Marion High School - Hylander Yearbook (Marion, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 176 of the 1968 volume:

McDOWELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY MARION, NORTH CAROLINA 28752 The Hylander 1968 MCDOWELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 90 WEST COURT STREET MARION, NC 28752 metamorphosis mar ion school 2 McDowell county public library MABION, NORTH CAROLINA 28752 marion north Carolina 53485 4 7 8 ■ , 9 forward birth. slow, probing curiosity. a thousand things in a tiny grip holding what is real. then, with age, a distant longing for other things not so near and not so solid. thus begins learning. timid at first then, growing more bold, reaching out. hylander contents administration and faculty.11 organizations.29 features.71 sports.51 student body. 87 ads.135 10 principal mr. ted b. freeman superintendent of city schools mr. culver dale secretary mrs. gayle payne 12 board of regants jack ballew, chairman w.w. greene eugene cross, jr. james e. evans jack noyes mrs. doris burgin robert shirley 13 science 15 miss Catherine alley algebra, math mrs. margaret anderson home ec., family living mr. john anderson p.e., u.s. history mrs. dorothy baldwin biology, gen. science mrs. madge bean english faculty mr. louis bean band 16 m miss mildred benfield home ec. mr. bob brackett biology mrs. marilyn brackett english mr. donald Cecil english, french mrs. edith davis algebra, math 17 vocational 18 physical education 19 mr. earl duncan i.e.c. mrs. betty freeman typing, shorthand mr. jerry greene p.e., math mr. robert howell english 20 mrs. marguerite gilkey latin, english miss ruth hull world and current history miss mildred glenn librarian faculty mrs. mary laughridge world history, sociology mrs. kate lindsay plane geometry, algebra mr. j.m. mackey gen. business, gen. science mr. glenn pharr english, french mr. david ramsey u.s. history, geography mrs. bobbie norman assistant librarian mrs. emily morris typing, shorthand miss phyllis oakley english history 22 23 POETRY 24 languages 25 mrs. gene richards distributive education mr. bill rogers shop mr. bill wiseman masonry, carpentry mrs. jenny wise special education 26 mr. bob williams band, chorus faculty mrs. laladge tucker guidance counselor mrs. joy wilson girls p.e. mrs. anne wilkins special education office workers library assistants Wr a- f t c l 7jf§ ' Oil crew tom rector. chuck cuttles. hay den ratlcdgc, Charles mccall, jack rector, phil tate. 28 bus drivers mike ollis. Charles hollificld, doug morgan. boyd sstlson. svayne lee. danny little, mac laughridge, donald bailey, bob rowe, Calvin kaylor. k student council penn dameron vice president marianne bradburn secretary john lowder treasurer 30 mike price president upper house lower house 31 national honor society bobby powell, president; kathy hobbs, vice president; susan bradburn, secretary; margaret tucker, treasurer. Charles c. elledge chapter e.l. carter chapter beta clubs margaiet tucker, presi¬ dent; keith brown, vice president; madge twiggs, secretary; rose ella lonon, treasurer. 111 ) 1 ) ’68 hylander staff richard teeter, madge twiggs . co-editors greg hartley. business manager mike carnes, sandy bulman. art editors kathy earley, glenda biggerstaff, phil tate, hank ratledge .... .layout staff jan hall, janice rowland, penny pendergraft, glenna deal, bill simmons, jack rector, melissa cranford .... business staff marlene tipton. typist mr. howell advisor 36 ’68 marionette staff susan bradbum, margaret tucker. co-editors connie bean. neW s editor bobby powell, kelly cross, sharon laney, janice greeson, phyllis blackledge . news staff diana ross . feature editor cecelia jay, marianne bradburn, joan gilliand, jane parker, fanny kay stronach. feature staff dick miller, john alien . sports editors bobby love, bobby byrd, nick payne. sports staff keith parker, donald mcintosh.business managers ann fortenberry, diane lowery, porcher teeter . .business staff archie mcintosh.photographer dicki watkins, tom rector . cartoonists frances almon . typist mrs. freeman. advisor key club john Iowder, president; greg hartley, vice president; bobby powell, secretary; david ditt, treasurer. sweetheart, glenna deal. art club dickie watkins, president; mae wylie, vice president; madge twiggs, secretary; rita lamb, treasurer. photography club kelly cross, president; cecelia jay, vice presi¬ dent; porcher teeter, secretary-treasurer. 39 pep club luzette caroway, president; Stanley hall, vice president; glenna deal, secretary- treasurer. fellowship of Christian athletes mike price, president; luzette caroway, secretary-treasurer. health careers trances almon, president; lois mathis, vice president; lynn robinson, secretary; sandra turner, treasurer. 41 dianna ross, president; mitzi graham, vice presi¬ dent; sandra noles, secretary-treasurer. 42 future homemakers of america linda wright, president; lynn whitely, vice president; theresa helms, secretary;joyce o’shields, treasurer. future teachers of america connie bean, president; rosie lonon, vice presi- ! dent; janice greeson, secretary; madge twiggs, , treasurer. f V 44 interact club jimmy laughridge, president; bobby elledge, vice president; johnny alien, secretary; gary cox, treasurer. 45 symphonic band bob williams, assistant director. jerry ledbetter, president; hank ratledge, vice president; madge twiggs, diana ross, rhonda davis, secretaries; sandy bulman, program chairman; phil tate, treasurer; jack rector, quartermaster not pictured. lou bean, director. 47 concert band jj nnie martin j° an gilliand, diane lowery, debbie robinson, mary alice simmons, head majorette; aletha ballew, debbie johnson, kathy earley, cindy 1 rd. rose ella lonon, drum majorette. 534 49 chorus 50 football 1st row. m. price, n. payne, j. jenkins, b. gorey, t. dalton, f. rabon, c. bolton, s. jones. 2nd row: j. dalton, d. ditt, w. ramsey, t. wilson, r. mckinney, w. huffstetler, r. womack, j. suttles, c. logan. 3rd row: b. love, r. norton, 1. bowman, j. jimeson, b. pearson, s. earley, p. baker, r. taylor. 52 larry bowman, senior tackle. johnny suttles, senior tackle. robert womack, senior guard. robert norton, senior end. mike price, senior quarterback. starting lineup: s. earley, 1. bowman, w. huffstetler, r. taylor, r. womack, j. suttles, r. norton, linemen; j. dalton, w. ramsey, m. price, f. rabon, backfield. 55 scores mike price, robert womack, co-captains. r.s. central 32 - 14 marion wilkes central 12 - 0 marion valdese 0 - 35 marion hickory 34 - 7 marion taylorsville 12 - 6 marion watauga 13 - 7 marion lenoir 0- 10 marion newton 26 - 7 marion morganton 6 - 0 marion hudson 14 - 28 marion varsity cheerleaders joy gaddy, susan ledbetter, penny pendergraft, luzette caraway, chief; lucy lowder, janice rowland, glenda biggerstaff, melissa cranford, kay gaddy. 57 j.v. football j. broome, a. cable, d. bobo, b. ledbetter, c. gibson, k. price, d. norton, j. hall, j. womach, j. johnson, first row; d. johnson, w. mckinney, m. sawyer, 1. griffin, s. mckesson, s. dark, d. johnson, f. franklin, second row. 58 j.v. cheerleaders 59 boys’ basketball 60 b. gorey, r. mckesson, c. logan, b. blankenship, c. cordell, m. price, b. pearson, j. hayes, a. mcintosh, j. laughridge, s. early, d. bobo, p. dameron, not pictured. schedule h december 5 h december 15 h december 19 ajanuary 2 h jarruary 5 . ajanuary 9 hjanuary 12 . ajanuary 16 • ajanuary 19 . ajanuary 23 . . . r.s. central . lenoir . valdese . . r.s. central .... hickory . . morganton .... watauga newton-conover . . taylorsville .... hudson hjanuary 26 . ajanuary 30 . a february 2 . a february 6 . h february 9 . a february 13. a february 16. h february 20, h february 23. a february 27. . wilkes central .... lenoir .... valdese .... hickory . . morganton .... watauga newton-conover . . taylorsville .hudson . wilkes central penn dameron, senior center. 63 jimmy hayes, senior forward. m ken brakett, coach. basketball bob brackett, coach, j ' ■ 4 jnl) J 11 , 1 y i IgP H [ j 1 i 1 1 l J 1 wtI ffl i j ! (PI tmM JM| m ' -4$ atVy ' • k ' :• r. sowers, b. ledbetter, f. harris, n. carson, j. blocker, k. rolland, m. goodson, r. burgin, second row; m. swepson, g. webb, c. weant, j. Johnson, t. brooks, c. hawkins, b. smith, b, blankenship. girls’ basketball 66 c. ballew, n. laughridge, j. gilliand, d. mills, d. lamb, first row;m. forney, a. williams, m. bowman, f. quinn, d. king, 1. caraway, second row; n. borders, m. lonon, a. ballew, k. hobbs, 1. lowder, m. noyes, manager; jerry greene, coach; third row. k. hobbs, 1. caraway, co-captains. starting six: 1. caraway, 1. lowder, k. noyes, a. ballew, k. hobbs, d. king. 67 baseball r. norton, c. cordell, r. teeter, w. huffstetler, 1. ross, t. dalton, d. miller, j. dalton, d. norton, r. raylor, d. webb, 1. brookshire, j. greene, coach. 68 t. dalton, c. cordell, j. dalton, d. norton, d. webb, infielders. r. norton, r. raylor, 1. brookshire, w. huffstetler, outfielders. scores marion vs morganton won marion vs watauga won marion vs wilkes central lost marion vs hickory lost marion vs valdese won marion vs newton won marion vs hudson won marion vs morganton won marion vs taylorsville lost marion vs hickory lost marion vs hudson lost marion vs lenoir won 1. ross, d. miller, r. teeter, pitchers. 69 golf g. hartley, m. goodson, m. laughridge, d. ditt, w. ramsey, j. laughridge, d. bobo. 70 3 5 C VV W V V 3 3 homecoming queen miss luzette carroway 72 court aletha ballew, sophomore attendant; vicki leonard, maid of honor; luzette caraway, queen; debbie johnson, junior attendant; pam brown, freshman attendant. 73 74 75 miss marion high miss debbie robinson 76 1967 marionette revue winners: joy gaddy, first runner- up; debbie robinson.miss marion high; vicki leonard, luzette carro- way, second runner-up. ■ RRM . jpppp I 1 H gn ■ N| IP 1 | : Aii 7 f 1 P r i ■ |p f w WLg. pH njg IliS i k|: I ?■ � ,.. • $ §R • contestants:joy gaddy, diana ross, madge twiggs, jane parker, luzette caro- way, debbie johnson, deb¬ bie robinson, vicki leo¬ nard, penny pendergraft, susan bradbum, rosie lo- non, glenna deal, hnda wheeler. 77 honors bobby powell, jimmy laughridge, boys’ state. 78 penn dameron, governor’s school. margaret tucker, miss d.a.r. honors cecelia jay, mike carries, national merit scholarships semi-finalists. penn dameron, mike carnes, bobby powell, morehead scholarship district finalists. 79 junior marshals cecelia jay, chief; madge twiggs, perm dameron, margaret tucker, bobby powell, susan bradburn, dick miller, linda wright, cheri wyatt, connie bean, jeannie horton, kitty geouge, mike cames. 80 most likely to succeed: mike carnes, cecelia jay. senior superlatives most talented: jerry ledbetter, sandy bulman most athletic: jean bryant, robert womack 82 senior superlatives most school spirit: Stanley hall, joyce o’shields. 83 cutest: keith brown, joy gaddy best looking: john lowder, vicki leonard. most dependable: margaret tucker, jimmy clontz 84 senior superlatives best leaders: richard teeter, madge twiggs. most popular: penn dameron, luzette caroway. friendliest: phil tate.jewell whiting. 85 1967 junior-senior 86 senior class officers phil tate,president; johnny hemphill, vice president; linda wright, secretary; keith brown, treasurer. . k.V ■ ■ W • ' ■ ' t r dean alien trances almon sandy anderson donald bailey class of ’68 laura baldvvin con nie bean larry bowman larry bradley 89 kaye brown keith brown sandy bulman iris burleson 90 jerald cable luzette caraway david clay jimmy clontz tommy cranford wayne creson 91 penn dameron rita dills roger elliott sherri forney 92 danny elliott jimmy elliott bobby frisbee joy gaddy mike gaddy eileen gallen Stanley hall wendell hall glen gallen kitty geouge mary harlee greg hartley 93 jimmy hayes johnny hemphill cathy hobbs linda holland wanda hollifield keith horton Calvin kaylor patsy king 95 linda lamb dale laney jerry ledbetter wayne lee 96 vicki leonard barbara lewis rose ella lonon john lowder 97 nick medford dick miller roger mitchell brenda moore 98 elizabeth miller judy mills wayne moore doug morgan judy newton robert norton joyce o’shields nancy owensby terry Oliver mike bllis gladys parker kenneth parkins 99 boyd poteat bobby powell tommy queen hank ratledge 100 carol ray ronald ray jack rector jim rhinehart robert rowland stev.e shirlen jone robinette janice robinson jerry sisk sharon sluder 101 roger smith shirlen snyder johnny suttles philip tate 102 wanda sprinkle roger styles richard teeter marlene tipton shirley walker james ward sandra turner madge twiggs brenda webb linda wheeler 103 jean webb jewell whiting robert womack jenny wright 104 kelly wilkinson boyd wilson linda wright sylvia wright brenda wylie donna young sandra young rings . . . college . . . howell’s hallucinations . . . thinking ... a basic philo¬ sophy . . . love . . . hate . . . indifference . .. going away ... dralt. . . mem¬ ories . . . work . . . binomial theorem . . . nothingness . . . cliques. . . subcult a . dejected . . . spooky . . . snow . . . soul . . . parties . . . Vietnam.. • haunted houses . . . raisin’ it . . . individuals ... hip ... and the beat goes on . key club party at Wisemans view . . . the sw’s ride again . . . my good ’ole black bomb . . . buteric acid really smells nice . . . memories of usury . .. the burgandy snowplow. junior class kelly cross, president; Steve early, vice president; dennis bradley, secretary; bobby el- ledge, treasurer. 106 bob blankenship dennis bradley daniel bright phil caldwell Carolyn burleson cindy byrd leon brookshire jerry carroll brenda carson glenda carson jenna clontz jo cordell diane corn michelle cowan billy coward glenna deal david ditt ellen dixon melissa cranford kelly cross bill davis terry davis 107 francos duncan kenneth duncan roger duncan Steve earley brenda elliott bobby elledge margaret elliott frank evans r.g. evans ray finley cebelle forrester ann fortenberry vernice frances betty sue freeman kathy gaddy jackie goode janice greeson theresa helmes anna hensley keith guffy tommy hall gary harris jane harris margaret harris joe hester kit hicks marie helmes 108 carolyn hodge david hodge doris holland sharon johnson joyce johnson daniel lawes diane laughter james lonon bobby love debbie johnson lindsey hutchins ronald humphries jerry jimeson pam howell chuck hollifield mack laughridge gray laughridge sandra krause donna king rex kates irma lawing linda ledbetter susan ledbetter iohnnv lee mack lewis donna little lois mathis dorothy lowery cathy mccoy helen mccoy donald mcintosh janice mcpeters bill miller Clifford miller jackie miller janice morris danny nash jane parker nick payne billy pearson penny pendergraft keith poplin curtis poteat debbie poteat diane price ginger pugh fran quinn freddy rabon wylie ramsey keith randolf ray reel roger revis danny rhinehart debbie robinson diana ross lanny ross larry rowland bill simmons 110 sherri walker dickie watkins sandra webb lynn whitely juliet wilkerson karen Wilson terry Wilson jack woods mike woods terry workman phyllis worley mae wylie jolly . . . almost gay . . . junior senior . . . first drink . . . branching out . . . anticipation . . . aloneness ... a thought forgotten . . . hand job . . . n.h.s. . . . flower power ... a past tinted future . . . driver’s license . . . willie and the mafia birthday party ... big green eyes . . . escapades of deal and ledbetter . . . miller-graft . . . miss marion high . . . going steady . . . being happy together . . . mr. bear and his paddle . . . breaking up . . . ball games. sophomore class chuck cordell, president; kay gaddy, vice president; tom rec¬ tor, secretary; hayne coleman, treasurer. 112 fred abromitas frances bailey steve bailey paul baker aletha ballew doug barlowe wanda barnette finley barrier wilma brooks regina bruner jerry buchanan debbie bulman brenda burgin glenda burgin eugene burleson 113 bobby byrd lurry cable wilma cable jane carroll louise carson william carson mac carter bill cauthen herbie childers chris clayton hayne coleman butch compton chuck cordell mike corn roberta cornet jerry dalton terry dalton penny davis reggie davis rhonda davis robin davis terry deaton ronald dobbins lila durham kathy earley sandra earley mica elliott mike estes charles evans mike evans 114 mary filbeck mike flowers ricky ford marilyn forney ronell forney maxine forney sharon fox freddy franklin debra freshour kathy frisbee kay gaddy jerry gentry joan gilliand nancy goodrum mitch goodson mitzie graham danny graybeal martha greene ronnie greenlee betty grindstaff donna grindstaff donna gross jan hall elaine harlee ricky hensley ronnie hensley charlie henson ransom hicks alice hobbs doris holland 115 Steve isaacs annejackson warren jackson lucille jenkins dermis johnson margaret johnson kathy jones gary ledbetter peggy ledford sharon laney dale laughter norma lawing susan jordan kathy leverette barbara lockman louise logan martha lonon lucy lowder margaret luther ronnie maney sheila martin 116 doug miller sam morgan susan nanney debra neighbors sandra noles donnie norton kathy noyes patricia owens joe parker mike parker howard parkins bruce pearson judy plemmons diane poteat linda poteat bill presnell Charles presnell wanda presnell keith price butch proctor kathy ragaz brenda ray 117 lynn robinson louella revis diane robertson tom rector mary anne rowe janice rowland jerry rumfelt susan rymer chris seagle james shehan debra sherrer mary alice simmons joyce simpson donald smith lamar smith mes johnson david turnbill debra turnbill margaret twiggs phillip swepson joe taylor Charles trinks 118 beatrice young debbie young jug . . . sophomore tests . . . upperclassmen . . . growing . . . first date . .. shedding the skin of childhood . . . winning 1st in the lunch line . . . Shakespeare . . . oakley’s raiders. . . revenge . . . miss america bleaches her hair. . . dodging rings. . . party class . . . burger boy .. . biology after lunch . . . tomorrow’s basketball team . . . good ole mama ballew. 119 freshman class archie mcintosh, president; james johnson, vice president; brad gorey, se cre t ary; carla helms, treasurer. . .• 120 Christy adkins harriett alien marilyn biggerstaff jesse birchfield jack arrowood gladys blackwell bobby blake bill blakenship mike bolick julian bowditch martha bailey bill baker caroll ballew icft tony bowman paula jo bradley teddy brooks jerry broome margie brown -� pam brown fi pat brown robert bryant 121 eugene callahan francis callahan andy carries larry carol becky clapp walton clapp sammy dark theresa collins wayne corbette jap cooper james cox dennis curtis beth davis debra davis donnie davis judy davis revonda davis brenda dixon bobby duncan jennie duncan eddie durham deborah elliott sandy elliott debra finley roger fortune mary jo fowler dina fox 122 nancy geouge pat hall shirley haney jane harkey fred harris margaret hawes bobby hawkins curtis hawkins joy grindstaff coy gibson beverly glenn robert gourley Charles greeson leonard griffin jane goode helen hawkins carla helms kay helms mike henline doug hensley jean hill linda hollifield ronnie holmes 123 will mckinney harold mcpeters david miller keith miller donette mills Charles mosteller sarah nanney jane neal eddie nelson marjorie noyes keith packett david parker tess parker kathy phillips donald plemmons carol ratledge jimmy ray buddy reel jerry reel mike reel roger revis terisa rickettes bobby roberts 124 floyd robinson janice robinson sabra robinson elizabeth roper kay roper kenny rowland ray rumfelt phyllis rutherford gary rymer mike sawyers kathy Sheehan kenny shirley della sisk william smart brenda smathers marie smith sharon smith roy dean sowers connie spencer paulette sprinkle robert Stacy daniel stone kenny street mike swepson glenda tedder kathy thomas kathy thorton wilma townsend Charles turner jimmy turner 125 danny tuttle april walker beverly wall Steve wall mike ward sandra ward sharon ward phyllis warren steve waters joseph watson chris weant gary webb josie weeks kathy Westmoreland steve westoff gerald wheeler janet whyat thomas wilkerson aresa williams arthur williams james williams tommy wilson kenneth worley lost . . . naive . . . gullible . . . bristol . . . facts of lite . . . collections. . . catwalk . . . back of the bus on away ball games. . . too old but too young . . . first and second love . . . algebra . . . sub-deb Christmas dance . . . mommy . . . study hall books . . . locker stretchers . . . elevator service. wanda wylie marilyn young 126 wn rrf j w h v ne ■ HkM OW 131 V 133 Kr m {Ram Ti tr as u MARION MANUFACTURING COMPANY EXCELLENCE - in AREA CODE 704 697-111 FABRICS 700 BALDWIN AVENUE MARION, NORTH CAROLINA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Things go better with Coke— Marion, North Carolina 137 CROSS COTTON MILLS Marion North Carolina 138 BROYHILL FURNITURE FACTORIES Lenoir, North Carolina Representing Lenoir Chair Co. 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CARAWAY SHUFORD FUNITURE COMPANY NEIL BEATTY SOUTH MAIN SINCLAIR SHOE HOUSE GARDEN CITY ARABIAN NIGHTS Ke ith Jerry Ken the students of morion high school wish to salute mrs. dorothy lonon- a teacher, a counselor, but most of al I, a friend . 163 august September September September September September September September October October October October October lest we forget 29 - first day back at the old grind . . . new faces, familiar faces, faces that will never leave marion high . . . fees, assignments . . . 1 - football game with r.s. central . . . “two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar, all for marion, stand up an’ holler!” 4 - “red” kicked out. .. 8 - ledbetter hosts his first pep rally . . . game with wilkes central. . . well fought, but. . . 10 - mrs. van dyke appears on the scene . . . great awakening in chem¬ istry II . . . 15 — we beat valdese . . . 22 - teachers go to school but we don’t . . . 29 - magazine sale begins. . . challenges made .. . anderson blows his top at practice . . . 6 - bristol time is here again . . . hanky-panky in the back of the bus . . . shoe-polishing windows . .. superior rating . . . studley gets ticket, beats the rap . . . almost. . . 15 - squirrel season . . . last of magazine sales . . . (must be a bad year for magazines) . . . 17 - report cards go out for first time . . . 18 - pictures made . . . “flash” briggs strikes again . . . c.a. cracks the camera . . . 20 - homecoming! caroway hits the big-time . . . rush, decorating, skipping October October October november november november november november november november november december december december class . . . parade . . . johnny bends his mustang . . . gus and the tremolations . . . 23 — beta club inductions . . . scholarship, leadership, achievement (?)... anticipation . . . 24 - lunch room serves orange juice . . . (must be a good year for oranges). . . 27 - game with morganton . . . you know the score . .. one eagle down the drain . . . 3 — miss alley wants homework done . . . 8 — sophomore tests . . . hearby stated, “friendship is a convenient arrange¬ ment” . .. 13 — —courtin’ in the halls . . . ain’t that good (?)... practice rooms . . . “flash” briggs returns again . . . 14 — second copy of marionette released . . . surpassed only by mcdowell news . . . who’s got a brown nose? 20 - jack reports to mr. freeman for general principles . . . 23 — thanksgiving holidays . . . gobble, gobble . . . monotony is man’s greatest invention . . . 24 — the temptin’ temptations . . . 30 - report cards go out again . . . d-day . . . apple polishers . . . grade changing . . . 1 - doug and karen tie the knot . . . hayden and his “busy work” 5 - first basketball game . . . r.s. central upset by college night . . . big rush to the burger-boy . . . tate fries 10,000 hamburgers in 30 minutes . . . world record . .. 10 - flu bug blitzes m.h.s.. .. december 14 - little ol’ lady wins the harley . . . many hearts broken . . .open house and howell’s wonder-board . . . band plays Santa claus to papa louie, mr. williams . . . december 20 - 10 days of wine, women, and song . . . joy to the world . december 21 - key club dance ... a Christmas tree that blows snow . . . go-go girls? bah-humbug! december 22 - sub-deb dance-m.c. stuck in graveyard-d.b. is forced to leave early — g.c. goes on a trip . . . groovy time ... a real live band . . . this time . . . january 1 - we’ll skip that. . . january 2 - drudgery january 9 - the blizzard begins . . . january 12 - broken sleds on carnes’s hill . . . hammer surfs down fern avenue . . . january 13 - we know what work really is . . . meet that deadline, baby . . . january 14 - easter vacation taken early . . . party time . . . january 15 - mid term measurement ... 8 inches of snow . . . january 16 - end recorded period . . . february - month of hearts, cherries, dirty old copper pennies, lovers . . . march — the wind blows free and so does march . . . big convention in winston- salem . .. baseball begins. .. april band goes to greensboro . . . beta club convention . . . soul-man’s birthday . . . spring has sprung . . . may flitting ’round the maypole . . . key club summer dances . . . jr-sr . . . anticipation of the beach . . . graduation . . . pomp and circumstances separation of the men and boys. . . “drink it fast, drink it straight, we were the class of ’68 and you haven’t heard the last of us . . . grasping those things that were so far away, only to find they are yet farther. that what was once so sure is lost in a hundred shades of gray, grower ever more dim and fleeting. then, a moment before, a step away, it is forever gone in death. 53485 • Winston-Salem HUNTER PUBLISHING COMPANY • North Carolina CHARLES L HUNTER, WINSTON-SALEM N C McDowell county public library MARION, NORTH CAROLINA 28752 MCDOWELL COUNTY LIBRARY 3 7810 43371960 5 NC REF 371.8 MAR 1968 «ari on High School 1957-1968 APR 1 0 2013 r MCDOWELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 90 WEST COURT STREET MARION, NC 29752