Columbia High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1956 volume:

• The Senior Class of COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL Presents .... CARRIE ANN SYKES. BARBARA D. OWENS. RENA MAE SPENCER. BARBARA ANN MOORE. .Ay BETTY SUE WEST.... SAM S. WOODLEY, PHOEBE RHODES, DAVID COHOON LYDIA SAWYER. CHRISTINE SAWYER, JIMMY BRICKHOUSE, BETTY MAE JACKSON ! JOYCE DAVENPORT, WALTER DAVENPORT. ALECIA CAHOON, BERTIE COHOON, BILL WHITE.. .Editor-In-Chief .Assistant Editor .... Business Manager stant Business Manager .Art Editor .Assistant Editors .Sports Editor Circulation Managers .Snapshot Editors .. Photographic Editors m e ian FOREWORD With pleasure we present this 1956 edition of The Columbian with the hope that it will bring you many hours of enjoyment as you review through its pages the highlights of this year at Colum¬ bia High School. May this book always be to you a symbol of your many happy hours at Columbia High! W. CHARLES COHOON OTIS COHOON Chairman HARVEY DAVIS OUR FACULTY To our faculty we wish to express our sincere thanks for your patience, understanding and kindness toward us during the past years. Your guidance and leadership is much appreciated,and as we leave the sheltering wings of Columbia High School we will think of you often with love and gratitude. MADGE L. VAN HORNE History - French ERNEST SUTTON Science I HERBERT SPIVEY, JR. Athletics - English LUCIA H. CUNNINGHAM Commercial MASCOTS PANSY SMITH GARY DAVIS ALECIA CAHOON She has a heart of a bell and her tongue is the clapper. Seniors JIMMY BRICKHOUSE Ready for anything, work or play. JOYCE DAVENPORT It ' s nice to be natural, when you’re naturally nice. WALTER DAVENPORT “Not too solemn, not too gay, a jolly good fellow in every way. Seniors CARLISLE HARRELL Take care of me I Good men are hard to find. LARRY HOPKINS Happy, unconcerned, he came to class and sometime learned. JIMMY HOWLETT His care was never to offend and every person was his friend. BETTY MAE JACKSON Although she ' s no surgeon, she does a great deal of cutting up BARBARA ANN MOORE When there ' s anything to be done, she ' s there to do it. BARBARA D. OWENS I have seen yesterday; I know today and I ' m waiting for tomorrow. GLENN SIMMONS Never ready, always late, but he smiles, so we wait. RENA MAE SPENCER Happy is she who is content; she won her way with time well spent. CLASS POEM We started at the foot of the pit. Climbing and struggling, and making the best of it Placing our feet on the rocky ledge, Preparing for the future that lies ahead. Trying to make sure of every move, So there will be nothing in the future to lose, Upward we climb through the dark of the night, Trying to reach the bright beaming light. The higher we climb, the harder we fight, For the goal we set is now in sight. We have known of the darkness of night. But now we see tomorrow ' s light. GLENN SIMMONS Class Poet CLASS HISTORY It was in September ot 44 that Weeks taught us our A B C ‘s| We fast, where Mrs. Rachel Si Pollard, and Miss Martha Syl ight us. i entered the first grade. Mrs. Everton and Miss iffugh the second, third, and fourth grades very Dorothy Combs, Mrs. Helen Melson, Mrs. Jane When we reached the three teachers that year. Mi ley. We lost Miss Maggie friend. J grade, we were all eager to learn all v e could. We had jaggie Owens, Miss Hettie Jones, tmiK. Augusta Wood¬ mens this year by death, and we fig as if we lost a r Mrs. Florence Chaplin was iventh grade teacher. In the eighth gel Knight as our teacheij new person in our clas Then we were F| that year: Daisy Ci Ralph, and Dallas Bi rejoined us this ye | The year fie’ Ann Brickhouse, - sell and Joyce Sa ' loved in the new school build considered him one of our fc ' ugoslavia, but he left us at fne | Boy, what a bunch of mixed up I? Frankie Davenport, Jimmy Simr|l| . Ernest Ch ggBpij vas our home roqrft 3 mg away-for Ifiew ' years. i had Mr. Norman •t That year we had a tHe year. We lost six classmates fiobby Hassell,, N. P. Spcher. Christine Sawyer pckTy and before we knewN ' t we || e S|||homores. We lost Clara }fay, Franklin Armstrong, Bi I ly H le, Eugene Smith, June Has- i . Van Horne sj as our teacher Then we werJMiiors. This was a kusy year for 1 titled, Where ' s Gflrflma? Instead of a Junior and Seniq ton, D. C., with MM Senior Class for four days. We all lost four classmates this ear. They were: L ia Kay Bricl Everton, and $ At last wH ’big moment has Aqme; we are 5 and will all be sad v __ _ classmates: Barbara D. Owens, Jimmy Brickhouse:and Jin Horne this year for our home room teacher, the one wh™ for the last four years. lad our play, which was juet, we went to Washing- ed this trip very much. We rouse, Hyla Brickhouse, Jane have a busy year ahead of us ■is year we have gained three f Walker. We have Mrs. Van i our love and appreciation BETTY SUE WEST Class Historian BILL WHITE, JR. RENA BEST PERSONALITY LYDIA SAWYER MOST .COURTEOUS ' J. D. VOL j BARBARA D. OWENS CLASS PROPHECY I was singing one day at the studio, and remembered an old tune of fifty-six. After rehearsal I picked up the paper and reread the sports field of today. My mind wondered back, to when my classmates and I were going to school. Now they are placed in this world of people and troubles. Bill White has taken the place of Arthur Godfrey and is popping corny jokes all the time. _ Rena Mae is doing fine; she ' s a piano artistrTOw Liberace is a small guy compared to her. Instead of George, sb ppMarilyn. Christine finally gotJ itched to a mahvwith plentVof cabbage, green at that; he runs a cabbage Betty Mae Jacks HRps on of the largest drug stores In Columbia; her motto is, Get drugs here and be a dope g reat; he takes the cake too, right b Jimmy Brickfliouse i and may be a champT Barbara Ann tain place, they tell r Barbara Ann Moore is running a f it. The cars haven ' t been Bertie Marie Cohoon is teachin; be the best all round Hp r there. Florence is ruling a fcBnion shop in toW Joyce is riaht next to her in a very modqjdjpFfiqi l Shop h Allen is4m Alkc Seltzer salesman andj too sjS edy fJ cops. y? J. D. has a trucking servi cujimoves c a safe driver. Alecia is a hi Y ' a movie named Drag Nel or men. Betty Sue is an artist now, doing fine and has a lot of figures in mind, men at that. Carrie Ann is a lawyer now; her recent case was to help Lydia prove that old Abe Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents of yester year. Jimmy Walker was judge of the case, but he decided to drop it because it was time for lunch. boy comes to a cer- [ple complain about I is expected to soon fcks dijjf me folks to catch, mostly Inly trouble is he thinks he is pwith Universal International for JIMMY HOWLETT Prophet JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS JIMMY SWAIN.President NAN BRICKHOUSE.Secretary MARIETTA SWAIN.Treasurer MASCOTS DEJUAN COOPER JAY McCLEES MICHAEL GRIFFIN JOYCE MARIE HASSELL JOYCE RAE HASSELL THYRA HOWETT SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS J. D. CLOUGH. PHOEBE RHODES.. BARBARA CRADDOCK. JOYCE WARD. .President .Secretary .Vice-President ..Treasurer CLETA AINSLEY SHELBA ARMSTRONG EXY DELL BERRY HARVEY BRICKHOUSE PAT BRICKHOUSE JOYCE BROWN GRACE CAHOON J. D. CLOUGH If- Sophomores JOSEPH CRADDOCK RAY DAVENPORT BILLY EVERTON LARRY GIBBS HUGH HOPKINS BILLY HOWLETT CARRIE LEE JACKSON PEGGY MANN EDNA RHODES PHOEBE RHODES SALLY SIMMONS BILLIE ANN SPENCER FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS SUE SNELL.President GRACE WILLIAMS.Secretary MADGE ETTA MORRIS.Vice-Pres ident WANDA WOODLEY.Treasurer CARL ALEXANDER BILLY ARMSTRONG MARVIN BAREFIELD ELLIS BERRY CORA BRICKHOUSE Freshmen CARL DAVIS LYNDA DAVIS BOBBY FURLOUGH FRANCES HACKEL ANN HARRISON DIANE HASSELL LOUISE HASSELL GLORIA HOPKINS MINNIE L. HOPKINS ARNOLD JONES PEGGY KIRK KAY MELSON MADGE ETTA MORRIS MORRIS PRITCHETT J. E. REYNOLDS SALLY ROUGHTON LILLIAN SMITH SUE SNELL ANN SPENCER DORIS SPENCER BABY DAZE STUDENT GOVERNMENT BETA CLUB CARRIE ANN SYKES NAN BRICKH OUSE.. DORIS BRICKHOUSE. .President .... Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer 1955 MARSHALS MUSIC CLUB FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA BETTY RHODES. JACK HARRIS.. SUE SNELL. PHYLLIS DAVIS. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA .President Vice-President .Secretary .T reosurer GLENN SIMMONS. D , JIMMY BRICKHOUSE.. .V.. 1 ' ' Pre5 ' dent CARLISLE HARRELL. .Vice-President JIMMY HOWLETT..Secretary SENIOR 4-H CLUB JUNIOR 4-H CLUB BUS DRIVERS SAFETY PATROL § • lji 1 “ 1 r, v. MONOGRAM CLUB GLENN SIMMONS. President JIMMY HOWLETT.Vice-President LYDIA SAWYER.Secretary-Treasurer CHEERLEADERS Chief - Carrie Ann Sykes, Christine Sawyer, Marietta Swain, Yvonne Brickhouse, Grace Cohoon, Dana Williams, Grace Williams, Frances Hackel. FOOTBALL SQUAD CO-CAPTAINS AND COACH MANAGERS Coach Herbert C. Spivey Co-Captains Glenn Simmons c Jimmy Howlett Pat Brickhouse Franklin Moore Harvey Brickhousi Halfback _ J 29 „ GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Elementary Faculty MISS JESSIE FLYTHE Eighth Grade MRS. MARY WALKER Seventh Eighth Grades MRS. FLORENCE CHAPLIN Seventh Grade MRS. RUTH BASNIGHT Fourth Grade MRS. HELEN MELSON Third Grade MRS. RACHEL SPENCER Second Third Grades EIGHTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Barbara Ainsley, J. T. Ainsley, Gloria Armstrong, Aubrey Brickhouse, Frankie Brickhouse, Harlie Brickhouse, Ronald Brick- house, Mickey Bruner, Daniel Cartwright, Robert Cartwright. SECOND ROW: Wayne Cartwright, Gene Combs, Janet Copeland, Bertram Davenport, Peggy Davis, Gordon Deaver, Monty Harrell, Gladys Hassell, Preston Hassell, Virginia Hassell. THIRD ROW: Wilma Jones, Lila Mitchell, Rosaline Mizelle, Betty Norman, J. A. Perry, Eddie Reynolds, Joan Rhodes, Marie Rose, Delton Roughton, Gay Roughton. FOURTH ROW: Janet Roughton, Harold Sawyer, Ruth Selby, Iris Snell, Joyce Spruill, Griffin Swain, Junior Tarkington, Norman Van SEVENTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Larry Armstrong, Peggy Barnes, Nellie Berry, Dallas Brickhouse, Floyd Brickhouse, Gerald Brickhouse, Loretta Brickhouse, Pot Brickhouse, Wondo Brickhouse, Gwen Bruner, Bobby Cohoon. SECOND ROW: Don Chaplin, Mock Clough, Gene Cohoon, Billy Cooper, Shirley Cooper, Wanda Cooper, Peggy Davenport, Percy Davenport, Edward Davis, Jr., Dan Hassell, Angela Hopkins. THIRD ROW; Mary Kirk, Howard Liverman, C. P. Mitchell III, Harold Norman, Linda Patrick, Joan Pledger, Peggy Reynolds, Joyce Rhodes, Judy Rhodes, Fay Roughton, Teanie Roughton. FOURTH ROW: Roy Sawyer, Alvin Smith, Fay Spencer, Bibb Swain, Warren Swain, Linda Swain, Disque Walker, Peggy Walker, Faye West, Faye Woodard. FIFTH GRADE f r r d £ Ml r P 4 p n i ■ L} P 0 P i a a ° P mgr .0 b A .it. 1 1- f in o P J i FOURTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Clarence Ainsley, Joyce Ainsley, Juanita Ainsley, Carol Armstrong, Claude Armstrong, Barbara Brickhouse, Ben Brickhouse, Larry Brickhouse, Marilyn Brickhouse, Iris Cohoon. SECOND ROW: Larry Comstock, Gentry Copeland, Andrea Cowell, Delia Cuthrell, Myra Daniels, Billy Davenport, Nan Davenport, Roy Davis, Charles Deaver, Robert Deaver. THIRD ROW: Terry Everett, Ashley Hardison, Bertha Harrison, Faye Hassell, Frances Hassell, James Hassell, Mary Hassell, Graham Liverman, Iris Liverman, Polly Ludford. FOURTH ROW: Wayne Norman, Sandra Owens, Charles Patrick, Eddie Phelps, Joseph Reynolds, Royce Reynolds, Judy Sawyer, Dean Scott, Linda Simmons, Sandy Simmons. FIFTH ROW: Virginia Smith, Ann Spencer, William Spencer, Harry Spruill, Faith Swain, Lawrence Swain, Vera THIRD GRADE FIRST ROW: Dora Ainsley, Dwight Ainsley, Gloria Ainsley, Ann Alexander, Billy Armstrong, Gordon Bornes, Roy Bateman, Terry Beck, Billy Brickhouse, Gaius Brickhouse, Inez Brickhouse. SECOND ROW: Margaret Rose Chesson, Jackie Cohoon, Wayne Comstock, Albert Cooper, leamon Cooper, Sue Cox, Chester Craddock, Annette Davenport, Betty Davenport, Billy Davenport, Charles Davenport. THIRD ROW: Haywood Davenport, Melvin Deaver, Jeff Gibbs, Don Grimsley, Abbie Kay Harrell, Michael Holliday, Allan Hopkins, Gordon Hopkins, Ann Jones, Charlotte Knight, Eddie McDuffie. FOURTH ROW: Paul Mitchell, Reba Parsley, Gail Pritchett, James Reynolds, Billy Rhodes, Delores Rhodes, Mary Rhodes, Alice Riddick, Rose Roughton, Barbara Sawyer, Kerry Sawyer. FIFTH ROW: Russell Simmons, Judy Smith, Kay Snell, Yvonne Spencer, Frankie Spruill, Everett Swain, Flay Swain, Haywood Swain, Monroe Swain, Bobby Taylor, Compliments of WHITE’S 5 to $5.00 STORE Columbia North Carolina COMPLIMENTS OF Edenton Furniture Company McPherson Bros. Auto Supply Philip Woodley Triangle Restaurant Elizabeth City Vulcanizing Albemarle Motor Company Dr. Wade Johnson Hotel Englehard Ganderson ' s Quality Shop Hub ' s Cafe Southern Beauty Shop Little Furniture Company Dr. F. L. Merrit Roanoke Electrical Appliances Washington Lumber Co. Mrs. M. Christjohn Dr. B. W. Cutter, Mr. C. E. Morris Optometrist Jack and Jill Albemarle Restaurant Mrs. Annie E. Van Horne, Earl ' s Restaurant Groceries r - ' Compliments of Compliments to the CARLEY ' S CAFE Class of 1956 Bill Van Horne FISHER FLORIST Proprietor Flowers for all Occasions f Columbia, North Carolina Columbia, North Carolina Compliments of Compliments of ATLAS PLYWOOD CORP. COLUMBIA GARAGE Plymouth, North Carolina Williamston, North Carolina General Auto Repairs Tires - Accessories Goldsboro, North Carolina Columbia, North Carolina J. L. SMITH SANDY POINT SERVICE STATION Di amonds—Watches—Je we 1 ry M. G. Pritchett Dial 3181 Manager Columbia, North Carolina Columbia, North Carolina CONGRATULATIONS Compliments of GRADUATES from RAD JONES CHEVROLET CO. TOPPINGS Sales and Service Columbia, North Carolina Columbia, North Carolina Compliments of MOTOR BEARING PARTS CO. Water Elizabeth Street Elizabeth City, North Carolina BERKLEY FEED CORPORATION A better feed for every need Elizabeth City, North Carolina R. T. ORR SALES SERVICE Chrysl er-Pl ymouth Elizabeth City, North Carolina Drink COCA-COLA It ' s a real thing Elizabeth City, North Carolina Compliments of SANDER COMPANY, INC. Elizabeth City, North Carolina Compliments of DAVENPORT MOTORS Lincoln Mercury Dealer Elizabeth City, North Carolina Compliments of CAROLINA PRINTING CO. Elizabeth City, No rth Carolina Compliments of CITY MOTORS PARTS Elizabeth City, North Carolina [ RUSSELL HOLMES SHOES Where Shopping is a Pleasure Elizabeth City, North Carolina Compliments of ELIZABETH CITY JEWELERS ASSOCIATION Selig ' s-Barr Bros.-Bauer Sons Elizabeth City, North Carolina Compliments of A. B. HOUTZ SONS Elizabeth City, North Carolina Compliments of HOPKINS BROTHERS Elizabeth City, North Carolina Compliments of CONTINENTAL GRAIN CO. Arrow and Virginia Dare Feed Elizabeth City, North Carolina Every Day More and More People Shop at BELK-TYLERS Edenton, North Carolina Compliments of DR. A. F. DOWNUM Edenton, North Carolina Compliments of LARRY E. JONES Esso Groceries Open 7 Days Week Columbia, North Carolina | FORBES RADIO SUPPLY CO. Radio Television is our business Phone 4484 Elizabeth City, North Carolina UVERMAN ' S Men ' s Boys ' Shop (Known for better clothes) Phone 4681 Plymouth, North Carolina n MANNING MOTOR COMPANY Ford and Mercury Plymouth, North Carolina A. W. LIVERMAN Insurance Agency Phone 2336 Plymouth, North Carolina ALBEMARLE MUSIC COMPANY Juke Boxes Amusement Machines Plymouth, North Carolina Compliments of BELK-TYLER COMPANY PIymouth, North Carolina Compliments of SWAIN GAS COMPANY Washington, North Carolina BYRUM HARDWARE COMPANY Commercial Fishing Supplies Westinghouse Appliances Television and Service Edenton, North Carolina Compliments of QUINN FURNITURE COMPANY Edenton, North Carolina L. C. PERRY Pepsi-Cola The Light Refreshment Washington, North Carolina Compliments of PERKINS BODY CO. Washington, North Carolina Compliments of BOYD FIRESTONE STORE Plymouth, North Carolina Compliments of PLYMOUTH FURNITURE CO. Plymouth, North Carolina Compliments of EAST CAROLINA SUPPLY CO. Plymouth, North Carolina_ THE SENIOR CLASS DEEPLY APPRECIATES THE PATRON¬ AGE OF ITS ADVERTISERS. BYRUM IMPLEMENT COMPANY Sales and Service International Dealer Phone 299 or 393 Edenton, North Carolina For Quality T. V. Repair see HOBBS IMPLEMENT COMPANY JOLLY RADIO SERVICE Best in your Area - Licensed Engineer RCA—PHILCO—ZENITH Phone 421 Englehard, North Carolina Your John Deere Dealer Edenton, North Carolina Compliments of Compliments of ENTERPRISE LUMBER CO. BROWN SUPPLY COMPANY Columbia, North Carolina Plymouth, North Carolina Congratulations to the Seniors Compliments of FARMERS ' SUPPLY SYKES PLUMBING HEATING PLEDGER BROTHERS Plumbing and Heating Contractor Columbia, North Carolina Hardware, Paints, Appliances Columbia, North Carolina Compliments of Compliments of SUPER P Q MARKET McCULLOCK SAW Edenton, North Carolina Sales and Service Elizabeth City, North Carolina Compliments of ENGLEHARD CAFE Engleh ard, North Carolina Compliments of HUGHES PARKER HARDWARE Edenton, North Carolina CARLEY ' S CLEANERS Carley Spencer Manager Phone 244-1 Columbia, North Carolina DAVIS MOTORS New and Used Cars All Makes and Models Columbia, North Carolina i Tyrrell County Lumber Co. Kiln Dried Lumber Columbia, North Carolina Best Wishes, Seniors, From The Daily Advance Elizabeth City, North Carolina A Dear Newspaper dedicated to the Interest and Service of the People of the Albemarle Paul L. Liverman Bureau Manager for Tyrrell County Columbia, North Carolina Compliments of A. J. Cohoon Oil Company Texaco Products Firestone Tires Friendly Service Columbia, North Carolina To the Seniors of Columbia High We Wish that you, as the years go by, will reach, in the ladder of success, the very top, and find a life of Happiness. Tyrrell Hardware Company Columbia, North Carolina $ TVU tLo L t ° AUTOGRAPHS zsj tr ’ti-o. Q £ U A + d ZP±tZ% Ont A ■j ' JL V ' LA yif- ut - X - - Lt c, j ■f-td ' yCXMct .XM X tc s . JL XfaM- AAtt— ' J xru (UXA- Xo- iX AMl A ay fy Ml , OfaX fa fau +U ■vfaf XU rf muut ifa. ■ iXhU ' ' d CU faifzZ s irk !r |£ j Mum a UU faMfa faJlX P-e 7 m (2 nsr , JLm -V 1 ■ ■ Xnt-X. Jus yvXK. 1 J 11 l4-? 1 n I ' U ' f ' Jt M, XX ss V |j S J-f Jf a Un er A s unc, 1