Casar High School - Knob Yearbook (Casar, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1955 volume:

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Q wi? 1 fini? ,Q 'Q 3 :L rx . .- 5 v X. I 1. 1 J' rf' J 5' K fi' ,rr EJ' 1 J 1' 5 ff X . X? a , ,fi I, 5,9 ' , .ry It ' J- jldwfwk PRINCIPAL D.W. Ayers FACULTY Mrs. Minnie Mae Boggs Mathematics Biology Mrs . Laura Gentry English Mrs. Betty Falls Home Economics Science W,E, I-Ialyburton Social Studies Coach Not Pictured Charle s Beam Agriculture J.E. Buff Eighth Grade Mr s . Edyth Halyburton Seventh Grade W.M. Glenn Sixth Grade Mrs. Ola Mae Cash Fifth and Sixth Grades Mrs. Ruth Long Fifth Grade Mrs. Ellen Nolan Fourth Grade Mrs. Christine Shuford Third Grade Mrs. Mary Triplett Second and Third Grades Mr s . Kathleen Padgett Second Grade Mrs. Sarah Beam First Grade Miss Alda Willis First Grade Miss Bentha Cooke Music DON DEVINEY Editor LARRY COSTNER Business Manager THE KNOB STAFF OF I955 Seated: Antha Brackett,Winnie Benfield, Don Deviney, Mrs. Laura Gentry, Betty Bcnfield Standing: Larry Costner, Kirby Beam, Ruth Ann Price, Herman Melton, Jo Ann Cooke Pauline Eaker. Kwmwk n ,jii , X . E W:,,,,..,,, . l V if MASCOTS R.AY DEAN WORTMAN JUDY HAYNES CLASS POEM The final moment has arrived For the Class of '55! We must bid Casar High adieu-- Though we hate to say good-by to each of you. We'll miss our teachers, friends, and studies, But we'll never forget the times with our buddies. With all the ups and dovms we've had, School days at Casar haven't really been bad. To service, to college, and to work we'll all go, To face disasters that no one now knows. As we leave to do our duty, And strive to make the goal, L We'll all remember the days at Casar For they will never grow old. A Ruth Ann Price Class Poet CLASS MOTTO Not merely to exist, but to amount to something in life. s FLOWER: Rose COLORS: Blue and Gold MARGIE BRACKE T T KETT Marge .IQ ANTHA BPQCS1 a Compe1 me not to toe H Aw COOKE HGY0 Oi Spoftiihs the mark, Be ever firm I,Happy amJ0 H A Xoveg gamesut She and trueg But rather let th? fl-ee. I, from Ca inner o not yha me do those thlngs that m Y all C Why ar Ile xfu he ho I ought not to do. e ? Onfenf en F T. n 5 . , 1m ainialns SENIORS .EN 'z 35 I f ,Q 'Y R LARRY CSJSIIINE DOIEI DEVINEY you can. HN-Ot O Feeilylr 11Ag1'C? 1 Y it a V9I'SG3I'iOuS, n dlspute Volous b ot f10ta good f ' ut 3. rar man. euow- e ed like PAULINE EAKER llpouyll DOWNS She may be serious, Bggwxceir.. X50 she may be gay, but n 'Y she's a rare good pal in 1 ialfv 3' g 51 a rare good way. . X 50 00155 vA gli we Y-nN15t Cheaffun Smart, Xen her HE15 St-0 SENIORS GEOR fr W HIT-' doe ipen-Dieu thinggn tpay to happen a f S b Worry: anyW3.y.u0und to GE ANN AGC- J.w, W' BUJLY GEEK .. HUNT ilux d I be but cwashington is d e . uuwhat CH 1CeI'O is dead ads what 1 am- great men ' all the burlamf 'fuidyin eelzng f1ne.Hgr SUE SPAKE LACKE Y 1-lmswmm JQHNS-ON ..H , Sue C .lghrisu . thapplness is Ch H Mirue worth is in being, theaili Worry' So wheaper ERMA not seeming- lghef price 72 Y Pay rzbfen Sli MELT e be Of f Frm, ON sg In ew W en.,, Ords are SENIORS ...-1 DONALD MODE Shack D ANNA BE From the top of hxs LLEM head to the soles of feet Oak t Annu CNEELY here--5 aman who is hard iicorns rees from 11 gTOW W littl J h e O grow slovi-tllcare to beat. ss S CHARLENE PARKER CNE!-ZLY Live your life as you ETTY M t.. ,ous see best, play the game, B 'ABZQ grailand fate will do the rest. bil ef ne? me Pt C Cv ev 31' Slmp natur a HOW fine ' 11 SENIORS GARLAND QUEEN CE lfHubYl ANN ?R1 Give me cars and girls, RUTHHRugh' th, gm-UW andI shall seek no nest wofnn whom delight ' f ho ne .ll Qomend' ode and other 1 P we can al LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred Fifty-Five, of Casar High School, being of unstable minds, do hereby make our last will and testament. ARTICLE I J We, the Senior Class, bequeath to our faculty a Senior Class of the coming years that will be more studious and pay more attention on class than we did. To Mrs. Gentry, we leave fond hopes of a class that will respect her as we did. To Mr. Ayers, we leave the hopes of a private secretary who will leave him more time for his classes. To Mrs. Boggs, a class in which everyone passes Biology in one year. To Mrs. Falls, a Home Economics and Science class without a study hall. To Coach Halyburton, we leave hopes of a team that won't keep him on pins and needles during a tight ball game. To Mr. Beam, a group of boys that he will be able to get along with better than he has in the past. ARTICLE II To the Sophomores, we will our mirror since they do so much primping. To the Freshmen, we drop a reminder, bidding them to study hard now so that they may be- come dignified Seniors soon. ARTICLE III George Ann Fredell leaves her quiet ways to Mildred Hastings. Anne McNee1y Hoyle wills her ability to quit smoking to Madge Towery. To Donald Downs, Herman Melton wishes to leave his ability to know the sign of cheating on class. I, Don Mode, bestow my ability to drive the professor's jeep on Raymond Walker. J.W. Hunt bequeaths his ability to work crossword puzzles to Frank Hoyle. Sue Spake Lackey leaves her secret on How To Catch A Man to Alice Fortenberry. Bernice Downs Wright wills her ability to dance to Evelyn Brackett. I, Antha Brackett, will my love for peanut butter crackers and basketball to Hal Cooke, and my bus 529 to whoever can crank it best on cold mornings. Christine Johnson leaves her studious ways to Shirley Stacy. Billy Joe Gragg,being the most helpful boy in the Senior Class,wills his talent to Carl Hull. Pauline Eaker wills anything she has left at Casar School to Betty Sue Hamby and Lee Attle Moses with hopes they will take care of it. I, Ruth Ann Price, bestow my ability to be quiet on class on Rayford Ledford. To Wayne Newton, Garland Queen wills his ability to get a different girl every night. I, Betty McNeely Benfie1d,wi11 to Stella Mae Luckadoo, my know-how in getting along with the teachers. Charlene Parker wills her good note book backs to Joe Meade. I, Larry Costner, will my position as Beam's Boy to Kirby Beam. I, Don Deviney, will my ability to make an A under Mrs. Boggs to Buster Carpenter. And we, Jo Ann Cooke and Margie Brackett, having nothing to will except close friendship, will it to Juanita Martin and Winnie Benfield, hoping they will stick together through thick and thin as we have. M argie Brackett Class Lawyer CLASS HISTCRY In the summer of 1943,a happy, good looking, frightened, and proud group of boys and girls entered the first grade at Casar School. The first year Mrs. Ola Whisnant was our teacher. We learned some simple things, but mostly we got accustomed to going to school. When we entered the second grade we were pretty well in p1ace,and were under the direct- ion of Mrs. Marvin Eaker and Mrs. Joe Queen. In the third grade we felt even better to receive an arithmetic book. This year Mrs. W.H. Dodd and Miss Iva Ledbetter were our teachers. In the fourth grade Mrs. A.V. Nolan and Miss Beadie Melton were our teachers. This year we added even another book, Geography. We made the fifth grade successfully with Mrs. Geral- dine Christopher as our teacher. Mrs. Ada Warlick was our teacher in the sixth grade. We are proud to say she beat and drilled the parts of speech in our heads along with other choice bits of knowledge. Mrs. Selma Helton was our seventh grade teacher, and by this time we thought we knew it all. When we entered the eighth grade, Mr. Paul Willis was our teacher. We were his first home room class. Isuppose he was somewhat disappointed, but with these students from Moriah ---Christine Johnson, Ruth Ann Price, Betty Brackett, Mildred and Margie Richards, Mamie Queen, Kathleen Walker, Robert Shelton, and Beauford Hudson ---joining our class, we weren't too bad. When we received our certificates promoting us to high school from the eighth grade, we thought we were really grown up, all through with elementary stuff and ready for the first high school class. We entered high school under the sponsorship of Mr. W.E. Halyburton. We elected as our class officers: President, Don Devineyg Vice-President, Antha Brackettg Secretary, Betty Mc- Neelyg Treasurer, Jo Ann Cooke. This year we studied rather hard. It took us a while to get accustomed to changing classes every hour, but we soon got in the swing and learned the true feeling of being in high school. Miss Cleo Withrow was our sophomore sponsor. This was the year we really got off on the right foot. Due to the fact that Miss Withrow was green to what a home room in high school was like, we took advantage of it. She was a college teacher and certainly wasn't prepared for what she found in us. We got along very well on the whole I guess. We elected our class officers--- President, Don Devineyg Vice-President, Larry Costner, Secretary, Margie Brackettg Treasurer, Jo Ann Cooke. Miss Withrow was very good to us, especially at the Christmas Party. We felt bad about the way we had taken advantage of her. Mrs. Laura Gentry was our sponsor our Junior year. Our officers were: President, Larry Costnerg Vice-President, Antha Brackettg Secretary, Jo Ann Cooke, Treasurer, Betty McNeely, 1 CLASS HISTORY Thixs year we had quite a bit of responsibility. We gave the winter carnival to raise money for the Junior-Senior Banquet, at which we had a great time. It was held at the Shelby Hotel, April 30, 1954. This year the agriculture boys raised money for a big trip. They toured many states while we girls stayed home and dreamed. This, our Senior year, we are nineteen in number after few gains and many losses. During our high school years, Evans Swink and George Ann Fredell have joined our class. Under the G I Bill we have two veterans, J'.W. Hunt and Herman Melton, of whom we are very proud. It seems as if school was too much for a great number of our class. Through the past four years the following students have dropped out: Elsie Lou Parker, Lois McNeely, Mamie Queen, Edna Crotts, Bertha Cooke, Charlene Self, Johnny Rich, Bobby Downs, Carl Pruett, Betty Brack- ett, Kathleen Walker,and one veteran, Worth Walker. We have some who are still in school and others who have moved away. Those who have moved away are: Kathleen Walker, Evans Swink, Beauford Hudson, Mildred and Margie Richards. By now you have already guessed we had a rather large class when entering high school. The ones who have dropped out are scattered far and near. Part of them are married, part working, and naturally some are loafing. We have four students in our class now who are married. They are Sue Spake Lackey, Anne McNeely Hoyle, Bernice Downs Wright, and Betty McNeely Benfield. This year we chose for our officers, President, Don Devineyg Vice-President, Larry Cost- ner, Secretary, Jo Ann Cookeg Treasurer, Margie Brackett. And we are proud to have Mrs. Laura Gentry for our sponsor again this year. We couldn't ask for better. . The hard fought basketball season is over. We won second place in the county Tournament. With the help of every Senior, we have successfully finished selling the ads. We had quite a time giving the Senior play. The Senior class of 1955 has worked twelve enjoyable years for the time we would be re- ceiving that long waited-for diplomag some have even more than twelve years, but as we reach the crossing to an unknown, we are ready to take our individual place in the world, knowing it will be just what we make of it. We are well secured because the teachers of Casar High School have given and done everything for us they could, although we never let all we should have soak in. But we are very thankful for everything they have done. Now as each takes his place in the world, we are sure there is success for us if we remember our motto, Not merely to exist, but to amount to something in life. Jo Ann Cooke, Historian PROPHECY You can't imagine how excited I was when I received a letter, while in Europe as secretary to the Ambassador to Yugoslavia, saying the class of 1955 was having a reunion on July 4, 1965. I hadbeen in Europe for several years,without hearing from or see- ing any of my classmates. I was so thrilled after receiving the letter from Mrs. Bobby Downs, the former Pauline Eaker, that I started arranging for the trip immediately. Since my vacation was coming up in a few weeks, I decided to spend my time in the United States visiting my classmates and to climax my visit by attending the class reunion. After boarding the plane and getting settled for the trip, Iwas really surprised to look into the hostess' face and find that it was Mrs. L. J. Wright, the former Bernice Downs. We chatted for a few seconds, and she told me that Larry Costner was the pilot of the plane.' When I reached New York, Iwas held over for a few hours so I decided to look around for some entertainment. While walking around I noticed a poster saying that the Sauline Players were at the theater giving a performance of On Broadway . This sounded interesting to me so I decided to see the play. When I was buying my ticket, I was startled to know that Herman Melton was manager of the show and J.W. Hunt was star actor. When I left the theater Iwas hungry, so I went into a nearby cafe to eat. When I had finished eating, I walked over to the cash register to pay my bill. Here I met George Ann Fredell working as cashier. She said she was thinking about traveling before long. Upon boarding the train for Tennessee, I discovered that Don Deviney was engineer and had been for four years. Later Iarrived in Tennessee, and, not knowing anyone, things seemed a little lone- some, sol went window shopping to kill time. While I was loitering in front of Harvey's store, a lady with a little blond girl came by and stopped. The voice didn't sound very strange, and the face had a familiar look, but Iwasn't sure until she shut her mouth. I was surprised to know that it was Mrs. Jack Shelton, the former Margie Brackett. She invited me over to her house to have lunch and meet the rest of her family. After lunch we watched boxing on television. Here I discovered that Billy Joe Gragg was one of the heavyweight boxers and had been hailed as a second Jack Dempsey. Knowing that Margie Brackett and Jo Ann Cooke were close friends in high school, I asked Margie to tell me about Jo Ann. Jo Ann was making her home in Nashville, Tennessee. Because of Jo Ann's mischief in school,it wasn't such a shock to hear she was writing up the jokes for Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield on the Grand Ole Opery . After leaving Tennessee, my next stop was at Asheville. There Ihad to wait about forty minutes for a bus connection. While I was sitting at the bus station a sign across the street caught my attention. The sign read, Queen's Used Car Lot . I decided to kill some time by walking up the street and back. As I Walked by the car lot the man said to me Step right in, lady, and let me sell you a car. My answer was Sorry, sir, but I'm' not interested. But as quick as I had answered him, something told me to take a second glance, and to my great surprise it was Garland Queen. He said about all he was doing was using the best car on the lot to chase women. PROPHECY On July 1, I arrived at Casar and made arrangements to stay at the new tourist court owned and operated by Donald Shack Mode. It wasn't long until I discovered that Sue Spake Lackey and husband Jack had set up their own bakery and had well established routes leading out of Casar. On July 4, 1965, at 8:00 P.M. a great and happy crowd met at Casar High. After being separated ten long years there was quite a bit of excitement, but pretty soon everyone settled down and started filling in the gap between 1955-1965. Since I had met several of my classmates on the way in. I was more interested in hearing from the ones Ihad not seen or heard from. Ruth Ann Price said she was teaching at the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville, N.C. Christine Johnson is still a tele- phone operator at Charlotte, and is planning a big wedding soon. Mrs. N. F. Costner, Jr., the former Antha Brackett, and her little Butch, Jr., were home for a vacation. They now live in Chicago where Butch owns a chain of grocery stores. Charlene Parker was making her home in Shelby where she is now head nurse at the Shelby Hospital. Another great surprise came when I learned that Anne McNeely Hoyle was keeping books for her husband, Miller, in their prosperous lumber business. Then, last of all, I talked with Mrs. Bobby Downs, After chatting with herfor several minutes, she told me that she and Bobby had built them a new home at Hick- ory, and Bobby is manager of the Spring Factory. After the party was over I went back to the tourist court to spend the night. The next daylleft for my home. As the bus carried me on my way back home,Idecidedthatm visit was well worth the time for I had seen Y or heard from all of my classmutes and found that everyone of them had made good. Betty McNeely Benfield Class Prophet W .3 .llll if A 7 J lf EIN s W 1 W L li M m is ei B SENIO L XNTQUJECTUPS , MOST add QUIETEST 9 B295 ARQUN CNeeXY Y George Ann Fredell EST P+-LL Betty gtg Devxne Herman Melton MOST TALENTED WITTIEST Ann McNee1y Hoyle Margie Brackett Larry Costner Don Mode F ee ,mf f 'I-an ni R+ .gp . 4. BEST ATHLETE - MOST POPULAR MOST FRLENDLY Antha Brackett Betty McNee1y Benfield Larry Costner Don Mode UPERLATIVES C13rfff,fff5T MOST COURTEOUS Margie B1-ackett Herman Melton 011 ' ark Devlney ATTRPXCTWE MOST Arm Cook 50 may MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED DOH Dev Ruth Ann Price Larry Costner SENIOR SUPERLATIVES BESTNATURED Sue Spake Lackey Don Mode moms !945 Cl1APf!!ifQfiS5 CLEVELAND ,N Q eioumv A onus g if B1?AiFKZZN?fHQpP,UL Billy .I0Zeg,rBenfie Egg una... UHDERCLHSSIHEH JUNIORS Winnie Benfield - President Kirby Beam - Vice President Alice Fortenberry Secretary Wayne Newton - Treasurer Evelyn Brackett Buster Carpenter Hal Cooke Donald Downs Betty Sue Hamby Mildred Hastings Frank Hoyle Rayford Ledford Stella Luckadoo Juanita Martin Joe Meade Lee Attle Moses Shirley Stacy Madge Towery Raymond Walker John Warlick Maxine Black Ray Black Larry Bottoms Annie Canipe Billy Cook Geral Lee Cook Hugh Lee Cook Jimmy Cook Joyce Ann Cook Helen Davis Evelyn Deviney Dwight Earl Lem Hipps Gene Hoyle J.L. Hudson Floyd Ledford Dorothy Moses Luther McDaniel Doris McFarland Elois e McNei11y Melba McNei1ly Janie Grey Short Leighton Short Dock Smith Hilda Whitworth Not Pictured: Carole Canipe Mavis Hunt John Meade Willard Walker President - Carole Brackett Vice President - Sylvia Champion Secretary 8: Treasurer - Lizzie Parker SOPHOMORES FRESHMEN President - Clyde Parker Vice President - Harold Lail Secretary - Frances White Treasurer - Joel Murray Betty Blanton Margie Brackett Charles Buff Mildred Butler Shirley Butler Bobby Carpenter Martha Cooke Patricia Cooke Vernie Cooke Gilbert Downs Mary Jane Hipps Berlie Hull Bonnie Hull Clyde Hunt Eugene Hunt Munroe Luckadoo Wayne Morris Gene McDaniel Billy McNeilly Raymond Walker Betty White David Williams Barbara Wortmanl Wendell Wortman NOT PICTURED: Bobby Canipe, Gene Hunt, Wade Parker Cecil Smith, Dean Smith. if ' W ,, . :,A1 llg A . ma., QM xx ig 5 M K K if Q Xi 5 ax my - Jflf, ,. Lv X , 'KL M 'kr Wig if 1 X V. 1 4 sw Wig 1 -N .. .,.,. 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Murray Judy Padgett Hilda Parker Joe Turner Tommy Turner Loyd Wall NOT PICT URED: Deward Canipe Maynard Carpenter Lucy Chapman Sherrill Chapman Larry Cooke Mayilleh Cook Nancy Carolyn Cook Pauline Crotts Shari Deviney Billy Dixon Harold Earl Kenneth Hamby Dale Hoyle Peggy Hoyle Charles Hunt Jerry Brackett, Mary Sue Bumgardner , Mary Sue Epley, Michael Sailors, Eudene Sisk Carl Smith, Ruth White, Margaret SEVE Roger Bottoms Mildred Buff Shannon Cooke Wayne Cooke Linda Costner Carroll Downs Joan Hoyle Judy Hoyle F111 Ray Hull Harold Hull Genette Jenkins Doris Lail NTH GRADE Linda Lail Dennis McCombs Gene Meade Catherine Melton Steve Morgan Steve Padgett Margaret Parker Catherine Pruett Jerry Self Carrol Short Ray Smith Bonnie Walker J.C. Walker Wayne Waters NOT PICTURED: Steve Buff Thamar Pruett SIXTH GRADE Brenda Brackett Carol Crotts Joyce Chapman Christine Hastings Jo Ann McNei1ly Shirley Ogle Colene Parker Dorothy Short Rachel Scism Sue Sigmon Shirlene White NOT PICTURED: Dennis Parker, Billy Pruett, Foy Self, Bryson Wright, Ella Hipps. Stuart Allen Billy Buff Phillip Brackett Boyd Cook Ralph Carpenter Junior Crotts Wayne Harnby Edmond Stacey Keith Short Eugene Talent Nadine Blanton Hazeline Blanton FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES Kenneth Beam Larry Carpenter Larry Cooke Geraldine Crotts Nell Gentry Adene Hastings Martha Hefner Barbara Hoyle Michael King Phyllis McNei11y R.E. Newton Danna Palmer Adene Parker Kenneth Pruett Linda Self Charles Shelton Jackie Short Ronny Turner Dorothy Walker Beth White Tim White Dorothy Downs Paul Downs Patsy Glover Hilda Ledford Edith Meade Dwight Newton Hazeline Pruett Nadine Walker Joe White NOT PIC TURED Hilda Smith FIFTH GRAD E Faye Dean Buff Lizzie Buff Gloria Cash Jane Cooke John Cook Carrol Downs Lee Downs Lucy Jenkins Steven Luckadoo Alvin MCC omb s Bobby Joe McDaniel Hardy McDaniel Diane Newton Beth Parker Bonnie Parker Dwight Parker Noah Parker Bill Triplett Junior Walker Mae Walker Wayne Walker Betty White Bobby Whitworth NOT PICTURED: Barbara Jo Allen, Elizabeth Black, Johnnie Chapman, James Deviney, Betty Hudson, Charles Parker, Junior Self. Tryon Earl Mary Sue Hastings Eddie Hipps Joyce Hoyle Josephine Jenkins Alberta Allen Jerry Blanton Billy Canipe Brenda Canipe Michael Chapman Flay Cook Fuchia Cook Max Cook Macie Downs Helen Hamby Nancy Hipps Pete Hoyle Robert Hoyle Margie Hudson Vennie Hudson FOUR'H GRADE Thana Ledford Emily Luckadoo Larry Matthews Brenda Anne McNe1lly Brenda Kay McNe1lly James McNei1ly Billy Meade Bobby Melton Dale Murray Ruth Painter Rachel Parker Neil Pruett Julius Pruett Ronald Pruett Johnny Scism Gayle Short Melvin Smith Joyce White Gayle Wortman NOT PICTURED David Allen, Danny Allen, Betty Hastings, Roy White, Ruby White, Mary Lee Wilkie, James Wilkie, Kenneth Wright. THIRD GRADE Lounette Hastings Brenda Anne Hull Mabel Hull John Lail Dewey Morgan Linda McNeilly Loretta McNeil1y Wayne Self Patsy Short Rodney Short Kay Canipe Larry Canipe Jerry Carpenter Marsha Carpenter Jimmy Chapman Ray Chapman Brenda Kay Cook Dean Cook Jean Cook Dwight Crotts Paul Crotts Warren Earl Wayne Earl Henry Hastings Jeanette Hastings 9 Richard Spake Zelna Smith Bob Triplett Edith Walker Marjorie Walker Ora Walker Linda Wortman Catherine Wright Pauline Wright NOT PICTURED: Esper Hudson, Millard Parker, Jr., Charles Moore, Robert Moore. SECOND AND THIRD GRADES Stephen Christopher Jack Cooke Gale Charlene Davis' Kenneth Hunt John William Jenkins Arnold McCombs Steve McDaniel Homer Parker Dora Ellen Shelton Richard Short Joyce Mead Harold Wright Roger Byers Ruth Cook Tommie Cooke Jerry Deviney Russell Glover Billie Hoyle Howard Hoyle Rachel Ann Hoyle Clyde Hudson Georgia Hudson Kenneth Ledford Evelyn McCombs Martha McDaniel Patricia McNeilly Brenda Self Lana Whitworth NOT PICTURED: . Edward Ray Crotts, Kenneth Poole, Virginia Allen, Diane Porter. Richard Harnby Delight Heafner Judy Hipps June Hipps Ernest Hoyle John D. Hoyle Nancy Hoyle Vertie Mae Hoyle Carol Hull Garry 1VIcNei11y Boyd McNei1ly Danny Morrison Marvin Moses, Jr. Patricia Newton Jeanette Parker Linda Smith Bonnie Tallent Jimmy Turner Tommy White Dempsey Wortman NOT PICTURED: Frank Hudson, Fred Hudson SECOND GRADE Mary Ann Allen Andrea Buff Maxine Buff Rita Canipe David Carpenter Stella Chapman Forrest Cooke Brenda Crotts Flay Crotts Carolyn Davis Polly Downs Joe Gentry FIRST GRADE Randy Cook Forrest Dean Hastings Mae Dean Hastings Zennie Hudson Yates Long Irene Ledford Juanita Luckadoo Archie MCNei11y Diane McNei11y Stephen Mode Virginia Morrison Delbert Parker Mary Frances Parker Arlene Pruett Linda Pruett Annie Sue Queen Gale Rich Teresa Short Katherine Walker Ray Walker Mary Ruth White Don Wortman NOT PICTURED: Jack Cook, Roger Cook FIRST GRADE Dennis Martin Gale Matthews William McNei1ly Raina Parker Shirley Porter Sondra Short Thelma Smith Madge White Martha White Stephen White Robert Wortman NOT PIC TURED: Bobby Joe McNei.1ly, Evelyn McNeilly Vangie Allen Johnnie Dale Margie Davis David Gentry Jackie Glover Bobby Hastings Kathy Heafner Shelia Hipps Larry Hoyle Sybil Hull Linda Hudson Marvin Hudson NS! 'New mmm 6.50 , l .I 4 ' -' 'YYFIK Y' 5' 'VFP x MARSHALS 954 BUS DRIVERS 4-H CLUB President - Ruth Ann Price Vice President - Wayne Newton Secretary - Antha Brackett F.F.A. President: Kirby Beam Vice President: Larry Costner Secretary: Raymond Walker Treasurer: Garland Queen Reporter: Donald Downs Adviser: Charles Beam HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT A LUNCH Room STAFF gi as 1 MUSIC S'JDENTS PRlNCIPAL'S HOME GIRLS' BASKETBALL Patricia Cooke, Joyce Ann Cooke, Margie Brackett, Barbara Wortman, Carole Brackett, Margie Brackett, Antha Brackett, Jo Ann Cooke, Juanita Martin, Frances White, Evelyn Brackett, Mildred Hoyle, Bernice Downs, Charlene Parker, Maxine Black, Coach W.E. Halyburton, Manager George Ann Fredell. Girls Basketball 1954-55 TOURNAMENT SC ORES WE THEY 71 Grover 41 73 Belwood 67 42 Lattimore 43 The girls won second place in both the County Conference and the County Tournament. 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