Kernersville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Kernersville, NC)

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CASS) PROIMAIEC Yf Dr. and Mrs. Charles Meadows Request the Honor of Your Presence At the 10th Reunion of the Class of 1952 of Kernersville High School June 10, 1952 I arrived at the Meadow’s estate and finally found a place to park the old blue Dodge between a Cadillac and a Lincoln. My classmates must have done well for themselves! I was anxious to see all the old class—some of them I hadn’t seen or heard from in years. Doris Smith met me at the door. She’s Charles’s able assistant. First in the receiving line were Charles and his wife. She’s from South America, you know, and I’ve heard she has a red hot disposition as well as plenty of money. Charles met her while SALLIE GREENFIELD, Prophet he was studying tropical diseases in i Brazil. There was something strangely famil- iar about the couple standing next to Dr. and Mrs. Meadows in the receiving line. The gray-haired gentleman of distinction and his lovely wife were none other than Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Sigmon of Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Sigmon is now State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Next in line were M. F. Motsinger, our Senior Class President, and his wife, Betty Lou. Besides his successful television company, M. F. is still winning elections—he’s the youngest mayor Kernersville has ever had! Mary Ann Flynt, who is the reporter for the “Who’s Who” column of the Kernersville Daily News was running all over the place interviewing the celebrities. The first on her list, of course, was Mrs. Grogan, our Senior Sponsor. Mrs. Grogan seemed prouder of the fact that she had recently been chosen “prettiest grandmother of the year” than that she was serving as Kernersville High School’s first Lady Principal. Next, Mary Ann interviewed Buddy Phillips with his ten-gallon hat and all. He came all the way from his 10,000 acre ranch in Arizona just for the reunion. Then Mary Ann went on to interview the literary member of the class. It is nobody else but our Jan who is down to 108 pounds now. She’s the author of a best seller—“How To Reduce in 5,000 Easy Lessons.” Elizabeth Spainhour came in wearing her good-looking Wac’s uniform. She joined soon after graduation and after serving in interesting places like Hawaii and Japan, she married a soldier and is now a recruiting officer. Out on the terrace, I could see Jerry Royals and Elwood Sears and their wives dancing to the soft music. Jerry played three years of fine college football for Carolina (Choo-Choo Royals they called him). Elwood became star of the basketball team there. They both came bac k to Kernersville to marry their high school sweethearts though! I joined a group of the girls at one end of the ballroom. They were talking, naturally about their clothes, husbands, and children. Shirley Whitaker said that Roy was keeping their three children—two boys and a girl—because they couldn’t get a baby sitter. We started talking about the race Evon and Alyce Jean had to see who would get married first after graduation. We'll never forget who won that race! Doris Dull worked for awhile as Secretary of the Kernersville Chamber of Commerce, you know. She resigned when she married and moved to Denver, Colorado. They say Catherine Martin made a lot of money for the Church Realty and Insurance Company selling lots in Kernersville’s exclusive Country Club Development. . Suddenly we heard what sounded like a police siren. Surely the police weren’t going to raid the party. No, it was only Elaine and her Tom driving up in the state patrol car. Marie Pender presided at the punch bowl. The stunning dress she was wearing came from her own exclusive dress shop in Winston-Salem. Hovering near the punch bowl, as usual, was David. He used his Senior superlative of “friendliest” to help him become one of the biggest politicians in the country. He’s goi i me : ’ oing to run for president on the Prohibition Party ticket next. Fu cpaae 26

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SUPERLATIVES Jerry Royals and Nancy Osborne Buddy Phillips and Barbara Ragland Best Looking Best All Around Wilma Flynt and Charles Meadows Elaine Crews and David Helms Most Talented Friendliest Zs

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Wilma and Dr. Colleen were talking away just like they used to in 6th period study. Yes, I said Dr. Colleen. After getting her A.B. from W. C., Colleen went on to get her M. A. from Carolina, then her P.H.D. from Columbia. Now she has her M. R. S. from Larry. We never thought our Wilma, “biggest flirt’ in the Senior Class would be a preacher's wife. However, wonders never cease, so today Wilma is as busy as she was in high school days, running the parsonage for the First Baptist Church in St. Louis for V. W. The other teacher in the class, besides Colleen, was Mary Lillian. After graduation from Meredith, Mary Lillian came back to teach. Some of her pupils are the children of the members of the Class of ’52. As I looked around the room, I thought about the far away places some of my classmates had come from. There were JoAnn and Jean who had- come from Florida. Nobody was much eae when JoAnn and Jean, being best friends all through high school, had a double wedding. Roger Hester came from Washington, D. C. He’s the farmer who went to town and he’s now in the Agricultural Research Department in Washington. Barbara Ragland came all the way from France. Her hard work in French class plus her personality landed her a job as secretary with the American Embassy in France. Barbara flew over on the same plane on which Kay is an airplane hostess. Kay has certainly seen a lot of the world, but mainly from an airplane. Several of my classmates had kept the homefires burning, though. Goldie became a nurse and stayed right on here in Kernersville; she’s in the children’s ward of Kernersville’s new Memorial Hospital, and the most cheerful nurse there, too. All the big trucks you see these days have Parrish Trucking Company on the sides. Ten year ago, H. V. started out as a truck driver, but now he owns his own Kernersville Company. Most of the class looked definitely ten years older, but mot Annie. She hadn’t changed a bit. They say the Kernersville schoo! children are all crazy about her since she runs the Cafeteria. All the girls were raving about Shirley’s new hair style. She finally told us it was a Faye original. Yes, Faye Marshall gave up her job as a secretary and became a hair designer. I talked to the two Marys, both of whom are running homes and keeping their jobs. Mary Southern is society editor of the Winston-Salem Journal and Mary Pegram is head of the 4-H work in Forsyth County. By the way, both Marys married their Jacks as we all thought they would. Donnie and Wylene were two of our classmates who went into some field of medicine. Wylene took her nurse’s training at City Hospital in Winston-Salem. Donnie is Atlanta’s leading dentist. If you want to know what the weather will be like week after next, Wilson Gwyn said just to call him at the Weather Bureau. He’s got Wiley Sim’s job now as chief weather prophet. Gertrude kept right on playing basketball after graduation for Hanes Hosiery. She’s now the “most athletic girl” in the country. Charles asked some of the more talented members of the class to present a program. First was Maricowles at the piano. All those years of practice were worth it and we all followed her career as a concert pianist with great interest. Then Betty Alyce, Jeanne Gray, and Nancy sang for us—just like old times. Nancy recently won the Mrs. America contest in Atlantic City. It's a good thing Jeanne Gray likes to cook, because being David’s wife means cooking twenty-four hours a day! Betty Alyce married the soldier she was writing to in high school days. Last but not least on the program was Rufus. We had to laugh at the same old jokes he used to pull in high school when we voted him “wittiest boy.” The Rufus Jones show ran Milton Berle off television years ago. After the program, we thought Sam had disappeared, but we finally found him asleep just like he used to be in Senior English class. J. C. can afford to sleep though. he’s now farm agent for Guilford County. As I started to leave, I saw three of my classmates whom I hadn’t talked to. Naturally, I had to find out what had happened to them. Joe’s made quite a fortune for himself selling his patent medicine. It goes by the name of either “Joe’s Special” or ‘“Vance’s Cure-All.” After 10 years, Robert is still the class’s most eligible bachelor. He’s trying for his fourth world record as a stock car racer next week. While Robert is breaking records on the ground, J. Van is breaking them in the air. He’s a jet pilot and he recently broke the world’s record for around the world flying. What happened to me after graduation? Well, remember my love for a uniform? For myself I chose to wear the green uniform of a Girl Scout Director and I also chose another uniform or rather, I should say, the right man in the uniform. This is what happened to each member of the Class of 1952. I predict that the days ahead will continue to be bright and happy for each one, but gone forever are the golden days of youth when we were school mates together. : er 07 C'est fini!