Oak Hill High School - Log Yearbook (Lenoir, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY We the Senior Class of 1956, entered high school as lowly Freshmen in the fall of 1952. Two excited groups met on that memorable day in September. We old members of Oak Hill welcomed gladly the newcomers from Dudley Shoals. Together we started the climb toward the top. When the roll was called we found that we had a class of forty, fourteen girls and twenty-six boys. Guid- ing us faithfully through that first year were Mrs. Nelda Jones Dula and Mr. John Martin. Then came the day we inexperienced Freshmen advanced to the rating of gay young Soph- omores. Counting noses we found that we had a loss of six. Three had transferred to other schools and three had been visited by Cupid. But to our pleasure we had gained three. Glenn Burns, Al- fred McGuire, a transfer from Kings Creed and Wallace Ruff from Berryhill School in Charlotte. We now had a roll call of thirty-seven. We surely were proud of several members who had made the basketball team. Looking forward to being those know-it-all Juniors we finished out our Sophomore year under the wise leadership of Mrs. William Hood. After a short vacation we returned for our Junior year which was filled with happy events. A count of noses disclosed seven had taken different roads, but we rejoiced to find three new noses in our midst. Barbara Higgins, a transfer from Virginia, Tommy Watkins from Lenoir and Shirley Sams from Kings Creek. We must have been quite a headache to the teachers as we were more interested in the big social event, the Junior-Senior Banquet, than we were in our studies. We presented The Girl Next Door to raise money for the banquet. It was a success and that made us very proud of ourselves. Also in our Junior year we became quite proficient as money- makers. We all let out a sigh of relief when the plans for the banquet, Hawaiin Cruise were completed. The banquet was held at Carlheim Hotel, all bills paid. ln May we gathered around the ring salesman and ordered our rings. That surely was an exciting time. How proud we were over putting out the very last edition of the Echo. We somehow got through the Junior year with- out a fumble, thanks to the encouragement of Mrs. William Hood. No more historical events took place, and when the year ended, we were up-and-coming Seniors! We ran through the halls that day, September 2, to let the underclassmen know that the Seniors had arrived. We discovered that several members had dropped out or were attending other schools. Returning to finish her education was Jeanne Gilliland. To lead us in the Senior year were the class officers, Franklin Ried, Cornelia Huskins, Glenda Brady and Roger Steele. Under the guidance of Mrs. Ruth Harrill Middleton, we set out to reach our goal, at last. Now to be our tasks were the publication of The Oak Log and The Echo. The choosing of fS.uperlatives,a, selection of invitations, calling cards, and other graduation preparations kept us in an excited whirl When we realized we would soon be putting on our caps and gowns we became quite jittery. In our class we had two Basketball Captains, Agnes Haigler and Franklin Ried and the Football Captain Roger Steele. We were proud that our room was well represented in these sports. We look forward to the future not with regret but with a membrance of a school which gave us a much more secure life and one of the happiest four years we'll ever know. In saying our thanks we cannot but fail to express fully what you wonderful parents and the members of the faculty have meant to us We leave feeling that we can face whatever may befall us along life's way without stumbling. Historian, Glenda Brady

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the senior class of Oak Hill High School, in the County of Caldwell, of the state of North Carolina, under the full acknowledgement of the fact that we have worked and strived to complete these four or more years of high school do bequeath the things herein stated to our under- graduates, The Junior Class, and to all other parties hereby memtioned in this our Last Will and Testament. Article I - To our Faculty To Mr. Huskins, our principal, and to all the remaining teachers we do leave our fondest appreciation for all the kind and patient hours in which they tried to educate us. Article H - To our School To our beloved Alma Mater we leave our promise of loyalty and eternal devotion. Article Ill - To our Undergraduates To the Junior Class we leave the privilege of publishing The Echo, our school paper and The Oak Log, our school yearbook, also the Title of Senior duringithe succeeding year. To the Sophomores we leave the heart - breaking job of preparing a Junior-Senior Banquet for the Seniors of '5'7. To the Freshmen we can only leave our hopes that sometime during the years to follow they will finally arrive at the position in which we are now. Article IV - Individual Bequests To the afternamed persons we leave all the following characteristics and outstanding ways in hopes they are worthy of them. I, Glenda Brady, leave my ability to catch a husband to Marcelle White and Peggy Pennell. I, Cornelia Huskins, leave my basketball uniform to Marlene Martin and Judy Haigler - -whoever can get into it. I, J. W. Smith, leave my ability to get excused to go to the doctor to Sherrill Blinson and Larry Stafford. I, John Foxx, leave my way with the girls to Jim Smith and Max White. l, Agnes Haigler, leave my silly giggles to Judy Eckerd. I, Gerald Miller, leave my expanding waistline to Bill Pennell and Jerry Starnes. I, Jim Auton, leave my ability to play basketball to Jesse Barnes and Zula Haney. I, Shirley Sams, leave my bookkeeping book to Maxcine Reid in hopes she will get more out of it than I did. I, Bill Holder, leave my ability to type to Caroline Tolbert and Tony Swanson. I, Gary Chester, leave my ability not to get to school on time to Luella McGuire and Delma Jean Bowman. I, Jerry White, leave my witty ways to Nancy Teeters and Louise I-lollar. I, Clarence Miller, leave my friendly ways to Ray Bivens and J. P. Lail. I, Jeannie Gilliland, leave my determination to finish school to Ray Holmes I, Ronald Brookshire, leave Bus No. 60 to RachelHaigler or Terry Martin, or anyone crazy enough to drive it. I, Roger Steele, leave my sweet smile to Margaret Jones and Phyllis Crouch. I, J. D. Bolick, leave my position as editor ofThe Echo to Luella McGuire. I, Cornelia Huskins, leave my position as editor of The Oak Log to Delma Jean Bowman. I, James Laney, lleave my ability to out-talk anyone to Betty Clippard and Barbara Clippard. I, Barbara Hart, leave my neatness to Norma Lee Lail. I, Franklin Reid, leave my ability to get out of dates to Mary Jane Woods. I, Jimmy Richards, leave my noisy ways to Joyce Roberts and Nancy Haas, I, Wallace Ruff, leave my corny jokes to Nancy White and Margie Burns. I, Benny Walsh, leave my flirtatious eyes to Asilee Collins. And I, J. D. Bolick, leave my slim physique to Jara Smith because he really needs it. In witness whereof, we The Senior Class of 1956 do set seal on this, the twenty-fourth day of May in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six. I. D. Bolick Lawyer

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Valedictorian CORNELIA HUSKINS SENIOR 'N Salutatorian BARBARA HART HONORS Historian GLENDA BRADY Poet Giftorian GARY CHESTER JACK REID Prophet Lawyer AGNES HAIGLER J. D, BOLICK