Grantham High School - Grannawayne Yearbook (Grantham, NC)

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cflass History In September, 1941, we, the graduating class of 1953, made our first appearance in grammar school. There were a hundred and twenty-two crying and laughing faces ready for the play, work and thrills of school life. During our first eight years in school, we were the headaches of all our teachers , especially Mr, Dunn, who had the honor of teaching some of us for two years, in the seventh and eighth grades. We lost several students at this time and we also gained a few. We finally graduated from the eighth grade with sixty-three students. After our first excitement of high school had subsided, we began to settle down to work under the watchful eyes of Miss Frances Glen and Miss Marie Shuffler. We shall have to admit there were quite a few disappointed students when they put the boys in one room and the girls in another. While we were stillilosing students, we were happy to gain Shirley Casey and Edith Barnette, Along with our many activities we were very proud to present the basketball team with four good players: Marie Hood, Edith Barnette, Floyd Hood, and last but not least , Lemuel Cox. As we returned for our sophomore year, we were very fortunate to have Mrs. John Lowdermilk and Miss Jean McCaskill as our homeroom teachers. That year we enjoyed a number of parties and other school activities. We had several students to be cheer- leaders and we added a few more to the basketball team. As we approached our Junior year in the fall of '51, we were very much aware of the responsibilities placed upon our shoulders. We wish to give our aPP1'6CiatiOD to Miss Lewis, who made our school year a very enjoyable and successful one. We began by selecting our class officers: Bobby Futrelle, Presidentg Jimmy Thig- pen, Vice President, Shirley Sasser, Secretary, Lemuel Cox, Treasurerg and Stuart Nethercutt, Reporter. Bobby led us through a very successful year of activities. Or- dering our rings was one of our more exciting tasks, along with the Junior Play, Peter Beware, which was a real success. We ended our Junior year with our two biggest events of all--the Junior Senior Banquet, in which we were host, and graduation. It was the first banquet alot of us had ever been to, especially with bow ties, white coats, evening dresses and flowers. The night that was most touching was class night when we had to carry rose chains and sing to the seniors. So ended our junior year. On September 4, 1952, thirty-one proud and excited seniors entered the senior homeroom. Yes, we were now dignified seniors. We are very grateful to Miss Doris Lee, who has been our guiding light through out the year. This year had been the high light of our whole life. We had a million and one things that we wanted to do. First of all was our annual. Mr. McDonald gave us two school days to go to Goldsboro and Mount Olive to collect ads. Boy, that was fun! Another exciting day was the day we received our class rings, for which we had long waited to own. We looked forward to the Senior Play and everyone was crossing his fingers, hoping that he might be a member of the cast, but of course, there were not enough parts to go around. May brought the Junior-Senior Banquet. This year we were the ones being honored . The Juniors did a grand job of planning and making the banquet a big success, Last, but by no means least, came the long awaited month of May. Graduation me- mories are mingled with happiness and sadness, a feeling of ,accomplishment andone of just beginning, and of importance and insignificance. And so with graduation, each 5 S D' Q , I, of us--with our cherished school memories--shall take a new road of life. o X X

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cu 'ans qwy? Q rg' O' wif r-'J . L ,, 1953 fffry' QM WW' ,951 gf? Jlyfq I ff JAMES UIMMYJ EARL Tl-IIGPEN Where words fail, music speaks. F.F.A. 1, 2, 3,45 Song Leader 35 4-I-I Club 1,25 Song Leader 25 Junior Play5 V-Pres , of Class 35 Basketball Manager Z5 Glee Club 1, 2, 3. BETTY THOMPSON One for me, the rest for' you. F.H.A.1,2, 3,4. PEGGY JEAN THORNTON The eyes have one language everywhere. Glee Club 1,Z, 35 F.H.A. 1, Z5 4-H Club 15 Junior Play, Cheerleader 2, 35 Class Sec. 4 . LILLIAN GREY TYNER Happy am I5 from care I'm free! Why aren't they all content like me? F.H.A. 1, Z5 Glee Club 1,25 Basketball Z, 3,4. Nj wy- uni.. .. , 13 17 475 Q' drff lo' ' 1'7' RUSSELL BRYAN WELLS I'm not lazy, l'm just dreaming. F.F.A. l,2, 3,45 4-H Club l, Z5 Baseball 3,45 Basketball 45 Glee Club 1, 2. NORMAN HARVEY WESTBROOK Of manners gentle, of affections mild, in wit a mang Simplicity, a child. Baseball l, Z, 35 F.F.A. l, Z, 3,45 Class Officer 45 Glee Club l, Z, 3,4. SIDNEY DEARL WISE Wealth Without work, F.F.A. l, 2., 3,45 Reporter 2,45 Baseball 1,25 4-H Club l,2., 3,45 V. Pres. 25 Pres . 35 Basketball 3,45 Glee Club l, Z5 Junior Play Cheerleader 2.

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611155 Praphecy Well, I guess it's the gypsy in me--I don 't know anyother reason why they chose me to fore- tell the class prophesy, I will now gaze into this crystal ball to see what the future holds for this grand class of 1953. Turn onward, Turn onward Oh time in your flight Let me see the graduates of '53 Several years from tonight! Say, who is that going into the parsonage, The former Miss Lois Mills, she is the bride of the new Baptist minister. ' My, that new filling station that Sidney Wise built is really swell. Some people wonder how he does it so well, but I would like to know if his conscience hurts him when he sells three quarts of gas for a gallon. At Dix Hill I see Esther Brock and Lillian Tyner. No! No! They are not patients. They are supervisors over Wards 8 and 9. Floyd Hood is now taking a rest and has more time with his wife, the former Molly Ann Price, as Floyd Jr. takes over his dairy business. At New York, I see Jimmy Thigpen, who is singing on two television shows daily. With him is his chauffeur and secretary, Stuart Nethercutt. Carroll Porter and his wife are now taking life easy, since he is drawing the old age pen - sion. Rogers Howell is now assisting John F. Hobbs, but in his spare time he helps his father on the goat farm. Bourbon Ivey is now a member of an honor society at Harvard University. I-le will graduate in May as an agriculture teacher. Lemuel Cox entered State College after graduation on a scholarship to play ball. He has been up there for two years and hasn't made a goal yet. He also finds it hard to pass his sub- jects. Nettie Barwick and Betty Thompson are employed as secretaries at Fort Bragg. They are well pleased with their jobs and the soldiers also. Phillip Bryan's plans for attending college four years vanished and he is now chief highway patrolman for Sampson County. Russell Wells attended college six months, which was his parents wish, but at the end of the six months he flunked out and was sent home. He is now looking after his father's grill. Woodard Burch and Louise McCullen were married, June 5, 1953 at South Carolina, They are at home with Woodard's parents and are engaged in farming. Miss Joyce Overman and Elam Summerlin have announced their engagement. The wedding will take place June 6, 1957. Mr. Summerlin is a graduate of North Carolina State College and is now employed with the F.C.X. in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Norman Westbrook and Delma Earl Jackson are two ofthe most successfulfarmers of our day . I've heard they had to build larger barns this year and they are also buying new machinery, What they learned in F.F.A. must have been worth alot, Take a letter, please, Miss Dorothy Laws, She is secretary to the President of the largest bank in New York, Ann Hollowell, an elementary te a c he r a t E dg e w o o d S c ho ol, told her history class one day, Yes children, Columbus discovered America in 1492, but the world discovered us and we made history in 1953. The Estle Britts are holding their annual reunion. All fifteen little Britts were there. His vast acres are under the able guidance and skillful hand' of his older son, Estle Jr. Mr. 8: Mrs. Tom Thornton today are celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary. Mrs . Thornton is the former Miss Peggy Jean Taylor. Bobby Futrelle is now married and living happily in Newton Grove. He is married to the former Miss Betty Rose. He is quite fortunate to be the father of twin boys and also has bought them a farm. Mrs. C. C. Ricks, Jr., the former Miss Marie Hood, has just begun to work as secretary, for the National Corn Meal Association, in which her husband is President. Mrs. Harold Evans, the former Miss Shirley Best is secretary for her husband in his new jewelry store. They are living in Arizona where they seem to be very happy. Miss Shirley Jordan is now working as a lab technician at Duke University. She is enjoying her work fine, especially all those interns. Miss Barbara Sasser has been working in Faison since graduation so she can be closer to her future husband. Miss Gertrude McCullen is now working with the Civil Service in Washington, D, C. She is liking her work fine and invites anyone to go see her if they are up that way. It was quite a disappointment to the bossman, when Miss Shirley Sasser turned in her resig- nation as head of the personnel department, the position she held for give years. A big wedding is in the making, and she invites all her classmates to attend.