Ligon High School - Echo Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY light switches to John Lewis, who has led his team to two state championships: and Alicia Adcock, Eastern Runner-up State Champion. Seated on the apron are members of the National Honor Society: Levi Beckwith, JoAnne Cannady, Sundar Fleming, Antoinette Foxwell, Phillip Holloway, Phillip Mc- Cullough, John Leak, James Martin, Booker Maye, Raeford McKinley, Anita Miller, Venice Preston, David Stiles, and DeJuanna Woods. Turn the center spotlight on the class officers: President, Levi Beckwith: Vice-President, Phillip McCullough: Secretary, Alicia Adcockg Assistant Secretary, Edna Thomas: Treasurer, Brenda Farrell: Parlia- mentarian, Phillip Holloway: and Reporter, Linda Parker. What is this on the REVOLVING STAGE! Golly, it is the reenactment of the JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM! Why, it is simply breathtaking! The theme is Somewhere over the Rainbow, and their faces look as if they have just found that pot of gold! More and more celebrities grace the scene! Science Fair winners David Stiles, Thomas Smith, Alice Dunn, Faydene Perry: and Exchange students Francis Wilson, Jo- Anne Cannady, John Williams, and Levi Beckwith take their places. Finally, Antoinette Foxwell, having achieved the highest academic honors for two years, completes the pro- cession on STAGE 11. One more panoramic view unfolds - STAGE 12 - the most composite of the four! Let us watch as the pattern falls into place. The Roll Call of Honor includes the fol- lowing: THE CLASS OFFICERS: Levi Beckwith, President: Antoinette Foxwell, Vice- Presidentg Brenda Farrell, Secretary: Margo King, Assistant Secretary: John Williams, Parliamentariang Thomas Smith, Treasurer: and JoAnne Cannady, Historian. Presenting -THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL: John Leak! Introducing - OUR MERIT SCHOLAR: Antoinette Foxwell! Applauding - THE NATIONAL ACHIEVE- MENT FINALISTS: John Leak, Levi Beckwith, and Sundar Fleming! Have the spotlight pick up members of the basketball team, who brought THE FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TO LIGON! Let us have a hand for William Breeze Cooper, William Blake Brooks, Bennie Earl Baker, Willie Pulley, Aredis Williams, and Anthony Ratliff ! Presenting-members of the ALL TOURNAMENT AND ALL-STATE TEAMS: William Cooper and Willie Pulley! The MOST VALUABLE PLAYER of the tournament: William Cooper! Listen to the applause! Curtain calls for our senior thespians and their exploits in the senior play, THE OTHER YOU: Levi Beckwith, Moses Dorsey, Alicia Adcock, Donna Kay, Anita Miller, Claudia Goodson, Carolyn Peterson, Artura Ritter, Ellen Tomlinson, and James Martin! To my left is Carolyn Moye, one of the winners of the District Typing Contest! Strolling into the spotlight are John Leak, Vice-President of the Youth Council on Civic Affairs and Antoinette Foxwell and Levi Beckwith, council members. That signal means that we have only two minutes left, but We just cannot leave without having Donna Kay, WKIX Reporter, and Jacqueline Williams, Creative Writing Club President, add their charm to the scene. Alas, the lights begin to lower! The audience stares in wonder! The curtain closes! Nostalgia fills the air! Another era in the history of Ligon High School has come to a close. THIS IS OUR GRAND FINALE! JoAnne Cannady, Historian

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CLASS HISTORY LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTIONg About to unfold is a panoramic view of four glorious years in the history of Ligon High School. This mammoth production has been sparked by such notable directors as Mesdames M. R. Cook, D. W. Revis, E. L. Clark, E. B. Laster, M. B. Lindsey, O. Noble, E. H. Perry, S. V. Perry, K. S. Brown, M. B. Blakely, L. H. Webb, B. P. Ingram, A. M. Levingston, M. D. Aldrich, E. D. Tooleg Misses M. C. Lee, J. Davis, E. M. Yeargin, M. C. Bullock, D. Cobb, A. E. Nunn, M. E. Ligong and Messieurs P. H. Williams, G. C. Jones, H. Cunningham, G. L. Handy, M. C. Hill, C. A. Haywood, H. A. Poole, and C. C. Lipscomb. Throughout the years many of these original 533 young Ligonites have distinguished themselves in many areas. Talents were bursting out all over and our casting directors immediately capitalized to mold these talents into a perpetual memorial. Let us take a short trip around the studio! Over to the left is STAGE 9 where the following sports enthusiasts and record-setters are waiting. The outstanding football personalities are Harold Allen, Jimmie Robinson, John Lewis, David Mack, Aredis' Williams, Willie Pulley, Henry Perry, Michael Avery, Charles McNeil, David Stiles, Michael Montague, William Yates, Melvin Baker, Ernie Foster, William Glover, Larry Harris, and Carl Mintz. In the center circle are the basketball honorees William Brooks, William Cooper, Jimmie Robin- son, Willie Pulley, David Mack, Levi Beckwith, Anthony Ratliff, Aredis Williams, Bennie Baker, Melvin Baker, James Stone, John Williams, and Willie Spence. Downstage is Paul Jervay who acquired the highest averageg Anita Miller, the exchange student to Hillside High School, is on the apron. Over to the right is STAGE 10 with six distinct partitions housing a marvelous display of rugged individualism. Dressed in those pert costumes are cheerleaders Freddie Bridgers, Brenda Farrell, and Shirley Hunter. Twirling the batons are high-stepping Alicia Adcock, Donna Kay, and Carolyn Perry. Gathering balls, bats, and mitts are Harold Allen, Jimmie Robinson, James Hockaday, Willie Pulley, William Cooper, and Melvin Baker. On the next set the directors are ass'embling outstanding participants in other areas. Science Fair winners Claudette Fort, Brenda Farrell, and David Stiles now come into the range of the camera. Making a most exciting entree upstage are the nominees to the Gov- ernor's School: Paul Jervay, Larry Harris, John Leak, Antoinette Foxwell, Bernard Davis, and John P. Williams. Rising from the pit are the Modern Music Masters Inductees JoAnne Cannady, Antoinette Foxwell, Sundar Fleming, Annie Hilliard, John Leak, Artura Ritter, Gloria Upperman, and Jacqueline Williams. Before leaving STAGE 10, let us chat a moment with Antoinette Foxwell, Sundar Fleming, Raeford McKinley, Levi Beckwith, Freddie Bridgers, DeJuanna Woods, William Cooper, Brenda Farrell, Phillip Holloway, Phillip McCullough, Frances Wilson, John Leak, James Martin, Linda Parker, Thomas Smith, John Williams, Venice Preston, and Gwendolyn Steward - all who have been initiated into Mu Alpha Theta, the Mathematics Club. STAGE 11 is so crowded that if you are not mindful of where you walk, you will surely trip over one of our celebrities! How difficult it has been for the directors to squeeze all of the accomplishments of the CLASS of 1967 on STAGE 11! Downstage to the right are the Student Council officersg all of whom have excelled throughout their three years of high school: John Leak, Vice-President, Frances Wilson, Secretary, Antionette Foxwell, Assistant Secretaryg and Larry Harris, Parliamentarian. Upstage are track stars William Yates, James King, Sundar Fleming, Carl Mintz, David Stiles, Ernie Foster, Maurice Morgan, Eddie Cox, Prentice Poole, Levi Beckwith, Charles Joyner, Aredis Williams, William Glover, Willie Spence, and Trainer Lawrence Stanley. Tennis players Alicia Ad- cock, Brenda Farrell, and Paul Jervay make their entrance from the right. The spot-

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President President Secretary Secretary Treasurer Parllamentarian Reporter