Griffith High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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CLASS H I STORY my gd., There was another half day at Reynolds Park won by our side show in the Halloween Carnnal No one will ever forget the Blue Carnation Club Then came a tnp to Hanging Rock But the crowning pomt of the year was the junior Senior banquet in the Cax aher Club Yes ll was 1 big vear As Peggy and I chuckled over the memories of the junior year the little boat came safely to anchor in the harbor and so d1d we as Semors We were securely anchored m the harbor of seniorhood at last There was an air of excitement and gaiety among the Seniors as they entered the building for the first dav of the senior year As semors we started the year with the election of the following officers Bobby Crubbs president Wayne Bailey vice president june Lashmit secretary and Peggy Davis treas urer Serving as our semor captalns were Mrs Northrop and Mr White Sports always play a big part in school life and the semors were right in the swing of thmgs with good representation on all the teams Robert Williams made second all county team Wayne Bailey and Reid Snyder had honorable mention On the feminine side of things Nancy Parsons Shirley Sapp with Peggy james and Becky Tuttle as co captains were on the girls basketball team Evening the score for the boys were Robert Williams captain and Richard Harrlll jane Mahaffey led the cheerleading squad with june Lashmlt as co chief Semor at the Fall Halloween Camlval Again we won a half hohday which was spent at Reynolds Park as traditlon demanded Our beauty came to the front again when Dyanne Carper placed third and Shirley Sapp won the Miss Griffith High contest The Christmas pageant Why the Chrm s Rang was a huge success and was presented on television The seniors gave three act plays Arsenic and Old Lace Then in April the Dramatics Club carried a play to the Chapel Hlll play festival Social life for the semors started with the Christmas party ln the can een Aprll 23 we went as guests to the junior Senior banquet on the roof of the Robert E Lee Hotel Shouts of laughter were heard on Kids Day Look at the semors was the cry al'-dey ping To Imp-to 'Washington T e Yes it was a great year and it passed swlftly Then we were ready for the long walk down the aisle As we passed through the door each knew that he would come no more as a student to Griffith halls Night was fast covermg the harbor and in the distance there came the call of whippoorwill Reluctantly Peggy and I turned from the harbor that had brought us such pleasant memories But as we tumed in each of our hearts was the prayer that each classmates boat was anchored in a safe harbor somewhere SELwEY IOHNSON Placer jznuas Hzstorzans 29 ll ll , , , . . . . . z 1 . 5 . , . - . Z .53 , . y - . . 7 7 . 3 - , l I 7 7 ' activities in '53-54 were varied. The Blue Camation Club was presented again Y! a Q 1 a 1 . , ' l ... ,W ' 7 ' ' Y . I I 1 1 u I ' Y Y -

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CLASS H I STORY The last rays of the sun touched the httle flshlng boats sa1ls wxth crlmson As Peggy and I sat l1sten1ng to the waves slappmg softly agamst the plllllgs of the wharf our thoughts wandered back to the Senlor Class of 54 our class Yes we could be compared to that llttle boat When we flrst notlced the boat It appeared to be drlftlng wlth the trde We as freshmen IH 50 were drlftmg mto the sea of hlgh school Trymg to chart our courses durmg the xeal were our sponsors Mrs Benton Mxss Holcombe Nlr Shugart and Nlr ones WVe drd not have any freshman class partles but all the glrls went to Camp Betty Hastmgs for an afternoon There were other freshman actxxxtxes though whxch proclalmed to everyone that the Freshmen had arrn ed Our class hid members on the varslty basketball teams and lll many of the clubs As we watched the llttle boat suddenly lppeared to have steadxed nts course Peggy remarked that we as sophomores had s eadled our courses too the second year Serx mg Ill the roles of captfuns th1s year were Mxss Hunter Nlr VVh1le and Nlr Niaydlan To get 1nto the swlng of thlngs we started off by wmnlng a hllf holldav Ill the scrap drne Everyone spent thls day at Reynolds Park The class enjoxed a hamburger fry at 1401116 Nllllers for our flrst real p lrtx At Halloween the EIlgllSl'l class held a party ln a haunted house at Selx ev Johnsons Remember the room of horrors? We began to be proud of our looks when Peggy Frxe won thlrd place m the Mlss Grlfflth H1 contest Thls xear too there were sophomores on the varslty basketball and baseball teams The year ended xx 1th 1 trlp to H1Hf.,lllf, Rock I looked at the boat yes xt had ClCflI1ltClX straightened lts course and was steerlng stralght for the harbor Hou l1ke us lllIll0I'S only we were steermg for the harbor of semorhood In th1s our thlrd year the harbor was ln slght For our class 53 turned out to be a year of flrsts for us To start the year we elected offxcers Robert Wxlllams Presldent Don Venable uce presldent Nlervm Nllller secretary Dorls Cash treasurer Our captams were Nlrs Northrop and M1 NVh1te Thls was our fxrst year of playlng elexen man football and the lllI'll0I' class was well represented with two boys Wayne Barley and Reld Snyder makmg the all county team Becky Tuttle to es en the score for the glrls vsas on the all county glrls basketball team Two others Peggy james and Nancy Parsons got honorable mentnon To top thls the jumor grrls won the class tournament and brought home the trophy Boy were we proud of all our players' Also we were represented on the cheer leadlng squad Other blg dates were the days we received our rlngs and gave our Thanksglvmg play Cn the soclal Slde thlngs were started by the Semor and umor welner roast at Nhller Park Then followed the Chrxstmas banquet 1n the cafetena a hamburger fry at Becky Tuttle s and the French Club costume party Ooo la' la' Thrs year our good looks showed up agam hen Ann Hayes and Shlrley Sapp placed m the Mlss Crlfflth H1 contest txfq, 28 ll ll . . . Q . . . . v , - . , . , . . y . . . . . a a ' v f . . , , , . v w ' f . . . ' . . r f 1 7 , ' f , L . ' . 1 , , t , V y. . . . . . , ' . c . , . I ' ' 1 . . , . . A 1 . , , . I . . . Y . c . . . . I - 1 r . . . . . 41 n . 1 - c . , , 4. n v 1 . . .4 . . . .v rv Y Y . V J ' . - , 1 - . ' ' 2 1 7 7 . V . Y . . . . y . . t . V . . . I . . . . ' a ' . .r . a u . n a , - . N. . . . U 7. . I ' - a Q x . . V . w . . , 1 7 1. , . , . ,. . . V . . . a , , v Y ' 1 ' V ' ,, L 7 . r , , 1 ' 7 ' ' ' 7 . . ,Q 1 , a '- , . . . rr . . . .n . - . . ' 5 ' ' ' , . -. r f' A f' . A - ., . ' ' .3 2 1 -' ' '

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1954 We the Senror Class ot Grrffrth Hrgh School having been duly psychoanalyzed and declared rnsane along wrth the teachers we have driven into that state phvsrcally unfit and emotional ly unstable do on thrs day wrsh to make known our last wrll and testament ARTICLE I To Mr R L Kuykendall our beloved prrn crpal we bequeath all our best wrshes and un dyrng gratitude for hrs help and understanding durrng these past four years Hrs quret ways and Chrrstran outlook on lrfe have indeed re served hrm a special place rn our hearts ARTICLE II To our Senior Class sponsors Mrs Lazelle Northrop and Mr jack Whrte we leave our srncere and heartfelt thanks for their unfarlrng loyalty VVhen the gorng got rough thev were there to cheer us when the erent was joy ful they shared our happrness We leaxe wrth them our love and respect and the promise nex er to forget them ARTICLE III To the rest of the faculty who are doing a frne job here at Grrffrth we wish to express our gratitude for all the help they have grxen us Without this we could never hare reached our goal graduation ARTICLE IV the leaders rn our place we wrll all our prrxr leges both of them four place rn the lunch lrne and our seats rn Chapelj We also leave them our best wrshes and hope that thev may frnd as much happrness rn therr senror year as we have found rn ours ARTICLE V Carol Cole wrshes to leave her frne contralto vorce to Ierry Whrtt who could certainly use rt to add a lrft to the barrtone section of our chorus To Irm Brewer Calvrn Hoffman leaves hrs herght so Irm wont get lost rn a crowd Mervrn Mrller very wrllrngly bequeaths a few of her extra pounds to Thelma Ragsdale Rerd Snyder wrlls hrs bottle of natures spelled backwards to Wavne Reavrs who we are srrre wrll appreciate rt Ioanre Slack bequeaths her rovrng blue eves to Mary Jane McCorm1ck who wrll I am srrre put them to good use Rrchard Harrrll leaves hrs date book t Richard Boles and hopes he wrll keep rt up to par Selve johnson wrlls her rntellect and dra matrc a rlrtres to jackie Snyder jack Foltz wrlls hrs lady krllrng ways to Davrd Myers who really doesnt need them Dorrs Cash wrshes to leave her abrlrty to play a mean prano to Alton Key who has promrsed to practrce drlrgently Wayne Barley wrlls hrs handsome burld to Wayne Moser who has to step rn the snow three trmes to make a track Bertha Blackburn leaves her one arm rn lrfe to hook a boy to Ethel Davrs who would lrke to Bobby Grubbs leaves hrs abrlrty to make an approprrate remark rn all srtuatrons to Charles Whrcker who has been practrcrng drlrgently hoprng to be able to take Bobs place jane Mahaffey leaves her vrm and valor rn leading the cheerleaders to Betty Orrell who I dont thrnk needs any addrtronal power Russell Krmel wrshes to leave hrs beautrful curls to Don Pope who has trred so hard to ac qurre some Peggy james wrlls her dretrng prlls to who? LeRay Dean' Shrrley Sapp leaves her trtle as Mrss Grrffrth Hr to anyone who has nerve enough to enter the contest and looks and frgure enough to wrn To Ruby Martrn Doretha Keener wrlls her big baby blue eyes wrth that come hrther look that all the boys lrke so well Don Venable would lrke to get rrd of some of hrs responsrbrlrtres so he has asked us to wrll them to Sylvra Hrll who we know rs capable of 'assuming them Nancy Bennett and Nancy Herb Frshel wrsh to leawe their twrnshrp and happy go lucky ways to Gwen Blackburn and Carol Huff on How to Get Along Wrth Your Wrfe and hopes rt wrll be of use to Ned rn the near future Frances McKeown bequeaths her luck rn ac qurrrng a dramond rrng to Mary Ann Mrtchem who wrshes to acqurre one Kenneth Myers wrlls hrs habrt of lovem and leavem to Ray Funderburk Bobbie Hrll would lrke to leave her excess herght to Larrv Anderson Dyanne Carper bequeaths her Ipana smrle and eye catching figure to Wrnnre Spaugh Bobby Myers leaves hrs job at McLean Truck rng Company to Charles Bennett wrth the hope he wrll qurt knockrng around Nancy Parsons wrlls to Mary E Harrison a book entrtled How to Get Your Man rn Ten Easy Lessons Rex Srnk wrlls some of hrs telephone operators to Red Mrller We hope Reds nurses wont be come realous of the telephone operators Mary Frances Eubanks bequeaths her quret reserved ways to her cousrn Barbara Eubanks hoprng she wrll put them to practrce Gray Brewer would lrke to leave hrs secret of how to attract grrls to any of you yunror boys who are rnterested He says Be a Tom Twrn To james Frncher Brll Owens wrlls hrs job as manager of Krogers and we hope James wrll show hrs apprecratron by workrng harder 30 of 3 7 7 . . . . , . . . . , r . . . , ' . 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