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

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1953 volume:

9 THE HI - LIGHTS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE Published by THE SENIOR CLASS of PLEASANT GARDEN HIGH SCHOOL PLEASANT GARDEN, N- C. K James Garner- Ray Caudle- Mr. J. Leroy Dawson _Editor Business Manager _Faculty Adviser DEDICATION The Senior Class of nineteen hundred and fifty- three wishes to dedicate this year’s HI-LIGHTS to EVERYONE who has so graciously helped us in every way; some helping in the classroom, and others helping outside the class to make these years happy and memorable ones. , £ ( Uto r £(Uto r 5 ' - MSiSWn Uoo V ° C ° STAFF OF THE 1953 HI-LIGHTS Mr. J. Leroy Dawson, Spouse Business Managers Ray Caudle J. D. Tilley Art Editors Jackie Voss Moonyeen Cockman Bill Kirkman Photo Editors Ray Mowery Peggy Crymes Circulation Editors Roddy Fields Ruth Ann Marley FACULTY HEBRON COBLE B.S., Physical Ed., High Point College Health, Physical Ed. J. LEROY DAWSON B.A., B.S.C., Manhattan M.A., U. N. C. Science, D.E., Bookkeeping C. J. DeLOACH B.S., Alabama Polytechnic Institute Agriculture MISS ELAINE FORWARD A. B., Greensboro College Home Economics MRS. HAROLD GRAY A.B., E. C. T. C. French, Typing, Shorthand MRS. W. B. HUNT, JR. B. M., Greensboro College Music, Glee Club MRS. CLARK LAMBETH A. B., Guilford College English, Civics MRS. HAZEL R. MURROW B. S., Guilford College Mathematics, Library MRS. J. LEROY DAWSON School Secretary ROBERT AYERS A.B., Guilford College M.E., U. N. C. SENIOR OFFICERS President _ Vice-President Secretary .. T reasurer. . _Ray Caudle _Roddy Fields _Jo Anne Kirkman Moonyeen Cockman MOTTO COLORS FLOWER All for one and one for all” Blue and White White Carnation CFASS POEM Our journey of life is just beginning, All of the victories are ours for the winning. We must look up, and ever be bold; For we know not what the future may hold. We have deep rivers that we must cross; And ever winning team must suffer loss; Rut may we be happy in our journey of tomorrow; And never know the real meaning of sorrow. Twelve years we have stood together, as a class; You’d scarcely think time so quickly could pass. But this is the night of “Our Graduation”; The formal end of our high school education. Our parents and teachers have guided us through; But we’ll travel a way they never knew. We haven’t learned all they tried to teach, But let’s attain all the goals they set for us to reach. Class Poetess, Bobbie Barker MASCOTS Harold Monnett Jackie Aycock BAXTER MILTON ANTHONY, JR. «T M Jimmy BARBARA JEAN BARKER “Bobbie NORMA GERTRUDE BENNETT “Norma” GUY SAMUEL BOYD “Sam CLASS OF 1953 FRANCES LYNETTE BROWN “Baby CURTIS RAY CAUDLE “Caucleley” MOONYEEN GRIER COCKMAN � ETHEL RUTH COLTRANE “Ethel MARY RUTH CORSBIE Bootsie” PEGGY ANN CRYMES “Peggy VIOLET MINERVA BEN RANKIN FIELDS DORIS MARIE FIELDS RODDY HARPER FIELDS FARLOW “Ben “Doris “Rod” “Violet” GLENN HOLMAN FLYNN “Homer” CLASS OF 1953 BETTY LOUISE FRYE ROBERT LEE GAMBLE JAMES ANDERSON GEORGE WILLIAM GLASS “Louise” “Bob GARNER, JR. Bill “Jim CLASS OF 1953 tUTH ANN MARLEY “Marley” RAY SAUNDERS MONNETT “Sandy” RAY IDOL MOWERY “Ray” MYRTLE JO ANNE KIRKMAN “Jo Anne” CHARLES FRANKLIN MARION “Frank” MARY CATHERINE NEECE “Kittie” PEARL INEZ OSBORNE “Nez” iUM!B MELVIN BANDY PROPST “ Melvin” JESSE RANDALL SIMPSON “Randy” BARBARA JOSEPHINE SAMUEL “ Bobbie” PEGGY ANN SMITH “Peggy” JAMES DOUGLAS TILLEY, II 7. D” LONIE LEE VARNER “ Lonie” TRESSIE JACQUELINE VOSS ROBERT JULIAN WEATHERLY ‘Jackie ' ‘Bob ' SENIOR DIRECTORY BAXTER MILTON ANTHONY, JR. Sumner 1; (F.F.A. 1; Baseball I; Glee Club 1, 2; 4-H Club 1, 2;) Pleasant Garden (D. E. Club 3, 4, Associate Pres. 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Athletic Association 2, 3, 4. BARBARA JEAN BARKER Class Secretary 2; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, Secretary 1, Treasurer 2; Class Play 2; Basketball Mgr. 2; Hi-C. Club 3; Spot¬ light Staff 4; Best Sport 4; Home Economics Award 3; Prophet 4; Monitor 4; Class Poetess 4. NORMA GERTRUDE BENNETT F.H.A. 1, 2, 3; 4-H Club 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Class Play 3; Pli-C. Club 3; G.A.A. 1, 2. GUY SAMUEL BOYD F.F.A. 1, 2, 3; Stage Decorator 2, 3; D. E. Club 4; Typing 1, 2. FRANCES LYNETTE BROWN Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; D. E. Club 4; Basketball 2. CURTIS RAY CAUDLE Class Vice-President 2; Class President 3, 4; Library Club 3, 4, President 4; D. E. Club 1, 2, President 2; B.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Class Play 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Co-Captain 3, Captain 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 4, Captain 4; Most Athletic 4; F.F.A. 1; Sub. Bus Driver 2, 3, 4; Hi-C. Club 3; Harvest King 3; Sports Writer Spotlight 4; Business Manager Hi-Lights 4. MOONYEEN GRIER COCKMAN Central School 1; Senior High 2; Best All Around 4; Harvest Queen 4; Class Treasurer 4; Library Club 3, 4; Spotlight Staff 4; Hi-Lights Staff 4. ETHEL RUTH COLTRANE Glee Club 1, 2; Class Play 3; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3; G.A.A. 1, 2; Wittiest 4; Home Economics 1, 2, 3, 4. MARY RUTH CORSBIE Class Play 3; Basketball 1, 2; Basketball Mgr. 3; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, President 2, Secretary-Treasurer 2; Best Person¬ ality 4; Athletics Award 2; Monitor 4; Spotlight Staff 4. PEGGY ANN CRYMES G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Library Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Treas. 4; Beta Club 3, 4, Pres. 4; Basketball 3, 4; Class Play 3; F.H.A. 1, 2; Girl Scouts 1, 2, 3; French Club 3; Spotlight Staff 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Hi-Lights Staff 4; School Operetta 1: Class Reporter 3; Testatrix 4; Friendliest 4. VIOLET MINERVA FARLOW Glee Club 1, 2; F.H.A. 1, 2; G.A.A. 1, 2; Home Ec. 1, 2, 4. BEN RANKIN FIELDS F.F.A. 1, 2, 3; Class Play 3, 4; Bus Driver 3, 4; 4-H Club 1, 2. DORIS MARIE FIELDS Glee Club 1, 2; F.H.A. 1, 2, Secretary 2; Library Club 3, 4; Spotlight Staff 4; G.A.A. 1, 2. RODDY HARPER FIELDS F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4, President 3; Beta Club 3, 4; Class Play 2, 3; Football 4; Agriculture Award 3; Marshal 1, 2, 3, Chief 3; D. E. Club 3; Most Intellectual 4; Boys’ State 3; Class Vice-President 3, 4; Spotlight Staff 4; Hi-Lights Staff 4; 4-H Club 1. GLENN HOLMAN FLYNN F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Most Dependable 4; Spotlight Staff 4; Stage Decorator 2, 3, 4; Football 4. PATSY LOU FOGLEMAN Basketball 1, 2, 4; Glee Cfub 1, 2, 3, 4; D. E. Club 3, 4, Sec. 4; Typing 4; G.A.A. 1, 2, 4; Most Intellectual 4; Home Ec. 1, 2; Music Convention 2, 3, 4. BETTY LOUISE FRYE D. E. Club 4, Vice-President 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4, Captain 2, 3, 4, All County 3, All Tournament 3; F.H.A. 1, 2; Softball 3, 4; Class Play 3. 4; Most Athletic 4; Library Club 3, 4; Spotlight Staff 4; Glee Club 1, 2; Hi-C. Club 3; G.A.A. 1, 2,3,4; 4-H Club 1, 2. ROBERT LEE GAMBLE F.F.A. 1, 2, 3; D. E. Club 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Friendliest 4; Basketball Mgr. 1; Bus Driver 3, 4; Play 1. JAMES ANDERSON GARNER, JR. Hi-Lights Staff, Editor 4; Spotlight Staff 4; Best All Around 4; Hi-C. Club 3; Glee Club 3; French Club 3, 4, President 3, 4; Bus Driver 3, 4; Beta Club 3, 4; Library Club 3, 4; Basketball 2. 3, 4; Class Play 2, 3; Class President 2; Treasurer of North Carolina High School Library Association 4; F.F.A. 1, 2; Citizenship Award 4. GEORGE WILLIAM GLASS F.F.A. 1, 2, 3; D. E. Club 4. BOBBY JOE HACKETT F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 4, Treasurer of Federation 4; D. E. Club 4; Bus Driver 3, 4; 4-H Club 1. SENIOR DIRECTORY (Continued) KYLE HOWARD HARRIS F.F.A. 1, 2, 3; 4-H 1, 2; Class Play 3, 4; Sub. Bus Driver 3, 4; B.A.A. 1. BILL LEE KIRKMAN F.F.A. 1, 2, 3; D. E. Club 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4. MYRTLE JOANNE KIRKMAN Spotlight Staff 4; Most Dependable 4; Beta Club 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; F.H.A. 1, 2; Class Secretary 4; Library Club 1, 2; Class Reporter 4; Marshal 2, 3; Girl Scouts 1, 2, 3; Hi-C. Club 3. NORMA JEAN MANESS Glee Club 1; Beta Club 3, 4; French Club 3, 4, Treas¬ urer 4; F.H.A. Club 1, 2; G.A.A. 1, 2. CHARLES FRANKLIN MARION F. F. A. 1, 2; 4-H Club 1, 2; Sub. Bus Driver 3; Bus Driver 4; Athletic Association 1, 2. RUTH ANN MARLEY Hi-Lights Staff 4; Spotlight Staff 4; F.H.A. 1, 2; Beta Club 3, 4, Vice-President 3; Library Club 3; French Club 3, 4, Vice-President 3, 4; Class Play 2, 3, 4; Class Treasurer 3; American History Medal 3; Most Likely to Succeed 4; G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4, Co- Captain 3, 4; Softball 3, 4. RAY SAUNDERS MONNETT F.F.A. 1; D. E. Club 2, 3; Spotlight Staff 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1; Most Popular 4; Sub. Bus Driver 3, 4 ; 4-H Club 1; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. RAY IDOL MOWERY F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, Vice-President 3; Beta Club 3, 4; Most Likely to Succeed 4; Spotlight Staff 4; Hi-Lights Staff 4. MARY CATHERINE NEECE District Music Contest 1; Glee Club 1, 3; Accompanist 3; F.H.A. 1, 2; Historian 1; Library Club 2; G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, All Tournament 3; Softball Team Mgr. 3, 4; French Club 3, 4, Secretary 3, 4; High School Play 1, 3, 4; Beta Club 3, 4, Secretary 3; Marshal 2, 3; Class Play 2, 3; Spotlight Staff 4, Editor 4; Chief His¬ torian 1, 2, 3, 4; County School Reporter 4; Most Intellectual 4. PEARL INEZ OSBORNE Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Girl Scouts 1, 2, 3; Library Club 1, 2; F.H.A. Club 1, 2; Beta Club 3, 4, Treasurer 4; Marshal 1, 3; School Operetta 1; Spotlight Staff 4. MELVIN BANDY PROPST D. E. Club 4; Wittiest 4. BARBARRA JOSEPHINE SAMUEL Class Treasurer 2; Library Club 4; Glee Club 1; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3; Cheer Leader 2, 3; Cutest 4; Spotlight Staff 4; Class Play 2, 3; G.A.A. 1, 2, 3. JESSE RANDALL SIMPSON Nathaniel Green (F.F.A. 1, 2. 3; Class President 2; Class Vice-President 3; Basketball 2, 3; Baseball 2; Bus Driver 3; Junior Play 3;) Pleasant Garden (D. E. Club 4; Cutest 4.). PEGGY ANN SMITH D. E. Club 4, Treasurer 4; Class Play 2; F.H.A. 1, 2; Spotlight Staff 4. JAMES DOUGLAS TILLEY F.F.A. 1; Glee Club 1, 3, 4, President 4. Vice-President 3; Library Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3; School Operetta 1; Class Play 2, 3; B.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; 4-H Club 1, 2, President 1; D. E. Club 3, 4, Vice-President 3, President 4; Music Contest 3, 4; Most Musical 4; Soot- light Staff 4; Hi-Lights Staff 4; Harvest King 4; Class Historian 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi-C. Club 3. LONIE LEE VARNER F.H.A. 1, 2, 3; G.A.A. 1, 2; Hi-C. Club 3. TRESSIE JACQUELINE VOSS F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, President 1; Historian 2; Glee Club 1; Librarian 1; Class President 1; Class Secretary 3; Library Club 2, 3, 4, Secretary 3, Vice-President 4; G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4, Chief 4 ; Softball 3. 4; Class Play 2, 3; Harvest Oueen 3; Spotlight Staff 4; Hi-Lights Staff 4 ; High School Play 1; Most Popular 4. ROBERT JULIAN WEATHERLY F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; D. E. Club 4; F.F.A. Secretary 3, President 4; Sub. Bus Driver 2; Bus Driver 3, 4; 4-H Club 1, 2; Class Play 2, 3; Best Personality 4. CLASS HISTORY DEAR SENIORS OF ’53- The big night is here at last—the one we’ve been working and waiting for for so many years. We ve fina y reached our goal, and tomorrow we take a new road to new places, new ideals, and new dreams. How well I remember one September day four years ago, when, just as now, we were starting out on a new road-the High School Road that ends here. There were fifty-four of us then; a large, noisy class. In tact, so large and noisy that we rtequired two members of the faculty to guide us. , As we became accustomed to our surroundings, we began doing all the things that Freshmen do. Without wasting time, we chose Jackie Voss, Lester Davis, and Bootsie Corsbie as class officers. That was a busy year. Being an athletic-minded class, we gave a stunt show, and, although we were strictly amateur, it was a great success. The class placed members on the basketball and baseball teams, and in later years, the football team. ., , . . . . But we were never too busy to take time out for a party. I m sure none of you could forget the Christmas party which our class sponsors, Mrs. Lambeth and Mrs. Wagoner, gave us. Thus we passed the first mile and embarked upon our Sophomore year. Mr. Coble, as homeroom teacher, directed our journey, assisted by the class officers, Jim Garner, Ray Caudle, Bobbie Barker, ana Barbara Samuel. Looking into the future, we saw the Junior-Senior Banquet looming up on the horizon and decided that some¬ thing should be done in prejparation for it. A play was decided upon and a wise decision it was! With Mrs. Lam¬ beth directing, we presented DEACON DUBBS and proved what we had known all along-that anything we undertook would be a success. ., . , „ ., £ , But before the banquet, a Senior-Sophomore party must be given. And no sooner said than done. Guiltord Dairy Clubhouse was the scene of that gala little gathering which truly topped off our Sophomore year Juniors! and our goal in view. My how proud we were as once more we took up our staff in the tall of 51 and continued our journey. Mr. Coble was again our sponsor and the class officers were Ray Caudle, Roddy Fields, Jackie Voss, and Ruth Ann Marley. . T , . ,, . Our first task was to order our class rings, and soon after taking care of this detail, we made Jackie Voss Oueen of the Harvest Festival with Ray Caudle as the reigning King. , Our next project was a hayride for the whole high school. Though Mother Nature didn t cooperate, there weren’t too many cold toes. , , , Although the hayride was planned with profit in mind, our grade mothers, who have served as such tor many years, gave a splendid New Year ' s Eve party with nothing but pleasure planned. As the New Year, 1952, rolled in, we let it be known that we were still around. To start the year off right, we had a magazine subscription campaign. Due to the marvelous salesmanship of Holman Flynn, this venture, too, was a success. Through it we obtained the remaining funds needed tor The time had come. At last we were Juniors honoring the Seniors at that age-old custom of a banquet. What fun it was to plan and decorate and work! But of course the real fun came May second at Starmount Forest Country Club We could relax; the work was done; it would either be a success or a failure. Having a slight predilection towards our class, I would say that once again wecame throughH it. fine style. And of course we gave a Junior play. After our success with DEACON DUBBS, we were anxious to try our hand again at theatrics. This time we chose the play, NO BOYS ALLOWED, and, as before, Mrs. Lambeth directed. If the laughter and applause were any indication, this play was only slightly less surperb than DEA As°the I pe I Hec end of a busy year, we made the annual daisy chain for the Seniors and sang the sad farewell songs, although our hearts were jumping with joy. Farewell, dear Seniors, we’re happy to take your P ace _ Ah ves at last we were Seniors! Only one more tiresome, dusty, happy mile. We had lost some classmates and gained others along the way, but now there were only thirty-nine of us. Mr. Dawson became our guardian angel for this last year. Ray Caudle and Roddy held their positions as president and vice-president, respectively, of the class, but Jo Anne Kirkman became the new secretary, and Moonyeen Cockman, treasurer. But there was no time to dwell on the fact that we were Seniors. We were all too busy making those final arrangements for graduation. There were invitations and cards to order, the super atives to pick, caps and gowns to choose, speakers for graduation to select, and endless other duties that demanded attention. The annual must be prepared, and Jim Garner was selected to do the job with Moonyeen Cockman to assist l im The Seniors were also in charge of the Spotlight, and yours truly, with the aid of Jackie Voss, headed the Not to be outdone by our last year’s efforts, we again made two of our classmates the reigning royalty at the Harvest Festival. Moonyeen Cockman and J. D. Tilley wore the crowns this time. The high school faculty bestowed on James Garner the honor of receiving the Civitan Award. How proud we were 0 J 11 deflated financial standing, we sold stationery and little gold class pins Somehow we found time to give our Senior play, PETER BEWARE. Mr. Dawson was the director this time and, true to form, we succeeded in making a hit. , ., f .i The class divided into groups and gave some really wonderful parties. But of course the party of the wn c the Senior-SoDhomore party. My, what fun we did have! ' “ Then came the banquet. The Juniors chose Sedgefield Inn as the place and May first as the time. It was wonderful to he the honored ones and the Juniors really outdid themselves. _ . , u i r All too soon the journey has ended. We are at the end of the High School Road. Before us is the Road the Future. The High School Road is history now-history that will remain forever in your memories. Your classmate, CATHERINE NEECE, Chief Historian J. D. TILLEY, INEZ OSBORNE, Assistant Historians SENIOR SUPERLATIVES % Best All Around James Garner— Moonyeen Cockman Most Intellectual Roddy Fields—Catherine Neece Most Likely to Succeed Ruth Ann Marley—Ray Mowery SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Friendliest Peggy Crymes—Bob Gamble Most Musical James D. Tilley—Patsy Fogleman Best Personality Bootsie Corsbie—Bobby Weatherly Most Popular Jackie Voss—Sandy Monnett SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Best Sports Barbara Barker—Bill Kirkman Most Athletic Ray Caudle—Louise Frye SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Wittiest Melvin Propst—Ethel Coltrane Cutest Randall Simpson—Barbara Samuel Most Dependable Jo Anne Kirkman—Holman Flynn LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-three, of Pleasant Garden High School, in the County of Guilford, the State of North Carolina, being sound in mind and strong in body, and having come to the end of our great high school career, do hereby declare and make this our last will and testament. Article I To Mr. Ayers and the Faculty, we leave the many gray hairs we have caused them to have and our deepest gratitude for their unending efforts to improve our minds. Article II To the buildings and busses, we leave the scars of our use and hope they may endure many more years of service. Article III To the Junior Clctss we leave the responsibility of being Seniors in the year ’53-’54. To the Sophomores and Freshmen, we leave our hopes that they might have as happy and prosperous high school days as we have had. Article IV Individual bequests: Throughout our schooldays, we have accumulated many articles, items, etc., which we feel it would be ungrateful to take with us; therefore, we are bestowing them upon certain members of the underclassmen for their care and use. They are as follows: Roddy Fields leaves his superiority in agriculture to Wayne Reynolds, who he knows will make great strides. Peggy Smith wills her ability to cooperate to Jeanette Fields, knowing that she will keep the good work up. Melvin Propst leaves his unusual ability to take two years of American history under Mr. Ayers to Frankie Plunkett, hoping that he can learn to keep his mouth shut in one year. Lynette Brown wills her ability to whisper, even when talking loud, to her sister, large-larynxed Betty. Kyle Harris wills his mathematical brain to Roy Clay Allred, know¬ ing that he can well use it. Doris Fields leaves the beloved front seat of the mighty bus No. 56, to Sarah Francis Fields, for future use. Bill Kirkman wills his ability to raise cain to Buster McDonald. Sam Boyd wills his second shift job to Bobby Mclnnis and hopes he will make a success at it. Catherine Neece bequeaths her big feet to Gertrude in hopes they will get her somewhere in life. Jimmy Anthony wills his ever increasing headaches and ability to give other people headaches to Doris Causey, hoping that she may eventually become a nurse and be able to get rid of everybody’s. Barbara Samuel wills her ability to make eyes at the boys to Margaret Monnett in hopes that it won ' t get her in trouble. Ben Fields wills bus No. 15 to anyone who can keep it between the ditches. Ethel Ruth Coltrane leaves the good cafeteria lunches to Norma Dunham and hopes that they will put more weight on Norma than they did her. Sandy Monnett wills his ability to get along with the girls and teachers at P.G.H.S. to Judy Coble and hopes she has no trouble with Mr. Ayers. Ruth Ann Marley bequeaths her good grades to Donald Jones. Frank Marion leaves his power to argue in class to anyone brave enough to accept it. Lonie Varner wills her Square Dancing ability to Martha Kirkman. Ray Caudle bequeaths his sports¬ manship to his teammates—whom he left behind. Inez Osborne bequeaths her moody tempera¬ ment to Billie Stubblefield and hopes she will be more successful in overcoming it. Jim Garner wills his last place in lunch line and ability to always get a second or third helping to Judy Coble in hopes that she may get to be six feet three inches tall by next basketball season. Moonveen Cockman wills her ability to draw Spotlight Covers to Viola Jones, hoping she will produce big¬ ger and finer ones. Randall Simpson wills his dimples to David Sillmon. Bootsie Corsbie be¬ queaths her happiness to anyone who might be blue in their coming Senior year. Bob Gamble wills his craziness to Harold Jones and hopes he makes good use of it. Norma Bennett leaves her ability to skip shorthand to Buddy Reddick. Norma Jean Manness wills the use of the office scales to Peggy Sheppard and hopes the results do not disappoint her. J. D. Tilley wills his height to Boyce Cockman in hopes that it will come in handy when dating those tall girls. Patsy Fogle- man wills her talent in music to her sisters, Barbara and Bernice. Bobby Hackett leaves his seat in agriculture to Dalton Bowman. Violet Farlow leaves her silly giggles to Charles Kirkman. Bill Glass wills his ability to lay out of class to Johnny Reynolds. Louise Frye wills her ability to play basketball to Lucy Bowman. Holman Llynn wills his geometry grades to his sister, hoping she will be able ' to improve them. Bobbie Barker wills her sentimental poetry to her sister in hopes she will also like it. Robert Weatherly wills his ability to play a guitar to Josephine Mc- Clintock, hoping that somedav they might have a little ukelele player. Jo Anne Kirkman leaves her dependability to help her fellow classmates to Jane Kirkman. Jackie Voss leaves her position on the Cheerleading Squad to Jane Allred, hoping that by the time she is a Senior, she too, may be captain. And I, Peggy Crvmes, leave a certain Junior, my coming future, hoping that he will take good care of it. We hereby appoint Mr. J. Leroy Dawson, our class adviser, as sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we the Senior Class of 1953, do set seal on this, the twenty-sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Liftv-three. PEGGY A. CRYMES, Testatrix CLASS PROPHECY As I look into the crystal ball, the future looks very prosperous for the Senior Class of 1953, as I see it in 1963, of course ten years can make many changes in size, shape, number and posi¬ tion. Many will obtain their goal and many will just fall into the habit of just letting the world go by. Let’s take a second glance and see just who has done what. Who could that pretty red-headed secretary be? Of course it is Jo Anne Kirkman. Her hus¬ band owns the firm. If you are on your way to visit Inez Osborne, who is now a housewife in California, please have your car serviced at Frank Marion’s Service Station. It’s the best. Randall Simpson and Bill Kirkman are the best artists in Guilford County. Randall has just fin¬ ished a cartoon and Bill has finished the sketches for a novel. I just picked up Collier’s Magazine and found there a short-story written by Catherine Neece. She is also a secretary for NBC. Sam Boyd has just returned from Europe. He owns a private plane and has traveled around the world four times. Louise Frye, who is a beautician, has a full time job, because she is the mother of five boys. It seems that it will be a tie between the Red Sox and the Yankees, because Jimmy Anthony is playing for the Red Sox and Ray Caudle is short stop for the Yankees. Sandy Monnett is now designing Ford cars and they’re all souped up to 120 m.p.h. Look out patrolmen! Peggy Crymes had planned for a college career, but somehow she got side-tracked into a happy marriage. Jackie Voss now has her own dress-designing shop, but that is a part-time job because she has a husband and four children. Jim Garner put his shingle out with D.D.S. on it. He is the best dentist in the state. Rav Mowery has the largest used car lot in Climax. He is bringing cars from the North and selling them. Bob Weatherly has the gayest string band in Pleasant Garden, and his wife and children do the square dancing. Women radio announcers are few, but Ethel Coltrane has hit the top. Tune in to hear her on station XYZ in Pleasant Garden. One of the favorite programs on XYZ is the “Music Hour”. You’ll agree when you hear the golden voices of Patsy Fogleman and J. D. Tilley, One of the more prominent figures of Pleasant Garden is Doris Fields; manager of a large de¬ partment store. Two of the most beautiful farms in this country are owned by Roddy Fields and Holman Flynn. Moonyeen Cockman thought she would never see the day, but now she has three lovely chil¬ dren calling her “Mother”. Violet Farlow still has patience; she is in her kitchen waiting for her husband who is always late from work. Bob Hackett and Kyle Harris now have the largest race track in Pleasant Garden. Of course they need a lovely ticket agent and Lynette Brown is the very one for that job. She was a model for five years. We couldn’t understand why people were breaking their necks to get into the hospital until we learned that Norma Jean Maness is a nurse. Barbara Samuel and her husband are both working at Bell Telephone, so they have no inconveniences. Louie Varner is known to be rather quiet..but she is now sales manager of Western Electric. Melvin Propst now has a full time job at the A P Store. He expects to be manager soon. All the girls have done well in the business world. Peggy Smith is now chief operator at Bell Telephone. Bob Gamble really has a secure job, because he is serving Uncle Sam in the U. S. Army, while Bill Glass is serving in the Navy. Leaking faucets and burst pipes can easily be repaired by Ben Fields; the best plumber in Climax. Norma Bennett has chosen a job at Sears, and it proves to be a successful investment. The most beautiful homes in Greensboro were decorated by Ruth Ann Marley. She is a suc¬ cessful interior decorator at Morrison-Neese. Bootsie Corsbie couldn’t decide whether to be a secretary or a housewife, but she finally chose homelife. I have been so engrossed with the future of the others that I almost forgot to tell you that the future holds success and happiness for me too. Bobbie Barker, Prophet CLASS OF 1954 JUNIOR OFFICERS President _Jack Hanner Vice-President _Boyce Cockman Secretary _Jeanette Fields Treasurer _Jane Kirkman Betty Austin Doris Causey Philip Coble Boyce Cockman Martha Cox Tommy Denny Betty Faye Fields Jeanette Fields Raeford Fields Charles Frye CLASS OF 1954 Mary Helen Garrett Jack Hanner Marie Holton Arnold Ingold Katherine Jackson Donald Jones Viola Jones Martha Kirkman Margaret Kirkpatrick Betty Loggains Josephine McClintock Charles McDonald CLASS OF 1 954 Violet Moore Peggy Sheppard Willie May Smith Richard Still Billie Stubblefield Wayne Taylor Ronald Teachey Mary Lou Vernon Max Way Sue Way SOPHOMORE OFFICERS President _ Vice-President Secretary _ Treasurer _ .. Jo Ann Wilkins ....Buddy Reddick _Judy Coble .Frankie Plunkett Roy Clay Allred Harmon Allred Ruth Armstrong Luola Bowman Nancy Fields Sarah F. Fields Peggy Flynn Barbara Fogleman Judy Coble Eugene Dillon Mary Ellen Everhart Howard Fields Shelby Hedgecock Harold Jones Charles Kirkman Patsy Kirkman CLASS OF 1955 Shirley Kirkman Charles Layton Bobby Marion Robert Mclnnis Buddy Reddick Wayne Reynolds David Sillmon Glenn Snow Margaret Monnett Gertrude Murrow Mary Alice Nesbit Frankie Plunkett Peggy Swain Martha Taylor James Toomes Betty Underwood Walter Lee Vaden Jimmy Weatherly Jo Ann Wilkins fi i V WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG 1. Inez Osborne. 2. Peggy Smith. 3. Melvin Propst. 4. Violet Farlow. 5. Ray Caudle. 6. Ray Mowery. 7. Peggy Crymes. 8. J. D. Tilley. 9. Ethel Coltrane. 10. Roddy Fields 11. Ren Fields. 12. Doris Fields. 13. Jackie Voss. 14. Ruth Ann Marley and Doris Fields. 15. Randall Simpson. 16. Kyle Harris. 17. Louise Frye. 18. Ronald Teachey. 19. Bill Kirkman. 20. Barbara Samuel. FRESHMAN CLASS OF 1956 Pesident _ Vice-President Secretary _ Treasurer _ _Hazel Denny Johnny Reynolds Jo Anne Bunting Curtis Burton OFFICERS Veta Allen Jane Allred Shirley Barker Dalton Bowman Maxine Creed Hazel Denny Norma Lee Dunham Carolyn Durham Robert Fields Doug Foust Don Freeman Jo Ann Bunting Curtis Burton Louise Coble Gene Chandler David Farlow Doris Fields Mary Fields Parks Fields Ester Frye Bo Hackett Geraldine Harris Jimmy Holton Audrey Marley Franklin McAdams Jane Mowery Jerry Nixon Janice Smith Terry Taylor Oliver Turner Shirley Underwood CLASS OF 1 956 Joyce Johnson Doug Jones Floyd Leevey Harold Maness C. E. Osborne Johnny Reynolds Jack Saunders Carolyn Smith Ira Watson Jeanette Whitt CIVITAN AWARD ACTIVITIES JIM GARNER BETA CLUB President _ Vice-President Secretary _ Treasurer _ Adviser _ _Peggy Crymes Betty Brown .Billie Stubblefield _Inez Osborne Mrs. Harold Gray CHIEF MARSHAL ACTIVITIES RODDY FIELDS MARSHALS Seated: Inez Osborne, David Sillmon, Jo Anne Kirkman, Jack Hanner, Catherine Neece. Standing ‘ Glenn Snow, Roddy Fields, Ronald Teachey, Wayne Taylor. ACTIVITIES GLEE CLUB DIRECTOR-Mrs. W. B. Hunt, Jr. D. E. CLUB President _ ___ J times D. Tilley Vice-President ' ' ' ' : ..-. .. Z ' d— ___Louise Frye Secretary _ Pats y Fogleman Treasurer _ Pe §gy T1 Srn,th Promotional Manager ---Lynette Brown Adviser ___Mr. J- Lero ' Dawson ACTIVITIES SPOTLIGHT STAFF Editor ___Catherine Neece Business Managers _ ... _ ... _J. D. Tilley, Holman Flynn Faculty Adviser _ _Mrs. Harold Gray IM ll r� l ■ PL M pi k fSfflil LIBRARY CLUB President _____Ray Caudle.. Vice-President ...■_ .... - - - Jackie Voss Secretary _____Mary Alice Nesbitt Treasurer _____Peggy Crymes Adviser ___Mrs. Hazel R. Murrow ACTIVITIES F. H. A. President ___-_Jeannette Fields Vice-President ___Josephine McClintock Secretary ___Doris Causey Treasurer _ J ane Allred Adviser _Miss Elaine Forward President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Adviser... ...Bobby Weatherly _Raeford Fields _Charles Frye _Bobby Hackett Mr. C. J. Deloach ACTIVITIES FRENCH CLUB President _ Vice-President Secretary _ Treasurer _ Adviser _ _Jim Gamer _„Ruth Ann Marley _Catherine Neece Norma Jean Maness .....Mrs, Harold Gray BUS DRIVERS Front row: Jim Garner, Bobby Weatherly, Sandy Monnett, Sub.; Kyle Harris, Sub.; Arnold Ingold. Back row: Bobby Gamble, Bay Caudle, Sub.; Ben Fields, Frank Marion. mm HIP’ 1 RAY CAUDLE Captain LINE: Richard Still, Tommy Denny, Doug Foust, Buster McDonald, Bill Helms, Wayne Reynolds, Johnny Reyn¬ olds. Quarter Back: Charles Frye. BACKFIELD: Ronald Teachey, Ray Loggains, Buddy Reddick. OFFENSE FOOl BALL DEFENSE v Front row: Curtis Burton, Philip Hock- ett, Jimmy Holton, V alter Vaden, Howard Fields. Second row: David Evans, Ray Caudle, Roddy Fields. Third row: David Farlow, Roy Clay All- red, Janies Tomes. GIRLS ' BASKETBALL Coach, Mr. Hebron Coble; Manager, Jane Kirkman. Seated: Kathryn Jackson, Betty Fields, Betty Brown, Peggy Crymes, Judy Coble, Wilma Surratt, Luola Bowman. Standing: Louise Frye, Ruth Ann Marley, Patsy Fogleman, Catherine Neece, Jo Ann Wilkins. BOYS ' BASKETBALL Front row: Ronald Teachey, Jim Garner, Richard Still, David Sillmon, Ray Caudle. Second row: C. E. Osborne, Frankie McAdams, Jack Hanner, Charles Layton, Buddy Reddick. Third row: Jimmy Anthony, Gene Chandler, Glenn Snow. SPORTS CHEERLEADERS Jane Allred, Jackie Voss, Gertrude Murrow Jane Allred, Jackie Voss, Gertrude Murrow Congratulations to the Seniors of ' 53 BOREN CLAY PRODUCTS Pleasant Garden, North Carolina Compliments of Vestal ' s Flower Shop SUMMIT SHOPPING CENTER 940 Summit Ave. Greensboro, N. C. Phone 2-5470 MEMBER OF F. T. D. ASSOC. Compliments of PLEASANT GARDEN RESTAURANT GOOD HOME-COOKED FOOD Owner-Managers Lolo Thacker — Peggy Ball HUNT FURNITURE CO. Furniture and General Electric Appliances Phone 3-8065 Pleasant Garden, N. C. Compliments of Coble Hardware Co. Phone 4-4718 Pleasant Garden, N. C. Cheek Superette Self-Service Food Store The Three R ' s Today Are RENT, RATIONS, and RAIMENT— The Greatest of These Is Rations— And We ' ve Got ' Em! VISIT US Pleasant Garden, N. C. GREENSBORO, N. C. 312 S. Elm St. HIGH POINT, N. C. 900 E. Green St. Phone 8417 ph ° , ' e 2861 BURTNER FURNITURE COMPANY —We ' ve Been in Line Since 1909— D. E. BURTNER, Proprietor Coble Sporting 1 ! Phipps Hardware Co. 21 5 N. Elm Street Phone 2-01 79 Reach Sporting Goods Hardware Goods Company 11 9 N. Greene St. Greensboro, N. C. Make Our Store Your Headquarters for Athletic Equipment and Shop Equipment Sporting Goods Appliances If It ' s Sports, Coble ' s the Togs Gifts for All Occasions IT PAYS TO PLAY Compliments of No. 629 Console-Dinette Table L 60” W 17” H 29” Opens to 34 Tops Comb Grain Oak Structural Parts Solid Oak FOUNDERS FURNITURE Pleasant Garden, N. C. FOUNDERS FURNITURE COMPANY PLEASANT GARDEN NORTH CAROLINA Fields and Leftwich C. Ross Motors V We Use and Recommend Wholesale Dealers in Esso Products PERFECT Esso Gasoline, Kerosene, Fuel Oil, WHEEL WEIGHTS Varsol, Motor Oils Wheel Alignment ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE Radiator Repair 2618 West Court Street General Repair Phones 2-1375-8685 Phone 4-4722 Greensboro, N. C. Pleasant Garden, N. C. Compliments of 1 1 | Greensboro Tobacco Warehouse Co. Pleasant Garden Burlington Road Department Store Greensboro, N. C. Phone 3-7729 R. C. COLEMAN, Mgr. Associates: Pleasant Garden, N. C. HARRIETT L. SIKES - O. L. COLEMAN R. C. COLEMAN, JR. - JOE E. COLEMAN j