Gibsonville High School - Yell O Jak Yearbook (Gibsonville, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY As seniors, we are now looking forward to graduation, the goal for which we have longed many years. Now the future lies before us, but we can face it with courage and faith for we have built a firm foundation while at Gibsonville High School. With the closing of our school days, it is fitting and proper for us to record some of the pleasant memories in our high school years, for soon these pleasant years will only be a memory. In September 1946. 65 green excited and frightened freshmen began their long and tedious climb toward graduation. For the first few days everything seemed to go wrong. Lost and disgusted we wandered from class to class. However, with the assistance of our two homeroom teachers, Mrs. Vir- ginia Ferguson and Mr. Henry Huff, our problems were worked out and we began to feel our natural selves again. With four required subjects we stayed rather busy trying to prepare our lessons. As the year passed we enjoyed changing classes and the other freshman privileges. Naturally with the coming of Spring the boy ' s fancy turned to baseball; as a result many began their high school base- ball career. Very soon the year was over and we left the portals of G.H.S. for a much needed summer vacation. Soon we found ourselves back in scho ol again with much more confidence as sophomores. By this time our ranks had thinned to about 51 members. With Mr. Henry Huff as our homeroom teacher we braved a little less strenuous year since our selection of courses was more varied. First year typing under Mr. E. C. Klontz was offered to some of the luckier ones who had a free period. Many of us enjoyed Glee Club for the first time under the direction of Mrs. Virginia Ferguson. Our trip to the county contest at Allen Jay was a real thrill. Another pleasant incident during our sophomore year was a delightful trip to our state capitol. Returning we stopped to see the beautiful Duke Gardens. As May rolled around, with the completion of exams we adjourned, anxiously awaiting our Junior year. Having finished the halfway mark in our high school career we entered the third year as an easy, gay, carefree group of Juniors. During this exciting and happy year Ralph Thompson, James Thomas, Margaret Kellis, and Jack Rook were elected President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. Miss Amy Campbell, our homeroom teacher, proved a wonderful asset in helping us with our Junior Class Play The Wacky Widow. To add to our joy the long awaited class rings arrived about the same time we made a pleasant trip to historic Williamsburg, Virginia, with Mr. James, our principal, as chaperon. Next our thoughts turned to the annual Junior-Senior Banquet at the Alamance Hotel. One event followed so close upon another that the year rolled by and before any of us realized it one of the best years we had ever known was gone. In less than four short months we were back again rather feeling our importance. We had at last reached the goal for which we had been striving. We were seniors! In the early days of first semester we elected as leaders of the class: Lloyd Cheek, President, Carolyn Barber, Vice-President, Margaret Kellis, Secretary, and Braxton Belvin, Treasurer. Ronnie Kellis and Kay Riley were chosen as class mascots. Outstanding events during our senior year were publishing the Yell-O-Jak annual, our school paper, Black and Gold, the senior play Scatterbrain. under the direction of Mrs. Lacy Gane, the Junior-Senior Banquet at Meyers Garden Room, and of course the annual trip to Washington. D. C. with Mr. James and Mrs. Julian Lindsay as chaperons. Commencement exercises under the direction of Mrs. R. H. Wynne, our homeroom teacher, concluded a happy and memorable year for the largest graduating class in our school history. As the doors of G.H.S. close behind us, we pause in reviewing the many fruitful hours spent here. We know we will miss them as we go into the different phases of life. We will not forget these pleasan- tries for we are proud of the things we have accomplished here. HAROLD YOUNGER. Historian. il

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SENIORS JAMES THOMAS Monogram Club 2, 3, 4; Foot- ball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2; Glee Club 3, 4; Beta Club 3, 4; Jr. Play 3. RALPH THOMPSON Football 2, 3, 4; Monogram Club 2, 3, 4; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3. DOLLY WESTMORELAND 4-H Club 1; Librarian 1, 3. 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; F. H. A. 2, 3; Jr. Play 3; Beta Club 3, 4; Chief Marshal 3; Black and Gold Staff 4; Yell-O-Jak Staff 4; Superla- tive 4. EDNA WH1TESELL F. H. A. 1, 2; Glee Club 1. 2. 3. 4; Black and Gold Staff 4; Jr. Play 3; Cafeteria Helper 1. THELMA YOUNGER Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2; Basketball Mgr. 3, 4. PEGGY THOMAS Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 4; Black and Gold Staff 4; Jr. Play 3; Cafeteria Helper 3; Monogram Club 4. PAUL WAGONER 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Photog- raphy Club 3; Senior Day 3; Black and Gold Staff 4; Yeli.-O- Jak Staff 4; Football 4; Mono- gram Club 4; Bus Driver 4; Superlative 4. BEN WHITE Safety Patrol 1, 2, 3; Monogram Club 3, 4; Football 3, 4; Basket- ball 4. HAROLD YOUNGER Safety Patrol 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1; Beta Club 3, Pres. 4; Jr. Play 3; Jr. Mar- shal 3; Black and Gold Staff 4; Yell-O-Jak Staff 4; Superlative 4. 10

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JUNIORS Bernard Butler Tobie Craddock Bobby Farrington Bobby Gerringer Joan House Larry Hughes Horace Isley Kenneth Johnson Peggy Johnson Harold Johnson Madison Klotz Grace Loye Bobby Manness Hazel Murph Annabel Smith Norma Webster Jean Welch Eugene Wheeler Rebecca Whitesell Jeanette Younger 12