Laurens High School - Henry Laurens Yearbook (Laurens, SC)

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1956 volume:

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Fc i or—PHYLLIS O'DELL Business Manager—JAMES HILL LAURENS HIGH SCHOOL Laurens, South Carolina JoreworJ The Staff of The Henry Laurens has chosen music for the theme of this book. We have tried to show how the mak- ing of a beautiful song can correspond with the building of a beautiful life. When we have lived our song at Laurens High School and have reached the after years, it is hoped that in turning the pages of this book we can recapture the melody and memories of the years spent here. Alma Mater To thee, O Laurens High School, Thy praises we'll ever sing— All honor and all glory To thee we'll ever bring. O Mother of our learning, To thy banners we'll ever cling And shout thy praises as we sing To thee for evermore. Page Two DEDICATION... To Thee We Sing In recognition of his untiring efforts to bring out the beauty hidden in the written lines of music, and of his qualifications as a teacher, we proudly dedicate the 1956 Henry Laurens to John W. Coker. No. 30934 Ttie Stars and Stripes Forever MARCH Table Of Contents A 1 N i S T S- —r A I S m i------ Assistant Editor, JACKIE GRIFFIN; Assistant Business Manager, DWIGHT PATTERSON; Editor, PHYLLIS O'DELL; Business Manager, JAMES HILL. Page Four MR. B. E. LIVINGSTON Assistant Principal MR. J. K. DERRICK Principal Laurens High School As the lines are the founda- tion in music, so the Adminis- tration is the foundation for our education. Fafft hive MR. HENRY HOLMES Science MR. H. L. HARRIS Science MRS. MARGARET BALLARD Commerce MR. JOHN COKER Music MRS. ELLOREE C. WILLIAMS Mathematics MISS SARA BELLE BROOKS Librarian MRS. MARY SENN Social Studies MR. CECIL BROWN Social Studies, English OOOOOGQOOOO OOGOOOOOOOt ®QDGOOOOBBw Thanks for the Memories Huge Sir MR. JAMES N. HALLMAN MRS. THELMA S. BURNS English MISS EDITH HELLAMS English MISS HARLOW MAHAFFEY English MISS RUTH RIDDLE English Mathematics Distributive Education MR. J. T. ELROD Mathematics MISS SARA BABB Latin, History MRS. MARILYN HAWTHORNE English, French Pane Seven Thanks for the Memories MR. THOMAS R. TAYLOR Industrial Arts MR. DAVID B. ROPER Machine Tool Operation MRS. MARY D. GIBBS Lunch Room Supervisor 3ac 'll (i ‘J MRS. GRACE F. BRADLEY Home Economics, Geography, Science MRS. LOUISE MOTES Home Economics MR. JOE AUSTIN Assistant Athletics Coach MR. JERRY BOLIN Athletics Coach, Physical Education Thanks foi fhe Memories Paye Eight CLASSES As the clef indicates the pitch on the staff, so do we indicate our position in life. Page Nine IN MEMORIAM Page Ten CHARLES EUGENE MILAM January 14, 1937 December 21, 1953 Through The Years DORIS ACREY Sweet and Gentle JACKIE ALEXANDER Dark Eyes Glee Club 1, 2, 3, Secretary-Treasurer 2; Sextet 3; Music Club 2; State Music Contest 2; District Mus c Contest 2; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4. ★ COLEMAN BABB Go, Boy, Go Student Council 2; F.F.A. 1, 2, President 2; Foot- ball 2, 3, 4; Shop Club 4. LARRY BAGWELL I'm a Naturol Born Lover Glee Club 1, 2; Music Club 1, 2; D.fc. Club 3; Football 3, 4; Block I Club 3, 4. ★ JANE BARNES She's So Pretty Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Sergeant 2, Technical Sergeant 3, Captain 4, Majorette 3, 4; Student Council 1, 3, 4; District Music Festival Trio 2; State Music Festival Trio 2; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4; F.T.A. 3, 4, Secretory 4; Tiger Life ' Staff 3, 4; Junior Play Cast 3. AMELIA BOLT Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella J.H.A. 1, 2, Reporter 2; Library Club 2, 3, 4, Reporter 3; Library Assistant 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Council 1, 2, 3; Junior Play Cast 3; F.T.A. 3; Sub- stitute Cheerleader 3. Vagc Eleven SENIORS JOHNNY BOLT I Like 'Em All J.C.L. 1; Football 2, Manager 4; Shop Club 4. WAYNE BRAMLETT Sincerely Student Council 1; J.C.L. 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2; Le Cercle Francois 3. ★ ANNE BRIDGES I Can't Make My Eyes Behave J.C.L. 1, 2; Short Story Contest Roman Forum 2; Second Place in Speech Contest 1, 2; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Block L Club 3, 4; Tiger Life Staff 2, Associate Editor 3, Editor 4; Junior Play Cast 3; Voice of Democracy Winner of School 3; F.T.A. 3, 4; Beta Club 4; Miss Hi Miss 4; Student Council Con- gressman at Large 4. CHARLEY BROWN Rolling Stone F.F.A. 1, 2; Football 2; D.E. Club 3, 4; Glee Club 4. ★ BARBARA BROWNLEE Glad Rag Doll J.H.A. 1, 2; D.E. Club 4. CARROLL BURGESS Why Worry J.C.L. 1, 2; Football 2, 2, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Junior Play Cast 3; Block L Club 3, 4. ★ PHYLLIS ANN CAIN She's the One J.C.L. 1, 2; Derivative Contest Roman Forum 1; Tiger Life Staff 4. VONCIELL CARROLL Born to Be Happy J.H.A. 1; Library Club 2, 3, 4, President 3, 4; Student Librarian 2, 3, 4; President of District Library Association 3, 4; Chairman of State Audit- ing Committee of S. C. H. S. L. A. 3; Student Coun- cil 3, 4; Le Cercle Francois 4. Page Twelve SENIORS JOY CHUMLEY Dungaree Doll Student Council 2, 3, 4; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Sextet 3, 4; Basketball 3; D.E. Club 4, President 4. FORREST COLEMAN You Con Be a Dreamer State Mental Contest 2; Student Council 3; D.E. Club 3. ★ FRED CRENSHAW Highway Bound Student Council 1, 2; Class Secretary 1, 2; J.C.L. 1, 2; Baseball 2, 4; Block L Club 3, 4; Football 3, 4, Captain of Team 4; Track 3, 4; Basketball 4. JIMMY CULBERTSON Busy Doing Nothing Student Council 1, 2; Class Vice President 1; J.C.L. 1, 2, Program Chairman 1, Consul 2; Glee Club 2; Baseball 2, 3; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Junior Play Cast 3; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 4; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4; Henry Laurens Staff 4; Curtis High Sales- man 4. ★ SUE CULLUM Sweet Sue J.C.L. 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Music Club 2; Library Club 2, 3, Secretary 3; Library Assistant 2, 3; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; F.T.A. 3, 4; Student Council 4; Tiger Life Staff 4. BILLY RAY DAVIS Sleepy Head J.C.L. 1; Student Council 2; Glee Club 2; Manager of Football Team 3; Block L Club 4. ★ LIBBY DIAL A Little China Figure J.C.L. 1, 2; Glee Club 2, 3; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4, Treasurer 3; F.T.A. 3, 4, Treasurer 4; Tiger Life Staff 4. DAVID DuBOSE A Wonderful Guy J.C.L. 2; Glee Club 3; Track 2, 3, 4; Football 3, 4; Beta Club 3, 4; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4, Treasurer 4; Student Council 3, 4, Secretary-Treasurer 3; President 4; Block L Club 3, 4; Future Teachers Club 3, 4; Junior Play Cost 3; Annual Staff 3, 4. Page Thirteen SENIORS JIMMY DUSENBERRY A Young Mon of Chorm J.C.l. 1, 2, Quoestor 1; Student Council 2. 4; Le Cercle Francois 2, 4, President 4; Henry Laurens Staff 4; Tiger Life Staff 4, Story of the Month Contest, Third Place 4. BETTY CAROL EDMONDS Put Me to the Test J.H.A. 1, 2; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Library Club 2, 4; Junior Ploy Cast 3; Henry Laurens Staff 3; Student Council 3, 4; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4; F.T.A. 3, 4. ★ BOBO ETTERS Top Hat, White Tie, and Toils J.C.L. 1; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Clarinet Solo in District Contest 2; Basketball 2, 3; Le Cercle Francois 3; Mardi Gras King 3; Junior Play Cast 3; F.T.A. 3; Tiger Life Staff 3, 4, Business Manager 4; All State Band 4. LINDA EZELLE Lady Be Good J.C.L. 1; J.H.A. 1, 2, Secretary 1, President 2; First Place in J.H.A. State Dress Contest 2; J.H.A. State Delegate 2; Student Council 2; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Junior Play Cast 3. ★ JERRY FINLEY A Guy Is A Guy F.F.A. 1, 2, Secretary 2; Student Council 2; Le Cercle Francois 3. SAMMY FLEMING He's A Dan Dan Dandy Student Council 1; F.F.A. 1, 2, Vice President 2; Parliamentary Procedure Team 1, 2; National F.F.A. Convention 2; Best Future Farmer of the Year 2; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Boys' State 3. ★ JEAN GARRETT Softly, Softly Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Music Club 2; District Music Contest 2; State Music Contest 2; Library Club 2, 3, Treasurer 3; Library Assistant 3, Stote Library Club Convention 3; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4; F.T.A. 4; Tiger Life Staff 4. JOHNNY GAULDEN I Don't Bother Nobody Class Vice President 2; J.C.L. 1, 2; Student Council 1, 2, 4; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Le Cercle Francois 3; State Mental Contest 3; Boys' State 3. Page Fourteen SENIORS JO ANN GIBBS American Beauty Rose Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4, Head Cheerleader 4; Li- brary Club 2, 3, 4, Reporter 2, Vice President 3, Secretory 4; Block L Club 2, 3, 4; State Library Club Convention 3; Glee Club 3; F.T.A. 3. OMEGA HALL Lordy, What a Gal J.H.A. 1, 2; Library Club 4; Assistant Librarian 4. ★ JUDY HART Ain't She Sweet J.C.L. 1, 2; Short Story Contest Roman Forum 2; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4, Presi- dent 3, Program Chairman 4; Mardi Gras Queen 3; F.T.A. 3, 4, Vice President 3, President 4; Block L Club 3, 4; Junior Play Cast 3; Henry Laurens Staff 3, 4; Tiger Life Staff 3, 4; Student Council 3, 4; Beta Club 4. LAMAR HELLAMS Sure Thing Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4; J.C.L. 1, 2, Dux 1, Con- sul 2; State Mental Contest 1, 2, 3; Derivative Contest Roman Forum 2; Class Treasurer 3, 4; Beta Club 2, 3; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4, Vice President 3, Secretary 4; F.T.A. 3, 4; Henry Laurens Staff 4. ★ ROBERT HENDERSON Bidin' My Time F.F.A. 1, 2; Shop Club 3. BETTY HENDRIX You're the Top Le Cercle Francois 3, 4; F.T.A. 3, 4; Library Club 4; Assistant Librarian 4. ★ JAMES HILL I'd Rather Lead a Bond J.C.L. 1, 2, Praetor 2; Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Drum Major 4, First Sergeant 4; District Clarinet Trio 2; State Clorinet Trio 2; Student Council 2, 4; Class Presi- dent 4; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Le Cercle Francois 3; Jun ior Play Cast 3; F.T.A. 3; Business Manager of Henry Laurens 4; Al!-Sto'e Band 4; Henry Laurens Staff 3. HARRIETT IRVIN Ain't Misbehavin' J.H.A. 1, 2. Pagr Fifteen SENIORS TONY JACKS Hallelujah, I'm a Bum J.C.L. 1, 2; Student Council 1, 2, 4; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Block I Club 2, 3, 4, Vice President 3, Presi- dent 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Football 3, 4. REBECCA JENNINGS I'll Be True J.H.A. 1, 2; Le Cercle Francois 4; D.E. Club 4. ★ MARY ELIZABETH JOHNSEY Hey, Sister Lizzie J.C.L. 1, 2; Music Club 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Tiger Life Staff 2, 3, 4; Library Club 3; Library Assistant 3; Student Council 3, 4; Beta Club 3, 4; F.T.A. 3, 4. SYBIL JONES She's No Trouble Student Council 1; J.H.A. 1, 2. ★ EUGENE LIDA Ready, Willing, and Able Student Council 1, 2, 3; Class President 1, 2, 3; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Le Cercle Francois 3, Program Chairman 3. BODIE LINDLEY Keep Smiling, Keep Laughing, Keep Happy J.C.L. 1, 2; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Block L Club 2, 3, 4; F.T.A. 3, 4, Librarian 4; Track 3, 4; State Track Meet 3; Baseball 4. ★ billy McDaniel Billy Boy J.C.L. 1, 2, Praetor 1; Student Council 1, 4; Vice President of Class 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Sergeant 3, Technical Sergeant 4; Clarinet Quartet 1; Woodwind Quartet 2; Boys' State 3; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4; Program Chairman 3, 4; F.T.A. 3, 4. WAYNE MEADOWS There's a Rainbow Round My Shoulder Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Block L Club 2, 3, 4; Shop Club 4. Page Sixteen SENIORS MARY FRANCES MILAM Slender, Tender and Tall J.H.A. 1, 2, Miss J.H.A. 1; Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4; Tiger Life Staff 2, 3, 4; Henry Laurens Staff 3, 4; Beta Club 2, 3, 4, Secretary-Treasurer 3, 4; Junior Play Cast 3; Girls' State 3; F.T.A. 3, 4; Library Club 3, 4; Assistant Librarian 3, 4; Class Secretary 4. CURTIS MOORE I Got Rhythm F.F.A. 1; Band 2, 3, 4. ★ REBECCA MOORE Young at Heart J.H.A. 1, 2; Library Club 4; Le Cercle Francois 4. KAY MORGAN Oh, Kay Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; J.C.L. 1, 2; Block L Club 3, 4; D.E. Club 3, Vice President 3; F.T.A. 3. ★ PARIS MORTON I Love Paris J.C.L. 1; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Henry Laurens Staff 4; D.E. Club 4. DOROTHY NORWOOD Bright Eyes J.H.A. 1; D.E. Club 3, 4, Secretary-Treasurer 4. PHYLLIS O'DELL The Lass with the Delicate Air Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Majorette 2, 3, Head Majorette 4; State Music Festival 1, 2; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Block L Club 2, 3, 4, Secretary-Treasurer 4; Chap- ter F.F.A. Sweetheart 2, State Sweetheart 3; Class Treasurer 2; Student Council 2, 4; Tiger Life Staff 2, 3; Henry Laurens Stoff 2, 3, 4, Assistant Editor 3, Editor 4; F.T.A. 3, 4; D.E. Club 3, Secretory-Treas- urer 3; Junior Play Cast 3; Junior-Senior Chair- man 3. GEORGE ODIORNE Good Rockin' Daddy F.F.A. 1; Football 2, 3, 4; D.E. Club 3, 4. Page Seventeen SENIORS MARY OWENS Love and Marriage J.H.A. 1, 2; Library Club 2, 3, 4. WILLIE BEE PRINCE Heart Full of Hope J.C.L. 1; D.E. Club 4. ★ DONALD REEVES Lemme outa Here F.F.A. 1, 2. EDITH ROBERTSON Pretty Bab ' Transferred from Jackson High 3; Library Club 4 ★ BETTY SANDERS Knockin' the Clouds Away J.H.A. 1, 2; Student Council 2, 3; F.T.A. 3; Le Cercle Francois 3; Library Club 4; Assistant Librarian 4. MAYNARD SCHAIBLE My Buddy F.F.A. 1, 2, Treasurer 2; Parliamentary Procedure Team 1, 2; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4. ★ CLEO SELF Hep Cat Baby D.E. Club 3, 4; Vice President 4. FRANKLIN SINCLAIR Eat, Drink and Be Merry F.F.A. 1, 2, Reporter 2; Football 2, 4; Shop Club 4. Page Eighteen SENIORS DORIS SMITH Little Miss Bluebird Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4; J.H.A. 1, 2, Secretary 1, Treasurer 2; Beta Club 2, 2, 4, Vice President 3, President 4. JANNE SMITH Little Girl Transferred from Anderson High 4. ★ JIMMIE SPENCER I'm Sittin' on Top of the World Transferred from Ford High 3; Junior Play Cast 3; Band 3, 4; Beta Club 3, 4; Tiger Life Staff 4; Henry Laurens Staff 4; J.C.L. 4; Library Club 4. SARA STEPHENS A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody J.C.L. 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 2, Librarian 4; Sextette 1, 2, 3, 4; First Place in Winthrop Music Contest 2, 3; First Place in Piano at Winthrop 2; F.T.A. 3, 4; Tiger Life Staff 4. ★ TOMMY STEWART My Boy, Flat Top Transferred from Ridgeland 3; Beta Club 4; Band 4. WILLIAM SUMEREL For He's a Jolly Good Fellow Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice President 3; J.C.L. 1, 2, Quaestor 1, 2; Derivative Contest 1; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Le Cercle Francois 3; F.T.A. 3, 4; State Mental Contest 3; Junior Play Cast 3; Boys' State 3. ★ TERRY TAYLOR You're Easy to Dance With J.C.L. 1, 2; Short-story Contest Roman Forum 2; Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Secretary 3; Junior Play Cost 3; State Mental Contest 3; Basketball 3, 4; Football 3, 4; Track 3, 4; Block L Club 4; Tiger Life Staff 3, 4. GEORGE THOMASON Freckles Baseball 3; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4. Page Nineteen SENIORS HUIET TIMMERMAN All American Girl J.C.L. 1, 2; Glee Club 2, 3, Treasurer 3; F.T.A. 3; Junior Ploy Cast 3; Henry Laurens Staff 3, 4. MARION WALKER Look for the Silver Lining J.H.A. 1, 2, Treasurer 2; Student Council 3, 4. ★ NANCY WALKER My Treasure Transferred from Pleasant Garden High 4; Le Cercle Francois 4. MARY JO WASSON I Like a Piano Glee Club 1, 3; Le Cercle Francois 3; D.E. Club 4. ★ ROBERTA WATTS You'll Never Walk Alone J.H.A. 1, 2; Le Cercle Francois 4. JIMMY WILLIAMS The Sheik of Arabie J.C.L. 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, Librarian 2; District Tenor Soloist 1, 2; Music Club 2; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4; Substitute Head Cheerleader 3, 4; Block L Club 3, 4; Le Cercle Francois 3, 4. ★ NOT PICTURED ALTON PUTNAM Doin' What Comes Naturally Shop Club 4. I’age Txvcnly SENIOR CLASS HISTORY It wos in September, 1944, that the class of '56 began the long road that leads to learning. Within the next twelve years these boys and girls were to be prepared for their part in the symphony of life. The childish laughter which floated through the corridors like rainbow colored bubbles indicated a certain joyousness about beginning. The first directors, Mrs. Fleming and Miss Emmie, succeeded in bringing the group into an occasional mood of sobriety in order that the difficult task of reading, arithmetic, spelling, and printing might be treated with due respect. The class learned easily and time passed quickly. For the first few years the group practiced on the same instruments — there would be time for specialization later. This was the time for the foundation — geography, long division, and the inevitable joining of print into something known to all adults as writing. After six years of able teaching accompanied by faithful (if sometimes unwilling) practice, the group became mem- bers of a musical troupe called Junior High School. There tne tempo quickened. No longer were they the charge of a single instructor. Now they must wander down endless halls, struggling against a surging tide of upper classmen, to reach their prearranged classrooms. The tunes required of them were yearly becoming more difficult. Much more time was needed for after school practice so that the designated task might be completed. It was while in the seventh grade that a number of the more talented pupils were allowed to join the glee club. If on occasional voice strayed off key, all wos forgiven by the jovial director who stoutly maintained that perfection would come with practice. Several smaller bands joined the group the eighth year The entire band was then sub-divided into four groups to be trained by Miss Babb, Miss Hzllams, Mr. Elrod, and Mr. Hallman. Under these watchful eyes anyone getting out of tune was quickly set right. While the girls were taught the art of housekeeping by Mrs. Bradley and Miss Hinson, the male members were instructed by Mrs. Blackwell in the matter of science. All too soon, the class tripped gleefully across the stage to receive the sheet music noting that they were now ready for high school. Upon reaching the Senior Orchestra, they found the work not only more exacting, but also more varied. Some chose to learn the language of the ancient Romans, and by Christmas were able to sing in Latin Silens Nox and Adeste Fidelis. A few elected to become farmers; while others settled on home economics. The class of '56 bears a mark of distinction in that it was the only class to have boys in the home economics room and girls in the agriculture department. After the end-of-the-year audition, the class was promoted to the tenth book. That year the group began playing for different organizations—Beta Club, Student Council, F.F.A., and Library Club. In mid-winter, when Christmas carols rang sweetest, a seat was left vacant; for the Great Conductor had deemed it wise to carry Gene Milam to join the heavenly choir. That Yule tragedy sounded a note of sorrow in the hearts of all who had known and loved Gene. After a mighty struggle with English under Miss Mahaffey and algebra under Mr. Livingston and Mr. Hallman, the group completed the tenth grade. As juniors, the more scholarly students chose French, some elected to study the chemical terms, and still others elected to pick out a jolly tune on the typewriter. A club, for membership to upperclassmen, now welcomed with open arms the future teachers. The play that spring One Foot in Heaven was a happy medium between a comedy ond drama. James Hill and Phyllis O'Dell starred in the roles of the minister and his wife, and all who witnessed the play termed it a success. As might be expected, the theme for Junior-Senior was Gay Paree, and the dance, the first to be held in the new gymnasium, was climaxed by a floor show, not far from professional. Suddenly, the class became seniors. Hitherto the band had looked to other seniors to call the songs and lead the music. When the realization downed that they were the first-row musicians, they were awe stricken. Under the leadership of James Hill as president, the class made the trip to Washington in April, when the pink of cherry blossoms provided the perfect setting for gleaming marble columns and domes. To the class of '56 the melody was never sweeter than in the last days before graduation. To be sure there were plans for college and an awareness that life is a serious business, but for the present life was as with the poet, And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. Perhaps these days were for the seniors their swan song to childhood—swan song to childhood, but opening night for the score that each musician must write for the world. Not all of these scores will be a success in the eyes of human critics; however. The Great Judge will determine the final verdict of the worth of each. ANNE BRIDGES, Historian 2 —2 Page Twenty'One OFFICERS President............................. JACKIE GRIFFIN Vice President...........................JEAN PRINCE Secretary.............................JOYCE SIMMONS Treasurer........................ DWIGHT PATTERSON I'm Wondering How BETTY ABERCROMBIE LEWIS ABERCROMBIE RILEY BAILES JULIUS BOLT LEONARD BREWINGTON SHELBY BROWN GARY BYRD JIMMY DAVENPORT MIKE DAWKINS CAROLYN ELLEDGE DOROTHY FRANKS TOMMY GLENN Page Twenty-Two JUNIORS MARTHA GOODWIN MARGARET GRAY MELVIN HALL SARA JEAN HARRIS CLAUDE HARTLINE TOMMY HENDERSON MARGARET HOLLIDAY GENE HOLLIDAY PEGGY HUGHES LINDA JACKSON LOUISE KEEBLE WALTER LANFORD MACK LEE MICHAEL LINDLEY BLAKELY McNINCH JAMES McNINCH JUNE MADDEN JUNE MARTIN DENNIS MATHIS GAIL MATHIS CARROL MEADOWS CLAUDINE MOORE JIMMY MOORHEAD JOYCE OWINGS JUNIORS JOEL PADGETT TED PEARSON LAVYN PORTER LINDA PRIDMORE CHARLES RANKIN JOYCE RIDDLE CAROLYN RISER RACHEL SENN KENNETH SMITH PATSY SMITH ROSANNE SPEARMAN CHARLES SWOFFORD SHIRLEY TAYLOR BOND THOMAS JOHNNY TRAXLER BETTY WALKER ELLIS WINN Not Pictured: BILLY HELLAMS RANDELL MONTJOY EDWARD PINSON JOHN SELF OSCAR TUCKER Page Twenty-Four OFFICERS President........................................BOBBY HILL Vice President ......................... BLAND ROPER Secretary ........................ ANITA McCARTNEY Treasurer.................................JACKIE DAY In Between LYLES ADAIR CHAN ARMSTRONG ROBERT BARBERY MARTHA BARRETT DONICE BISHOP BARBARA BLAKELY MICHAEL BOLT WESLEY BROWN JIMMY BROWNLEE LINDA CHILDRESS MARTHA CLARK CHARLES HOWARD CLARK DONNIE DAVIS PATSY DAVIS RONNIE DAVIS ROSALIND DENDY BYRON ELMORE RUTH FAULKNER ROSMARY FINKBEINER BILLY FINLEY PaQc Twenty‘Five SOPHOMORES Page Twenty-Six TOMMY FLEMING DON FRANKS NANCY GAMBRELL WYATT GEORGE DOTTIE GRAY RUBY HALL COLIN HARLEY JANET HELLAMS SHIRLEY HELLAMS JO ANN HOLLIDAY CAROLYN HUDGENS PATSY HUNT PATRICIA JONES ELEANOR KENNEDY BARBARA LIVINGSTON LONNIE LONG LINTON MANN YVONNE MANN CAROL ANN MILLS HARRISON MITCHELL PEARL MOORE NANCY NELSON ROBERT NELSON DOROTHY OWENS SOPHOMORES SARA OWENS ROBERT OWINGS DON PATTERSON ERNEST PATTERSON JERRY PITTS LINDA POPE BARBARA QUEEN ELIZABETH ROWLAND CHARLES SENN EDNA SENN MARY SENN MERLE SMITH ANITA SOLTIS FAYE SPAIN JUDY STRAND JEAN TAYLOR LINDA TAYLOR ROBERT TEAGUE ALICE TEMPLETON CAIN THOMASON GWENDOLYN THOMASON MAXINE THOMASON ANN THOMPSON MARY ANN THOMPSON Page Twenty-Seven SOPHOMORES NANCY THORNHILL MAUREEN TIMMERMAN DICKIE TOWNSEND RUTH MEREDITH WALDROP BILLY WALKER DAVID WATTS JOHNNY WILSON DAN WOODS NICKY ZUPP NOT PICTURED: Nickey Allen, Robert Bowlin, Roger Cochran, Betty Culbertson, Joan Demery, Amelia Durham, Joe Henderson, Jake Jones, Henry Lee, Charles Leonhardt, Keith Russell, Darrell Simmons, Bobby Stewart, David Templeton, Geraldine Tucker, Philip Urso, Paul Wilson. J3 A fl A J Page Twenty-Eight F K I S H I President . . . Vice President Secretary . . . Treasurer . .. OFFICERS ........... BRENDA BURTS .............ELLEN DAVIS ........ ELAINE COTHRAN .............LINDA RANEY There's A Long. Long Trail Awinding CHARLES ABERCROMBIE JUANITA ABERCROMBIE MAXINE ABERCROMBIE BARBARA ALLEN MARY ANDERSON PATSY BABB CAROLYN BALDWIN BENJAMIN BOATWRIGHT JOHNNY BOLT JYMMIE NELL BOWLING CAROLYN BROWN MARGARET BROWN ROGER BROWN SARA BROWN TOMMY BROWN ELIZABETH BURGESS NANCY BUNTON WILMA COLE BOBBY COLEMAN PATRICIA CULBERSON Page Twenty-Nine FRESHMEN WAYNE CULBERTSON MARTHA DIAL BETTY DUNMOYER ROGER GAMBRELL DAVID GEORGE JO ANN GODWIN ALVA GOODWIN LLOYD HAMMOND LARRY HAWKINS JUDITH HENDRIX JIMMY HOLLINGSWORTH HENRY HUNTER CORRIE JACKSON GERALD JOHNSON SALLY KNIGHT LYNETTE LAMBERT CHRISTINE LAWSON SYLVIA LIVINGSTON FREDDIE McDANIEL LINDA McMAHAN BETTY MILAM WADE MINER MARTHA MONROE LANNY MONTGOMERY CHARLES MOORE DAVID MOTES NAN NABORS VIVIAN NELSON BOBBY O'SHIELDS LEON PATTERSON Page Thirty FRESHMEN ELLEN PIGG CARROLL POWER KATHERINE RANKIN SYLVIA RASOR MARILYN ROPP EDWARD SASSER LAWTON SCHAIBLE DAVID SENN JIMMY SIMPSON ANN SMITH MAXCY SNOW JUDITH SPEARMAN BARBARA SPELTS STEVE STEPHENS JIMMY SUMEREL CAROLINE TEAGUE MARTHA TINSLEY SANDRA TURNER KEITH WALKER PHILIP WATSON PEGGY WILKES JANICE WILLIAMS KENNETH WILLIAMS SANDRA WOOD NOT PICTURED: William Armstrong, Mary Beck, William Butler, Barry Coleman, Russell Davis, Wayne Deitz, Mildred Faulkner, Tommy Godfrey, Philip Lee Harris, Alton Jones, Curtis Kuykendall, Carole Martin, Joe Martin, Helen Owens, Juanita Parson, Sam Penland, Oliver Pinson, Nickey Robertson, Denver Smallwood, Mike Smith, Jimmy South, Eugene Thompson. Page Thirty-One 1. The journalism class interviews Miss Priscilla Shep- pard. 4. The most popular place in the building—the lunch room. 2. Boys, as well as girls, can type. 3. But shop is strictly for boys. 5. Director Coker adds finishing touches. 6. Margaret, may I use the phone? I’age T hirty-Two Detour—There's A Muddy Road Ahead SECTION 1 MEMBERS OFFICERS President ................................ SUE COLEMAN Vice President.................CLAUDE BLAKELY Secretary.................. LORETTA GINSBERG Treasurer.................... PRISCILLA DAVIS Homeroom Teacher........MRS. GRACE BRADLEY First Row: Jimmy Barnett, Melvin Bolt, Claude Blakely, Sara Crews, Sue Coleman, Loretta Gins- berg, Stanley Pitts, James Patterson, Jack Penland. Second Row: W. F. Childers, Durwood Brinkley, Priscilla Davis, Margaret Eppley, Barbara Finley, Sylvia Fleming, Ferrell Ann Garner, William Brown, Frank Bolt. Third Row: Paula Davenport, Patricia Lynch, Martha Crowder, Martha Boyter, Nancy Garrett, Brenda Davis, Carolyn Garrett, Henry Barnett. Fourth Row: Nickles Garrett, James Couch, Larry Walker, Ray Davis, Dick Noble, Marion Abrams. Not Pictured: Jennie Bramlette, James Chumley, Jerry Norwood, Carol Owens, Jerrel Rhodes. Page Thirty-Three EIGHTH GRADE SECTION 2 OFFICERS MEMBERS President ......................... PAULA CRAINE Vice President..................... FLEDA EARLE Secretary-Treasurer...........BEATRICE HAWKINS Homeroom Teacher.........MR. JAMES HALLMAN Not Pictured: Jimmy Robertson, Charles Russ, Roy Saxon, Eugene Sellers, Melvin Shealy. First Row: Beatrice Hawkins, Elaine Martin, Ida Nell Durham, Patricia Hart, Doris Hellams, Wanda Walker, Brenda Harris, Lucille Gray Hunter, Car- olyn Zupp. Second Row: Douglas Harding, Marion Burns, Paula Craine, Sally Taylor, Jerry Robertson, Car- roll Ripley, John Rouse, Dickie Briggs, Ronnie Garner. Third Row: Linda Brown, Rosa Margaret Wal- drep, Herbert Adams, Joe McCutchen, Jimmy Rawl, Larry Finkbeiner, Jerry Elmore, Daniel Ford, Curtis Fanning. Fourth Row: Faye Head, Carole Shipman, Gail Thompson, Fleda Earle, Henry Faris, Charles De- hart, Bill Barksdale, Lee Martin. Page Thirty-Four EIGHTH GRADE SECTION 3 OFFICERS President.................................DAVID MOORHEAD Vice President .............. ANNARA O'SHIELDS Secretary ................... JOYCE MEADOWS Treasurer......................... BILLY HARRIS Homeroom Teacher.........MISS EDITH HELLAMS Not Pictured: Aaron Miller, Donald Thompson, Charles Taylor, Lester Taylor, Joyce Kellett. MEMBERS First Row: Ernie Strand, William Howell, Car- roll Hall, Carolyn Mason, Louise McGee, Brenda Koon, David Moorhead, Harold George, David Taylor. Second Row: Elizabeth Lothridge, Annara O'Shields, Martha Knight, Inez Faulkner, Jo Ann Balkham, Linda Lynch, Carol Jean Price, Everlena Hill, Carolyn Scurry. Third Row: Aubrey Swofford, Furman Ott, Dor- othy Jean Pulley, Joan Madden, Caroline Mc- Ninch, Joyce Meadows, Mike Rid lie, Judson Thom- ason, Robert Finkbeiner. Fourth Row: Sally Montgomery, Barbara Laugh- ridge, John Gray, George Crapps, Richard Hud- gens, Billy Harris, Jimmy Holliday. Page Thirty-Five EIGHTH GRADE SECTION 4 MEMBERS OFFICERS President................................VIVIAN TAYLOR Vice President..................WALLACE MERCK Secretary-Treasurer..............BILLY TRAXLER Homeroom Teacher........MR. THOMAS TAYLOR Not Pictured: Robert Kellett, Lewis Lanier, Sally Ruth Simmons. First Row: Leroy Workman, Homer Workman, Shirley Stone, Linda Staggs, Linda Word, Lou Ann Seay, Billy Traxler, Jimmy Warded, Paul Watts. Second Row: Wallace Merck, Donald Mathis, Tony Mann, Ann Siebert, Linda Strange, Nancy Senn, Carolyn Taylor, Sally Ruth Simmons, Elaine Sprouse. Third Row: Roger Mann, Eunice Holley, Joyce Thomas, Frances Taylor, Vivian Taylor, Dorris Young, Patricia Thornton, Doris Thomason. Fourth Row: Wheeler Long, Jimmy Thornhill, Gary Moore, Jimmy Monroe, Bobby Thornhill, Wilton King, Guy Jackson, Jimmy Madden. Page Thirty-Six Take Me Out to the Ball Game ATHLETICS The time signature regulates and balances the song as participation in athletics helps to regulate and balance our life. Page Thirty-Seven 1 JIMMY MOORHEAD END 2 WALTER LANFORD HALFBACK 3 MICHAEL LINDLEY TACKLE 4 COLEMAN BABB HALFBACK 5 TONY JACKS QUARTERBACK 6 BUDDY BROWN END 7 CHARLES SWOFFORD FULLBACK 0 BODIE LINDLEY TACKLE 9 KENNETH SMITH CENTER 10 FRED CRENSHAW GUARD II DAVID DUBOSE GUARD 12 JIMMY DAVENPORT TACKLE 13 CARROLL BURGESS TACKLE 14 WAYNE MEADOWS END 15 LAVYN PORTER HALFBACK 16 HENRY LEE QUARTERBACK 17 DENNIS MATHIS GUARD 18 LARRY BAGWELL FULLBACK 19 COACHES JOE AUSTIN JERRY BOLIN 20 COLIN HARLEY HALFBACK Senior Players, First Row: Jimmy Culbertson, Bodie Lindley, Coleman Babb, Freddie Crenshaw, Larry Bagwell. Second Row: David DuBose, Wayne Meadows, Terry Taylor, Carroll Burgess, Tony Jacks. '55 FOOTBALL Porter scores after receiving pass from Jacks for winning T. D. in Pickens game. Page Forty The Laurens Tigers ended their football with a 13-7 vic- tory over Pickens on Thanks- giving Day. This left the team with a 4-6-1 record. The Bengals , led by Capt. Cren- shaw, met stiff opposition this season, but while having a losing record, had a winning spirit. Main Squad, First Row: Bodie Lindley, Wayne Meadows, Captain Crenshaw, Kenneth Smith, Dennis Mathis, Jimmy Daven- port, Buddy Brown, Michael Lindley. Second Row: Henry Lee, Lavyn Porter, Walter Lanford, Coleman Babb, Carroll Burgess, Larry Bagwell, Tony Jacks, Colin Harley, David DuBose. Pickens cracks Laurens line for short yardage. Page Forty-One Girls' Basketball First Row: Phyllis O'Dell, Margaret Gray, Linda Pridmore, Nancy Thornhill, Anne Bridges, Paula Davenport. Second Row: Walter Lanford, manager; Judy Hart, Louise Keeble, Linda Brown, Linda Jackson, Lucille Hunter, Jackie Griffin, Coach Jerry Bolin. Paxr Forty-Two Boys' First Row: Colin Harley, Gary Byrd, Keith Russell, Mike Dawkins, Tony Jacks, Lyles Adair. Basketball Second Row: Jim Hollingsworth, manager; Lloyd Hammond, David Motes, Jimmy Culbertson, Terry Taylor, Speck Barbery, Lavyn Porter, Joe Austin, Coach. Page Forty‘Three Though the Tigerettes got off to a slow start, the lassies became more proficient as the season pro- gressed. This winning spirit of the team was fully realized when the girls captured the crown of the Dis- trict Tournament. Jackie connects for more points. Crowd watches Tigers build up lead Vage Forty-Four The high-flying Tigers overcame a pre-season rating of a mediocre team, and a highly efficient, pol- ished basketball machine made Laurens a feared and respected name in cage circles. Steady defense and a lethal of- fense carried the Tigers to a 12-2 won-lost mark and onward to the District 2 title. Byrd leaps high for rebound. Barbery shoots for two more. Page Forty-Five Left to right. First row: Wheeler Long, Donnie Davis, Herbert Adams, Jimmy Moorhead, Bond Thomas, Charles Swofford, Dickie Briggs. Second row; Coach Austin, Riley Bailes, Carroll Burgess, Ronnie Davis, David Motes, Lavyn Porter, Colin Harley, Buddy Brown, Mile Dawkins. Third row-. Mike Lindley, David DuBose, Bodie Lindley, Roger Brown, Randell Montjoy, Terry Taylor, Bobby Coleman, Tommy Fleming, Dwight Patterson, Wal- ter Lanford, Henry Hunter. Pane Forty-Six Left to right. First row: Steve Stephens, Wilton King, Keith Walker, Lonnie Long, Henry Lee, Gary Byrd. Second row: Tony Jacks, Spec Barbery, Don Patterson, Charles Robert Leonhardt, Buddy Brown, Claude Hartline Third row: Coach Bolin, Robert Bowlin, Kenneth Smith, Mike Dawkins, Colin Harley, David Motes, Lavyn Porter! Jim Hollingsworth. Track ORGANIZATIONS As the bar line divides notes into different groups so the phases of our life are di- vided by various organiza- tions. Page Forty-Seven EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President............................ DAVID DuBOSE Vice President.................................JIMMY DAVENPORT Secretary-Treasurer ............ CAROLYN HUDGENS Faculty Advisor................................T. C. BROWN James Hill, Billy McDaniel, Mary Frances Milam, Lamar Hellams, Jackie Griffin, Jean Prince. Page Forty-Eight Student Front Row, left to right: Linda Raney, Rachel Senn, Sara Jean Harris, William Sumerel, Betty Edmonds, Dorothy Franks, Doris Smith. Second Row: Jane Barnes, Mary Anderson, Nancy Thornhill, Mary Ann Thompson, Patsy Davis, Shirley Hellams, Anita Soltis, Dottie Gray, Sue Cullum, Mary Elizabeth Johnsey, Martha Monroe, Roger Gambrell, Sylvia Livingston. Third Row: Betty Walker, Joyce Simmons, Joy Council Chumley, Vonciell Carroll, Margaret Gray, Anne Bridges, Phyllis O'Dell, Martha Goodwin, Louise Keeble, Sara Brown, Barbara Livingston, Betty Milam, Marion Walker, Charles Abercrombie. Fourth Row: Carroll Power, Wesley Brown, Lyles Adair, Joel Padgett, Johnny Gaulden, Terry Taylor, Colin Harley, Tony Jacks, Jimmy Dusenberry, Jimmy Simpson, Lawton Schaible, David George, Leon Pat- terson. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Joyce Simmons Dwight Patterson Bobby Hill Bland Roper Anita McCartney Jackie Day Brenda Burts Ellen Davis Elaine Cothran Linda Raney Page Forty-Nine Beta Club President--DORIS SMITH; Vice President— RACHEL SENN; Secretary- Treasurer-MARY FRANCES MILAM; Sponsor-MISS SARA BELLE BROOKS. Joy Chumley, Jimmy Culbertson, Sue Cullum, Jimmy Davenport, David DuBose, Betty Edmonds, Linda Ezelle, Sammy Fleming, Johnny Gaulden, Tommy Glenn, Matha Goodwin, Sara Harris, Lamar Hellams, James Hill, Tony Jacks, Mary Elizabeth Johnsey, Eugene Lida, June Madden, Joel Padgett, Dwight Patterson, Jimmie Spencer, Tommy Stewart, William Sum- erel, Betty Walker. Page Fifty Judy Hart, President; Linda Jackson, Vice-President; Jane Barnes, Secretary; Libby Dial, Treasurer; Bodie Lindley, Librarian; Anne Bridges, Sue Cullum, David DuBose, Betty Edmonds, Jean Garrett, Betty Hendrix, Lamar Hellams, Mary Elizabeth Johnsey, Billy McDaniel, Mary Frances Milam, Phyllis O'Dell, Sara Stephens, William Surperel, Jimmy Davenport, Tommy Glenn, Martha Goodwin, Jackie Griffin, Margaret Gray, Sara Harris, Peggy Hughes, Michael Lindley, Joyce Owings, Dwight Patterson, Carolyn Riser, Joyce Simmons, Charles Swofford, Bond Thomas, Betty Walker, Miss Harlow Mahaffey, Sponsor. Future Teachers Of America Pane Fifty-One SENIOR MEMBERS Seated: Mrs. Hawthorne, spon- sor; Lamar Hellams, Secretary; Betty Edmonds, Vice President; Jimmy Dusenberry, President; David DuBose, Treasurer; Billy McDaniel, Program Chairman. Standing: Nancy Walker, Betty Hendrix, Jackie Alexander, Jimmy Culbertson, Jimmy Wil- liams, Maynard Schaible, George Thomason, Jean Garrett, Sara Stephens, Jane Barnes. L e C e r c I e Francois JUNIOR MEMBERS Seated: Joyce Owings, Betty Walker, Program Chairman; Tommy Glenn, Treasurer; Jackie Griffin, Vice President; Martha Goodwin, President; Jean Prince, Secretary; Sara Harris, Program Chairman; Carolyn Elledge. Standing: Dorothy Franks, Betty Abercrombie, Vonciell Carroll, Rachel Senn, Dwight Patterson, Joyce Simmons, Jimmy Davenport, Patsy Smith, Julius Bolt, Louise Keeble, Johnny Traxler, Roberta Watts, Margaret Gray, Rebecca Moore, Linda Jack- son, Rebecca Jennings. OFFICERS Martha Ann Clark, president of the local chapter directs a skit Stepping Stones to Hap- pier Homes , in which other of- ficers participate. These are (seated): Carol Ann Mills, bi- county J. H. A. reporter; Bar- bara Blakely, vice president; Sylvia Livingston, reporter; Roger Gambrell, secretary; (standing): Martha Clark, Rosalind Dendy, treasurer; and Yvonne Mann, bi- county treasurer. Junior Ho memakers Of America Juanita Abercrombie, Maxine Abercrombie, Barbara Allen, Patsy Babb, Mary Jane Beck, Barbara Blakely, Nancy Bunton, Elizabeth Burgess, Martha Ann Clark, Wilma Cole, Betty Jean Culberson, Patricia Culberson, Rosalind Dendy, Martha Dial, Mildred, Faulkner, Ruth Faulkner, Roger Gambrell, Jo Ann Godwin, Janet Hellams, Shirley Hellams, Jo Ann Holliday, Margaret Holliday, Corrie Jackson, Sally Knight, Lynette Lambert, Christine Lawson, Sylvia Livingston, Yvonne Mann, Linda McMahan, Betty Milam, Carol Ann Mills, Martha Ann Monroe, Claudine Moore, Pearl Moore, Nan Nabors, Nancy Nelson, Vivian Nelson, Joyce Owings, Ellen Pigg, Linda Pope, Katherine Rankin, Sylvia Rasor, Merle Smith, Alice Templeton, Ann Thompson, Sandra Turner. Meetings of the J. H. A. are characterized by interesting and informative programs. Here Mrs. Alma Smithwick discusses the well-appointed table, as Mrs. Louise Motes and Mrs. Grace Bradley, club sponsors, approve the comment. LAURENS HIGH SCHOOL CMPUR JUNIOR HOMEMAKERS Willie Bee Prince, Mary Jo Wasson, Promotion Manager Paris Morton, and Rebecca Jennings depict the average woman's interest in costume jewelry which they sometimes have an opportunity to sell. President Joy Chumley, models one coat while Secretary-Treasurer Dorothy Norwood holds another and Vice President Cleo Self and Barbara Brownlee look on admiringly. Distributive Education Club Julius Bolt plays customer to Dennis Mathis and Barbara Queen has just had the gas tank filled Charley Brown who apparently have the produce by service station salesmen Robert Henderson and 1° se - Lavyn Porter. Page Fifty-Four OFFICERS President..............Vonciell Carroll Vice President...........Linda Pridmore Secretary...................Jo Ann Gibbs Treasurer........... Sara Jean Harris Reporter............Martha Goodwin Sponsor........Miss Sara Belle Brooks Seated, left to right: Rebecca Moore, Betty Hendrix, Jo Ann Gibbs, Betty Sanders, Betty Edmonds, Mary Owens. Standing: Omega Hall, Vonciell Carroll, Mary Frances Milam, Jimmie Spencer, Amelia Bolt, Miss Sara Belle Brooks. Library Association How Good It Is To Read, To Work, To Play Together Seated, left to right: Dorothy Franks, Patsy Smith, Carrol Meadows, Anita Soltis, Sara Jean Harris, Martha Goodwin, Jackie Griffin, Joyce Simmons, Louise Keeble. Standing: Joel Padgett, Dottie Gray, Claudine Moore, Rosanne Spearman, Carolyn Elledge, Marg- aret Gray, Rosemary Finkbeiner, June Martin, Nancy Thornhill, Linda Jackson, Bond Thomas. Not Pictured —Linda Pridmore. Page Fifty-Five First Row, left to right: Miss Babb, Judy Spearman, Peggy Wilkes, Barbara Spelts, Patsy Hunt, Mary Senn, Amelia Durham, Edna Senn, Judy Strand, Sylvia Livingston, Nan Nabors, Corrie Jackson, and Martha Ann Monroe. Second Row: Margaret Brown, Elaine Cothran, Gwendolyn Thomason, Anita McCartney, Linda Raney, Martha Tinsley, Anita Soltis, Jackie Day, Car- olyn Hudgens, Dottie Gray, Faye Spain, Jean Tay- lor, and Eleanor Kennedy. Ole Junior An interesting and important phase of the programs of the J. C. L. is the study of Roman costumes. The officers of the two Ordines are shown to illustrate some of the cos- tumes which were used at various meetings of the club. OFFICERS OF ORDO SENATORIUS Left to Right: Patsy Hunt, Member Program Committee; Anita McCartney, Praetor; Colin Harley, Consul; Dottie Gray, Consul; Jackie Day, Chairman Program Committee; Bland Roper, Quaestor. Third Row: Betty Dunmoyer, Mary Anderson, Janice Williams, Judy Hendrix, Carolyn Baldwin, Caroline Teague, Linda Childress, Elizabeth Rowland, Ann Smith, Rosemary Finkbeiner, Nancy Gambrell, Martha Clark, Maureen Timmerman, Brenda Burts, Sandra Wood, Jymmie Nell Bowling, and Maxine Thomason. Fourth Row: Marilyn Ropp, Ellen Davis, Cain Thom- ason, Bland Roper, Chan Armstrong, Charles Senn, Jimmie Spencer, David George, Colin Harley, Buddy Brown, Steve Stephens, Jimmy Simpson, Wade Miner, Bond Thomas, Keith Walker, Lawton Schaible, and Leon Patterson. Classical League Ob 'ective—To promote a fuller appreciation of Roman life, culture, and literature. Motto—Possunt quia posse videntur. Sponsor—Miss Sara Babb OFFICERS OF ORDO PLEBEIUS Left to Right: Elaine Cothran, As- sistant Praetor; Lawton Schaible, As- sistant Quaestor; Peggy Wilkes, Mem- ber Program Committee; Ellen Davis, Co-Chairman Program Committee; Caroline Teague, Co-Chairman Pro- gram Committee; Linda Raney, Co- Dux; Brenda Burts, Assistant Praetor; Keith Walker, Assistant Quaestor; Leon Patterson, Co-Dux; Margaret Brown, Member Program Committee. STUDEN Tiger L. 1$ Anno1 11« Uty. m 4 EDITORIAL STAFF Ufri'.Kt Editor....................................ANNE BRIDGES Associate Editor.............MARTHA GOODWIN News Editor ......................JANE BARNES Sports Editor.................JIM DAVENPORT Feature Editor .................... JUDY HART Photographer ................. JIMMIE SPENCER Art ............................ JEAN GARRETT Reporters.........COLIN HARLEY, BETTY WALKER, MARY FRANCES MILAM, TERRY TAYLOR, ANITA McCartney, jean prince, jackie day, JIMMY DUSENBERRY, PHYLLIS ANN CAIN. d Speaks l� - ss ithO' Jhs Simm BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager................................. BOBO ETTERS Assistant Manager........................TOMMY GLENN Advertising Manager . . MARY ELIZABETH JOHNSEY Assistants .......................... SARA STEPHENS, SUE CULLUM, LIBBY DIAL, BLAND ROPER. Faculty Adviser....................MISS RUTH RIDDLE JUrfw 1 rm •« m «f-Awl 1956 « Editor ............................ PHYLLIS O'DELL Business Manager.......................JAMES HILL Associate Editor...................JACKIE GRIFFIN Assistant Business Manager . . DWIGHT PATTERSON Literary Editor.................... LAMAR HELLAMS Sports Editor................... JIMMY CULBERTSON Advertising Manager................ DAVID DuBOSE Advertising Staff ........... HUIET TIMMERMAN, JACKIE DAY, JOYCE SIMMONS, JIMMY DUSENBERRY Student Photographer.............JIMMIE SPENCER Typists................. MARY FRANCES MILAM, PARIS MORTON, JUDY HART Faculty Adviser.................MISS RUTH RIDDLE Pace Fifty-Nine First Row: Donice Bishop, Amelia Durham, Carolyn Brown, Patsy Babb, Elizabeth Burgess, Janice Williams, Linda McMahan, Linda Raney, Linda Jackson, Elaine Cothran, Betty Dunmoyer, Marilyn Ropp, Jean Prince, Carolyn Hudgens, Patsy Hunt, Judy Strand, Wilma Cole. Second Row: Martha Barrett, Sara Harris, Jean Garrett, Sara Stephens, Joyce Sim- DL High OFFICERS SARA STEPHENS—Librarian JOYCE SIAAMONS—President COLIN HARLEY-Treasurer JEAN PRINCE—Vice President DOROTHY FRANKS-Secretary mons, Mary Ann Thompson, Julius Bolt, Charley Brown, Colin Harley, Wade Miner, Jackie Day, Eleanor Kennedy, Anita McCartney, Betty Abercrombie, Elizabeth Rowland, Maureen Timmerman. Third Row: Linda Taylor, Linda Childress, Joy Chumley, Jymmie Nell Bowling, Anita Soltis, Carolyn Elledge, Caroline Teague, Dorothy Franks. Accompanist—Mary Elizabeth Johnsey. School Choir MR. JOHN COKER Director Girls' Sextet: Joy Chumley, Sara Stephens, Sara Jean Harris, Joyce Simmons, Jackie Day, Jean Prince. Accompanist—Mary Elizabeth Johnsey Jane Barnes—Captain James Hill—First Sergeant and Drum Major Jackie Griffin—Master Sergeant Billy McDaniel—Technical Sergeant Dwight Patterson—Staff Sergeant MR. JOHN COKER Director I'nge Sixty-Two Band PICCOLO—Patsy Smith; FLUTE—Peggy Hughes, Jackie Griffin, Paula Craine, Sally Taylor; OBOE—Dwight Patterson, Dottie Gray; BAS- SOON—Billy McDaniel; CLARINET-James Hill, Jane Barnes, Peggy Wilkes, Margaret Brown, Leon Patterson, Henry Faris, Mary Senn, David Moorhead, Fleda Earle, Ida Nell Durham, Keith Walker, Byron Elmore, Lucille Hunter, Wanda Walker, Maxine Thomason, Brenda Burts; BASS CLARINET-Bobo Etters; SAXOPHONE—Tommy Stewart, Charles Swofford, Rosa Margaret Waldrep, Lonnie Long, Tommy Henderson; CORNET — Albert Stephens, David George, Jimmy Moorhead, Don Franks, Jimmie Spencer, Edna Senn, PhXp Watson, Lirda Brown, Marion Burns; FRENCH HORN—Lawton Sch- oible, Wyatt George, Gwendolyn Thomason; BARITONE—Bobby H II, Herbert Adams, Lanny Montgomery; TROMBONE — Robert Nelson, Carroll Power, Tommy Godfrey, Aubrey Swof- ford; BASS—Betty Walker, Roger Brown, PERCUSSION — Joel Padgett, Curtis Moore, Phyllis O'Dell, Linda Pridmore, Nancy Thornhill. Page Sixty-Three Block L Club OFFICERS President.....................................TONY JACKS Vice President .................WALTER LANFORD Secretary-Treasurer.................PYHLLIS O'DELL Sponsor...........................MR. JERRY BOLIN MEMBERS Larry Bagwell, Anne Bridges, Buddy Brown, Car- roll Burgess, Gary Byrd, Fred Crenshaw, Jimmy Davenport, David DuBose, Jackie Griffin, Jo Ann Gibbs, Colin Harley, Judy Hart, Louise Keeble, Bodie Lindley, Mike Lindley, Dennis Mathis, Wayne Meadows, Jimmy Moorhead, Kay Morgan, Lavyn Porter, Jean Prince, Bland Roper, Kenneth Smith, Terry Taylor, Jimmy Williams. Not Pictured: Henry Lee. Chief Cooks And Bottle Washers LUNCH ROOM BOYS Left to Right: Charles Cook, David Watts, Eugene Lida, Billy Mc- Daniel, Jerry Finley, Dickie Townsend, Ernest Patterson, Donnie Davis. Chauffeurs First Row: Coleman Babb, Franklin Sinclair, Leonard Brewington, Melvin Hall, Johnny Wilson. Second Row: Lewis Abercrombie, James McNinch, Curtis Moore, Gene Holliday. BUS DRIVERS Page S ixty- Ft � e 1. And everywhere that Jimmie went the camera was sure to go. 2. Where did you get that hat? 3. Where is the sixth majorette? 4. The country cousins. 5. Why aren't you smiling, Nancy? 6. Winky Crews—Midgett football queen. 7. The Rockettes 8. Officers of J. C. L. at Christmas party. 9. The drum section at practice 10. What's everybody looking at? 11. Tigers chattering. 12. Turn around and look at the camera. 13. Watch that tooth paste, girls. ACTIVITIES The varying notes help in build- ing a beautiful song as participating in various activities helps in building a beautiful life. Page Sixty-Seven HOMECOMING J3 QUEEN JEAN PRINCE Selected by the Varsity Team Seated: Rachel Senn for Franklin Sinclair; Jean Prince for Carroll Burgess; Phyllis O'Dell for Tony Jacks. Standing: Barbara Livingston for Jimmy Culbert- son; Judy Hart for David DuBose; Patsy Babb for Wayne Meadows; Jo Ann Gibbs for Fred Crenshaw; Joyce Simmons for Bodie Lindley; Elizabeth Rowland for Terry Taylor; Elaine Sprouse for Coleman Babb; Janne Smith for Larry Bagwell. Feasting With The Romans Latin Students Celebrate the Birthday of Rome which was April 753 B. C. Augustus Caesar, with his wife Livia, is host to other renowned Romans, who lived during the Augustan Age. Notice the chic apparel of the Roman patricians! The goat-god. Pan, and the wood nymphs entertain Augustus and his guests. The slaves give special service to the Roman big brass . The towels on the arms of the slaves are offered to the guests to wipe their patrician fingers! The Nine Muses, accompanied by Apollo, add tone and grace to the festivities by furnishing songs and dances. Instead of Junior-Senior Prom une Soirie de Paris was held on le 6 mai, 1955. The gym, with the aid of twenty-six dollars and forty-two cents worth of lumber plus much crepe paper and the work of many willing hands, became a street scene from Gay Paree. Little cafe's arose over-night. La Belle Melodie contained the orchestra to whose strains les jeune filles danced with les jeunes monsieurs. JUNIOR French maids could not have served more deftly than did the sophomores, and no French models could have looked love- lier than our own juniors as they stood with their handsome escorts around the beautifully decorated table. Each stein was raised with just the flourish Phyllis desired. The chorus had worked long and hard under her able tutelage, and Vive la France came forth most exuberantly. SENIOR ance If Les Chefs—Musicians could have achieved in the culinary arts the skill with which they sang I Love Paris they would be presiding over the cuisine at the Waldorf today. Amid many whistles and shouts of encore 'Dance de Can Can closed the floor show. ilBBlIJMliI!) RIGHT TO LEFT: Wittiest ROBERTA WATTS BOBO ETTERS Most Talented JIMMY WILLIAMS PHYLLIS O'DELL Most Dependable JAMES HILL MARY FRANCIS MILAM Best All Round LAMAR HELLAMS PHYLLIS O'DELL Most Likely to Succeed DAVID DuBOSE ANNE BRIDGES JIMMY DUSENBERRY Most Athletic KAY MORGAN TONY JACKS Best Looking LARRY BAGWELL PHYLLIS O'DELL LEFT TO RIGHT: Friendliest JO ANN GIBBS EUGENE LIDA Mosf Studious LAMAR HELLAMS ANNE BRIDGES Mosf Popular LARRY BAGWELL PHYLLIS O'DELL American Education Week was climaxed in Laurens High School by the presentation of an original pageant depicting scenes in the growth of public schools in Laurens County. The historical study was made by the Emily Meng Jones Future Teachers Club under the direction of Miss Harlow Mahaffey, club sponsor, and Miss Ruth Riddle, director of dramatics. Social life in the up-country was gay and charming in the prosperous era before the War Between The States. The Laurensville Female College was unsurpassed by any other similar institution in the state. Those having charge were ladies from the best Northern Seminaries. Pane Seventy-Four One of the best known schools in this section was the old Wadsworth School for poor boys. The first teacher was George Watts. For the young ladies, work was intended to impart the broadest mental culture, preserving and increasing the graces of true womanhood. Typical of the small private school about 1890 was one taught by Miss Nannie Boyd in the Jersey section of Laurens. EDUCATION WEEK The First World War invaded the school room. Many high school boys joined the ranks to make the world safe for democracy. The sincerely interested group shows Ronny (William Sumerel) with an eye for Eileen, Louise (Judy Hart), Molly (Betty Edmonds), Lettie (Rosanne Roberson) and Maria (Huiet Timmerman). The minister's progressive ideas are often at odds with the opinions of several in the congregation. The wealthy Mrs. Sandow (Anne Bridges) and her cousin Major Cooper (Carroll Burgess) finally bring Bishop Sherwood (David Du- Bose) to sit in judgment. In the end all is made right and in later years young Frazer Spence (Terry Taylor) records the story in One Foot in Heaven. Pape Seventy-Six Junior Play ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN by Hartzell Spence Directed by MISS RUTH RIDDLE The Reverend William Spence (James Hill), his wife, Hope (Phyl- lis O'Dell), their son, Hartzell (Bobo Etters), and daughter, Eileen (Jane Barnes), arrive at the dilapidated Laketon Parsonage where they are welcomed by Dr. Romer (Jimmy Culbertson). It is April 1910. Mrs. Jellison (Mary Frances Mil- am), the spoiled Georgie Digby (Jimmie Spencer), Mrs. Digby (Amelia Bolt), and Mrs. Cambridge (Linda Ezelle) are among the cur- ious to meet the new minister's family. « - Senior Play MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS by CHRISTOPHER SERGEL Directed by MISS RUTH RIDDLE This charming group is the Smith family which had such difficulty remaining in St. Louis for the World's Fair in 1904. Tootie (Janne Smith) and Agnes (Judy Hart) look incapable of all the mischief they have caused. Esther (Jane Barnes), Lon (Bobo Etters), Anna, the mother (Phyllis O'Dell) Lonnie, the father, (James Hill) and Rose (Anne Bridges) are comfortably seated on the living room sofa. Mrs. Waughop (Estelle Timmerman) serves tea to Mr. Dodge (Carroll Burgess), the executive, who gets the cat thrown at him twice, while Duffy (Lamar Hellams) looks on. The maid is Katie (Roberta Watts). The evening of music with Mrs. Smith at the piano ac- tually takes place in the lovely parlor of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Motes rather than on the stage. It makes a good picture anyway. Looking for all the world like the pic- tures in the family album, which Lucille Pentard (Mary Elizabeth Johnsey) and Ida Boothby (Mary Frances Milam) are holding, John Shephard (David DuBose) and Fred Gregory (Bodie Lindley) finish off the pose. Powder Puff Bowl These jail-birds were the referees. Page Seventy-Eight Majorettes Head Majorette—Phyllis O'Dell. First Row: Jackie Griffin, Jane Barnes. Second Row: Margaret Brown, Linda Pridmore, Dottie Gray. Louise Keeble, Carolyn Hudgens, Bland Roper, Jo £p|g0|'|gQ£jg|‘5 Ann Gibbs, head cheerleader; Jimmy Williams, Caroline Teague, Jean Prince. 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