Kernersville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Kernersville, NC)

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CLASS BONNIE VERNELLE RODDY Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 3,4; Booster Club 2; May Court 1; Executive Board 1; Class Treasurer 4. BETTY DAVIS SECHREST FHA 1,2; Glee Club 4; J. V. Basketball ° FHA 1 FacGlub ez: Scie Beta Clu Glee Gmatics Club yader 3,4, Co-chie 2; Mixed Chorus 2,3, onogram Club 4, Secretary-T 4. ‘‘Beehive’”’ Staff 4, Bus. Mgr. 4. EDWARD BAXTER SMITH French Club 3,4, Treasurer 3; Key Club 4: Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 1,2, 3,4; Science Club 2,3, Vice-President 3; Photography Club 3; Allied Youth 3. SHIRLEY ANN SMITH Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Booster Club 1; Art Club 3; FHA 1,2; Mixed CHorus 4; Mono- gram Club 4; J.V. Basketball 1,2; Superla- tive 4; ‘‘Beehive’’ Staff 4, Bus. Mgr. 4; AH Club 1,2; Cheerleader 4.

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SENIOR + JAMES ROBERT NELSON Baseball 3,4; Monogram Club 2,3,4; Foot- ball Mgr. 5) 3 A. JOE LEE NELSON Glee Club 3,4; DO 4. JAMES JUS Baseball 2, se 43,4; Football 23a Ke Blub 3,4; 4 Boys Club 34; oni- — tors rla- tive 4 Booster Captain 4; Class Vice-Presix 3,4; Superlative 4. ; Monogram Club ee ANNIE MAE FRANCES PERDUE FHA 1; Jr. Marshal 3; Glee Club 3,4; Beta Club 4. SHIRLEY ANN PERDUE FHA 1,2; Glee Club 4; J.V. Basketball 2.

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SENIOR The year is 1970, fifteen years since | graduated from old KHS and ten years since |’ve seen Kernersville. I’m a geologist and have been working for the government for the past ten years. I’ve been in South America most of the time looking for uranium. And now after all these years | am on my way home. It wasn’t exactly a pleasure trip though; | .would probably be working most of the time. It seems that someone had made a uranium strike somewhere in the neighborhood and the government wants to get in on it. In coming into what | thought was the edge of Winston-Salem, | saw a sign that said ‘‘Welcome to Winboro Point.’’ | asked the man sitting next to me what it was all about and he explained that Winston, High Point, and Greensboro had been joined to form one city and Kernersville was right in the center. When the train stopped at the old Kernersville depot | was amazed to see a huge modern building instead of the small shack that used to stand there. Also to my great surprise there was a small welcoming committee waiting for me as | got off the train. They probably didn’t know who | was going to be, they just knew that a man was coming down from Washington. | immediately recognized two of the men as John Peeples and Grover Winfree, two of my old classmates. | was later informed that John was now mayor of Win- boro Point and Grover was president of Southern Railway. Meeting these two old friends aroused my interest in the rest of my old classmates. | would have a couple of free days anyway because it would take at least that long to ship my equi pment here so | decided to get the facts on every member of the graduating class of ’55. One of the first things that | saw as | walked down the main street was a barber school being operat- ed by Charles Southern. Then | saw a man walking toward me reading a book. He looked very familiar, but | couldn’t quite place him. | stopped a man on the street and inquired about him. | learned from the passer-by that the man was none other than Paul Blackburn, now professor. at a near-by college. He had just recently returned from visiting Albert Einstein, who in his old age needed a little help on some of his equations. By this time | was getting a little tired so | decided to rent a car to drive while | was in town. | was in luck because about a block away | saw a big sign, ‘‘Parrish Rent Anything Service.’ When | got there | saw my good friend Jimmy Parrish st anding out front. Jim told me that he had started his business when he graduated from high school by renting bicycles to local boys and now it was so big that you could rent anything from a pair of skates to a B-29, but | settled for a car and drove away to see more of the city. | was just about out of gas and | pulled over to the nearest station. | was surprised at the price of gas and asked the attendant how they could sell it so cheaply. He said the owner of the filling station, Howard Stafford, had invented some chemical to put in water and change it to gas. It seems that he was rich almost overnight. Driving along in the car, | turned on the radio and the announcer was saying ‘‘and that was the latest recording by the popular singer, Peggy Macy.”’ | didn’t hear the song but |’m sure it was great, whatever it was. As | went on | came upon a familiar sign, ‘“‘Tuttle’s Restaurant.’’ | was getting pretty hungry so | decided to stop and get a bite to eat. | was greeted at the door by Bobby Kimel, an old friend of mine. | learned that Mr. Tuttle now owned a chain of restaurants and spent most of his time in Bermuda. He had appointed Bob as general manager when he left. After | had eaten and talked awhile with Bobby, | started to leave, but as | walked out the door, a poster in the window caught my eye. It read ‘‘Wrestling Saturday night--Main Event Peggy Johnson Vs. Wild Woman Wilma.’’ | asked Bob if she was the same Peggy Johnson who had been in our graduating class and he said that she was. He said that she was one of the most popular women wrestlers. | later learned that Sue Maxey was her manager. Bobby gave me a pass to the Saturday night wrestling match, and | continued my tour of the city.