Davie County High School - Clarion Yearbook (Mocksville, NC)

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On one of my recent trips to New York, as I was sightseeing on Broadway, lwas confronted by a huge billboard announcing the opening of a new theater and the coming of a wonderful play to Broadway. Upon inquiring l discovered thetheater was owned and operated by Sam Walker and Dorothy Cook. Bobbie Chattin and Ronny Freeman were their chief ushers. The play was a revised version of Macbeth. Some of the names on that billboard looked strangely familiar. As I pondered over the names it suddenly occurred to me. Why those were some of the members of the dramatics club I remembered from my high school days! It was written on the billboard: starring Tony Forrest as Macbeth and co-starring Mary Lou Quillin as Lady Macbeth. Playing with them were Jane Painter, Bobby Leonard, and Gray Potts. The play was produced by John Gaither and Ruth Green. The directors were Patsy Nail and Peggy Lambe. The revised version had been rewritten by Nancy Cozart. lt certainly appeared as if Mrs. Hicks' training in that dramatics club had proved worth while. As I walked on down the street, I heard someone mentioning a coming attraction to the theater. . .Gene Plott and his world-renowned orchestra. Some of the members of his orchestra were Marilyn Spencer, William Long, Nancy Safley, Bill Veach and Gordon Cornatzer. I recognized those musicians from High School. Iremembered that they used to be very musical. On my way back to the hotel, owned by Alvin Myers, I bought a newspaper, The New York Herald Tribune. I was very pleased to see that Carmen Rice was editor of this paper. Working with her were Inez Nichols as associate editor and Johnsie Ellis and Tama Sue Markland as business managers. They had finally reached the top in the iournalism field. I decided to have a seat on a park bench and see what kind of paper my classmates were publishing. As I looked at the front page of the paper I saw a picture of the President of the United States, Donald Danner, as he was delivering his Stateof the Union Address. Seated in the background was the Vice-President, Bud Rich. Some of the North Carolinians in the President's Cabinet wereFIake Blackwood, Secretary of State, Tom Sexton, Secretary of the Treasury, Gary Groce, Secretary of Defense, and Joe Brown, Attorney General. It looked as if North Carolina was well represented these four years. On the next page I saw an interesting item about the current Miss America, Winifred Davis. It seemed that she had decided to give up her title for a more im- portant one beginning with Mrs. She was going to turn her present titleover to Martha McDaniel . Next was an enlightening editorial on Life in the I96O's by Sylvia Stroud. Looking on through the paper I was surprised to see that society playboy Donald Miller was finally settling down to married life. I saw that Carolyn Rutledge and Ann Rankin were making quite a name for them- selves writing comic strips. Carolyn does the writing and Ann does the art work. They had recentlyqtaken over Al Capp's comic strip, Li'l Abner. Also, Joyce Whitaker and Ann Taylor had taken over Amy Vanderbilt's column on etiquette. On the sports page I saw that Denny Rollins, Charles Jamerson, Mackie Deadmon, and Jim Miller had signed with the Globetrotters after quite an argumentovera long- term contract. And speaking of basketball, I see that Joan Shore, Carolyn Boger, Lucy King, Alma White, Camilla Jarvis and Floretta Collette have organized a Lady-Globetrotters team and they seem to be making an excellent record for them- selves. Class

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and Testament read her I, Inez Nichols, will to my sister, Dump, my desk in algebra. I, Sammy Nichols, will to Jerry King my ability to finish school as well as I have. I, Thurman O'Mara,, will to C. W. Foster my ability to have a steady girlfriend. I, Jane Painter, will to my cousin, Johnny Allen, my seat in study hall, provided he is as quiet as I am. I, Betty Jo Phillips, will to Charlie Latham my bus No. IO, providing he takes care of it as well as I have. I, Edith Pilcher, will to Patsy Ellis my ability to get my homework, in hope that she will never be asked to answers. I, Gene Plott, will to Freddie Pierce my title of Biggest Flirt , he deserves it, more than I. I, Emma Jo Pope, will to Freddie Murphy my ability to be quiet in class. I, Gray Potts, will to Janice Wilson my ability to race. I, Mary Lou Quillin will to my sister, Linda, my Beta Club pin, provided that she will work hard for it. I, Ann Rankin, will to Gail Hendrix my crazy ways to go with her own. I, Carolyn Ratledge, will to Mitzi Brewer some of my height, that is, if she wishes to be taller. I, Jerry Reavis, will to Richard Stafford my little curl, in hope that he will never have straight hair. I, Carmen Rice, will to Peggy Owings my title of Most Likely to Succeed. I, Bud Rich, will to Dickie Crater my height in hope that he will use it in tight places. I, Denny Rollins, will to Freddie Pierce my height, provided he will use it in basketball. I, Nancy Rollins, will to Margaret Jo Harpe my seat in Family Life, as long as she will keep it and like it as well as I do. I, Philip Rowland, will my iob as manager of the football team to anyone who will take it. I, Nancy Safley, will everything I have to Johnny Sue Teague. I, Ann Sain, will my temper to anyone who does not have one in hopes that he or she will not use it. I, Leonard Shelton, will to Clarence Driver my ability to get along with the girls. I, Joan Shore, will to Linda Gorwood my ability to sit calmly while on the activity bus going to a basketball game. I, Janice Smoot, will to Terry Shutt my ability to ask questions in the algebra class. I, Roldan Speer, will my seat in physics to almost anyone and bus No. T3 to whoever can drive it. I, Marilyn Spencer, will to Betty Beauchamp my saxophone, so she can get out of class early on band days. I, Jimmy Spillman, will to Billy Spillman my flat-top provided he keeps it as flat as I've tried to. I, Sylvia Stroud, will my half of chemistry lab desk to anyone willing to be careful doing those experiments. I, Ann Taylor, will to Alice Call my ability to eat. l, Robert Taylor, will to Manning Huske my position on the football team. I, Jo Ann Trivette, will to Peggy Owings my height so that she can grow as tall as I am. l, BillieVeach', will to my brother Gene Veach, my ability to get along with my teachers. 'l, Kenny Walker, will to Leon Carter my title of Most Popular. I, Sam Walker, will my bus No. 6 to anyone who wants it, provided they will take good care of it. I, Kay Webb, will to Carolyn Owens my shorthand book. I, Joyce Whitaker, will to Betty Jo Smoot my ability to talk and get moved for it in study hall, providing she doesn't get moved as much as I have. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, l, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, James White, will to Linwood Lipscomb my bus No. I4. Take good care of it, Linwood. Felix Williams, will to Maurice Mauldin my bus No. Ill. Jimmy Zimmerman, Jr. , will to Allen Bailey my crazy ideas. Isaac Marshall Angell will my ability to get along with the teachers to Charlie Latham. Audrey Bailey, will my Rebel notebook to Jerry Keller provided he does clean it out once a year. Charles Jamerson, will my position as co-captain of the basketball team to Carl Jacobs. Donald Miller, will to Gerald Robertson, my witty disposition. Tom Sexton, will my place in the Senior class to Ticy Miller. J. T. Smith, will my big M to any boy who has trouble getting the car from Dad. Bobby Leonard, will my ability to enioy dramatics to Harold Boger. Wayne Beck, will my glasses to whoever needs them. Howard Beck, will to Bill Trent, my ability to drive a new car. Linda Daniels, will to Bobby Brown, my ability to get along with people. Tama Sue Markland, will my bus to Connie Tucker. Betty Jones, will to Janice Wilson, my position on the office staff.

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Prophecy Sue Howard and Ann Sain have an important job on this paper. They compileand record the stock market reports. I had been reading longer than I realized. Since I was leaving for North Carolina tomorrow I had to rush to my hotel room and pack. The next morning I called a taxi to take me to the airport. Much to my surprise Gilbert Potts was the driver. Gilbert said that several of our classmates had become taxi drivers in the big city. J. T. Smith had just completed his fifth year of driving without a collision. Jimmy Spillman, LesterMyers and Jerry Reavis were reliablealso. Betty Jones and Betty Jo Phillips were very successful as lady taxi drivers. Upon arriving safely at the airport I discovered that I was going to havesome in- teresting companions on my flight. One group, the Washington Redskins football team, was makingatourof the United States. Some of the members I recognized were Eddie Hellard, RobertTaylor, Bill Downum, and Dickie Nail. Theysaid that Phillip Rowland was their new manager. Threesof their cheerleaders, Linda Daniels, Chiquita Murray, and Sue Daywalt were accompaning them on their tour. Also on this flight was a choral group returning from around of personal appearances. Directed by Mr. Reichle, a few of the members were Felix Williams, Gail Furches, Evonne Gaither, Vivian McKnight, Emma Jo Pope, Nancy Rollins, Janice Smoot and Audrey Bailey. We hesitated a moment when we heard that Thurman O'Mara was piloting the plane, but the stewardess, Barbara Ferebee, assured us that Thurman was a reliable pilot. Kenny Walker was the co-pilot, so we decided that between the two they should do all right. Barbara was telling us that Jimmy Zimmerman, Johnny McBride, Jim Boger and Sam Nichols were pilots also. They had put to good use the skill they obtained in the Air Force. We were interested to know what some of our other classmates were doing. lt was nice to hear that so many of them had finished college and had come back to our school to teach. Jo Ann Trivette was now teaching French. Clinard Howard, James White, Rolden Spear and Gwendol Long were all English teachers, while Leonard Jones had taken over the mechanical drawing department. Allen Blakeley was teaching problems of American Democracy, and Howard Beck was an excellent driver's training teacher. John Foster was a good chemistry teacher also. Kay Webb and Libby King were teaching the business courses and Amos Brown was teaching algebra. We heard that G. Vernon Hendrix, Kenneth Howard and Marshall Angel were having good luck as athletic coaches. Edith Pilcher's girls basketball team was still leading the conference. Joann Frye, Helen Hepler, Pansy Howard, Shirley Gough, Mary Baity, Faye Howell, Margaret Jones and Carolyn Latham were very happy as housewives. Leonard Shelton and Tommy Ratledge were operating a used car lot. Wayne Beck, Roy Forrest and Dallas Groce are very successful farmers. What a quick trip! We're already in Davie County. Could all those buildings down there be Davie High School? Why yes, those new buildings must be gymnasium and auditorium. One can certainly tell that the school has progressed along with the T957 graduating class. SU E BROWDER Class Prophet