Mocksville High School - Mocksvillian Yearbook (Mocksville, NC)

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an cafou yi lhc hrst ill, of school' How CXLlIlI'lgl ln September l95! 1 thrlllxng lnctdent occurred Ill thc lnes of lortv sex en chlldren, for they went to school for the hrst tnne As the yclrs p1ssed frecklecl faced boys welrlng knee plnts Ind llttle glrls, wearmg short dresses 1nd pxgtnls oltcn h1d to st1y 1fter school for t1lk1ng III cltss Our flrst love lgllfb st1nd out nmong our chcrlshed INCIDOFICS fhrough the doors of VlI'10LlS schools we h1d walked these hrst years wtth brlght ex pcctlnt flccs demlndlng an educatlon lhen the farst step lH gl'0W1l'lg up clme dong we entered ILIKIIOI' l-hgh School We re1lly felt IIUPOI' llllt chmgmg cl 15568 1nd h111ng so many chfferent teachers After golng through the usual tr1als and trtbu lmons 1nd tfter 1ppe1r1ng ln long pmts md bon tles 1nd wemng longer dresses and curllng o11r hair we hn ullv cnterccl hlgh school Xt l1st the grelt moment c1me when we entered Senlor Htgh School lnvvardly we were I9 lflg cned IS the gCl1CI'll10llS of freshmen before us h1d been but outw lrdly we were yust as bold IS the dlgntfled sen1ors who strolled down the hllls ll 1ll hours durmg the d1y We entered our hlgh school clreer 111 September 1947 wlth an enrollment of thxrty elger freshmm haxlng that self assurance that onlv freshmen possess Pxen though m 1tr1mony stole one member from us we had a successful ve1r under the lcadershlp of Mrs Russell SlTllll'1 our teacher Our sophomore year was better because we had become more 1 part of the school and were not so lI'lghICI1CLl for lezr we would do somethmg th It would be Ill unpardonxble sm We entered that ve 1r wlth fue of us were made Beta C lub members In our work th It year we were gulded by M1ss Sarah Hunter We looked forward to our 1un1or ve 1r for yumors had 1lw1ys seemed to be busy, plannmg for 1 Hal loween C lI'l1lN xl and 1 unlor bemor Banquet Lnder the sponsorsh1p of Mrs Ralph Proto our teacher we h1d 1 most successful Halloween Larnn al On March 16 1949, an lmportant occaslon occurred ln our llves we recetved our class rlngs, 5Ol11Cl1h1I1g we had strlxen 1nd longed for On May 20th we gave the semors 1 deltghtful blnquet The decorations were hre 1th Illillig the progr IIT! entertalnlng 1nd oh' thosc lovely dresses' We salled through th If year wlth f'ly1ng colors When the full of 1949 announced its presence we re Ill7CLl th1t we were SCDIOYS we were oxerjoyed we expected some gre II ch1nge to take place, we expected 1 door to open, we were wrong, for ue h1d not ch mged ID the least Alas' a cloak of d1gn1ty dld not seem to f1t our personal1t1es We were, hovvex er nearly the slme IS we h1d been before wlth one exceptlon, th II l11lU'1lUOI1y had clalmed another of our gtrls We brne twenty sex en sen1ors remalned throughott the yelr travelmg the road of knowledge, and all our act1x ltxes were pursued w1th the help of our teacher Mlss QOYIIIDC Stlller We en1oyed lmmenselv the bmquet XVl'llLl l the 1LlI1lOI'S prepared for us an entert 11n1ng progrlm 1nd lox ely colorful decoratlons After lbout 1 year had plssed, all of us re 1l1zed wh1t II melnt to be a semor VVe were no longer boy 1nd gurls e1ch of us was growlng xnto a man or a woman Thls was what hemg a senlor meant The yelr 49 50 15 not onlv 111 epoch Ill our lnes but we bellexe that ll w1ll mean much for otn future 1nd for the betterment of those wlth w hom we come 1n cont 1ct Four years of genutne pleasure prohtable Work md the development of hlgh ideals have come to 1 close Now ts we stlnd ll the threshold of 1 new lctnd of llfe we pulse for ID instant H1 respect to our te lchers 1nd plrents who hue made these achlexements possible Mlldred Sink C lass HISIOFIHH df ' ' ' , W A- L , ' - 1 A 1' ' I L' s x '. i ' ' ' 1' - - . ' s ' y K. - ' 1':, 1 I1 1 1 ' ' l1. 1 1 ' 1 . W ' 1' ' ' '1 1 Y- ' ' ' Y ' ' . 1 ' ' - 1.111 1' 1 1' b 1 fl 1fx . 1 ' it 1'- Q 1 ' ' ' ' . 11 if 1 '1 , ' 1' ' ' f ' ' . ' 1, ' ght- ' if 1 ' : ' ' I ' ' 1 . '1 ' If A 'N , ' '. ' ' ' 1 ' 1 1 ' I 1 . 'Y '1 ' 1' 1 ' I ' J, 1 1 ' 1 '1 5 ' an enrollment of twenty-eight. Several of our number became members of the basketball squad, and, too, ' - 1 ' I 1 1 . ' ' ' ' ' 1 1 ' J 5 1 ' - 1 ' - I1 '1 1 1 I -' . ' ' ' ' . , 1 1 3 ' W I ' . , ' ' . 1 f 1 . ' ' ' ' 1 - 1 1 1 1' ' ' 1 . 5 ' L 1 -5- 1 - ' 1 1 ' E 1 Q 1 1 ' . A . . . ' ,- ' ' ' 5 1 A 1' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' .. ' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 Y 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' ' ' . s 1 . - 1 1 . y - ' - 1 - l . i if ' K1 1 ' A1 ', if V 1 ' . ' 1' 5 1 1 1 ' 1' ' ' ' ' . , . .

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Cfdii .CDOEHZ 'I I-II C RXDU X FI 5 OI' 1930 Our thoughts Ago hxtlt to those hv lgone 1 tvs When we st trtecl out to sthool We were suth llttle ,ITIS llltl hoys hut we It lrnecl the olcltn ru L U lr XIX s llltl two ttmes tuos Vex IIS qtntt 1 lint nhcn ut re lkllul our h1-fh sthool cl tvs Xll these were soon forgot VVL SILICIILKI all our lessons h lrcl We wrote themes hv the pt-'es We IL sure th ll then Lloquentt VV1 l1st tmrotwh 1 tn wes 'I host nohlt pl tvs mtl llmous poems nnecl II our te nher s sltle Hut helptd us to Ito. our puh tt Wtth tssurtnee incl deep prlclc Xml now eomes Lffllllllllllll, From stuclx h tlls lncl hoolss llltl tests Oh wh II 1 LCILIUFIIICJIII We se tlre nnttl our clretms tn hlgh school When ut were vounv tntl free lint now xv. re loolsnw for the cl IX When su utll wnser he to 1 t lrom 111 our LIISQIN Xncl from our te lehers clelr IITIIIUS to our he 11ts Ure tt sorroxs Xncl to our eyes 1 tetr Nou tt thls txme, cle tr senlors, Let ns umemhtr, one Ind wll Xlxs ns to honor Welwme behool Xml extr to hetcl her 1 1lI I5E11x Koox17 Choy Iozt mss C owns Blue lntl VVh1tc C mss Iwowru Whltt C ITIIIIIUII C Lxss Mono Work to lelrn, letrn sueeeed C1 xss S1-oxsok Mtss C OTIIIIIC Stlller ,7 ' 1 1 1 .1 ' 1' ' ' pf 1 i-f lzl. x x x lf - I K ?y,' A. 2 S, 1 . .2 1 g 1 1 .1 1 1 I':1 ' ' 1 ' Dicl 3 ' 1 1 lot, V i r u xl ' x Ib K - 3' K. uv - u K- 1 2 ul - 1 x f x 'll ax I 5 zll I-12,-sg I 1 11. 1 1 1' ' S Le: ' x 1 '1 ' 1' 2 1 1 . N . s .1 - . . Somehow we have come through it ull A. Q sk 1 :U 1 I ' f 1 1 '. 1 -. .- , 1 1 ' ' 1 ' . 1' , 1 1. 1 . ' ' H . z-1 3 ' y sq x 'I 1 V 15 . But 'Dill' A 1 ' 1 ,, ZIICS, 1 hi ' . 1 , ' 1 u 1 . y F, 1 . 2, 1 1 . 1- . 1 1 . 1- 1 'K I ' . 2 , C I 5: 1 ' ' I ' . : ' ' il 1 ' I 1 : ' 1 ' 1 to 1'

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Alufzazfaftusi Cutest Iackze Everhart Pwul Lanier Best Dressed C ene I-I1ll Betty Koontz Most Populfzr Nancy Weaver I1mmy I itham Most VCfS1I1lC Ralph h5S1Ck Dot Wwlker Frlendllest Nell Slnlt Noel Leatherman WIIIICSI Ilmmy Rmg, Iohnsle C obble I I K , W 3 f 1 .QM . f , .. G , :rg ? . I la f tj 'tv 1 Q - A - ' .wi v , . 1 . 1 , . . Y t Q I 1