Columbia High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1954 volume:

i COLUMBIAN 1954 ' foreword Patience and hard work have gone into the preparation of this reviewr of the high lights of the year at Columbia High School. May it pro¬ vide you with many pleasant memories. Now it is with much pleasure we proudly present to you THE COLUMBIAN of 1954. PublisLJ Bh Tl.e Senior Class Of COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL Columbia, North Carolina High School faculty CHARLOTTE FIELD Senior Advisor ERNEST CHESSON, JR. MADGE VAN HORNE Junior Advisor Sophomore Advisor PAUL POWELL Student Council President, Clair Morris, Jr.; Vice-President, David Davis: Secretary, Carrie Ann Sykes; Treasurer, Estelle West; Class Representatives; Mary Meekins, Peggy Griffin, Betty Reynolds, Matilda Furlough, Rena Mae Spencer, Bill White, Alfred Davenport, Judy McDuffie, Avery Morris; Advisors; Mrs. Van Horne, Mr. Chesson (not shown)! 4 :. Senior Class Officers PRESIDENT JACK COMBS VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER MARY MEEKINS MARIE SPENCER CLAIR MORRIS, JR. CLASS COLORS BLACK AND WHITE Mascots CLASS FLOWER RED ROSE CLASS MOTTO CLIMB, THOUGH THE HEIGHTS BE RUGGED Class Tonight we come to the end of a climb. One that has been rocky and rough. One that we dreaded sometime But, yet we knew it would be tough. Poem Tomorrow is another day. Another climb we ' ll start And again success will lead the way. Yet we won ' t take failures to heart. So as we start our life anew On our climb to Happiness Door We climb. Though The Heights be Rugged-- We ' re the Class of ' 54. Roger Class Armstrong Poet Seniors 1954 HULDA AINSLEY Always a smile to chances to meet you. F.H.A. 1,2; Glee Club 3; 4-H Club 1. OLIVER BELANGIA Do nothing today you Football 1,2,3; Baseball 1,2,3; Basketball 1,2; Monogram Club 3,4; 4-H Club 1,2,3; F.F.A. 1,2,3, VADIS BRICKHOUSE Let ' s skip class and walk around. F.H.A. 1,2; Junior Play; 4-H Club 1,2; Music Club 1,2. BETTY LOU CHESSON Silence and intelligence are commendable traits ' . ' F.H.A. 1,2; Hi-Lites Staff 3,4; Secretary 3. Seniors 1954 IH If! I mmu If Seniors 1954 Class History Oh! The da2e of our youth! They are the ones we like to recall. Remember the day Mrs. Camille Everton and Mrs. Clara Alexander greeted us with comforting words as they welcomed us to the first grade? We enjoyed that year and the years that followed as well as our kind teachers. be completely brushed from our memories. Even now, I can recall that gay Septem- berday--ourfirst day in high school! We gathered together in the auditorium which was curtained off into classrooms because we were in the process of getting a new high-school building. Itwasthen and there we met our new coach. Mr. Woody West- all and learned that he was to be our home-room teacher. Because of his youthful¬ ness and good looks he had no trouble keeping the girls ' attention in class. We selected our subjects and finally began to get used to changing classes. Considering all the excitement that year in the auditorium, including the midget fly¬ ing saucers which came sailing over the curtains once in awhile, we all passed and were then known as Silly Sophomores. However, we felt as though we were grow¬ ing up, even if we still had much to learn. Our Sophomore Year was not too exciting. It was that year we bid farewell to classmates Carl Curlings, Betty Joyce Etheridge, Vida Rae Merritt, Bobby Spruill, and J. C. Voliva. In return, we welcomed two new teachers. Miss Stella Matthews . and Mr. Ernest Chesson, Jr. Also that year we girls were asked to serve at the Junior-Senior Banquet. At last we reached our Junior Year which was filled with many activities. The first was the morning we ordered our class rings and then the day they came. Then the presentation of our Junior play, Little Women. The proceeds secured from our play and from other extracurricular activities, such as sponsoring a Teacher Talent Show and selling drinks at ball games, gave us a start on the amount which was need¬ ed to give the Junior-Senior Banquet. We lost another classmate that year, Annette Brickhouse. At Christmas our mascots, Wanda Hassell and Chris Yerby, entertained us with a delightful Christmas party. When banquet time rolled around we had select¬ ed Cinderella in Fairyland” as our theme. For the Senior Return we were served a most delicious chicken fry. That year ended with great ambition and determination to return in the fall and Climb, Though The Heights Be Rugged. When we entered school in the fall of this year we had twenty-two seniors en¬ rolled. Later during the year we lost one of our best pals, Barbara Ann Davis, who married. Tokeep the record even we regained a former classmate, Frances Reynolds Alexander. She is getting her studies at home and plans to graduate with us. We are still spinning our web with only a few more rounds to make before we will be finished, and ready to begin a new one. Betty Jean Spruill Historian Cast Will A ad ZestamcHt Township of Columbia County of Tyrrell State of North Carolina We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-four, of Columbia High School, being of sound mind and body, do ordain and witness this, our Last Will and Testament. r education, wish to destribute oi : possessions ir ARTICLE I To C. H. S. we leave our honor and affection through the coming years. ARTICLE U and thanks for all they have done to help us during our school years, ARTICLE III SECTION I SECTION II To the incoming Sophomores we leave the realization that they have survived their first year in high school and are on iheir way to the top of the school ladder. SECTION in To the incoming Juniors we leave the many parties and much fun included with the work of a busy Junior year. SECTION IV To the incoming Seniors we leave a glimpse of the future they will soon ' behold in a world they hope to improve. ARTICLE IV Individual Bequests: To specified individuals we wish to bestow the following articles: I, Roger Armstrong, leave my infectious laugh to Max Liverman. I, Red Belangia, leave my flaming hair to Jimmy Howlctt. 1, Jack Combs, leave my friendliness to James Cradock. to Bobby Smith, I, Bobby Hassell, leave my wittiness to Collon Snell. I, Clair Morris, leave my I.Q. to Lawrence Brickhouse. 1, Billy Spencer, leave my height to David Davis and my weight to Bill White. I, Hulda Ainsley, leave my weight to Louise Walker. I, Vadis Brickhouse, leave my care-free ways to Florence Brickhouse. I, Susie Cooper, leave my seriousness to Annette Spencer. I, Flo Davenport, leave my friendly smile and I.Q. to Barbara Ann Moore and Annette Jones, respectively. 1, Barbara Anne Davis, leave my tall slenderness to Ann Selby, 1, Peggy Griffin, leave my art ability to Betty Jane Rhodes. I. Mary Meekins, leave my candidness to Margaret Roughton. I, Kay Reynolds, leave my loudness to Shelby Cohoon. 1, Cay Spencer, leave my gay attitude to Audrey Spruill. I, Marie Spencer, leave my small feet to Judy McDuffie. I, Betty Jean Spruill, leave my right to ask so many questions in (or out of) class to Loretta Roughton. I, Dorothy Taylor, leave my ability to win an argummt to Nancy Swain. I, Betty Lou Chesson, leave this space to be filled in next year by one of this years ' unsuspecting Juniors. Betty Lou Chesson, Testatrix Senior Superlatives MOST STUDIOUS Betty Lou--Clair MOST ORIGINAL Addie--Red BEST PERSONALITY Gay--Leroy CLASS PETS Mary--Roger CLASS PESTS Betty Jean--Bobby MOST DEPENDABLE Flo--Henry BIGGEST FLIRT Flo--Clara Senior Superlatives MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Peggy--Clair LOUDEST Betty Jean--Bobby BEST ALL-AROUND Flo-Clair Class Prophecy junior Class Officers CLASS MOTTO SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND CLASS COLORS CLASS FLOWER BLUE AND WHITE BLUE AND WHITE CARNATIONS Superlatives Best Looking.Vera Patrick, Bobby Pinner Best All Around.Loretta Roughton, Max Liverman Wittiest.Louise Walker, Charles Spruill Loudest. Nina Swindell, Charles Swain Most Studious.Carolyn Swain, Glenn Woodley Most Athletic. Carolyn Swain, James Pledger Class Pets.Betty Reynolds, Bobby Pinner Class Pests.Annette Spencer, Glenn Woodley fjuHiors Ada Basnight Music 1,2; -J-H Club 1,2, 3; Hi-Lites Staff 3; Basket¬ ball 1.2; F.H.A. 1,2,3. Ililda Brickhouse 4-H Club 1,2,3; F.H.A. 1.2,3; Glee Club 2; Music 1,2; Hi-Lites Staff 2; Beta Club 2,3. Walter Davenport (Not Pictured) F.F.A. 1,2,3; Baseball 1,2,3; Football 1.2,3; Monogram Club 2,3. Jackie Davis Football 1,2,3; Basket¬ ball 1,2,3; Baseball 1,2, 3; Boxing 1,2. Matilda Furlough 4-H Club 1,2,3; F.H.A. 1,2,3; Vice-President 1, 3; Secretary 2; Hi-Lites Staff 3. Patty Kight F.H.A. 1,2; 4-H Club 1 , 2 . Delores Brickhouse F.H.A. 1,2; Beta Club 2; 4-H Club 1,2; Hi-Lites Staff 3; Cheerleader 3. Shirley Copeland 4-H Club 1,2,3; Cheer¬ leader 2,3; F.H.A. 1,2,3; Secretary 3; Basketball 2,3; Hi-Lites Staff 3. David Davis President 2,3; Student Council 2,3; Hi-Lites Staff 2, 3. John Robert Fleming F.F.A. 1,2,3. Ollie Jones F.H.A. 1; 4-H Club 1; Elem. Librarian 1,2,3. Max Liverman Hi-Lites Staff 2,3; Foot¬ ball 3; F.F.A. 1,2,3. Dean Owens Vera Patrick juniors Larry Gene Rhodes F.F.A. 1,2,3; 4-H Club 1,2,3; Football 1,2,3; Monogram 2,3. Loretta Roughton Stella Rhodes 4-H Club 1,2,3; F.H.A. 1,2,3; Vice-President 2; Basketball 2,3; Hi-Lites Staff 2,3. Margaret Roughton H u Hi ors Sophomore Class Officers PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER Glenn Simmons Jimmy Hewlett Rena Mae Spencer Larry Hopkins CLASS MOTTO TONIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS; TOMORROW INTO LIGHT. CLASS COLORS CLASS FLOWER GREEN AND WHITE WHITE ROSE Superlatives Best Looking. Lucia Kay Brickhouse, Glenn Simmons Best All-Around. Carrie Ann Sykes. Billy Pope Wittiest.Betty Mae Jackson, George Gray Most Studious.Barbara Ann Moore. Jimmy Hewlett Most Athletic. Hyla Brickhouse, Glenn Simmons Loudest.Alecia Cohoon, George Gray Class Pets.Rena Mae Spencer, Carlisle Harrell Class Pests.Betty Mae Jackson, Larry Hopkins Sophomores Clara Ann Brickhouse Florence Brickhouse Hyla Brickhouse Lucia Kay Brickhouse Alecia Cohoon Bertie Cohoon Joyce Davenport Walter Davenport Jane Everton George Gray Carlisle Harrell Larry Hopkins Jimmy Hewlett Betty Mae Jackson Sila Jones Sophomores Barbara Ann Moore Ruby J ean Payne Billy Pope Christine Sawyer Joyce Sawyer Lydia Sawyer Glenn Simmons Eugene Smith Syble Smith Rena Mae Spencer Carrie Ann Sykes J. D. Voliva Allen Weatherly Betty Sue West Bill White Ireshman Class Officers PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER Jimmy Swain Thyra Howett Nan Brickhouse Marietta Swain CLASS MOTTO BE PREPARED: THE FUTURE LIES AHEAD. CLASS COLORS PURPLE AND WHITE CLASS FLOWER YELLOW ROSE Best Looking Best AII-Arov Wittiest . Most Studious Most Athletic Loudest . . . Class Pests . Superl atives .Annette Jones, Earl Gibbs .Marietta Swain, James Craddock, .Thyra Howett, Jimmy Swain .Nan Brickhouse, Thomas Morris .Thyra Howett, Alfred Davenport .Gail Cohoon, Bobby Smith Class Pets Betty Mae Spruill, Sterling Spruill . . . . Jane Selby, Sam S. Woodley JreshmeH Henry Cohoon Ellis Cohoon Shelby Jean Cohoon Ida Faye Cooper James Craddock Alfred Davenport Shirley Davenport Phyllis Rae Davis Earl Gibbs Wayland Gibbs Michael Griffin Joyce Marie Hassell Joyce Rae Hassell John Hayman ' freshmen Q ram mar - Qrade faculty lirst Qrade Second Qrade ft ft A? ft ft fi ft ft f S ' yyyn . . 0LiLU r r r A r ife lii ££r fie r ' l fourth Qrade ?ifth Qrade Sifcth Qrade Seventh Qrade Eighth Qrade eta Club J ewspaper Staff MoHogtam Club ' football Squad First row: Sterling Spruill, Manager; Ellis Cohoon, C. J. Liverman, Billy Spencer, J. i . Roughton, Henry Cohoon, Charles Spruill, Jimmy Hewlett, Earl Gibbs. Second row; Mr. R. J. Riddick, Ass ' t Coach; Glenn Woodley, Larry Rhodes, James Pledger, Clair Morris, Jr., Bobby Pinner, Alfred Davenport, Carlisle Harrell, Jimmy Swain, Roger Armstrong, Mr. Paul Powell, Coach. Third Row: Walter Davenport. Bobby Hassell, Glenn Simmons’ Sam Woodley, Collon Snell, Jack Combs, Jackie Davis, John Hayman, Eugene Smith, Manager! Cheerleaders Head Cheerleader, Flo Davenport: Shirley Copeland, Delores Brickhouse, Carrie Ann Sykes, Betty Mae Jackson, Thyra Howett, Marietta Swain. 1953 football Scores Co-Captains Jack CombB--Clair Morris, Ji Squad, first row; Marietta Swain, Faye Clough, Annette Spencer, Ruby Perry, Stella Rhodes, Manager Jane Selby, Peggy Owens! Gail Cohoon, Shirley Davenport, Lucia Kay Brickhouse, Carrie AnnSykes, Joyce Hassell. Second row; Thyra Howett, Flo Daven¬ port, Betty Mac Jackson, Peggy Griffin, Hyla Brickhouse, Carolyn Swain, Kay Reynolds, Dora Dean Owens, Lydia Sawyer, Shirley Copeland, Yvonne Brickhouse, and Annette Jones. oys ' basketball Squad.first row; Billy Spencer, Billy Pope, Bobby Pinner, Charles Spruill,J. E. Roughton. Second row; Jimmy Swain, Sam S. Wood- ley, Glenn Simmons, Jack Combs, Bobby Hassell, and Carlise Harrell. Coach Paul Powell not pictured. School Staff Mr. Columbus Spencer, Janitor lie Sykes, Lunchre Manage] Compliments of 0. R. SYMON Phone 4341-4342 Elizabeth City North Carolina I, TOO, WORK ON YOUR PUBLICATION!” lication of your newspaper, mogoiine, yeor-book and progroms would be impos¬ sible. 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