Four Oaks High School - Acorn Yearbook (Four Oaks, NC)

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rop ecy The curtain rises on the performance of Ten Years After . Marvel Starr, the former Mary Anne Baker, looks down into the orchestra pit and winks at the orchestra leader, Wade Massengill. After the performance, Miss Starr and Mr. Massengill are holding a little social get together for their classmates of 1950. The performance is over and the scene swiftly switches to beautiful mink coats and high silk hats passing through the door of Miss Starr's penthouse. First to arrive is William Ford, the famous lawyer, who is handling alimony suits for Clifton Johnson, New York's number one playboy. William Dunn, theatrical pro- ducer, enters with his most recent discovery, The Dillies, who are composed of Deane Blackmon, Elgie Allen, and Neta Lee. Rudolph Blackmon, the model king, comes strol- ling in with his two gorgeous models, Margaret Overman and Shirley Lassiter. In one corner of the room we see Jerry Johnson, the world's champion boxer, hiding behind his manager, James Earl Stanley. Jerry is trying to protect himself from the vicious ladies. Straight from the Met come our contributions to the famed Metropolitan Ballet Company: Doris Snead, Shirley Jean Morris, Maude Thrower, Doris Munden, Catherine Raynor, and Lucille Creech. As the guests keep arriving, in come the costume designers for all the better plays in New York, Juanita Register,Jean Dodd, and Lena Rose Braswell. Coming through the door are Katie Evans and Bobby Massengill, a dancing team which has just completed an engagement at the Diamond Horseshoe. Following them are Eunice Dunn, Joanne Lassiter, Mary Elizabeth Powell, and Wilma Jean Lee, who compose a piano quartet which is highly popular in New York. Skipping through the door the Parker Girls file in. They are Emma Lou, Evelyn, Hilda, and Imojean. These girls have New York's society gasping at their shocking acrobatic stunts. Through the door come the giggling girls. As we look closer we see that they are the chorus line from the Stork Club. As we look even closer we see that they are Matilda Lassiter, Pauline Dunn, Rachel Allen, Edna Johnson, Hilda Hayes, and Ruby Capps. All the way from Hollywood come Seth Rose,Esemond Barbour, and Valton Batten, who are big movie producers. With them are their private pilot, Billy Wood Sanders, and their able hostesses, Mary Lou Johnson and Laverne Hargis. The atmosphere suddenly goes untheatrical when Garland West, present mayor of Four Oaks, enters with our two congresswomen, Margaret Lee and Catherine Lee. Wilma Lee Massengill and Sarah Mitchell are rather late as they had to lecture at the art gallery before they could come. Better late than never the stag line files in. These happy gentlemen are Sherrill Barefoot, Fred Byrd, Owen Evans, and Waylon Snead. Due to working hours, Geraldine Adams, Betty Pearle Allen, Kathleen Upchurch, and Marie Allen, who are staff secretaries at the Waldorf Astoria, come in late. As we check around the room, we see that everyone is here for a very happy time. Mary Anne Baker and Wade Massengill Class Prophets 18

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06111 WISHFUL THINKING The whistle blew for us tonightg The guards all took their place. We saw the other team come outg Their forwards sneered in our face. Lu Lu first had the ball at c She made two points , said Glen. and swish! Then came the ball to us tied right then. The score was enter. ud for us. The crowd was cheering lo We smiled from ear to ear. We played that half as best we could-- We thought we'd win this year. ll again , Lu Lu obtained the ba But missed the goal at last. Our guards brought down the ball to usg We made two points real fast. ere leading them. Two points we now w ' to freeze the ball, We tried When Rose fell down upon my leg. A foul , I heard 'Ref' call. The whistle blewg we stopped and The Ref then said, That's all! How we did shout with pride and joy And kissed the basketball! and Smithfiel , looked. d mad, The game was Wong Gave us an icy stare. They glared, and glared, with rage and scorn Just as we used to glare. --Juanita Register. 14 5 ti ,Hx-.'. f f ll Y I J 1 0 'JS' q 17

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Clan Poem TRIBUTE We, members of the '50 class, Would tribute pay, with heart and mind, To Four Oaks School before we pass And leave our school days far behind. The walls and grounds, to the very edge, Hold tender memories, old and new. Earnestly, silently we pledge To our Alma Mater to be true. We give our gratitude sincere To teachers, kindly, faithful, true, Who've guided us from year to year In all the things we've tried to do. When commencement comes and ends Twelve good years we praise in rhyme, Good luck to you, classmates, friends, Proven by the test of time. We love you, Four Oaks High. You've shared our joy and our mirth, We leave you with a parting sigh, For you're the grandest school on earth. -Mary Anne Baker enior Cfadd Song The Senior Class of Four Oaks High Excels the rest we all agree. It is the best class-the good old fifty class, And good leaders we will beg And when the next class comes along, They'll look at us and follow on. We will be happy that we stood the test. Oh, Senior Class, you have conquered many hardships here, And, Senior Class, you'l1 remember each and every year. Down the road of life then we onward press our way. Work for the honor of old Four Oaks High. 19