Mocksville High School - Mocksvillian Yearbook (Mocksville, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY In the office of the principal there is a very important object. Yes, I am the telephone and the property of the whole school-teachers, students, visitors, and I'm even used by the different salesmen. People would really be surprised if they knew just how much l've heard and seen during the many years I've been sitting on the desk in Mr. Farthing's office. Especially I noticed the class of nineteen-hundred fifty-one of Mocksville High School with their eyes gleaming, and a happy look on their faces as they entered high school in September nineteen-hundred forty-seven. That year proved to be an exciting year for those freshmen, because they had taken the first step towards that diploma. I remember peeping out of the office window and seeing Nan Bowden crowned queen of the Halloween carnival. I was so jealous when Eddie Extension was lucky enough to be used on one of the floats. Of course he told me all about it, but still I was a little peeved. The freshman float, with an opossum in a tree, won first prize for the best float. These freshmen took an interest in the inter-class tournament, and the freshmen girls won. During the summer I was deserted in the gloomy office. Oh! how I envied the students I could see playing out of doors. A few times during the summer someone tried to call, but I just couldn't move. In the fall those freshmen were back, but this year they were sophomores. I was very proud of them that year, because Nancy Latham was crowned queen of the Halloween carnival. That year Mrs. Luce's Latin class had a genuine Roman Banquet. Many of the sophomores were members of that class. Towards the end of that year the sophomores began looking forward to the next year because they would be juniors. In the fall of '49, I don't think I have ever seen any group as busy as those juniors. That year Nancy Latham was elected president. At every football game. they sold refreshments. I could see them every Thursday and Friday rushing around getting ready for the game that night. I must mention, too, that my cousin, Eddie Extension, got a season ticket. He got to see every game from his seat in the concession stand. I honestly think l'll have to sue the Central Telephone Company. At the R. E. A. picnic in September, the juniors were in charge of refreshments to help raise money for their banquet. After all the working and slaving, those juniors got tl1e money for the banquet. After much discussion and debating, the Statesville Country Club was decided upon as the place. With the help of that modern invention radar. I saw those juniors decorate for the banquet. I guess I fixed' Eddie Extension that time! They rushed around like bees: some painted mirrors, some hung umbrellas and some fixed place cards. The program of the banquet was based upon the theme. April Showers, with Bill Benson as Al Jolson, master of ceremonies. He interviewed different celebrities dmembers of the junior class. I surely wish I could have gone to that banquet because it was tops in entertainment. . One morning in the spring of '50, l heard a conversation. Yes, the man was coming to measure for the rings. I don't think l've ever seen a group as happy as those juniors the day they ordered their rings. On August 30, 1950, those juniors became the seniors of Mocksville High School. Maxine Griffith was elected president of the senior class. Not long after school opened, their rings came. The gleam in their eyes then was almost as bright as the sparkle of those new rings. Boy, during that senior year, Eddie Extension wasn't even competition for me. When the Slnivl' play, Almost Eighteen, was given I was the telephone who sat on the stage. I can just see Eddie now. He was so jealous. Those seniors worked on their Halloween float, and it won first prize. That huge pumpkin was definitely the most original float in the parade. The magazine contest was a great occasion. Next year's basketball team won't seem right without those seniors on the varsity. Nancy Latham and Cathryn Neely are co-captains of the girls team this year. Incidently, they are the only seniors on it. The seniors players on the boys team are Bill Sofley and Guy Hartman. During this senior year of course, there is the annual. jean Smith was chosen editor, and she is really doing a swell job of it. Eddie and I have bought one together. but I don't think it's going to work out. Hi-Life, the school paper, is published by the seniors, with Nancy Latham as editor. I really like this year's papers because I got my picture in it. Now that great day has arrived, some are IIIPPYS some are sad. lt doesn't seem anytime since I saw them, as freshmen, but those high school days are over and they will be taking their places in life. I guess maybe today both Eddie and I will get to see those proud seniors receive their diplomas. I know that if Eddie Extension goes to watch graduation, I'm going, tool CATHRYN NEELY, Historian