Farmer High School - Far Echoes Yearbook (Asheboro, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY Four years ago we were Freshmen but t1me passes doesn't 1t'P We probably d1dn't look much l1ke h1gh school students w1th our sm1l1ng faces and carefree ways but we soon learned Our leader was Mr E R Wallace and off1cers were Pres1dent Nancy Thornburg V1ce Pres1 dent Dot Lan1er Secretary Janet Hard1n Treasurer Joyce Pearce Classes began 1n our Sophomore year w1th Mr A M Snapp as our homeroom teacher Our off1cers were Pres1dent Joyce Pearce V1ce Presxdent Ph1l Fowler Secretary Jane Lan1er Treasurer Aust1n Hunt Reporter R1chard Hughes F1ve Sophomores recewed the honor of be1ng tapped 1nto the Beta Club Those were Jane Lan1er Rachel Olson Della Rush Darrell Lass1ter and Mary Mxllmkan W1thafewpart1es thrown 1n for our enjoyment we had a very successful year In 1955 we became Junxors just a few b1g steps from our l1fet1me dream graduat1on Mxss Luc1lle Wxlds was our adv1sor and we elected as class off1cers Pres1dent Della Rush V1ce Pres1dent Jane Lan1er Secretary MaryM1ll1kan Treasurer Darrell Lass1ter Reporter Nancy Thornburg We began at once to work on the Jun1or Sen1or Banquet We to1led day after day unt1l we were sure that our banquet would be a suc cess It took place at the Teenage Bu1ld1ng Apr1l Z 1955 Another ex c1t1ng occas1on1n our Jun1or year was the day we recewed our class r1ngs And then we became Sen1ors It d1dn't seem possmble but lt soon came to be a real1ty when we began the 1mportant dut1es of Sen1ors e chose black and wh1te for our class colors and the wh1te carnat1on for our flower Our motto IS Onward we move success 15 our goal We elected as class off1cers Pres1dent Jane Lan1er Vxce Pres1 dent Rachel Olson Secretary Mary M1ll1kan Treasurer Darrell Las s1ter Mr Robert Allen was our adv1sor Our most 1mportant task was that ofpubl1sh1ng the seventh ed1t1on of 'Far Echoes The annual staff was selected and they began 1mmed1ately to try to make lt the best annual ever Other aCt1V1t1eS dur1ng the year were the Halloween Carmval the turkey supper and the semor play Wh1le these act1v1t1es were be1ng carr1ed out we made plans to go to Washmgton 1n the sprmg Through twelve years of school we have struggled and together we have faced the good and the bad To those teachers parents and fr1ends who have helped us along the way we w1sh to express our s1ncerest grat1tude As l1fe goes on and we move forward each 1n h1s own d1rect1on may we always be led by the strong hand of A1m1ghty God MAR Y MILLIKAN HISTORIAN 17 1 1 ' , . . . ' 1 : 1 1 ' 1 Z 1 I 1 - . . . . l . D . - - - 1 1 . . . . . . D 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . . . . . . . y 1 1 1 ' . 1 , . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 I - Q 1 , . ' . - 1 . W I ' . ' ll . , . . . . . I . - .- - 1 1 . . . I - I I I I I . . . . . . . ' - H I . 1 , . 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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11 9,5 tal WINFRED SWAINEY The shell must break before the blrd can fly lDr1ver 1 F F A Club BETTY YATES lshall laugh my self to death C ub l 34 F H A C 134 GleeClub1234 effi- 13' E ---JP' asf' NANCY THORNBURG Pledgxng my love to someone dear Bus Drrver 3 4 Annual Staff 4 Class Pres1dent 1 Class Report e 4HClubl2FllAC b 1 3 Monogram Club 2 3 4 F T A Club 4 Basketball l 2 3 French Club 2 3 benlor Class Iropher 'lb' Q . hs-P' PAUL YATES You l1e ID tongue when you say I m any other than an honest man Bu Drxver Z 3 4 ll Club 1 2 F F A Club l,2,3, Monogram Club 1,2,3, Baseball 1,2,3,4 16 .og TOMMY TROGDEN Oh what may man w1th1n lnrn lnde though angel on the outward s1de AsheboroH1ghStl1ool l F ln A ub l Clec Club '3 Nluslc Club 4 bemor iuperla uve FAYE WHITE It rs not every questxon that deserves an answer Georgla 1 Asslstant L1brar1an 4 Annual Staff 4 4 H Club 2 3 Basketball 2 3 4 Monogram Club3 4 FrenchClub 3 4 .lun xor Play Glee Club 2 4 Sketch Club 4 1-Q 35 '11 Nr-If 6 x .5 ,. A ' ' .. ' 3 A -' A , A X' X I J if F3: ' .': . . . .lu 'F fs R! Agp . 'pr I p . . u 1 i b 1 -lu L v !,'K:V g N' ' ' . 'B '-4' , P BUS ' : '. . 1.2 'r-st W ' ' 34: 2 Av- 54 , ' 1 Cl ,2g y 2.,.gFOlk 3 X- 2' a ' Q - , 4-H 1 ,2,:,g ,,, lub F ' ',' - ,, -XI l B S ' - .5

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CLASS PROPHECY I am Cornelra Burnhart owner of the Sleep Well Rest Well Hotel located near the rntersectron of srxrh and twenty nrnth avenues rn Farmer Whrle rnstructrng the mards rn cleanrng the attrc I glanced down and sawa newspaper prrnted August 1 1965 makrng rt three years old At the trme of publrcatron I must have been away l surely would have seen the bold headlmes whrch read The Jet ace Dwarn Brrles flew two hundred mrles non stop at the speed of 2 O00 m p h There was more news scattered about through the paper whrch read as such Darrell Lassrter North Carolrna s great senator made the headlmes agarn when he announced that he would run for presrdent rn 1968 The hard workrng secretary Mary Mrllrkan rs now assrstant secretary to the governor of North Caro rna Here rt says that Janet Hardrn rs wantrng a hat check grrl at her dance salon near the ever popular Kearns Drug Clay Hunt rs strll workrng at the servrce statron whrch he hoped years ago to own Betty Yates hasjust won a scholarshrp to study Home Economrcs at Womams College to make the man rn her lrfe happy I notrce that Leona Loflrn has won a prrze for the most orrgrnal drawrng at the art show rn New York What about thrs now? Della Rush who once was a patrent there rs now superrntendent of the Sam torrum rn Morganton Joyce Krng rs now drrectrng aplay rn Hollywood whrch was taken from her masterprece wrrtten whrle rn hrgh school Hoyt Cranford rs now owner of the largest department store rn New Hope l see rn the lonely hearts column where Dot Lanrer rs strll wartrng for those boyfrrends to get out of the army I read here that Jean Hayes has carrred her marrrage career even farther She s now the mother of three smrlrng youngsters trrplets Stop look and lrsten to the bargarns rn Ernest Russell s used car lot He has a specral prrce on all Chevrolets Here s the sports page Rachel Olson has frnally grven up hope for the Yankees after they have lost the last ten pennants to the Dodgers J R Hrnshaw has just won hrs second Indranapolrs Sports Car Race at the average of 180 m p h Phrl Fowler now playrng wrth the Brooklyn Dodgers rsscheduled to partrcrpate rn an exhrbrtron game the McCrary Ball Park Short and stubby Joyce Gallrmore rs strll tryrng all the grow tall medrcrnes on the market Colen Henley rs now owner of the You Brake lt We Frx It machrne shop rn Farmer Don Rrchey New York s rrchest playboy rs strll tryrnv to get a date wrth Joyce Pearce Ruth Pearce rs happrly marrred and has a famrly of four boys just lrke the man she marrred Mrss Patrrcra Wooland better known to us as Joyce Pearce has her prcture on Seventeen modelrng the new sprrng hats Here rs somethrng about Mrs Paul Yates former Betty Jo Lanrer berng chosen to head the Welfare Department Ed Hughes one of the most successful farmers of our day has just won frve blue rrbbons at the state farr wrth hrs lrvestock Prctures Lrve Forever rs the srgn hung outsrde the door of Gerlrne Loflrn s photo shop Jo Ann Surratt rs now manager of Rose s Drme Store she has been there long enough to know the place rett well D Beyatrrce Krndley has been promoted to Head Stewardess of U S Arrlrnes Inc The world renowned screntrst Rosemary Gordon has got away long enough to vrsrt Shrrley Shaw who rs a model rn one of the fashron shops rn Troy Vrrgrnra Loflrn has grven up her nursrng career to become a wrfe and mother as Mrs Brlly Younts Rrchard Hughes rs raprdly edgrng Frankenstern out of show busrness and rs on hrs way to becomrng the natrons No 1 horror Here rs a prcture of a famrlrar face rn the paper lt rs Glenda Deaton wrth her whrte cap on frnally she has become a nurse at Duke Hosprtal Tommy Trogdon and hrs rhythm band has a radro show over WSPC rn Tabernacle now Wrnfred Swaney who worked before frnrshrng school now owns a charn of Hosrery Mrlls along the At lantrc Coast Paul Yates now owns hrs own chrcken hatchery I don t suppose all the egg countrng was done rn varn Ray Shaw has frnally got over hrs bashfulness and rs an outstandrng spokesman Jane Lanrer one of New York s socrety leaders has just returned from the Natronal Old Mard s Con ventron rn Calrfornra Mrs Darrell Peacock the former Nancy Thornburg rs workrng rn the offrce of the Bur Mrll plant rn Asheboro after four years of college We are very proud of our 56 graduate Mrss Faye Whrte who was grven the leadrng role rn Holly wood s latest productron How to Become a Mrs Nancy Thornburg Clay Hunt Prophets 18 l' I at . Carol Smith was just named Most Athletic Woman of the Year.