Pactolus High School - Torch Yearbook (Pactolus, NC)

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Glafu Jlvrjafuf When we entered hrgh school we were 1 confused twenty four Srnce we were not accustomed to takrng each class rn a drffercnt room wrth a drfferent teacher we drdnt know what to do We frnally orrented ourselves to thrs new routrne wrth the help of our prrnclpal, Mr Forrest hrs wrfe and our home room teacher, Mrs For rest and Englrsh teacher Nlr Mae B Heath After hayrns settled dow 1 class offrce s were chosen Dan Wynne began a four year term as clas p f- rdent Vlary L ru ,Ion s selxed as yrce presrdent Ann Jones was secretary a rd Joe ,lohnsor was trc surer To our sorrow, we lost srx of our below-d classmates and garned only one Mary Lou Brannon and Rena lyrae Pollard appa ently weary of Pactolus left us try Belyorr Hrgh The Lnrted States Nayy began to play on Hrlton Brannon s heartstrmgs so off he went The goyernrnerrt needed lr p on rt c mo gn 'ga nst flres, so Earl lxnox stopped to begun hrs career The farm seemed to lraye kept heel-ron ng to J W qperght so he frnally dropp ed out to help hrs dad so he says We tlrrnk he stopped so he could sle p late By thrs tlme Tom Fornes ardent courtshrp had grxen Dorothy Hrrrr roman trc rdeas for a trrp to the altar Thus Dorothy left us to start a new phase of ler lrfe wrth Tom These srx students were a great loss, but then Howell Bone from Whrtakers Hrgh came over to yorn us Howell s amu mg antrcs and wrt has consumed our trme and our hearts He has long ago been recognlzed as class comedran Then before we realrzed rt we had fulfrlled the prereqursrtes for the tenth grade We had the same teachers so rt wasn t drffrcult to fall rnto the same pattern wrth Mrs Heath as home room teacher Agarn, class offrcers were elected Dan Wynne began hrs second year as class presrdent Mary Lou Jones begfrn her second year as vrce presrdent Ann Jones was elected secretary and treasurer Fay Heath was chosen as class reporter for Pacto Hr News whrch was founded that year Brlly Apple and Delbert and Rooseyelt Baker came back from Grrmesland where they attended school whrle we were wrthout a school Cecrl Corbett who temporarrly suspended hrs formal educatron came back to yorn us Thus we began wrth nrneteen students December crept up on us and we along w rth the Senrors journey ed to Chaped Hrll to see the Planetarrum whrch was very educatronal and rnterestrng We also toured Chapel Hrll and Ralergh When we returned after the hollrdavs we welcomed Joe Paramore from Chr cod and Clyde Newby from B l Arthur Thrs made a total of twenty smce Robert Brrley had left us to go to Stokes The ,lunror Senror Banquet for the year arrryed, and frye of us grrls were honored when we were a Led to be wartresses We were Mary Lou Jones Lrla Eastwood Ann Jones, ,lerleen Eyans and raye Heath We had a very rnterestmg trme and enjoyed rt tremrndou ly Two years of hrgh school passed and then we were proud Junrors There were fourteen of us then 1 ' I - ' . - 9 . . . . . I . , I . - ,L S. . . ' U . 'z. r ' - . ' -' s r,s . .l ' f C ,. f - , I ... Y ' . 3 . s l v r V 1 v . - 9 A 1 T' 9 Y . . ' 9 ' e ., v t fl 'A .., sl -,.I ' 4 ' .r A L. .2 r..l:n 4 . . e r . . . f ' 'fs I . .U . ' ' ' ff- ' A , .. . . L . . . , . . . ' . L S - , ,. . , . . . , 0. . . . .a 9 . V , . . . . 1 ' ' ' . V sc as 7 ' I . Y . -v V . v -' . C . 9 1 , V V n 0 J . 7 h 'A V O . . -., . . J . . - . i J .y .Y . . . . C. . , ' - .c . . ., v v ri- - . - , ' ' ' ' I 3 5 . w - . . . .

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lH1story Contxnuedl We elected class offlcer who were Dan Wynne presldent, Howell Bone, uce presldent Faye Heath secretary no tr as lrer and ,lame Hlll, class reporter We yoted on class colors motto and flower The colors were blue and gold the motto was B2 lbe squarej and the flower was the yellow rose A few weeks aft r chool started a represcntatlye from Star Fngravmg Company came to help Ls oroer cla s rmgs sh1ch came before Thanksgn mg We were really proud of them tro They h e nlue sets with a P on top Nmce lt wa our year to po rr 'ee Jun pr he 1 or Banquet we had to make some money FIISI, we bought tobacco from home and then took t to town and sold xt Then we sponsored our JUDIOI' play, Down In The Heart of Texas wh ell was a blg success w1th Mrs Swltzer coachmg us Chrlstmas agam' ,lame H1ll, who had been a faxthful and lntelllgent student of our class left us to contmue her studles at Wlntervllle Clyde Newby departed for Stokes Joe Paramore trxed hlS luck m Uncle Before we had too much t1me to mourn Mary Cherry, that cute brunette from Washlngton H1gh yomed us Plans for the Junior qemor Banquet bevan We spent a lot of our t1me work mv on th1s, but It was worth the trouble for the scene whrch was a Southern Carden was beautlful Agam Mr Swltzer and 'Vlr Morrls were our Instructors Commencement exercises for the class of 50 51' Four of us were asked to be marshalls Faye Heath acted as chief marshall The others were ,lerleen Brannon Howell Bone and Wllbur Toler Report cards agam' Lo and B hold' We were Semors' We began thls year w1th mueh felt dlgnlty There were only twelve of us COHQITUCIIOH on the new gvmnas um was contnnued We felt proud as we reallzed we were to be the flrst class to graduate 1n It Offlcers for the year were Dan Wy me presldent Wllbur Toler X106 presr dent Jerleen Brannon, secre ary and treasurer and Ann Jones Reporter ,lerleen had been marrled for about a year now but had continued to come to school The t1me came when they deelded to moye, howeyer and Jerleen left u to fmlsh oyer at Belyolr Hxgh Thls year we were guests at the ,lumor SCIIIOX' Banquet We enjoyed yery httle detarl Graduatlonl That long looked for day Commencement Eteruses were both thrllllng and excltmg We as a cla s haye really progressed througn the years We can nexer do as much for those who haye helped us get an educatxon as they haxe done for us Hzstorzan How ell Bone W S . ., . 1, - , . , M , ' . . , 1 Q . . . : 1 -1 1 3 S -L , -, , 7 1 N 1 9 v - ' , Q , ' ' e s ,,- J ' we 7 C ' v- ' 7 ' -' - . , , 6 , 1 ,- J 1 . .. LJ , s -, ' 'S ' s ns, .M Is: -M 1: u 7 . s . ' S5 9, : - , 1, , . Sam s Alr Force. - , . -v D , . D 7 7 , . ' s. r . . l Y ' L 0 I , . D . . , y . . . , . , , . ff v 1 , . M , -, . K , .V ,. . , , i . . . 5 5 ' 4 -1 . ' ' s.. ' ' ' -C ' ' . ' . , 0, ' - . I