Bethel High School - Key Yearbook (Bethel, NC)

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class History The history of the Class of 1958 is actually a list of precious memories-memories of the many trips, plays, parties, and other wonderful times we have had together. We remember the first grade. The year of getting accustomed. Getting accustomed to sitting still in class, to not talking without raising our hands, and to getting up our homework. Mrs. Katherine Adams was our teacher. She taught us to sing, read, printour names, and she even taught us how to make butter by shaking cream in a jar. Miss Elsie Whitley was our second grade teacher. She taught us to write, and in the last half of that year she taught us to call her Mrs. Nicholson, for it was while she was our teacher that she was married. We can still remember the card with a picture of Niagara Fal Is on it that she sent to us while she was on her honeymoon. Mrs. Margaret Renshow guided us through the third grade. It was from her that we learned to multiply and divide. in the fourth grade Mrs. Ruth Thomas taught us. She gave us our first taste of a modified demerit system. She kept our names in a row in the corner of one board, and when we got five marks by our name we had to sit in at recess, and for ten marks we received a paddling. Miss Frances Warren was our fifth grade teacher. We took a trip to the milk plant in Tarboro that year. Also during that year we had our first classes in public school music with Miss Carawan as our teacher. Our sixth grade teacher there was Mrs. Sylvia Jackson. It was from her that we received a very good basic understanding of history and of art. In the sixth grade we made bird booklets and a frieze on birds which Mrs. Jackson still proudly displays to our brothers and sisters. Our seventh year in school holds many memories. It was in that year that we went to the State Fair on the new school activity bus, Old Smoky, which was driven by our teacher Mr. William Berry. One of the most important things we learned from Mr. Berry was the ability to stick to what we thought was right. We also had a new music teacher in the seventh grade — Miss Louise Stewart. Under her leadership we participated in a very beautiful music festival in Farmville. Many changes were in store for us when we entered the eighth grade. Instead of just one teacher, we had three. There was our homeroom teacher, Mrs. Jane Highsmith; our science teacher, Mr. Nicholson; and our history teacher, Mrs. Daisy Lee Latham. That year found us again in Raleigh; this time we took a tour of the city and then attended the Ice Capades. Our most precious memory of the eighth grade, though, is graduation night. We received our diplomas and were then fully prepared for high school. in high school we had many teachers. In English there were Mrs. Whitehurst, Mrs. Selby, Mrs. Weeks, and Mrs. Watson, in history, Mrs. Latham. In math, Mr. Latham. In science, Mr. Nicholson. In agriculture, Mr. Dewar. !n the commerce department there were Mrs. Dewar and Mr. Thompson. In home economics there were Mrs. Mayo and Mrs. Carson, and in French there was Mrs. Highsmith. We have learned much, but it hasn ' t all been hard work. We take with us many memories of hard fought for victories on the basketball court, fun filled May Day programs, absorbing science symposiums, exciting typing contests, and Junior-Senior proms. These are but a few of the many wonderful memories — memories of our school days. BOBBIE GARRENTON