Ligon High School - Echo Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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class histo ry The journey through high school for the class of 1964 has been a wonderful one filled with many heart-warming, intriguing experiences. Now that it nears an end, we Seniors look back over the years and wonder. The journey was long and difficult and yet it passed so rapidly that many of us were often unaware of the passing. We have been transformed from giggling Freshmen to proud Seniors in four short years. The occurrence of this transformation has been so subtle that we often were not conscious of it but we became more and more conscious of the change as time progressed. In September of 1960, 220 eager boys and girls entered the Freshman class of the John W. Ligon High School family. We were all eager to partake of the knowledge awaiting us. We stepped over the threshold of a four-year career and all the time envisioned June of 1964 when our journey would finally end. We realized that we were wholly responsible for what would happen within the four years so we began striving for excellence. We were guided by Mrs. M. R. Cook, Mrs. A. M. Levingston, Miss M. E. Ligon, J. E. Burke, S. R. Cloud, J. C. Levingston, and P. H. Williams. With an eagernes's that only neophytes can possess, we contributed our members in whatever capacity they were needed. Hilda Austin, Lawrence Reid, Leotha Debnam, Phyllis Terry, and Diann White were elected as Student Council representatives and Robert Manuel was elected as 2nd Vice President. Reginald Smith, Carolyn Judkins, and Denyce Stokes joined the String Orchestra. Otha Pretty, Robert Sanders, Lee Davis, Daniel Peebles, Sylvester Davis, James Hines, Freddie Curtis, Alfonza Jones, Michael Keck, and Gerald Latta played in the Band. With Mrs. E. L. Clark, Miss M. C. Bullock, H. Cunningham, M. C. Hill, Mrs. M. B. Lindsey, Mrs. E. H. Perry, and D. J. Webster, Jr., as our consultants, 232 sophomores began the second phase of our high school career. Carolyn Carter and Faye Eaton were added to the String Orchestra and Theresa Phillips joined the Band. June and Janet Powell, Carolyn Jones, Betty Roberts, James McCullough, Beverly Hicks, Sandra Sanders, Mary Garvin, Leotha Debnam, and Carrie King contributed their voices' to the mixed chorus. The sophomore class of 1962 was well represented on the Student Council. Carolyn Redfern was elected assistant secretary and Robert Manuel was elected treasurer with Iris Allen, Chester Bennett, Faye Eaton, William Moore, George Morgan, and Patricia Thomas as representatives. Alfonza Jones became the new Drum Major of the Band. Members of the class of 1964 began to show their athletic prowess in 1962 and these players' remained until their senior year. In their senior year Willie Dean White, Freddie Curtis, Wilbert Jones, John Giles, Herley Evans, Lawrence Reid, William Peacox, Daniel Peebles, Chester Bennett, Walter Ellis, Robert Allen, Horace Robinson, Lee Cmmie Davis, James Hines, Eddie Turner, and Robert Hunter played on the football team. Willie White, Alfonza Jones, Ralph Campbell, Walter Ellis, Bobby Clay, Curtis Gill, Bobby Moore, and Lee Ommie Davis played on the basketball team. Before we could realize it we had progressed on our journey to the status of juniors. Guided by Mrs. M. W. Blakely, Mrs. M. H. Davis, C. C. Lipscomb, Mrs. S. V. Perry, Miss M. B. Bugg, and S. R. Cloud, we enjoyed a fruitful year. Janet Young reigned as Miss Ligon High. As exchange students Carolyn Carter went to Dillard High School in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Dorothy Shaw went to Darden High in Wilson, North Carolina, Robert Manuel went to Williston High in Wilmington, North Carolina. Elvira Stewart, Wilma Shaw, Norfleet Dunston, and Mac Arthur Penny earned coveted awards for their works of art. Diann White was elected President of the North Carolina Association of High School Library Clubs. Gilda Adcock showed her athletic prowess. She was the Eastern District Tennis Champion since 1962 and was runner-up in the State Tennis Tournament for singles and doubles. Because they displayed significant signs of character, scholarship, leadership, and service, Carolyn Carter, Faye Eaton, Beverly Hicks, Shirley Horton, Carolyn Judkins, Helen Morrison, William Peacox, Mac Arthur Penny, Natalie Wilson, Reginald Smith. Dorothy Shaw, Diann White, and Lawrence Reid were inducted in the National Honor Society. Faye Eaton, Leotha Debnam, Carolyn Carter, Shirley Horton, Helen Morrison, William Peacox, Lawrence Reid, and Diann White were admitted to the Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Club. The highlight of the year was the night of May 3, 1963. The most spectacular night of all!! Our Junior-Senior Prom!! We all worked hard to make it a success and felt afterwards that our efforts were not in vain. Our theme was Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom Time. Though school closed for the summer, the pursuit for knowledge did not end with the school year. Faye Eaton and Diann White attended the Summer Science Institute at