Price High School - Pricean Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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Class History Learn as if you were to live forever Live as if you were to die tomorrow So say the immortal class of 1961. Taking a cue from this motto let us go back and reminisce over the four years we have spent at Price, realizing that every future must be built upon the past. Let us recall with ioy, with pride, wilh gratitude, and with humbleness, our achievements as well as our shortcomings. September, 1957, ninety-four knowledge seeking freshmen entered the hallowed halls of Ole Price High. We were eager, excited and anxious to make a name for ourselves. This class was composed of mainly young people from the two Salisbury elementary schools. There were others who joined us, they were: George Strawder, Alice Garrett, Barbara Wat¬ kins, Betty McKenzie, Carolyn Russell, and Charles Harris.. Under the able guidance of Mrs. B. D. Lee, Mr. James Bennett and Mr. S. W. Lancaster, we soon realized that we were at Price, not to play, to dream and to drift, but to learn. As that year progressed, we found time to lend our talents to the many extracurricular activities of our school. We participated in the Band, Glee Club, Safety Patrol, N.H.A., and the Student Council. In sports, we had representatives on both the boys and girls basketball teams and on the football team. As freshmen we received varied honors. The Citizenship Award for the freshmen went to Martha Yarborough. Our attendant for Miss Price was Martha Yarborough; and Mr. Freshman and Miss Freshman were Harry McNeely and Betty Lowery. Dianne Davis placed third, as a soloist, in the Annual Solo-Oratorical Contest. As you can see we had a very industrious class that year. We were indeed striving towards our goal of a successful high school career. 1958 found us returning to Price a little less in number but a bit wiser. This was our sophomore year. With Mrs. B. D. Lee, Mrs. G. P. Lash, and Mr. Harold H. Woodard as our guides, we entered into the life of Price with alacrity and in an assiduous manner, ready to make a better record for ourselves in our second try. Again, we were represente d in many clubs and organizations as well as in the varied extracurricular activities. Sophomores took part in the Safety Patrol, N.H.A., Student Council, Mathematics Club, Library Science Club, Dramatics Club, Glee Club, and Band. We also took part on the girls and boys basketball teams, the Junior Varsity and on the football team. Our honored members were: Jean Siler was our Miss Price attendant; Barbara Boger won first place, as a soloist, and Edgar French won frst place, as an orator, in the Solo-Oratorical Contest. Lorraine Brotherton was our Penny Queen that year. As we left the sophomore class, we looked ahead to an even better year as juniors. With only seventy-eight members, we entered our junior year; Mr. F. D. Ponder and Miss Eunice Powers guided us tor this school term. As usual, our class made itself felt in the clubs and organizations of the school The clubs to which we belonged were: The Student Council, Safety Patrol, Mathematics Club, Band, Glee Club, Library Science Club, Dramatics Club, N.H.A., F.T.A., Senior Science Club, Hi-Y, and the Cheering Squad. Our members on the girls and boys basketball teams, the track team and the football team were indeed felt as they helped to spark the teams to victory. This year, Jean Siler won first place, as a soloist, in the Solo-Oratorical Contest. Alice Garrett was our attendant for Miss Price and Mary Hardin was the attendant for the May Day activities. Alice Garrett, Edgar French, George Curlee, and Dianne Davis were tapped for membership in the newly organized Beatrice Riggs Hall National Honor Society and were awarded certificates from the Salisbury City School Board for maintaining a high scholastic average for that year. Our marshals were: Sandra Vails, Alice Garrett, Dianne Davis, James Boger, George Curlee, and Edgar French. As juniors we gave the senio rs a won¬ derful prom with the iheme Satellite Ball . It was truly enjoyed by all. As the year passed, we realized that this our ihird year in high school was gradually coming to a close and it was time to move on to a higher mark in our ladder of education. Sixty-eight in strength, we set out on our fourth and final year at Price. The Senior Advisors were Mrs. A. A. Lan¬ caster and Mr. John W. Nicholson. Our senior class was the first to see the realizations of many years of planning through the set up of a full time guidance counselor, and was also the first to complete four years in the new building. To begin the year, we rendered our annual Senior Assembly program. In October, we attended and enjoyed the Senior Day activities at A. T. College and Livingstone College. Also in October, the seniors really made themselves known in our Homecoming activities. It was the senior members of the football team that ran the scores up and up until we won 38-0 against Con¬ cord. Cheering from the sidelines was our own Miss Price , Sadie Hawkins. On the marvelous team were: Captain— Harry McNeely, Co-Captain—John Tobias Charles McGarity, Edwin Little, Woodrow Nichols, Leon Alexander, George Curlee, Charles Harris, Charles Smith, Edgar French, Wayland Mitchell, Darrell McLendon and Albert Caldwell. Captain Harry McNeely and Co-Captain John Tobias were voted the most valuable players and Charles Harris was voted the most improved player. Jean Siler was crowned Miss Varsity for 1960-61. Alice Garrett, Dianne Davis, George Curlee and Edgar French journeyed to North Carolina College to attend one day of the college ' s Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration. This year proved to be a year of many opportunities. More scholarships were being offered than ever before. The seniors took advantage of many scholarship tests such as: The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, the National Merit Scholarship Test, the Cooperative Intercollegiate Examination Program Test and the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Of course, there were individual scholarship tests for the individual colleges. In connec¬ tion with preparing for college, the seniors also took part in the College Day Program given under the auspices of the Guid¬ ance Committee and Mrs. D. P. Jones, Counselor. On February 1, 1961, one of our classmates, Edward Llo d Cole, was killed. This shocked and saddened our class. Edward was a courteous and kind person, who always had a smile for everyone. His ambition was to become a minister which could easily be seen in his gentleman-like manner As a memorial to him, our class pledged to rededicate our lives and to improve ourselves and cur class. ! n the Miss North Carolina Beauty Pageant sponsored by the Delta Sorority, we had four representatives, Jean and Joan Wilkins, Sadie Hawkins and Amelia Anderson. Ame ' ia Anderson was also the recipient of the Betty Crocker Award because of her performance on the Betty Crocker Homemaking Test Participating on the Omega Talent Hunt were Barbara Boger and Edgar French, the latter placing third with a cornet soio. Our May Queen this year was Sandra Vails with Barbara Boger, Mary Hardin, Joan Wilkins and Jean Wilkins among the attendants Our class was the first recipient of a Cap and Gown Party, which is to become an annual affair, given to us by the junior members of Home Economics III. Seniors also stood out at the Annual State Trade Contest and Variety flours in Greensboro, N. C. There, Leon Alexander won fifth place in the top six. Edgar French also won first place in the talent section of the variety hours of the same program. Though this year ' s basketball season wasn ' t unusually successful, the senior boys and girls certainly played their hardest and to their best ability. In the boys ' basketball. Edwin Little, Melvin Lentz and Clement McCombs received the most valuable players award. The other senior members on the team were: Charles McGarity, John .obias, Bobby Aid. ich and Woodrow Nichols. Our girls aided the team in obtaining an excellent record this year. They traveled to Charlotte to participate in the district tournament and returned with a 2nd place trophy. The senior members of the team were: Sadie Hawkins, Lorraine Brotherton, Betty Jones, Annie Neely, Gladys Martin and Barbara Boger. A new sport was added ,h,s hich was tennis Senior members on the team were: Clement McCombs, Gladys Martin Sadie Hawk,ns, and Lornane Albert Caldwell, Richard Reid, John Mcllwain, Edgar French and Kenny Joe was tennis. Track team participants were: year w Brotherton Brown. George Curlee and Edwin Engineer ' s Fair in Raleigh. Little were among the students from Price who attended the North Carolina State College CAROLE DIANNE DAVIS

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Statistician ' s Report I, Sandra Vails, being chosen statistician for the class of ' 61, will do my humble best to be worthy of this honor. The class of ' 61 is certain to be one of the best ever to pass through the doors of our dear Price High. I will proceed to tell you about us. Most of us are 17 years of age with the exception of George Curlee who says he is sweet sixteen and never been kissed ??? The shortest girl is Magdaline Kelly and the shortest boy is Ernest Taylor; while the tallest girl is Barbara Boger and the tallest boy is our own basketball star Melvin Lentz. As we compare shapes and sizes we find Alice McClain and Otis McClain on the, should we say, slim side, and Jean Woods and John Mcllwain to be a bit rounder than average. The favorite sport among both the girls and the boys is basketball but Rat Salmon prefers that great game of pool. Our favorite foods range from Hot Dogs to steaks. Oh, don ' t let me forget about Edwin Little, girls. He prefers carrots. He says they account for his pretty eyes, We all like Nehi sodas and Pepsi-Colas except Charles McGarity, better known as the Kool-Aid Kid. Everyone in the class is active in extra-curricular activities. We have members in every club and organization in the school, many of us holding top offices. Lorraine Brotherton is the presi¬ dent of ihe United Do Nothingers club. Most of us seniors of ' 61 are quite self-oossessed. We have a good opinion of ourselves, which can account for our manner. Mary Hardin says she has the best voice in the class, but she will give Barbara Boger a close second. Annie Neely is entirely too modest to give her opinion of herself. We realize, however, that we have a few personal weaknesses — like John Tobias. He has a personal weakness for a certain senior girl. Avon lipstick is the preferred by the girls, while the fellows say any kind will do. The favorite perfume is Chanel No. 5, but Clement McCombs likes the smell of cooking spices a little better. The most popular television program is 77 Sunset Strip while John Chambers gets up on Saturday to see Leonardo Lion. We all listen to Radio Station W.A.A.A. where Daddy-O flips the latest sounds. Of course, Woodrow Nichols would rather listen to recordings of Physics made Simple , but he will go along with the rest of us. The class members enjoy all types of literature. Dianne Davis and Jackie Broadway read the most in the class. Dianne? Novels and Current Events. James? You guessed right—comic books. The mosl popular dances done by the seniors are Continental , Twist , Pony , but Amelia Anderson and Herbert Caldwell prefer the Fox Trot . The hit songs are Blue Moon , Please Say You Want Me Too , Some Kinda Wonderful , Rebound . James Boger digs the beat of Please Mr. Custer . He says it sends him. In the future, members of our class will be doctors, scientists, engineers, housewives, busi¬ ness men and women, teachers, ministers, and writers. The colleges of our choice are Livingstone, North Carolina College, Hampton, Winston-Salem Teachers College, University of North Carolina, A. T. College, and Howard. Over half of our class plans to attend college. Charles Harris feels Uncle Sam needs him, so he will answer the call. We have thirty-two parents of members of the senior class who are former graduates of Price. We are very proud of this fact, as we prepare to pass out the same doors from which they left. With Learn as if you were to live forever, live as if you were to die tomorrow as our motto, the senior class of ' 61 feels that our success is quite assured, an d that we will rise to the top as we climb our ladder of life. With great pride and honor, I affix my signature to this document on this the eighteenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-one. SANDRA VAILS CLASS OFFICERS President Edwin Little Vice-President George Strawder Secretary Alice Garrett Assistant Secretary Mary Hardin -• a surer George Curlee Reporters Jean Siler, Alice McClain

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Class Prophecy After hours of careful thought, I had not yet decided how to write the class prophecy. Finally, to give my mind a rest from this strain, I decided to go to the circus that had recently come to town. At the circus, the time passed very fast. On my way out, I stopped in my tracks for a second look at a sign in bright lights. It said Madame Zelda, The Future Foreteller. I hesitantly stepped into Madame Zelda ' s tent and told her my problem. She graciously offered to help me for a small fee. As we looked into the crystal ball, this is what was foretold for the class of ' 61—fifteen years from now: Woodrow Nichols is Vice-President of the United States. Lucky for Linda Fantt that he ' s not married, because she has high ideas about becoming Mrs. Veep. Among those holding top government positions are Robert Clodfelter, Secretary of State; and George Gurlee, Secretary of Treasury. Elizabeth Bynum is really going to the top. She has a government job operating the elevator in the Washington Monument. Coaching at UCLA is Charles McGarity. His co-workers are John Minter and Melvin Lentz. Alma Clark, Sandra Vails and Joan Wilkins are world-known as fashion designers. Jean Siler, being the best dressed lady in the world, has all three to design for her. Joyce Robertson and Jannette Long are lovers of art. They are frequently seen at the art gal¬ leries admiring the paintings of Richard Reid and Herbert Caldwell. These prominent artists em¬ ployed Charles Harris for auctioning their paintings. Charles always has had a head for figures, especially where there ' s money involved. The crystall ball shows a successful future for Clement McCombs and Joe Hunter. Clement is now the star of the famous Harlem Globetrotters. Joe manages the team well. Hollywood stages are enhanced with such stars as John Mcllwaine, Gladys Martin, and Jean¬ nette Hargrave. These stars are appearing in their hometown. They are lodging at the fabulous motel owned by Annie Neely This fabulous motel is a town-in-itself, because of its many facilities and its surroundings. Samuel Hopkins is the life-guard for the inside pool. Near the motel Lor¬ raine Brotherton, and Rachel Hart own a beauty parlor. Their slogan is Our price is small; we can improve all. East of the motel is Madam Janet ' s Studio of Dance owned by Janet Davis. She and her co-worker James Salmon, have agreed that they have a good school and have a name as famous as Arthur Murray ' s. South of the motel is a Methodist Church of which Ervin Holt is the minister. This Church belongs to the conference of Bishop Edgar French. Seen in the northern section of Hollywood is a recreation center operated by Carolyn Russell. Among the children on the playground are those of the former Betty McKenzie. Maxine Nash has marched herself into fame. She is a major in the WAAC and has thousands stepping at her command. Very vaguely coming into the crystal ball is the scene of a large audience. Faintly is heard the sound of very sweet notes. As the crystal ball clears up, we see that Mary Edgar is playing the piano, George Strawder is blowing the trumpet while Barbara Boger and Edwin Little sing to the newly crowned Mrs. Homemaker of 1976, the former Amelia Anderson. The judges: Bobby Aldrich, a lawyer; Harry McNeely, a professional football player; and John Chambers, a sportswriter, cast their votes respectively toward the winner. Alice McClain is the successful owner of the Danville Tribune. Employed at her newspress as reporters are Jean Wood, Ernest Taylor, and Barbara Watkins; Kenny Joe Brown and Albert Caldwell are photographers; and Darrell McLendon as comic artist. I now see why Darrell read comic books all through high school. Recently Dianne Davis made headlines in the Tribune. Yes, she is the first woman to become editor of The New York Times. Jackie Broadway is editor of Esquire. The ambitious Otis McClain is the manager of a local Food Town. Magdaline Kelly is the superintendent of Nicholson-Lancaster Hospital named for our senior advisors. Alice Garrett is president of a new North Carolina Woman ' s College, and John Tobias is dis- trist attorney for the borough of Queens in New York. Dr. J ames Boger has attained his goal. He has found a cure for cancer. It is evident that contractor Leon Alexander has built up his work considerably. He has con¬ tracts to build the office of dentist Charles Smith, and the National Interdenominational Mission¬ ary Headquarters. At the building Shirley Sharpe and Sadie Hawkins will have officers as National Co-chairmen. Betty Jones ' Charm School is beautifully located in Wyoming. Her slogan is: To be charming is an art. Let ' s learn together. Tarty Mack is a world-known orator. She always gets where she is going on time because dependable Terry Moore is her chauffeur. Featured on This Is Your Life is the great civic leader, Nancy Lynn. Included in her won¬ derful guest surprises are Wayland Mitchell, a too physical therapist at Rowan Veteran Hosoital; Vergie Byers, a Salisbury social worker; Jean Wilkins, a model for the House of Fashions in France; and Mary Hardin, a guidance counselor in the Trenton City Schools. Suddently the light in the crvstal ball darkened. My task was accomplished, I had looked into the future for the class of 1961. MARY SELINA HARDIN