Gaston College - Reveleer Yearbook (Dallas, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 82 of the 1959 volume:

I SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT...’’ TECH PATHS This is our Annual. Within the covers of this book are re- vealed the paths of the students , the faculty, and the school during the '58-'59 school year. Each of us has followed somewhat dif- ferent paths this year, but the ultimate goal is the same for us all- that is to better ourselves through education. No matter what path we have chosen to follow, Tech Paths has our story. Not only doe s Tech Paths record our acedemic paths, but also any extracurricular activities in which we may have par tic ipated . 2 Wfmmib h ■ a OREWORD Ponder the path of thy feet and let all be established - - Proverbs 4:Z6 4 thy ways CONTENTS FACULTY CLASSES ORGANIZATIONS SPORTS 5 WE DEDICATE ♦ ♦ • this, our first Annual, to the man who directed us on the path to Technology, and who has cheered us on as we have traveled that path JAMES I. MASON 6 Dr. Carey H. Bostian Chancellor North Carolina State College Mr. E. W. Ruggles Director, College Extension Division North Carolina State College Gaston Technical Institute is a division of the School of Engineering, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, and is oper- ated under the auspices of the School of Engineering by the College Ex- tension Division of North Carolina State College. Graduates receive the Associate in Applied Science degree in Civil Technology, Electrical Technology, Electronics Technology, or Mechanical and Production Technology. mmi m ii ini ' ■;':: :V: - ?• • .. :‘ so .-. -S?:-: X-. ' .. .. $ ■ r x?V X'v 'W3? ADMINISTRATION Paul V. Smith Mrs. Mary E. McQuere Mrs. Ellen D. Felton Mrs. Nell D. McCarter Registrar Secretary Bookkeeper Dietitian 8 FACULTY George Benolken A, B., Elon College R. A. Fuhrer E.E., University of Pittsburgh Clay Groves James P. Huffstetler B.E. E., N. C. State College John M. Jenkins M. A., N. C. State College Paul Lunsford B. S., Appalachian State Teachers College 9 FACULTY Mrs. Eleanor M. McArver B. S., Madison College Robert Micheal B. M. E., N. C. State College Jerry G. Reid B. S., Appalachian State Teachers College Mrs. Mary Clare Sanders B. S., Woman's College, UNC 10 . . SENIOR OFFICERS Raymond Blakeley................ President Jack Banning...................Vice-President Carrol M. Wagner...............Sec .-Treasurer 12 Hardie Ammons, Jr. Ashe ville , N. C . Electronic s Harvey Paul Austin Aurora , N. C . Electronic s Jack Allen Banning Edneyville, N. C. Mech. Production Jerry M. Barringer Albemarle, N. C. Electronic s Raymond Pittman Blakely Sanford, N. C . Mech. Production William Rex Bowers Wadesboro, N. C. Electronic s 13 John Thomas Brooks Tuckerdale, N. C. Electronic s Mike Cable Durham, N. C . Mech. Production David Crokett Clark, Jr. Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Electronic s Jess Donald Cline Statesville, N. C. Electronic s Richard Ray Coburn Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Electronic s Dwight McKinley Cook Pilot Mountain, N. C, Electrical 14 Billy Ray Creech Benson, N. C . Electronic s Thomas Rodney Cromwell Bryson City, N. C. Electronic s Thomas Jackson Cumby Tr inity, N. C . Civil James Stanfield Felton Erwin, N. C . Electronic s Willie Leon Floyd, Jr. Rosehill, N. C . Mech. Production Lucius Joseph Freeman Henderson, N. C. Electronic s 15 Delma Ray Gaddy High Point, N. C . Electronic s Horace Paul Gilgo Oriental, N. C . Mech. Production Eubert Hugh Graham Salis bury, N. C . Electronic s William Graham Grainger Raleigh, N. C . Electronic s ■ Max Vernon Griffin Dunn, N. C . Electronic s Max Ellis Grigg Gastonia, N. C . Electronic s Kenneth Linwood Hall Asheboro, N. C . Mech. Production Billy E. Hayes Mount Holly, N. C. Electronic s Frank Weldon Hoover Salisbury, N. C . Electrical Robert Jordan Hopkins Gastonia, N. C . Electronic s Walter Willis Johnson Aurora, N. C . Electronic s Glenn Kilpatrick Hendersonville, N. C. Electronic s 17 Herbert Lee Kluttz Albemarle, N. C. iMech. Production John Roger Kurfees State sville , N. C. Civil James Leonard O'Briant Durham, N. C . Electronic s Joe Roscoe Pitts Burlington, N. C. Electronic s Roger Edwin Poplin Albemarle, N. C. C ivil William Morris Purser Matthews, N. C . Electronic s 18 James Lewis Ritchie Draper , N. C . Mech. Production Bob Shackleford Greenville, N. C. Electrical Jim Donald Smith Lincolnton, N. C. Electrical Thomas William Smith Raleigh, N. C . C ivil Alexander Candlus Sutton Dunn, N. C . C ivil Jesse Edward Swaim, Jr. Winston Salem, N. C. Mech. Production 19 John Robert Tesh Lexington, N. C . Electrical Alton Hayes Truckner Durham, N. C . -Electronic s Gerald D. Tucker Locust, N. C . Civil Carroll Monroe Wagner Hendersonville, N. C. Electronic s James M. Wallace, Jr. Fayetteville, N. C. Electrical Kenneth Ray Ward Archdale , N. C . Electronic s 20 James Claude Washam Kannapolis, N. C. Civil Daniel Phillip White Greensboro, N. C. Electronic s James Wayne Williams Swan Quarter, N. C. Electronic s Ray Mitchell Wooten Maple Hill, N. C . Mech. Production 21 Ralph L. Wright Fallston, N. C . Electronic s ED SWAIM Most Likely To Succeed RAY KIPPATRICK Most Studious PAUL GILGO Best All Around LEONARD O'BRIANT Be st C itizen HERBERT KLUTZ F r iendliest 23 KENNETH HALL Be st Athlete Thou wilt show me the path of life; pleasures for evermore. in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are 24 Psalms 16:11 William Fred Bass Louisbur g , N. C . Electronic s Tony Haldon Bell Jone s ville , N, C . Electronic s Arthur Dean Carter Husk, N. C . Electronic s Robert Spencer Earnhardt Spencer , N. C . Mech. Production Fred Alton Fowler Jonesville , N. C . Electronic s John Paul Freeman Eddy ville , N. C . Electronic s Cleveland Roscoe Galloway Gastonia, N. C . Electronic s Juluis T. Gardener Shelby, N. C. Electronic s 26 Billy B. Isom Angier , N. C . C ivil James Edward Keller Granite Falls, N. C. Mech. Production Frank William Nolen Franklin, N. C . Electrical Julian Edward Padgett Union Mills, N. C. Electrical Larry Dale Parnell High Point, N. C . Electrical Nelson Eddy Rabb Gastonia, N. C . Mech. Production Jerry Phillip Reap Albemarle, N. C. Electrical Robert Neilson Roseboro Gastonia, N. C . Electronic s 27 Ambrose G. Southern Mt. Airy, N. C . Electronic s Gene Arden Stroud War saw, N. C . Mech. Production Clarence Kenneth West Apex, N. C . C ivil Jacob Adolph Williamson Washington, N. C. C ivil 28 29 FRESHMAN OFFICERS Gary Bottomley......................................President Ronny Childress................................Vice-President Tommy Poteet.....................................Secr.-Treas. 30 Sidney Herman Allen Durham, N. C . Mech. Production Donald Keith Andrew Sonw Camp, N. C. Electronic s John William Bentley Taylorsville, N. C. Electronic s William Howard Best, Jr. Hendersonville, N. C. Electronic s Gary James Bottomley North Wilkesboro, N. C. C ivil Grady Francis Brewer, Jr. Winston-Salem, N. C. Electrical Bob Parker Cantrell Spartanburg, S. C. Electronic s Teddy Brooks Canup Kannapolis, N. C. Mech. Production Adrian Davis Capps Sneads Ferry, N. C. Electronic s Virgil Keith Cheek Ashe boro, N. C . Electronic s Ronny Albert Childres Drerel, N. C . C ivil William Ivy Clapp Randleman, N. C. Electronic s 31 Walter Gray Credle Englehard, N. C. Electronic s Harris Adam Crowell Kernsboro, N. C. Civil James Allen Cox Kannapolis, N. C. Electronic s Ernest Lee Dechent Buies Creek, N. C. Electronic s William Kerry Duckett Canton, N. C . C ivil George William Ellis Winston-Salem, N. C. Electronic s Lloyd Van Fishel Winston-Salem, N. C. Mech. Production Thomas Ray Gaddy High Point, N. C . Electronic s Jack Austin Gentry Elkin, N. C. Electrical Aubrey Wayne Gibbs Swan Quarter, N. C. Electronic s Carl D. Glover Bailey, N. C. Electronic s Donald George Gowens Spartanburg, S. C. Electronic s 32 Edward Graves Greensboro, N. C. Electronic s Frank Michael Griffin Columbia, N. C. Mech. Production Fred Jerald Hager Cle veland , N. C „ C ivil Gary Hamrick Spindale , N. C . Electronic s Charles Arnold Hardee Laurinburg, N. C. Electronic s Carrol Hardin Gastonia, N. C . Electronic s James Jackson Hardin Morganton, N. C. Electronic s Max Rowland Harless Lenoir, N. C . Electronic s Dennis Richard Harris Maiden, N. C . Electronic s Bobby Ames Hatcher Gastonia, N. C . Electronic s Dorsey Patrick Henry Franklin, N. C . Electronic s Roger Brent Hobgood Fort Bragg, N. C . Electronic s 33 William Worth Hodge Raleigh, N. C . Electronic s Marvin Kent Holcomb Jone s ville , N. C . Electronic s Oscar Alton Holt New Hill, N. C. Elec tronic s Donald Lee Honeycutt Kannapolis, N. C. Electronic s Lorris Wayne Hubbard Kannapolis, N. C. Electronic s Claude M. Hurlocker Mt. Pleasant, N. C. Electronic s Marvin Lee Johnson Sanford , N. C . Mech. Production William Gordon Lamm Spring Hope, N. C. Electronic s Jesse Macon Lawrence, Jr. Mt. Ranier , Md . Electrical Larry Burton Linville Belews Creek, N. C. Electronic s Samuel Joseph Loven Pineola, N. C. C ivil Charles Ronald Lucas Albemarle, N. C. Mech. Production 34 Howard Luther Martin Mt. Airy, N. C. Electronic s Hugh Bryan Mills, Jr. New Bern, N. C . Mech. Production Raymond Roger Montieth Rutherfordton, N. C. Electronic s James Allen Nowell Eagle Rock, N. C . Electronic s Jerry Paul Padgett Gastonia, N. C . Electronic s George Cooper Page Wilson, N. C . Electronic s Thomas Sanford Poteet Drexel, N. C . Mech. Production Daniel Stuart Proffit North Wildesboro, N. C. Mech. Production Alva Michols Rogers Graham, N. C. Mech. Production Lawrence Parker Rooks Rocky Mount, N. C. Electronic s Charles Ellis Silver Burnsville, N. C. Electronic s Aron Earl Smith New Hill, N. C. Civil 35 Ivy Kenyon Stafford, Jr. Buies Creek, N. C. Electronic s Richard Thomas Sugg Grifton, N. C . Electrical William Thomas Sutton Kinston, N. C . Electronic s Roger Connie Taylor Mayodan, N. C . Electronic s Robert Lewis Tuttle Pfafftown, N. C. Electronic s Bill Dale Waddel Grasey Creek, N. C. Electronic s John Delane Waddel Grasey Creek, N. C. Electrical Frank Egle Whisnant Salisbury, N. C . Mech, Production Barna Osborne Wilder Zebulen, N. C . Electronic s Darrell Ellis Williams Arlington, Va. Electronic s John Louis Winkler Raleigh, N. C. Mech. Production 36 INCOMING CLASS Row 1 leftto right: George Chadwick, Harold Shehane, Ray Cheek, Charles Burns, Sammy Riddick. Row Z left to right: Linwood King, Eddie Brown, Roger Jones, Joseph Lytle, Alfred Billings, Wil- liam Jinkle, Donald Hamrick. Row31eftto right: Glenn Smith, William Abernathy, Ralph Brawley, Vaught Elledge, Harper Coffey, Henry Le Cray, Fred Justice. 37 FRESHMAN DRAWING 38 'Me STUDENT COUNCIL PAUL GILGO Pre sident RAYMOND BLAKELY Vice-president CARROLL WAGNER T reasurer 40 LEONARD O’BRIANT Editor-in-Chief MISS KAY PARRISH Sponsor ANNUAL STAFF ALTON TRUCKNER Associate Editor 9 41 MARILYN CASEY Sponsor SIDNEY ALLEN Business Manager MISS ANN PRINCE Sponsor JOHN TESH Feature Editor MISS BETTY STEELMAN Sponsor 42 NELSON RABB Photographe r MISS MARY ANN MARCHANT Sponsor DON CLINE Associate Photographer MISS JO ANN SCHLAGENHAUF Sponsor 44 DWIGHT COOK Sport Editor MRS. FRANCES COOK Sponsor MISS JEAN DAVIS Sponsor JOHN KURFEES Associate Feature Editor 46 THE TECHNICAL REPORTER Staff members; Dwight Cook, Thomas W. Smith, Jack Banning, Monroe Wagner, Ken- neth West, Paul Freeman, Nelson Rabb, Raymond Blakely, James Washam. 47 48 Mrs. Eleanor MeArver--Director Howard Martain Adrian Capps Jack Gentry James Washam Mack Wallace Ken Stafford John Winkler Bill Hodge Bill Bass Jimmy Hardin Gary Bottomley Rodney Cromwell Stanfield Felton Edward Swaim Ernest Dechent Jimmy Childres Marvin Lee Johnson Tommy Poteet 49 CIVIL CLUB PHOTO NELSON RABB ROBERT ROSEBORO TONY BELL FRANK NOLEN KENT HOLCOMB JAMES NOWELL HOWARD MARTIN RICHARD COBURN JERRY PADGETT 52 CLUB BILL BASS DON CLINE DWIGHT COOK LARRY PARNELL ED GRAVES RALPH WRIGHT BILL HODGE FRED FOWLER GEORGE BENOLKEN RADIO CLUB 54 SCIENCE CLUB Raymond Blakely, John Tesh, Bill Floyd, Don Cline, Mr. Huffstetler, Mack Wallace, Frank Hoover Frank Nolen, Max Harless, Ken Stafford, Nelson Rabb, Jesse Lawrence, Frank Whisnant PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB IN ACTION CHRISTMAS DANCE INTERMISSION BASKETBALL TEAM Bill Floyd F orward 59 Kenneth Hall F or ward Earl Smith F orward Danny Proffit Guard Roscoe Galloway Guard Gary Bottomly Guard Walter Johnson Guard Compliments of A.B. CARTER, INCORPORATED Operating MILL DEVICES COMPANY Gastonia, North Carolina CARTER TRAVELER COMPANY Gastonia, North Carolina Lesson for Seniors . . • and Other Smart Students 6ertE „ eer-tB? U6«t Sight- Good light heads off drowsiness and speeds you through assignments. So make sure your bulb is in the proper size, that your lamp shade reflects light, and that it flares enough to dif- fuse light over all your work area. Make good light your friend . . . for life. It costs so little, means so much! DUKE POWER COMPANY Compliments of RECREATION, INCORPORATED 212 East Main Avenue Gastonia, North Carolina Compliments of FIRESTONE TEXTILES BEST WISHES CAROLINA CLEANERS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY BEST QUALITY CLEANING OF NORTH CAROLINA Phone: UN 5-5041 209 S. Firestone Blvd. Gastonia, North Carolina SERVING NATURAL GAS ASHEVILLE TO RALEIGH BRUMLEY PRINTING COMPANY Phone UN 5-4912 175 E. Franklin Gastonia, North Carolina GOODYEAR SERVICE STORES Tires, Tubes, Batteries And Car Home Merchandise Phone: UN 7-6314 335 W. Franklin Ave. Gastonia, North Carolina MOSS REXALL DRUGS Phone UN 7-9611 1051 W. Franklin Ave. Gastonia, North Carolina FRANKLIN HARDWARE CO. GENERAL HARDWARE 1225 W. Franklin Ave. Phone UN 5-2361 Gastonia, North Carolina SWEETLAND RESTAURANT WHERE G. T. L STUDENTS MEET TO EAT Phone UN 7-9134 133 W. Main Ave. FURR S LAUNDRY CLEANERS Compliments of GASTON ELECTRIC COMPLETE LAUNDRY SERVICE CONTRACTORS, INC. Phone UN 4-2104 1302 West Franklin Ave. 419 West Main Street Gastonia, North Carolina RAINBOW PAINT STORE Phone UN 5-2371 143 E. Franklin Ave. Gastonia, North Carolina BOTTLING CO. Gastonia, North Carolina GETTY'S CLEANERS Tel. UN 5-8900 1024 W. Franklin Ave. Gastonia, North Carolina GASTONIA PLUMBING HEATING COMPANY, INC Phone UN 7-215 1301 West Franklin Avenue Gastonia, North Carolina LITTLE FURNITURE CO 1133 West Franklin Ave. Gastonia, North Carolina SUNRISE DAIRY GRADE PASTEURIZED DAIRY PRODUCTS 509 West Franklin Avenue Gastonia, North Carolina Compliments of GROVE'S THREAD CO. CARSON SPORTING GOODS CO. Telephone UN 5-2281 292 West Main Ave. Gastonia, No th Carolina EDWARD’S GARAGE MOTOR OVERHAUL AND TUNE-UP BRAKE SERVICE-FRONT END ALIGNMENT TIRES BALANCED GENERATOR AND STARTER REPAIR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SERVICE Phone UN 7-9954 1003 Gaston Ave. Gastonia, North Carolina HOSPITALITY MOTEL M. D. McManama, Owner Phone UN-4-1753 Highways U. S. 29 74 Gastonia, North Carolina SOUTHERN SUPPLY CO. Phone UN-4-4321 258-64 East Main St. Gastonia, North Carolina RANKIN-ARMSTRONG CO. QUALITY FURNITURE Phone UN 5-0611 Gastonia, North Carolina BE SOCIABLE Have A PEPSI! Compliments of HARRIS SANITARY LAUNDRY CALDWELL’S DRUG COMPANY LIGHTING CENTER GASTONIA — CHARLOTTE GASTONIA MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Compliments of MORRIS Gastonia’s Leading Jewelers Main at South Street INSURED SAVINGS Organized 1905 3 1 2% Current Dividend Rate HOME LOANS Gastonia, North Carolina MAXWELL BROTHERS FURNITURE 223-231 West Main Avenue Phone 5-2621 Established 1917 JOHN CARSON’S TEXACO SERVICE STATION SPENCER’S, INCORPORATED Office Supplies-Outfitters-Printers 1028 West Franklin Avenue P. O. Box 860 Gastonia, North Carolina Across the street from Gaston Technical Institute FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION GASTON TECHNICAL INSTITUTE Insured Savings - Home Loans Where Thousands are saving Millions Main Office 251 West Main Avenue Akers Center Branch 1327 East Franklin Avenue Gastonia, North Carolina WISHES TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO MERCHANTS AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR SUPPORT. The name of this annual was suggested by Bob Shackleford and submitted by Dave Clark. AUTOGRAPHS 72