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

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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

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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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SENIOR CLASS MASCOTS