Columbia High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia, NC)

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CLASS POEM We, the Class of Forty-Nine, Leave our high school days behind. We bid farewell to our school so dear That to our hearts will always be near. And to the joys and sorrows we ' ve shared None others to them may be compared. Farewell, we say, to the teachers we love To all our superiors and those above. It ' s to you we owe our heartfelt thanks And beg that you ' ll pardon our many pranks. Yes, all that you ' ve told us has been for our good Even though we didn ' t abide just as we should. Now we venture Into the field of life To face the struggle and combat the strife With heart that ' s strong, we will fight and win We will take the steps and try it alone. And use your teachings as a stepping stone. Here at Columbia we have made friends And for many of us our friendship ends. But in our hearts we would ever be true To the white and the green and the gold and blue. ' Tis just as our motto before us has said We have crossed the bay: the ocean lies ahead. EARLY HOPKINS, Class Poet. SUPERLATIVES DORIS RHODES, JIMMY TWEEDY.Most Ambitious DORIS RHODES, BILLY SPENCER.Best Personality VIRGINIA CLOUGH, JIMMY TWEEDY.Most Dependable ANNBRINN.. Prettiest Girl EARLY HOPKINS.Most Handsome Boy ANN BRINN, EARLY HOPKINS.Most Popular DOROTHY SPRUILL, VERNON CAHOON.Neatest DORIS RHODES, GUY LITCHFIELD.Cutest VIRGINIA CLOUGH, BILLY SPENCER.Most Courteous VIRGINIA CLOUGH, BERLINE SPENCER.Most Original ANN BRINN, BILLY SPENCER.Most Dignified BOBBIE BASNIGHT, GUY LITCHFIELD.Most Bashful BOBBIE BASNIGHT, JIMMY TWEEDY.Most Likely to Succeed BOBBIE BASNIGHT, JIMMY TWEEDY.Most Studious ANN BRINN. ROY REYNOLDS.Most Athletic BILLY SPENCER, OLLIE CAHOON.Best All Around IRIS JEAN SIMMONS, BILLY SPENCER.Friendliest DORIS RHODES, ROY REYNOLDS.Wittiest EARLY HOPKINS.Biggest Heartbreaker BILLY CLOUGH.Most Carefree TILLIE COOPER.Best Dancer CHRISTINE AINSLEY.Best Singer PHYLLIS LIVERMAN.Most Versatile ELVA RAE MOORE.Best Disposition

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BILLY SPENCER Neat in appearance, pleasing manner— a very likeable person. DOROTHY SPRUILL Dorothy is neat and pretty and well-liked by all her classmates.” F. H. A., Chi Pi Club. Associate Editor of Annual, Class Secretary, Newspaper, Glee Club, 4-H Club. JIMMY TWEEDY Thinking he could do the thing took him through many deep waters. Beta Club, Editor of Annual, F. F. A. Chief-Marshall, Co-Captain Football and Basketball, Baseball. NANCY HASSELL Mascot Pretty as a picture FREDDIE SWAIN Mascot Cute as can be GREEN and WHITE YELLOW ROSE Motto: WE HAVE CROSSED THE BAY; THE OCEAN LIES AHEAD.

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HISTORY Can it actually be that our twelve years of school are almost over. Amazing! Yet, it seems as if it were only yesterday when we first tread the halls of the Freshmen Class. We had never cut a wisdom tooth, but we soon found that the old saying, Learning ' s road is rough, is a very true state¬ ment There could be a great deal said about this year of our life, but since this is a history and not a biography, I must be brief. This year our teachers were: Miss Moore, Miss Whitehurst, Miss Bal¬ ance, Miss Walker, Miss Brickhouse, Mr. Riddick, and Mr. Moore. During that year Loretta Simmons decided that she was ready for the road of life. Now she is a graduated beautician. Much to our e had to leave four boys behind to the sympathetic hands of the oncoming Freshmen. Tis sorrow we h a pity. . . . It has been said that the Sophomores are very wise students and we may add that its true. We passed all the trials and terrors of a Freshman and landed in the Sophomore Class with much con¬ fidence. I must admit that we were quite brave. It was about then that we thought we had discovered a method of being able to get through classes without the aid of books or a teacher—that is untiWe- port cards and exams came along. This year we had a new faculty almost entirely. New members were Mr. Baker, Miss Young, Miss Ange, Miss Midyette, and Mr. Bateman. During this year George Staley transferred to Campbell College to complete his work. We also lost Merle Payne, Bill Godwin, Roscoe Liverman, Junior Weatherly, and Charles Swindell. In their places we gained one student, Til- lie Cooper, who is still with us. Alas! Was there ever a happier day than the day we reached the goal of Juniors? Never— or so we thought at that time. We soon began concentrating on our Junior Play, Laugh Clown. We gave this on the night of December 10th. We are proud to say everyone enjoyed it thoroughly. After the excitement from our play was over, we began to give some thought to our banquet for the Seniors. This was given on April 30th, and turned out to be the best ever given, we thought. We used the theme of an Old Fashioned Garden which was really beautiful. To top it all we had the orchestra from E. C. T. C., and they did a swell job. In return for all this the Seniors honored us by giving us a chicken fry which was enjoyed by all. Our marshalls for this year were Bobbie Basnight and Jimmy Tweedy. It was well earned. It was during this year that we lost four more of our classmates—Ann Cohoon, Dora Brickhouse, Bettie Mor¬ ris, and T. J. Cooper. We gained some new teachers this year, Mr. Thompson, Miss Summerall, and Miss Hooper. It was also during this semester that our classmate. Early Hopkins, was honored by re¬ ceiving the football trophy. Ah, but we enjoyed that year! At last we landed in the Senior Class, and became dignified. Miss Hooper, Miss Summerall, Miss Brickhouse and Mr. Baker did not return, but we are glad to say we gained Miss Lane, Miss Brewer, Mrs. King, Mrs. Tilson, and Mr. Tilson. Many things have happened this year, but we will pass to you only the highlights. We produced an annual this year of which we can all be proud. This year the football trophy was won by another classmate, Roy Reynolds for playing outstanding football. We presented a comedy, For Pete ' s Sake, in March, as our Senior Play. It was a success. The Banquet which the Junior ' s gave us was very nice, and of course we must not forget our trip to Wash¬ ington, D. C. This was enjoyed by everyone. This completes our high school life and our day shall end in the old familiar way, congratulations. ®® ' ’ 9 dness, and smiles. But, as our Motto puts it, We have crossed the bay; the ocean lies DORIS RHODES, Historian,