Maury High School - Mecca Yearbook (Maury, NC)

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Friendliest MAX BUTTS BETSY NETHERCUTT Most Courteous YVONNE HUMPHREY DAVID HORNE

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244 ‘rtyiOt Kf, t$55 About twelve years ago we, who are now seniors, stood around ' eagerly waiting for our first school bell to ring. Little did our tiny minds realize then the hard work, happiness and sonow, and the many good times that awaited us in the next twelve years to come; but up through the grades we have come. In the 5th grade we won a picture of BOY BLUE for the highest percentage of parents attending the P.T.A. We were very proud of this. When we entered the sixth grade Mrs. Carson Edwards had our whole class of fifty-six students to teach. Mr. Williford thought this was a little too much for one person so he gave the girls a privilege never before given to any grammar grade class. The high school teachers taught us and we changed classes along with the high school. We thought this was something extra so it turned out to be a very enjoyable year. At the end of the eighth grade we received our eighth grade certificates. While looking through the first annual published at Maury, I came to the page of Freshmen. Our faces all look so different now. We looked almost like babies then. A lot of things have happened since our Freshman year. In August 1951 when we entered high school, Mr. Howell was homeroom teacher for the boys and Miss Lane was homeroom teacher for the girls. As silly Freshmen our main interest was silly giggles. As Sophomores our whole class was together, although some had dropped out. We enjoyed having Mr. Little as our homeroom teacher. As Juniors we realized that we were about to finish school. The interest, it seemed, in our school annual had been completely dropped. Since we were Juniors, of course, we were very interested in keeping it going so, through much promising, we got Mr. Whitford‘s permission to carry it out. We helped make the annual a success. We had the privilege of going to college day at Farmville and Snow Hill, which was very educational. We presented our Junior play YOUNG DOCTOR YOUNG in March. Everyone said that it was one of the best they had ever seen. Mrs. C. T. May and Mr. Carl Smith were our directors. On April 8th we had a party at the skating rink in Walstonburg. Everyone had a wonderful time. Our trip to Washington was the high-light in our Junior year. We visited many interesting and educational things. Everyone has a wonderful time, including Mrs. Olive our chaperone. Next was our Junior-Senior Banquet; we had a gypsy camp for our theme. The tenth grade girls made wonderful waitresses dressed as gypsies. A wonderful meal of turkey was served. Afterwards Mr. Sam Bundy made a very good speech. After the speech all of us went to the American Legion Building at Snow Hill for a party. The entire banquet was a great success. We think that Mrs. Paul Thompson, our Junior sponsor, deserves credit.