Elkin High School - Elk Yearbook (Elkin, NC)

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I SENIORS Sam Shugart Glee Club t; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Manager Baseball 1, 2; Hi-Y Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Mono¬ gram Club 2, 3, 4; 4-H Club 1. Rufus Sneed Baseball 1, 2, 4. 4-H Club 1; Basketball 1, 2; Foot¬ ball 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; D. O. Club 4; Monogram Club 3, 4. 1 f 1 m Sue Shugart Basketball 1 ; Monogram Club 2, 3, 4; Beta Club 3, 4, Secretary 4; Chief Marshal 3; Tri-Hi-Y Club 1. 2, 3, 4, Secretary 1, 2, Vice-Presi¬ dent 3, Chaplain 4; Monogram Club 2, 3, 4; Beta Club 3, 4, President 4; The Elk Staff 3; Vice-President Stu¬ dent Council 3; Marshal 3; Class Treasurer 3; Class Vice-President 4; Interclub Council 3, 4. Jenny Transou Tri-Hi-Y Club 2; The Elk Staff 3, 4; Beta Club 3, 4, Vice-President 4; Home Economics Club 1 ; Glee Club 4» Secretary 4; Chaplain Bible Class 4; President Spanish Club 4; Class President 3, 4; Office Assistant 2, 3; Marshal 3. Jerry Wall Oak Ridge School, Tennessee 1, 2, 3; Basketball 4; Glee Club 4. Donald White Dobson 1, 2, 3; Hi-Y 4; D. O. Club 4. 9

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Philip Mathis Hi-Y Club 4; D. O. Club 4, Vice- President 4. Gilda Money D. O. Club 4; Home Economics Club 1, 2. 3. Jack Pardue Basketball 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y Club 1, 2, 4; Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, Chief 3; Glee Club 3; The Elk Staff 3, 4; The Elk Antler Staff 4; Spanish Club 4; Student Council 3, 4, President 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Monogram Club 4. Garth Payne Beulah High; Basketball 1; 4-H Club 1, 2; Hi-Y Club 3, 4; Band 3, 4, Secretary 3, President 4; Treas¬ urer Hi-Y Club 4. Ruth Phillips Dobson 1, 2, 3; D. O. Club 4. Louisa Roth Tri-Hi-Y 1, 3, 4; Fassifern School 2; Cheerleader 4; Art Editor The Elk Antler 4; Art Editor The Elk 4; Class Testator 4. SENIORS Ethel Milan Cheerleader 3; Tri-Hi-Y Club 3; Basketball 1; 4-H Club 2; Monogram Club 3, 4; D. O. Club 4. i-Hi-Y Pkib 1, 2, 3, 4, Presiden ■ 4, Vice- , 2, 3, Progradjj Council 2; The £ Staff 3;. Adver¬ tising Manager Tb ' Elk 4 Sports J Editor The Ti Hostess Home Assistant 1, 3, Economics Class 4; 4. 7(XtcL. V Sadie Park Home Economics Club 1, 2; Glee Club 3; D. 0. Club 4. Barbara Phillips Tri-Hi-Y Club 1, 2, 3; Leaders Club 2, 3, 4; Cheerleader 3; D. 0. Club 4, Secretary 4. Basil Reavis D. 0. Club 4. Oliver Rushing Oak Hill, West Virginia 1, 2, 3; Hi- Y Club 4; Business Manager The Elk Antler 4; Photography Manager The Elk 4; Baseball 4. 8

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CLASS HISTORY Twelve short years ago ten members of the Class of ’49 began their so-called education in the Elkin schools. We were the last of the more fortunate classes who came to high school in the eighth grade where fifteen students from various other schools joined us for our higher education, with Mrs. Reece Gil¬ liam as our adviser. When we were freshmen, the upper¬ classmen still made jokes about us even though it was our second year in high school. Mrs. Clyde Eller and Miss Cor¬ nelia Ayers were our freshmen advisers. We breathed with a little more ease our sophomore year, for we were con¬ sidered upperclassmen at last. Some of the members of our class were outstanding in sports that year. Our sophomore of¬ ficers were: Sally Transou, president; Tip Freeman, vice-president; Winnie Lulfman, secretary; and Jake Guyer, treasurer. Miss Mary Holland and Mr. R. H. Abernathy were our advisers that year. Our junior year was unforgettable, for with the help of Mrs. Adrian Nixon, our sponsor, we had a very successful Miss Elkin High’’ contest, when one of our own juniors, Kay Cheek, won the title. In a magazine sales contest, Sue Shugart won the prize for selling the most. Sam Shugart won several medals in track. Jenny Transou led the class that year as president, with Tip Freeman as vice-presi¬ dent, Jean Brown as secretary, and Hal Stuart as treasurer. One of the most unforgettable days of our high school life came in January, when we received our class rings. That year we presented something new in the way of a Junior-Senior for E. H. S. We had a Prom for the seniors, with Harold Gale and his orchestra furnishing the music. Some of the juniors went with the seniors to Washington for five days with Miss Emma Cooke as our chaperone. This memorable year was ended when we car¬ ried candles for the seniors on class day and sang our farewell song to them. Many changes were made in the faculty and school program our senior year but it did not lessen our devotion to our dear old alma mater. Mr. Verlin Hutchinson was the new principal and Miss Emma Cooke, who was our seventh-grade teacher, had the task of being sponsor of forty- seven seniors. Under the direction of Mr. Neil Mel¬ vin, Diversified Occupation (better known to the students as D. O.) was taught for the first time in E. H. S. and proved to be a big success with twenty seniors work¬ ing in various places in town while study¬ ing. Not only was D. O. something new, but we started having chapel programs at the gym every Friday. Journalism was open to the juniors for the first time that year. The beginning of our senior year was a sad one, for we lost a wonderful friend and student, James Cockerham, to whom we dedicate this third edition of The Elk. Chosen to lead the senior class were: Jenny Transou, president; Hal Stuart, vice-president; Winnie Luffman, secre¬ tary; and Bob Lawrence, treasurer. The football team selected Joan Olsen, a senior, as Football Queen’’ that year. Bill Price, vho had been with us from the first grade, left us that year to go to Georgia to study. We realize that part of the best years of our lives have been spent in Elkin High School and we are terribly grateful to the teachers who have put up with us these years and to our parents who have made it possible for us to attend such a wonderful school. We shall never forget these high school days in Elkin and we hope that Elkin High School will never forget us. Jean Brown, Historian Class of 1949 10