im¬ portant things happened during this act, two of which are very outstanding in our minds—the trip to Raleigh in the seventh grade and the joining of thirteen Mayo students to the class in the eighth grade. At the conclusion of Act II, we were eager to dramatize the most important phase of our education, high school. ACT III Last but certainly not least, we began the best years of our lives. With Mrs. Lamb as director, the curtain slowly rises showing the first scene of the third act. It was during this scene that we really began to act as young ladies and gentlemen were expected to act. We were, at the end of this scene, becoming accustomed to high school life. Miss Hinnant was with us in the second scene. Things were really clicking at this time. We were now bold Sophomores instead of the scared first graders. A very happy, exciting, and wonderful time awaited us in the third scene of act three. Our director in this scene, Mrs. Latham, has proved to be one of the greatest aids with our high school activities. With her helping hand we hit suc¬ cess in both the Banquet and Junior-Senior Play. As the final scene draws near, we are now a little anxious and somewhat sad. The annual will be the highlight of the scene. It will require work to get it out but it will be worth the effort. We hardly know what we would have done without the help of Mrs. Weeks, Miss Mills to us. She provided the guidance that we needed so during the last act. She is certainly a teacher that we will never for¬ get. Our deepest appreciation is issued to Mrs. Weeks, our last director.

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Class Prophecy One day in the year 1962, I was walking along thinking of my former classmates. All of a sudden a falling brick hit me on the head and I drifted into a peaceful dream. I dreamed that I was traveling on a big airliner. As I was sitting back rest¬ ing, a small stewardess came up to me and said, Is everything all right, sir? And who do you think it was? It was Grace Whitehurst. She said that Jimmy Staton was the pilot of the plane in which I was riding. I went to the cockpit. There was Jimmy. I asked him about the rest of my classmates. He said that he knew a lot who lived in the city where I was going. He also told me that he would show me around when I got to the city. When we landed we went into a big sandwich shop. The owner was none other than Cecil Whitehurst. As we were going into town we passed a large housing project. The head carpenter was Vance White. Vance told me that Cleve Burton, Jr., had the con¬ tract for all of the electrical and plumbing installments. As I was leaving, I glanced at one of the new homes and there were Lind¬ say Whitehurst and the former Claire Wilson getting ready to move into one of the gorgeous houses. I stopped to talk with them and found out that Lindsay was a successful business man. That afternoon we visited a big league ball game and whom do you think I saw? Earl Johnson was in there pitching with his famous curve, while Eugene McLawhon acted as catcher. As I was leaving the ball park I ran smack into Billy Barnhill and his lovely wife. I found that Billy had just married and had come to the city for his honeymoon. That night Jimmy took me to one of the fashionable night clubs where we ate supper. When the lights were suddenly turned out, a big spotlight focused on Jeane Cullifer who was singing a torch song. Then after her number there was a big floor show and I saw two more classmates. They were Audrey Griffin and Jane Morris. After we left the club we went to a big play, which was having its premier on Broadway. When we were seated comfortably I saw on my program the name of Lecky McWhorter. Lecky had the leading role in the play. The next day I went to a studio to buy a picture for a friend. As we were passing along, looking at the pictures, I saw Joyce Beverly in one of the rooms posing as a model. She was modeling a French bathing suit. That afternoon I boarded a plane for Washington, D. C. When I landed I decided the first person I wanted to see was the President. Well, you couldn ' t get very close to him, but I got close enough to see who his personal secretary was. It was Mavis Weathersby. When I finally got to talk to Mavis she told me that Ruth Whitley and Daphne Weathersby were secretaries to two other high officials and that Lexine Rollins was secretary to the vice-president. Mavis told me she wanted me to meet some more people whom I might be interested in. She took me to one of the beautiful homes in the suburbs of Wash¬ ington and I found it to be the home of Nancy Whitehurst who was a very busy, housewife and mother. She had twins!