Charles D Owen High School - Black Swan / Skirmisher Yearbook (Black Mountain, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1952 volume:

■ . FOREWORD During our lives there comes a time when we must say good-bye to friends and begin a new course of life. Graduation from high school brings us to the crossroads of life and each of us must pick a road to follow. No matter how far we wander or how many years pass, memories, both sad and joyous will remain with us. If in the years to come you turn the pages of this annual and these memories of days together are brought closer and made dearer, you will have touched upon the purpose of this book. We, the Annual Staff of 1952, are happy to have brought about the publication of this annual. Sponsor . Editor-In-Chief .. Associate Editor . Literary Editor . . Business Manager Sports Editor . . . . Photography . . . . . Art Editor .. Advertising Staff . Mrs. A. M. McCoy . . . . . Norma Justus .David Mundy . . . Yvonne Nanney . Sybil Joyner . . . . Stanley Burgin .... Bobby Dickens ... Fred Calloway . . . . Celeste McCall Peggy Williams Sara Martin Marian Simons Jack Atkins Nancy Dougherty Barbara Justus Barbara Allred BLACK MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. IN MEMORIAM In Loving Memory of Peggy Alice Gibbs Born: November 25, 1934 Died: June 18, 1951 I cannot say, and I will not say that she is dead, she is just away. With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand, She has wandered into a beautiful land and left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since she lingers there. And you. . .Oh, you, who the wildest yearned For the old time step and the glad return. Think of her faring on as dear In the love of there as the love of here; Think of her still as the same, I say; She is not dead, she is just away. FACULTV Mrs. Kathryn Humphries Librarian Miss Ruth Gilbert Eighth Grade Mrs. Josephine McCoy Mathematics Eugene Byrd History Miss Mavis Allman Home Economics J. C. McCormick Eighth Grade Mrs. Mary Woody Commercial Mrs. Martha T. Perley English T. W. Nesbitt Physical Science Ralph Humphries Physical Education Miss Rebecca A. Saunders Latin and English N. C. Shuford Principal G. C. Carson Agriculture R. W. Seawright Natural Science Mrs. J. Carl Headlee English Mrs. Ruth Cunningham Eighth Grade t 1 w: JS ) £ W ' f 1 ‘. 1 ■HB ' 1 SENIOR ELAINE ALLISON ‘ ‘Laine The only reward of virtue is virtue, the only way to have a friend is to be one. Glee 1-3; B 1-2; Beta 2-4; Journalism 2-3; F.H.A. 1-2; JCL 3-4; Student Council 2-4; Basketball 1-2; Drum Majorette 4. BARBARA JOYCE ALLRED ‘ ‘Bobbie ’ ’ Figures do not lie, but liars do figure. Glee Club 1-4; Journalism Club 3-4; Annual 3-4; F.H. A. 1-2. KATHLEEN JOYCE BARTLETT “Kid” The only way to multiply happiness is to divide it. F.H.A. 1-2; Library Club 3; Glee Club 4. OLA MAE BARTLETT ‘Olee ’ ’ Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Journalism 3-4; Glee Club 4. GARY LEE BIDDIX “Gee” “Chicken” The joys of today are the tales of tomorrow. Glee Club 1; F.H. A. 1 - 3; Folk Club 1 . ROBERT LEE BRADLEY Hard work is the road to success. Football 4; Baseball 2-4. STANLEY EUGENE BURGIN ‘ ‘Slim ’ ’ The optimist’s cup is always full, and the pessimist‘s cup is always half empty. Football 3-4; Glee 3-4; Beta 4; Annual 4; “B” Club 4. ANN CLARK BURNETT If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way. Glee 1-4; F.H.A. 1-2; Journalism 4; JCL 3-4; Library 3-4. CLASS CHARLES STUART BYRON Bull” Winners never quit, and quitters never win. Glee 3-4; Beta 4; Camera 4; Basketball 1-2; Journa¬ lism 2. EDDIE EUGENE CALLOWAY Monk ” Look before you leap. Baseball 2-4; F.F.A. 1-4; Football 4. FRED EARL CALLOWAY ‘ ‘Freddie’ ’ It is easier to do a thing right, than to explain why you did it wrong. F.F.A. 1-2; Glee 3-4; Football 3-4; Annual 4; Journa¬ lism 4. BILL COOPER Long John’’ Practice makes perfect. F.F.A. 1-4; Library 4; Science 2; Student Council 2. CHARLES DAVIS, JR. Red While I breathe, I hope. Baseball 1-4; Football 4. ROBERT MAYNARD DICKENS Bob If at first you do not succeed, try, try again. Beta 2-4; Journalism 2; Glee 4; Camera 3-4; Annual 4. CATHERINE CONNALLY DOUGHERTY 1 ‘Connie ’ ’ Courage is resistance to fear. F.H.A. 1-2; Library 3-4; Journalism 4; Glee 4; JCL 3-4. MINNIE JEWEL ENGLISH ‘Bucket’ ’ The surest way to have a friend is to be one. Basketball 1-3; Glee 4; F.H.A. 1-2 and 4; B” 3-4; Journalism 4; Library 4; JCL 3. SENIOR JOSEPH SANTEN FOSTER “ Joe ” Let not your studies interfere with your play. Journalism 2-3; Beta 2-4. LAWRENCE WAYNE FOX “Lou ' ’ Its better to wear out than to rust out. F.F.A. 1-4; “B“ 3-4; Glee 3-4; Student Council 4; F ootball 1-3. SARAH EVELYN FRANKS ‘ ‘F rankie’ ’ Let there be enough sunshine in your life to make a glorious sunset. Glee 4; F.H.A. 1-2,4; Student Council 1; Journalism 4; Library 3. RITA MARIE GASPERSON “Short Change” Without friends, life is as a garden without flowers. Glee 1-4; Band 4; Journalism 2-4; JCL 3-4; Beta 2-4; F.H.A. 1,4; Student Council 2,4. MARY LOU GIARD ‘ ‘Chris ’ ’ Where there is a will there is a way. Glee 2-4; Beta 4; Journalism 3-4; Student Council 3-4. MARGARET BELLE HARRISON “Little Bell” “Blondie” Return a good deed for an evil one. F.H.A. 1-2; Folk 3-4; JCL 3-4. DORIS ELIZABETH HIGGINBOTHAM “Dor sk ’ ’ The test of greatness is a man’s ability to appreciate the value of small things. Glee 1-4; Cheerleader 1-4; “B“ 3-4; JCL 3-4; Jour¬ nalism 3. GRADY HOLT If you have a hard task ahead of you, get it behind you at once. F.F.A. 1-4; JCL 3-4; Library 4; Beta 4; Basketball 4; Science 2. CLASS ROBAH LEE JOHNSON, JR. “Bug’ It pays to be ignorant, that’s why I’m so rich. F.F. A. 1-4. SYBIL LOUISE JOYNER The difficult we do at once; the impossible takes a little longer. Glee 1-4; JCL 3-4; Cheerleader 3-4; F.H.A. 1-2; Journalism 2-3; Beta 2-4; Student Council 2-4; Annual 4. THOMAS JACKSON JOYNER ‘ ‘Lightning ’ ’ Be ye doers of the world and not hearers only. Basketball; F.F.A. 1-3. BARBARA ANNE JUSTUS “B. J. ’’ In the end, truth will conquer. Glee 1,4; Beta 2-4; Journalism 2; “B“ 3-4; JCL 3-4; F.H.A. 1-2,4; Annual 4; Basketball 1-3; Majorette 4. NORMA LOUISE JUSTUS ‘ ‘Norm ’ ’ No one ever stands straighter than he who stoops to help a fFiend. F.H.A. 1,2,4; Cheerleader 2-4; JCL 3-4; Student Council 3-4; Journalism 2-3; “B“ 4; Glee 1-2; Annual 3-4; Beta 2-4. NORMA JOAN KELLY No one knows what he can do until he tries. H.A. 1; Glee 1; Library 4; Journalism 4. LARRY O’NEIL McCALL Deeds, not words. F.F.A. 1-4; Science 2. i CLARK HAROLD McINTOSH ‘Zeke’ ’ The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. Football 1-4; Baseball 3; Glee 3-4; Student Council 1-4; JCL 3-4. SENIOR PHILLIP BROOKS McMAHAN ‘ ‘Mac ’ ’ A wise man knows how little he knows. Football 1-4; Beta 4; Baseball 1-4; F.F.A. 1-4; “B ” 3-4. JORETTA MAE NICHOLS “Jo” A soft answer turneth away wrath. F.H.A. 1-4; Glee 1,2,4; Student Council 1,4; Library 4. SARAH ELOISE NORTON “Weese Look on the brighter side; it is always more pleasant. Basketball 1-4; “B 4; Journalism 4; F.H.A. 1-3; Glee 1-4; Student Council 2; Library 4. JO ANN NORTON ‘ ' Ann ’ ’ Only the actions of the just smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. Basketball 1-2,4; Glee 1,4; F.H.A. 1-3; Journalism 4; Library 4. JAMES CLIFFORD ODOM No man liveth t himself, and no man dieth to himself. ANNA RUE OSTEEN Live, but let live. 1; F. H. A. 1,2,4; Jou 3-4; Glee 1,4; Le Lieves 4. NANCY SHIRLEY PADGETT Look up, sad heart, and cease repining, behind the clouds is the sun still shining. F.H.A. 1-2; Glee 2; JCL 4; Folk 3-4; Library 3. BETTY LOU PENLAND ‘‘Dimples ’’ A smile is as good as gold. Glee 1,4; F.H.A. 1; Dramatics 2; Beta 4; Library 3; Journalism 4. CLASS CAROLYN PLEMMONS ‘ ‘Corlass ’ ' Pray for a good harvest, but continue to hoe. F.H.A. 1-2; JCL 3; Journalism 3; Le Lieves 4. JAMES PAUL POTEAT “Jimmy ’ ’ Don’t worry about the past; the future will be brighter. Baseball 2-4; “B’’ 3-4; Basketball 2-4. JERRY OTIS PRESCOTT 1 ‘Ottiz ’ ’ If you want your dreams to come true, don’t over¬ sleep. F.F.A. 1-4; Student Council 4; Beta 4. RICHARD ATKINS RAMSEY ‘Dick ’ ’ If you don’t want to be beaten you can’t be beaten. Football 1, 3-4; “B” 4; Basketball 3-4; Baseball 3-4; Student Council 2-3. DAVID ALLEN ROBERTS Al” Think twice; speak once. Football 2-4; Baseball 1-4; Basketball 1-4; “B” 3-4. JOSEPH DONALD ROBINSON “Joe’ ’ Don’t cross the bridge until you come to it. F.F.A. 1-4; Photography 2; Glee 4. LUCY RUNION “Tootsie ’ ’ Live today as if it were the last. F.H.A. 1,4; Folk 3. JOSEPH ARNOLD RUNION Never put off until tomorrow, what can be done today. F.F.A. 4; Science 2. SENIOR CLASS MARIAN COATES SIMONS The great business of life is to be, to do, to do with¬ out, and to depart. Beta 2-4; Journalism 3; Glee 4; Annual 4; JCL 1-3. FOLEY SPARKS, JR. You only live once, so make it worthwhile. Glee 3-4; F.F.A. 1-4. WILLIAM TAYLOR, JR. “Bill” Weeping may endure through the night, but joy cometh in the morning. Football 4; Beta 4; Glee 4; Camera 4; JCL 4. DONALD TURNER Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good. Football 3; F.F.A. 1-2; Student C ouncil 1 , 3-4. JOYCE LAVERN WELLS ‘ ' Jerce “ Be not simply good; be good for something. Glee 1-4; Journalism 3; Beta 3-4; JCL 3-4; F.H.A. 1; Student Council 4. ROGER CLIFTON WHITE Live so that others may profit from my having lived. Football 1-4; Baseball 3-4; Basketball 1,4; Beta 2-4; “ B ’ ’ 2-4; JCL 3-4; F.F.A. 1-2; Glee 3-4; Student Council 1 -4. FRED DOYLE WILLIAMS “Freddie Bo” Be careful what you do, for actions speak louder than words. F.F.A. 2-3. CLASS HISTORV 1 IT welve years ago, in the fall of nineteen hundred and forty, one hun- J dred thirty-one scrubbed, bawling, frightened, and few joyful tots embarked upon the Black Mountain Train of Education to ride the rails of Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. Of the one hundred thirty-one passengers who started the journey here in the first grade in nineteen hundred and forty only 24 have completed the journey to the end. Other members of our class have been picked up at different stations along the way. Many of our former passengers have preferred to remain at some of the stops along the way. The only outstanding part of our trip before we reached high school was the trip to Washington D. C. as eighth graders. We started our high school careers, under the engineering of President Harold McIntosh, with an enrollment of ninety-six eager freshmen, brim¬ ming with that naive self assurance that only freshmen possess. We entered our sophomore year with an enrollment of eighty-six; Harold was again president. Several of our class were officers and active members of various clubs. By the time we had become Juniors the train had become a beehive of activity. The main functions being under the auspices of our class spon¬ sors, Mrs. Trueblood, Mr. Nesbitt, and our president Norma Justus. Dances were given, magazines were sold, and other means of raising money were devised to finance our biggest event, the Junior-Senior Ban¬ quet, which had a motif of “Best Wishes’’. The other big event was the arrival of our rings in March. In September, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, we began our senior year under the sponsorship of Mrs. Martha Perley and Mrs. A. M. McCoy. Our president was Roger White. Of course, most of us were not as happy toward the end of our journey as we had thought we would be, twelve years before. Through the years many friendships have been made, which will mean fond remembrance for all. In June, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, the passengers will disembark: from the train, which has brought them safely from the wilderness of ig¬ norance to the station of our intelligence. Many will travel to various parts of life where they will best serve their fellowmen and country. We will always be grateful to our parents for providing us with the opportunities to receive a high school education, and to our teachers for the patience and consideration they have shown throughout the years that we have been with them. Our faith in our homes and our school is the basis of the confidence with which we face the future. Class Historian Barbara Justus CLASS PROPHECV ’ ' [♦fue to the large charge she received in a science show at B.M.H.S. , Jo Ann Kelly is now making $750 a day generating power for the Carolina Power and Light Company. The case of Grady Holt, Eddie Calloway, and J. C. Odom, counterfeiters, was brought before Judge Bill Taylor of the Supreme Court by Stan Burgin, prominent Washington lawyer. It seems the boys forgot that Lincoln’s picture is on the $5 bill instead of Hamilton’s. Jerry Prescott, county agent, has been contriving with Wayne Fox to invent a Shmoo. Rita Gasperson and Jewell English are on their first trip around the world. They made their fortune by bottling their smiles and selling it to pessimists. Jack Joyner, well known sports writer, says that Jimmy Poteat, University of Kentucky star, will be the top man of basketball this year. Roger White will take all in football, and Larry McCall, famous pro-golfer, is his favorite to win the National T ournament. Donald Turner, disk jockey at radio station KORN, was almost fired for breaking a record by crooner Junior Sparks. Lucy Runion is now personal secretary of Billy Cooper, French interpreter for the United Nations. Elaine Allison, Norma Justus, and Joretta Nichols have been awarded the Nobel prize in medicine for their outstanding experiments with athlete’s foot. Barbara Justus, pharmacist, supplied the chemicals and air-wick. Gary Lee Biddix has been offered a contract by Mel Blanc to laugh for his Daffy Duck cartoons. Dick Ram sey, president of “Dewberry’s Department Store’’, has hired the follow¬ ing department heads: Eloise Norton, in charge of left hand pencils; Joyce Wells, in charge of broken records; Ola Mae Bartlett, in charge of tooth picks and bottle caps; Anne Burnette, in the lost patience department; and Evelyn Franks, changing $3 bills. Marion Simons, who gained her knowledge in her senior year, is running a lonely heart’s club. A new automic shaving device, invented by Stuart Byron and Bobby Dickens, is doomed to failure. The reason, Bob Bradley tried their machine and is minus a nose. Mary Lou Giard has reached the height of her career in becoming the editor of the Daily Blab. Rumor has it that Phillip McMahan and Dave Roberts are engaged in a “corn growing’’ contest. It isn’t known yet whether the outcome will be liquid, vegetable, or verbal. Doris Higginbotham, Barbara Allred, Jo Ann Norton, and Sybil Joyner have been awarded a gold medal for safe driving. Robah Johnson is a tester for the “Snoozy Mattress Company’’. If you have freckles, there is hope for you. Charles Davis has just completed a secret formula for removing them and has made the initial test on Connie Dougherty. It removes the freckles miraculously. Of course you have no skin left, but then skin grows back. Anna Rue Osteen has become a firebug. Neighbors reported that they saw her chuckling to herself and throwing books in a huge fire. After struggling with shorthand and bookkeeping for years, she has finally given up. Senator Joe Foster says he will support Govenor Harold McIntosh if he chooses to run for re-election on the Dixicrat ticket. Freddie Calloway is now chief taster in Kathleen Bartlett’s “Tasty Pie Factory’’. Nancy Padgett and Margaret Harrison, after taking courses as beauticians, have set up a shop where they specialize in double chins and split hairs. Fred Williams was recently elected President of the Swannanoa Valley Coon Hun¬ ters Club. Co-Authors Arnold Runion and Joe Robinson have just made their first million on their book, “How to Beat a Pinball Machine. ’’ Carolyn Plemmons and Betty Penland are old married women now. SUPERLATIVES Best All Round. Most Likely to Succeed Most Dependable . . . . . Best Personality ..... Most Athletic ........ Most Studious. Cutest.. Most Popular.. . Neatest. . . Most Domestic ....... Class Baby. Sweetest.. „ Biggest Flirts.. Most Reserved ....... Best Looking .. . . Most Original .. Class Wit .. Class Windbag. . Jewel English David Roberts . Sybil Joyner Harold McIntosh .... Marian Simons Wayne F ox . . Mary Lou Giard Bill Taylor . . . Joretta Nicholas Roger White .Sybil Joyner Bill Cooper .Joan Kelly Charles Davis Doris Higginbotham Harold McIntosh . . . . Marian Simons Joe Robinson .Evelyn Franks Jerry Prescott .... Norma Justus Larry McCall ........ Joan Kelly Philip McMahan . . . Barbara Allred Eddie Calloway ...... Ann Burnette Jackie Joyner . . . . . Elaine Allison Dick Ramsey . . Connie Dougherty Jim Poteat . „ , Gary Lee Biddix Larry McCall ...... Jewel English Bill Taylor IDEAL BOY AND GIRL Ola Mae Bartlett.HAIR.Joe Robinson Marian Simons. EYES. Arnold Runion Jo Ann Kelly..NOSE. Grady Holt Sybil Joyner.. MOUTH...Bob Bradley Elaine Allison.. TEETH.Roger White Rita Gasperson. HANDS...Dave Roberts Barbara Justus. LEGS.. Jimmy Poteat Norma Justus...FIGURE . ...... PHYSIQUE Dick Ramsey LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT m e, Black Mountain High School Class of 1952 A.D., being of insound mind and unsane accord, hereby bequeath our earthly and scholarly possessions to the following unfortunates. Mr. N. C. Shuford is hereby appointed executor. Joyce Wells - offers her job in the office fourth period to any Beta Club member who dares take it. Roger White - wills his football uniform to Dave Mundy, basketball uniform to William Perry, and baseball uniform to Wilburn Waters. Mary Lou Giard - leaves her job as editor of the HIGH TOP to David Mundy (if he gets elected, of course). Jimmy Poteat - wills his peg pants to Mr. Shuford. Sybil Joyner - leaves her knowledge and brain to David Mundy and Steve Kaplan. Marian Simons - wishes her lonesome senior year to Anna Marie Molloy. Elaine Allison - leaves her love of Georgia (not Jim) to Madge Wilhide. Fred Williams - wills his English textbook to Jim Glenn. Barbara Allred - leaves her joking with Mr. Byrd in French to Ruby Mattox. Donald Turner - wills his voice to Mr. Richard Wilson Seawright. Kathleen Bartlett - leaves her ability in shorthand to Faye Williams. Bill Taylor - wills his position as class windbag to another, John Corkran. Ola Mae Bartlett - leaves her ability in shorthand and ability to be quiet to Jo Lena Allen. Junior Sparks - bequeaths his hair to Mr. Byrd. Gary Lee Biddix - leaves her seat in English to Jerry High, and her laugh to Katie Dalton. Arnold Runion - wills his unusual handwriting style to Mr. Nesbitt. Ann Burnette - leaves her chemistry and Latin II seats to any dope who will take them. Joe Robinson - bequeaths his love for “the wide open spaces’’ to Bobby Hall. Connie Dougherty - wills her freckles to John Williams, her Latin II and library seats to anyone who dares to risk them. Dave Roberts - leaves his basketball uniform to his brother. Jewell English - bequeaths her doll, Mortimer Snerd, to Jackie Sarti. Dick Ramsey - wills his football uniform to “Wayne Cordell”. Evelyn Franks - leaves her stiff walk to Clara Propst. Jerry Prescott - bequeaths his love of farming to Jack Farr. Rita Gasperson - wills her tuba to Nancy Wilson, and hopes that she has many friends to carry it for her. Margaret Harrison - leaves her love for food to Mrs. Wade. J. C. Odom - bequeaths his studious manners to John Williams. Doris Higginbotham - wills her short hair to Dick Kelly and her “Roman” eyes to Betty Austin. Phillip McMahan - leaves his “steady” ability to Dale Wrenn and Terry Guthrie. Harold McIntosh - wills his ability to translate Latin to David Mundy, and hopes that he will get to read Caesar next year. Barbara Justus - leaves her baton to Nancy Wilson. Norma Justus - bequeaths ability to help Jack with English to Bobby Hall. Larry McCall - wills his golfing ability to Mr. Shuford. Jack Joyner - leaves his place as most reserved boy to Jimmy Penland. Joan Kelly - leaves her talent of monkey imitation to Naomi Elliot, and her love for Cliffside to Opal Gilliam. Robah Johnson - wills his excellent usage of English to Mrs. Perley, Joretta Nichols - bequeaths her basketball uniform to Buzzie Brown. Grady Holt - leaves chicken business to Mr. Seawright. Eloise Norton - leaves her basketball co-captainship to Madge Wilhide. Wayne Fox - wills his school bus to anyone who can’t drive. Anna Rue Osteen - bequeaths her curly hair to Bettye June Roberts. Charles Davis - leaves his red hair to Ed Buchanan. Jo Ann Norton - wills her shorthand reading ability to anyone who will take it. Bobby Dickens - bequeaths position as annual photography editor to Steve Kaplan. Nancy Padgett - wills the whole ' school to Betty Stephenson. Bill Cooper - leaves his shoes to Bud Wilhide. Betty Penland - leaves her ability to joke with Mr. Shuford to Katie Dalton. Freddie Calloway - wills his typing speed to Mrs. Mary Woody. Stuart Byron - leaves his French II grades to David Corkran. Carolyn Plemmons - leaves her long eyelashes to Shirley Vess. Stanley Burgin - wills his height to Bud Wilhide. Lucy Runion - bequeaths her place in the upstairs hall to Patsy Reynolds. Bob Bradley - wills the chewing gum under his seat in Mr. Byrd’s room to John Buck¬ ner. Joe Foster - leaves his girls to any handsome junior who has a million dollars. Eddie Calloway - bequeaths his position as class flirt to David Mundy. 8ABV PICTURES Jo J)ov is JUNIORS LAWRENCE ALLEN JACK ATKINS JOHNNY ATKINS BETTY AUSTIN ALLIE BARTLETT ROSE CANDLER INGA CHRISTENSEN ANDY COOK EVELYN COOPER VALENE COOPER DONALD CORDELL DAVID CORKRAN KATIE DALTON CHARLES DAVIS NANCY DOUGHERTY NAOMI ELLIOTT DONALD FORTUNE BETTY JANE FREEMAN C. L. FREEMAN LUNY GILLIAM JUNIORS OPAL GILLIAM JIMMY GLENN BETTY LOU GUFFEY BOBBY HALL EMILYE HAWKINS GERALDINE HIGH JIMMY ISLEY ARNOLD JONES EARL JORDAN RUTH JORDAN STEPHEN KAPLAN SARA MARTIN MITTIE MELTON VIOLA MELTON CELESTE McCALL ANNE MARIE MOLLOY SHIRLEY MULL DAVID MUNDY STUART NANNEY YVONNE NANNEY JUNIORS BRASKA ODOM A. C. OWENBY THELMA PAYNE JIMMY PENLAND WINSTON RIDDLE BETTY JUNE ROBERTS LOIS ROBINSON ANN SAWYER CLIFFORD SMATHERS EVA SMITH SHIRLEY STONE CHARLES SWAYNGIM DOROTHY TAYLOR BENNY TURBYFILL HELEN TURNER WILBURN WATERS MADGE WHILHIDE PEGGY WILLIAMS Not Pictured: JACK KIRSTEIN CLARA PROPST MARY JO YORK SOPHOMORES JAMES ALLISON ALMA BALLEW GERALD BARTLETT CHARLES BELCHER BILLY BRADLEY DONALD BROWN EDWARD BUCHANAN JOHN BUCKNER GERALD BURGESS DALLAS CALLOWAY JULIA CAPPS CLETA CARTER JOHN CORKRAN JIMMY ' CLEVENGER ARTHUR DAVIS MARY ELLEN DILLENGER BOBBY EDWARDS JACK FARR JACK GALLION BILLIE JO GOFORTH E. V. GOUGE TERRY GUTHRIE BETTY HARRIS CHARLES HENSLEY SOPHOMORES J. L. HOLLIFIELD STANLEY ISLEY LA VERNE JONES ELEANOR JUSTUS DICK KELLY EUGENE KNOEFEL BARBARA LEDBETTER WAYNE LEDBETTER JOAN LUNSFORD BETTY LYTLE DONALD McDOUGLE DORIS McMAHAN GLENN MELTON RUBY MATTOX VIOLA MELTON TEXIE MUNDY CORENE NELON THEODORE NELON BARBARA NESBITT PEGGY PACKETT DAVID PARRIS FRED PLEMMONS WILLIAM PERRY CAROLYN PRESCOTT SOPHOMORES DAVID PRESSLEY WILLIAM PRICE HAZEL REECE JIMMY REID MARY RUTH ROLAND SANDY SARTI BEATRICE SLAGLE THOMAS SOLESBY BETTY JO STROUD DEAN SUMMEY ARLENE SWANN GRADY SWANN HELEN TAYLOR CLARENCE TOLLEY BETTY JANE TURNER SHIRLEY VESS FAYE WILLIAMS LAURA WILLIAMS DALE WRENN PAUL WRIGHT Not Pictured: BOBBY BARTLETT HAZEL BARTLETT ELIZABETH FIELDS SARA HARRIS RAINES BOBBY WATSON FRESHMEN DOROTHY ALLEN KENNETH ATKINS KATHERINE BAILEY ELLEN BARTLETT LLOYD BARTLETT LOIS BLANKENSHIP BILLIE BROWN ELIZABETH BROWN GENEVA BROWN LORETTA BROWN HOWARD CASEY JOHN CASEY WAYNE CORDELL HELEN DALTON DONALD DAVIS EUGENE DAVIS HAROLD DAVIDSON STANLEY DAVIS SHIRLEY DENNY SARA DICKENS BARBARA DOUGHERTY NORMAN DOUGHERTY KENNETH ELLIOTT HAROLD FOXX PAUL FIELDS ROW ENA GARRISON PAUL GASPERSON DONNY GLARD NELL GOLIGHT LY SCOTTY GRAGG JOHNNY HALL MILTON HAMBY FRESHMEN WAYNE HAMPTON ROBERT HARRIS A. 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HOLLIFIELD ARLENE JOHNSON JAMES JONES JOYCE JUSTUS JULIA KERLEE MARY FRANCES KELLY JOE KIRSTEIN ANN LEATHERWOOD SHELBA JEAN McCALL JOYCE McCALL LYNDA SUE MARTIN JIMMY MATHIS PANSY MELTON GLENDA MILLER RHODA MORRIS CLARK NANNEY LOIS NANNEY ARNOLD NELON JOHNNY NICHOLS PANSY NORTON EVELYN PADGETT MARY PADGETT CAROLINE PITTMAN JIMMY PRICE PATSY REYNOLDS DALE RITCHIE FLORENCE ROBERTS HENRY ROGERS CALVIN RUNION LANDON RUNION FRESHMEN MARY RUTLEDGE PAULINE VANOVER GRACE SIMONS RUTH SHEPPARD GROVER SPARKS BOBBY STONE MARGORIE TEAGUE CARL THOMPSON HOWARD THOMPSON NANCY THOMPSON PATTY TYSON AVALENE WARREN DANIEL WILHIDE NANCY WILSON JOHN WILLIAMS SHIRLEY WHITE ANN WHITAKER Not Pictured: MARIE ROBERTS BETTY STEPHENSON EIGHTH GRADE 1 1 1 First Row, Left to Right: Mary Louise Fortune, Wanda Hollifield, Grace Robinosn, Hazel Brandon, Carolyn Creasman, Hazel Shuford, Georgia Melton, Thelma Williams, Virginia Propst, Shirley Reid, Jackie Sartie, Judy Sawyer, Charlotte Knoefel, Sara Gouge, Lula Osteen, Marie Melton, and Betty Burnette. Second Row: Joan Biddix, Willie Kate Slagle, Hattie Harris, Patricia Whittemore, Margie Gardner, Judy Cor¬ dell, Faye Hollifield, Imogene Plemmons, Myrna Bartlett, Hazel Morris, Ann Elliott, Allie Chandler. Third Row: Irene Blevins, Shirley McGuire, Shirley Stanley, Inez Jones, Nora Williams, Hazel Bartlette, Betty Jean Warren, Mattie Summey, Clara Duncan, and Mary Jo Worley. Fourth Row: Daniel Boone, Billy Allison, Benny Hyder, Bill Belcher, Bobby Kelly, Beatrice Burleson, Loretta Allison, Josie Surrett, Shirley Cockran, Delores Odom, Katherine Gardner, Betty Ball, Mary Harwood, Alma Jean Byrd, Faye Rice, Gwenette Gahagan, and Ann Morris. Fifth Row: Miss Gilbert, Joe Moore, Carroll Dotson, George Blanton, Bobby Nox, Eugene Burke, Jimmy Brinkley, Tarlton Roberts, Stanley Garland, Billy Wells, Frank Jordan, Tommy Love, Don Ledbetter, Cecil Murphey, Mrs. Cunningham, Mr. McCormick, John Beddingfield. Sixth Row: Leon Taylor, Grady York, McClenda Creasman, Roger Penland, Kenneth Martin, Herbert Cordell, James Gilliam, Lawrence Elliot, Mark Elliot, Carroll White, Billy White, Vaughn Green, and Ransom Davis. ATHLETICS FOOTBAll TEAM First Row: Freddie Calloway, Richard Ramsey, David Corkran, John Corkran, Clif¬ ford Smathers, Roger White, Harold McIntosh, Phillip McMahan, Wilford Jo ' hnson, and Stanley Burgin. Second Row: David Roberts, Jimmy Penland, Glen Hentschel, Eddie Calloway, Johnny Atkins, Braska Odom, David Pressley, Jack Atkins, Bobby Hall, Charles Davis, and Bill Taylor. Third Row: Bob Bradley, Stanley Davis ' , Ed Buchanon, Arnold Jones, Stanley Isley, Bobby Barlett, David Paris, Dan Reese, Grady Swann, and James Jones. SCORES Brevard . . 7 Black Mountain. . . • 6 Ben Lippen .... 0 Black Mountain. . . 25 Woodfin . . 6 Black Mountain. . . 19 Sand Hill ....... 0 Black Mountain. . . 14 Walnut . Black Mountain. . . 32 Candler. 0 Black Mountain. . . 26 Biltmore . . 12 Black Mountain. . . 34 Weaverville .... 0 Black Mountain. . . 47 Oakley-F airview . . 0 Black Mountain. . . 34 Swannanoa . 0 Black Mountain. . . 33 Smoky Mountain Bowl Bryson City.13 Black Mountain. .19 HIGHLIGHTS Upholding the high traditions of past football supremacy, the 1951 edition of the Darkhorses regained the Buncombe County Football Championship. Undefeated in con¬ ference play, the climax of season came when the Darkhorses met and defeated the Swain High Maroon Devils, champions of the Smoky Mountain conference, in the annual Smoky Mountain Bowl at Bryson City. The only blot on the ' 51 Key City record was a one point defeat at the hands of Brevard in the season’s opening game. Honors were heaped upon individual members of the team. Roger White, Clifford Smathers, Harold McIntosh, and Phil McMahan were given all W.N.C. honors with White and Smathers making the first team. Roger White and Richard Ramsey repre¬ sented the school in the annual Optimist Bowl game in Asheville. The school was also honored by having Coach “Buffalo” Humphries selected on the basis of his fine work in moulding a championship team, as one of the head coaches in the Optimist Bowl. The winning record of the ’51 Darkhorses, 10 wins and 1 loss, made the post war record of the Darkhorses, 51 wins, 6 losses and 3 ties, the most outstanding in W.N.C. Arnold Jones Right Guard Freddie Calloway Left End Wilford Johnson Left Tackle Bill Taylor Right End FOOTBALL Clifford Smathers Center David Corkran Right Tackle David Roberts Right End Fullback Phillip McMahan Right Halfback Dick Ramsey Quarterback Grady Swann Left Tackle Bobby Bartlett Left End David Pressley Right Guard Ed Calloway Right Halfback BOVS ' BASKETBALL TEAM Front Row, Left to Right: E. V. Gouge, Braska Odom, Jimmy Poteat, Roger White, David Roberts, Co-Captain, and Charles Swayngim. Back Row: Clifford Smathers, Bobby Bartlett, Grady Holt, Dale Ritchie, Jimmy Penland, Dick Ramsey, Co-Captain, and Coach Humphries. SCORES Black Mountain 50 West Buncombe 28 Black Mountain 43 Oakley 49 Black Mountain 48 F airview 32 Black Mountain 57 West Buncombe 39 Black Mountain 54 Biltmore 43 Black Mountain 60 W oodfin 56 Black Mountain 50 Sand Hill 52 Black Mountain 63 Swannanoa 53 Black Mountain 38 F airview 31 Black Mountain 51 Oakley 43 Black Mountain 65 Swannanoa 46 Black Mountain 47 Candler 61 Black Mountain 40 Biltmore 52 Black Mountain 58 Sand Hill 53 Black Mountain 39 W oodfin 41 Black Mountain 52 Candler 51 Braska Odom F orward Roger White Guard Jimmy Penland Center Clifford Smathers Guard David Roberts (C o-Captain) Guard Richard Ramsey (Co-Captain) Guard i GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAM PA ' ., ' f 1 1 flft u um First Row, Left to Right: Jo Ann Norton, Madge Wilhide, Joretta Nichols, Co-Cap¬ tains, Eloise Norton and Valene Cooper, Thelma Payne, Anna Marie Molloy. Second Row: Coach, Mr. Byrd, Evelyn Cooper, Peggy Packett, Dale Wrenn, Betty Roberts, Alma Ballew, Anna Rue Osteen, and Betty Stroud. SCORES West Buncombe 43 Black Mountain 50 Oakley 37 Black Mountain 27 F airview 25 Black Mountain 23 West Buncombe 37 Black Mountain 26 Biltmore 30 Black Mountain 38 W oodf in 25 Black Mountain 40 Sand Hill 34 Black Mountain 40 Swannanoa 26 Black Mountain 62 F airview 34 Black Mountain 28 Oakley 29 Black Mountain 40 Swannanoa 18 Black Mountain 63 Candler 37 Black Mountain 49 Biltmore 34 Black Mountain 42 Sand Hill 51 Black Mountain 62 W oodf in 19 Black Mountain 49 Candler 24 Black Mountain 35 GIRLS ' BASKETBALL Madge Wilhide F orward Evelyn Cooper F orward Joretta Nichols (Co-Captain) Guard Thelma Payne F orward Anna Rue Osteen Guard Valene Cooper Guard Jo Ann Norton Guard Eloise Norton (Co-Captain) Guard JUNIOR TEAM Front Row: Left to Right: Ann Leatherwood, Linda Martin, Patty Tyson, Co-Captain; Nancy Jo Thompson, Co-Captain; Joyce Justus, Buzzy Brown. Second Row: Mr. Byrd, Mary Rutledge, Katherine Bailey, Pauline Vanover, Dot Allen, Mary Padgett. The Black Mountain Jr. High School girl’s team brought much honor to the school when it climaxed an undefeated season by defeating Sand Hill 36-31 for the Buncombe County Jr. High School Championship. The team had previously won the Mars Hill Invitational Tournament which was comprised of the strongest Jr. high teams from Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee. SEASON ' S RECORD OPPOSITION WE THEY Oakley 29 16 Biltmore 24 7 Oakley 33 21 Leicester 27 16 W eaverville 41 19 Sand Hill 27 22 Biltmore 23 16 Leicester 23 1 5 Oakley 27 23 Sand Hill 36 31 The Black Mountain Mountain Jr. High School boy’s team also had a very success¬ ful season, advancing to the finals of both the Mars Hill and Buncombe County Tourna¬ ments, where they were defeated in each instance by Sand Hill. CHEERLEADERS Norma Justus Chief Betty Austin Ann Sawyer Sara Martin Shirley Mull Doris Higginbotham MAJORETTES Front: Elaine Allison, Chief Majorette. First Row, Left to Right: Barbara White, Susan Jackson. Second Row: Barbara Justus, Grace Simons, Eleanor Justus. Third Row: Buzzie Brown, Eveiyn Cooper, Patty Tyson. BAND The Black Mountain School Band was organized in May 1951, under the direction of Mrs. Charles May- dwell and sponsored by the Alumnae Club. Twice weekly rehearsals were held during the summer. The first performance was a P.T.A. meeting in September. The band played at several of the football games and held a concert in April. The majorettes joined the band in September. They are under the direction of Mrs. Ralph Humphries. The band was accepted as a school organization in January 1952. First Row, Left to Right: Mrs. Maydwell, A. C. Owenby, Jackie Sarti, Charlotte Knoefel, Barbara Nesbitt, Steven Kaplan, Jack Farr. Second Row: Paul Wright, Rita Gasperson, Emilye Hawkins, Carolyn Prescott, Carolyn Smith, Eva Smith. Third Row: Gene Knoefel, Frances Kaplan, Scotty Gragg, David Tyson, Stanley Garland. Fourth Row: Larry Morris, Sara Gouge, John Buckner. ACTIVITIES Ik ; A Ji jL iPhs m Jf ■ v lfl jg|y� : ffl| jp| 1 ' i r fk P „ r t „ l| iiimsuiiss . STUDENT COUNCIL Many aims have been stated for various high school organizations. That of the Student Council is to serve the whole school. The responsibility of a school is to promote an atmosphere that will encourage belief in democracy: the student council is the training school of democracy. Among the definite council projects are a field day, encouraging club and assem¬ bly programs, and promoting good feeling between faculty and students. OFFICERS President. Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer . . . . Harold McIntosh Clifford Smathers . . . . Steve Kaplan , Nancy Dougherty First Row, Left to Right: Jimmy Mathis, Gerald Burgess, Harold McIntosh, Clifford Smathers, Steve Kaplan, Nancy Dougherty, Roger White, David Corkran. Second Row: Sybil Joyner, Billie Jo Goforth, Grace Simons, Norman Dougherty, Franklin Harwood, Tommy Love, Faye Rice, Jimmy Brinkley, Betty Burnette, Celeste McCall,, Norma Justus, Rita Gasperson. Third Row: Mr. Shuford, Harold Davidson, Jerry Prescott, Wayne Fix, Scotty Gregg, Eva Smith, Laurence Allen, David Mundy, William Price. Fourth Row: Sara Dickens, Nancy Jo Thompson, Imogene Plemmons, Betty Lytle, Thelma Payne, Mary Lou Giard, Joyce Wells, Peggy Williams, Elaine Allison, Evelyn Cooper, Rose Candler, Jack Farr, Glenn Melton. First Row: E. Allison, B. Austin, S. Burgin, S. Byron, R. Candler, D. Corkran, B. Dipkens. Second Row: N. Dougherty, J. Foster, R. Gasperson, M. Giard, S. Joyner, B, Justus, N, Justus. Third Row: S. Kaplan, S. Martin, C. McCall, H. McIntosh. Fourth Row: P. McMahan, A. Molly, S. Mull, D. Mundy. Fifth Row: Y. Nanney, T, Payne, B. Penland, R. Ramsey, A. Sawyer, E. Smith, M. Simons. Sixth Row: B. Taylor, J. Wells, R. White, M. Wilhide, P. William s. THE NATIONAL BETA CLUB is a non-secret, achievement-service or¬ ganization for students of senior high schools. Its purpose is the promotion of honesty, service, and leadership. JOURNALISM The Journalism Club is organized to provide experience in journalism for all high school students who wish to join the club. A semi-quarterly, THE HIGH TOP, is edited and mimeographed under the able guid¬ ance of the club sponsor, Mrs. Mary Woody. All club members have positions on the staff of the paper. The club is one of the largest and oldest in the high school. PAPER AND CLUB HEADS: Seated, Left to Right: Ann Burnette, Vice-President; Rita Gasperson, Presi¬ dent; Peggy Williams, Secretary; Dot Taylor, Treasurer. Standing: Mrs. Woody, Sponsor; Mary Lou Giard, Editor; David Mundy, Associate Editor; Celeste McCall, Advertising Manager; Freddie Calloway, Art Editor; Sara Martin, Assistant Advertising Manager. JOURNALISM CLUB: Left to Right, First Row: Peggy Williams, Mary Lou Giard, Rita Gasperson. Second Row: Eloise Norton, Nancy Dougherty, David Mundy, Ann Burnette. Third Row: Anna Rue Osteen, Jewell English, Emilye Hawkins, Buddy Williams, Celeste McCall, Steve Kaplan, Sar a Martin, Freddie Calloway, Jo Ann Norton. Fourth Row: Jack Farr, Eva Smith, Scotty Gregg, Mary Ann Whitaker, Ruby Mattox, Ann Sawyer, Betty Austin, Shirley Mull, Buzzie Brown, Joyce Justus, Joan Kelly, Connie Dougherty, Evelyn Franks, Dot Taylor, Anna Marie Molloy, Betty Penland, Madge Wilhide. LATIN CLUBS The Latin Club, a chapter of the Junior Classical League, is composed of forty eight students who take Latin. Its purpose is to encourage an appreciation of the Roman civilization. The Presidents of the clubs are: Sybil Joyner, Latin II Club and Bill Taylor, Latin I Club. First Row, Left to Right: Gene Knoefel, Rita Gasperson, John Corkran, Sybil Joyner, William Perry, Barbara Justus, Connie Dougherty. Second Row: Jack Farr, David Mundy, Doris Higginbotham, Joretta Nichols, Harold McIntosh, Roger White, Grady Holt, Miss Saunders. Third Row: Peggy Williams, Elaine Allison, Emilye Hawkins, Joyce Wells, Norma Justus, Betty Austin, Ann Sawyer, Ann Burnett, Margaret Harrison. MOTTOS - Magna est veritas et praevalet... Dum spiro spero. First Row, Left to Right: Betty Guffy, Laura Williams, Inga Christensen, Bill Taylor, Yvonne Nanney, Madge Wilhide, Thelma Payne. Second Row: Shirley Stone, Betty Freeman, Nancy Padgett, Shirley Mull, Valene Cooper, Rose Candler, Eva Smith, Laurence Allen, Miss Saunders. Third Row: Katie Dalton, Mittie Melton, Lois Robinson, Mary Jo York, Allie Bartlett, Betty Roberts, Viola Melton, Evelyn Cooper, Clifford Smathers. F.H.A. First Row, Left to Right: Betty Lytle, Barbara Nesbitt, Anna Rue Osteen, Lucy Runion, Eleanor Justus, Barbara Justus, Rita Gasperson, Geraldine High. S.econd Row: Julia Capps, Katherine Bailey, Nancy Wilson, Carolyn Pitman, Marjory Tea¬ gue, Betty Lunsford, Lynda Martin, Joyce Justus, Norma Justus, Sara Dickens, Mary Ann Whitaker, Dot Allen, Patsy Reynolds, Nell Golightly, Pansy Norton, Miss All- man. Third Row: Dale Wrenn, Peggy Packett, Viola Melton, Betty Harris, Doris McMahan, Nancy Thompson, Buzzie Brown, Patty Tyson, Julia Kerlee, Mary Fran¬ cis Kelly, Carolyn Prescott, Nancy Padgett, Jewell English, Evelyn Franks, Aveline Warren, Lois Nanney. Fourth Row: Barbara Ledbetter, Hazel Reese, Texie Mun- day, Helen Taylor, Beatrice Slagle, Shelba Jean McCall, Mary Rutledge, Mary Ann Leatherwood, Shirley White, Geneva Brown, Ellen Bartlett, Lois Blankenship, Shirley Johnson, Billie Brown, Ruby Mattox, Florence Roberts. Fifth Row: Naomi Elliot, Opal Gilliam, Joyce McCall, Betty Freeman, Mittie Melton, Shirley Stone, Betty Stroud, Viola Melton, Arlene Swann, Betty Guffy, Lois Robinson, Ruth Jordan, Pansy Melton OFFICERS President. Rita Gasperson Secretary . Eleanor Justus Reporter. Barbara Nesbitt Parliamentarian .... Barbara Justus Vice-President. Betty Lytle Treasurer. Anna Rue Osteen Historian.Lucy Runion Song Leader.Geraldine High ACTIVITIES These officers attended an officer’s work shop in Asheville on Nov. 10, 1951. Thirty-four members attended the District Rally at Valdese on Oct. 20. On Dec. 3 the club sponsored a Christmas Dance. Eight members attended a State Rally in Raleigh on March 22, and eight members will spend a week at White Lake in June. A style show was presehted in April, a picnic in May. There are eighty-three F.H.A. members including thirty-four new members for the school year of 1951-52. Miss Mavis Allman is the sponsor of the club. F.F.A. The F.F.A. is a national organization open only to students of Vocational Agri¬ culture. It is the aim of this club to develop leaders, not only in agriculture but in all walks of life. Some of the purposes of the club are to create a love of country life; strengthen the confidence of farm boys and young men in themselves and their work; create more interest in the intelligent choice of farming occupations; develop character, train for useful citizenship, and foster patriotism; participate in co-operative effort; en¬ courage and practice thrift; and encourage improvement in scholarship. First Row: Mr. G. C. Carson, Charles Davis, Larry McCall, Junior Sparks, Eddie Calloway, Jerry Prescott, Wilburn Waters. Second Row: Arthur Davis, David Parris, Robah Johnson, Arnold Runion, Joe Robinson, Philip McMahan, Winston Riddle, Bobby Watson, Dallas Calloway, Arnold Jones, Calvin Runion, Eugene Davis, Daniel Wilhide. Third Row: Luny Gilliam, Andy Cook, Donald Fortune, Wayne Fox, Benny Turbyfill, Lawrence Allen, A. T. Hollifield, J. L. Hollifield, Stuart Nanney, Paul Gasperson, Ray Bartlett. Fourth Row: Harold Fox, C. L. Freeman, Johnny Hall, Earl Jordon, Harold Davidson, Robert Harris, Arnold Nelon, Jimmy Price, Wayne Ledbetter, Jack Gallion, Tommy Solsby. Fifth Row: Jimmy Glenn, Bobby Stone, Landon Runion, Billy Cooper, James Allsion, Donald Brown, Wayne Cordell, Theodore Nelon, Clarence Tolley, Henry Rogers. Sixth Row: James Jones, Bobby Bartlett, E. V. Gouge, Grady Holt, Gerald Burgess, Dean Summy, Ed Buchannan, Wayne Osteen, Dan Reese, Wayne Hampton, Donald Davis. CAMERA CLUB AIDING OUR SCHOOL THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY The Camera Club, in one of its most successful years, has taken great strides forward in developing future leadership and in further mastering the art of photo¬ graphy. First Row, Left to Right: Steve Kaplan, President, John Buckner, Vice-President, Bobby Dickens , Librarian, Bill Taylor, Gene Knoefel. Second Row: Paul Wright, Secretary, Winston Riddle, Sandy Sarti, Don McDougle, Mr. Nesbitt, Sponsor. Third Row; Stuart Byron, Jack Kirstein, William Perry, Treasurer, David Press- ley, Jack Farr. LE LI EVE S CLUB First Row, Left to Right: Billy Jo Goforth, Anna Rue Osteen, Ann Burnett, Joan Kelly, Dale Wrenn, Mrs. Humphries, Evelyn Cooper, Nancy Dougherty, Betty Ro¬ berts, Johnny Nichols, Eloise Norton. Second Row: Viola Melton, Jewel English, Grady Holt, Peggy Packett, Joretta Nichols, Valeen Cooper, Connie Dougherty, Jo Ann Norton, Celeste McCall, Thelma Payne, Stanley Isley. The Le Lieves Club was organized in October, 1950. The officers this year are: President, Evelyn Cooper; Vice-President, Connie Dougherty; Secretary, Valeen Cooper; Treasurer, Joretta Nichols; Reporter, Peggy Packett. The club meets every other Thursday and some meetings at night if necessary. The Library Assistants are: Evelyn Cooper, Viola Metotl, Valeen Cooper, Geraldine High, Celeste McCall, Nancy Dougherty, Joretta Nichols, Thelma Payne, and Peggy Packett. The Le Lieves Club this year is sponsored by Mrs. Ralph Humphries. The aim of the club is to keep the books in first class condition, and to keep the library neat and quiet at all times. GLEE CLUB The purpose of the Glee Club is to let those who sing show their ability. For many years, the Glee Club has been a popular organization in our school. This year we have a new sponsor, Mrs. Charles Maydwell. JUNIOR OFFICERS President. Peggy Williams Vice-President. John Corkran Sec retary.Inga Christensen Treasurer. Barbara Nesbitt SENIOR OFFICERS President . Fred Calloway Vice-President.Marian Simons Sec. Treas. Mary Lou Giard First Row: William Perry, John Corkran, Inga Christensen, Barbara Nesbitt, Peggy Williams, Fred Calloway, Mary Lou Giard, Marian Simons, Mrs. Maydwell, Sponsor. Second Row: Mary Ann Whitaker, Scotty Gragg, Sybil Joyner, Julia Capps, Celeste McCall, Nancy Dougherty, Dot Taylor, Ann Sawyer. Third Row: Sara Dickens, Barbara Allred, Ola Mae Bartlett, Anna Rue Osteen, Jewell English, Barbara Justus, Joyce Wells, Anne Burnette, Connie Dougherty, Betty Penland. Fourth Row: Julia Kerlee, Arlene Johnson, Eleanor Justus, Doris McMahan, Eva Smith, Rose Candler, Emilye Hawkins, Rita Gasperson, Yvonne Nanney. Fifth Row: J. L. Hollifield, Wayne Fox, Phillip McMahan, Bobby Dickens, Doris Higginbotham, Bill Taylor, A. C. Owenby, Harold McIntosh, Daniel Wilhide. Sixth Row: Stanley Burgin, Joe Robin¬ son, Stuart Byron, J. C. Odom, Roger White, Junior Sparks, Eugene Knoefel. Se v¬ enth Row: Jack Farr, Clarence Tolly. THE B” CLUB The “B” Club is composed of students who have earned an athletic letter by participating in one or more of the sports in our school. Various projects have been undertaken this year. Cne of our projects is having charge of the concessions at the football and basketball games. The officers of the club for this year are: President, Wayne Fox; Vice-President, Phillip McMahan, Secretary, Anna Rue Osteen, and Treasurer, David Roberts. The sponsor of our club is Mr. Humphries. Left Row, Bottom to Top: Wayne Fox, Harold McIntosh, Jimmy Poteat, Charles Swayngim, J. C. Cdom, Arnold Jones, John Corkran, Dick Ramsey, Stanley Burgin. Second Row, Bottom to Top: Phillip McMahan, Betty Au stin, Dave Roberts. Third Row, Bottom to Top: Barbara Justus, Doris Higginbotham, Johnnie Atkins. Fourth Row, Bottom to Top: Anna Malloy, Anna Rue Osteen, Roger White. Right Outside Row, Bottom to Top: Norma Justus, Madge Wilhide, Eloise Norton, Jewell English, Ann Sawyer, Clifford Smathers, and Jimmy Penland. THE FOLK CLUB The purpose of the Folk Club is to pro¬ mote better understanding of the folk dances and ballads. The chief project this year is the com¬ pilation of a scrapbook of local ballads. President. 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