New London High School - Londoner Yearbook (New London, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY In the year nineteen hundred and forty-six a group of sixty-five excited children entered New London School for the first time. Due to the large en- rollment our first grade was divided in- to two classes and remained divided through most of our grammar grade years. In these first eight years our class lost twenty-one students but we were fortunate in gaining fifteen new stu- dents. In the year of nineteen hundred and fifty-four our class finally entered the ninth grade as green freshmen with an enrollment of fifty eight students. Again due to the large number of eager students it was necessary that we be divided into three classes. Our class ad- visors for the year were Mr. L. A. Price, Mr. Max P. Webb, and Miss Myrtle Bes- cher. During this year we lost thirteen students and were unfortunate in not gaining any new ones. In the year nineteen hundred and fifty-five we entered the tenth grade with thirty-seven members. Consisting of two classes we lost three members, Shirley Jones, Julia Broadway, and Mil- lie Sides but were fortunate in gaining a former member, Joyce Lowder. Our class advisors were Mr. Joe D. Kelly and Mr. L. A. Price. The main attraction of this year was a party at Happys’ Lake. As juniors of New London High our successful events were the Junior-Senior Banquet, the Junior play “Finders Creepers”, and keeping the concession stand at basketball games. For high achievement, outstanding qualities of leadership and nobel char- acter eight of our Junior class were in- ducted into the National Beta Club: Carolyn Russell, Katherine Griffin, Faye Hinson, Jackie McSwain, Donald Britt, Donald Griffin, Ronald Furr and Jerry Harward. We lost Charles Doby, Jimmy Poplin, and Dewey Russell. We only gained one new student, Steve Saunders. The class advisor was Mrs. Dorothy Valsame. In nineteen hundred and fifty-seven we became seniors with an enrollment of thirty-eight members. During the year we gained three more students, Ginger Clark, Barbara Allred, and Tommy Lambert making an enrollment of forty-one seniors. Our advisor is Mrs. Martha Rogers. The project of the senior class is the publication of the yearbook, “The Lon- doneer”, with Donald Britt as editor. The main attraction was the senior play, “Call Me Penny”. Donald Griffin Historian

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WITTIEST Katherine Griffin Donald Smith Senior Superlatives BEST PERSONALITY Katherine Griffin John Wayne Lentz MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Jackie Russell Donald Britt i E V LON ' DOy HIGH SCHOOL i BEST ALL-AROUND Jackie Russell Gene Clayton

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Class Prophecy As I gaze into the TIME MACHINE made by the Physics Class of 57-58 I see the future. Mary Alice Ledbetter and Evelyn Bizuk own the Steak Houses of North Carolina. Donald Britt is one of the scientists working on America’s first Satellite. Ginger Clark is chief Hair Stylist for MGM. whos biggest star is John Wayne Lentz. Tamara Howard is the Principal of a school for girls. Carol Holmes owns American Tobac- co Co. Jimmy Clark is his most import- ant employee, he counts filter traps. Jerry Harward and Carolyn Russell are the comedy team of the year. Roger Scott is a successful stock broker. His secretary is Annette Turner. Frances Plyler is the new Mrs. Amer- ica. Laura Potts and Faye Hinson own New London Florist. The recording artist of the year is Gene “Sideburns” Clayton. Richard Turner is this years winner of the Safe Driver’s award. Darrell Chandler and Jimmie Smith are Americas most famous truck driv- ers. Linda Burris, married to a Recapping Executive, owns a chain of 10c stores with Shirley Hardister as Manager and Carolyn Lowder as the Secretary. Ned Bullock owns a chain of Super- markets. Tim Huneycutt is the weight lifting- champion touring the world with a na- tionally famous Circus. Genelle Whitley is the Fat Lady. James Pickier is the Principal of NL- HS. His faculty consists of: Chemistry teacher-Steve Saunders, English teach- er-Donald Griffin, French teacher-Joyce Lowder, Typing teacher-Jack Hopkins. Keith Burris owns Harley-Davison Company. Jackie Russell and family live in For- est Hills. Her neighbor is Sue Hatley who is married to the President of the First National Bank. Hazel Burgess owns the New London Theater where Bonnie Morton sells tickets. Ronald Furr owns the New London Loan Co. where Barbara Allred is the head of the office staff. Faye Russell now owns Confidential Magazine. ' Donald Smith broke all previous re- cords in his Chevy to become the No. 1 Driver in America. His mechanic is Tommy Lambert. Katherine Griffin is the new editor of the Neio York Times. Katherine Griffin Prophet