Morven High School - Memories Yearbook (Morven, NC)

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Q5 uperhfzoes 'rw Www Best Sports Best A11 Around BETTY RUTH CARPENTER and PATRICIA WILLIAMSON and DA PHNE GROOMS ADGIE MORRIS '3U4 ' Most Ltkely to Succeed MOS! Athletic LAVERNE PREVITTE and BETTY SUE EDDINS and SARA BURR CHARLES GATHINGS Congratulatxons Semors MORVEN HARDWARE AND FURNITURE Morven, North Carolma

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QS uperhfzoes Most Dependable Best Lookmg BILLIE ANNE FREEMAN and BETTY JEAN PURVIS and PATRICIA WILLIAMSON CHARLES GATHINGS 1 'VE Qu Most Studlous B1ggCSI Fllrts ANNE THOMAS and JANE STRICKLAND and HENRY HUTCHINSON LLOYD RATLIFF RATLIFF S UNITED CASH STORE Dry Goods Nouons Shoes Mxlhnery Morven North Carohna ' A W f Y E I J 2 as 5 ' A v U . 1 I , Q ,Z LA Q .. A ?1eW - I ,f - N .Lx 5 It-s V f I II' A 414 I . : , A y . 5, ' 5 X i Y f - ' ual ,A Q 'x' I l ' l I . . ' .

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GQM c7iR:Sf0fy It rs hard to belreve that just twelve years ago we were Ilmld frrst graders We became acquatnted wtth Mrs Bntt our teacher who made us feel welcome at Morven School Before we knew rt we were rn the second grade where Mrs Johnson became our teacher How well we member readrng so many books Whxle we were rn the thlrd grade we were taught many thmgs by Mrs Hrghfrll but studymg the mult1pl1 catlon table IS what we remember most In the fourth grade we were taught to be more mannerly by Mrs Davls We gOl our frrst taste of geography and hrstory 1n her classroom After four years of longing to be upstarrs we ftnally reached the frfth grade We remember well the Umted States hrstory taught to us by Mrs Blackwell In our slxth year we were lead by Mrs Pratt who taught us many thlngs lncludmg medreval hrstory The seventh year we saw cuprd 1n actron Mxss Robrnson left us and became Mrs Hargett Then Mrs Lrttle became our tutor She drrlled arlthmetrc and more arrthrnetrc mto our heads In our last year of grammar school we were fortunate to have Mrs Chapman who lntroduced algebra to us and taught us the hrstory of our own state She d1d her best to prepare us for hrgh school Four short years ago we came wandermg up the steps of Morven H1gh School and now rt IS t1me for us to wander down agaln In the fall of 1950 we entered hrgh school feelrng exactly llke the freshmen we were We needed lots of help and gurdance Mrs Br1tt and Mr Wltherspoon drd therr very best for us We chose as our class offrcers Adgre Morrrs Presrdent James 1 Pee Wee l Gathrngs Vrce Presldent Anne Thomas Secretary and Betty Jean Purvrs Treasurer Our honor students to serve as commencement marshals were Anne Thomas and Adgre Morris When we began our second year of hrgh school we began to feel more a part of the actrvrtres of our school Mr McCracken our class sponsor was very patrent w1th our stlly sophomorrc ways and gulded us safely through the year Our class offlcers were Harold Grrggs Presrdent Betty Ruth Carpenter Vrce Presrdent Betty Sue Eddrns Secretary and Daphne Grooms Treasurer That year Anne Thomas and l-lenry Hutchrnson were our commence ment marshals We felt qu1te grown up and burdened wrth responsrbrlrtres as we began our Jumor year Our class offlcers were Anne Thomas Presrdent Henry Hutchrnson V1ce Presrdent Patrrcxa W111l8ITlSOH Secretary and Treasurer Lloyd Ratlrff Reporter Anne Thomas was chref marshal and Lloyd Ratlrff and Henry Hutchrnson were marshals That year we had two major tasks to accomplrsh the Halloween Camrval and the Iumor Semor Banquet We spent a lot of class trme on both of these proJects but thrs we d1dn t mrnd We had lots of headaches and Mrs Thomas was always nght there shanng the work the fun and the headaches Of course getttng our class rrngs durrng our Junror year was an 1mportant excrttng and expensrve event And then we were senrors rn Mrs Gulledge s homeroom From the frrst day of school rn the fall unttl Apnl we l1ved and breathed only our proJected tnp to Washrngton with the Iumor Class Jorntly our classes worked and worked hard wrth Mrs Gulledge Mrs Thomas Mr B1rd the P T A , our parents and frrends helptng us to make the money needed for the trrp We are thankful we could vrsrt our natron s caprtol and we had a grand trme For us as senlors a real treat was bemg grven our Iumor Semor Banquet 1n Washrngton rn the Lotus Club When we weren t WOIk1Hg on our tnp we went to classes worked on our annual played basketball attended club meetrngs and mcrdentally studred enough to pass exams Our last month of school was busler rf that s possrble than all the others of the year We practrced for com mencement sang rn Glee Club went on the F H A F F A wemer roast at Morrow Mountarn enjoyed the partres grven by our mascots and the Iumor Class practrced and presented our class mght play spent a day at Cheraw Beach w1th the other h1gh school people and our teachers We graduated on the evenrng of May 23 l i ,I g 1 ' ' . . re- . . . ' . . . .' . ..- , . ' . . . .' . S ,,. . s , Q ,I . . z .' . 3 '. . Z .' : . - ' ' 2 . . : . '. . Z .. .. ' S , . , . . . . .' . . , . , . . . , u - . . , . . . . 12' . . .... .. D . , . , -4, eu' 5 . , . .. ., . 1 I .I ' .D . . .-. . . , . , . . l D l I ., .. . . u . . . . . - I I ' : ' : ' ':' ' . . 5 . . :