Ramseur High School - Ramsonian Yearbook (Ramseur, NC)

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,Cast Will v4nd Zfcstamcnl We, the Class of I955 of Ramseur Htgh School, realtzmg that our school days are numbered hereby make and s1gn thls our last wlll and testament tn order to prevent any law sults after our departure ARTIC LE I We bequeath to our parents our love and our yearbook to show a llttle of our gratttude or thelr encouragement and sacrlhces whlch made our graduatton posstble ARTICLE II We bequeath to Mr Cox and the faculty our grateful acknowledgement for thc task they wzll have accompllshed when we graduate ARTICLE III We bequeath to the Freshmen our dlgmty but hope they don t try to ftnd tt, and our honors whtch we hope they wtll surpass ARTICLE IV We bequeath to the Sophomores our muscles and braxns wh1ch they probably don t need ARTICLE V We bequeath to the .Tumors our good looks also everyth1ng that goes w1th the t1tle SENIORS We hope they take all the opportunlttes that we mlssed ARTICLE VI We bequeath to each of our classmates the very best thls world has to offer and hope that each one w1ll gzve h1s very best tn return ARTICLE VII We bequeath lndtvtdually the followmg em 1 Pattte, do leave my long ha1r to Barbara York m 2 Carl, do leave my t1tle, Most Popular to Forb1s Klvett m 3 Ann, do leave my naturally curly halr to Brad Brady It s mce to have curls ID the ram, Brad m 4 Jrmmy, do leave my can opener to Butch Watluns Make good use of It Butch em 5 Carrol, do leave my Z1 tnch watstltne to Rebecca Allen m 6 Joe, do leave my abzlxty to play football to Tommy Dorsett Thls should make you a star, Tommy rn 7 BIIIIC, do leave my abtltty to blush at the rxght t1mes to Ellts Byrd m 8 Eugene, do leave my qutet ways to Rebecca Klvett Take the hxnt, Rebecca em 9 BettyCox, do leave my t1tle of Sweetest, and my personal road map of Cedar Falls to my sxster Wanda to keep tt tn the famlly em ll Frances, do sadly leave em IZ Maurtce, do leave mybus, Slowpoke, to JohnnyChaney Don t break the speed hrmt Johnny m 13 I Kxtty, do leave my txtles, Most Dependable to Velma Allen, Most Ltkely to Suc ceed to Emma Allen to keep them ln the famlly, and my ab1l1ty to use plns tn home econo mtcs to Wtlma Ray Burgess Item Tommy, do leave my athlet1c prowess to B1lly Daff K1vett Item lNancy Curtxs, do leave my t1tle of Qulete st to B111 Cox Item Wesley do leave Ernest Wayne my sharp exe for beauttful women Item I Ruth, do leave my chemtstry notes to Mary Ann Burgess Hope you w1ll use them often It m 18 I Bobby do leave my good dr1v1ng hablts to Dave Leonard Item 19 I Ehzabeth do leave my cheerleadlng abtlxty to Georgta Macon I hope her efforts are more rewarded than mlne Item Z0 I, Nancy Reltzel, do leave my t1tle Most Talkatlve, to Velma Cox Item Z1 I, Dorothy doleawe my t1tle Best All Around, to Katle Souther to keep tt ln the famxly Item 22 We do leave any Small ltems not hereln accounted for to the first prospector who can clatno legal rtght to them To make It legal we hereby appolnt as the sole executor of th1s last wlll and testament our class advtsor, Mrs Lane In her wltness, we, the Class of 1955 the testator, have set our hand and seal on th1s the 20th day of May mn the year of 1955 Frances Cox Testator . . f . . ' . . . tt . 1, ' ' ' . Ite . I, ' , , ' ' . Ite . I, ' . ' ' ' Ite . I, ' ' ' . ', . It . I, ' ' ' . Ite . I, ' ' . ' Ite . I, ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . Ite . I, ' ' . ' . It . I, ' Item 10. I, George, do leave my red hair to Larry York since he seems to prefer the color. It . I, . It . I, ' H U . ' ' ' , Ite ' ' I A .. '.. .. . I. 14. I, ' ' Q J ' . 15. I, ' ' ' ' ' , 16. I, ' , j ' . 17. , ' . ' e . , , ' ' ' . . , . , A . . . Y . I

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Glass Prophecy Here 1t1s May Z5 1965 somewhere on the moon Th1s IS the day our class has 1ts f1rst re umon Iw1shIcouldbe there but lt seems that Tommy Smlth a famous sczentlst, hasdlsqnvered a way to send me to the moon That IS nxce but he forgot one small deta1l How do I get down I Ill Just have to turn on my super V1s O Scope and watch each classmate enter Ramseur I-hgh I see that Pattxe Allen IS flrst to arrlve I1v1ng up to her tltle Bxggest Flxrt, Pattle IS starrlng 1n a Broadway hlt Her Twelve Guys Look at Bobby and Carlle Theyhave an excellent career as Dentlsts Carlle holds the pat1ent ID the chalr and stngs to the top of h1s lungs so that the other patlents can t hear h1s screamlng and Bobby scouts around IH hrs mouth There s NancyCurt1s She 15 now servlng her country IH the WAVES Gee, I guess that hand some naval offlcer she met at the State Faxr talked her into It And here s Wesley It seems that Wesley IS stlll engaged ln car racxng, not runmng from a patrolman, nor raclng professtonally Instead, he IS racmg a toy car across thefloor try mg to entertaxn h1s three sons I notlce .I1mmy Craven, who was always qulte a Lover Boy has done well After wrxtlng Women the RootofAll Evxl, wh1chb1ought htm fame he retlred and lxves as a hermlt ln the hllls Maur1ce Scotthas chosen a professlon that makes hxs classmates proud He IS a mxmster at aP1lgr1m Hohness Church Whatrs the secretthat Maurrce has for fxllmg lus Church? Of course, h1s fam1ly make use of four benches Nancy Reltzel, a glamourous boxer LS tourlng Europe and Won tbe able to come to the re umon She has won twelve champlonshlp bouts because of her Wxcked Left Hand Here comes Kltty and her husband, whose wealth IS numerous One, two three four flve, slx seven, etght mne lxttle gxrls Unless they have left some at home, that s all Located 1nWash1ngton, Ruth N1xon has an tmportantjob tn an offlce she emptxes wastebaskets for the Sth assxstant to the 4th under Secretary of State .Iustentermg the door IS George Leonard, a stnger on T V He appears between rounds of a boxlng match and S1ngS Now here comes Ann Burgess, who xs employed ln S1ler Clty The male customers tmnk that Ann rs the Sweetest thlng xn the Sweet Shoppe Btllle Ann Chaney comes up the walk wlth her French book Teachmg French at Bob Jones Umverslty she fxlls her classes wrth males Why there IS Joe, our football star That s how he got Ins muscles to carry nulk bottles Comxng tn now ts Carrol, who IS a secretary How does Carrol rate a seat on her handsome boss s knee'P Well, why shouldn tshe'7 He s her husband There s Eugene Lawson, whose ad ln the paper attracted dozens of el1g1ble women I-hs ad reads Lonely bachelor w1shes to correspond wrth wldow Prefe rs one under slxty If r1ch age doesn t matter But Betty Jean IS too busy tal-:mg care of her husband and chxldren to have a career Unless you can call takmg care of flve boys a career The llmellght has captured Betty Frank Phtllxps She IS a world famous Opera Star now mak lng personal appearances throughout the Umted States Well mt seems as though the entxre class has been accounted for No here comes someone hurryxng up the steps Why It s Frances Cox She IS now worklng for theF B I 1n Washxngton She has just been selected as a speclal assxstant to the Mayor to mvestlgate an alleged fxx IH a Ktndergarten Hop Scotch Tournament Know1ng that each of my classmates IS doxng h1s best to help ln the betterment of the world I can happ1ly awalt the txme when Tommy wlll xnvent a way to rescue me from the moon Dorothy Souther Class Prophet . . , . V . , - 1 1 Q , - 1 1 - 1 1 , - , 1 - - - - 11 - 11 . . . 1 . , . ,, 11 , 1 1 , ' , ' 1 1 , . . . 1 , .... 1 , - 1 - - 11 11 .- , 1 1 1 - 1 , . 1 . . . 1 1 - 1 f 1 1 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 - - 1 , . . 1 . . , . 1 1 1 1 . . . . ,, . . , 1 . 1 - ' 1 1 11 1 ' I , . , , . . . . 1 . .1 1 , . . . . 11. 11. 1

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611155 History We the class of l9:5, nave reached the top step ln a ladder of success for our graduatlon As we sl owl cltmbed a step forx ard each year we sought the great thln gs ln llfe Some of tnese steps were easy and pleasant one , whtle others were struggles and trytng hardshlps Our prlnoar, and grammar grade years were happy ones, as we reallzed that we were advan Clng slowly but surely to ahlgher and greater goal We treasured each chtldhood playmate ln these few years that we were strtvrng upward Whenwe entered the exghtr grade, We were anxlous to make a tour of Rale1gh and 1ts State Capxtal As our capable counselor and guxde, Mrs Whlte arranged for thls pleasant and enjoy able trtp We enjoyed ytslttng the many h1stor1c places, and we treasure many pleasant memo rtes of the tr1p In ourfresh ran year ln hmgh school we made many new and lnterestlng dlscoverles We also made adyancements mn splte of our greenness We galned strong footholds in algebra and Engllsh, and took tlme outfrom our studtes for an occasxonal party or wtener roast We also took an act1ve lnteresttn sports and other actlvltles As benchwarmers we worked hard to galn a POS1t10h as a substltute C1 f eshn an year endedwlththe happyttmes remembered and the unpleasant thoughts forgotten sornewhatdurlng tre summer vacatton We enjo ed seetng the freshmen goxng through the same greenness that we had gone through and as we retrace our memories, we ftnd lt to be a happy year even w1th all the many trtals and hardshlps Rebelllons over faculty rullng, and the tlrlng length of lessons were all Settled by peaceful arbltratlon We were overjoyed at the thoughts of a new athleuc fteld that was made posslble by some of Ramseur s leadmg cxtmzens In our sophomore year we began cutt1ng our wxsdom teeth and became wlser and better students, more famlllar wrth the rules and regulatlons of Ramseur I-hgh We shall never forget the gala homecomlng wlth the loyely beauty queen, the excltlnv game, and the colorful crowd What thrllls we had as we entered our yumor year' We had the pleasure of attendlng the state farr at Ralelgh wxth the Semors We came home happy full of stormes, but wlth empty pockets Wlth what eagerness we waxted tor the day to order our classrlngs When thls day arrtved, we voted on black as the color of the stone for our classrlngs and were happy to recelve them We worked for many days to make the .Tumor Senlor Banquet a success Semors' lttshardlybehevable The years haye been too swnft, but our coveted goal 1s near at hand Our school days w1ll soon be hlstory, and the future appears as a mtrage lurlng us on to new advantures and success Durmg thxs tlme we actually found trme to elect efflctent and capable offlcers to lead us through the year We chose our class colors, red and wh1te and class flower, the red rose We worked hard to reach our goal, but I know that when we graduate, we shall want to turn back the hands of tlme and start all over agaxn Durtng our twelve years at Ramseur I-hgh School, we have seen more xmprovements than we ever could dream posslble We wish to thank all the cxtrzens of Ramseur and the organlzatlonsof the town for brxngzng us these lmprovements Our class hlstory would not be complete lf we dld not mentlon how wonderful our teachers haye been They haye lead us through hlgh school and helped us achleve our goal graduation We btd farewell to eyery one and say thanks to all those who have helped us cltmb the ladder of success Nancy Curtxs Class Hlstorlan . 3 A , , Q . . . ' ' y . ' n 2' ' , ' ' . ' A Y k M S V , r . , l V . ' ' 'A Y fs ' ' ' ' 1 I I N J l I . Q A ' . V 0 A Z A' n , .J 1 V . . . . ' , . . ' . lux' I ? ' 1' ' ' ' We reached our sophomore year with great enthusiasm. We found that our minds had rusted , I . . . . . , Y B , . - S A . . . V - V I . I i V V . . H . .