Graham High School - Wag Yearbook (Graham, NC)

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Mascots DEBBIE ANDERSON and DANNY JOHNSON Good Citizen BARBARA JOHNSON Chosen By The Senior Class and Sponsored By The Alamance County Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

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Seniors JOHN EARL THOMPSON “Johnny Whatever the situation is, he's never found speechless. Class Vice-President 1,4; Dramatics 1,2; Photography Club 1,2; Motion Picture Projection 1,3; Class Treasurer 2; Stu- dent Council2; Taxidermy 2; Games 2,3, 4; Foreigh Relations and Parliamentary Procedure 2; KeyC lub 2,3,4; Superlative 4; The CRACKER Staff 4. FRANCES LOUISE WOOTEN Frances ! She is, just the quiet kind whose nature never varies,'' Future Homemakers of America 1,2,4; Dramatics 1,2; Games 4; Glee Club 4. ELEANOR MARTHA YOUNG Eleanor ! It is not strength, butart obtains the prize, and to be swift is less than to be wise, Dramatics 1,2,3,4; Arts and Crafts 1,2,3; Motion Picture Projection 3; The WAG Staff 4, C LASS MOTTO The best is yet to be, CLASS COLOR Lavender and White CLASS FLOWER Orchid

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Class A key clicks in the lock. Slowly a door swings open. But it is not an ordinary key or an ordinary door, It is the key and the door to the future. Our class in 1976 is revealed. Johnny Thompson, the Democrat candidate for thepresidency, has promised in his campaign speeches thatif he i$ elected, he will move the capital to Graham and will allow Robert Farrell and David Johnson, the famous architects, to design the new capitol buildings. Bill Ausley, Bill James, Gary Bullis-and Butth Gates, are fighting to see which one will plan the new super highway from Washington to Graham after the Demorrats are vict- orious,. Willie Edwards, the rich country squire, has just added a new training gym to his collection of a clothing store, service station and used-car- lot. Jane McCorkle, his secretary, is busy making money and keeping up Bill Boswell, who has not yet found a job. Jimmy Harden is finding it hard to keep a job these days; it seems that he's spending most of his time on the road to Tennessee, Gene McElroy, the noted lawyer, and Larry Hill, following in his fath- er's footsteps as mayor, are now marking time until Jean McDonald and Dottie Roddy finish school. Mrs. Cecil Moser, the former Clydie Bryant,is nowcelebrating her 20th wedding anniversary. Ronnie Hill) taking James Mason's place, and Melvin Paris, the new Tarzan, have just signed a new contract with MGM studios, Melvin Russell and Freddy Hamby have taken over both of Burl- ington's radio stations. Jim Ferrell has finally finished college and atlast he and the former Jane Flythe have settled downto raise a family. Prophecy Janice Small, Faye Crutchfield, Mona Owen, Barbara Conklin, Carolyn Burns, and Martha Bryan are quitedomesticated as they spend their lives throwing pots and pans at their husbands. Mary Lynn Belcher, Eugene Lashley, Larry Gurkin, Carolyn Blackwelder, Amanda Austin, Barbara Johnson, and Ernestine Longest have now completed their world-wide church hospital and wel- fare center. Johnny Burnette is now president of Sealtest Dairy with Cornelia Guthrie's dairy farm furnishing the milk. Billy Copeland, Haywood Murray, Craig Curtis, David Phillips, and David Stuckey are still visiting the Library trying to decide on their fu- ture jobs. Dr. H. C, Callahan is head sur- geon at Alamance County Hospital with Margaret Carter as his favorite lab technician. Diane Loy and Ted Hogan have taken up where Einstein left off. Miss Popularity of 1976, Janice Isley, has as her manager, Jean Moore, her private beautician, Diane Long, and her designer, Eleanor Young. BuckyHamby and, Freddy Thompson have stepped into the shoes of Mr. Lou Roshelli and Mr. George Heckman. Joe Moize, Gerrell Russell, and Gerald Donley are now attempting to build the largest hosiery mill Bur- lington has ever seen, Mignon Saunders andCarolyn Pugh, the famous novelists, have just completed their new book paralleling Gone With The Wind using as their subject, Graham and the Class of 1956. Prophetesses: Carolyn Pugh Mignon Saunders