Monticello High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Blair, SC)

Text from Pages 1 - 70 of the 1952 volume:

The Blue And Gold Of 1952 Published By The Senior Class of Monticello High School Strother. South Carolina DEDICATION TO PRINCIPAL M. E, STEVENSON We, the Seniors of 1952, dedicate our Blue and Gold to Principal M. E. Stevenson, our coach, teacher and friend. ees Front row, left to right: W. B. McDowell, Chairman; C. H. Ragsdale, R. R, Long, George Yongue. Second row: T. C. Traylor, Julian Martin, H. E, Douglas, Ross Robinson, Albert Ladd. LUNCH ROOM WORKERS SENIOR BREAKFAST Mrs. U. L. Burley, Mrs. S. Crowder, . M. B, Burley. and Betty Hood, Grace Cromer, Mack Lindler MINI H Jl ■ FACULTY FOSTER THOMAS STEELE R. V. WATSON Superintendent CAMPBELL ST EVENSC DRAFTS NORMAN Senior Off leers Mascot Mascot PRESIDENT....................THOMAS FULLER VICE PRESIDENT..................EARL WILKES SECRETARY.......................BETTY HOOD TREASURER................MARY ANNE DOUGLAS Karen Allen David Marti THOMAS JULIAN FULLER Tommy ' .,Witty...Friendly...Neat...Dark...Nice Looking ...Dependable ..Mature...Pet Expression: “If I aint right I'll eat it“ L. B. ANDERSON, JR. • ‘Junior” ,.-Witty...Friendly...Alert...Pop- ular. ..Good Sport...Happy.. Pet Expression: “ AhhJ ” BILLY GENE BERLEY “ Barley” ...Quiet...Modest...Short., .Cute... Good Natured,..Student Driver.,.Pet Ex- pression: “Ah Shucks”. GILDA HARRIET CROMER “Monkey” ...Temper...Blue Eyes...Giggles ...Piano Player.. .Humorous...Good for a rainy day.. .Pet Expression: “Til swarney” MELVER GRACE CROMER 1 ‘Gracie” ..Dependable. ...Congenial ....Co- operative.. Affable...Modest. ..Pet Express- ion: “Gee Whiz”. MARY ANNE DOUGLAS Anne” ...Happy.. .Carefree,..Serious...In- tellectual. . .Accurate.. .Capable.. .Home on the stage ...Pet Expression: “I’ll swigger”. JOSEPHINE ANN FEE “Joan”... Ambitious ...Jovial ...Good Ac- tress... Mis chi evious... Pianist... Conversa- tionalist. ..Home Loving ... Generous ...Pet Expression: “I’ll be”. BETTY ANN HOOD “Squirt’.Popular plus...Busiest person alive...Born leader...Works others...Ener- getic... Versatile...Happy...Wears honors.. Flower.. .Pet Expression: ‘Well daggone' CARROL MACK LINDLER “Tall and Slender ’...Sought for wit...Likes Basketball and History...Intellectual,..Pet Expression: “Ah”. ALBERT HAYNE MC MEEKIN Curley Head Blond...Tall...Crosby Voice... A Capable Leader...Pet Expression: “Honey Chile”. ROBERT KIRKPATRICK POPE ‘ ‘BobbyJocular..,.Good Sport.... Energetic...” Cute ” ..Neat...Pet Express- ion: “Well I'll be blamed”. MITCHELL DONALD RABB ‘‘Bud”..Buoyant in Spirit, Happy Go Lucky .. .Indispensable to Teams. .. Accurate Score Keeper...Pet Expression: “Uh,Uh,Uh”. EARL DOUGLAS WILKES “ Ish ”... Level headed... ‘1 Mathematical Shark’ .. .Good Natured...Serious and knows how, but presumptuous...Pet Expression: “Hello Ole Boy”. Senior Statistics LUTHER BERRILL ANDERSON, JR. Future Farmers of America 3, 4; Panther Staff—Exchange Editor; Annual Staff--Sports Editor; Class Plays 3, 4; Block 4 M” Club 4--Pres.; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3—Vice-Pres. 3, 4; Friendliest; Baseball 3, 4; Basketball 3,4; Highest Magazine Salesman 4; Biggest Flirt. BILLY EUGENE BERLEY Future Farmers of America 1,2, 3, 4; Class Play 4; Annual Staff—Art Editor; Quietest. GILDA HARRIET CROMER Piano 1, 2, 4; Sextette 4; Voice 4; Piano rating at Columbia College 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3', 4; Mixed Chorus 2; Band 2, 3; J.H.A. 1, 2; Cheerleader 2, 3; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; 4-H Program Chairman 4; Class Play 3, 4; Block “M Club 4; The Panther—News Editor 4; Blue and Gold--Club Editor 4; Most Original 4; DAR Citizen. MELVER GRACE CROMER Piano 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Voice 4; Mixed Chorus 2; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary and Treasurer of 4-H 4; The Panther--Exchange Editor 4; Blue and Gold-Circulation Manager 4; J.H. A. 1, 2; Quietest; 2nd Highest Magazine Salesman 4. ■w MARY ANNE DOUGLAS Class Officer—Vice-President 1; Treasurer 2, 3, 4; Class Plays 3, 4; Future Teachers 1, 3--Pres.; 4 Pres.; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Beta Club 3 — Treas., Sec. 4; J.H.A. 1; Pres. 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Piano 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheerleader 2; Orchestra 4; Mixed Chorus 2; Block 4M” Club 4; The Panther Business Manager; The Panther Staff 1,2,3; Reporter 3; Friendliest; Most Athletic; Most Intellectual; Home-Coming Queen Attendant 4; Miss High Miss; Valedictorian. JOSEPHINE ANN FEE Class Play 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Pianist for Glee Club 4; Sextette 4; Mixed Chorus 1, 2; Voice 3; Piano rating at Columbia College 1; Piano 1 , 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 4; Beta Club 3; J.H.A. 1; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; The Panther--Feature Editor; Blue and Gold — Photo Editor; Wittiest; Biggest Flirt. THOMAS JULIAN FULLER Class Officer--Pres. 3, 4; Future Farmers of America 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Plays 3, 4; Block l M” Club 4; Future Teachers 4--Vice Pres.; Mixed Chorus 2; The Panther-Circulation Man- ager; Blue and Gold—Assistant Editor; Neatest; Most Dependable; Most Original. Senior BETTY ANNE HOOD Class Treas. 1; Class Sec, 2, 3, 4; The Panther--Reporter 2; Asst. Ed. 3; Editor-in-Chief 4; Student Council Sec, 2, 4; Vice Pres. 3; Beta Club 3, 4; Block “M“ Club 4; FTA Club 3, 4; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice Pres. 3; JHA 1, 2; Treas. 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Sextette 4; Mixed Chorus 2; Band 2; Piano 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Plays 3, 4; Head Cheerleader 2, 4; Home- coming Queen” 4; “Miss Fairfield Jaycee” Queen Attendant 4; Neatest; Best Booking; Most Dependable; Most Popular; Most Interesting; Most Likely to Succeed; Best All Round; Salutatorian. CAROL MACK LINDLER Class Officer--Vice Pres. 2; Future Farmers of America,1, 2, 3; Band 1; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Class Plays 3, 4; Block “M“ Club 4; Mixed Chorus 2; The Panther--Reporter 1, 2, 3; Sports Editor 4; The Blue and Gold--Editor; Most Athletic; Most Intellectual; Beta Club 3, 4; Pres. Beta Club 4. ALBERT HAYNE McMEEKIN Class Officer--Sec. 1; Pres. 2; 4-H Club 1, 2, Vice Pres. 3, Sec. and Treas. 4; FutureFarmers of America, Vice Pres. 1, 3; Pres. 2; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Council 1, 4; Pres, 4; Cheerleader 1; Beta Club 4, Vice Pres. 4; Basketball 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 2; Class Plays 3, 4; Orchestra 4; Block “M“ Club 4; The Panthe r—As si stant Bus. Mgr. 3; Sports Editor 4; The Blue and Gold--Business Mgr. 4; Best Looking; Most Likely to Succeed; Most Popular; Best All Around; Salutatorian. ROBERT KIRKPATRICK POPE Future Farmers of America 1, 2, 3, 4; Glass Plays 3, 4; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Pres. 4-H 3, 4; The Blue and Gold--Assistant Circulation Manager 4; Most Interesting. MITCHELL DONALD RABB Future Farmers of America 1, Z, 3, 4; Band 2, 3; Class Plays 4; Manager of Basketball Teams 3, 4; Block “M“ Club 4, EARL DOUGLAS WILKES Future Farmers of America, 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Plays 4; Student Council 1; 4-H Club 1,2, 3, 4; The Blue and Gold--As sistant Business Manager 4; Class.Officer--Vice Pres. 4; Beta Club 3. NEATEST BIGGEST FLIRTS QUIETEST MOST ATHLETIC MOST ORIGINAL MOST POPULAR s upep latives BEST LOOKING FRIENDLIEST MOST INTELLECTUAL WITTIEST MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED MOST DEPENDABLE uperlaTives MOST INTERESTING BEST ALL ROUND HIGHEST MAGAZINE SALESMAN; POET TESTATOR PROPHET I uniet' Off icers President..... Vice President Secretary..... T reasurer.... ..Margaret Parker Betty Jean Shirley ....Horace Stewart Charles McLendon Leonard F aulkner Earl Glymph Caroline Miller J ohn Owens omore President....., ‘•'ice President Secretary..... Treasurer ...... Reporter..,... Pete Ragsdale ,Sue Lindler Martha Owens .. ..Larry Blair ..Ola Faulkner Alma Mater Hail to Thee, our Alma Mater Where our thoughts will lie, We shall ever love and cherish All our precepts high. Fond the memories that cluster Round our dear school halls, Naught shall ever dim the luster That Thy name recalls. Refrain Monticello sing we ever. Loud Thy praises tell Hail to Thee, our Alma Mater Hail, All Hail to Thee. SM Claudette Dickerson Sue Lindle r Emily Shirley Louise Yongue FRESHMEN OFFICERS President...... Vice President Secretary....... Treasurer...... Mary Ross Robinson ........Sylvia Reese ..Josephine Doolittle .......Mary Boulware Mary Ross Robinson Mary Boulware Hubert Brice Edward Burley losephine Doolittle Mamie Faulkner Betty Jean Glover David Cromer Lynn Glover Jack Ramsey Ray Weaver M ;ifel First row, left to right: Peggy Hood, Molly Doolittle, Polly Doolittle, Sandra Brown, Anne Martin. Second row; Johnny Robinson, Frances Long, Carlton Boulware, Jane Clowney, D avid W ilson. Third row: Robert Stewart, Tommy Widner, Earl Florence, Billy Burley, David Traylor. Fourth row: Miss Kittie L. Steele. Sandra Brown Treasurer .David Traylor Secretary, -sident..... president Earl Florence ..Anne Martin Seven tli Grad e mmm W vvtvfc First row, left to right; Johnnie Stevenson, Chester Doolittle, William Lewis, J. C. Doolittle. Second row; Emmie Lou Dicker son, Evelyn Douglas, Francis Steven- son, Carolyn Boulware, Ruth Robins. Third row: David Stevenson, Nancy Blair, Harold Smith, Claire Hol- comb, James Farmer. Fourth row: Richard Brice, Willie Taylor, Woodrow Levister, Miss Nora Norman. Nancy Blair President Carolyn Boulware William Lewis Vice President Secretary Johnnie Stevenson Treasurer First row, left to right: Betty Hood, President; Hayne McMeekin, Vice President; Ann Turner, Treasurer; Charles McLendon. Second row: Nancy Blair, Ann Martin, Mary Ross Robinson, Wilma Traylor,Billy Burley, William Turner, Johnnie Stevenson, Pete Ragsdale, Miss Kittie Steele, Sponsor. Beta Club First row, left to right: Mary Ann Douglas, Secretary; Betty Hood, President; Ann Turner, Vice President. Second row: Miss Nora Norman, Sponsor; Charles McLendon, Treasurer; Hayne McMeekin, Mack Lindler. The Panther Staff First row, left to right: Margaret Parker, Mary Ann Douglas, Betty Hood, Horace Stewart, Miss Gertrude Thomas, Sponsor. Second row: Grace Cromer, Mack Lindler, Hayne McMeekin, Junior Anderson, Joan Fee, Gilda Cromer, Thomas Fuller. First row, left to right: Margaret Parker, Mary Ann Douglas, Betty Hood, Horace Stewart. Second row; Mack Lindler, Hayne McMeekin, Gilda Cromer, L,. B. An- derson, Jr., Grace Cromer, Joan Fee. Third row: Claudette Dickerson, Ann Turner, Charles McLendon, Tho- mas Fuller, Miss Thomas, Sylvia Reese, Mary Ross Robinson, Caroline Miller, Wilma Traylor. The A nnua I Staff First row, left to right: Earl Wilkes, Asst Business Manager; Hayne McMeekin, Business Manager; Mack Lindler, Editor; Thomas Fuller, Asst. Editor; Bobby Pope, Asst. Circulation Manager. Second row: Joan Fee, Photo Editor; Billy Berley, Art Editor; Gilda Cromer, Club Editor; L,. B. Anderson, JrSports Editor; Grace Cromer, Circulation Manager; Mitchell Rabb, Asst. Sports Editor; Miss Gertrude Thomas, Sponsor. Futupe Teach ers First row, left to right: Thomas Fuller, Vice President; Mary Anne Douglas, President; Anne Turner, Secretary; Horace Stewart, Treasurer; Second row:Wilma Traylor, Clauddette Dickerson, Betty Hood, Mary Boulware, Miss Gertrude Thomas, Sponsor; Blair Baldwin, Mary Ross Robinson. Dand First row, left to right: H. Stewart, C. Boulware, J. Robinson, F. Long, M. R. Robinson, T. Fuller, C. Miller, R. Rawls. Second row: P. Ragsdale, L. Yongue,J. Fee, E. Robinson, T. Burley, M. A. Douglas, H. McMeekin, B. Burley, W. Traylor. Glee CU First row, left to right: Hood, Brown, Martin, Stevenson, Douglas, Boulware, Dickerson, Hood, Holcumb, Blair, Doolittle, Doolittle, Rawls, Doolittle. Second row: Glover, Wilson, Turner, Doolittle, Faulkner, Berley, Tanner, Clowney, Boulware, T ray lor ,Douglas, Goodlette, Shirley, Reese. Third row: Mrs. Drafts, Faulkner, Long, Lindler, Dickerson, Robinson, Yongue, Fee, Miller, Parker, Shirley, Cromer, Owens, Cromer. F.FA Earl Wilkes,Charles McLendon, Thomas Fuller, Billy Berley, Bobby Pope, Jack Ramsey, Gene Anderson, Adam Mayer, Bobby Icard, Earl Glymph, David Cromer, Edward Berley, Wallace Douglas, Horace Stewart, Hubert Brice, Raymond Smith, Larry Blair, Blair Baldwin, L. B. Anderson, John Owens, Ray Weaver, Mitchell Rabb, Lynn Glover, Billy Lindler, William Turner, Lawrence Lever, Mr. R. R. Foster. J.H.A. Sylvia Reese, Sandra Brown, Peggy Hood, Anne Martin, Polly Doolittle, Molly Doolittle, Francis Long, Josephine Doolittle, Mary Boulware, Mamie Faulkner, Jane Clowney, Betty Jean Glover, Jessie Wilson, Mary Ross Robin- son, Miss Doris Jo Campbell 4-h OuL Pre sident............ Vice-Pre sident....... Secretary Treasurer Claudette Dickerson - Bobby Pope ..Wilma Traylor - L. B. Anderson ..Grace Cromer - Horace Stewart ftiaiiii Cheeplead GPS CLAUDETTE DICKERSON ROBERT STEWART ANN TURNER BETTY ANN HOOD .(Chief Cheerleader) Left to right: Mary Ann Douglas, attendant; Betty Hood, Queen; Mary Ross Robinson, attendant; Betty Scott Frazier, Crown-bearer. earns M. Douglas, W, Traylor, S. Doolittle, M. Boulware, M. Owens, J. Clowney, M. Faulkner, O. Faulkner, F. Long, L. Yongue, C. Miller, M. Parkner, M, Robinson, Coach Stevenson. L. B. Anderson, C. McLendon, H, McMeekin, L. Blair, M, Lindler, J. Robinson, J. Owens, B. Baldwin, R. Weaver, B. Burley, P. Ragsdale, E. Florence , B. Lindler, Mgr s. M. 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