Drexel High School - Cavalcade Yearbook (Drexel, NC)

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SENIORS SHIRLEY SMITH “Jean” Beta Club 3, 4; Home Economics 1, 2; F. H. A. 2, 3; Band 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Book Club 3; Office Assistant 4; Holston Valley High 1. EARL TEEMS “Flash” Gove Creek High School 1, 2, 3; Drama 1; Paper Staff 2; Science Club 2; PI Club 1. MARTHA JO WILLIAMS “Jo” Commercial 4; Photo Club 2; Home Eco- nomics 1, 2; F. H. A. 1, 2; Glee Club 2; Beta Club 3, 4. CLASS POEM Dear Ole Drexel High, To you we soor must say our goodbyes, . With hearts shat ache. And teardrops in our eyes- Every day we spend with you. Adds to our memories fond and true. O' Alma Mater we love you.

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SENIORS MARION POWELL “Gopher” Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 3, 4; Baseball I, 2r 3, 4; Band 2» 3, 4; Beta Club 3, 4; President Beta Club 4; President Band 4; President Class 2; Treasurer Class 3; Mar- shal 3; Photo Club 2; Book Club 3; Editor Annual 4; Dramatics 3, 4; Monogram Club 1, 2, 3, 4. DOROTHY RUSSELL “Dottie Ann” F. H. A. 2, 3; Band 2, 3, 4; Home Economics 1, 2; Dramatics Club 3, 4; Glee Club 3, Book Club 3; Marshal 3; Beta Club 3, 4; Treasurer Beta Club 4; Vice President Band 4; Softball 1; Society Column Hi-Lites 4. , BETTY RECTOR “Speck” Glee Club 1; Book Club 3; Photo Club 4; Commercial Club 4; Home Economics 1, 2. ODELL RITCHIE “Yodel” President Class 3; Photo Club 2; Book Club 3; President Photo Club 4; Business Mana- ger “Cavalcade”; Band 2.

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CLASS HISTORY It was on the first day of September in the year of our good Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty eight, that ninety new faces crawled aboard the D. H. S. to begin a trip of Education over the seas of knowledge. Our first captains were Miss Jenny Wilson and Mrs. Odes Huffman. Since then we have had many fine captains who guided our ship on the true course of Education. We managed to hold most of the crew until we came to the higher seas. When we reached our ninth port many became seasick and discouraged, leaving the ship content with the thought, “I have had enough.” When we set out to sea again, we had 46 members aboard the ship. Up to this time we had lost 44 seamen. Colleen, after having been ashore for several years finally caught the boat again and is finishing the voyage with us. The tenth port, however, was more interesting, and the crew was now used to the high seas. We had been transferred to the new D. H. S. The eleventh port was even more interesting although we had lost two members. We had taken a more dignified stride and the seasicknss had been mastered. We presented a play, “Climbing Roses” in order to give our upperclassmen a banquet. At last we are making our most important voyage. We lost one mem- ber of the crew, Imogene Ramsey, who decided to take a matrimony cruise, and gained two seamen, Earl Teems and Homer Cline. Homer caught the ship a little late but we think he can make it. We now have the total of 39 crewmen. Each one has taken an active part in completing the ship's journey. Many of us have become discouraged but the smile of our captain and officers encouraged us to go on more adventurous voyages. Soon we will receive our pay, not much to some and then again a lot to others. Some will be content to settle down while others will strive for a higher mark by traveling over higher seas in a bigger ship. To our captain and officers who gave us the word of encouragement to finish the voyage, we fire our salutes. Historians Kay Cooper Larry Fletcher