Millbrook High School - Laurel Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Tffcbtozq As the final door is about to close on the school career of the class of 1956, let us again bring some of our most precious memories to mind. We shall begin with the late summer of 1952 when forty-four green freshmen entered the home room of Miss Olive. There we opened the first door to our high school career. Some of us opened this door with eagerness, gladness, and with suspicion, but through the patience and guidance of our teachers, we all managed to secure entrance. We were very happy that year to have Harvey Crabtree, Branson Meachum, Shirley Phillips and Betty Stokes join our class. We were just as sad to lose Shirley Martin, Elma Giddens, Donald Hewitt, Sonja Whit- worth, Mary Linda Brummitt, Jean Ford, Shirley Phillips, Betty Stokes, Gail Shearin, Eliza- beth Clifton, and Shirley Freeman to various places. Some of our activities for this year con- sisted of a Christmas party and a weiner roast at the end of the year. So the door closed on our first experience in high school. The next September, with the aid of Mrs. Lois Yelton, we opened the second door. The activities we enjoyed that year were a Christmas party held at Wilder's Grove Club House, a going away party for two of our fellow classmates, and a weiner roast at the end of the year. We were happy to find four new faces among us that year. They were Joe Frye, Danny Rogers, Doris Horton, and Ioan Ketner. We were also happy to have Shirley Freeman rejoin our class. Our hearts were saddened by the loss of our classmates Shirley Drake, Ronald Nichols, Doris Horton, and Frances Carter. We also lost three of our boys to 'Uncle Sam's Navy. They were Branson Meachum, Joe Frye, and Joe Dunn. Time must go on so we continued with our studies and fun to complete our Sophomore year. The third door of our school life was opened with a bang. We were now known as the Jolly Juniors and we surely lived up to the name. As we entered the room, we found Miss Doris Stevens, our home room teacher. It was through her patience and direction that we were able to present the hit comedy Just Ducky. We will long remember the laughs we received from its performance. The next big eve nt of this year was the Junior-Senior Banquet. For this one big night, it seemed as though we had by some magic wand traveled to the beauti- ful island of Hawaii. This year we gained several new classmates. Betty Looper and William Wood joined us from another school. Carol Looper and Leona Crutchfield decided to leave their housework long enough to continue their education. This year we also welcomed Faye Ray from Wake Forest in exchange for Gertie Bailey and Betty Jo Carter. Then at the end of the year Leona Crutchfield and William Wood decided to leave us again. Our annual Christ- mas party for this year was held at Mrs. Kirkman's home. It seemed to have been enjoyed by everyone. To close out the school year, we had a swimming party and a picnic at Beacon Lake. The play, banquet, and parties made this a very joyous year for everyone. Now as we have entered our fourth and final door at Millbrook, we find Miss Stevens is again our home room teacher. We know that through her guidance this final year will be a successful one. In September our class rings arrived, but to our disappointment they were of the wrong pattern. We reordered, and in about six weeks the other pattern arrived. This year Faye Ray decided to return to Wake Forest and Shirley Freeman again moved to Pittsboro. Marjorie Cardon came to us from Cary High. We find this year is one of hard work. Some of our big tasks for this year are the publication of The Laurel, working and planning toward a trip to New York, the presentation of the Senior Play, entitled 'Tumblin' Creek, and the graduation exercises. As this fourth door is gradually coming to a close, our hearts are saddened at the thought of leaving Millbrook and our many friends, but in our hearts lie memories that will last forever. ' SJR? !'fLT.?f?.fiEf- O

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GEORGIA ANN WHITE Smoochy 'She s not so quiet if you knew her, FHA 1,23 French Club lg FTA 2, Song Leader 23 Glee Club 2,3g Library Club 23 Commercial Club 3,43 Laurelette Staff 4, GILBERT EARL YOUNG 'Shorty' 'As crazy as Dopey, as cute as Doc, as mean as Grumpy, but a good ole sock, Bus Driver 43 Substitute 33 Baseball 1.3.43 FFA 1,2,4g Drill Club 33 Class Officer 2g Superlative 4, MIKE THOMPSON and BETSY QUESSENBERRY Nr' 2 if SZ' W I if Y f 10 f f 1 N .LT 2 .X .... fl V, Q 5 'M 'K K,-A- 'S-N 4 4 c 0. Z 4

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79 On my way to work as a secretary for the governor, I stopped by my uncle's mountain shack to get a little swig befme beginning my day's work, Guess what I saw as I looked into the crystal cleamess of the Apple Cider Jug, nothing but Steve Barnes at his Open-Air Chicken Farm with Betty Jane Van Mater as the prettiest chick on the farm, As we look deeper into the crystal cleamess of the cider jug, we see Marsha Evans and Betty Looper teaching at Edwards Military Institute, Any particular reason, Girls!! Edith Barker now manages her own little dress shop, On her afternoons off, she shops for her wedding trousseau, When Jerry Ferguson enters his office where he practices law, he greets his effi- cient secretary, Kaye Dillard with a cheerful 'Good morning,' Now we see the courageous boys from Millbrook, Jimmy Davis and Danny Rogers defending their country with such pretty nurses as Srirley Lloyd and Betty Ruth Usher to look after them, In the Broadway lights of New York we see our own Billy Martin who is now a top TV producer, Ahhhhl Is that Peggy Cooley we see accepting the award as 'Mother of the Year' for 1965, and is that Kathleen Turner as her greatest competitor? Wait! I believe I see Marjorie Cardon buying a ticket on Edd Iohnson's powerful new streamliner, Could it be she is visiting her sweetheart at Fort Iacksonlr As we look across the beautiful Wheat and Tobacco Fields of North Carolina, we think of no one but our own Frank Quessenberry, Carl Ferguson and Gilbert Young who have contributed so much to the progress of agriculture, As an efficient secretary in the Engineering Department of State College, we see Betty Richardson with Donald Johnson as her employer, Who is that we see spinning around the block in a long gold Cadillac? Why, it's Georgia White, the wife of one of Raleigh's most prominent businessmen, As we gaze further into the clearness of the Cider jug we see Walter Haskins crowned Mr, Universe for 1970. There's Jimmy Kirkman in his beautiful new yacht beneath the Glendocks Bridge which was constructed and engineered by Clarence Bowles and Bunny Sorrell, Who is the rising new star with the golden voice in Metropolitan Opera? Could it be Nancy Newton with her accompanist, Joan Ketnet? Let us peep into the postoffice of Raleigh, N, C, where we see Harvey Crabtree as General Postmaster, As one of our leading career girls, we see Peggy Jean Norwood as a teletypsetter for a leading New Ycrk paper, She is working for the Editor's position, As I prepare to leave my Uncle's shack I take one last look into the Cider jug and what should I see but Shirley Bartholomew at the Friendly Garage as a secretary for Brutx Rogers and Allen Goodwin, who are the proprietors, FAYE LAMBETH, Prophet