Pink Hill High School - Hornets Nest Yearbook (Pink Hill, NC)

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Graduation Losses Marred Chances for j j } Those who follow sports closely usually are correct in saying that the team previously on top will have a hard time staying there. This was the case as the '63 Hornet squad took the field in the spring. Our first four games, one non-conference and three conference games, left us with a 2-2 record but with only one conference win; however, for the first time during the season things looked promising with the improvement of some hitting and fielding by inexperienced sophomores and fresh- men. The competition still proved too tough. We dropped the next three games out of four and we were soon out of the conference championship. With the wind-up of the season the ex-Lenoir County champs had a measley record of five wins and seven losses. Craig Hill, our leading freshman hurler, started only two games, but he came on in relief several times. : A forced play at second! short stop Johnny Turner takes a low ball from the second baseman and completes the play for the © out. 98 }

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by Crowning of the Queen Homecoming, an annual occasion at PHS, brings back many former teachers, graduates, and students. The proceedings associated with the day include a pep rally, a bar-b-que supper, a junior varsity basketball game, a varsity girls and boys basketball game, and at the half- time of the boys' game, the crowning of the Homecoming Queen. Nominees for queen are nominated by the senior class and voted on by the entire student body. This year's nominees were Dianne Taylor, Christine Wiley, and Evelyn Murphy. The queen's court consisted of freshman attendants Marsha Turner and Eunice Taylor, sophomore attendants Rosemary Taylor and Susan Murphy, and junior attendants Janice Faye Grady and Polly Westbrook. This year's games were with Southwood High School, and winning the games added the climax to a day filled with many thrills. Half-time ceremonies of the boys’ game featured the crown- ing of the queen by co-captains of the team Johnny Turner and Ralph Herron. The traditional bar-b-que supper had two special guests for the evening, Superintendent H. H. Bullock and Mrs. Bullock. They enjoyed the meal with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wiley and Mrs. Lynwood Turner Recent graduates Jackie Perkins, L. H. Turner, Bill Hatch, and Gene Taylor greet each other with the old familiar, Man! ; It's good to see you oT,

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A Second Baseball Championship Coach Salter instructs some of the boys on the team on the steal, bunt, and the run and hit signal. Because our team in general was composed of light hitters, we frequently took chances in order to sacrifice men around in scoring position. Our leading hitter for the '63 campaign was Freddy Simpson with a .337 average. Proper bunting is demonstrated before the game begins.