Dobson High School - Dobsonian Yearbook (Dobson, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1949 volume:

' ■ ■ - As an appreciation of their interest in the Dobson School ■ . . FACULTY OF THE DOBSON HIGH SCHOOL The Senior Class of 1949 has been unique in that the ratio of boys to girls is almost three to one. We entered the freshman year very nervously and noisily with an enrollment of 63 students. The girls laughed the year round at Mr. Madison ' s jokes, while the boys learned self-control under Mr. Bolich. Many students left the class before they reached the goal of seniorhood. The girls decided that it was easier to keep up with babies and dishwashing than with textbooks. But the boys were lured by the clink of dollars in Saturday ' s payroll. In our freshman year we won a half-holiday by our ability to slip our foot in the door and talk faster than any one else. In this manner we sold more magazine subscriptions than any of the other classes. The prize was a picnic to Cumberland Knob Park, and will we ever forget how it rained? We had a wonderful time. Our Sophomore year was uneventful except that we participated in many sports and other activities and some of us were initiated into the National Honor Society. The junior year was an exciting one for every member of the class. This year we were under the guidance of Miss Holyfield. Irene Dunbar was elected president of the class and Jobie Draughn became vice president. Iris Hayes, a newcomer to the class from Elkin was chosen secretary and treasurer. We received our class rings before Christmas and we wore them proudly. This was the year we entertained the senior class with a banquet,the theme of which was Moonlight and Roses, at the Dobson Woman ' s Club. Our president, Irene Dunbar, served as toastmistress. In the end, we became seniors, continuing under the direction of Miss Holyfield. This year was destined to be one of the out¬ standing years of the class history. Class officers were Jobie Lee Draughn, president; Iris Hayes, Vice president; Irene Dunbar secretary and treasurer. The sponsoring of the Dobsonian was a major achievement as many of us hesitated to purchase a yearbook on account of our un¬ certainty of being able to claim it for our own! We donated the proceeds of our senior play, The Antics of Andrew to help pay for the activity bus. The class really enjoyed its trip to Chap¬ el Hill, Raleigh, and Durham in our new bus. The high light of the year was the banquet at the Blue Ridge Hotel in Mt. Airy, on the night of April 20, 1949 . —Barbara Blevins Class Historian— SENIOR CLASS GLEE CLUB I shall now step into my time machine, crystal balls and tea leaves being too old fashioned for the forty-niners, and be whizzed into the year, 1959. I push the button marked ten years for a call on my class mates. I find myself on a quiet country lane in view of a pretty cottage. Standing in the yard is a neat housewife with a little blond boy. It is, of all people, Barbara Blevins. As I come along the lane to ano¬ ther farm I see Carlise Hamlin, Malory Johnson and James Wooten lying in the shade of a big tree. They say they are letting their corn grow itself-the scientific way. I hear a great noise and see that it comes from a large turkey farm and there, standing in all that mess of tur¬ keys is Hallie Badgett, the turkey lover. Farther along I meet Herman Cave and Homer White plowing very industriously. They look very con¬ tent but I couldn ' t say the same for their poor mules. As I arrive at the top of the hill I see a mass of red on the adjoining hill and it isn ' t the sunset either! It is Iris Hayes skipping around with all the little Irises. It seems she has decided to become a housewife. I now come upon Lonnie Fulk. Lonnie has a cattle farm and he has so many cows he quit counting them long ago. Having seen all my classmates of the country, I now set out for the city. This I do by pushing one of my numerous buttons! As my machine sets me down I see Billy Simpson as boss of a construction crew that is building a long bridge across a river. Billy reclines- by the side of the road. Up the street a ways I spy a beauty salon with the sign Get the Wright Key to Beauty. Virginia Wright and Stella Key, Spe¬ cialists in the Art of Beauty. Just across the street, of all places I see A1 Moore and Foy Edmonds lying under a car. It seems they op¬ erate a garage. As I approach, a strange sight greets me! A1 takes the parts out and Foy puts them back in the car again. On a theatre marquee in bright lights beyond a square,I see the name Rennie, the Second Bette Davis. Irene Dunbar! I pushed the button to turn but something pulled me backwards and I found myself climbing stairs to the attic studio of Jobie Draughn, the portrait painter,but he is busy drawing - not portraits — but pictures of cars! Nearby looms a large white hospital where Betty Wood and Nancy Har¬ rell are seen studying very hard. They r ll surely be successful, but, wait! What are they studying so closely? Oh, it ' s the profile of a young interne. There is the sound of loud music, the laughter of ah audience, the glad cries of children as they watch the clown, James Fowler. I hear voices over a telephone. It is two operators speak¬ ing. Shirty Cat, Have you got any chewing gum? This is obviously Lillie Bledsoe and Bernice Cave. I see a sign high in the sky, Speed Demon. It is Arnold Hill taking speeding seriously now. A military parade passes and I see Beamer go limping by. Still in the Army Air Corps but Beamer by now must take it for the Army Ground Corps. In a penthouse office Joe Long is seen doing some high powered sell¬ ing to an executive while the executive ' s secretary munches a can¬ dy bar behind her shorthand pad. In the city park I see Bill Coalson and Howard Stanley throwing balls at each other. They have gone into professional ball playing. I grow hungry and turn my machine towards a restaurant where the patrons appear prosperous and well fed. It is owned and operated by Jackie Scott and Glenn Ray Faulk. My time has run out. The vision of ten years ' hence grows dim. I push the button, my machine whizzes round again and I am back to the time of 19 9 where things take on their familiar shape once more. Betty Wood, Class Prophet . . Curtis Foy Edmonds FFA, Basketball Bus Driver Iris Gaye Hayes Tri-Hi-Y, Honor Society FHA. Library, Class Officer, Basketball Cheerleader Barbara Blevins Tri-Hi-Y, Honor Society, Glee Club, Music Club, Library, Journalism, Class Officer, Basket¬ ball, Marshall Glenn Ray Faulk ’’Bud ' Basketball, Baseball, Bus Driver Carl Beamer Wood Hi-Y, FFA Lillian Irene Dunbar Rennie FHA, Tri-Hi-Y President Junior Class Honor Society, Cheerleader Howard Henderson Stanley FFA, Pres, of Aviation Club, Basketball, Bast ' ball, Bus Driver James Mallory Johnson FFA, Hi-Y Haney Lou Harrell Glee Club, Pres.Of FHA, Basketball Virginia Dare Wright Tri-Hi-Y, FHA James Avery Fowler Aviation Club FFA, Baseball Jackie Wesley Scott FFA, Hi-Y, Base¬ ball, Bus Driver . Homer Harold White FFA, Hi-Y Aviation Club William Coalson Bill , Hi-Y Basketball, Baseball, Bus Driver Lillie Jane Bledsoe Tri-Hi-Y, Basket Ball, Library Club Glee Club, Music Agnes Bernice Cave Pat , Tri-Hi-Y, Music, Library, Journalism, Glee Club Billy Lawrence Simpson Hi-Y, FFA, Bus Driver Jobie Lee Draughn FFA, Honor Society President Senior Class, Editor of Dobsonian , Jour¬ nalism Club, Art work on school paper, Marshall Betty Ann Wood Tri-Hi-Y, FHA Honor Society Library Club A1 Smith Moore Baseball, Basket ball, FFA, Hi-Y Arnold Creed Hill Hi-Y, FFA Bus Driver Edna Verona Williamson Tri-Hi-Y, FHA, Honor Society, Library Hallie Emma Badgett Tri-Hi-Y, FHA Honor Society Library, Marshall James Wesley Wooten FFA, Boys Home Ec. Club Herman Rudell Cave FFA, Hi-Y Bus Driver Joe Bailey Long FFA, Hi-Y Basketball Baseball Stella Key FHA, Tri-Hi-Y Library Glee Club No picture available nnua Jobie Draughn, Editor Irene Dunbar, Assistant Layout - Hallie Badgett tolich, History Miss Holyfield, English Mr. McCann, Science Mr. Bridges, Coach c£ a S C Wi(( auk Ccsfamciif We the Class of 19 9 of the Dobson High School, Surry County, being only half crazy despite our four years of struggle in the hands of our high school instructors, and realizing that our last days here will soon be ended, do solemnly declare this our last will and testament. To our successors, the junior class, we bequeath our top lockers so that they worft get their senses knocked out every time they open theirs. To Clarence McCormick, Homer White wills his ability to make book reports with the belief that he can use it with profit. Jobie Lee Draughn wills his nickname Genius to any one who can keep up the good name. Arnold Hill wills his nice manners to Phil Folger. Foy Edmonds wills his blond curly hair to Charles Trevathan. Barbara wills her loud mouth to Mildred Fowler James Fowler, in the belief that he will have no further use for it wills his ability to play a bobby pin to Joe Bill Davis. Lonnie Fulk wills his allergy for books and study to Betty Fowler Hallie Badgett wills her dependability to Maxine Dockery. Pat Cave wills her flirting ability to Myrtle Lee Brendle. Howard Stanley wills his millionaire walk to Jane Anthony. Beamer Wood bequeaths his inquisitiveness to Reva Wilmoth. Nancy Harrell wills to Rachel Kidd her love of Mt. Airy in the hope that she will take good care of Mt. Airy and the environs. Herman Cave wills his bus to Billy Spoon. James Wooten leaves his bashfulness to Sadie Ann Hicks. Iris Hayes wills her red hair and freckles to Jeannean Moore. Carlese Hamlin wills his height to Gray Davis. A1 Moore leaves his good looks to Cleve Wilmoth. Betty Wood wills her compact and comb to Violet Coe and Annie Brown. Edna Williamson wills her ability to get along with the teachers to Peggy Gentry. Stella Key wills her ability to keep her mouth shut to anyone who will take the good advice and use it. Virginia Wright wills her car to Ruth Johnson to come to school in next year. Billy Simpson wills his argumentative ability with Miss Freeman to L. C. Hodges. Bill Coalson wills his wolf whistle to Smith Jarvis and hopes he has much success with it. Joe Long wills his ambition to become a miner to Elwood Cave. Lillie Bledsoe leaves her high sdhool giggles to Estelle Hill. Glenn Ray Faulk and Jackie Scott will their ability to make up ex¬ cuses to get out of English to Pauline McCraw and Pauline Hodges hoping they have better luck than they did. Malory Johnson leaves his love of reading to Billy Payne. Irene Dunbar leaves to Dorothy Simpson her talented gilt of gab. —Iris Hayes . - CICERO juhiohs GRAY DAVIS JOE BILL DAVIS MYRTLE BRINDLB VIOLET COE MAXINE DOCKERY ARLENE FOWLER DORIS HAYES ESTELLE HILL I LA MAE HAYNES L. C. HODGES PEGGY GENTRY SADIE HICKS PAULINE HODGES JOSEPHINE HOLT RACHEL KIDD RUTH JOHNSON JUNE LONG i PAULINE McCRAW ALMEDA JOHNSON GLORIA DEAN LINVILLE JEANNEAN MOORE BILLY PAYNE PAY STANLEY BERTIE LOU WHITE FOY SCOTT CHARLES TREVATHAN BETTY RAE WOLFE DOROTHY SIMPSON DORLIS WATSON No pictures were obtainable for the following juniors: Reva Wilmoth Elwood Cave Cleve Wilmoth Clarence McCormick ;? 4 ip s i v ' . ; . 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