East Spencer High School - Torch Yearbook (East Spencer, NC)

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LAST ILL AND TESTAMENT We the Semor Class of 54, do hereby wmll the following 1tems FIRST To our parents go our love and apprecnatxon for all that they have done for us SECOND To the faculty our apologxes for all the trouble and grey haxrs we have caused them, and smcere thanks for the1r patlence and gutdance THIRD To the school we leave our rnemorles of all the txmes good and bad we have had durmg the past twelve years our A FOURTH To the Jumors our hopes for thelr success next year when they take place as seniors FIFTH To the sophomores goes our good reputatxon as a class SIXTH To the freshmen three more happy years m hlgh school Ellen Honeycutt wllls her basketball ab1.l1ty to Peggy Koontz Paul Smlth wllls h1s ablllty to be frlends W1 th e v e ryone to Jeanette Wxlson .lean Earnhardt leaves he r qumetness to Wanda Davxs, hopmg she wlll make an on c1t1zensh1p George Small wmlls hxs abmlmty to make A s on conduct to Lewls Mulkey Ma ry Gardner wllls her homemaklng skxll to Nancy Lloyd hopmg that she wmll need lt some day that that Donald Ludwlck wxlls h1s superlatwe Tardlest to Rlchard Norcutt h opx n g he can get by wmth 1t Betty Koontz Allen leaves her marnage advmce to Frances Corrther In the hope she wlll some day use mt Charles Culp wmlls hls abmltty to drmve a school bus to Bobby Dees B1ll1e Kluttz wllls her love for fun to Ruth Meacham and hopes she has as much fun ln hxgh school as Blllxe had tam Donald Gheen wllls h1s superlatwe Most Ambltlous to Jerry Payne Donna Goodman wllls her Job as captam of the basketball team to the next cap hopmg she w1ll help lead the team to v1ctory Donald Goodman wllls h 1 s po s 1t1 on on flrst base to anyone who can make lt Margaret Elllott leaves the fun she had an chemlstry class to anyone who plans to take It next year Coy M1senhe1mer wxlls l11SJOb to a nyone who can go to school and stmll hold down two Jobs she that som Sh1rley Smder leaves her abmlmty to go on excursxons to Dalsy Kluttz hopmg won t have as many to make as Shlrley dld Dick Alexander wllls h1s superlatlve B1ggest Flxrt to Scott Morrls h op 1n g he has as much fun out of lt as he d1d Julxa Nanme wxlls her superlatwe Most Talented to Ann Loflm hopmg that eday she wlll be a great success Jerry Dees w1lls hls superlatlve Most Popular to Johnny Sprlnkle Glener Burns leaves the fun she had as a cheerleader to Rachel Smder, know mg that she wlll have Just as much fun as Glener dld lxathan Thomason wllls h1s abllxty to run the projector to anyone who wxll make good use of lt Barbara Lyerly leaves he r plans for college to anyone m the Jumor class who plans to try to pass those entrance exams Wmtnesses Nathan Thomason bt GeO1'g2 Donna Goodman The Dragon lags Lawyers . , . . . . , . n . - I o . . . 1. 11 - - - . . . . . , . , 1 . . . . . H . ,, . , n . . . - ' ' tt ' ' on g . - - 1 . . . . ,I . ,, . . 1 , . . Q . . . . H . . ,, . . 1 Q . . . . N ,, . . n ' - - tn Uv - v . . ,- L

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CLASS PROPHECY Whmle we were travelmg around the world, we V1 s lte d a Perslan street bazaar As we had been wonderxngwhat had happened to our fellow classmates smce 1954 we decxded to purchase a crystal ball for a souvemr m order to gaze mto the llfe of each classmate Th1s ms what we saw Paul Smxth slavmg away at the Spencer shops f1x1ng a generator on an atomlc power ed d1esel Slnce Barbara Lyerly has graduated from Lenolr Rhyne College we see her as a pro fessor at the Hollywood Dramatic School for movle stars Belleve It or not, D1ckAlexander has just been asslgned pmlot of the most powerful Jet plane built by the alr force George Small has just recelved a patent on a new tractor whlch needs only water for fuel and tts excellent runnlng condltxon guaranteed for seven years Shmrley Smder has Just announc ed her marrlage plans to the Vlce Presxdent of the Umted States Smce Glener B urns became Mrs Jxmmy Gxlland she has really led an mterestmg l1fe carmg for the Methodlst Parsonage 1n New York and keepxng her ten chlldren out of m1sch1ef Belk Harry s has Jus t elected a new president, Charles Culp I suppose he ll enjoy that Job so that he can keep an eye on Dot A new tra mle r camp has just opened IU Seattle, Washmgton, w1th propnetors Bnllxe Kluttz and her husband, a servxce man she was wrttmg to wh1le ln hlgh school Nathan Thomason always seemed to enjoy h1s Job at the A 81 P Food Store and dream ed of be c omlng the manager he has Just been promoted to produce manager of the new Ch1cago mar et Mary Gardner has Just been s e le c ted as the best 1nter1or decorator ln the state f Florlda Gee you have traveled fast' lt IS the flrst game of the World Serles so let s go enjoy the e xclte ment between P1 tt s b u r gh and Phxladelphxa w1th a very powerful fxrst baseman, Donald Goodman who We see Jean Earnhardt and Donna Goodman waltxng anxiously for the1r sailor hus bands who are on sea duty That s s txll better than wr1tmg letters and waltmg too lxke they were domg 1n hlgh school In the huge new Ketner s Store m East Spencer whom do we see as manager'7 N other than Donald Gheen' We ll have to agree he worked there long enough for a b1g pro motlon The USO has really begun to l1ve smce Ellen Honeycutt Blackwelder Jolned the enter tamment staff Comlng back through Europe we see Jerry Dees on an extended tour after havmg ln herlted a mlllxon dollars from a rlch relatlve It seems hrs luck has changed As we were pulllng thru a b1g c1ty, we read an advertisement m the paper of a great revlval that was to begln the next week at a Nazarene Church and the specxal musxc was bemg furmshed by the great song evangellst, J'ul1a Nanme CoyM1senhe1mer has really clxmbed the ladder of success recently He as now fore man of the North Carolma Fmlshmg Company Congratulatlons, Coy, we knew you were amb1t1ous We go pa st a small whlte house wlth the name Allen on the mall box We soon learn thxs IS the home of Betty and Ervm Allen and thelr cute lxttle boy, Ervin III Donald Ludwlck has Just become the manager of the Natlonal Western Auto Assoc1a t1on We knew he d make lt The servmce of the Bell Telephone Company ha s 1m pr oved greatly smce Margaret Elllott has Jomed the staff We understand however that she w1ll be rettrlng soon to Jom her husband who IS statloned m Hawau We now leave ou r former classmates of 1954 and contmue our world tour Unfortu nately we are not real prophets but lf we were we could really foresee the future of each of you and wlsh you all the best career posslble a home and happmness to the hmghest de gree Margaret Ellmott Donald Ludwmck Prophets . . 1 n . O is batting a .408 clip with the lowly A's. D : ' , . o

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