Boyden High School - Echo Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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THE LAST WILL and TIESTAMIENT We, the members of the Boyden High School Class of 1950, being of sound minds, strong bodies, and weak consciences, wish to bestow our undying qualities of honesty, dignity, and intelligence upon our most deserving underclassmen, in full view of the fact that it will be impossible for them to achieve greater success than did the Class of 1950. Realizing that we have come to the end of our high school career and that we have acquired an unusual amount of knowledge, we, the Class of 1950, must leave to the underclassmen some of these superior traits in order that they may be able to uphold the standards set by this and preceding graduating classes. Therefore, we do make this, our LAST WILL ANTD TESTAMENT. FIRST: To our parents who have loved us, cared for us, and guided us in our prepara- tions for our life's work, we give our deepest love and dearest thoughts. SECOND: To Mr. J. H. Knox, our superintendent, to Mr. J. H. Nettles, our principal, and to members of the faculty, we leave our lasting gratitude and sincere appreciation for all that they have done to make our high school career a happy one. THIRD: To the citizens of Salisbury go our thanks for supporting us in every way possible. FOURTH: To our senior class adviser, Mrs. Minnie Gaston, and to our student council 5.1 iser, Miss Margaret Miller, goes our wholehearted appreciation for their guidance wi?-:gi .L N hout the year. f INDIVIDUALS AMONG Us BEQUEATH THE. FOLLOWING: 1- are ' - z ' Y ' Carl King his presidents seat to Bunny Link student body president, with :shes for a successful year E Jiri- ' - : Don Godwin, John Buford, and Gerald Adams, their Hot Rods and repair fgktogls to Humphrey Barringer and Hermie Kincaid. Included in this are three Glow-in- the-dark signs saying Beware of Flying Parts. SEVENTH: Bob Gardner and Bill Peeler, their football equipment to Bruce Rendle- man and Dick Smith. EIGHTH: Heywood Miller and Henry Grogan, that inseparable twosome, their ability to 'lay out of class and not get caught, to Harry Rainey and Fatboy Goodson. NINTH: Elaine Elium and Betty Jean Plyler, their dramatic ability to Missie Houck and Harold Hagler. TENTH: Jack Smith, Dave Shuler, and Wayne Leazer, their musical instruments to Don Ousley, Jimmy Bibb, and Jimmy Eagle. ELEVENTH: Robert Brinkley, Paul Kiger, and Don Dedmon, their basketball skills to Sonny Morris, Kirk Hill, and Norman Kimbrough. TWELFTH: Travis Stokes and Clyde Taylor, their enormous batting averages to Frank McRae and Bob Rouche. ' THIRTEENTH: George Yarborough and Bob Ritchie, a box of sleeping pills to be taken before going to class Qthey really did.n't use the pills thoughh, to Bucket Chambers and Bob Waggener. FOURTEENTH: Frankie Andrews, the Casanova of the Senior Class, his twenty-four condensed volumes of Dateable Girls, to Rodney Calloway. FIFTEENTH: Dick Arey, his all-around ability to Jimmy Stroud. SIXTEENTH: That witty pair, Sara Hubbard and Bill Bibb, their sense of humor along with the book, How to Be the Life of the Party, to T. Kepley and Annie Campbell. SEVENTEENTH: James Coggin and Jo Ann Cothran, their talented paint brushes to' Sue Hughes mid Don Clark. EIGHTEENTH: Bonnie McRae, Lloyd Ennis, and Tommye Barker, their ability to take scraps of news, throw them together, and create the Yellow Jacket, to Celia Cole, Billy Overton, and Jane-A alton. NINETEENTH: Jim- - uscle Man Whitler, his Charles Atlas course and mit 'With built-in muscles to none other than Charlie Honeycutt. . F. H, TWENTIETH: Margaret Peeler and Bob Plyler, their good looks to sarah Home-and Bob Beazley. ' TWENTY-FIRST: Mary Anne Beaver, her musical ability to Mary Dare Moore. ' TWENTY-SECOND: To the freshmen: There is a lot that lies ahead of you here in Boyden. Take advantage of every opportunity offered you here and I am sure that each and every one will be a success. - TWENTY-THIRD: To the sophomores: You are now half-way through your high school career. More and more responsibility will be placed upon you. Grow so that you will be able to meet your obligations to the school. TWENTY-FOURTH: To the juniors: You have only one more year at Boyden. It is up to you to take the initiative in all undertakings of the school. Merely pattern your lives by the examples set by the class of SO and you will be your best. b In conclusion: As the time draws near for us to depart from this beloved institution, we look back over the fruitful years, we, the class of 50 , have had in Boyden. Now that we have well established ourselves as the best class in the history of Boyden High School, I do affix my signature to this, our LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. JERRY BARGER, Lawyer 4

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zz ' STATISTICS After being delegated Statistician of the greatest Senior Class of Boyden High School, I secured the facts and figures and began working toward a conclusion. Equipped with statistic sheets and one adding machine I, Carl King, after much deliberation, present these astounding facts concerning the Class of 1950. From the 19,445 pounds of graduating seniors I found the average female tipped the scales at 122 pounds, the average male weighed 153 pounds. Dell Ketchie and Wayne Leazer raised the boys' average considerably by boasting a cool 200. The weight of the class is due mainly to their favorite foods, which are steak and french-fries, with chocolate milk, their favorite beverage. Sara Hubbard prefers wild onions and corn-bread. If everyone told the truth, most of the class of '50 is 18 years old and sees the world through brown eyes. Dick Arey says his are bloodshot. In addition to the majority having brown eyes, brown hair is prevalent. It is not too popular, however, because about 3070 of the hair around Boyden changes with the seasons-yellow in the summer, streaked in the fall, and natural again about the turn of the year. Dave Shuler says he will be bald before he graduates. The average height is only 5'5 but do not blame Dub Kluttz and Patty Vogler for that because Jerry Kincaid wasn't in school when the statistics were compiled. Bill Bibb and Tommy Johnson surely are cut out to be policemen, they wear shoes size 12 and 13 respectively. The class can thank Jane Beard's size 4 for bringing the aver- age down to 795. ' 4 The graduating class chose as its song of the year I Can Dream, Can't I and Frankie Laine their favorite vocalist. Vaughn Monroe's band was first choice. The Dreamers were also quite popular. After having a heart-to-heart talk with Love Bug, I obtained the following information. Seventy-three seniors have definitely been bitten. Several seem to have infected bites. Thirteen do not know whether they are in love or not, and fifty-five give a definitely negative answer. About 8472: of the class plans to get married. The others have not decided about the fatal step. When married, the majority of the class plans to settle in other towns. This great Senior Class is filled with very modest scholars. Bill Gaskey and Rogers Staley do not want to use up what little knowledge they have acquired before being gradu- ated. The boys prefer gym and mathg that is excluding John Buford, whose favorite subject is Billie Parker. The girls prefer sociology. Eighty-four students plan to further their education by attending inwtions of higher learning. Forty-three do not plan to go to collegeg 14 are still undecided. ' ' Mrs. Minnie Gaston was crowned teacher of the year, but Miss Elizabeth Jones and Mrs. Addie Morris were very close contenders. We all love those dear hearts and gentle people. The beach is the favorite vacationing spotg quite a few seniors, however, prefer the mountains. The most popular place for dates is the movies and then to Mooney's. It is an estab- lished fact that if any one wants to find a member of the Senior Class after 9:30 on Saturday night he should look either at the Club or Mooney's. Dating is first on the list of pastimesg eating between meals is second. Shooting pool ranked high as Jerry Kirk's favorite pastime. The class of '50 couldn't decide on its favorite movieg Hamlet , Johnnie Belinda , and Prince of Foxes were all favorites. Shan Thornton refuses to go to the show unless Buggs Bunny is on. Sports from golf to chess were listed as favorites. Football led the list while basketball and baseball followed. I must congratulate the teams and coaches for our excellent record in athletics this year. The Senior Class chose to ride around in a new Pontiac with a radio tuned to Red Skelton, as the favorite radio program. Gerald Adams insists that his Ford is the best yet. In the comic section the Seniors immediately turn to Dick Tracy or Denny Dimwitt. Jerry Rufty insists that his favorite is Donald Duck. The saying, You don't know, do you? and that's not good fella were acclaimed the most popular expressions. We have hidden talent in the field of musicg Cliff Owen claims he can play anything with a comb and paper, Henry Grogan can really make a tune on his moonshine jug. If that's music, then the whole class is musical. Don Godwin insists that he is the most musical, he can masterfully play the radio! With the established fact that we all have enjoyed our time spent in fun and work here at Boyden, I affix my signature to the statistics of one of the greatest classes ever to graduate from Boyden High School, the Class of 1950. CARL KING, Statistician

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GERALD CLARK ADAMS Agreeable, Honest, Composed Entered '46, Course: Collrqe Prep, Varsity Football 4, Leltflrlmin 5 Club 4, Intramural Spons 4. JOSEPHINE ANN ALSOBROOKS Calm, Beautiful, Constant Entered '46, Course: College Prop, I-LR. Serv. 1, 'l'1oc1s Cl, V.fProsa. 4, Class Council 4, Student Council 4, Mosque 6. Wiq 1, Clrls' Cltoru 1, 2, Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, Y-'Teens 1, Sponsor Colleqo Day 4, Carol-1 Day 4. FRANK LOWE ANDREWS Jivy, Joking, Cheerful Entered '46, Course: Colloqc Prrp, Brest Dmxv: r Suycrlotivf- fl. RICHARD W. AREY, JR. Hnnzorous, Cheerful, Likable Entered '46, Course: College Prep, I-LR, Dev. Chl. 1, Sorglul Clu 2, 4. Clecm-up Chr. 4, Baud 2, Golf 3.