Highland High School - Ram Yearbook (Gastonia, NC)

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. .— Ambitions We, the members of the Senior Class, following a recent custom, believe that it will be in¬ teresting to review this page five years hence, and even more enlightening in 1971 to compare the actual stations we hold in life with the serious intentions we have listed below. Thus, in the Spring of 1961 we have hereon recorded our sincere and unfeigned ambitions. Charles Earnest Adams Military Career Thomas Leon Adams Army Mary Madglene Alexander Nurse Barbara Jean Barnett Beautician Kenneth Ray Barnett Air Force Kathynel Augusta Blair Music Major Callie Ray Bowens Bar ber Carvin Vernell Boyd Electronics Geraldine Brown Nurse Robert James Bynum Professional Artist Raymond Byrd Barber Joyce Marie Caldwell Social Worker Yvonne Odessa Craine Tailor Doris Ann Crank Social Worker Johnny James Clinton Brick Mason Albert Eugene Darby Army James Author Darby Air Force Mary Elizabeth Darby Business Education Alphonzo Davis Barber Dorothy Lavone Davis Secretary David Ervin Edwards Barber Robert Carnell Edwards Professional Artist Herbert Lewis Eichelberger Biologist Betty Ann Fairfax Nurse Shirley Ann Fairfax Nurse Violet Ann Floyd Barber David Lee Friday Air Force Christine Gary Physical Education Instructor Lonnie Alexander Glenn Baseball Player Mary Beverly Gordon Nurse James Henry Graham Marines Viola Carol Jean Gunnings Elementary Education Bobby Guthrie Foreign Interpreter Neil Guthrie Professional Athlete Zora Bell Hoffman Beautician Paul Lindsay Hoyle Dentist Leonard Hueitt, Jr. Military Career Georgia Mae Huskey Beautician Sarah Elizabeth Leach Nurse Eva Mae Ledbetter Math Prentiss Wesley Love Barber Carrie Elizabeth Lowery Business Education Robert Albert Lowery Army Betty Ann McClure Physical Education Instructor Novella McGill Nurse Floyd Alexander Massey Air Force James Matthews Miller Biologist John Lee Montgomery Construction Work Marie Montgomery Travel Agent Brenda Kay Neely Business Leonard Charles Nixon Business Administration Alice Sandra Kay Pagan Business Tyson Marshall Pasour, Jr. Business Executive David Isiah Phillips Army James Richard Phillips Barber Johnny William Rainey Armed Service Benjamin Donald Robbins Jazz Pianist Brenda Hazel Sadler Medical Technician Plato Leslie Smith, Jr. Barber Hovis Clyde Thompson Biologist Rosie Lee Tigler Secretary Kenneth Roosevelt Turner Pharmacist Daisy Mae Watson Beautician Essie Lee Wilson Physical Education Instructor Robert Wilson Professional Basketball Sammie Lee Wilson Barber Vera Lorene Wilson Business Education George Rufus Woody Song Composer Yvonne Workman Nurse Othelia Maxine Wright Interior Decorator Christine Young Doctor 19

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History If three months can make a big dif¬ ference, it really did for the one - hundred and eight eager freshmen, who had shed their mantles of eight years of elementary tutoring and were, on this day September 4, 1957, launching a new career - high school. The task of keep¬ ing records, calling rolls, issuing re¬ port cards and advising the group was assigned to Mr. G. N. Brooks, Mrs. G. E. Carter, and Mr. H. D. Patterson. Scholarship was the class forte with Kathynel Blair and Brenda Sadler the leaders of the clan. Doris Crank, Brenda Sadler, and James Darby were acclaimed class heads. In extra¬ curricular activities plaudits went to Jonah Ervin and Henry Montgomery in athletics, Mary Darby and Dorothy Williams as Miss Highland attendants, and to Betty McClure as maid of honor to Miss Homecoming. One year later as sophomores and minus twelve of the starting number, Mrs. V. J. Leake, Mr. R. O. Mason, and Mr. J. R. Robinson became shep¬ herds of the flock. Doris Crank re¬ tained her responsibility as president and was joined by Christine Gary and Billy Lowery. New honors came and the following names were recorded: Neil Guthrie, Floyd Massey, Carvin Boyd, James Miller, Plato Smith, Bobby Guthrie, and Betty McClure in sports; Virginia Sanders and Christine Gary as cheerleaders, and Yvonne Craine, Zora Hoffman, Mary Alexander, and Kathynel Blair as ladies-in-waiting for the queens. September 2, 1959, marked the mid-point of our secondary school journey, and with only ninety-one en¬ rolled in the homerooms of Mr. F. E. Parker, Mr. C. L. Smith, and Miss M. L. Ormond, we set out to make this our best year. Doris Crank ' s popularity continued as she was voted to serve as president for the third term. Eva Ledbetter and Shirley Fairfax were elected presidents of their respective divisions. Newfrontiers were breached and pioneers for the class academically were Kathynel Blair, Eva Ledbetter, Betty McClure, Tyson Pasour, Brenda Sadler, Christine Gary, Virginia Sand¬ ers, and Christine Young. Lorene Wilson, Essie Wilson, and Benjamin Robbins joined the athletic lihe with Betty McClure replacing Virginia Sanders as ch ee r 1 e ade r . Christine Young posed in the yearbook as class queen, while Mary Darby, Zora Hoff¬ man, Mary Smith, Elouise Huett, and Carrion Parker shone less brightly as attendants to Miss Highland and Miss Homecoming. Our senior year brought many changes - the return of Mr. Blair to the Highland family; a new Miss Highland, Christine Young; Leonard Nixon, Mayor of the Student Council; Kathynel Blair, Miss Homecoming; Lorene Wilson, French Club President; Doris Crank, NHA head, and Herbert Eichelberger, NHS prexy. Kathynel Blair received the appointment to editorship of the Tattler, with Eva Ledbetter as her first associate. Johnny Clinton and James Graham were acclaimed athletically as newcomers with the Wilson girls, Essie and Lorene, being added to the cheering squad. Doris Crank was, like the great FDR, electedtoa fourth term as presi¬ dent, attesting not only to her popularity, but to her leadership as well. At the same time, Christine Young was presi¬ dent for the other senior section. Academically, Brenda Sadler and Betty McClure were tops and won the titles of Valedictorian and Salutatorian, respec - tively. The class gift is a brick marker erected on the northwest corner of Doffin Lane at Morris Street, heralding the entrance to the school campus. Class motto: Pense a bien , and class colors: white and green, and the class flower is the white carnation. Historical research by Christine Gary Lorene Wilson

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MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED James Miller and Brenda Sadler MOST DEPENDABLE Carvin Boyd and Carrie Lowery