Hoke County High School - Ekoh Yearbook (Raeford, NC)

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SENIORS the big wheels in school. Now we were the whee1s ,but, somehow, we didn't feel big and important, a s we had thought we would. We were still small and young with a world before us to conquer. Lacy Koonce , as pre sident , was chosen to lead us through our final and most import- ant year. Kenneth was elected pres- ident of the Student Council and Key Club, Lillian, president of the Beta Club and Cheerleader, Janet, pres- ident of the F. H. A.: June, editor of the Ekoh . We chose our mascots, Dianne Upchurch and Brian Whit- taker, and senior superlative s . Norma Jean, our Homecoming queen, looked lovely to the seniors as she sat on the huge, leaf-shaped throne LILLIAN SCARBOROUGH Cute Little Redhead...Popular RUBY, SHEPPARD Long Black I-Iair...Intel1igent OBIA ANN SMITH Long, Curly Lashes...Nice BOBBY VANHOY Nice Guy...Sincere - AYMOND WADDELL Athletic...Well Built JIM WADE Dry wir...Lo:s Br Fun .TACK WATSON Artistic . ..Nice BARBARA WARLICK Pretty...Fun Loving

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I K 1 MARY KATE MCINNIS Mischievous...Cute redhead CECIL Mc KEITHAN Talented Musician...Likeable BETTY MCKENZIE ln telligent...Loves to Laugh JOE MCLEOD Unconcerned...Footbal1 player BET TY JEAN OVER TON Friendly . . .Sweet NORA PEELE Cute..,Lovable REGGIE PERKINS Crazy Drummer.. .Rhythm EDNA ROBERTSON At tractive ...Quiet SENIORS glee club concerts, class rings, and finally Junior-Senior. Was there ever a Junior -Senior to compare with ours ? We took the seniors to Paris with our the rn e , April in Parisf' The decorating committee worked hard to turn the gym into une rue de Paris , c omplete with sidewalk cafes, F 1- enc h chefs, and even the Eiffel T owe r . Then came gradua- tion with June winning a history a- ward . We were sad to see these seniors leave . These were our friends, members of our sister class, who had helped us through the hard- est parts of our high school days, Seniors - at last! Remember how, when we were freshmen, we used to look up to the seniors,

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PAUL WHITE Personality P1us...Has School Spirit JEAN WILLIS Lilting Soprano.. .Artistic HUGH WRIGHT Good -natured . . .Trumpet Player SENIORS I-Iomec oming , with the theme, Autumn Leaves , wasyone of the most beautiful and unforgettable that we hav e ever attended, which was p rope r since it was our las1:...Our last Homecoming danc e , our last football garn e and touch down, our last Hoke High Lights, or last exams, our last never-to-be-forgotten Jun- ior -Senior, and now our last annuals. As we near graduation, as we part, perhaps never to m e et again, let us never forget these four years in which we were all a part, an im- portant part, of each other's lives. Y ou hav e been told that your high school y ea r s are the best years of your lives, and we can say from ex- perience, they really are!