Pleasant Garden High School - Hi Lights Yearbook (Pleasant Garden, NC)

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yew- his , ' 4 x ,j , 1' r I 's , v THOMAS EUGENE SMITH SMITH Class president 1, Glee Club 3, Athletic Association 'I, 2, 3, 4, president 2, 3, Student Council 'l, 4, SPOTLIGHT Staff 3, 4, Business manager of HI- LIGHTS 4, Bus driver 3, 4, Dramatics Club 2, Basketball fmanagerl 3, 4, Baseball fmanagerl 3, 4, World Peace medal 3, History medal 2, 3, Class play I, 3, Dramatics Club play 2, Commencement play 3, Most likely to succeed 4, Class historian 4. CARLOS OLES TINSLEY, JR. C, O. Class treasurer 3, 4, Glee Club 3, 4, Athletic Asso- ciation 'I, 2, 3, 4, vice-president 4, SPOTLIGHT Staff 2, 3, Dramatics Club 2, Basketball 2, 3, 4, co-captain 3, 4, Baseball 2, 3, 4, Class play I, 3, Dramatics Club play 2, Most original 4. MARTHA JEAN TUCKER HTUCKH Class vice-president 2, Beta Club 3, 4, Athletic Association 3 Press recorter 3, 4-H Club I, 2: historian 2, Girl Scouts 2, SPOTLIGHT Staff I, 2, 3, 4, Softball 2, French medal 3, Class Testator 4, PATRICIA TUCKER PATSY Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4, Athletic Association 3, 4, Girl Scouts I, 2, 3, 4, vice-president 3, Council representative 2, 3, SPOTLIGHT Staff 3, 4, Dra- matics Club 2, Dramatics Club play 2, Commence- ment play 3. LARUE GREY WAY SMOKY Beta Club 4, Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Girl Scouts 1, 2, 3, 4, Cheerleader 3, 4, SPOTLIGHT Staff 3, 4, HI-LIGHTS Staff 4, Dramatics Club 2, Dramatics Club play 2. JAMES ROBERT WILKINS WlLKS Glee Club 'l, Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4, Basket- ball 4, Baseball 3, 4. NANCY MARGARET WOOD PEGGY Glee Club I, 4-H Club I, 2, Athletic Association 3.

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EMILY JANE NEECE Class secretary 3, Beta Club 3, 4, Glee Club 3, 4, Athletic Association 3, 4, treasurer 3, 4-H Club 3, 4, Girl Scouts 3, 4, SPOTLIGHT Staff 3, 4, HI-LIGHTS Staff 4, Basketball 3, 4, Speedball 3, Softball 3, Class play 3, Providence High School I, 2, Best sport 4. HELEN NIXON Athletic Association 3. SALLY LEE OSBORNE Glee Club 1, 2, Athletic Association 3, 4, 4-H x y Club I, 2, Girl Scouts 3, 4, Class play 3. ROBERT WALTER PUGH BOBBY Athletic Association I, 2, 3, F. F. A. I, 2, 3, Bus driver 2, 3, 4. JOHN WILLIAM RICH JOHNNY Athletic I, 2, 3, 4, F. F. A. I, 2, 3, treasurer 3, Basketball 2, 4, Bus driver 2, 3, 4, Best sport 4. BILLY EUGENE RICHARDSON PEACHlE Glee Club 3, Athletic Association I, 2, 3, 4, F. F. A. I, SPOTLIGHT Staff 3, 4, Dramatics Club 2, Basket- ball 2, 3, 4, Class play I, Dramatics Club play 2, Commencement play 3, Best dressed 4. BETSY JEAN ROSS Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4, Athletic Association 3, 4, 4-H Club I, 2, Songleader I, Girl Scouts I, 2, 3, 4, SPOTLIGHT Staff 3, 4, Dramatics Club 2, HI-LIGHTS Staff 4, Speedball 3, Softball 3, Class play I, 2, 3, Commencement play 3. MARY ELIZABETH ROSS O BETTY Beta Club 3, 4, Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4, Girl Scouts I, 2, 3, 4, Marshal 3, Student Council 4, SPOTLIGHT Staff 2, 4, HI-LIGHTS Staff 4, Dramatics Club 2, Class play 1, 2, 3, Commencement play 3, Home Economics medal 2.

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C L A In September, 1944, the class of 1948 ceased being a dream and became S S a reality, and, though our arrival wasn't heralded with a fanfare of trumpets, l dare say there wasn't anyone in the halls that morning who wasn't conscious of our presence. HISTORY 1948 Ours was the largest, and some say the loudest, class ever to seek higher education in dear ol' P. G. H. S. Therefore, we were assigned to two homerooms, each filled to capacity under the watchful eyes of Mrs. Gilliam and Mrs. Greene. Your historian was co-president of the Freshman Class, and l suppose we were much like any other freshman class, though perhaps a bit brasher. However, about the middle of February, 1945, we decided to give a play! And that's exactly what we did. On March 17, 1945, we presented our ver- sion of Deacon Dubbs. There was never anything quite like it before, and we are reasonably certain there never will be. We were never quite the same after the Deacon, because we were now certain of something that we had always suspected-we were something special. So, in just that state of mind, we began our sophomore year. There was no graduating class to supply competition, and we intended to take full advantage of the fact. Our class had dwindled in number slightly, but we still occupied two homerooms, this year under Mrs. Hackett and Mr. Dawson. Billy Hunter was elected president of the class, and we continued merrily on our way. Clayton, C. O., and some of the other boys were play- ing bosketball, and we doubtlessly had our share of parties and dances. Then, too, some of us were working on the high school paper. And then spring came Kas it always doeslqand our fancies turned to thoughts of dramatics. You see, the Deacon had turned us all into a bunch of incurable hams. The class gave an English comedy, Chintz Cottage, and the Dramatics Club, 99 percent of which was sophs, gave A Certain Young Miss. As I said before, there was no graduating class in '46, so the commencement was unavoidably dull. ln the fall of 1946, the war had been over a year, rationing was a thing of the past, wages were almost as high as prices, God was in His heaven, and all was right with the world. Besides all that, we were Juniors. The most important single thing that a Junior Class does is to give the Seniors a banquet. Then, lo and behold, the time came when we found that we had, by various methods Call quite ethical, thank youl, accumulated enough money to make that same banquet a reality. So it came to pass that, after much discussion Cthat's an understatement, brotherl we selected the Bliss Restaurant as the location for the Junior-Senior of 1947. The date was late April, and the night was as beautiful as the banquet itself. Tl1at's the way it happened, and then it was over, except in the memories of those present. We didn't have much time for remembering that spring. We had to help graduate the Seniors, and there was the commencement play to think about. The cast was taken from the entire high school and simply loaded with talent, from the leading man on down. CAhem.l We participated in the gra- duation exercises and then departed for summer vocation, never forgetting for one moment that in the fall we would be Seniors. But, strange as it may seem, when fall came, we felt no special pleasure over the fact that we were Seniors. There was the Hi-lights to be printed, and of course the Spotlight, a holdover from our Junior year. Besides all that, there were invitations to be chosen. There was no doubt in our minds now. This was IT . Billy Hunter was chosen class president again, and we then chose the Hi-lights staff. Billy Hunter was the editor, and Eugene Smith business manager. Mrs. Stacy Hockett, our homeroom teacher, was the faculty advisor. Mary Idol was the recipient of the honors from the Pepsi-Cala Scholarship contest. Jane Hackett was our D. A. R. pilgrim, and Billy Hunter received the Civitan Award. Then, there were the banquet given to us by the Juniors, the class play, and all the other activities of a Senior Class, and maybe a few extra. This history ends when we receive our diplomas from Pleasant Garden High School. But the individuals that make up the class of '48 will, perhaps, through their deeds, write a history far more glorious than this one could ever be. EUGENE SMITH ..,. HISTORIAN. 13