Oak Hill High School - Belles Memoires (Morganton, NC)

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SUPERLATIVES Mary Jane Michaels and Charles Henson . . . Most Intelligent. Loretta Sims and Dewey Fox . . . Wittiest. Shirley Orders and Bobby Stephens . . . Neatest. Ethel Powell and Bobby Stephens . . . Most Athletic. Ruth Saunders and Ronnie Cobb . . . Biggest Flirts. Irene Whisnant and Dewey Fox . . . Friendliest. Evelyn Patton and Jimmy Saulmon . . . Quietest. Margaret Benfield and Ronnie Cobb . . . Cutest. n

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SUPERLATIVES Jean Clay and Jimmy Saulmon . . . Most Dignified. Edith Stroupe and Johnny Clark . . . Best School Spirit. Iris Chester Fox and Charles Henson . . . Best All-Around. Katherine Lingafelt and Gene Cobb . . . Prettiest and Most Handsome. Shirlev Carswell and Jimmy Saulmon . . . Most Courteous. Haney Ramseur and Jimmy Saulmon . . . Most Likely to Succeed. Jane Bost and Charles Henson . . . Most Dependable. . llce Fox Fail and Johnny Clark . . . Most Popular. 10

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CLASS HISTORY The long awaited time has finally arrived. Soon the class of ’5 3 will have ended their high school studies and will go out to seek whatever fortune awaits them. But first let us go back to the year ’49 when we, the present dignified” Seniors, made our debut as green” Freshmen with Mr. R. C. Russell as principal. Soon our excitement had subsided and we began to get into the swing of high school life under the watchful eye of Mr. O. D. Rowe. We elected our class officers, with Iris Chester, president; Lawrence Harris, vice-president; James Saulmon, secretary; and Bobby Stephens, treasurer. We entered our Sophomore year with a little more confidence and had Mrs. Helen Curry as our homeroom teacher. Throughout our Sophomore year we had many difficulties, but we had overcome our timidity. We elected the following students that year as our class officers: Iris Chester, president; James Saulmon, vice-president; Margaret Benfield, secretary; Nancy Ramseur, treasurer. In the fall of ’51 we became sophisticated” Juniors. This year brought new activities. Our Junior-Senior Banquet was a great success — so the Seniors said. We took them on an imaginary trip to Fairy Land” with Mrs. Helen Curry as our sponsor. Our class officers were Nancy Ramseur, president; James Saulmon, vice-president; Katherine Lingafelt, secretary; Ethel Powell, treasurer. During the early part of that year. Iris Chester changed her name to Iris Fox. Our marshals for the graduation exercises were Nancy Ramseur, Iris Chester Fox, Charles Henson, and James Saulmon. Now, at last, the great year that we have been waiting for is here, and as dignified” Seniors we are fulfilling our dreams at Oak Hill High School with Mr. W. F. Brown, Jr. as principal. Again one of our classmates, Alice Fox, changed her name during the summer vacation to Alice Lail. Shirley Sheehan Carswell joined our class from Waynes- ville High School giving us then three married classmates. We chose as our Senior officers: Charles Henson, president; Alice Fox Lail, vice-president; Katherine L ingafelt, secre- tary; Ethel Powell, treasurer; and Margaret Benfield, reporter. Our Senior play, Trouble in Paradise,” came off with great success. Now we are planning our trip to Florida along with the Juniors. Out of this class of sixty some four years ago, twenty-three of us are looking forward eagerly to the future with open hearts for new and better opportunities. The years have been happy ones and may the years to come hold in our hearts tender memories for the years spent at Oak Hill. Now that you have the important facts about our past, I shall leave the future to the Class Prophet. Margaret Benfield, Historian