Mayodan High School - Anchor Yearbook (Mayodan, NC)

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PROPHECY LOOKING BACK ON THE crass or '51 or MAYOOAN HIGH scgnooi. Time: May 31, 1961. ..1,17 . ten years from my graduation. Place: Mayo Lake. Occasion. Reunion of the Class of '5l. As I look around me, l see familiar faces, for some of my classmates have become well known since they left old Mayodan High School. 1. Hurrah for Tommy Chambers! After trying for so long to coach football, ht' finally has succeeded, and is now head coach of Mayodan Bone Crushers. 2. After her many years of experience in English, lrene Craig is now teaching that subject in Mayodan High School. 'v 3. Mrs. Buster Tucker, formerly Peggy Atkins, is now a housewife in Ellisboro. takin care of her twins Lero and Vernon. 7 4. After playing around for years, Bill Price has at last settled down with his family of eleven kids-at present. Good Luck Bill! 5. Linda Shreve is now a life guard at Mayo Lake. She is the only Old Maid Lifeguard in North Carolina. 6. Moptop tRayJ Shaffer, is using his fingers to good advantage these days. He is chief beautician at Opies Beauty Salon in Madison. 7. Bud Smeller Hodge has made quite a name for himself since high school days. He is official sniffer for the Enchanting Perfume Company of Possum Town. 8. Rahn Boyer has gone far since '5l. The night of graduation he saddled up and has been a Texas Cowboy ever since. 9. The Maestro -from Carnegie Hall to johnnysg from Gibsons to the Metro- politan Opera House, Joe Edwards is still the only piano player that can hit more notes with his nose than with his hands. 10. Remember Bernice Martin, the Tooter of our class of 51? Well, she tootered her way to Stardom. She is secretary to a famous senator in Washiiigton.

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TOMMY CHAMBERS Football 2, 3, rig Baseball 2, Hi-Y l, 2, 3. 43 Monagram Club 2, 3, 'ig Laziest. CLASS HISTORY ESTHER M A RTI N On a bright and sunny morning in September. 1959, there appeared at school a group of small children who were just beginning their twelve years of knowledge. Mrs. Loftis and Mrs. Turner helped us over the difficulties of this year, while our leaders for the second year were Miss Sarah Poole and Miss Marjorie Mulligan. While we were in the second grade we had one eventful experience-our first train ride--a trip to Stoneville. For our third year in school out teachers were Mrs. McCollum and Miss Sallie Wall. As we moved upstairs, feeling very grown-up, we had Miss Eleanor Glenn and Miss Annie Martin as our leaders. Miss Edith Spencer and Miss Lewellen led us through the fifth grade. Our teachers in the seventh grade were Miss Elizabeth Smith and Mrs. Bill Crews. Mrs. M. G. Lemons was our teacher for our last year in grammar school. Time passed very quickly until we were ready for high school. As we became freshmen we had as our leader Miss Gladys joyce, Mrs. Crews and Mrs. Lemons, whom we had in grammar school, were also two of our teachers that year. The boys and girls taking part in athletics in the ninth grade were Linda Shreve, Connie Gray, Janice Anderson, Bobbie Myers, Peggy Collins, Mickey Pike, Ray Shaffer, Bud Hodge, Bill Price, Rahn Boyer, Francis Hurd, Charles Martin, Dan Atkins, Tommy Chambers, joe Edwards and johnny Sisk. In the tenth grade, with Mrs. Don Stillwell as our home room teacher, we had our first big high school experience, the ordering of our class rings. In the eleventh grade great excitement reigned in the fall, when these long-looked-for rings came. Then we gave a class play and Halloween Carnival to raise money for the junior-Senior Banquet which was held in April at the Club Martinque, in Martinsville, Va. Mr. Leon Moore was our leader for this fun-filled year. This last year in Mayodan High School we have had Miss Dosier as our leader. One of our high lights for this year has been our trip to Raleigh, when on October 10th, Mr. Duncan and the Senior Class got into the Y bus and went down for the Inauguration of Gordon Gray as President of the Consolidated University of North Carolina. On our way home we toured the Duke University and the University of North Carolina. After twelve years of work and fun we are at the end of our journey, to which we have looked forward-the wearing of caps and gowns, and the presentation of diplomas.

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ll. Mrs. Chuck Pittman, the former Delano Fouts of our class, is noxx owner of the Mayo Radio Station up on top of Mayo Mountain. 12. Girls, have you heard! Ann Purgason is now operating her own Reducing Salon in Chicago. Wlien you go to Chicago, look Ann up. 15. Remember little ole Adlee Hutchensn? Wc'll. she has grown quite a bit since her high school days. She is the fat lady in Barnum and Baily Circus. 14. Bobby Myers, formerly Rosa , is still an old maid, she just couldnt make up her mind which she had rather be-a singer in the Diamond Horseshoe or a housewife in Leaksville. Shipton got tired of waiting. 15. After Johnny Sisk's many years of experience as treasurer of our class. he is now President of the First National Bank in Sandy Ridge. 16. As the Brains of the class of '51, we now see Fsther Martin in XX!ashington, the first woman vice president. 17. After winning the title, Miss North Carolina, we find Connie Cray a Powers model in New York. 18. From managing Mayodan High Schools ball team, Charles Martin climbed into the big leagues. He is manager of Madison Quicksteps. 19. Louise Vernon finally got her a man, after running around for years husband- hunting. She is married and has nine kids 20. Francis Hurd-- Tankie -has finally sworn off women and is running a short-order house next to a Catholic Monastary in Rome, Italy. 21. Mrs. Bugs Anderson, formerly Janice joyce, is now working as manicurist in her husband's barber shop. Her sons-six of them now-are shoe-shine boys. 22. Roger hloyice is at home on vacation after leading a famous hunting expedition in South Africa. 23. Merle Baughn, after singing for years at W. F. M. B., is now up in society with Spike Jones and his City Slickers. 24. After taking advice from Coach Moore to save money, blohnny Martin put up his own cigarette store in Pine Hall. 25. Last of all, l am proud to say that 1, Mickey Pike, was in school with such ll distinguished group-even if 1 cant say that 1 contributed to their fame, except to have told the BlCfiG1lST l,11iS.