Madison Mayodan High School - Falcon Yearbook (Madison, NC)

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seg! CLASS MOTTO ir! ,ff Cflass Farm How true we are steppmg the ladder of successl So proud are we of the round that ras been made But here we stand wmth steps unstepped As onward we look as onward we pave Mtghty 15 that round that has been made Sure and sound as one could be But there s more many more Before one completes hls htstory Oh how xt seems that just yesterday Our school years here dld start Wxth each m1nd wanderlng but gay As he knew ln four years he must part But why are they to part'7' Is the questlon not so V1Vld to the smaller Talung the one aside like a mother we answer Because we're advanclng xnto the world further and further There are many debts that cannot be pa1d To our teachers parents and frlends so k1nd But to each one we would llke to say Once someone was your gu1de Now you re mme Yes our f1rst round has been made And xt IS to our school we pledge 1n mam But to master our art and professlon Is the next ladder we hope to ga1n And when ladders after ladders have been chmbed And everyone has reached h1s eternal success We can count those ladders and know That the one started here proved to be the best 'T1s true Partlng 15 such sorrow But there IS a part of us that st11l remams We leave our swords our marks and scars we carry As onward we look as onward we pave Ann Km g ht My sword I leave to lum who can get xt My marks and scars I carry wxth me to be A wxtness CLASS COLORS Red and Wh1te I N , , F' -' H ., I' M i 8' s Y L ' X . . f A V J -f ' , A A Xi he M . w. . L . ,Eli fx. XV +I H , 1 sy wrt 1 l a t fy lx W f bl -1 'V y U h 1 1 fl ' wifi. ' ff 9? , - 5 ff , . . , X n , 1

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Ruth McKellar East Carollna College ?aculty Sara Norr1s I-hgh Polnt College Commerclal Jack Nor r1s Englxsh Latzn Appalachmn State Teachers College Englxsh French Lloyd E Robertson Berea College Agrxculture A-w Qw V1ck1 Washburn H1gh Pomt Colle e g Keron C W1lson Phys1cal Educatxon Maude Web ster Greensboro College Mathematxcs H1gh Poxnt College Lxbranan - l n , . 1 ll A I NN A - 1

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Ulass I-fzslary On a brxght Se pte mbe r mormng mn the year 1953 a loud group of freshmen flocked mto Madxson I'-hgh School Some felt at home, others there for the fxrst tlme Our homeroom teachers were Dons Frye and Raymond Cure Unde r then- supervxsxon we began to learn the ropes and fell znto stepwxth the upper classmen Class offtcers were Presl dent, Clyde Neal Nxce Presxdent Ruby Atkms Secretary Treasurer Peggy Lauten Before we knew lt summer vacatlon was there and gone Ao we entered as Sophomores there were qu1te a few of our class mates m1ss1ng Ofhcers were Ann Kmght Pres1dent James Ratch ford WLCS Pres1dent Benny Freeman, Secretary Pete Prxce Treas urer and Kenny Gann Reporter Our cand1date for Homecommg Queen was SQIVIB Ratledge Becky Burrts and Mane Cox represented our class tn the may Court The Sophomore Semor wexner roast at Mayo Park was enjoyed by all of us Carrymg the Da 1 s y Cha1n for the Sen 1or clas s was an lconor for all of us Sponsors were Beverly Cowman and L1la Robertson Summer vacatton agaxn and not a b1t too soon .Tumors at last our class was even smaller Sponsors were Jack Norrls and George Deaton Class off1ce r s were Pres1dent Donnze R1chardson V1ce Presxdent Larry Flynn Secretary, Ann Kn1ght and Homecomulg Que e n The blg and most excxtxng event was the .Tumor Semor Prom We ordered our class r1ngs m January and recelved them 1n May Marshalls for 56 were James Ratchford Ch1ef Peggy Lauten Mary Lawrence Deann Hutchtngs, Ann Knlght Yvonne Thacker Ruby Atkxns, and Nancy Spe nce r After all the exc1tement xt was vacatxon agam Semors the class had dropped to only th1rty s1x members Thls was the bus1est and most e njoyable year yet Senxor sponsors were Ruth McKellar and Sara Norr1s Off1cers were Pres1dent Larry Flynn V1 c e P re s 1de nt Wayne Hopper Secretary Becky Webster Treasurer, Peggy Lauten and Reporter, Benny Freeman Annual Staff for the '57 WILDCAT were Nancy Spencer Ed1tor 1n chxef Benny Freeman, Advertxsmg Manager Ann Krught, Bus1ness Manager Deann Hutchmgs, Art Ed1tor Yvonne Thacker, ACt1V1t1eS Edltor Paul Kmght Sports Edltor and Hazel Parr1sh and Marle Cox Typ1sts Sara Norms was our s pons o r for the Annual The Class Prophecy was wrxtten by Pe ggy Lauten Last W1ll and Testament by Mary Lawrence and Carol Snead, Cla s s Poe m by Ann Kmght and Class H1story by Marte Cox Becky Bur r1s was our candxdate for Homecommg Queen Our Semor Play wasa huge success Mascots were Mark Henry Byrum and Yvonne Washburn Then time the ftnal round graduat1on Soon all of us would depart from Madison Hxgh School knowlng they were the happiest years of our lxves rfzaaa ,em Marie Cox f Q ,. - . , . Q - , . A ' ' Q . ' : , 5 - J I ' 1 1 ' , I u l A n , . ' . ' : ' , ' 5 ' 1 A S F Treasurer, Becky Webster. Hazel Parrish, our candidate, was elected ' . I . ' - . . , , . I I I . I . Z . , Q I Q I 2 5 . : 1 . ' ' 5 2 S S 2 1 I 1 - D , . . , . .