Casar High School - Knob Yearbook (Casar, NC)

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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

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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,

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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.