Drexel High School - Cavalcade Yearbook (Drexel, NC)

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SENIORS DOROTHY STAMEY Dot” Hobby: Dramatics Ambition: Actress Dramatics 3, 4. GARLAND WATTS Shot” Hobby: Sports Ambition: Navy football 2; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 4; Glee Club; Allied Youth 4; Monogram 2, 3, 4. GERALDINE WOODIE Gerry” Hobby: Religious Work Ambition: Rel. Instructor SHELTON WOODIE Red” Hobby: Drawing Ambition: Navy Baseball 3, 4; Photo Club 3; Football Man- ager 4. HELEN NICHOLS Nick” Hobby: Singing Ambition: Singer Glee Club; Basketball; Folk Dancing. Motto: 'Prove all things, hold fast to that which is good.” Flower: Pink Rose Color: Rose and White

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SENIORS TED REECE Choo Chon Hobby: Sports Ambition: Farming Basketball 2, 4; Baseball 4. GUY SETTLEMYRE Jr. Hobby: Sports Ambition: Engineer Beta Club 3, 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Allied Youth 4; Class Officer 1; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Debat- ing 2; Monogram 3, 4; Marshal 3. NED SIGMON Dignifin Hobby: Sports Ambition: Scientist Bus Driver 4; Allied Youth 4; Basketball 2, 4; Photo Club 2, 3. GLORIA SMITH MINYONNE SOJOURNER Boots Hobby: Piano Ambition: Teacher F. H. A. 1, 2; Basketball 1; Dramatics 3, 4; Glee Club 2; Marshal 3; Class Officer 4; Beta Club 3, 4; Journalism 4; Librarian 2, 3 ; Declamation 1; Salutatoriam BETTY JEAN STAMEY Bets Hobby: Reading Ambition: Beautician F. H. A. 1, 2. ERNEST SHELL Tub Hobby: Model Airplanes Ambition: Mechanic Photo Club 3; Hobby Club 4. ELEANOR SHULL Nell Hobby: Sport Ambition: Physical Ed. Director F. H. A. Club 1, 2; Journalism 4; Allied Youth 4; Sports Parade 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Monogram 3, 4; Beta Club 2, 3; Band 2, 3, 4; Class Officer 3; Salutatorian. Smitie” Hobby: Post Card Coll. Ambition: Teacher Glee Club 2, 3; F. H. A. 1, 2; Dramatics 4; Allied Youth 4.

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CLASS HISTORY Looking through the records of the Educational journeys of the senior class through the years we have found one record in which we are especially interested. Let us tell you of this journey which started in 1939. Our plane glided in on the 4th day of September ’39. Our airline hostesses were Miss Jenny Lee Wilson and Mrs. Mary Huffman. With much patience and informality, the 60 of us were registered and brought aboard the Drexel School” to start our travel of education. Our air-mail message is to those who piloted us for eight years— Thanks for making our lives more fruitful, pleasant, and happier.” After eight short trips we graduated to a bigger and better plane, called Drexel High School piloted by Mr. Harry L. Hallyburton and his crew: Mrs. Stover, Mrs. Russell, Miss McNeely, Mrs. Dellinger, Miss Pyatt, and Miss Miller. During this trip the Drexel High School Band was reorganized under the direction of Mrs. Dellinger. At the end of this first trip 3 had bailed out and one of the crew, Miss McNeely, was transferred to a bigger plane at High Point. We gained a new passenger from Valdesc, Betty June Queen, and a new crew member, Mr. R. L. Patton. After losing Mrs. Dellinger and gaining Miss Silvers, Mr. Teems, Mr. Abernathy and Mr. Smyre, we started off with a full crew on our eleventh flight. Our trip proved to be one of the most enjoyable rides we had taken. We presented a play entitled Moon-Shy.” Going through Hawaii we stopped and gave the seniors aboard a banquet which proved to be most successful. During this trip, we also stopped at Asheville for our band to enter a district contest. It gave an excellent concert. Mr. Hallyburton landed us for our last refueling and new passengers, Joe Carswell and Ernest Shell, came aboard to make our total 51. This trip started off very success- fully as seven of our senior members aided Drexel High School in winning the Six-Man State Championship in football. Eight of our seniors made the basketball team to add more joy to this last year. The flight scheduled for the spring semester sounds interesting. We’ll make a long stop in Washington, D. C., we hope. We also hope we don’t lose any members when we visit the zoo. Two Senior plays will mean two more stops. Then of course, where the Juniors will take us when they decide to give us the annual feast is still a mystery, but it all sounds exciting. Spring always brings softball and baseball, two more activities that make school worthwhile. Our plane will soon glide in for new passengers and we will be getting off ready to face the world alone. It is with a grateful heart we say thank-you to our pilot and his crew, and adieu to Drexel High School—Keep-em flying! Bill Buff Nell Shull Historians