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

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PAUL ANTHONY Strongest minds are often those which the noisy world hears least.” RONALD ROBERT BEAVER j ' .S ' n rr brevity is the soul of zvit, I ' ll be brief.” GAIL VERLENE ARANT “The greatest art i i life is to have as many pleasures as possible.” BOBBY LEE BERRIER “I may not be handsome; but declare , do have a disting¬ uished look!” CLASS OFFICERS Ronald Beaver, President; Tommy Smith, Vice Presi¬ dent; Sharon Clauson, Secretary; Dickie Shaw, Treas¬ urer. ‘(5fie 1959 Senior Class HILDA MAE CARRIKER Oh. zeliat szveet delight a quiet life affords.” SHARON PRICE CLAUSON MEREDITH A. COBLE ‘‘Oueen Rose of the rosebud ‘‘Shut the door upon her wit and garden of giris.” and it zcill out at the key¬ hole.” BRENDA CRESS “Not married, but willing be!” to !

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DAVID ABERNATHY “Every inch a good fcllozv . . . and oh! so many inches!’’ RONNIE ASH BURN “As good natured a soul as e’er trod on shoe of leather.’’ WANDA EVANS ALLEN “The kindness of her heart is equalled only by the red of her hair.” TEDDY W. BALLARD “ll inc, women, and song are getting me dozen. I guess I ' ll have to give up singing.” SAMMY BURTON ALLMAN “The frivilous zeork of polished idleness.” SCOTT IE SUE BASINGER True merit is like a river; the deeper it is, the less noise it wakes. JOHN HERBERT ANDERSON “The greatest man asks a fool¬ ish question naze and then.” PEGGY ANN BEAVER “Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.” HISTORY OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1959 As we come to the end of our high school career, our thoughts drift back over the four years spent in the China Grove High School. Not every day was rosy, for there were many disappointments and obstacles which faced us; but we feel it was worth the struggle to have landed at the goal toward which we have aimed during the past four years. It seems as if we have been on a long journy and now have finally reached our destination. One of the greatest experiences of our lives was that bright morning in the fall of 1955 when we came to China Grove High School for the first time. On this morning 122 bewildered freshmen from the China Grove, Patterson, and Kiser Elementary Schools were curiously wandering about the halls trying to find our homerooms. Although we were actually “green” and were totally confused, we kept all our thoughts secret from the upper classmen. We elected the following class officers: president, Loretta cont. on page 21 18 SHIRLEY ANN BURRIS REGENIA BUTTS “If hazing fun zeas crime, she “It matters not hoze long zee would be serving a life sen- live, but haze zee live for fence,” others.”

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ERNEST GARY CRESS LORETTA JEAN DEAL NANCY DEAL SHARON RAY DIAL “Why should l strive to set the “Every ittc t a queen.” “Honor is the rezeard to virtue.” “ A perfect zvoman, nobly plann- eroobed straight cd to warm, to comfort, and command.” 2959 Senior Class MASCOTS Ronnie Jo Patterson and Larry Wayne Deal. ELIZABETH NADINE EUDY ‘‘The true question is not what zee gain, but what zee do.” NINA LUCILLE HARTSELL ‘‘Honest labor bears a friendly smile.” PATRICIA SUE FAGGART “The zeay to bill time is to zeorb it to death.” ELAINE HOOKS “Charms stribe the sight; merit zeins the soul.” tv