King High School - Cabin Yearbook (King, NC)

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' 1' 3' CLASS HISTORY Y Q.,- .MV , 4 A 4 3 Sixty four boys and girls enioyed the summer of i952 and looked forward to the open- ing of school in the fall. They were looking forward to being the first freshmen in the new high school building. Opening day arrived, and the boys and girls assembled in the auditorium for the usual routine of opening day. Mr. Lindler and Mr. Underwood were the homeroom teachers for these freshmen. Officers in Mr. Underwood 's room were: Presi- dent, Donald Boyles, Vice-President, John Tuttle, Secretary-Treasurer, Kay Long, Reporter, Bernice Burrow, Student Council Representatives, Lindsay Robertson and Barbara Smith. Officers for Mr. Lindler's roam were: President, Jean Wilkey, Vice- President, Duck Boyles, Secretary-Treasurer, Kay Carroll, Student Council Representatives, Billy Joe Boles and Ann Spain- hour. This year the school had a talent show, and the ones that presented the Manless Wedding from Mr. Underwood's room were very happy to win first prize. Carolyn, a student from Mr. Underwood's room, was crowned Halloween Queen. Helen Wall and Ann Spainhour were contestants in the May Day Queen 's Court. This year we were given nice parties, but the one we will remember most is the nice Christmas party we had at Mr. Underwood's home. We were glad to have some of our students to make the Varsity Team this year. We also had some to make the Junior Varsity. . We all enjoyed the happy days of our freshman year, and after another summer of vacation we returned to start our sophomore year. There were fifty-seven students to start out our sophomore year. We were sorry to learn we had lost seven pupils. Our teachers were: Mr. Odell Neal and Mr. Mitchell Fowler. The officers for Mr. Neal's room were: President, Richard West- moreland,Vice-President, Donald Boyles, Secretary-Treasurer, Doris Hill, Student Council Representatives, Jean Wilkey and Richard Westmoreland, Terry Hutchins and Betty Fay Kirby. Fifty-four of these girls and boys passed from the sophomore year into their iunior year. Again this year we were divided into two classes. Mrs. Patterson and Mr. Mills were our teachers. Officers for this year were: President, Rex Baker, Vice-President, Billy Joe Boles, Secretary, Kay Long, Treasurer, Helen Wall, Reporter, Ann Spainhour, Student Council Representatives, Richard Westmoreland and Kay Long. We were also pleased to have Frank Robertson as Vice-President of the Student Council. There were eleven of our boys on the Varsity Team, and we were very proud of them. Grade-parents elected were: Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Westmoreland, and Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Long. They gave us a real nice picnic, which we enioyed very much, at Reynolds Park. We'll never forget our trip to Raleigh when we went to see the lce Capades. Our grade-parents, Mrs. Patterson and Mr. Mills went with us. We worked hard in order to have a nice Halloween Carnival this year, and we were highly pleased with the money we' made. After we made this money, we all looked forward to our Junior-Senior Banquet which was held at the Robert E. Lee Hotel on April 29, l955. Everyone there looked nice, and we enioyed the food and entertainment. At Class Night during Commencement, we carried wands. Many of our Juniors sang at the Baccalaureate Sermon with the Glee Club. Marshals for commencement were: Helen Wall, Chief, Billy Joe Boles, Rex Baker, Frank Robertson, and Gloria Tuttle. Girls elected for Girls' State were: Helen Wall and Kay Carroll. The Boys were: Billy Joe Boles and Frank Robertson. At last our final year which we have all been looking forward to arrived. Fifty-one boys and girls entered this year with Mrs. Patterson and Mr. Lawson as our teachers. After we settled down we elected our officers, and they are as follows: President, Billy Joe Boles, Recording Secretary, Helen Wall, Corresponding Secretary, Barbara Smith, Treasurer, Shelby Ann Bennett, Reporter, Jean Hall. Our annual staff was: Co-Editors, Kay Long and Kay Carroll, Business Manager, Laine Ferguson, Sports Editor, Frank Robertson, Circulation Manager, Wayne Edwards, Art Editor, Harold Tuttle. Editor of the newspaper, King High Lights, was Gloria Tuttle. And our Student Council Repre- sentatives were: James Robertson and Jo Ann Hampton, Donald Boyles and Gloria Tuttle. October llth was a very happy one for us because this was the day when we received our class rings. You should have seen our faces light up! We were happy this year to have Jo Ann Hampton and Luke Lawson to represent the Senior Class as King and Queen of the Halloween Carnival. Jo Ann was elected Queen of the Carnival and Luke came in second for the King. After satisfactorily completing mid-term examinations, we turned our efforts toward the Senior Play. Under the direc- tion of Mrs. Patterson, we successfully presented a three-act play entitled The Boarding-House Reach, a comedy involving mass hilarity. Grade-parents elected were: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Boyles and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Tuttle. As Historian, l sincerely hope that each classmate has a prosperous future and will live in such a way that this life will be a tribute to our Alma Mater. BERNICE BURROW Class Historian

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KING PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1956 TIME: 1999. PLACE: I Outskirts of the Planet Earth. Well, here we are in the Atomic Age with all its rocket ships, push button gad- gets and supersonic egg-beaters. We have come a long way since that day in May when A K we were graduated from dear old King High, and it seems like only yesterday that I ioined the staff at the New York Times. l'm so glad we thought of the idea of having our class reunion at this quiet out-of-the-way park, on the outskirts of the planet Earth. It has been such a long time since graduation. Just think! 1956, and here it is 1999. It seems like a century, doesn't it? I'm glad I thought of having our classmates wear their original class clay clothes of 1956. Hope we don't look too funny. I certainly had a hard time, as sponsor of this reunion, getting everyone notified. Yes, I called Johnson's Hot Rod Rocket Ship Garage, owned and operated by Jay Lee John- son, about six times. Answering the latest and most modern telephone, the telotalk, invented by Terry Hutchins who is also an expert on rockets. Let's take a walk around the park and see who 's here. Look over there seated on the sof-o- comfort, is Shelby Pixie Bennett, designer of those adorable Pixie Space Hats. And isn't that Doris Hill and Shelby Jean Bennett, well known originators of that famous perfume, Sue-Nan? Let's walk on and see who else has arrived. Say, here comes a rocket now, Iet's see who gets off. Oh! here comes Ruth Newsome, famous interior decorator and her staff, Nellie Tuttle, personal secretary, and Kay McGee, stamp-licker. What's this? A red, yellow and green rocket is just stopping. Who do you suppose could be inside? It must be a ship of dignataries. Well, I was right! Walking down the long red carpet is Royce Flynt, ping-pong champion of Pluto, Max Covington, well known Billionaire Texas oil man and his wife, and stepping off last is Billy Dodson, Public Accountant of the Baker First National Bank, established by and under the capable direction of Rex Levi Baker. Wow, this food is delicious! I see on the menu that it was prepared under the supervision of Bemice Burrow, who is owner of the famous Moulin Rouge Restaurant. I see appearing on the program are Jean Hall and Barbara Ann Smith, singing that popular ballad, The Man Winked and the Elevator Girl Took Him Up. Also on the program I see that Kay Carroll is doing a tap number to Shake, Honey Love, Baby. As vocal talent we will hear JoAnn Hampton, singing, lt Takes Two To Shag, accompanying herself on the harp. After JoAnn's song, comes some informal talks by Frank Robertson, Laine Ferguson, Ralph Voss, Richard Booze, Luke Lawson, and Teddy Clanton who recently were voted All-Universe while playing in the Soup Bowl. Across the table, isn't that Harold Pine-Cone Browder, famous forest ranger, and Barbara Smith recently crowned Miss Venus, and Bonnie Speedy Wilson, Shorthand expert at Gregg Un- iversity and John Punchy Tuttle, outstanding boxer, enjoying each others company. ls there a doctor here? Look who,'s getting up from his seat, Dr. Richard G. Westmoreland and his capable assistant, Jim Robertson, who helped to revive Leon Craddock, who had finally passed out from exhaustion from being too friendly Q4 HOURS LATERI. Listening attentively are Kay Long and her four sons. Now that her boys are in college, Kay has taken the place of Dinah Shore on the show, Beneath the Crust of an Old Apple Pie, directed by Everett Kiser, the great composer. It's getting late and my pilot, Jimmy Watts, and Co-Pilot, Blaine Ferguson, are in a rush to get back home to their wives and lovely children. Let's take one more look around the dance floor. There's John Smith and Wayne Edwards, outstanding magnetic tooth pick designers who seem to be getting more souvenirs of the class re- union. I see that Billy Jo Cat Boles and Duck Cool Boyles are already packing up their instru- ments. They are owners of the Cool Cat's Band on the planet Mars with their number one bag pipe player, Jimmy Beasley, and piano player, Norman Fulk. And over there in the corner is the Nationally known designer of the Duflake Modern Homes, Harold Tuttle. And sitting over there is that talked about Helen Wall, Dean of Women of Planet University and three of her teachers, Geraldine North, Science Teacher, Phyllis Asbury, Voice Teacher, and Iris Southern, Basketball Coach. Over there is Jimmy Smith and his wife who own and operate an extensive lemon ranch. Their yearly income is over twenty thousand dollars. They sell the lemon seeds to Jimmy East who manufactures Lemon Space Drops. They're motioning for me to hurry and all good things must come to an end, so I suppose I had better get back to New York, and resume my responsibilities as editor of our publications. These editorials don't write themselves, you know! GLORIA TUTTLE Class Prophet

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'i ! ' Ll in 5 5, 53 -qi sz' LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT K We, the graduating class of King High School, being of abnormal minds and physi- cal bodies, who think we are the most important graduating class that ever journeyed into the world, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our LAST WILL AND TESTA- MENT in order to pass on our cherished and worthless possessions to anyone worthy of them . To our principal, Mr. C. M. Felts, and all members of the faculty, we leave our sincere appreciation and gratitude for their guidance and instructions during our years at King High School. To The Juniors: Shelby A. Bennett wills her moody disposition to Thelma Dodson. Jean W. Hall wills her ability to get married and come to school to Ann Smith. Barbara Smith wills her mirror in the bathroom to Betty Gay Shore so she can earn her Superlative, Best Looking. Kay Carroll wills her Superlative, Most Athletic, to Bonnie Robertson. Kay Long wills to Betty Jo Wall, Co-Editor of the annual, and to Gayle Belcher her Superlative, Best All Around. Wayne Edwards wills his ability to talk to the girls, especially to freshmen, to Lanis Tuttle. Teddy Clanton wills his ability to uphold the Chevrolet to Bobby Middleton. Shelby Jean Bennett wills her ability to bum chewing gum to Betty Mabe. Doris Jean Hill wills her battered notebook to Barbara Watts and her ability to laugh to Shirley Thomas. Harold Browder wills his ability to like and drive a Ford to Kenneth Burrow. Kay McGee wills her brunette hair rinse to Peggy Jo Roberts. Helen Wall wills her Superlative, Most Intellectual, to Libba Booe. Jo Ann Hampton wills her ability to sing to Myra Boyles. Gloria Tuttle wills her Superlative, Best Dressed, to Libba Booe. Jimmy Gray Watts wills his ability to argue with Carolyn Jones on the bus to Don Smith. Ralph Voss wills his ability to uphold the Ford to Billy Smith. Billy Joe Boles wills his position as Mr. Furches' handyman to Keith Smith and his Superlative, Most Intellectual, to Bobby Law. FOW . Norman Fulk wills his ability and courage to ride around those mountains to Fred Kapp. Ruth Newsom wills her ability to sit with a group of girls in first period study hall and talk to Peggy Hunter. Laine Ferguson wills his ability to stay out late to Lanis Tuttle. Max Covington wills his Superlative, Best Dressed, to Don Lewis. Jay Lee Johnson and Luke Lawson will their ability to get into trouble to Harold Holder and John Baker. Rex Baker wills his ability to tell big tales in the smoking room to Lanis Tuttle, and his seat on the bus to Kenneth Bur- Barbara Ann Smith wills her ability to sing with the Senior Trio to Betty Smith. lris Southern wills her battered notebook with all its papers to Frances Southern. Bernice Burrow wills her ability to sleep, eat, and talk in class and get by with it to Carolyn Jones. Jimmy Smith wills his teeth to William Bennett. Phyllis Asburywills her Bookkeeping book to Martha Jane Coe. Everett Kiser'wills his ability to loaf in Study Hall to Kenneth Burrow. Billy Dodson wills his ability to uphold the Chevrolet to John Baker and his Superlative, Best Looking, to Billy Smith. Richard Westmoreland will her Superlative, Most Likely to Succeed, to Paul Norman. Richard Booze wills his ability to uphold his place on the Volley Ball Court to Fired Kapp. Blaine Ferguson wills his ability to pass Biology to Keith Smith. Duck Boyles wills his Superlative, Best All Around, to John Baker. Nellie Tuttle wills her Economics book to Rachel Bennett. Leon Craddock wills to Harold Holder his ability to aggravate Mrs. Patterson and still stay in class. Bonnie Wilson wills her seat in Glee Club to Mary Ann Gibson and her ability to be bus captain on No. I5 to Olene Rierson . Jim Robertson wills his baseball suit, No. 7, to John Baker. John David Tuttle wills his ability to skip school to Paul Norman. Geraldine North wills to Priscilla New her Superlative, Most Likely To Succeed. Don Boyles wills his ability to get speeding tickets to Keith Smith. Harold Tuttle wills his ability to get around without a license to Lanis Tuttle. Royce Flynt does, hereby, in the presence of Barbara Ann Smith and Gloria Tuttle, will his seat on No. l5 to Don Smith. Jimmy Beasley yvills his ability to get other people into trouble to Fred Kapp. John Smith wills to Lanis Tuttle his ability to haul the girls around. Jimmy East wills to William Bennett his ability to stay out of school. Terry Hutchins, being of sound mind and body, did away with everything he had before he left. Frank Roberson will his Superlative, Most Athletic , to John Baker. We, the Class of l956, hope you will cherish this Last Will and Testament and use it to the best advantage. WITNESSES: BARBARA ANN SMITH Mickey Mouse Testqtor Tweety Pie