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SENIORS VISIT WASHINGTON Page Twelve
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SENIORS Gracie Mae Jones Senior Superlative 12; Class President 11; Beta Club 11, 12, Officer 12; Head Librarian 12; Library Club 11; Recitation Contest 11, 12; Ban¬ quet Toastmistress 11; Safety Patrol 12; Goldstone Staff 12; Hi-Lites Staff 12; Dramatics 12; Softball 9, 10, 11, 12; 4-H Club 9, 10; Student Council 11. Eleanor Lanette Kirkman Basketball 9, 10; Softball 9, 10, 11; Class Officer 11; Office Assistant 12; Paper Staff 12; Senior Superlative; Dramatics 12; Glee Club 9, 10; Recitation 8, 10, 11; 4-H Club 9, 10; Class Testator 12. Ann Marie Moses ketball 10, 11, 12; Letter 10, Star 11; Monogram Club 12; Student Council 9, 10, 12; Goldstone Staff 12; Goldston Hi-Lites Staff 11; y f s Editor 12; Glee Club 9, 10; Beta Club 11, 12, Officer 11, 12; Co-Chief Marshal 11; Library Club 10; Softball 9, 10; Safety Patrol 9; Drama¬ tics 12; Class Officer 12; Senior Superlative. Verona Angelette Oldham Basketball 9, 10, 11, 12; Co-Captain 12; Letter 9, Star 10, 11; Girls ' Monogram Club President 12; Student Council 8, 9, 11, 12, President 12; Goldstone Staff 10, 11, 12; Glee Club 9, 10; Piano 9, 10, 12; Beta Club 11, 12; Vice-President 11, President 12; Co-Chief Marshal 11; Recitation 10, 11, Medal 11; Math Medal 11; Cheerleader 11, 12; Softball 8, 9, 11; Library Club 11, Officer 11; School News Reporter 11, 12; Dramatics 12; Senior Superlative; Assistant Bus Driver 12. William Lindsey Oldham 4-H Club 9, 10, 11, 12; Officer 11, Delegate 4-H Club Week 11, Blue Ribbon Winner 11; Bus Driver 12; Class Officer 12; Senior Superlative; Dramatics 12. Elbert Farrington Pilkington 4-H Club 9, 10; Safety Patrol 9; Bus Driver 10, 11, 12; Librarian 12; Dramatics 12; Senior Superlative. Betty Loy Rogers ' : Softball 10; 4-H Club 9, 10, 11, Officer 10; JRano Lunchroom Worker 9; Safety Patrol 10; Marshal Officer 12; Senior Superlative; Glee Club 9, 10; Dramatics 12. 9, 11, Award 11 11; Beta Club 12 Typing Medal 11 Billy Gene Sipe Basketball 9, 10, 11, 12; Letter 9, Star 10, 11; Baseball 9, 10, 11, 12; Assistant Bus Driver 11, 12; Assistant Editor Goldston Hi-Lites 12; Senior Superlative; Dramatics 12; Monogram Club 12; 4-H Club 9, 10 , 11 , 12 . Aubrey Clyde Watson Baseball 10 , 11 , 12 ; Fotoball 12 , Award 12 ; Basketball 11 ; 4-H Club 9, 10 , II, 12; Beta Club 11 , 12, Officer 2 Glee Club 9, 10; Senior Superlative; Assistant Bus Driver 12; Letter 10, Star 11, 12; Mono¬ gram Club 12; Math Medal 9; Leadership Medal 4-H Club 10, 11. 9s , Page Eleven
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CLASS HISTORY The history of our class is like a long piece of music and every student is a member of the band that played it. Thirty-six of us entered high school in 1946 with our own little theme songs, and these songs were all orchestrated by the teachers into the production you hear tonight. This pro¬ duction is hard to name. It is certainly not an opera, for there is nothing very grand about it. Neither is it sparkling and gay enough to be called an operetta. It may be a prelude to living or a march through the years, but we’ll call it an opus which means work and we certainly had an opportunity to work. Our opus, like all good pieces of music, has an introduction, a body, and a finale. Our first band leader was Miss Elizabeth Holder. The introduction is rather slow for we had a lot to learn and a few sour notes are heard, but the tempo increases and is soon moving along on a regular time schedule. We got along well with our first male conductor, Rev. Carl Bjork, who helped with our first issue of the Gold-Stone that we were all so proud of. Some of the band mem¬ bers got to be well-known and at times during the opus were allowed or even urged to take small solo parts such as, basketball players, club members, and speakers in the recitation declamation contest. Billy Joe Harris won first place in the high school declamation contest. By our second year we got into the body of the opus—the student body. From then on the music becomes almost symbolic. The conductors varied during the next three years of composition, but they all had much in common. Groans of those preparing for the dread exams, the shouts of vic¬ tory from those who passed, and the wails of anguish from the poor wretches who failed are heard. Through it all is the steady beat of marching feet, back and forth, from classi ' oom to class¬ room, and the hum of many voices at work and at play. Since we were more advanced in high school and acquiring greater skill, we had more opportunities to play solo parts and among the lucky ones were John Henry Oldham, Class President; Manie Lou Adams, Vice-President; Betty Jean Willette, Secretary. Our class continued to furnish players on the basketball team and five boys and girls took parts in the recitation-declamation contest. In this contest Billy Joe Harris won first place and Charles Barber won second place. Six girls helped serve at the Junior-Senior ban¬ quet. Many received letters for athletic activities. The library club was organized this year and John Henry Oldham was President. The third movement is almost a repetition of the second except for an increase in intensity and vigor and louder groans and wails of anguish. During this time, alas, certain members of the orchestra were fired, their work not being up to the conductors’ standard. Other members married and our band grew smaller in size. Officials to assist the conductor were Grade Mae Jones, Presi¬ dent; Eleanor Kirkman, Vice-President; Floyd Caviness, Secretary; Billy Joe Harris, Treasurer; and Charles Barber, Room Representative. We enjoyed giving the seniors a banquet in which the rainbow theme was carried out in all decoration plans. At last the finale is reached—a joyous song, signifying the end of our labor and the approach of graduation. The former theme, the shouts of Victory, recurs and is heard very clearly. Practically each class member is playing solo parts by now—Ann Marie Moses as editor of Goldston Hi-Lites, Charles Barber as editor of the Gold-Stone, Billy Joe Harris as president of the Boys’ Monogram Club and captain of the boys’ basketball team, Floyd Caviness as class President, Angelette Old¬ ham as Girls’ Monogram Club President, Beta Club President, co-captain of the girls’ basketball team, and Student Council President; Mary Alice Fields as co-captain of the girls’ basketball team; Louise Hilliard and Grade Mae Jones, as head librarians, and Eleanor Kirkman as office girl. Even we who play second fiddle ourselves, as the music nears its close are filled with joy in our work. Thrilling notes are sounded. We hear lively voices on our to trip to Washington last Thanksgiving. The notes become more vibrant and pulsating with life and reminds us of the gaiety of the Junior- Senior banquet and our trip to the Chowan river. The music ends on a note of triumph. We proud¬ ly feel that Opus 50 is no disgrace to band or conductors. We hope you share our opinion. Class Historian, Louise Hilliard Page Thirteen
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