Kernersville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Kernersville, NC)

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SENIORS SYLVIA DEE LEWIS : F.H.A. 1; Monogram Club 2,4; Mixed Chorus 4; Beta Club 3,4; Cheerleader 1,3,4, Chief 3; Glee Club 4; Science Club 1; Girls State 3; Exec. Board 2; French Club 4, Pres. 4; Marshal 3; Retrospect Art Editor 4; Dramatics Club 3; Hand- book Com. 3; Quill and Scroll 4; Superlative 4. WILLIAM MARSHALL McKAUGHAN F.F.A. 1,2; Photography Club 3,4; Marshal 3. JANICE FAYE McMICHAEL Marshal 3; May Court 2; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4, Treas. 4; Class Officer 3; Beta Club 4; Superlative 4; Handbook Com. 3; Beehive 4; Sec. Club 4. DONALD HARDING McGEE F.F.A. 1,2, Treas. 2; D.O. 3.4. ELIZABETH ANNE MERCER High Point High 1; F.H.A. 2,3; Booster Club 3: Science Club 4; French Club 4; Mixed Chorus 4; Exec. Board 4. 29

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SENIORS DON TRACY MARSHALL Monogram Club 4; Science Club 3,4; Mixed Chorus 3,4; Basketball 3,4; Key Club 4; Glee Club 1,2,3,4; May Court 2. 28 COLON DOUGLAS LONG Baseball 2,3,4; Basketball 3,4; Football 3,4; Exec. Board 4; Monogram Club 3,4; Key Club 2,3,4; Glee Club 2,3,4, V.-Pres. 4; Superlative 4; Mixed Chorus 2,3; Homecoming Sponsor 4. PEGGY LOUISE MABE Glee Club 1,2,4. JOAN BUTLER MATTHEWS Superlative 4; Booster Club 3; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4; Glee Club 1,2. FRANCES MARIE McKAUGHAN F.H.A. 1,2,3,4, V.-Pres. 4; Art Club 3; French Club 4; Glee Club 2,3,4; Superlative 4; Beta Club 4; Mixed Chorus 4.

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CLASS PROPHECY Friday morning, May 14, 1964, 10:00 A.M. I began my first assignment for the F. B. I. My job was to locate the thief that had stolen the nationally famous record, “Dragnet,” from the United States Bank in New York. I had one clue. The record had been stolen by one of the members of the Class of ’54 at Ker- nersville High School, Kernersville, North Carolina. A pin from that class had been dropped at the scene of the crime. That fact shocked me, because that was my school and that was my class. The largest number of members of that class would still be found in Kernersville. I would have to begin my investigation there. Saturday afternoon, May 15, 12:45 P.M.: Arriv- ing in Kernersville under the disguise of a heavy beard and foreign accent, I immediately went to the office of Jack Hastings, Public Accountant. Although a CPA since graduation from Moravian College, Jack was also an undercover agent for the F.B.I. Jack gave me the details of the assignment in which I was to pose as a foreign writer doing stories on the typical American people. In this way I would investigate the members of the Class of 54 without arousing any suspicion. Before I lett, Jack gave me a list of people, who for security reasons, had already been investigated. These people were the scientific staff of the atomic energy plant in Kernersville. The first in this list of names was that of Tommy Berrier, a chemical engineer. Next were the names of Lewis Pless and Herbert Eaton. Lewis was the chief electrical engineer of the plant and Herbert was the technician who handled the dangerous radio-active materials. Another name was that of Zeb Scott. Zeb was listed as the chief guard and security officer of the plant. While Tommy, Lewis, and Herbert were responsible for the secret atomic develop- ments that were discovered in the plant, Zeb was responsible for keeping them secret. The last two names on the list were those of Mary Ragland and Shirley Dull. Both of these women worked at coding and decoding secret atomic formulas. 2:00 P.M.: I finally left Jack and went out to eat lunch and get a hotel room. I found out later that the Long Hotel, the place where I stayed, was owned by a suspect, Doug “Mo” Long. After I had eaten and gotten the room, Idecided to take a walk and see how much the city had changed since I had been gone. In population, it had grown to over 100,000 people. As I walked up and down the street of Kernersville, I passed several business establishments owned by members of the Class of ’54. There was a chain of drugstores that were owned by Elton Spainhour. He had become a druggist after graduating from the University of North Carolina. Then I passed a novelty shop owned and operated by Jeanette Bull and Shirley Wall. They supplied the whole state with novelty supplies.