Liberty High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Liberty, NC)

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eniot ' S BETTY RUE STANFORD 4-H Club 1; Secretary 1; Glee Club 3; Soft- ball 1,2; Junior Play; Senior Play; Poet 4; Monogram Club. EDNA MAE STEPHENS Marshal 3; Beta Club 3,4; Beta Club Pro¬ gram Chairman 3,4; Staff of “Scrapper” 4; Staff of “Belle” 4; Junior Play; Senior Play; Glee Club 2,3; Basketball 3; Mono¬ gram Club; Cafeteria 2; Voice 3. ANNE WARP Asheboro Iiigh School 1,2,3; F.H.A. 1,2,3; English Club 1,2,3; Glee Club 1; Beta Club 4; Staff of “Scrapper” 4. JEAN WORKMAN Vice-President 1; F.H.A. 3; Staff of “Scrap¬ per” 4; Junior Play; Senior Play; May Court 3; Marshal 3; Cafeteria 2,3,4. GEORGE YORK Dramatics 3,4; Softball 2,3. CLASS POEM We grave and dignified Seniors, Who thought the years so slow. Now stand before you ready Into the world to go. We thought the time of parting Would never be so sad. But tears, they fill our eyes. As we find we really aren’t glad. To leave behind our teachers And friends we hold so dear. So we could graduate together In this, the 49th year. Betty Rue Stanford 13

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eniord JOE OVERMAN Baseball 1; Football 2,3,4; Softball 1,2; Bus Driver 2,3; Dramatics 3; Monogram Club; Perfect Attendance 3. ELMER ROBINSON Staff of “Scrapper 4; Giftorian 4; Football 3,4; Softball 3; Monogram Club; 4-H Club 1,2; Band 4; Reporter 1,2,3; Junior Play; Senior Play. HENRY SHOFFNER Staff of “Scrapper” 4; Dramatics 3,4. BOBBY SMITH Substitute Bus Driver 3,4; Dramatics 3; Softball 2,3. JACK SMITH Baseball 1,3,4; Softball 2; Bus Driver 2,3,4; Dramatics 3; Monogram Club; 4-H Club 1. ODELL SMITH Bus Driver 3,4; Dramatics 3,4; Softball 2, 3,4; Baseball I; Statistician 4. DWIGHT STALEY Baseball 1,2,3,4; Dramatics 3; 4-H Club 1. RICHARD STALEY Cafeteria 1,2; Business Manager 3; Chief Marshal 3; Banquet Chairman 3; May Court 3; Boys’ State 3; Beta Club 3,4; President Beta Club 3,4; Editor of “Scrapper 4 ; Junior Play; Senior Play; Junior Rotarian 4; Perfect Attendance 3; Staff of “Belle” 4. 12

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HISTORY OF THE FORTY NINERS The purpose of this history is not to relate every step in the progress of a people, from their humble beginnings as Freshmen, four years ago, to their new arrival at the dizzy height they now occupy. On the contrary, the author aims to emphasize only those factors in our class development which appeal to us as most vital from the standpoint of today, and to ex¬ plain prevailing conditions and institutions by showing how they came about. The work is divided into two parts: Discovery and Exploration. DISCOVERY The discovery of the Class of 1949 was anaccident. Four years ago early one morning on the first day of September, 1945, the faculty of Liberty High School were strolling aimlessly through the corridors, chat¬ ting about the just-ended vacation and wondering wheth¬ er there would be any startling changes in their work during the coming year. Suddenly they caught a glimpse of something new and strange. Just inside the front door, huddled to¬ gether in mute embarrassment and anxiety, were 44 members of what became the class of 1945. To the casual eye, they seemed meVely a group of ordinary boys and girls, well dressed, reasonably good-looking, and badly frightened. Gently attempting to dispel the fears of the stran¬ gers, the faculty bade them enter and spent the next few weeks trying to gain their confidence and friend¬ ship. They succeeded after great difficulty in doing this. The discoverers of the class of 1949 will be celebrated in history for the gentleness and courtesy they ever displayed toward these strange beings they so curiously encountered in September, 1945. EXPLORATION The discovery was reportedto the ruler of the high school Principal, W. H. Dewar. He received the news of this remarkable acquisition to his territory with delight and a few misgivings. The discoverers, believing in what they had found, received permission of the Principal to explore care¬ fully the natures and intellects--if any--ol the stran¬ gers and if possible, to make of them valuable additions to the country. Accordingly, each of the discoverers became an ex¬ plorer. The strangers were givenaname, “Freshmen, and became apart of the life of the school. They were also given an explorer, Mrs. Mary Bullock. At first these Freshmen wished they had never been found because of the difficult lessons they were required to learn and the contempt in which they were held by those residing in the school longer than they. There were also heavy penalties they incurred for innocently disobeying the rules with which they had not become familiar. But before ayear was overthey were thoroughly at home in their new surroundings. Permitted to form an organization of their own, they elected the following officers, all of whom ful¬ filled their duties well: President.Mary Frances Jones Vice-President.Jean Workman Secretary.Betty Sue Stanford The Freshmen became interested in strange new exercises called basketball and baseball and attained a slight degree of prowess in each. At the end of the year a te rrible disaster befell the Freshmen. Because of this horrible thing they suffered greatly, some had their growth retarded a year by it and a few, permanently disabled, left the Freshman class forever. This disaster was called Final Exami¬ nations and ranks as one of the worst massacres of the time. With the coming of next September, they received a new name. Because of their skill in acquiring the customs of the school, they were renamed Sophomores, and the process was called by a native name, “pro¬ motion. And a strange thing happened. Remembering the scorn with which they had been regarded the previous year, they now adopted the same attitude toward the incoming strangers who took their places as Freshmen. With 40 members, Mrs. Margaret Martin, our Sophomore teacher, along with four or five more ex¬ plorers, found much to please them but also much to astonish them. The most bewildering thing to the ex¬ plorers was the complete absence of what they had ex¬ pected to find. Instead of the intellectual gold mines, they found vast, arid spaces, totally uninhabited. How¬ ever, realizing that such is the common lot of ex¬ plorers, they pushed bravely on through the under¬ brush of ignorance, hoping to reach what would com¬ pensate for all their time and effort: a genius. During this year a lot of speial functions were de¬ lightful. Outstanding was their trip to Raleigh. A thrill on this trip was the privilege of shaking hands with Gregg Cherry, who at that time was governor of North Carolina. Another delightful thrill was their visit to radio station W.P.T.F., on which one of their class¬ mates. Edna Stephens, spoke over the air. The class organization of the year was as follows: President.Mary Frances Jones Vice-President ........ John Allen Brown Secretary-Treasurer.Mary Ellen Bourne In the third year, owing to an old educational cus¬ tom, the Sophomores became Juniors, and their pro¬ motion made their sense of importance increase out of all due proportion. Great, indeed, was their scorn for the Freshmen and Sophomores. But these classes, completely absorbed in their own process of being explored, were in no wise embarrassed or concerned. This was a year of hard work but with a new prin¬ cipal, Mr. Don Kesler, and Mrs. Margaret Martin again as their explorer, the thirty-six class members passed the dreaded ordeal of examinations with few casualties. This was a money making year as the class had no money in the treasury to finance the annual Junior- Senior Banquet. But with the following officers in charge the class coffers were soon filled. President.. John Allen Brown Vice-President.Calvin Brower Secretary.Betty Lois Langley Treasurer.Octavia Gilmore Business Manager.. . Richard Staley Eleven talented members of the class gave the play, “The Adorable Imp, on December 13th. This play was indeed adorable. At last the long-awaited occasion arrived when the banquet was given April 24th, 1948, at the Town Hall of Liberty, N.C. This Spanish Banquet was said to be the best ever given in Liberty High School. Six members of the Junior Class were given out¬ standing honors as marshals. They were: Richard Staley, chief; Edna Stephens, Calvin Brower, Jean Workman, Gene Leach, and Martha Dickens. And now we come to the fourth and greatest year in the history of the class. They automatically (as was their custom in many things) became Seniors in Sep¬ tember. 1948. With the gaining of this title, they began to take themselves more seriously than ever before, and when 1 say, “seriously, I mean seriously! As the year drew to a close they were positively dizzy with dignity. The explorers looked at all this with friendly a- musement. They had converted a band of ignorant, un¬ tamed lions into intelligent, courteous citizens of their great school. Better yet, the explorers had found that forwhich they had been searching so eagerly,a genius, in fact, several of them; and all of the class were passable. The Senior Class, consisting of thirty- seven mem¬ bers with Mrs. Howard Johnson as teacher, was or¬ ganized with the following list of officers: President.. Calvin Brower Vice-President.Gene Leach Secretary.£etty Lois Langley Treasurer..Octavia Gilmore Business Manager.Jimmy Coward The social events were of markedbrilUance. Those most worthy of note were as follows: The Seniors were given a wonderful banquet in April by the Junior Class. In April this distinguished-looking group repre¬ sented Liberty High School on a trip to the nation’s capital, Washington, D. C. The Senior play, “Look Me In The Eye, was pre¬ sented December 4th, 1948, by a cast of twelve. At the expiration of the four years, the Principal expressed himself as greatly pleased with the addi¬ tions to his county and pronounced them all highly eligible for admission as citizens. He praised the work of the explorers and predicted that their names, with those of their discoverers would be written in history together. Martha Dickens Historian 14