Mocksville High School - Mocksvillian Yearbook (Mocksville, NC)

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'Wh-NM. M' ' A 4 blip R. if f, 1002 Ukw' SAMUEL EDWIN WATERS, JR. To act is easy5 to think is hard. Football 2,3,4, Co-Captain 45 Monogram Club 2,3,45 Cheerleader I5 4-H Club I5 Hi-Life Staff I5 Annual Staff 45 Junior Play. GEORGE BASIL WINTERS It is better to learn late than never. Basketball I,2,3,4, Co-Captain 45 Baseball I, 2,35Monogram Club I ,2,3,45 Glee Club I,2,3, 45 Hi-Life Staff 3,45Cheerleader 45 Safety Patrol I,25 Student Council Representative I. SHIRLEY ANN WYATT Joys are our wings, sorrow our spurs. GIeeClub I ,2,3,45 F. H.A. I ,2,35Girls' Chorus 35 BetaCIub 3,45 Hi-Life Staff 45 4-H Club I,2, 3,45 4-H County Dress Revue Winner 25 Delegate to 4-H Shortcourse 2. LESSIE EVONA YORK Genius is the gold in the mine5 talent is the miner who works and brings it out. Glee Club l,2,3,45 Student Director 35 Girls' ChorusI,2,35 F.H.A. l,254-H ClubI,2,35 Song Leader I,25 Superlative 45 Beta Club 3,45 Chief Marshal 35 Hi-Life Staff I,2,3,45 Feature Editor 3,45 Banquet Representative I5 Class Officer I5 Library Staff 4. JANE CAROL YORK My appetite comes to me while eating. Aiken High School I,2,35 F.H.A. 45 Glee Club 45 Basketball 4.

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xi' i- JUYNUN 'tf' T S 'fs as-, Lx 5... ,S 6 E-LT Ik 1 , av'- gl ax DEANNA ALEXANDRA SILVERDIS Live, love, laugh, and be happy. Glee Club l,2,3,4, BetaClub 3,4, F.H.A. 'l,2, 4, Monogram 3,4, Cheerleader3,4, Class Officer l,2,3, Hi-Life Staff 3,4, Library Staff l, Annual Staff 4, Superlative 4, Reporter for Davie Record 4, Junior Play. TROY WILSON TAYLOR Every man is a volume, if you know how to read him. Commercial Club 3,4, Officer 4, Hi-Life Staff 3,4, 4-H Club 3,4, Annual Staff 4, Junior Play, Beta Club 4, Superlative 4, Glee Club 4. MARCLE JOETT THOMAS You can only make others better by being good yourself. Glee Club l,2,3,4, Officer 3,4, F.H.A. l,2,3, 4, Officer 2,3,4, Girls'Chorus2,3, Library Staff 4, Lunchroom Staff 2,3, Banquet Representative 2. BILL WATSON TRIVETTE Manhood, not scholarship, is the first aim of education. Bus Driver 3, F..F.A. l. HAROLD GENE TRIVETTE l like work, it fascinates me. lcan sit and look F L at it for hours. 4-H Club 3,4, Hi-Life Staff 4. QV- 5,4 MARY ELSIE TURNER Small in stature, but wise in judgment. Fieldale High School l, Lunchroom Staff 4, Library Stuff 4, F.H.A. 4, Officer Hi-Life Sfcff 4, Junior Play, Beta Club 4, Commercial Club 4.

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Class History As we, the Senior class of 155, look back over four long years of high school life, many varied and distinct memories come to our minds. We think of the banquet, a wet R.E.A. picnic, class meetings, study halls, classes, and the other thousand-and-one things that make up high school life. It all began in the fall of 1951, when ninety-odd Freshmen entered the doors of that fabulous seat of learning, Mocksville High. It didn't take us long to get settled in the daily grind of classes, and by the time we elected Evona York our class president, high school life didn't bother us a bit. On the Student Council that year repre- senting us Freshmen were Ann Kurfees and Shirley Jones. About the only other thing of importance we did that year was at Hallo- ween when Jack Jolly and Ann Kurfees were our King and Queen. They rode on a world which had signs boasting, Sitting on Top of the Worldf' The next fall a few less students answered a sophomore roll call, but our class still was large enough to give our teachers plenty of headaches. We got right down to work with- out any delay and elected Ed Rowland as our class president. Before we got settled in school, we had to interrupt the football season for Halloween. We elected Johnny Braswell and Lena Cor- natzer as our candidates, and we built a repli- ca of the front of a king's palace for our Cinderella theme. At the carnival we all worked our fingers to the bone - but it was worth it, Johnny Braswell was crowned King! On the Student Council that year helping to write the Constitution were Gail Davis and Barbara Everhart. President Harrell Powell engineered the project that created this document, but our representatives were in there with their ad- vice and help all the time. Another summer passed quickly and in the fall of 1953 an inspired group of juniors settled down to work. The reason for the inspiration? An annual affair the juniors are privileged to conduct - the R.E.A. picnic. All of us did a good bit of back-breaking labor that rainy day in the concession stand, but it had its reward-we cleared over 3300. Johnny Braswell rising to the top of the class was elected class president. Then the class chose J. C. Clontz and Doris Jones our King and Queen in preparation for the forth- coming Halloween carnival. We worked hard on the float that year! Our theme was Sleeping Beauty. It didn't win first place, only second! Giving expert advice to the Student Coun- cil members that year were our representa- tives, Marietta Rummage and Ed Rowland. Christmas soon passed that busy year, and before we knew it, banquet time was right around the corner. The class got busy, and finally settled everything about it. We took the seniors on a make-believe journey back to the days of the Old South at,Magnolia Villa fin reality the Woman's Club in Thomasvillel. Johnny Braswell, our very efficient president, was the master of ceremonies. Later that spring our first major attempt in acting was presented to an auditorium full of laughing people. Why were they laughing? Our production of 'tThe Campbells are Com- ing!' was hailed all over town as a very hilari- ous comedy - with hillbillies yet! Our class did one more thing before ad- journing for the summer. We ordered our rings. Where previous classes had stuck to red and blue stones, we branched out to the prettiest of all, black. We also changed the design on the side of the rings, placing a Wildcat there instead of a lamp of knowledge, which we figured we didn't need. Then we were seniors! How did we feel as we entered the doors of high school for the last year? There was a little sadness as we remembered all the things we would do no more, but the joy of graduating will more than make up for what we miss. To handle the important tasks that we would face we elected as our president John- ny Braswell. Then a little later Johnny won the impor- tant post of Student Council President in a heated election between Doris Jones and him- self. Ed Rowland was picked by the class to be the other senior representative on the council. At Halloween time this year we elected Eddie Waters and Alice Faye Ellis as our candidates for King and Queen. They rode in a parade on a float with a sea motif, showing to the multitudes they were truly a Pearl of a Pair. The float won second prize.. As we look back over our four years in high school, a lot of ifs crowd into our minds. But we'll never know! Because so many classes drop into obscurity soon after they leave school, we wonder if we will, or if the school will remember us. We hope they will!