Mount Airy High School - Airmont Yearbook (Mount Airy, NC)

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1 Shirley Withers, Class Poet I CLASS POEM We meant to do a thousand things, But days sped by on airy wings, And now we find it’s much too late For we have come to graduate. The steps to knowledge are not so high As first they seemed to freshman eye. As senior pomp is not slow To wail the fact that we must go. Like seeds blown by an idle breeze, We’ll drift along until we seize Some portion of the Mother Earth Where we will prove our honest worth. Down deep within each heart there lies A golden dream of some great prize. A bouyant hope to reach that goal Is deep imbedded in each soul. To those who reach that aim I cry, Set hearts and hopes beyond on high!” And those who fail? Rebuke them not; They will within blaspheme their lot. We leave our school with mingled feeling; Amid regret, relief is stealing. But ’twould be foolish now to stop; The stairs continue to the top. We will recall the gay, light fun, The numerous carefree things we’ve done; We ll fold and put them all away. For we are more grown up today.

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CLASS HISTORY SEPTEMBER, 1948 Anchors aweigh! On this day the ship Freshmen set out on its four years ' voyage. Newly recruited seamen were given their berths aboard ship. The fate of their voyage was in the capable hands of their pilots—Fontaine Reece, president; Patricia Welch, vice- president; Corinne Sitison, secretary; and Carl Baber, treasurer. By following old crewmen, the seamen finally found their way around the ship. OCTOBER, 1948 Charles Harris, Larry Taylor, Bill Coble, Bobby Finch, and Kelvin Seivers tried their luck at football. As new offices are always taken over at the beginning of every voyage, Donald Black¬ burn, Richard Creed, and Patricia Taylor were installed as student council representatives. One of the many beginning school contests was the High Spots subscription contest. Mona Faye Hiatt won the third prize of two dollars. NOVEMBER, 1948 As usual in November the Home-coming queen was elected. Candidates from the class were Patricia Taylor, Dot Tyndall, and Libby Brown. DECEMBER, 1948 Prancing with the band were Dot Tyndall and Jackie Vogler. JANUARY, 1949 The F. H. A. was out front with Polly King, secretary; Sybil Adkins, reporter; and Marilyn Blackburn, song leader. APRIL, 1949 Jackie Vogler and Dayle Phillips were chosen freshmen per¬ sonalities. JUNE, 1949 As most of the crew were a bit seasick, yet better versed in the lore of the sea, and the ship Freshmen a bit worn, they pulled into harbor for a three months’ shore leave. SEPTEMBER, 1949 After three months the date of the new voyage was announced, and the crew, better acquainted with the sea, embarked on a new ship, the Sophomore. The pilots on this voyage were Jackie Vogler, president; Nancy Reece, vice-president; Roger Simmons, secretary; Lynda George, treasurer. OCTOBER, 1949 Bill Coble and Jack Palmer were chosen student council rep¬ resentatives, with Mary Ann Burrus and Jackie Vogler alternates. The football squad was increased this year by Charles Harris, Bobby Finch, Mac Wood, Larry Taylor, Bobby Beamer, Bill Coble, Donald Stanley, Richard Dobson, Jack Cox, and Norman Smith. The twirling corps enrolled Jeanne Gwyn, Beverly Arnder, Evelyn Snow, Lucy Ellen Gwyn, Patricia Welch, and Barbara Schumaker. The able library assistants were Jo Ann Newsome, Marilyn Black¬ burn, Carolyn Westmoreland, and Jackie Coleman. NOVEMBER, 1949 The Home-coming queen candidates were Jackie Vogler, spon¬ sored by the Glee Club; Nancy Reece, by the band. Kelvin Seivers and Grady Frye managed football. DECEMBER, 1949 Jackie Vogler reigned as queen at the Christmas parade. JANUARY, 1950 Jeanne Gwyn won first place in the magazine subscription con¬ test and received a radio. MARCH, 1950 Polly King, Jo Ann Newsome, Ann Swanson, Mary Nell Sea- graves, Carol Jean Midkiff, and Barbara Goad, along with Bill Coble and Roger Simmons, were out for basketball. APRIL, 1950 The annual Lions Club essay contest was won by Corinne Sitison. While Jackie Vogler was the pianist for the Glee Club, Mona Faye Hiatt, Lucy Ellen Gwyn, Margaret Lovill, Jackie Coelman, Patsie Oliver, Barbara Eldridge, Jeanne Gwyn, and Kelvin Seivers were singing members. Carl Baber, Jimmy Miller, and Donald Stanley were out for baseball. SEPTEMBER, 1950 After a vacation the crew returned to their new ship, the Junior, which was really a beauty, and elected new pilots, Roger Simmons’ president; Jackie Vogler, vice-president; Jeanne Gwyn, secretary- Mary Ann Burrus, treasurer. ’ OCTOBER, 1950 Nancy Reece served as treasurer for the Glee Club. The student council members were Martha East, Carl Baber, Bill Worth; the alternates were Barbara Jean Nichols, Marianne Jones, and Polly King. The football taem increased to include Bill Coble, Bobby Beamer, Mac Wood, Bobby Finch, Larry Taylor, Charles’ Harris, Norman gmtfh anrl F,1 r rnccinoliom oc PATSIE OLIVER, Class Historian NOVEMBER, 1950 Sarah Nester and Peggy Gunnell were bell students. Nan Cam; bell, Freddy Dawson, Jackie Coelman, and Carolyn Westmorelar were library assistants. DECEMBER, 1950 The Apple Bowl candidates were Patricia Taylor, Barbara Jet Nichols, Juanita Snow, and Dorothy Tyndall. On the gridirc Bobby Beamer was chosen most improved. Berta Glenn Ashbui won first place and a watch in the annual magazine sale conte; JANUARY, 1951 Fontaine Reece was band president for the third year. FEBRUARY, 1951 Those out for basketball were Jo Ann Newsome, Mary Ne Seagraves, Patsie Oliver, Shirley Withers, manager; Ann Swanso Polly King, Dayle Phillips, Jimmy Patterson, Roger Simmon and Bobby Beamer. APRIL, 1951 The candidates for student council president were Bill Wort now president; Roger Simmons, now vice-president; Sarah Neste The basketball superlatives were Ann Swanson, most valuabl Polly King, most improved. MAY, 1951 The Junior-Senior prom, built around the theme Our Ve: Own,” was held at the Dorminy Studios, May 4. Patsie Oliver w elected editor-in-chief of the High Spots, and Roger Simmon associate editor. The marshals, the nine students having the tnghe grades, were Martha East, La Verne Blue, Marianne Jones, Barba Jean Nichols, Corinne Sitison, Margaret Lovill, Sarah Neste Dottie Perry, and Peggy Gunnell. Nancy Reece was elected pres dent of the Tri-Hi-Y; Jeanne Gwyn, vice-president; Mariam Jones, treasurer; Sarah Nester, secretary; Carol Jean Midkil sergeant-at-arms. SEPTEMBER, 1951 After a four months leave, the crew boarded their new ar most beautiful vessel yet, the Senior, to find that this trip woul be made in as yet unexplored waters, the new M. A. H. S. T1 very proud pilots this year; Carl Baber, president; Sarah Neste vice-president; Jeanne Gwyn, secretary; Dottie Perry, treasure They realized that for many this would be the last trip; they al: realized that for many it was but a beginning. NOVEMBER, 1951 The student council members were Carl Baber, Nancy Reec and Sarah Nester. Marianne Jones and Ed Crossingham wei named editor and business manager, respectively, of the annua The staff included Jeanne Gwyn, Jackie Vogler, Patricia Taylo and Barbara Jean Nichols. The football team sported Bobt Beamer, co-captain; Bill Coble, captain; Mac Wood, Charles Harri Norman Smith, Bobby Finch, and Jack Cox. The cheerleaders wei Nancy Reece, Patsie Oliver, and Mary Nell Seagraves, chief chee leader. DECEMBER, 1951 Dorothy Tyndall reigned as Home-coming queen. Other cand dates were Jackie Vogler, Corinne Sitison, Nancy Reece, Patric Taylor, Juanita Snow, and Barbara Jean Nichols. Bobby Beami received a bid to play in the Shrine Bowl game. Among tho: out for basketball were Ann Swanson, co-captain; Polly Kin captain. Stormy waters threatened the strength of the vessel Senior. Th struggle decided whether or not they could reach port, Exam With steady work, they passed the hurricane area successfully i before, and made possible this landing—the saddest and sweete of moments. Some land only to re-embark on the sea of lif others, after three months shore leave, return to life aboard shi] Either way many will be missing who have made the journi nrnrfnn ' biUi '

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CLASS PROPHECY One day while sitting in on my weekly gossip club, we started recalling names of our graduating class of 52”. It was really quite interesting to find out what some of our old members had been doing or were doing. As in all gossip clubs the bad is told before the good, and this one is no exception. Now I will tell you what was told me, if you promise not to tell a soul. Dayle Phillips, Norman Smith, and Harold Kirkman have set up a new gang of robbers called The Musketeers. They have robbed seven hundred banks, but always escape in their jet heli¬ copter, piloted by Larry Taylor. Chief Detective Donald Blackburn has been working with Chief of Police Frye and his squad—Jack Cox, Jo Bill Haymore, Lewis Brannock, and Bill Coble for months but has received no reward yet. So beware! They may be in your town next. The town is all in whispers about two members of our class who raised a terrible scene on Main Street the other day. It seems as though Sybil Adkins and Beverly Arnder were both driving taxi cabs and hit each other. Well, both said it was the other ' s fault and got into a regular knock down and drag out. But every¬ thing grew calm when Joan Jackson and Flossie Quesinberry, Mount Airy’s first women policemen, came in on the scene and arrested both. Some of the members are making some sort of history in Washington these days. Jack Palmer, Bill Bowman, and MacRae Boyd are the head of the deodorized R. F. C. and have been for the past four years. It appears that another scandal threatened as Millie Westmoreland Palmer, Dottie Perry Bowman, and Lucille King Boyd came in last week wearing baby pink and sky blue ermine coats. President Bill Worth has asked Vice-President Rich¬ ard Creed to call them before a senate investigating committee, headed by the senior senator from North Carolina. Richard Dobson says that plenty will be done about the matter. This was hard for me to believe, but it came from a reliable source. Freddy Dawson has been brought up before court on a bigamy trial. He married not only once but also three times. His wives are Bennie Doggett, Lucy Ellen Gwyn, and Francis Hay- more. Freddy always was girl crazy; as you see, it got him places. Then the conversation drifted into social standings and stations. The first newsy bit of gossip was that the movie actress Jo Ann Newsome is married to the millionaire, Charles Harris. This makes Jo Ann ' s fourth marriage. She was previously married to Charles Montgomery, Bill Bryant, and Roger Simmons. Of course, you all recognize the names of the business tycoons. One of the most recent marriages was that of the bubble dancer Alma Utt and the big time gambler Clyde Williams. The Finch Orchestra played for the affair. The leader, of course, is Bob Finch and the members are Bob Beamer, Jimmy Tilley, Rayburn Wright, Don Stanley, and Willowy Ann Swanson, the soloist. We had one girl in our class that really helped America. She is Juanita Snow; she has all of twenty-five children. The lucky father of these children is Fontaine Reece. As I said the good always follows the bad; the praise then started. I found out that Pat Taylor has become a woman wrestler with Jeanne Gwyn trying to win her title. Some of the other wrestlers are Bobby Haymore, Barbara Jean Goad, Lillian Gunnell, Jerry Jones, and Mac Wood. BERTA GLENN ASHBURN, Class Prophet Then we have some explorers on our list. Betty Jean Trac Jackie Vogler, and Libby Brown, Corinne Sitison, and Dot Tyndt are on a South African expedition. These girls have really goi places. Oh, by the way, the guide is Jimmy Patterson. Some of our social debutantes are Jackie Coleman, Mary Ar Burrus, Betty Collins. Shirlev Withers, Evelyn Snow, Barba Schumaker, and Peggy Gunnell. These ladies made their debu in the Stork Club last Wednesday night. Their escorts were Ca Baber, Carter Fourquerean, Bill Matthews, Don Shaw, Ed Crossin, ham, E. Jarrell, and Dean Bray. Just as conversation was about to cease a late comer brought i a paper and naturally that had to be taken apart and discusse On the front page was a picture of the first woman president Ford Motor Company, Marilyn Blackburn. Vice-president w; Virginia Stuart; Secretary, Mary Nell Segraves; and Treasurer P; Welch. Fords will be better than ever now. A newsy item of interest was that LaVerne Blue and Emil Boyd have been convicted of embezzlement from the First Nations Bank of New York City. The ladies will reside in Sing Sing fc fifty years. The opera, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” will be presented i Mount Airy next month by the Coe Company, owned and operate by Pansy Coe. The list of actresses include Barbara Eldridge, Patsi Oliver, and Martha East, Doris McBride, and Mona Faye Hiat The opera will be given in the new opera house that is owne by the famous composer Naomi Hiatt. W hen I was in high school with these people, the famous ha designer was Mr. John. The King Reporter, whose editor is Poll King, states that hats by Mr. Holmes are now the style from Pari to Texas. Mr. Hershal Holmes plans to visit Mount Airy nes week and there is to be a banquet in his honor at the Sarah Neste Country Club. Some outstanding speakers for the occasion ar Betty Lou Hennis, the first woman undertaker; Lynda Georgt the president of Lees McRae College; Marianne Jones, presiden of Catawba College; and Margaret Loville, North Carolina ' s firs woman governor. Due to the recent election of city officials, Norman Smith, Bil Jo Woodruff, and Johnny Marshall, city saloons, like they had ii the 90 ' s , can be opened. Some of the lady songbirds are Dori King, Pauline Frye, Carolyn Westmoreland, and Barbara Nichols Ninety-nine members of the senior class were present for gradu ation and only ninety-seven have been mentioned. Naturally yot are wondering what became of the other two. Well, Nancy Reea is president of the Gossip Club, and I am vice-president ant reporter.