Jonesville High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (Jonesville, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY After eight years of warming up, getting acquainted with each other,and losing and gaining players, we were ready for the big game. The starting whistle blew on September 3, 1949, and seventy-seven excited greenhoms took the Held. In the beginning minutes of the first period, we dressed up in funny costumes and entertained the upper classmen on what they called Initiation Day. Our coaches, Moe Fuller and Mary Speer, helped us bear the humilation and encour- aged us to become a hard and steady-working team-which we think we were! Five or more of our prospective female cagers made their debut on the high school varsity, and one of our mem- bers began her four-year cheering career. We went on field trips, had socials, joined clubs, and played volleyball until we let the end of the quarter slip up on us. Our three months, intermission came as a pleasant surprise, nevertheless. When we returned after our rest, we found that seventeen of our players had turned in their suits. We donit doubt that they had good reasons, but they left hard-to-fill places. Captain Bobby Cheek, and assistants Wesley Holcomb, Bettye Minnish, jo Smitherman, and Myrtle Mace- more, along with our new coaches Ola Hendren and Jess Hutchinson, piloted us into a successful second quarter, not only in studies, but also in sports. Again in our sophomore year, as in our freshman year, the chosen sextet were the grade tournament champions. As before, there were hay rides, Wiener roasts, and many more school activities. May the twenty-second, 1951, was a great day in the life of every Ionesville student, the first edition of THE BLUE JAY arrived! The class of '51 introduced to the school a new thing which will be continued and cherished through the years. And thereis the whistle that marks the half-time period! Another three months, period elapsed and forty-nine players were ready for the third quarter under the excellent coaching of Mary Speer and jane Holcomb. As is the custom, it was our year to publish the IONESVILLE HI BUCLE. The staff was made up of willing and co-operative stu- dents who completed four editions of school news. This period was filled with parties, conven- tions, music festivals, banquets, and plays. The junior play was a humorous presentation entitled The Adorable Imp, the money collected from the play went to the most exciting event of the year, the junior-Senior Banquet! April 18, 1952, 8:00 P.M. was the exact time for the juniors to entertain the seniors at the Cilvin Roth YMCA. The theme Mother Coosei' was carried out in decorations, songs, speeches, and in the menu, Dr. Mark Depp of Winston-Salem was the guest speaker. Another annual formal was the Sweetheart Ball, sponsored by the Elkin-jonesville Inter-Club Council. It, too, was held at the Cilvin Roth YMCA on February 16, 1952. This was a successful year in the sports world as the Blue Iettes were the Yadkin Valley champs and the Blue lays were runners-up. We were especially proud of our cheerleaders this year as they made their debut in their new uniforms. As the buzzer sounds they are always ready to cheer their Alma Mater to victory. We were ready for the final quarter as dignified seniors. At last we had reached the goal for which we had been striving for eleven long years! We remembered when we were humiliated in the first quarter and decided to get revenge on our under-classmen by dressing them as mother.goose,' characters on Initiation Day. But the freshmen were rewarded for their good sportmanship when the seniors gave them a party-square dance combination in the Ionesville gym. Again sports should be mentioned as the football team went undefeated for the first time in history. As the quarter progressed, the annual staff spent their time in preparing the publi- cation of the third edition of THE BLUE IAY. As seniors of the class of ,53 we are looking forward to our planned Washington trip and especially to the time the final whistle is blown and we march down the aisle to receive our hard-eamed diplomas. As we look over the past years we realize this was the greatest game we ever played. BETTYE MINISH Historian