Lowes Grove High School - Logrovette Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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CLASS WILL CONTINUED Item 17. Warren Watkins wills his shyness, but not Aztllle, to Bennie Greenhill. Item 18. Helen Keck leaves her ability to talk to 'Thelma Cooke. Item 19. Louis Shambley wills his nick name Strongman to James Massingill. Item 20. Margie Jackson wills her ballet shoes to Orpah Mae Granville. Item 21. Betty Letwer leaves her motto, I can do it' to anyone who thinks she can do it justice. Te statrix, Betty Lewter CLASS HISTORY Just as all good things must end, so must school. We are now standing on the threshold of a New Life for which school has so efficiently prepared us. Now, as we are about to pass through these doors of wisdom for the last time, let us remember: We have learned many a lessong we have worked many a problem. We have fought our battles and we have won. We may have given our teachers many a worry or an occasional smile, but no class has worked so many wonders as this unusual 'class of '50 . Now let us turn back the tables of time and see what we, the class of '50 has done. We entered school in 19385 a group of normal and healthy youngsters. In- significantly, we marched through the years and in time out the doors of Elemen- tary Understanding. During this time our number decreased, but we grew steadily in mind and body. In the fall of 'L6, we entered high school-a proud group of freshman under the leadership of Mrs. R. H. Morgan. This was a rather uneventful year, but at least we completed the first step of high school learning. Hr. G. A. Hanes welcomed our group of hustling sophomores in the fall of 'L7. This year several of our members were invited to join the Lowe's Grove Chapter of the National Beta Club. The Junior Class was under the supervision of Mr. 0. K. Goodwin in 'l+9. We were a more settled class then and really began to work. In the spring we gave a Junior Minstrel to raise money for the Junior Senior Banquet . Both the Hin- strel and the Banquet were most successful. Perhaps, the happiest day during our Junior Year was that day when our class rings arrived. In the fall of 'L9 we found ourselves standing on the edge of the last step of high school education. 'This year our group was a small, cooperative one, but under the wide and faithful guidance of Hrs. Powers we accomplished much. Our first project of the year was the Halloween Carnival. Thanks to the students, teachers, and P. T. A. members, it was a great success. A few weeks after this we ordered our invitations. Plans were made for the senior play. Looking back over the years, we can see that school has been a glorious and wondrous experience. As we stand now with tear dimmed eyes, looking towards a new and bright horizon, we sadly say good-bye to our dear Lowe's Grove High. Roy Cooke, Historian

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CLASS PROPHECY Well, all of the class of '50 did graduate, so we decide to go down town and visit them. The time is 1960, ten years after the class of '50 has graduat- ed. We are strolling down the street thinking about the class of '50 when all of a sudden, someone dashes out of a Modern Pawn Shop and drags us into the store. we look around,.lo and behold! it is Guy Basden who now has a Pawn Shop of his own. After we have chatted with Guy, we go on down the street. As we go pass the Colonial Store we see a very familiar face, so we stop to get a better look. Oh! No, it is Louis Shambley. He is still a clerk in the store won't that boy ever get a promotion? When we start across the street a truck barely misses,uggand we recognize the driver as Franklin Freeman who now has a saw mill of his own. As we journey on we meet North Carolina Senator Warren Watkins who greets us merrily with a grin. He seems to be doing all right for himself. Sen- ator Watkins tells us that he has just visited Billie Jean Martin Hodges who is in the hospital with her newly born son-the third. We bid farewell to our dear- ly beloved Senator and proceed on down the street. We decide we ought to get a few records for evening entertai ment. As we enter the music store, the owner greets us. At first we do not recognize the gentleman for he has a long mus- tache and sideburnsg but in just a few minutes we find that it is Marion Lee Rhew who has dyed his hair. He asks us if we would like to meet his wife. This is the biggest surprise of all because he introduces his wife as Mrs. Betty Lew- ter Rhew. We chat with Mrs. Rhew for awhile before we continue our journey through town. Since we are up town we might as well stop in at the courthouse and see a few of our friends. We are surprised at nothing in 1960 even that of finding a woman Captain of Detectives. Our old friend Betty Myers seems to be serving a- bly in this capacity. We discuss some of her latest cases and we start on down the hall when Wjumping Jehosephatn we meet Roy Cooke-now Corporal Roy Cooke of the Traffic I division. We find that Roy is married and has two little privatee of his own. We leave Roy and board the elevator. Thinking I recognize the el- evator operator I ask her name. She replies that she is Frances Fletcher Baker. he says she is running the elevator to be near her husband who is brought to the courthouse quite often for traffic violation. She doesn't like Corporal Cooke. However, we bid farewell to Frances and get off the elevator. There is a large crowd starting into Recorder's Court so we go in to hear some of the trials. As we walk in I am shocked beyond mention for there is David Wrenn, who is presiding judge in the case. After the court is closed we go up to see David at the bench and he invites us up to his office. There we find Mary Helen Glenn, David's private secretary. After exchanging a few greetings we leave His Honor Wrenn and start out of the court when we meet Judge Margaret Cannon Shepherd who is County Juvenile Court Judge. She is in a hurry so'we only have a brief con- versation. We decide we should get something to eat. We go into FMargie's Grill and Pountainn. we didn't ever think that Margie, the owner of the grill was our own Margie Jackson of '5O. But Margie sees us and she comes over with a hamburger in each hand and a milk shake balanced on her head. She tells us a- bout how she trapped NJimmie' into marrying her. She is so glad to see us that she gives us the meal free. By the way, Margie is getting her eggs for the res- taurant from another classmate of '50, Jean Randolph Sears, who has a 100 acre chicken fanm and five children. As we leave nMargie'sW we see a sign WI! you need a mate see Charlotte Wynne of the 'Lonely Hearts Clubn. We walk on down the street and see Johnny Moshides who is taking his fifth Post Graduate Course at the University of North Carolina. Johnny says he has been playing sports for U. N. C. for ten years and they haven't won a game yet. We leave Johnny and are about to board a bus for home but when it stops about twenty children from three to ten jump off and fonm a line. At the rear of the line is a motherly-type woman. We look at her and she looks like, but no, it can't bel Yes, it is, Helen Keck O'Briant-now Su- perintendent of Wright's Refuge. She let her love for children run away with her. When we get on the bus we sit behind a woman reading an encyclopedia. As we look closer we find that it is Mary Greene. Mary tells us that she is now a teacher at Duke University. We are chatting with Mary when all of a sudden the bus comes to a stop and I get up to give the bus driver a piece of my mind when I recognize the driver as none other than Alma Harward, who tells me she has been waiting for Raymond to pop the question. We leave the bus and start walk- ing toward our home when we pass a playground. We see a woman teaching children acrobatics and as we look closer we find it is Reba 0'Briant who is now a Physi- cal Education Director. Well, thank goodness this day is over. We have visited all our classmates and friends. We now feel that the day has been worth-while. Guy Basden, Prophet