China Grove High School - Parrot Yearbook (China Grove, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1955 volume:

n a {§°wan Library ttittfi M. dark Mistmy ' Riaom This book was acquired with funds provided by the Genealogical Society of Rowan County Endowment ROWAN PUBLIC LIBRARY SALISBURY,NC 3907815950 ■ 9SS PARROTT Published By THE SENIOR CLASS OF CHINA GROVE HIGH SCHOOL China Grove, North Carolina Dear Diary, Your pages are going to be filled with interesting and valuable information about the China Grove High School people and all its activities. Guard well all your se¬ crets. All data has been gathered and edited by The Parrot Staff: Helen Frye, Historian; Peggy Jo Sasser, Prophet; Phyllis Branham Richardson, Sports Editor; Mrs. Viola Odell, Faculty Advisor; Tommy Menius, Assistant Business Manager; Doris Stiller, Business Manager; Max Menius, Giftorian; Vivian Aldridge, Club Editor; Philip Mauldin, Editor-in-Chief; Claudette Overcash, Lawyer; Wiley Drye, Associate Editor. Page Two MR. JESSE C. CARSON, JR. MR. LEONARD TATUM MR. CLINTON EUDY MR. MARVIN LONG District Principal Chairman A. B. Guilford College M. A. , U. N. C. MR. HUBERT FLEMING MR. WAYNE PATTERSON It is most appropriate that we place these people first, for they formulate our policies and guide the progress of educa¬ tion m our community. To them we extend our heart-felt thanks and deep apprecia¬ tion for their interest m our welfare. Page Three Dear Diary, We wish to dedicate this 1955 edition of the Parrot to Mrs. Viola Odell, our beloved English teacher, counselor, and friend. Her sincere understanding, her cheerful disposition, and her willingness to help all those who call upon her have won a place for her m our hearts. Page Four WELCOME! Our New Principal MR. CARL W. PRICE. SR. A.B.Catawba College Mathematics, Science Dear Diary, As the new principal of the China Grove High School,I want to thank the seniors and the rest of the student body for the consideration and cooperation shown me during this first year. I have endeavored to make school a place to work, to play, and to learn. The school would not function properly without any one of the three. Pray God that we have not failed m our task. It is my sincere hope that what China Grove High has given the graduating class of 2955 will enable them to take their rightful places m society and m the world as they find it. CARL W. PRICE, SR. Principal Page Five HAIL TO OUR FACULTY! In their hands lies our prepa¬ ration for the future! HARRY L. BAME B.S., Appalachian S.T.C. Phys. Ed., Social Studies CARL W. PRICE, SR. A.B., Catawba College Math., Biology MRS. MERRIEL H. BATTLE A.B., Lenoir Rhyne College M.A., George Peabody College Biology, English ROBERT LINDER A.B., Catawba College Phys. Ed., Civics, Coach MISS JOYCE PATTERSON A.B., Catawba College Typing, Math MISS NORMA KING B.S., Appalachian S.T.C. Band, Choir, Social Studies MRS. ASHLEY ROBERTS Brenau College, Gainesville, Ga. A.B., Univ. of N. C. French, Librarian MISS RUTH LINEBERGER A.B., W.C.U.N.C. Mathematics Page Six ft. MISS MARGARET ROSEMAN B.S., Catawba College Commerce MRS. DON SHERRIL A.B., Catawba College Science, Math. MRS. FRED H. BOSTIAN A.B., W.C.U.N.C. Catawba College Appalachian S.T.C. English, History MISS MARGARET JUBOOR A.B., Bob Jones University Bible JOHN W. ALLISON B.S., N. C. State College Agriculture MRS. RICHARD E. SMITH A.B., Catawba College English, Dramatics, Ec., Soc. MRS. VIOLA PAGE ODELL B.S., Appalachian S.T.C. Univ. So. Calif., U.N.C. English, Latin MISS RUTH DILLARD B.S., W.C.U.N.C. Home Economics Page Seven FRESHMAN OFFICERS PEGGY RITCHIE . Treasurer JOHNNY OVERCASH . President FAYE NESBIT .... Vice-President FRANCES STILLER . Secretary Dear Diary, August 25 , 1954 This morning 110 eager, bright-eyed boys and girls came to our doors. Some were timid, some were frightened, some were confident; but all were anxious to learn what our wonderful school had m store for each of them. Some of these have already dropped out for one reason or another, and as we count them now there are only 107. Here they are! We feel sure the future of China Grove High will be in good hands for the next few years. Page Eight Freshmen SIDNEY ALBRIGHT BOBBIE JEAN ANTHONY EARL ATWELL NINA BARBEE PAUL BARE PAUL BASINGER WADE BEAVER DAVID BRADY JERLENE BROOKS TROY BUCHANAN JAMES BURGESS PETE BURLEYSON OVELLA CARLTON LONNIE CARTER LOUISE CARTER JUANITA CARTNER JIMMY CHILDERS LOIS CHILDERS LYDIA CRISP STEVE DAVES GRANT DAVIS LANE DAVIS JAMES DRYE DONALD EAGLE JERRY ELLER BOBBY MAC FAIN RAY FINK JUDY FISHER EDWARD FRANKS BETTY JEAN FREEZE DONALD GARMON VANCE GOODMAN VIENNA GOODMAN PHYLLIS GOODNIGHT PATRICIA HAIRE Page Nine Freshmen CAROLYN HAMPTON DONALD HARTSELL NOLAN HEILIG DIANE HENRICKSON CAROL HOLMES IRENE HONBARGER SYLVIA HOOKS NELSON HORTON CECIL IRVIN MELVIN ISENHOUR TAMARA ISENHOUR PHYLLIS JAMES KATHRYN JENNINGS MARGARET KESLER ELAINE KIMMER LORENE LACKEY SHIRLEY LANE JEAN LEAZER DONALD LENTZ MYRTLE LENTZ HAZEL LIPE LINDA LIPE EUGENE McCORKLE ALICE MILLER WAYNE MILLER TONY MILLS BLAYNE MORGAN HARVEY MORGAN TAMARA MORGAN GRADY MOORE MARCINE MOORE DONALD MORRISON BARBARA MOTES FAYE NESBIT JO ANN OVERCASH Page Ten Freshmen JOHNNY OVERCASH LOUISE OVERCASH CLAUDE PARIS ROY PINKSTON MIKE PROPST NED RAPE MARY ELLEN RITCHIE PEGGY RITCHIE GEORGE ROWELL SAMUEL SAFRIT WAYNE SCOTT STEVE SEABOCH SONJA SOCHLER JAMES RAY SHINN JOHNNY SLOAN DONALD SLOOP BILL SMITH JAMES SOLOMON HAROLD SPECK FRANCES STILLER RUTH SWANNER FRANCES TALBERT LARRY THOMAS KENNETH VANDERFORD DAVID WALKER KAY WALLACE CLAUDETTE WEAVER DOLYNN WEBB DONALD WEBB LINDA WILHELM PHYLLIS WILHOIT WAYNE WILSON HAROLD WINECOFF DELANE YOUNG Page Eleven SOPHOMORE OFFICERS CAROL CORRIHER . Secretary EUGENE HAIRE . President CAROLE SUE SMITH . . .Vice-President JOYCE HERRIN . Treasurer Dear Diary, We leave behind us 112 sophomores who have already- got a pretty good idea of high school life. May their next two years be full of rich experiences, both in the class room and in their extra-curricular activities. Page Twelve Sophomores CLINTON ABERNATHY NORMAN ALBRIGHT BOBBY BARRINGER TONY BASINGER WILSON BASINGER CARL BEAVER GARY BEAVER MELBA BEAVER PEGGY BEAVER WAYNE BEAVER SAMMY BEBBER WAYNE BERNHARDT FRANCES BLACKWELDER JUNE BLACKWELDER JIMMY BOGER ARLENE BOST HOMER BOST JOY BOST MAX BOSTIAN CAROL BRADSHAW CAROLYN BUTTS LLOYD CASPER VIRGINIA CHILDRESS SIDNEY COLLINS CAROL CORRIHER JERRY COTTINGHAM GARY DAVIS WAYNE DAVIS FRANK DEAL PATSY EAGLE DARRELL EARNHARDT STANLEY EVANS CHARLIE FAGGART COLLEEN FESPERMAN NORMA FLEMING GAIL GABRIEL Page Thirteen Sophomores RUSSELL GILLESPIE DONALD GOODNIGHT EUGENE HAIRE DONALD HEGLAR DONALD HEILIG JOYCE HERRIN BARBARA HINSON MELBA HODGE LOUISE HOUSTON BERNICE HUDSPETH CARL INGRAM HAZEL JACOBS NORMAN JORDAN SYBIL JORDAN LINDA KETNER CLAUDINE KIKER HOWARD KILLIAN REBECCA KIMBALL JIMMY LAZENBY SONNY LIPPARD BENNIE LOWDER BUDDY McCLURE CAROL MENIUS BETTY MORRIS STEVE MORRISON TERRY MORRISON MADELINE NORTON SAMUEL NULL GENE O’ KELLY DAVID OVERCASH HAROLD OVERCASH NANCY PATTERSON DONALD PETREA BARBARA PRICE BETTY PROPST VERNON QUANTZ Page Fourteen Sophomores CONNIE RAY JOHN RICKS FRANKLIN ROWELL STEVEN SAFRIT JOHN SHINN DORIS SHOE STEVE SHUPING PHYLLIS SLOOP CAROLE SUE SMITH ROY SMITH STEVE SMITH NORVELL SPRINKLE FERRELL STIREWALT WALTER SUTTON LARRY THOMPSON STEVE TORRENCE CLARENCE TREXLER TROY TREXLER JAMES TURNER LEILANIE UPRIGHT JUDY WALKER MARY ANN WALKER SHIRLEY WALKER JACKIE WALLACE MARY WALTER JEANNIE WALTON BENNY WARNER SUE WEST GARY WILHELM SARAH WILHELM MAXINE WILHOIT NED WILSON ARLENE WISE MAXINE WISE ANN YOST Page Fifteen JUNIOR OFFICERS BILL WALKER . Vice-President PHILLIP DEESE AVICE TATE.Treasurer ROY PROPST President Secretary August 25 , 1954 Dear Diary, My! How good it was to see 86 Juniors enroll at the begining of the year and then add one to their ranks. It is pleasing to know that the Senior Class of 55-56 will have so many capable leaders and we hope that they will have as successful and happy a Senior year as we did. Juniors ELVIRA ANTHONY JANET ARANT PHYLLIS ARTHURS YVONNE BAGWELL JOHNNY BAME GLENN BELL NANCY BENFIELD CURTIS BOST BETTY BROOKS RAY BURLEYSON SARAH ANN CARRIKER BARBARA CARTER WAYNE CARTER SYLVIA CASTOR BOBBY COTTINGHAM SUE DEAL PHILLIP DEESE CARL DRYE KENNETH ELLER GEORGE FAGGART PATSY FAGGART JIMMY FINK NANCY CAROL FISHER RICHARD FLUCK KERN FREEZE LOIS FREEZE PEGGY FREEZE SYCELIA GARVER BETTY JO GOODNIGHT Page Seventeen Juniors JULIA ANN HARRIS ARNOLD HEILIG PERRY HENRICKSON NAOMI HOLCOMBE FRANK HOUCK JOYCE HUTCHINSON SHERRIL JORDAN MARY KARRIKER GLADYS KIRKMAN PETE KLUTTZ DORIS LEAZER SHIRLEY LIPE CAROLYN LUTHER LARRY LUTHER NORMAN McCORKLE ALICE ROSE MISHAK JANICE MITCHELL LARRY MORGAN NORMA MORGAN WAYNE MORGAN CAROLYN MOOSE WAYNE OVERCASH GLENN PATTERSON J. C. PINION HARRY LEE PROPST ROY PROPST JERRY RAPE JOHN ROBERT RAYNOR FRANKIE REECE Page Eighteen Juniors JERRY RITCHIE PAT SAFRIT JIMMY SEAMON CORNELIA SHAW MARLENE SHIVE CURTIS SIDES ANN SLOAN HARRY SMITH WILMA SMITH RICHARD SNIDER BARBARA SPECK BOBBY SUSTAR LARRY SWINK AVICE TATE JANET THOMASON PAULINE TUTTEROW PERRY UPRIGHT PATSY WADDELL FAYE WAGONER BEVERLY WALKER BILL WALKER LARRY WATSON MARLENE WATSON FRANK WEANT ANN WHICKER JANE ELLEN WILHELM SHIRLENE WOODIE RANN YOST Poge Nineteen HARRY WADDELL . Vice-President CAROL SECHLER . Secretary Mascots BECKY CAROL LIPE JOSEPH FRANKLIN HOUSTON WINFRY WHICKER . President JOHNNY HOUSTON . Treasurer Dear Diary, May, 2955 As I look back to August 2 9 , 2952 , I recall a large group of bewildered, mixed- up freshmen. There was, unbe l levmgly, now a hundred twenty of us. The upper class- men and our advisors, Miss Holt, Mrs. Kepley, Mr. Deal, and Coach Kelly, were of such assistance that in no time we became adjusted to the methods of high school. Me did little that year besides study, but I ' m sure not one of us will forget that memorable game with Landis in football when we tied 7 - 7 . Then came our sophomore year of 52 - 53 . Quite a few of our members moved or decid¬ ed to discontinue their schooling for we entered with only eighty-four members. Mi ley Drye, our freshman president, was replaced by Minfry Mhicker. Doris Stiller, Peggy Jo Sasser, Janet McCluney and Helen Frye added to the prestige of our class when they were chosen to represent the school band as letter girls and flag bear¬ ers. The student council was begun this year with Philip Mauldin representing our class as treasurer. Page Twenty Seniors VIVIAN SUE ALDRIDGE To make the world a friendly place, one must show a friendly BARBARA EVON ANTHONY Promise is most given when the least is said. AVIS MARCELLE ARANT A thing of beauty is a j oy forever. CARL BARE Laziness personified. JAMES REID BASINGER He ' s a good man; I’ll say that for him. SHIRLEY KATHERYN BENFIELD BILLY BOGER There is likewise a reward He who stops to for faithful silence. look each way will live to drive another day. JERRY GRAY BRADSHAW Tis better late than never. CAROLYN JEANETTE BUCKWELL You know I say just what I think. MILDRED ANN BURRELL A man is better than a book. BARBARA CLONINGER Silence is a great peace maker. CLEO CHRISTINE CRISCO Least said is soonest mended. Page Twenty-One Seniors FRANCES GERALDINE CRISP i live in pleasure when I live with my friends. WILEY BENJAMIN DRYE A mind equal to any undertaking that he puts it along side. PATSY EILEEN ELLER Her talk was like a stream which runs. SYBIL ARLENE FAGGART Devout yet cheerful, active yet resigned. LARRY EDMUND FREEZE Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may flunk. HELEN ROSE FRYE ’Tis good to live and learn. BRUCE PATTERSON GOODNIGHT ETHEL MARLENE HALL Our thoughts and our con- Little, but loud. duct are our own. BETTY JEAN HELMS Happy am I. From care I’m free. Why can’ t they all be contented like me. Page Twenty-Two JEANETTE HOLDSCLAW With a personality all her own. CLARA LOUISE HONBARGER Nothing is rarer than real goodness. JOHN GLENN HOUSTON, JR. Never trouble trouble till trouble trouble II Seniors DOROTHY JENNINGS Sweet Silence is an endurable trait. FRANKLIN DELMAR JOHNSON Another lady’s man. VELMA KAY MARTIN Leave silence to the saints, I am but human. CAROLYN HARRIS JOHNSON Who so findeth a wife findeth a good thing. Then came the year we were Juniors. Quite a time we had and quite a bit of work we did. To start things moving swiftly was the magazine sale. Our class, though we had dwindled m number to seven¬ ty-four, reached our goal with Doris Stiller and Morris Overcash as high sales¬ men. Immediately after this we received our class rings, something we all had looked forward to. The Fall Festival came and went over with flying colors, but we had the honor of having our own Larry Patterson as Halloween King. DORIS LOUISE KARRIKER Life is not life at all without delight. BARBARA ANN LENTZ Nothing more honor¬ able than a grateful heart. LORETTA ELIZABETH LENTZ She’11 be an artist, there’s no doubt. MARGIE W. MARTIN Brilliance is a gift not possessed by all. PHILIP BAXTER MAULDIN Life is but a span. I’ll enjoy every inch CLARA JANET McCLUNEY Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Page Twenty-Three Seniors GAIL DEANNA McSWAIN The dream is her real life; the world around her is a dream. LAURA JEAN MENIUS To be slow in words is a woman’s only virtue. Philip Mauldin took office m the Student Council again, but this time as Vice-President. The Christmas Play, The Star in The East, was a great success. Then the long awaited event, the Junior- Senior Banquet, took place. tfhat fun it was as our theme Moonlight and Roses be¬ came a reality. 4 s the class of 54 went to find success they chose as marshalls, Nancy Morrison, Larry Patterson, Claudette Overcash, i l iley Drye and Winfry thicker. Larry Patterson did a splendid job as president of our class. MAX ELBERT MENIUS Women’s looks were my only books, and folly was all they taught me. TOMMY RAY MENIUS All great men are either dear or dy¬ ing. I don’t feel so well myself. DONALD THOMAS MOORE What good I see, humbly I seek to do. NANCY MORRISON When she will, she will; and you may depend on it. MARGARET ANN NICHELSON She preferred to be good rather than to be seen . 11 MARGARET ANN NULL Where there’s a basketball there’s Margaret. MARION CLAUDETTE OVERCASH Much wisdom often goes with fewer words. ROBERT MORRIS OVERCASH ‘Tis strange what a man may do and woman yet think him an Angel. Page Twenty-Four EMMETT SLOOP PATTERSON To plow and sow and reap and mow and be a farmer ' s boy. LARRY HUGH PATTERSON Handsome is as handsome does. PHYLLIS BRANHAM RICHARDSON For nothing lovelier can be found than a delightful wife. BARBARA NELL RODGERS What is thine is mine; and all mine is thine. BETTY JEAN ROWELL PEGGY LOU RUSSELL TOMMY WAYNE SAFRIT PEGGY JO SASSER How sweet and fair Nature was here so A quiet and gentle A clever girl, a she seems to be. lavish in her store that she bestowed until she had no more. nature has he. witty girl, a girl so full of fun. A. studious girl, a carefree girl, a thousand girls in one. JANE CAROL SECHLER Talent is a woman’s graceful power. DON SPEIGHT DORIS JEAN STILLER I come and go Her way is different, as I please. She ' s absolutely dear. It ' s always good to see her; you always want her near. BONNIE JUNE STIREWALT The time to be happy is today. Page Twenty-Five JOHN ROBERT STIREWALT Quiet but not so quiet after all. J. W. TORRENCE, JR. Cursed is the man who invented books. ROBERT HARRISON WADDELL When athletics and studies clash, let studies go to smash. WINFRY EVANS WHICKER A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. Seniors! Dear Diary, this has been our every dream and yet too soon it is coming to a close. We will very shortly be stepping into a huge and magnificent world as adult men and women, no longer to be considered Children. Though we are a very small class of sixty-two, we are leav¬ ing behind us a great challenge to the lower classes. Wmfry Whicker led the class as president. Larry Patterson was elected as president of the Student Council. Peggy Jo Sasser stood with him as secretary. Margie Martin and Jerry Bradshaw were greatly welcomed into our class as fellow seniors. Our greatest task was to publish the annual. Philip Mauldin served as editor-in-chief. Our colors were chosen as orchid and pink with the beautiful flower, an orchid. The trip to Washington in the spring will be long remembered by many of us. The Junior-Senior this time given m our honor, was marvelous. The producing of the Senior Play was wonderful, but it brought to realization that school was coming to an end.Senior privileges were certainly a new experience. Dear Diary, we do not know how to say thank you enough to our ad¬ visors, Mrs. Odell, Mrs. Smith, our principal, Mr. Price, and our dis¬ trict principal, Mr. Carson, for their everlasting patience and advice which they gave so freely. We pray that we shall always endeavor to hold fast to our aims and goals. That we shall always try to fulfill our motto: Sic Parvis Magna (From small, comes great.) HELEN FRYE, Historian Dear Diary, Our record would not be complete if we did not include one of the most important characters around our school-our janitor, Walter Caldwell. Page Twenty-Six Dear Diary, Halloween is here! Tonight the Junior Class presented the Hallow¬ een Carnival which was preceded by a talent show and the crowning of the King and Queen. Bonnie Stirewalt was a beautiful queen. I remember the excitement of casting votes and the look on her face when she was crowned. Ah, twas a lovely sight. The race was close, the competition keen, and when the winner was announced the applause was tremendous. AVIS ARANT Dear Diary, One of the most beautiful girls my eyes ever beheld is the adora¬ ble Avis Arant. she rode m the Kannapolis Christmas parade as Miss Merry Christmas, she was ever so lovely. The day of the Salisbury Veteran ' s Day Parade found her blue eyes sparkling and her hair shin¬ ing as though it were golden, as she rode proudly past, wearing the title of Miss China Grove. Another title, too. That of Miss China Grove High does she honor¬ ably possess. Page Twenty-Eight PEGGY RUSSELL AVIS ARANT FAYE NESBIT AVICE TATE JUDY WALKER Dear Diary, Homecoming! Tonight was the most anticipated game of the football season for the band and beauty of our school. Once again Avis Arant attained another title that she so well deserves. As she walked across the field as Miss Homecoming, escorted by Harry Waddell, Mr. Football, she was a breath-taking beauty. Following her were the attendants: Peggy Russell, Senior; Avice Tate, Junior; Judy Walker, Sophomore; and Faye Hesbit, Freshman. Page Twenty-Nine Most Popular MILDRED BURRELL - PHILIP MAULDIN Best All Round DORIS STILLER - TOMMY MENIUS Page Thirty Best Looking PEGGY RUSSELL LARRY PATTERSON Most Likely To Succeed NANCY MORRISON - WILEY DRYE Page Thirty-One Most Dependable PEGGY JO SASSER DONALD MOORE Most Talented CAROL SECHLER MAX MEN I US Page Thirty-Two Most Talkative JANET McCLUNEY MAX MEN IUS Most Original BOBBIE NELL RODGERS LARRY FREEZE Page Thirty-Three Most Athletic Page Thirty-Four Most Friendly Poge Thirty-Five Dear Diary: This school year of 2954-2955 really started with a bang. We ac¬ quired one new coach, a new band director and had the opportunity of holding on to, m our opinion, one of the best basketball coaches m the business. Our new coach, Mr. Linde r, has really accomplished what seems like miracles with our boys ' football and basketball teams. Miss King, our band director, has been bringing our band more and more into the spotlight of popularity. The great amount of joy and zeal that she contains makes every one that works with her work just a little harder. Mr. Bame has the praise of all that know him. Although last year was his first year at China Grove High School, he showed his loyalty by making our girls ' Basketball team real champions m every sense of the word. This year, the team seems to be headed m the same direction. Dear Diary: Our school band could not possibly be complete without the mspir- ln S girls that lead it. These being the majorettes, the flag bearers and the letter girls. Each girl does honor to the position she holds as well as to herself. They are as listed: Majorettes: Linda Lipe, Jeanette HoIdsclaw, Claudette Weaver. Flag Bearers: Carolyn Buckwell, Barbara Lentz. Letter Girls: Melba Beaver, Doris Stiller, Helen Frye, Phyllis Arthurs. Page Thirty-Six • « Dear Diary, It is quite evident all that have seen them have the admiration school spirit they of S 0 touches m its wonder- that our cheerleaders m action. The true plainly and joyously contain holds everyone it ful spell. Surely we can say that our school has received a prize sec¬ ond to none; this prize being our fine group of cheerleaders. They add beauty as well as spirit to our numerous sports. They are as listed: Mildred Burrell, Chief Charles Faggart, Sylvia Hooks, Shirley Walker, Avis Arant, Patsy Eller, Peggy Russell, Sybil Jordan, Avice Tate, Judy Walker, Glenn Bell. Page Thirty-Seven Dear Diary, Our football record this year wasn ' t too impressive. But the boys showed fine spirit m many of the games and we are proud of them. This was the initial year in the South Piedmont Football Conference, which proba¬ bly accounts for our rather obscure record. Our boys were also young and inexperienced. And, Diary, let me say too how very proud we are of our new coach, Robert Linder. He is surely tops with us. Page Thirty-Eight Page Thirty-Nine MONOGRAM CLUB 1st Row: Sylvia Hooks, Patsy Ellen, Sybil Jordan, Shirley Walker, Avis Arant, Avice Tate, Judy Walker, Peggy Russell, Mildred Burrell. 2nd Row: Coach Linder, Buddy McClure, Donald Moore, Donald Heglar, Charlie Faggart, Glenn Bell, Frank Houck, John Shinn, Larry Patterson, Steve Morrison, Coach Bame. 3rd Row: Harry Waddell, Reid Basinger, Margaret Null, Doris Karriker, Bonnie Stirewalt, Nancy Patterson, Patsy Safrit, Carolyn Buckwell, Cornelia Shaw, Wintry Whicker, Philip Mauldin. 4th Row: Bobby Cottingham, Roy Propst, Pete Kluttz, Clinton Abernathy, Richard Snider, Carl Drye, Bill Walker, Gary Beaver, Benny Warner, Eugene Haire, Ray Burleyson. BASEBALL TEAM OF 1954 Front Row: Curtis Bost, Steve Morrison, Roy Propst, Sonny Lippard, Gary Beaver, Frank Houck. Back Row: Buddy Smith, Jerry Henrickson, Richard Snider, Clinton Abernathy, Chad Henrickson, Buddy McClure, Larry Patterson, Ray Burleyson, Coach Kelly. Page Forty-Two BAND First Row: Miss Norma King, Director; Leonard Cress, Stephen Whicker, Bobby Lee Berrier, Dickie Shaw, Patsy Safrit, Donald Webb, James Ray Shinn, Eddie Mills Clinton Eudy, Dolynn Webb, Max Menius, Drum Major. Second Row: Carolyn Buckwell, Johnny Overcash, Cornelia Shaw, Carole Sue Smith, Wintry Whicker, Johnny Houston, Myrtle Lentz, Anne Whicker, Peggy Beaver, Earl Wagoner, Barbara Lentz. Third Row: Donald Goodnight, Carol Sechler, Norvel Sprinkle, Morris Overcash, Teddy Ballard, Wayne Propst, Gale Michael, Eugene Haire. Page Porfy-Three Dear Diary, These and many other seniors wearing their much-coveted caps and gowns are seen on our campus during senior privilege week Please wish them luck, prosperity, and happiness! Page Forty-Four DRIVERS’ EDUCATION Sitting: Charles Faggart, Doris Karriker, Jackie Beaver, Shirleene Woodie, James Drye. Standing: Betty Morris, Shirley Benfield, Sidney Collins, Nancy Benfield, B. W. Helms, Hazel Lipe, Mr. Bame, teacher, Velma Martin, Barbara Carter, Frances Blackwelder, Betty Propst, Jerry Ritchie. LATIN CLUB L: Wintry Whicker, Billy Walker, Patsy Waddell, Wayne Carter, Cornelia Shaw, Arnold Heilig, Mrs. Johnny Shinn, Eugene Haire, Sylvia Castor, Helen Roy Propst, Patsy Safrit, Charles Faggart. Judy Walker, Donald Heglar, Peggy Sasser, Odell, sponsor. C: Kenneth Eller, Frye, Norvel Sprinkle, Janet McCluney, Page Forty-Five BETA CLUB Seated: Carol Sechler, Treasurer; Helen Frye, Reporter; Wiley Drye, President; Barbara Lentz, Secretary; Sybil Faggart, Vice-President. 1st Row: Peggy Sasser, Cornelia Shaw, Pat Safrit, Nancy Morrison, Doris Karriker, Barbara Anthony, Marlene Shive, Avice Tate, Vivian Aldridge. 2nd Row: Mrs. Roberts, Sponsor; Anne Whicker, Mary Karriker, Jeanette Holdsclaw, Sylvia Castor, Jane Wilhelm, Nancy Carol Fisher, Doris Stiller, Claudette Overcash. 3rd Row: Emmett Patterson, Larry Patterson, Bobby Sustar, Jimmy Seamon, Richard Fluck, Glenn Patterson, Wayne Overcash, Wintry Whicker. CHOIR 1st Row: Kay Wallace, Marlene Watson, Shirley Lipe, Pauline Tutterow, Vivi Eller, Linda Ketner, Janice Johnson, Virginia Childress, Leilanie Upright, 2nd Row: Frances Crisp, Betty Helms, Carolyn Moose, Joyce Herrin, Marlene Barbara Lentz, Ann Yost, Avis Arant, Janet Arant, Jeanette Holdsclaw. 3rd Goodnight, Doris Stiller, Doris Leazer, Loretta Lentz, Claudette Overcash, Rebecca Kimball, Nancy Carol Fisher, Sue Deal, Sybil Faggart, Julia Ann Har 4th Row: Larry Freeze, Bruce Goodnight, Clinton Abernathy, Morris Overcash Avice Tate, Max Menius, Norman McCorkle, Curtis Sides, Howard Killian. an Aldridge, Patsy Miss King, Director. Shive, Betty Brooks, Row: Betty Jo Peggy Freeze, ris, Wilma Smith. , Naomi Holcombe, Page Forty-Six First Row: Claudette Weaver, Phyllis Goodnight, Elaine Kimmer, Ovella Carlton, Phyllis Wilhoit, Betty Jean Freeze, Louise Carter, Dolynn Webb, Lane Davis. Second Row: Diane Hendrickson, Sonjia Sechler, Jean Anthony, Vienna Goodman, Jean Leazer, Joan Overcash, Lorene Lackey, Judy Fisher, Frances Stiller, Tamora Morgan, Tamora Isenhour. Third Row: Peggy Ritchie, Louise Overcash, Mary Ritchie, Lyndia Lipe, Myrtle Lentz, Alice Miller, Patricia Haire, Phyllis James, Lydia Crisp, Kathryn Jennings. First Row: Peggy Ritchie, Treasurer;;Jackie Wallace, Secretary; Carol Corriher, President; Diane Hendrickson, Vice-President; Miss Ruth Dillard, Advisor. Second Row: Jeanie Walton, Nancy Benfield, Doris Shue, Patsy Eagle, Melba Beaver, Louise Houston, Avice Tate, Ann Yost, Margaret Null. Third Row: Shirley Benfield, Jane Ellen Wilhelm, Ann Whicker, Sylvia Castor, Sarah Wilhelm, Barbara Lentz, Carolyn Moose, Janet Arant. Fourth Row: Gail Gabriel, Joy Bost, Madeline Norton, Betty Morris, Bonnie Menius, Betty Propst, Barbara Hinson, Mary Walters, Peggy Beaver. Page Forty-Seven OFFICE STAFF Jean Menius, Sylvia Castor, Claudette Overcash, Frances Crisp, Peggy Sasser, Carolyn Johnson, Vivian Aldridge, and Carl W. Price, Principal. BIBLE CLUB 1st Row: Bobby Sustar, Janet Arant, Sybil Faggart, Marlene Shive, Avis Arant, Donald Moore. 2nd Row: Kay Wallace, Shirley Benfield, Barbara Anthony, Nancy Benfield, Julia Ann Harris, Wilma Smith, Shirley Lipe, Miss Juboor, Sponsor. 3rd Row: Pauline Tutterow, Rebecca Kimball, Peggy Sasser, Ovella Carlton, Ann Sloan, Joyce Hutchinson, Linda Lipe, Alice Rose Mishak, Sue Deal, Nancy Carol Fisher, Barbara Lentz, Carolyn Moose. 4th Row: Christine Crisco, Loretta Lentz, Doris Leazer, Naomi Holcombe, Carol Corriher, Betty Rowell, Janet Thomason, Patsy Waddell, Doris Stiller, Irene Honbarger, Louise Honbarger, Margaret Nicholson, Avice Tate, Helen Frye. 5th Row: Donald Morris, Harry Lee Propst, Perry Upright, Curtis Sides, Harry Smith, Kenneth Eller, Clifton Abernathy, Bruce Goodnight, Richard Fluck, Gary Beaver, Wiley Drye, Johnny Bame, Howard Killian. Page Forty-Eight 1st Row: Reid Basinger, Sentinel; Wayne Overcash, Secretary; Glenn Patterson, Treasurer; Emmett Patterson, President; Rann Yost, Vice-President; Richard Pluck, Reporter; John Allison, Advisor. 2nd Row: Roy Pinkston, Sidney Albright, Johnnie Sloan, Ned Rape, Donald Sloop, Gary Wilhelm, Harvey Morgan, Wayne Davis, Jackie Evans, Earl Atwell. 3rd Row: Vance Goodman, Mike Propst, Steve Daves, Roy Trexler, Max Bostian, Donnie Lentz, Harold Speck, Sam Bebber, Steve Torrence, Norman Albright. 4th Row: Sam Null, Jimmy Boger, Carl Beaver, Robert Raymer, Gene McCorkle, Walter Sutton, Perry Upright, Larry Patterson, Jerry Rape, Terry Morrison. 5th Row: Lloyd Casper, Vernon Quantz, Steve Shuping, Homer Bost, Bobby Barringer, Russell Gillespie, Wayne Miller, James Turner, Donald Heilig, Troy Trexler, Billy Boger, Curtis Bost. BUS DRIVERS 1st Row: J. W. Torrence, Donald Moore, Stanley Evans. 2nd Row: Jimmy Lazenby, Perry Upright, Curtis Bost, Walter Sutton, Margaret Null. 3rd Row: Billy Boger, Donald Heilig, Wiley Drye. Page Forty-Nine DRAMATICS CLUB (Juniors) 1st Row: Faye Wagoner, Patsy Faggart, Marlene Watson, Nancy Carol Fisher, Wilma Smith, Betty Brooks, Janet Arant. 2nd Row: Mrs. Smith, Sponsor; Jane Ellen Wilhelm, Sue Deal, Marlene Shive, Avice Tate, Carolyn Moose, Cornelia Shaw, Anne Whicker, Phyllis Arthurs, 3rd Row: Mary Karriker, Sylvia Castor, Patsy Waddell, Glenn Bell, Naomi Holcombe, Pat Safrit, Lois Freeze, Peggy Freeze. 4th Row: Reid Morgan, Pete Kluttz, Jerry Ritchie, Phillip Deese, Kern Freeze, Jimmy Seamon, Johnny Bame, Larry Swink. DRAMATICS CLUB (Seniors) 1st Row: Doris Karriker, Margaret Null, Jean Menius, Gail McSwain, Phyllis Richardson Peggy Russell, Bobbie Nell Rodgers, Frances Crisp, Mrs. Smith, Sponsor. 2nd Row: Barbara Lentz, Velma Martin, Bonnie Stirewalt, Mildred Burrell, Peggy Sasser, Doris Stiller, Janet McCluney Helen Frye, Avis Arant, Patsy Eller. 3rd Row: Loretta Lentz, Christine Crisco, Margaret Nicholson, Wiley Drye, Harry Waddell, Bruce Goodnight, Larry Freeze, Vivian Aldridge, Carolyn Buckwe 11- 4th Row: Emmett Patterson, Donald Moore, Johnny Houston, Morris Overcash. Max Menius, Wintry Whicker, Phillip Mauldin, Larry Patterson. Page Fifty STUDENT COUNCIL 1st Row: Peggy Sasser, Larry Patterson, Ray Burleson, Carol Corriher. 2nd Row: Mrs. Sherri Sponsor; Marlene Watson, Joyce Herrin, Carol Sue Smith, Sarah Wilhelm, Nancy Morrison, Jackie Wallace, Phyllis Wilhoit, Peggy Ritchie. 3rd Row: Steve Daves, Harold Winecoff, Linda Lipe, Doris Stiller, Nancy Carol Fisher, Marlene Shive, Nolan Heilig, Max Bostian. 4th Row: John Robert Stirewalt, Emmett Patterson, Eugene Haire, Wayne Overcash, Phillip Deese, Johnny Shinn Norvel Sprinkle, Curtis Sides. 11 , COMMERCIAL CLUB 1st Row: Bobby Cottingham, Tommy Menius, Jerry Ritchie, Pete Kluttz, John Robert Stirewalt, Morris Overcash, Wiley Drye. 2nd Row: Marlene Watson, Barbara Cloninger, Francis Crisp, Patsy Faggart, Lois Ann Freeze, Sara Ann Carriker, Margaret Null, Doris Karriker, Miss Patterson. 3rd Row: Mary Karriker, Christine Crisco, Dorothy Jennings, Nancy Patterson, Carolyn Johnson, Bonnie Stirewalt, Doris Stiller, Vivian Aldridge, Marlene Shive. 4th Row: Miss Roseman, Claudette Overcash, Barbara Anthony, Betty Rowell, Carol Sechler, Sylvia Castor, Doris Leazer, Sybil Faggart, Nancy Carol Fisher, Jane Wilhelm. Page Fifty-One NEWSPAPER STAFF Seated: Helen Frye, Carol Sechler, Doris Miss Roseman, Morris Overcash, Jane Ellen Mary Karriker, Margaret Null. Karriker. Standing: Miss Patterson, Bonnie Stirewalt, Wilhelm, Claudette Overcash, Pete Kluttz, Nancy Fisher, LIBRARY STAFF Jane Ellen Wilhelm, Mary Walters, Betty Propst, Bonnie Roberts, Ethel Hall, Carolyn Johnson, Mildred Burrell, Menius, Ann Whicker, Gail McSwain. Rebecca Kimball, Mrs. Page Fifty-Two STORE Donald Moore, Carol Sechler, Mrs. Bostian, June Blackwelder, Jeanie Walton CAFETERIA STAFF Vance Goodman, Wayne Davis, Mrs. Craddock, Mary Walter, Irene Honbarger, Mrs. Wilson, Louise Honbarger, Mrs. Blackwelder, Hazel Jacobs, Melba Hodge, Mrs. Lyerly, Joyce Herrin, Mary Walker, Steve Safrit. SENIOR DIRECTORY VIVIAN ALDRIDGE: Choir 1-4; F. H. A. 1- 3; Dramatics Club 3,4; Commercial Club 3,4; Office Staff 4; Annual Staff, Club Editor 4; French Club 2,3; Treasurer 2; Beta Club 3,4. BARBARA EVON ANTHONY: F. H. A. 1,2; Com¬ mercial Club 3,4; Beta Club 3,4; Bible Club 4. AVIS MARCELLE ARANT: F. H. A. 1,2; Choir 2,3,4; Bible Club 3,4; Secretary 4, Dis¬ trict Officer 4; Basketball 3;Homecoming Queen 4; Homecoming Court 3; Christmas Play 3; Dramatics Club 3,4; Canteen 1,3, 4; Miss Merry Christmas 4;0ffice Staff 1,2,3; Cheerleader 4; Most Friendly 4; Monogram Club 4; Miss China Grove High 4. CARL BARE JAMES REID BASINGER: Football 1-4; Sen¬ ior All-Star Football Game 4, Co-Captain 4; Monogram Club 4; Baseball 2; F. F. A. 1-4; Representative of County Federation 3; State Farmer 4; F. F. A. Sentinel 4; Bus Driver 2-4. SHIRLEY KATHRYN BENFIELD: F. H. A. 1-4; Bible Club 3,4; Drivers Education 4. BILLY BOGER: Bus Driver 3,4; F. F. A. 1-4; Baseball 1. JERRY GRAY BRADSHAW:Central High.Moores- ville, N. C. 1-3; Bible Club 4. CAROLYN JEANETTE BUCKWELL: F. H. A. 1,2; Dramatics Club 3,4; Monogram Club 3,4; Basketball 1-4; Band 4. MILDRED ANN BURRELL: F. H. A. 1,2; Choir 1,2,3; Dramatics Club 3,4; Monogram Club 4; Christmas Play 3; Canteen 1,3,4; French Club 2; Cheerleader 3,4; Chief 4; Library Staff 4; Most Popular 4. BARBARA ANN CLONINGER: F. H. A. 1,2,3; Dramatics Club 3,4; Commercial Club 4. CLEO CHRISTINE CRISCO: F. H. A. 1,2; Dramatics Club 3,4; Bible Club 4; Com¬ mercial Club 4. FRANCES GERALDINE CRISP: F. H. A. 1,2; Choir 2,3,4; Commercial Club 4; Office Staff 4; Dramatics Club 3,4. WILEY BENJAMIN DRYE: French Club 2; Class President 1, Dramatics Club 3,4; Beta Club 3,4; President 4; Bus Driver 2,3,4; Commercial Club 4; Bible Club 4; Annual Staff, Associate Editor 4; Most Likely To Succeed 4; Student Council 2. PATSY EILEEN ELLER: F. H. A. 1,2; Cheer¬ leader 2,3,4; Choir 2,3,4; Dramatics Club 3,4; Monogram Club 4; Canteen 1,3. SYBIL ARLENE FAGGART: F. H. A. 1,2,3; Choir 3,4; Bible Club 3,4; Beta Club 3, 4; Vice-President 4; Commercial Club 4; Secretary and Treasurer 4. LARRY EDMUND FREEZE: Dramatics Club 3,4; Choir 3,4; Most Original 4; Christmas Play 3. HELEN ROSE FRYE: F. H. A. 1,3; Secretary 2; Canteen 1,3,4; Scholarship Award 1; Band 2,3,4; Latin Club 2,4; Bible Club 3,4; Dramatics Club 3,4; Beta Club 3,4; Reporter 4; Student Council 2;Commercial Club 3,4; Newspaper Staff 4; Associate Editor 4; Annual Staff, Historian 4; Most Studious 4; Scottish Bank Award 3. BRUCE PATTERSON GOODNIGHT: French Club 2,3; Dramatics Club 3,4; Choir 2,3,4; Bible Club 4; Canteen 1,3,4. ETHEL MARLENE HALL: F. H. A. 1,2; French Club 2,3; Library Staff 4; Lunchroom Staff 1,2,3; Canteen 1,3. MINNIE JOANNE HAMPTON: F. H. A. 1,2; Commercial Club 3. BETTY HELMS: F. H. A. 1,2; Choir 3,4. JUDY JEANETTE HOLDSCLAW: F. H. A. 1,2,3; Beta Club 3,4; Choir 1-4; Band, Chief Majorette 3,4. CLARA LOUISE HONBARGER: F. H. A. 1,2; Bible Club 3,4; Lunchroom Staff 2,3,4. (Continued! Page Fifty-Four JOHN GLENN HOUSTON: French Club 2,3; Dramatics Club 3,4; Choir 2,3; Band 1-4; Vice-President 4; Class Treasurer 2,4; Canteen 3,4; Christmas Play 3. DOROTHY SUE JENNINGS: F. H. A. 1,2; Com¬ mercial Club 4. CAROLYN HARRIS JOHNSON: Commercial Club 3,4; Library Staff 4; F. H, A. 1,2; Office Staff 3,4; Canteen 1,3; Newspaper Staff 3. FRANKLIN DELMAR JOHNSON: Football 2. DORIS LOUISE KARRIKER: Beta Club 3,4; French Club 2; F. H. A. 1,2; Monogram Club 3,4; Basketball 2,3,4; Dramatics Club 3,4; Commercial Club 3,4; Newspaper Staff, Associate Editor 4; Driver’s Education 4. BARBARA ANN LENTZ: Choir 2-4; F. H. A. 1-4; Reporter 3; Beta Club 3,4;Secretary 4;Dramatics Club 4;Bible Club 4; Band 4. LORETTA ELIZABETH LENTZ: F. H. A. 1-3; Bible Club 4;Choir 3,4;Dramatics Club 4. MARGIE MARTIN: Mt. Ulla High School 1 -3; Beta Club 4. VELMA KAYE MARTIN: F. H. A. 1,2; Dra¬ matics Club 4; Choir 3; Lunchroom Staff 2; Drivers Education 4. PHILIP BAXTER MAULDIN: Dramatics Club 3,4; French Club 2,4; Monogram Club 3,4; Class Secretary 2; Student Council, Treasurer 2, Vice-President 3; Canteen 1-4; Football 1-4; Co-Captain 4; Senior All Star Football Game; Christmas Play 3;Most Popular 4;Basketball 3,4; Editor- in-chief of Annual 4. CLARA JANET McCLUNEY: F. H. A. 1,2; Dra¬ matics Club 3,4; Band 2,3,4; Latin Club 4; Choir 2; Canteen 1-4; Most Talkative 4; F. H. A. 1,2; French Club. GAIL DEANNA McSWAIN: F. H. A. l,2;French Club 3,2; Dramatics Club 3,4; Canteen 3, 4; Representative to Girls State 3; Christmas Play 3; Library Staff 4. LAURA JEAN MENIUS: F. H. A. 1,2; Dra¬ matics club 4; Office Staff 3,4. MAX ELBERT MENIUS: French Club 2,3; Dra¬ matics Club 3,4;Student Council 2; Choir 3,4; Band 1-4; Drum Major 3,4; Student Director 1-4; Most Talkative 4; Most Talented 4; Annual Staff 4; Giftorian 4. TOMMY RAY MENIUS: F. F. A. 1,2; French Club 2,3; Football 3,4; Student Council 3; Commercial Club 4; Best-A11-Round 4; Annual Staff; Advertising Manager 4. DONALD THOMAS MOORE: F. F. A. 1,2; Class Reporter 2;Basketball Manager 2,3; Mono¬ gram Club 3,4;French Club 2,3; Dramatics Club 3,4; Bible Club 3,4; Reporter 3; President 4; Bus Driver 4; School Store 4; Most Dependable 4. NANCY MORRISON: F. H. A. 1,2; French Club 2,3; Vice-President 3; Beta Club 3; 4; Treasurer 4; Commercial Club 4; Stu¬ dent Council 4; Chief Marshall 3; Most Likely to Succeed 4. MARGARET ANN NICHELSON: F. H. A. 1,2; Dramatics Club 4; Bible Club 4. MARGARET ANN NULL: Class Reporter 1; F. H.A. 1-4; Dramatics Club 3-4; Secretary and Treasurer 4; Commercial Club 3,4; Newspaper Staff 4; Bus Driver 4; French Club 2; Monogram 3,4; Basketball 1-4; All Conference 3; Most Athletic 4. MARION CLAUDETTE OVERCASH: F. H. A. 1, 2; Vice-President 2; Commercial Club 3, 4;Beta Club 3,4; Choir 3,4; Class Treas¬ urer 3; Marshall 3; Office Staff 4; An¬ nual Staff, Lawyer; News Editor for Trident 4. ROBERT MORRIS OVERCASH: French Club 2,3; Drama.Club 3,4;Com.Club 4;Band 3,4;Choir 4; Most Friendly 4; Newspaper Staff 4. EMMETT SLOOP PATTERSON: F. F. A. 1-4, Secretary 3, President 4; Beta Club 3,4; (Continued! Page Fifty-Five Student Council 4;Canteen 3,4; Dramatics Club 3,4; Choir 3; Most Studious 4. LARRY HUGH PATTLRSON: Class Treasurer 1; Basketball 1-4; Baseball 1-4; F. F. A. 1-4; Treasurer 3; Student Council 2; President 4; Monogram Club 3,4; Beta Club 3,4; Canteen 1-4; Class President 3; Dramatic Club 3,4; Marshall 3, Hal¬ loween King 3; Best Looking 4. PHYLLIS BRANHAM RICHARDSON: Landis High School 1; F. H. A. 2,3; Dramatics Club 3,4; Canteen 3,4; Basketball 1-4; Mono¬ gram Club 3,4; Commercial Club 4; Annual Staff 4; Sports Editor 4; Best Dressed 4. BARBARA NELL RODGERS: F. H. A. 1,2; Canteen 1,3,4; French Club 2; Dramatics Club 4,3; Most Original 4. BETTY JEAN ROWELL: Spencer High School 1,2; Bible Club 4; Commercial Club 4. PEGGY LOU RUSSELL: F. H. A. 1,2; Choir 2,3; French Club 2; Dramatics Club 3,4; Monogram Club 4; Christmas Play 3;Cheer¬ leader 4; Canteen 1-4; Homecoming Court 4; Best Looking 4. TOMMY WAYNE SAFRIT: F. F. A. 1,2. PEGGY JO SASSER: Band 2,3; F. H. A. 2; Office Staff 2,4; Latin Club 2,4; Vice- President 4; Student Council 2-4; Sec¬ retary 4; Class Reporter 3; Christmas Play 3; Dramatics Club 3,4; Beta Club 4; Bible Club 4; Canteen 2-4; Most Dependa¬ ble 4; Annual Staff, Prophet 4. JEAN CAROL SCHLER: Class Secretary 1,3, 4; Store 1-4; Band 1-4; Secretary 3, Choir 2,3; Student Council 2,3; French Club 2,3; Secretary 3; Marshall 3; Dra¬ matics Club 3;Most Talented 4; Christmas Play 3; Beta Club 3,4; Canteen 1-4; Com¬ mercial Club 4; Editor-in-chief of Trident. DON SPEIGHT DORIS JEAN STILLER: F. H. A. 2,3; Com¬ mercial Club 3,4; Feature Editor of Trident 3; Dramatics Club 3,4; Reporter 3; French Club 2,3; Treasurer 3; Cast of Silver Star of Christmas 3; Girls’ State 3; Annual Staff Business Manager 4; Stu¬ dent Council 3,4; Beta Club 4; Band 2-4; Bible Club 4; Choir 2,4; Canteen 2-4; Best All-Around 4. BONNIE JUNE STIREWALT: Dramatics Club 3,4;Basketbal1 1,3,4; Monogram Club 3,4; Commercial Club 4; Fall Festival Queen 4; F. H. A. 1-3; Newspaper Staff 4. Fea¬ ture Editor 4; Canteen 1,3,4; JOHN ROBERT STIREWALT: Baseball 1-3; Commercial Club President 4; Student Council 4; French 2,3. J.W.TORRENCE,JR.:French Club 2;Bus Dr.4. ROBERT HARRISON WADDELL; Dramatics Club 3,4; President 4; Monogram Club 1-4; French Club 2; Class Vice-President 4; Mr. Football 4; Most Courteous 3; Most Athletic 4; Canteen 1,3,4; Senior All Star Football Team 4; Football 3,4; Co- Captain 4; Manager 1,2; Basketball 3,4; Baseball 1-4; Cash of Silver Star of Christmas 3. WINFRY EVANS WHICKER: Class President 2,4; Football 1-4; Co-Captain 4; Basket¬ ball 1-4; Baseball 1,2; Band 1-4; Presi¬ dent 4; Latin Club 2,4; Secretary-Treas¬ urer 2; Student Council 3; Beta Club 3, 4; Dramatics Club 3,4; Marshall 3; Christmas Play 3;Best Dressed 4;Canteen l,3,4;Sr. All Star Football Team 4;Mono- gram Club 3,4. CHARLES WHITMAN Page Fifty-Six COMPLIMENTS OF BROWN DRUG COMPANY Prescriptions and Sundries Phone 4 CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA EARLE’S OFFICE SUPPLIES SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA SERVICE Phone 198 CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA COMPLIMENTS OF CHINA GROVE ICE FUEL COMPANY ICE FUEL SATISFACTION ice - Quality Coals - shell Fuel Oil Shell Kerosene - wood - Electric Appliances Phone 95 CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA Page Fifty-Eight Western Flyer Bicycles Truetone Radio Sets Wizard Appliances Davis Tires Wizard Batteries and Auto Parts WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE Home Owned and Operated by E. W. BAKER Phone 242 CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA WAGONER MOTOR COMPANY, INC. Sales service - Chevrolet - Used Cars Phone 80 CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA Page Fifty-Nine CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1955 Ladies Shoes - BELK-CLINE, INC. Ready-to-Wear - Finest of Men’s Apparel Boy’s Wear - Complete Line of Piece Goods Moderately Priced CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA L. B. Thomas Towel City Blind Co. Furniture Company MANUFACTURES OF Ventian Blinds - Custom Made Drapes Home of Fine Furniture Drape Material Accessories C. B. Seaford - Jackson Park Phone III Phone 6216 - 607 Cannon Blvd. CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA RAPER ' S BROS. COMPLIMENTS OF Ohio China Wholesale Retail H. L. OVERCASH ' S GARAGE China - Pottery - Glass - Novelties Phone 26-W Highway 29 - Salisbury, North Carolina CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA COMPLIMENTS OF COMPLIMENTS OF FOX ' S SHELL SERVICE HUNTER-FARROW EQUIPMENT COMPANY Phone 137— R - South China Grove Kannapolis, North Carolina CHINA GROVE HARDWARE COMPANY Building Supplies - Appliances Paints - Sporting Goods Phone 5 CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA Page Sixty-One Kannapolis Bakery Bakers of Golden Crust Bread and Tasty Cakes Phone 8136 - 7146 KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA COMPLIMENTS OF BOSTAIN ' S MERCANTILE COMPANY CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA COMPLIMENTS OF W. L. WALL GROCERY CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA Millers Hotel Cafe where friends meet to eat COMPLIMENTS OF KANNAPOLIS ICE FUEL KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA COMPLIMENTS OF O. O. RUFTY GENERAL STORE SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA WEANT’S TEXACO SERVICE B. F. Goodrich Tires Batteries Home Auto Supplies Phone 282 - 482 HIGHWAY 29 - NORTH MAIN ST. CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA Page Sixty-Two COMPLIMENTS OF SMITH’S GROCERY Carl A. Albright, Prop. Fresh Meats - Gas and Oil Friendly and Courteous service HIGHWAY 29 - SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA JOHNSTON’S FURNITURE CO. KANNAPOLIS, N. C- Your Dealer in Frigidaire Appliances - Duo Therm Oil Heaters Complete Jewelry and Drapery Dept. F. C. JORDAN, JEWELER Hamilton - Elgin - Bulova - and Jewelry Expert Watch Repairing Silver Crystal Phone I I 2-R CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA Page Sixty-Three THE ROWAN COUNTY BUILDING LOAN ASSOCIATION This Building and Loan Association’s business is mutual. Members save money together - they lend each other. They divide profits among themselves. They work to help each other. Our shares are good invest¬ ments and pay good dividends. Come in and we will talk it over; the association is under state Supervision. K. A. SHINN, President CARL J. BEAVER, Vice-President C. C. GRAHAM, Secretary-Treasurer DIRECTORS c. J . Beaver T. F . B o s t i a n C • C • Graham J • L. Ritchie K. A • Shinn W • R. Yost CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROL INA Page Sixty-Four 50 FIFTY YEARS TAYLOR MATTRESS CO. SALISBURY Phone 6 OUR ONE AMBITION 50 To Make You comfortable o n A Taylor Mattress CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1955 ROWAN COTTON MILLS COMPANY SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA Page Sixty-Five COMPLIMENTS OF THE PUTT PUTT CHINA GROVE North Carolina ' s Finest FABRIC SHOP Miniature Golf Course First in Fabrics SALISBURY, N. C. CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA GROVE SUPPLY CO. Wholesale - Building Supplies - Retail Phone 306 - H wy . No. 29 CHINA GROVE, P. 0. Box 827 I Mile North NORTH CAROLINA McCANLESS MOTOR CO. ANDREW ' S BAKERY Dodge and Plymouth Cars Wedding and Party Cakes A Specialty Dodge Job-Rated Trucks 109 South Main St. - Phone 5882 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA COMPLIMENTS OF GOODMAN LUMBER COMPANY COMPLIMENTS OF Quality Millwork - Salisbury, N. C- ROWAN PRINTING CO. Phone: 305 - 301 - 405 Salisbury, North Carolina COMPLIMENTS OF SOUTHERN IMPLEMENT CO. GENERAL FARM EQUIPMENT CO. SALISBURY TRACTOR CO. SMITH-FOWLER EQUIPMENT CO- ROWAN EQUIPMENT CO- TREXLER TRACTOR AND IMPLEMENT CO- RYBURN FARM EQUIPMENT CO- Page Sixty-Six COMPLIMENTS NOAH ' S FIVE AND TEN PURITAN LAUNDRY and CLEANERS Use our Lay Away Plan CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA R. W. NORMAN CO. Good Furniture At Low Prices KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA 225-227 North Main St. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA Sylvania Mr. W. j COMPLIMENTS OF LENTZ ESSO SERVICE STATION CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA JIMMIE BLACKWELDER’S BAR-B-Q Best Always Phone 3002 16 24 W. I NN ES ST. SALISBURY, N. C- COMPLIMENTS OF PHIL ' S FAMILY SHOE STORE RUSTINTS FURNITURE CO. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA Phone 1738 CLINE ' S SHOE SERVICE M. G. Cline 115 West Innes SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA MAYNARD MUSIC CO. I I 0 EAST INNES - Phone 348 1 SAL I SBURY , NORTH CAROLINA One of The Oldest Music Houses in the south Wurlitzer Pianos GRANT MOTOR CO. KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA ROWAN DAIRY SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA Page Sixty-Seven PLESS LAUNDRY CLEANERS Laundering Shirts A Specialty Phone |0 - CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA FIRESTONE HOME AUTO SUPPLIES Henry Price, Jr., Dealer 138 West Avenue - P.O. Box 1145 Phone 6641 - Kannapolis, North Carolina COMPLIMENTS OF JORDAN ' S SHOE SHOP Best Materials and Polishes CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA COMPLIMENTS OF SALISBURY AIRCRAFT SERVICE Highway 29 - Salisbury, N. C- COMPLIMENTS OF CHINA GROVE ROLLER MILL GROVE SUPPLY CO. | 1 COMPLIMENTS OF THE DINETTE EFIRD ' S DEPARTMENT STORE Breakfast - Sandwiches Golden Crisp Do-Nuts KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA 205 Oak St. - Kannapolis, N. C. EDDLEMAN’S CYCLE MACHINE SHOP AUTHORIZED SERVICE FOR BRIGGS STRATTON, CLINTON. WISCONSIN, LAWSON, CONTINENTAO, REO, AND POWER PRODUCTS. AIR COOLED ENGINES AND SPECIALISTS IN POWER MOWERS Hwy. 29 - Phone 2 I 2-W CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA Page Sixty-Eight OWENSBY’S G. E. FURNITURE CO. Appliances Sylvania Television Mr. W. T. Owensby Phone 25 SOUTH MAIN STREET CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT ALL LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS CHINA GROVE DRUG CO. 22 Color Comics every Sunday Phone 123 CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA Full leased wires of United Press, International News Service, United Press Tele¬ photos, Central Press. PARNELLS CITY GARAGE Mr. F. A. Parnell - Tele. 72-J NORTH MAIN STREET CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA Page Sixty-Nine STILLERS SALVAGE YARDS ROWANS LARGEST Used Automobiles, Salvage, Scrap, New and Used Parts Glass Wholesale Phone 5069 CHARLOTTE HIGHWAY SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA Where Distinction Prevails NEWSOM JEWELERS 104 SOUTH MAIN STREET SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA GOWAN ' S SEWING MACHINE COMPANY Sales service and Repairs on All Makes Reid P. Gowan - Phone 490 North Main St. - China Grove, N. C. FLEMING ' S GROCERY Groceries - Meats Agent Farm Bureau Mutual Inc. Co. China Grove, North Carolina COMPLIMENTS OF NORMAN INGLES JEWELRY SHOPPE SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA SALISBURY CHINA MARKET China - Glassware - Novelties SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA EASY PAYMENTS I DIAMONDS WATCHES JEWELRY Leonar cUr. Your Diamond Headquarters H. G. INDEPENDENT WHOLESALE GROCERY COMPANY, INCORPORATED OFC Rowan Plaza Kann. 7111 Warehouse Rowan Plaza Kann. 4616 North Carolina Page Seventy THE SCOTTISH BANK COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE LOAN Checking Accounts - Saving Accounts SAFE-DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT AFTER HOUR DEPOSITORY SERVICE Better Banking - Not ' A Slogan, Its our Business MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION CHINA GROVE - SALISBURY NORTH CAROLINA Page Seventy-One SAL ISBURY WE BELIEVE IN YOUR JUDGMENT COMPARE PET WITH ANY OTHER NORTH CAROLINA CHINA GROVE PLUMBING b HEATING CO. Plumbing and Repairing Oil and Electric Water Heaters Standard and Eljer Plumbing Fixtures Phone 28 CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA COMPLIMENTS OF CHINA GROVE FURNITURE COMPANY FUIINITURE FOR EVERY HOME It’s easy to pay the China Grove furniture way. Phone 24 CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA Page Seventy-Two COMPLIMENTS OF WHITMIRE FALLS China, Crystal and Silver Phone 2-5 I 6 I I 13 Sou th Main Street KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA CAMERA AND HOBBY SHOP WILHELM CABINET SHOP Cedar Chest wardrobes 146 S- Main St. - P.0. Box 398 Good for A Life Time KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA Highway 29 - Salisbury, North Carolina WALLACE MOTOR CO. Sales and Services COMPLIMENTS OF Lincoln - Mercury Dealer NEHI BOTTLING COMPANY SALISBURY - Phone 3919 COMPLIMENTS OF The Young Men’s Shop ARNOLD’S Finest in Men’s apparel Your Guide to Better Fashions Our best ads aren’t written They’re worn. 123 N. Main 108 S. Main Street CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA SALISBURY CHINA GROVE DEPT. STORE Merchandise for the Entire Family CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 55 Pete T. Nasser - Phone 109 China Grove, North Carolina FRANCES’ GRILL Good Things to Eat COMPLIMENTS OF HIGHWAY 29 COX FLORIST SAL 1SBURY Page Seventy-Three CHINA GROVE COTTON MILLS Manufacturers of fine COMBED YARNS CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA Page Seventy-Four SUNSHINE LAUNDRY AND CLEANERS APPROVED SANITONE SERVICE LINEN RENTAL SERVICE CHINA GROVE, NORTH CAROLINA KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA CANNON MILLS COMPANY Makers of Famous cannon Towels and Sheets Page Seventy-Five J . CHINA GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER