Middleburg High School - Carrier Yearbook (Middleburg, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 40 of the 1954 volume:

Patished LG THE SENIOR CLASS OF MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOL Middleburg, North Carolina Dedication MR. FRED LEE HALE� To Mr, Fred L, Hale, who has been so thoughtful and understanding with all of us, we of the annual staff sincerely dedicate this edition of the Wildcat. He has not only done his duty to all of us, but has gone out of his way often to help and guide us, We have all found him to be not only a capable counselor but a true and wonderful friend, Faculty Miss Mary McGill First Grade Miss Orpie Rogers Second Grade Miss Corinne Alexander Third Grade Miss Anna Clark Fourth Grade Mrs, Gertrude Ellington Fifth Grade Miss Nannie Burt Sixth Grade Miss Mary Young Seventh Grade Mr, Paul Pryor Eighth Grade-U, S, History Mr, Fred L, Hale Social Studies-Typing Miss Ailine Mewborn Home Ec,-Biology Mrs, Douglas McColl English-French M r, George B, Blum Agriculture Mrs, Carl M, Watkins Music Mr, E, O, Young, Jr. Principal Seniors GRACE BURDICK 4-H 1,2,3; FHA 1,2,4; Waitress Jr.-Sr, Banquet; Sen- ior Play 4. BETTY LEE HARTON 4-H Club 1,2; FHA 1,2,3,4; FHA Historian of Vance- Warren Chapter 4; Monogram Club 4; Softball 1,2; Class President 4; Beta Club 2,3,4; Beta Club Vice- President 4; Commencement Marshall 3; Jr. Sr. Ban- quet Waitress 2; Sr, Play 4; Sr. Play Marshall 4; Cheerleader 3,4; Chief 4, BRUCE JORDAN Basketball 2,3,4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Senior Play 4; Annual Staff 4; FFA 1,2,3,4. LUCILLE MILLER Senior Play 4; Annual Staff 4; Glee Club 1,2,3; 4-H Club 1,2; FHA 1,2; Softball 1; Basketball 3; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Waitress 2; Beta 2,3,4; Student Librarian 4; Commencement Marshall 3; Senior Play Marshall 4; Cheerleader 4, EUGENE MUST AIN FFA 1,2,3,4; Senior Play 4, MARY ANN PERDUE Softball 1,2; 4-H Club 1,2,3; FHA1,2,3,4; Vice Pres- ident 3; Class Vice President 4; Jr.-Sr, Banquet Wait- ress 2; Basketball Manager 4; Senior Play, Senior Play Marshall 4, TINY POY THRESS Softball 1,2; FHA 1,2,3,4; 4-H 1,2,3; Songleader 3; Cheerleader 1; Senior Play 4; Annual Staff 4, JACK ROYSTER Annual Staff 4; Monogram Club 1,2,3,4; FFA 1,2,3, 4; President 4;Senior Play 4; 4-H Club 1,2; Boy Scouts 1,2, Baseball 1,2,3; Basketball 2,3,4. Seniors GENE SHORT Monogram Club 1,2,3,4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Basketball 3,4; FFA1,2,4; President Class 3; President Monogram Club 4; Boy Scouts1,2; Annual Staff 4; Senior Play 4, NANCY SPAIN Beta Club 2,3,4; Secretary 3; President 4; 4-H Club 1,2,3; Glee Club 1,2,3; FHA 2,3,4; Vance-Warren President 4; Senior Play 4; Senior Play Marshall 4; Student Librarian 2,3; Assistant Librarian 3; Class President 2; Jr.-Sr, Banquet Chairman 3; Jr.-Sr, Ban- quet Waitress 2;Commencement Marshall 1,2,3; Chief 3. SHIRLEY RAY WHITE Beta Club 2,3,4; Secretary 4; FHA 2,3,4; Historian 3; Reporter 4; Annual Staff 4; Senior Play 4; Class Secretary 3,4; 4-H Club 1,2,3; Student Librarian 3; Jr.-Sr, Banquet Waitress 2; Commencement Marshall TsZso. MINNIE STEGALL FREEMAN Senior Play 4; 4-H Club 1,2,3; Glee Club 2,3; FHA 2; Class Treasurer 2,3,4; Jr.-Sr. Banquet Waitress 2, FLEMING WEBSTER FFA 1,2,3,4; Baseball 1; 4-H Club 1,2,3,4; Senior Play 4. Mascots ANN STEGALL ROLAND MYRICK PETTICOAT HANDICAP Petticoat Handicap Bill Grayson ---------- Eugene Mustain Janice Lee ----------- Minnie Freeman Penelope Pettingill ----- Shirley White Mrs, Cordelia Perkins --- Tiny Poythress Myrtle Burphoffer------- Grace Burdick Mr, Kramer ----------- Fleming Wester And were presented by The Senior Class Cast of Characters KIDNAPPING BETTY Kidnapping Betty Sally Perkins ----------- Lucille Miller Dan Fielding -------------Jack Royster Betty Meadows ---------- Betty Harton Nat Meadows ------------ Bruce Jordan Molly Fielding ---------- Nancy Spain Bud Simpson ------------- Gene Short Joanna Fielding ---------- Mary Perdue Class History With our days at Middleburg High School coming to an end, we, the class of ‘54, wish to look back over our happy school, faculty, and many friends, We entered the first grade to learn ‘reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic in September, 1942, Miss Frances P. Harris was our teacher, Miss Mary Martin was our second grade teacher, with Mrs. Holloway replacing her and later Mrs, Blum replacing Mrs. Holloway. Miss Thelma Duncan taught us in the third grade. Weentered the fourth grade with Miss Winnie Burt to teach us show to travel with her geography book. oe : s Miss Peed was our teacher in the fifth grade, We journeyed on to the sixth grade. with, Miss Nannie Burt as our : teacher, We're proud to say that we enjoyed fe seventh grade, even focich it was hard, with Miss Mary Young as our teacher, She took 1 us ‘On two educational trips in that year, We will long remem wed ‘ paper we obliteds: “The Liberator, while in the eighth grade, Mr. C. C. White, our teacher, took us on trips to Chapel Hill and Durham, which we enjoyed, The Drewr students joined us this year. r we pecan eG mart in high school activities, It was hard gh school regulations but we pulled through, Mrs, Carl Will- teacher, cia dae ca McColl, Mr, E.O. Young, Jr., Miss Freshmen! At last! - at first to get adjusted iams was our home roo! Ailene Mewborn, and 1 year we really en Mr, W. A, Talton highlight was the g ye de At last we were upperclassmen and we had a d were proudly shown off. We had the same teachers this year all Bit one; fred Hale replaced Mr. Talton. We shall in In 1953 when we passed through the doors of our dear High School, we could hardly believe that we were Seniors, We had the same teachers. Under the direction of Mrs. McColl we presented two one-act plays, Petticoat Handicap and Kidnapping Betty, both of which were a big success. This year the Juniors gave us a lovely banquet, We published our annual and took a tiip to Washington this year also. After selecting our superlatives and planning our Class Day exercises, we realized that our year was almost over, May we now give our thanks to dear old M, H. S. for giving us the many privileges of studing and playing on the campus which we no longer will call our home, CLASS HISTORIAN 3 MINNIE FREEMAN Class Prophecy What will become of the senior class of '54? This is the question that seems to face every graduating class,It is a privilege to write the prophecy of such a promising class-- but where should I begin?? If I could take a crystal and look into it or consult a witch doctor, it would be simple, However, in this period of miraculous discoveries and in- ventions, in which we are graduating something faster is needed to keep up with this class of '54, As I jumped to my feet to the sound that hit my ear,I was amazed to see a super atomic space ship. This was exactly what I needed, I grabbed my high altitude suit and headed out the door to meet my husband return - ing from a grocery trip into town on our private spaceship.I just could not wait to check up on my classmates to see what had happened to them. I had always liked excitement and being the housewife of a business man with just one spaceship was not too exciting. I met him on the roof top landing and climbed in, set the controls for the year 1969 and sat back, Of course, my husband didn t mind--all men in this age are henpecked, We sailed through space and before we knew it we had landed in a strange, very big, and prosperous town. AsI was walking around I saw a very familiar face. It was none other than my dear old pal Mary Anne Perdue, She told me that this was Middleburg and she would show me the town. She had a job which was very promising in more ways than one; she was working as receptionist for a handsome, young doctor. She said it wasn't the job she wanted, it was the doctor. While we were rolling on land ships (nobody walks anymore) down the street a foreign street ship stopped beside us, it was none other than Minnie Freeman. She had done well since her marriage to Lucius and discovering the uranium pile, We were talking over old times when I heard a very familiar voice calling to us. I couldn't be- lieve my eyes, but sure enough it was Nancy Spain, She couldn't talk very long because she was already late for the contest to pick Miss Middleburg and she was number one contestant, We left here and saw a man dressed in a naval uniform. It was Fleming Wester. He said that he was a commander of the ship The U, S. Wave-Hopper. We had been there but a minute when we saw someone running toward us. Asshe came closer I recognized her as Lucille Miller, She was now a Paramount star and had just finished her latest picture The Redhead from Manson, She said she hadn't been able to stop running since our senior play. She also told us that Shirley White had her pick of good-looking men be- cause she was captain of the U, S, Marine Corps. She said that Grace Burdick had settled down a Middleburg after traveling around the world several times and finding no man to suit her. We talked for a while until it was time for lunch then we went into one of the restaurants and the first two people we saw were Jack Royster and Bruce Jordan, They were here on vacation, Jack said that he liked Biology so well at Middleburg that he was now teaching it at N, C, State College along with George B. Blum, Jr. Bruce said that he had proved to his former coach, Mr, Pryor that he could make the Tiger Team, He is pitch- ing and striking out not dbnly the Yankees, but every other team, They said that Eugene Mustian was happily married to a girl who was in the Junior Class fifteen years ago and said that Tiny Poythress had finally hooked her Greystone man and they had started a little granite business of their own, Just as we had finished dinner and prepared toleave we heard a shot and who should appear but F, B, I. agent Gene Short, who is also the king of Dragnet. Gene is now in- vestigating his second case. He never found the fellow in his first case, Just as we had made our last stops in the town of Middleburg, I realized it was gett- ing late and time for me to say goodbye to Mary Anne, We said our goodbyes and I stepped into my space ship and zoomed back to the year of 1954, Betty Lee Harton Class Prophet Last Will And Cestament We, the Class of 1954, being about to pass out of this sphere of education, do make and publish this, our last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills or promises by us at any time heretofore made, or perhaps carelessly spoken, one to the other, The following may seem but trifling bequests, but we hope they may be accepted not as worthless things thrown away because we can no longer keep them, but as assets to those who may receive them, Nancy Spain would like to. Jeave a Ses of he Tiny Poythress leaves hét speed in baske: To Peggy Duke, Mirinie. Stegall Freeman: Shirley White would, like toleave her- qi really doesn't need’them, “ , Gene Short léaves ‘his: politeness to Charles | Bruce Jordan Wht his ory. to type without pis. ds to Nancy Reavis. réy.Buchan, to catch a man. y. Kearson, although he rin. Ollis. le won't have to never was a re so serious Our class-mat We know we'll miss our Some,will watch each road sign As great opportunities call, . A few will get lost and stay behind — To stumble about and fall. Never again will our class-bell ring, For we're a class no longer, But whatever the future will bring We hope it will make us stronger. The good times we have had since we've met I'll remember forevermore, They are dear to me and I won't forget My class-mates of ‘54. Lucille Miller Class Poet Re ‘GENE SHORT : syazers Chee SHIRLEY WHITE tO succeed Most Popular Cutest MIN ce gt Likely ie Witt; Neatest ter Popul? ay Most Agseeab oe Most.Agreeable Friendliest 3 . Superlatives ROYSTER be Studious TINY POY THRESS ey Athletic €st All Around | : Most Conceited Most Conceited Sweetest | Biggest Flirt Most Dependable Most Dramatic Bes = LEMING WESTER BRUCE JORDAN | LUCHLE Snr : HARTON : Most Original Friendliest BEDE Y. | Most Likely , jest Most Dramatic Y to Su Biggest Baby Lazi | Most Polite cceed Most Athletic Most Dependable ry “ Superlatives GRACE BURDICK . Laziest MARY ANN PERDUE - LEIS Wittiest shful Most Cheerful Most Ba Eleventh Grade First row: Lorene Arrington, Shirley Buchan, Howard Lee Currin, Joan Davis, Randolph Dickerson, Second row: Peggy Duke, Franklin Edwards, Charles Franklin, Billy Grissom, Charles Harris, Third row: Ollie Harris, Buddy Kearson, Lois Kimball, Bill Norwood, Dixie Ollis, Fourth row: Nancy Reavis, Robert Richardson, Maxine Van Dyke, Centh Grade Donald Anderson Ronald Anderson Joyce Arrington Edward Best Adrian Brame Ernest Breedlove Polly Curtis Frank Edwards Joe Edwards Shirley Ellington Tommy Hawkins Elizabeth Holloway M, J. Jackson Fannie Kimball Barbara King Dorothy Miller Carol Ranes Dorothy Royster Edna Short William Stevenson Frances Wade Virginia West Patsy White Buddy Young Ninth Grade Shelton Adcock Pat Anderson Clifton Carter Ruth Daniel Nancy Davis Kenneth Edwards Billy Floyd Helen Ann Fuller Becky Grissom Jimmy Grissom John Grissom Ruth Jordan Lawrence Kearson David King Carlton Mustian a Jake Norwood Martha Orr Alpha Paschall Ferebee Poythress Sarah Jane Reavis Russel Stevenson John Richard White Charlie Wynne Peggy Young = Eighth Grade Peggy Bender Bill Best Richard Buchan Jo Ann Buchanan Andrew Bowden Rachel Breedlove Jackie Carter Dorothy Duke Nancy Ellington Jimmie Gill Ann Harris Jimmy Jessup Carol Jones Nancy Mustian Helen Oliver C.L, Pigg Jerry Poythress Betsy Satterwhite J. W. Stainback Thomas Stegall Thomas West Ronald Williams Charles Wilson Seventh Grade Sherwood Adcock Charles Allgood George Barnes Ralph Breedlove Betty Buchanan Donald Carter Maurice Carter Carolyn Ellington Hartwell Hope Mary Hope Joann Jackson Lee Roy Jearns Rebecca Mitchell Kathleen Norwood Carrol Owens Margie Parham Sadie Mae Pendergrass Lucille Perdue Tony Poythress Shelby Pugh John Roberson Robert Short Harold Short Luther Short Bettie Stainback James Stegall James Wade Hazel West Nelson Wester Edward White Shirley Williams Fifth Grade Ann Arrington Linda Capps Pete Carter Graham Coghill Sylvia Edwards Frances Ellington Garland Fleming Jimmy Fletcher Dot Fort Faye Gill Faye Gunn Kay Hale Jimmy Holloway Ernest Hope Nell Hoyle Jean Kearns Frances Lloyd Patsy Mustian Patricia Myrick Jimmy Parkam Kay Pigg Jab. Pugh Peggy Pugh Hunter Reavis Edwin Royster Irma Van Dyke Johnny Watkins Barbara Weaver James White Mac Wilson Eddie Jean Wiggins Sicth Grade Rosa Abbott Johnny Anderson Sylvia Crocker Frances Daniels Carolyn Hendricks Jerry Jackson Rosa Miller Franklin Noble Ray Pegram Philip Pendergrass Joyce Satterwhite Ronald Stainback Shirley Stegall Inez Roberson Carrie Lee Robinson Jackie Rose Hilda Wade Robert Williams Ravmond Wilson Fourth Grade James Anderson Jackie Arrington Lewis Barker Rodgers Bishop Carolyn Buchanan Mary Edwards Eugene Ellis Ralph Ellington Jerry Felts Billy Fleming J. C, Harton Lee Hedrick Tommy Hendrick Louise Holloway Roger Kidd Linda King Bernard Lambert Preston Moody Perry Orr Bobby Pendergrass Linda Perdue Linda Satterwhite Bobby Short Mary Short Bobby Stainback John Stone Billy Watkins James West Judy West Charlotte Williams David Williams June Wynne Chitd Grade Shirley Abbott Sandra Ayscue Bobby Barnes J. W. Bartholomew Nell Buchanan Bobby Crocker Ben Daniels Nancy Van Dyke Gay Ellington Patsy Fleming Vernon Fleming Becky Hunt Willie Kidd Dennis Paschall Nancy Powell Ronald Ranes Robert Rose Larry Short Wade Short Betty Jean Stainback Harold Stainback Patsy Stegall Warren Stegall Rebecca Wade Tommy Weaver Marshall Wilson First Grade Bill Anderson Sally Ayscue Jack Bishop Ruth Breedlove Diane Capps Joyce Dickerson Cheatham Ellington Judy Grissom Jimmy Hoyle Susan Harris Larry Hendricks Allen Hobgood Brenda Hope Eric Hoyle Rodger Jessup Wayne Jones Buddy Lytton Deborah Maddox Patsy McColl Bobby Mitchell Brenda Norwood L. B, O'Neal Ann Parham Dorothy Pegram Dennis Robertson Bill Stone David Tillotson, Jr, Linda Watkins Bobby West Faye Williams Lucy May Williams Peggy Wynne Second Grade Jimmy Allgood Netta Ayscue Thurston Barker Janet Barnes Carolyn Bartholemew Nancy Bobbitt Joan Coghill Samuel Caulder Brenda Creech Patricia Daniels Donald Davis Bill Dickerson Bruce Edwards Danny Ellis Furman Finch Donald Fleming ler ake Neots BIW | Joan Harris Freddie Jackson Rose Jones Rhonda Reams Ann Satterwhite John Edward Short Robert Spain George Wade Linda Weaver Eugene Wilson Robert Wortham Miss Middleburg Of 1954 DOROTHY ROYSTER ATTENDANTS Frances Wade Shirley Ellington Elizabeth Holloway Edna Short ” Monogram Club Peggy Duke, Shirley Buchan, Dixie Ollis, Nancy Reavis, Dorothy Royster, Betty Harton, Adrian Brame, Mr, Pryor, Buddy Kearson, Bruce Jordan, Charles Frank- lin, Franklin Edwards, Jack Royster, Gene Short, First row: Tiny Poythress, Lucille Miller, Gene Short, Second row: Bruce Jordan, Jack Royster, Shirley White. EGIOP soo ee ee a Ve OviL os Asst. Editon === = -=-9r-h-a- =- ===) SiNcys Waite Business: Mgr, -----23 =---2--=- -==- . Jack Royster Circulation Mgrs, ------- Lucille Miller, Gene Short Sports Editor) ====-=-—--2-=- --=—==-——= Brice jordan Advisof’ ----------------------------- Fred Hale Beta Club First row: Nancy Spain, Shirley White, Dixie Ollis, Second row: Peggy Duke, Joan Davis, Betty Harton, Mrs. McColl. Third row: Lucille Miller, Maxine Van Dyke, Shirley Buchan. Cheerleaders Lucille Miller; Betty Harton, Chief; Frances Wade; Ruth Jordan, Bs es as Glee Club Girls Basketball Squad wor Left to right; Pat Anderson, Dixie Ollis, Alpha Paschall, Dorothy Royster, Becky Grissom, Peggy Duke, Mr, Paul Pryor, Coach; Shirley Ellington, Joan Davis, Shirley Buchan, Max- ine Van Dyke, Nancy Reavis. Mary Ann Perdue, Manager, (Not Pictured). 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