Fuquay Springs High School - Greenbriar Yearbook (Fuquay Springs, NC)

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THROUGH A DAY AT FUQUAY HIGH 1. Soon be 8:30! 2. Morning, Pal! 3. First Class— First Error! 4. Where does that participle go? 5. Boy! I ' m starved! 6. Time to breathe after lunch. 0O0OU 7. Research in the library. OQGQQ n 8. 3:10 at last. 9. The basketball game at night.

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Freshmen! A word that brings back memories of utmost tortures and persecution at the hands of our hated superiors, Sophomores and Juniors. But the Seniors whom we idolized con- soled us. Despite these circumstances Eleanor Clark and Jeanette Saunders managed to help out with the school operetta. The girls turned out in great number for the basketball team. Carolyn Pritchett, Barbara Thomas, Helen Rowland, Gloria Pearce, Peggy Guthrie, and Shirley Sherron made up the majority of the squad. The boys had not matured as rapidly as the girls and their sports activities were confined mostly to Mr. Weede ' s health classes. Most of them went in for the less hazardous sports, such as ping pong and badminton. By the spring of the school year, however, Mickey Smith, Buck Adcock, Glenn Powell, Ben Bennett, Henry Law- rence, and Marshall Currin managed to make the baseball team. Nancy Tilley, Carlyle Page, and Marshall Currin, Latin students, said Latin made them dizzy. Mrs. Haddock said they made her dizzy. Ah, ha, Sophomores! We fiendishly rubbed our hands as the Freshmen paraded past. On F. F. A. and F. H. A. initiation night, Betty Lou Coats, Phyllis Jones, Frances Clark, Roy Mor- ton, Thomas Coats, and Buck Rowland gleefully explained to some of the cringing Freshmen how to shampoo their hair in flour and water. Mickey Smith and Jimmy Norris earned their let- ters in basketball. We were proud of Roy Morton, Peggy Kesler, and Frances Clark for their outstanding work on the Student Council. Peggy Kesler was elected Secretary of this organiza- tion. The F. H. A. girjs and F. F. A. boys attended Tom Brown ' s Camp. The Sophomore class was very well represented. Nancy Tilley, Virginia Aiken, and Allie Mae Hester seemed to have a very good time. Our Junior year was filled with many happy events. Twenty-one members of our class earned Beta Club membership and were duly initiated. Glenda Ferrell served as a very capable Beta Club secretary. Thomas Coats, Marshall Currin, and Proctor Taylor, dependable bus driv- ers, won safety awards. The Junior Class basketball players contributed to the winning of the Western division of the Wake County Championship. The baseball players won their second consecutive County Championship. Glenn Powell led the team in batting percentage. The foot- ball team won their fifth consecutive Wake County Championship. Stars of the football team were Charles Garrison, Buck Adcock, and Glenn Powell. The Junior play, Our Town, under the direction of Miss Vivian Burton, was a great success. Charles Parker certainly proved his acting ability. That the Junior-Senior Banquet with the theme of Under the Sea was worth all the time and effort spent in making it a great success was finally agreed. It was hard, but we finally became accustomed to our new title, Seniors. Our class, however, was not quite the same. Louise Lee, Shirley Duke, Gerry Stephenson, Melba Smith, Marilyn Griffin, Betty Jo Myatt, Doris Stephenson, and Dorothy Stephenson had decided that married life would be more interesting than school, so we had to do our best without them. Nancy Cooke, our well-remembered Junior Class president, was also mourned. She had found it neces- sary to go to Greensboro to finish school. Despite the loss of our friends it was a thrilling experi- ence to show our class rings to the underclassmen and to exchange calling cards with class- mates. Eleanor Clark again led the cheerleaders for her fourth year. Betty Lou Coats, Frances Clark, and Jeanette Saunders also wished to support their school teams. They decided they could do their best by being cheerleaders, so Mrs. Council decided that since their ambition was so great they could try. Much to the amazement of many they became cheerleaders. Jean Myatt was chosen as the football Sponsor at the home-coming game with Apex. Our Senior class of- ficers were Jimmy Bowling, President; Jean Myatt, Vice-President; Golda Ferrell, Secretary, and Allie Hester, Treasurer. Allie Mae made such a good Junior Class Treasurer that we decided to let her handle all our money henceforth. Mickey Smith was elected as President of the Student Council, so Mr. Farnell gave him the responsibility of preparing assembly programs. Eleanor Clark continued to display musical talent at the piano in chapel, Glee Club, and all other pro- grams which needed her assistance. Although our four years at Fuquay High have drawn to a close, the many happy experiences and acquaintances shared there will remain a part of us forever. We, the Senior Class of ' 53, wish to express our gratitude to the faculty and our fellow students for helping us get the most out of our days spent in Fuquay High School. Page Twenty-

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY April 5, 1963 How can it be that so many wonderful things could have happened to the 1953 seniors of Fuquay High in just ten short years! Every single member is prospering and seems happy. Carlyle Page ' s ambition to become a doctor is now a reality. He, his two nurses, Pearl Jones and Peggy Kesler, and his receptionist, Pansy Myatt, are quite popular with all the patients. Directly across the street in Fuquay from the doctor ' s office is Phyllis Jones ' exquisite beauty salon. Among her employees as skilled beauticians are Maxine Adams, Helen Rowland, and Rhuteen Adams. The business is so large that a secretary is necessary to arrange appointments. She is Doris Moore, another classmate. Shirley Sherron, once President of the Future Teachers Club, is now struggling with her fifth graders in an attempt to explain fractions to them. Who would have ever thought, however, that Hugh Thompson would be- come Fuquay ' s silent but firm principal, or that little Jeannette Saunders would now be mixing chemicals in the school laboratory for her high school students? Harold Honeycutt still cruises around Fuquay in his Olds— but now a new 1963 model. A beauty! Although he knows every part of it, he often lets the best mechanic in town, Charles Garrison, check it over. Roy Morton now has another beef cow along with a very good tobacco farm and a 1963 Chevrolet. Herman Taylor is without the cow, but has quite a profitable little farm. Both take their profits to the new banker, Charles Parker. Two working pleasantly at the telephone switchboard are Virginia Aiken and Frances Wood. Among those who have traveled far from the old home town are Gloria Pearce and Nancy Tilley. Both are world known for their unsurpassed voices. Patsy Walters has become the most widely read poet in America. Equally famous, though, are Polly Prince, now a much sought cover girl, and Carolyn Prichett, a New York model who specializes in modeling formal gowns. Three other members of the 1953 class are in New York. Sue Wood and Annie Margaret Prince have be- come Macy ' s best two sales-ladies, while Jimmy Bowling remains Lord and Taylor ' s efficient manager. In the capitol of our nation, Jimmy Norris now occupies the White House. His body guard is none other than J. W. Mangum. Among the cabinet members are Allie Mae Hester as Secretary of the Treasury and Buck Rowland as Secretary of Agriculture. In the Senate is James Wortham, while David Brown spreads his influence in the House. Closest to the President, however, is wise Joseph Carter, as the Chief Adviser to the President. While speaking of the government, the Governor of North Carolina is now none other than Buck Adcock. Governor Adcock ' s secretary is an old classmate, Gerold Goodwin. Back in Fuquay, the Mayor is now the outstanding Mickey Smith. Two lawyers came from that worthy class ten years ago. Wayland Honeycutt now practices in Charlotte, but Marshall Currin has a rising firm in the home town. Eva Dupree is Lawyer Currin ' s capable secretary. Speaking of secretaries, Golda and Glenda Ferrell, twins of the class, took a secretarial course and liked it so much they decided to continue their studies. Now they own their own secretarial school. Some of their school mates, among whom were Louise Eakes, Marie Jordan, and Ernestine Holleman, are taking additional courses there to better enable them in the business field. Far away in India is Delphia Carter. Always with her purpose in mind, she graduated from college and went off to be a foreign missionary. The old original team in school, Hallie Guy and Betty Coats, are now the same, except, of course, for star- ring in the biggest television show produced in New York. Barbara Thomas has become the greatest dramatic actress in America, while Ben Bennett has become the dream of every American teen-ager as the handsome hero of the movies. Top acting in Hollywood is credited to Thomas Coats (the shiny new Oscar proves it). Tops in the musical field is Eleanor Clark, whose nimble fingers have led her to fame as a concert pianist. She is in demand to such an extent that her manager, Wilma Myatt, is constantly on the run. Some of those young baseball players in Fuquay, such as Henry Lawrence and Glenn Powell, have turned professional. Unbelievable contracts literally float around them. Wonder if they will stick to their present team or sign one of those tempting contracts? Uncle Sam called quite a few of the boys soon after graduation. Some decided to stay and make a career of it. Major Proctor Taylor, Major Joel Smith, Colonel Eugene Holleman, and General Frederick Harvell proved to be brilliant and capable military leaders. Among the many of the class who have taken the vows of matrimony are Frances Clark, Peggy Guthrie, and Mary Ree Dickens. AH are happily caring for their families and homes. As we look back over the past short ten years, it hardly seems possible that every single member of that 1953 class could achieve such success and happiness in such a little while! Page Twenty-three