Pittsboro High School - Dragonian Pi Hi Sca Yearbook (Pittsboro, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 122 of the 1950 volume:

. j ■ ■ j y s . s y y j m ? ublfshed b The Betfl Club PitLsbORo High School PffiboRO, NORth CmoM A FOREWORD WHEN IN FUTURE YEARS YOU BECOME REMINICENT AND CAST A BACKWARD GLANCE; PICK UP YOUR 1950 YEAR BOOK; AND MAY IT SERVE YOU WITH FOND MEM- ORIES OF YOUR JOYS AND EXPERIENCES AT DEAR OLE P.H.S. MAY YOU BE EVER CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT THROUGH YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS YOU WERE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE AND MAY THIS BE A STEPPING STONE INTO YOUR BOOK QF MEMORIES. WE, THE EDITORS OF THE 1950 PIHISCA, HOPE THAT THIS VOLUME WILL GIVE YOU MANY HOURS OF ENJOYMENT AND BE TREASURED DEARLY. WE DESIRE THAT YOU MAY LOOK UPON THIS AS A MASTERPIECE OF OUR ACCOM- PLISHMENTS AND REALIZE THAT OUR HEARTS ARE BURIED WITHIN ITS PAGES. OUR SINCERE HOPE IS THAT YOU WILL CHERISH IT AMONG YOUR FONDEST TREASURES. n IN GRATE FIT. RECOGNITION OF ONE WHOSE EEATTIFUL CONCEPTION OF LIFE -WHOSE COURTESY, ENDURANCE , AND TEM- PERATE WILL - HAS ENDEARED HIM TO ALL WHO KNOW HIM; ONE WHO IS A NAT PTC SON OF PITTSPORO, WITH A GENUINE LOVE FOR AND INTEREST IN THE SCHOOL; ONE WHO HAS UN- SWERVING FAITH IN YOUNG PEOPLE, THE 1950 PIHISCA IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO AUTHUR H. LONDON. II ii J Dan Johnson Barbara Andrews Richard Wilson Assistant Editor Art Editor Business Manager 1 (left to right) President, Floy Oldham; Vice President, Henry Clegg; Seargeant-at-arias , McKinley WMte; Trea- surer, Richard Wilson; Secretary, Georgia Pickard. Puster Brown Henrietta Blankenship William Grady Braxton Dependable, honest, forward, too; never to busy to ston and help you. Basketball (1,2, 3 ,4) ; Baseball ( 1 , 2, 3,4); Football (2, 3,4) 5 a l© e Club (1, 2,3,4); Marshall (3); Momogram Club (4); F. F. A. (1,2,3,4). Sarah Frances Carroll By the work one knows the workman. Beta Club (3,4); Pihisca(3,4) ; Glee Club(3,4); Librarlan(2,3) ; Secretary Treasurer(3) ; Marshall (3); Girls ' State (3);Beta Club Vice Pres. (4). Florence LaVerne Bell Life is a complicated matter but it has its way of being so. Basketball (1,2,3,4); SoftbalKl , 3) ; Glee Club (1,2,3,4); Librarian (3); Class Secretary( 2) ; Cheerleader (2, 3,4); Monogram Club (4); Momogram Club Secretary (4). Sherman Laster Bowers Actions speak louder than words. F. F. A. (1,2,3,4) ; F.F. A. Secretary (4) ; State winner in livestock judging(3) Federation winner in seed judging(4) . Benjamin Baker Cockman This happiness a habit is, for is what we m ke it. Basketball(4) ; Baseball ( 3 , 4) ; Foot- ball(3,4); Footbell Captain (4) 5 4-H Club(l); Momogram Club{4); Bus driver (3); F.F.A. (1,2,3,4). Russell Preston Cockman Eager, enthusiastic, full of vigor, how can his be any bigger! Basketball(3,4) ; Glee Club(4); Foot- ball(3,4); Momogram Club (4); Bus driver(3); F.F. A. ( 1 , 2 , 3 ,4) ; F.F. A. Vice President (4); Baseball ( 3 , 4) . 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 r-T ss?rr r Ty ,n , . ... . ... . John Clinton Clark An honest man is the noblest work of God. Football(3); 4-H Club(l, 2,3,4) ; Bus driver (3,4) ; F.F. A. (1,2,3,4) . Henry Clay Clegg Jr. Life is too short to worry-think of better thing? tc do! Basketball (1,2 ,3, 4) ; Baseball (4) ; 4-H Club(l,2,3,4) ; Bets Club(3,4); Pihlsca(4); Declamation ( 1 , 4) ; Class President{2,3) ; Class vice President (4); Boys ' State(3); Beta Club Pres. (4); Bus driver(3,4); F.F. A. (1,2,3, 4) ; Marshall (3) . Mary Elizabeth Cotten Silence more musical than any song. Willie Belle Dixon The path into her heart is easy to find. 4-H Club (1) ; Glee Club. 4-H lub l); iee olub Dorothy J oAnn Eubanks Much could be said of her if one could read her mind. 4-H Club (1,2,3,4); Softball (2, 3); Basketball (1,2); Librarian (4) ; Glee Club (3) . Peggy Anne Harmon She hath a heart as sound as a bell and her tongue is the clapper; for what her heart thinks, her tongue speaks. Basketball (1,2,3,4); 4-H Club (1, 2,3); Softball (1,3); Glee Club (1,2,3,4); Momogram Club (4). I Patsy R e Hawkins A merry Heart naketh a cheerful countenance. basketball (2,3); Beta Club (3,4); Glee Club (1,2 ,3,4); Librarian (2, 4); Sponsor (4); Girls ' State (3). Margaret Elizabeth Hearne Give tc the world the best you have and the best will come back to vou. Basketball (1,2); 4-H Club (1,2, 3,4); Librarian (2,3,4); Class treasurer (1). Sarah Louise Holleman Friendliness is one road to suc- cess. Basketball (1,2); 4-H Club (1,2, 3,4); Softball (1,2); Glee Club (1,2,3,4); 4-H Club Marshall (3). Claiborne Young Jones Leave silence to the saints-I am but human. Football (4); F.F.A. (1,2,3,4). Frances Marie Lassiter Cast all your car f -s on God; that anchor holds. Softball (1); 4-H Club (1,2,3); Beta Club (3,4); Recitation (2,4); Glee Club (1,2,3,4) . George Wesley May, Jr. Life is not life without out-of- door sports. Basketball ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4) ;Baseball (1, 2,3,4); Football(l,2, 3,4) ; Glee Club (1,2,3,4); F.F.A. (1,2,3,4); Monogram Club (4). Sankie Anne Perry If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it. Basketball (1,2,3); 4-H Club (1.2); Glee Club (1,2,3,4); Sponsor (4); Monogram Club (k) ; Class Treasurer (2); Softball (1). Jessie Lee Petty Work first and then rest. Glee Club (2,3,4) . David Lawrence Jones Not exactly afraid of work, but rather not be intimately associat- ed with it. Scout (1,2); Marshall (1); Bus driver (4); F.F.A. (1,2,3,4); 4-H Club (1). Msry Elizabeth King Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. 4-H Club (3,4); Softball (2,3); Basketball (1,2). Johnson Deloss O ' Daniel Not too serious, not too gay, just a real pood pal in every wav. F.F.A. (1,2,3,4) Bus Dri v er ( 2 , 3 , 4 ) . Floy Oldham Jr. Gladness of heart is the life of man. Basketball (4); Baseball (3,4); Football (3,4) ; Declamation ( 2 , 3 , 4) ; Glee Club(4) ;Class Vice-Pres. (2, 3); Class President(4) ; Cheer- leader 2); oy ' s R tate (3). Mono- pram Club(4); Monogram Club Pres. (4) ; Marshall (3) . Richard Snelling He deals in dreams, and calls it- workj Basketball (3,4); Baseball (2,3); Football (3.4); Declaration (1); F. F. A. (1). Jean Rachael Straughan Happy an I; from care I ' m free! Why aren ' t they all contented lilce ma? Basketball (1,2,3,4); 4-H Club (1, 2,3); Glee Club (2,3,4); Sponsor (4). William Mckinley White What ever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Football (4); F. F. A. (1,2,3). Bobby Wicker  Tis better to love one little girl lots than lots of girls little. Basketball (1,2,3); Baseball (1,2,3, 4); Football (1); 4-H Club (1); Glee Club (2,3,4); Monogram Club (4). Georgia Claryene Pickard A woman ' s natural quality is to attract. Basketball(l,2, 3,4) ' .Basketball Co- Captain(3); 4-H Club( 1 , 2 , 3 ) ; Rec i ta- tion(l,2,3); Glee Club( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4) ; Class Sec. (4); Cheerleader (1,2,3, 4);Marsh«ll ( 3) jMcnogram Club (4); Recitation winner (1) ; Softball ( 1 , 3 ) Athletic medal ( 2) ; American Le- gion medal ( 1) . Margaret Maxine Riggsbee Blonde curly locks and she ' s pretty, too ; Frivol bus , funny but always true. B asketball(2) ;4-H Club(l); Softball (3,4) ; Sponsor (4) . George Shirley Whitaker I dared do all that I may become a man, Bux driver (3,4); F. F. A. (1,2, 3,4). Norma Jean Webster Quiet, gentle, sedate, and calm. 4-H Club (1,2,3); Glee Club (3,4). • S J J S . J 2222Z ' ■ Richard Burton Wilson Filled to the brim with personality. Beta Club (3,4); Pihisce (3, A); De- clamation (1); Winner Hortcn Contest (1); Marshall (3); Class Treasurer (4); Cheerleader (1); F.F.A. (1). Dan Worth Wright A friend may well be reckoned the masterniece of nature. Basketball (1,2,3,4); Baseball (3, 4); Football (3,4); Monogram Club (4). Alice Hinton Yoody A golden heart is better than a silver tongue. 4-H Club (1); Librarian (3). Carl Lawrence Yates Why shoull I worry? Worry never made man great. Football (1,3,4); Declamation (1) Glee Club (1,2,3,4); Monogram Club (4) ; Monogram Club pub- licity editor (k) . O(iZ K07{Z MILE TO 0 CLASS OFFICERS: President, Jimmy Don Neighbors; Vice President, Barbara Fogleman; Secretary, Jack Roberson; Treasurer, Catherine Yates. FIRST ROW: (left to right) Ruth. Carroll, Jack Roberson, Catherine Yates, Jimmy Neighbors, Barbara Fog le man, Francis Heatherley. SECOND ROW: Miss Youngblood, Atlas Phillips, Charm Braxton, Shirley Rigsbee, Bobby Atwater, Robert Petty, Earl Thomas, Wilma Goodman, Beulah Keck, Maxine Perry. THIRD RO ' V: Garrett Screws, Billie Joe Clark, John May, Frank- lin White, Dathalene Brasington, Nancy Williams, Bobbie Jean Powers, Ruby Roberson. FOURTH ROW: J. C. Walters, Gerald White, Broughton Williams, Warren Durham, Grace Roberson, Peggy Wimberley. FIFTH ROW: Pauline Ellis, Janette Foushee, Frances Sanders. (Not pictured are: Lou Riggsbee, Catherine Shaver) FIRST ROW: (left to right) Wayne Cotton, Rose Marie Green, Betty ' . ' right, Jismy Jones, Margaret Burns, Doris Jean Bland, Evelyn Holleman. SECOND ROW: Barbara Meachan, Evelyn Broome, Betty Jean Seagroves, Peggy derringer, Callie Peace, Lois Crabtree, Ada Badders, Betty Jean Richardson, Wayne Stroud. THIRD ROW: Celeste Heatherley, Swannie Rowe, Jerry Grave?, Betty Lou Thomas, Peggy Burke, Peggy eck, J.D. Bowers, Janes Allen Johnson, Ralph Crutchf ield , Toiamy Olosson. FOURTH ROW: Janie Johnson, Patsy Jones, Sanimie Griffin, Lea Hearn, Atlas Boone, Jimrav Poe, William Earl Gales, Warren Stroud, Nell Williams, Miss Bell. FIFTH ROW: Fred Crisp, Norris White, Gene Howard, Lea Powell, Carlton Jones. CLASS OFFICERS: President, Jlmay Jones; Vice President, Margaret Burns; Treasurer, Wayne Cotton. (not pictured are Carlton Mann, Charlie Bouldln) . 14 Jonesboro-here- PHS.28 Visitors, q JJ_J j 21 Ellerbe here- 38 6 30 Jonesboro-there- 48 5 Goldston — here- 24 14 12 Ellerbe— there- 14 28 15 Y hitakers-there- 14 12 Clarkton (forfeit) 26 V hitakers-here- 14 46 2 Red Springs at Southern Pines PHS. 28 Visitors, 14 9 Southern Pines at Sanford 14 24 11 Troy there- 6 38 18 Sanf ord-here- (eleven man game) 7 6 - v- Captains — (left) Russell Cockman (right) Ben Cockman Jack Roberson, RE, Carl V ates,C, Benjamin Cockman, LE, Russell Cockman, OP, 0-eorge May RH, Floy Oldham, LH. CAPTAIN: Ben Cockman CO-CAPTAIN: Russell Cockiaan FIRFT ROW : (left to right) Roger Rtubbs, Floy Oldham, Charm Braxton, Dan Wright, Grady Braxton, Franklin Keck:. SECOND ROW: John May, Carl Yates, Richard Snelling, George May, Ernest Boone, franklin White, Lea Powell. THIRD ROW: Coach H. H. Blankenship, Norris White, McKinley White , Jack Roberson, Ben Cockiaan, Jimmy Don Neighbors, Rus- sell Cockman, C. H. McGregor. I CO-CAPTAIN : LA VERNA BELL and FV,y WIMBERLY FIRST ROW: (left to right) Ada Batters, Betty Wright, Evelyn Holleman, Evelyn Broom Margaret Burns, Betty Jean Seagroves, Peggy Burke. SECOim ROW: Patsy Hawkins, Doris Jean Bland, Nancy Stedman, Catherine Yates, Beulah Keck, Frances Sanders, Jean Straughn. THIRD ROW: H. H. Blankenship, coach, Georgia Pickard, Barbara Fogieioan, Peggy Harmon, LaVern8 Bell, Dathalene Brasing- ton, Peggy Wimberly, C. H. McGregor, Principal. September I School began 2-3 Down to earth with work 21 First football game with Ellerbe Ootober 24 Sauline Players-Huckleberry Finn 26 Home Coming — -Sponsors, Queen, Float November 4 F. F. A. Banquet 8 Zoology Show II Musical Presentation 23 Went Home to kill a Turkey December 14 Pictures taken 16 Glee Club presented Christmas Pageant 24 Went home to hang up stockings January 10 Pictures finished 11-13 Exams Februa ry 15 Deadline for Annual March 7-11 Basketball Tournament April 10 Easter Monday 21 Junior-Senior Banquet May 12 Senior Play 17-18-19 Final Exams 22 Graduation President, Henry Clegg; Vice President, Sarah Frances Carroll; Secretary-Treasurer, Dan Johnson. KNEELING: Frances Lassiter, Siewers Anne Peoples, Bar- bara Andrews, Nancy Steduian. STANDING: Miss Anne Youngblood, Sarah Carroll, Henry Clegg, Richard Wilson, Dan Johnson, Patsy Hawkins, Marilyn Ferpu on. Most Intellectual Carl Yates Most Likely to Succeed Richard Wilson ■ i Wittiest Richard Snelllng Most Studious Frances Lassiter Most Beautiful Best Oirl Athlete Jean ftraughn Most Ideal Maxine Riggsbee Most Friendly Floy Oldham, Jr. Most Handsome Dan Wright I -Hi Best Boy Athlete Grady Braxton M QU- FIRST ROW: (left to right) Callie Peace, Siewer3 Anne Peoples, Rose Marie Green, Betty Wright, Nell Williams, Evelyn Holleman, Betty Jean Seagroves, Margaret Burns, Patsy Hawkins, Jean Straughn, Peggy Hawkins. SECOND ROW: Patsy Jones, Lois Crabtree, Willie Bell Dixon, Frances Sanders, Jean- ette Foushee, Norma Jean Webster, Ellen Williams, La Verna Bell, Georgia Pickard, Billie Jo Sturdivant, Catherine Yates, Marilyn Ferguson. THIRD ROW: Jo Ann Brooks, Dora Fogleman, Evelyn Broome, Betty Lou Thomas, Sue Heatherly, Jessie Lee Petty, Ada Badders, Frances Lassiter, Nancy Stedman, Peggy Harmon. FOURTH ROW: Carl Yates, Sankie Anne Perry, Mary Louise Gunter, Miss Elizabeth Bell, Louise Holleman, Wayne Cotton, Lea Powell, Norris White, Francis Heatherly, Peggy Burke, Janie Johnson, Ola Mae Thrift, Jessica Dixon, Mrs. Carl Yates (Director). FIFTH ROW: Peggy Wimberly, Sammy Griffin, Bobby Wicker, George May, Russell Cockman, Dan Johnson, Jimmy Don Neighbors, Charm Braxton, Ralph Hawkins, Robert Petty, Bobby Atwater, Celeste Heatherly, Floy Oldham, Doris Jean Bland. FIRST R 0 ' ' : (left to right) Atlas Boone, William Earl Rales, Tonny IPST ROW: (left to right) Atlas Boone, William Earl Gales, Tommy Glosson, Shirley Rigsbee, James Allen Johnson, Jimmy Poe , J.C. Bowers, Wayne Stroud. SECOND ROW: Warren Stroud, Ralph Crutchfield, Wa3 ' ne Cotton, Fred Crisp, Jimmy Jones, Robert Petty, Earl Thomas, Charm Braxton, Francis Heatherly. THIRD ROW: Mr. Johnston, Atlas Phillips, Carlton Johnson, Brough- ton Williams, Franklin Feck, Clinton Clark, Sherman Bowers, Henry Clegg, Russell Cockman, Lee Hearn, Garrett Screws, Grady Braxton, Eugene Fuquay. FOURTH ROW: Edward Screws, Carlton Mann, Harold Harris, Ernest Boone, J. C. Walters, Franklin Thoiuas, James Norwood, Jack Roberson, Gene Howard, Sammie Griffin, Billie Joe Clark, George Whitaker, Norris White, Deloss O ' Daniels. FIFTH ROW : Jimmy Don Neighbors, David Jones, Gerald White, President — Floy Oldham Vice-Pres . -Russell Cock-man Secretary--La Vera Bell Treasurer — Siewers Anne Feoples Editor Carl Yates First Row: (left to right) Nancy Stedaan , Georgia Pickard, Siewers Anne Peoples, Sankle Anne Perry, Frances Sanders, Beulah Keck, Dathaline Brasington. Second Row: Roger Stubbs, Carl Yates, Peggy Harmon, La Verna Bell, Earbara Fogleman, Peggy Wimberley. Third Row: Bobby Wicker, Dan Wright, Grady Braxton, Jack Roberson, Ernest Boone, Floy Ol cian. 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