Pactolus High School - Torch Yearbook (Pactolus, NC)

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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