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

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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

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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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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT i948 I4 We, the graduating class of nineteen hundred and forty-eight, in the county of Guilford, and in the state of North Carolina, have accumulated various and valuable possessions during our high school days. We have acquired a great amount of knowledge, wonderful training in athletics, and then, here and there, we have acquired different honors as to a class and as individuals. Our pos- sessions burden us, and we think it is right to dispose of them. We realize, too, that this school would suffer a great loss if we were selfish enough to take all these possessions with us. The underclassmen would be handicapped if we took our leadership, abilities, good attitudes, friendliness, co-operative spirit, and corny iokes. We therefore make this last will and testament to dispose of our possessions in the way that we think best, and to make bequests to those we think worthy of this high honor. We, the class of l948, being of sound mind and body, do make and publish this last will and testament: We give to our teachers, the faculty as a whole, our valuable sense of humor, without which we should have found school life dull, and which did much to make it endurable for them. We also give to them our very kindest regards and our sincere gratitude for their unfailing and everlasting kindness toward us. We give to our principal, Mr. Ayers, our good will, and hope that he will have as good suc- cess with other classes as he had with us. We are thankful to him for many favors, for the relief that we have at last been graduated, for pleasant memories of our four years together, and for a feeling of pride in any great deeds or achievements that our future may contain, realizing that we will owe the honor to his example and counsel. We give to the Junior Class twentyreight distinctive rays of light that each member may have one to guide him as he walks in our steps. We list the following individual bequests: C. O. Tinsley wills his corny iokes to Charles Bogle so that he won't have so much trouble getting peo- ple to laugh. Jane Hackett wills her beautifully tanned legs to Peggy Thompson. Lucinda Jones leaves the front seat an Bus lb to Jean Nesbit. Bill Richardson leaves his position on the Spotlight staff to Nancy Reynolds. Betly Ross leaves her ability to make good grades in algebra to Bill Gamble. LaRue Way leaves her position as cheer leader to Mrs. William Hunt, the music teacher. Paul Allred leaves his curly hair to Peggy Collins, hoping she won't have so much trouble keeping it rolled. Frances Hunt leaves her silly giggles to Jo Ann Gray. Patsy Tucker leaves her ability to blush to Particia Fields. Billy Hunter wills his dramatic ability to Tommy Reitzel. Mary Idol leaves her journalistic talents to Sonny Mclnnis. Jane Kirkman leaves her ability to walk in high heels to her cousin, Libby Hunt. Wilbur Berry leaves his speed on the basketball court to Jimmie Thompson. Maxine Cavinoss wills her basketball suit to Shirley Taylor. Nancy Wood leaves her love for the McClintock: to Lucille Whittemore and Charles Weatherly. Earl Harris leaves his speed on the high- ways to Bob McClintock. Nancy Kearns leaves her intelligence to Jack Washburn. Margie Garret wills her height to her niece, Doris Joan Garrett. Johnny Rich wills his physics book to the physics class. Emily Jane Noose leaves her singing ability to Catherine Hughes. Mary Annette Draper leaves her noise-making to Betsy Ross Brown. Eugene Smith leaves his wonderful gossip column to Tessa Ruth Weatherly. Martha Ann Coble wills her love for home work to Hazel Osborne. Sally Osborne leaves her complete French book to the twelfth grade French class of 1949. Clayton Gardner wills his long hair to Mr. Ayers and trusts that he can keep it combed. Genova Hilliard leaves her personality to Doris Dunham. Betty Jane Hackett wills her habit of waiting till the last minute to get her lessons to Frances Allred. Lee Wyatt Moser wills his wit and humor to Doug Curtis. Joan Tucker wills her ability to talk too much to the class moscot, Jerry Hilliard. Dorothy Cox leaves the care of the library in -the hands of Barbara Rose Janes. Stacy McCl.ntocK wills his ability ta sleep in class to Hal fnompson. Maxine Hazkett will her sweet disposition to Jack Monnett. Ann Hackett wills her ability to shoot goals to Phyllis Taylor. James Wilkins wills his height to Cletus Surratt. Mary Catherine Hackett wills her guarding ability to Florence Fields. Helen Nixon leaves her typewriter in the care of her sister, Nancy Nixon. Betsy Jean Ross wills her ability to pester teachers to Jane Dixon. Libby Mclnnis leaves her musical talent to Garland Fogleman. Helen Hendrix wills her quietness to Zeno Dixon. Rosa Butler wills her typing ability to her bro- ther, B. B. Bill Hardin wills his big feet to Bobbie Lewis and knows she can find shoes to fit. Kaythorn Lackey wills her ability to foul out playing backetball to Mary Frances Fields. Bobby Pugh leaves his love for his two hound dogs to Peggy Marley. We hereby appoint our advisor, Mrs. Hockett, sole executor of this last will and testament. ln witness whereof, we the Senior Class of 1948, have set our last seal this twentieth day of May, one thousand, nine hundred and forty-eight. Jean Tucker, Testator. 41'