Madison High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Marshall, NC)

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611155 On a very s p e cial Wednesday morning of September in the year 1952, a wild and very ex- cited gr oup of Freshmen, 108 strong, entered Madis on High School for the first time. The class of '52 went down in history as one of the largest Freshmen classes to enroll in Madison High School prior t 0 that date. The new life at Madison High wa s considerably different from grammar school, with the changing of classes, but the newcomers soonlearned to adopt the new ways and enter into the activities. Our home- room teachers were Mrs.Harold Robertson, Mr. Raymond Cure, and Mr.Charles Fleming. Offi- cers e lec ted during our Freshmen year were Mabel Neal,Presidentg Vaughn Williams, Vice- Presidentg Gay Bullins, Secretary-Treasurer, andD oris Wright, Reporter. Maguita Vaughn was elected homecoming candidate for our class. Barbara Fagge and Mabel Neal were attendants in the May Court. Summer vacation was over too soon and the class of '56 entered Madison High as Sophomores. Officers elected our Sophomore year were Dick Anderson, President, Becky Sharp, Vice- Presidentg Pat C ox, Sec retaryg and Gaye Burton, Treasurer. Gay Bullins, our Homecom- ing Candidate, came in second place. Other exciting events during our Sophomore year were the Sophomore-Senior Weiner Roast and the honor of carrying the Daisy Chain for the Seniors. A number of students were missing from our class and we were divided into only two homerooms with Mrs . Roberts on and Mr. Fleming as our homeroom teachers. We all looked forward to summer vacation again,but were even more excited upon returning to Madison High School as Juniors and the excit- ing schedule of activities that lay ahead for us. Miss Julia Brown and Miss Maude Webster were our sponsors. Officers elected during the Jun- ior year were: Darwin Pa r r i s h , Presidentg Barbara Fagge, Vice-President, Jean Hill, Sec- retaryg Becky Mashburn, Treasurer, and Dee Shelton, Reporter. De e Shelton, our candidate, was elected Homecoming Queen of 1954 at Mad- ison HighSchool. Dee was also elected Maid-of- Honor for the May C ourt . Sandy McHone and Barbara Fagge represented the Junior class in the May Court. The most significant event of our Junior year wa s giving a prom for the Seniors, which broke the tradition of the annual banquet. Magazines were sold to make money. The prom was given in the J. C. Lassiter Cafeteria with a replica of a Japanese Garden as the theme, Our Class rings were ordered in January, The honor History of marshals was bestowed upon Pat Cox, Chief, Kaye Burton, Becky Mashburn, Emily Lawson, Dee Shelton, Gaye Burton and Barbara Fagge, Thus three year s had been completed at Madison High School for the class of '56, ln the fall of '55 a group of 54 students once again and for the last time entered Madison High School as Seniors. Our Senior Sponsors were: Miss Ruth McKellar and Miss Maude Webster. Class Of- ficers elected were: Dick Anderson, President, Gaye Burton , Vice-President, Yvonne Joyce, Secretary, Mary Frances Shelton, Treasurer, and Frankie Wall, Reporter. Members elected to the Annual Staff of the '56 Wild Cat Year Book were: Pat Cox, Editor-in-chiefg Kaye Burton, Business Manager, Becky Mashburn, Associate Business Manager, Paul Kirkman, Advertisingg Maguita Vaughn, Art Editor, Darwin Parrish, Sports, Emily Lawson, Ac tiv itie s 5 Barbara Parrish, Feature Editor, Peggy M oor e and Joanne Boone, Typistsg and Nancy Spencer, As- sociate Junior Editor, We were the first class to have an As s oc iat e Junior Editor, Annual Sponsors were Miss Sara Martin and Mr. Charles Flem ing, Last Will and Testament, Sandy McHone and Becky Mashburng Class His- torian, Kaye Burtong and Class Prophecy, Mary Frances Shelton. Sandy McHone, our Homecoming Candidate, came in second place. Tri-captains of the foot- ball team were Dick Anderson, Darwin Parrish, and GlennWilliams. Yvonne Joyce and Jean Hill were elected co-captains of the girl's basketball team and Tommy Bullock, captain of the boy's basketball team. The Seniors enjoyed a wonderful trip to Washington in April. We would like to thankall of those who help- ed to make our Senior play, Young, Willing and Able , a success, and a special thanks to Mrs, Penn for her patience and guidance in directing it. The Seniors would like to express their gratitude to the Sophomores for a Weiner roast and the Juniors for the Junior-Senior Prom, Thus as this last year now comes to a close, we look back over our stay in Mad is on High Schoolas one of the happiest times we have ever experienced. As we say, au r ev oir , we realize that these have been our happiest years. Kaye I6 Kaye Burton Class Historian

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last Will And Ccsfamcut We, the Senior Class of 1956 of Madison High School of the City of Ma di s on , County of Rockingham, State of North Carolina, hereby re- quest your presence to witness of this solemn occasion the presentation of our beloved posses- sions and to bear in full our Last Will and Test- ament. We the Class of 1956, consisting of around 52 geniuses,beautiful women and handsome men, make known this, our Last Will and Testament in order that you may benefit by the things of such a prosperous class. ARTICLE I SECTION I To our admirable Superintendent, Mr. Bundy, we leave the H onora ry Title of Assistant Glee Club Director. ARTICLE I SECTION II To, Mr. Fleming, our favorite principal,we personally hire two good-looking secretar- ies. ARTICLE I SECTION III SENIOR SPONSORS: To our favorite English teacher , Miss McKellar, we leave a copy ofthe Canterbury Tales autographed by Geoffrey Chaucer. To Miss Webster, our Math teacher, we the barbarians, just leave, Tothe remaining faculty we leave the Junior Class -- Good luck! ! ! ARTICLE II SECTION I Dee Shelton leaves her p os ition as Chief Cheerleader to Gypsie Anderson. Gay Bullins bequeaths her effect on all males to Betty McDaniel. Becky Mashburn leaves crazy bop imitations to Jackie Smith. Mary F. Shelton bestows her French voca- bulary to Kenny Gann. Kay Burton leaves her ability to talk a mile a minute to Jean Moore. Claude Hopper wills his well known guitar to Butch Sutherland. Shirley Hall confers her ability to get mar- ried when the sailors dock to Rachel Lee. Becky Sharp leaves her love for O.R.M.l. to Dee Wilson. David Roberts leaves his list of wisecracks with Wendell Manuel for future use. Darwin Parrish bequeaths his value to the school to Peggy Lauten. Glenn Williams leaves his Tri-Captaincy of the football s quad to a capable teammate, Larry Flynn, Jackie Martin leaves his messy haircut to Boyd Rhodes, DickAnderson bestows his good looks on all you boys unable to get a date, Wayne C lark leaves a roadmap toSandy Ridge for all Junior Boys. Gay Burton bestows her pony tail to Nancy Spencer. Yvonne Joyc e leaves her curly hair to Wallace Quate. Wilma Vernon leaves a fresh piece of chew- ing gum to Hazel Parrish. Autry Foley leaves his two 85 yard runs to his brother Doug. Barbara J.Fagge hopes that her position on the c he e r ing squad will be filled by Sara Mashburn. Pat Cox leaves he r title of Most Valuable to the School to Harold Wilson. Jo Ann Morton leaves her Carolina Moon to Mary Lawrence. C. H. Fallin just leaves ----- ! ! ! Hughes Giles leaves his blond thatch to Marie Cox. Charles Williams leaves his easy blush to James Ratchford. R onny Lee bequeaths his glasses to Tom Johnson although T om ' s doing pretty well with his own. Cecil Atkins left his bus to Preston Brown several months ago, but now Preston wants to give it back. Paul Kirkman leaves his job of Soda Jerk to an Able Assistant, Bill Pfeiffer. Ruth William s leaves her quiet ways to Sandra Knight. Sandy Mc H one leaves her well worn road rn ap to Mayodan to Johnny Knight. Maybe he can get to Stoneville from there. Frankie Wall leaves the management of the little blue Ford to Anne! Joanne Boone wills he r pepsodent smile to Jean Clark. Martha Newnam leaves her typing ability to Jack Hall, A r l e a n N a nc e leaves her petite size to Heavy Owens. Betty Manuel bequeaths her flaming red hair to Coleen Carroll, Craig Web st e r leaves to Miss Webster a quiet homeroom because ofhis absence next year. Edith Ne al leaves her singing ability to ,Tuddy Webster, Nadine Hobbs leaves her ability to change the color of her hair to Linda Wilson. Peggy Brown leaves he r nack for finding that certain someone to the rising Senior girls, W, L. Roberts leaves his President's chair in the F.F,A, to be filled by Wayne Hopper, David Shelton leaves his high-pitched voice to Gorrell Young. Maguita Ikerd leaves her shoes to be filled by Deanne Hutchings cause her feet are too little too! Barbara Parrish leaves her joke-telling in the 5th period shorthand to Norma Jean Davis! Emily Lawson wills her ability to interpret shorthand to Becky Burris. Ramona La wr enc e leaves her jazzed-up jacket to Annette McFalls. Will Rogers Hoppe r leaves his ability to stick to one girl for three years to Roy Peter Rabbit Williams. Doris Newnam bestows her long hair on Jo Reynolds. Peggy Moore leaves he r dignified ways to Sac Burris. 1 Jean Hill leaves her love for Sandy Ridge to Carol Snead. Peggy Gann leaves her bubbling friendliness to the entire High Schoolbecause of its great depth! B obbi e Ha ll leaves her sincerity to Pat Gentry. Elvie Puckett Craig leaves her ability to get that little band of gold on the left hand to Mary Ruth Woods. Tommy Bullock leaves his Co-captainship in basketball to Melvin Steele, Vaughn Williams leaves his book knowledge to Herman Goins Swubw X QI'l'l'oI-it-1

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Hlass Prophecy As Igaze intothe crystal balllsee my class- mates ten ye a r s from now in their future work and play . The fi gur e s are a little misty now, but it seems to be fading away. Now l can see them clearly --------- - Joanne Boone and Frankie Wall are making a grand tour of the world, Jo Ann Morton has ju s t made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera. Dick Anderson is playing p r o football with the Redskins. Jackie Martin is leading an expedition in South Am e r ic a n , trying tocapture some rare squirrel. Darwin Parrish has risen quickly to the top. The President has appointed him Commander-in Chief of the Air Force. Yvonne Joyce is head girl's coach at U,N.C. while he r friend, Emily Lawson is a Phys. Ed. teacher at Senior High in Greensboro. Nadine Hobbs has b e c om e a famous hair stylist, and the latest is green hair. Ramona Lawrence has quit at the fifth hus- band. Wilma Ve rnon has discovered a diamond mine in the jungles of Africa, Gay Bullins has only one diamond, but a man came with it. Hughes Gile s is a Chrysler dealer in New York and C. H. Fallin is winning all the 1966 stock car races with one of them, Ronnie Lee is the second man to climb Mt, Everest. Wayne Clark is a game warden. Unbelieve- able isn't it? David Roberts is still loafing around. Pat Cox is roaring around in her little black jaguar! Leopard skin seat covers too! Kaye Burton ha s turned private detective, Quitea change from her sister Gaye Burton, who is noted for her exciting windowdisplay at Rich's in Atlanta, Becky Mashburn is a buyer for Thalhimer's in Winston and she is on a trip to Paris to get the latest from Dior, Becky Sharp is covering the story for the President of the United States, Dee Shelton is head anesthetist at Cone's in Greensboro while Mary Frances Shelton is pri- vate nurse to an old Multi-Millionaire, Barbara Fagge is secretary to the man of her dreams, Maguita Vaughn Ikerd has been selected as America's No. l Housewife. Charles Williams is famous movie idol and Craig Webster is his publicity manager. Vaughn Williams is the youngest professor at U. N. C. Claude Hopper is giving guitar lessons and making money by the bushels. Will Rogers Hopper is an important business man in Mobile, Alabama, wi th Peggy Moore as his secretary. Aut r y Foley m a de All-American for two years and is now c oaching at a well-known University. Sandy McHone is private secretary to the President, Cecil Atkins is designing a new sports car for the Ford Company, and Glenn Williams has discovered more oil in Texas. W, L. Roberts is the Captain of the U.S,S, Forrestal, David Shelton owns a large farm and is con- sidered a regular Southern Gentleman. Paul Kirkman has a chain of drugstores all over the country. Barbara Parrish is a Buick saleswoman in Florida and Jean Hill is a test driver for the Chevrolet Company. Edith Neal is a Captain inthe W.A.C.'s while Shirley Hand Hall has joined the Waves to be- near Crusher , Peggy Gann owns a reducing salon, Betty Manuel models for the shampoo ad- vertisement on Marthe Newman's T,V. Comedy Hour. Doris Newman has been voted Quietest Girl in the World and Ruth Williams is a first grade teacher and she wishes she could have quiet, Arlean Nance has a steadyjob and paycheck, Peggy Brown Smith and T ootsie Puckett Craig are keeping house and taking care of their children, The biggest career imaginable, Bobbie Hall is a famous model for John Powers. Tommy Bullock is playing professional bas- ketball, Now thecrystal ballis beginning to cloud a- gain. So ends the misty dream, Class Prophet ffey item-J,-9qjJ4sf Ma ry Franc es Shelton.