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

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty, of Pleasant Garden High School, in the county of Guilford, the state of North Carolina, having obtained sufficient knowledge to receive our diplomas and to go out into the broader school of hard knocks and opportunities, do set pen to this document. ARTICLE I-To the faculty we leave the serenity and calm which will come with our absence. We also leave to them our deep appreciation for their help and guidance through the past years. To Mr. Ayers, who has always been our friend in need Cespecially when we were in the eighth gradej our many thanks and a promise that he shall never be forgotten. ARTICLE II-To the building we leave the names and drawings which by our hands have accumulated on its surface. ARTICLE III-To the undergraduates: We leave to the junior Class the job of printing the two impor- tant publications, the Spotlight and Annual. To the Sophomores and Freshmen, the hope that some day we may see them all in the position that we now occupy. ARTICLE IV-Individual bequests: There are certain articles that have been produced by our many individual personalities which we desire to bestow upon specific underclassmen: ,lo Gray leaves her silly giggles to Carol Brown. Clay McInnis wills his job at the Soda Shop to Burney Garner. Nancy Reynolds bequeaths her artistic talents to Pat Fields hoping she can use them to good advantage when making library posters. Jack DeLoach wills his ability to sing to Charles XVeatherly. Betsy Brown bequeaths her moonsheen streak to Rosa Neeley. To Guy Ross, jr., Carl VVhite leaves his ability to keep his hair looking neat. jane Dixon wills Peggy Crymes her big appetite for those good cafeteria lunches and hopes it will put more weight on Peggy than it did her. C. M. I-Ianner wills Butch Cnlbreth his height and big feet. Hazel Osborne leaves her ability to narler francaise to her sister Inez. Evangeline jenkins wills jackie Voss her ability to get a boy friend who is loyal enough to take her home from school each day. Betty Varncr wills her Special Events column to Faye Corsbie. To Jack Monnett, Tommy Kirkman wills his ability to skip school. Peggy Thompson wills her ability to study hard to Pete Taylor. Margaret Still wills her quietness in class to Hal Thompson. Jean Nesbit wills his ability to get along with his English teachers to his brother, Bill. Dorothy Mowery wills her blue eyes to Willomae Nixon. Tessa Wea- therly leaves her super gossip column to anyone brave enough to take it. Frank Fields bequeaths his music period to Charles Bogle. Barbara Jones leaves her bubble gum to Georgiana Elliott. Bill Marley wills his good grades to Faye Corsbie. Velvie Steinback wills her typing ability to Evelyn McClintock. Mary Frances Fields bequeaths her ability to look interested on class to Lois Smith. To George Jackson, john Watson leaves the privilege of driving bus No. 47. Shirley Taylor wills her hay fever to Patricia Fields and hopes sl1e can get rid of it. Garland Ingold wills his height to Douglas Curtis. Louise Bennett leaves Margie Bowman her bookkeeping books. Nancy Nixon wills her love for boxing matches to Carolyn Culbreth. I, Wendell Trogdon, leave my so-called originality to Randall Jobe. VVe hereby appoint Mrs. Adrian Brodeur, our class advisor, as sole executor of this our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we the Senior Class do mark our X's and set our seal, on this the Twenty- sixth day of May in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Fifty. WENDELL TROGDON, Testator. - 13 -

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '50 Hello! Remember me? l'm your past. You know, I trail along after you everywhere you go. l've been with you for twelve years now, but the first eight of those twelve years are getting rather dim. The things l remember best have happened in the past four. Let's talk awhile, shall we? Remember September 7, 1946? You should, that was the day you entered. High School, or rather we entered high school, I was there too. 'We felt rather forlorn that day. The year before we had had the grand total of fourteen diiferent teachers, allfl all the I-ligh School teachers knew we must be terrible. As we entered we met Mr. Ayers and everyone perked up a bit. NVe learned that he was to be our home-room teacher and guardian angel. For the first few weeks he showed us how to do everything and even made a few excuses for us when need.ed. XVe were told it was customary to elect class officers, so we elected Jane Dixon as president. There was a High School play that year and we were proud of the one little freshman who was lucky enough to get a part. Then there was a party or two and we found we had completed our first year in High School very successfully. Before we knew it, it was fall again, we were going back to school, and this year we were Sophomores. Mr. Ayers was our advisor again, and Clay Mclnnis was elected presi- de11t. The first of the year was uneventful, but when Spring came we decided to act. XV4- didn't want the Juniors a11d. Seniors to have all the fun, so we introduced something new to dear old P. G. NVe planned a Sophomore-Senior party. NVe reserved Guilford Dairy Club and- worked hard to make the party a success. XVe also took on a few minor proj- ects to raise money. NVe knew we'd need it later. ln no time at all we were Juniors. Things changed this year. Mrs. Kiger took Mr. Ayers' place as our advisor, and NVendell Trogdon took over as president. XVe went straight to work, there was money to be made and a banquet to be planned. XVe gave a brunsv- wick stew, sold plates with a picture of the school on them and did several little things to raise money. Our play Gay helped out too, illlll was also a lot of fu11. During this,time, Mrs. Kiger left us and a new teacher, Mrs. Foster, came in. NVe S0011 forgot she was a IICNV teacher a11d felt as if we had always known her. After much consideration we decided. to have our banquet at Meyers' Carden Room. and went to work to make it a banquet that would long be remembered. Vile also had a chance to be in the class day exercises, and our daisy chain was a sight to behold. Few tears were shed at graduation that year. We were happy to think of taking their places. Before long there we were, Seniors. Mrs. Brodeur was our advisor and believe me we would never have gotten along without her. C. M. Han11er was our class president and. we were only too willing to begin work. Few of us had realized what it meant to be a Senior, but we found we were faced with the job of publishing the Spot-light, putting out an annual, choosing invitations, and preparing for graduation. The first few issues of the Spot-light weren't so good, but we made up for it with that extra special annual, thanks to Jane Dixon's work as editor. C. M. llanner was chosen by vote of the entire high school to receive the Civitan award. Then came the Junior-Senior banquet. Gee! it was great to be the honored ones. Graduation slipped up on us all too soo11. XVe really had a swell time during our Senior year. VVhat comes next? I don't know, but we offer thanks to Pleasant Garden High for the preparation 1t has given us for the future. NANCY REYNOLDS, Historian. - 12 -

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PROPI-IESY Hello! I don't think you know me-but I am the voice of your futu1'e. Already you have talked with the voiee of your past and now I will try to give you some idea of what the future holds for you. Many times I will be wrong in my prophesy but remember many things can happen to change the future. Ah, a long-distance call is going from Los Angeles to New York. It is a very im- portant call and I am sure it will go through quickly because the operator is -lo Gray. l am sure we are all glad to see she is putting her gift for gab to a constructive use. Jane Dixon, always the artist, planned to become a teacher but her artistic sense was too strong so now she is painting to her heart's content in the studio in her home. During high school everyone was amazed at the care C. M, llanner took of his school bus a11d the way he drove his Chevy. But now no one is surprised to learn he is the owner of a very modern service station. Mary Fields decided to devote her life to improving mankind or should wc say woman- kind. She is.the skilled operator of a beauty salon. . Just leaving the office at Bur-Mill is a large group of executives, one of which is Frank Fields. They are flying to New York for a conference and who but XVeudell Trogdon will pilot the pla11e. Evangeline Jenkins was one of the first of the class of '50 to become a Mrs., and is now the mother of three. Everyone knows Tommie Kirkman always had a mania for cars so it is no surprise that he is the Ford dealer in Greensboro. Several of the students worked with A 8 I' during high school, and after graduating Carl XVhite continued the association. Now he is manager of one of the larger A 8 l' stores. Bill Marley also worked at the A Sz I' but 11ow he is the successful owner of a meat ma1'ket. Nancy lleynolds gave up a career as a concert pianist to become a wife and is also teaching music in a local public school. .lean Neshit spent a lot of time looking around and finally decided nothing is better than the good earth, so now he is a large land owner in the Piedmont, All through high school Dorothy Mowery was the XYoolworth Girl and it evidently paid off, for now she is personnel director of one of the stores in the chain. Up in Maine everyone is talking about the successful managing of -lack Delloach, who is the State President of the Guides of the Maine XVoods. Betty Varncr is doing fine as stenographcr for a very handsome boss. 'l'he office grapevine has it that lletty and boss will soon be Mr. and Boss. Margaret Still was always a bookkeeper at heart and through her selling at Kress' she became so attached to the place that when she began keeping books it just had to be with Kress. Nancy Nixon gained a knowledge of selling at Kress and A 8 ll, therefore, it is no surprise to find that she is no longer selling but is buying for a department store. In a busy newspaper office a hot scoop has just come i11 from the world famous cor- respondent Clay Mclnnis, who began his journalistic career as editor of the SI'U'l'-lil.tlll'l'. Sears would be lost without Barbara Jones, the Credit. Manager, and Vclvie Stein- back, one of the bookkeepers. Betsy Brown, also a bookkeeper, decided to take her mother's place as bookkeeper at l5elks'. Thinking of a trip 'Z NVhy not fly? John Watson has one of the best group of charter planes in the South. ' Louise Bennett and Peggy Thompson are two very happy housewives. Shirley Taylor always loved to sing but now her singing is confined. to her home and the church choir. She has many reasons to sing, among which is a nice husband and two lovely children. Although Garland lngold is small, he really became a big-time mechanic, so if you ever have any trouble with your auto, take it to Garland at his garage in Climax. Hazel Osborne followed in her sisters footsteps and became a nurse, but she added something different of her own. She is a nurse in the State Mental Hospital. Tessa R. NVeathcrly, your voice of the future, is still the voice of the future and only the future holds the secrets of its fate. TESSA VVEATHERLY, Prophet -14-