Rich Square High School - Rowanian Yearbook (Rich Square, NC)

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was our secretary. Our home-room teacher was Miss Ruby Langford. At mid-year we gained a new student when Bobby Matthews transferred from Oak City. He soon made many friends, both boys and girls. It was during this freshman year that we enlisted our abilities into the sports of the school. After a prosperous year we became Sophomores. As Sophomores we found high school a little more to our liking, for now we had someone to look down on. Miss Lenelle Fuller was our homeroom teacher. She was liked very much and under her we made a few accomplishments. During this year our officers were as follows: Charles Bolton, president, Bobby Harrington, vice-president, Margaret Brown, secretary, and Peggy Joyner, treasurer. Our Junior year was a broader cycle in our world of experiences. Much scholastic work was accomplished and we were beginning to answer for ourselves what made the world go 'round. Our extra curricula activities were devoted mainly to the idea of making money. Every conceivable means to be thought of was used and after a while our treasury fattened. Miss Ann House was our teacher until Christmas, and then Mrs. Malcolm Browne took over. Under Mrs. Brown we made a tremendous success of our Junior-Senior Banquet. Many said that it was the finest ever to be given in this school. Our officers this year were: president, Bobby Har- rington, vice-president, Charles Bolton, and secretary-treasurer, Peggy Joyner. When we were promoted to the Senior Class we hoped that our money-making worries were over, but soon we learned that they had only begun. But under the competent guidance of Miss Neece, we found these worries disappearing. We had a magazine sale, stock-yards sales, and a fine Thanksgiving dinner, and our treasury quickly enlarged. Our number was now seventeen. Bobby Harrington was elected president, Joe Keen, vice-president, Virginia Bobbitt, secretary, and Ann Bolton, treasurer. As of this day it is too early to talk of our accomplishments. We have formed this annual, planned our Senior trip and Senior play in the spring, and are all hoping to walk down that aisle on May 24. We shall never forget this school or its teachers who tried so hard to fit us for this world we live in. Also, we shall never forget all of the friends we.have found during our years in this school. All of these have meant more to us than we can tell. With these thoughts I close the history of this '54 Rich Square Senior Class. Historian Charles Bolton

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Glass flislary When in September, twelve years ago, one eager group entered primary school for the first time, little did they think that twelve years later they would be entering that same school, but entering the twelfth grade, and for the last time. The beginning was a long time ago, but it seems as only yesterday that this class was beginning the fundamentals of reading, riting, and 'rithmetic. This great adventure and experience began under Miss Putnam. The first grade was a wonderful part of our life, because it was our first meeting. Little did We realize that these little strangers around us would become our fast friends, and stay around for the next eleven years. But soon the year was over, and most of us were promoted to the second grade. When we entered the second grade we were thirty strong. Miss Dorothine Massey was our teacher and we loved her very dearly. In this grade we left coloring and began learning reading and printing. The most remembered event this year was the daily reading circles. In these circles we became expert readers. When we entered the third grade our class was enlarged by the students from Lasker. These included Virginia Bobbitt, Nancy Collier, Selma Parker, Leo Barnes, Elton Smith, and Donnie Wade. After losing two in the second, our number was now thirty-four. Our studies in the third grade were based chiefly on nature. Mrs. Olive Askew was our teacher. With our entrance into the fourth grade our number was boosted to thirty-nine which was the largest number ever to be in our class. Mrs. Lucy Parker guided us and soon we were in the fifth grade. The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades passed fast with our number slowly decreasing, our knowledge increasing, and our world broadening. Our teachers those years were Miss Helen Massey, Miss White, Mrs. Hornok, and Miss Taylor, respectively. And then we were ready for high school, or at least entering it, whether we were ready or not. Our Freshman year was a new, exciting part of our history. We elected Linwood Lane as president, but Bobby Harrington, our vice- president, took over when Linwood moved to Woodland. Virginia Bobbitt

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CHARLES BOLTON VIRGINIA BOBBITT Class President 2 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Vice-President 3 F.H.A. 1, 2 Class Historian 4 Beta Club 3, 4 Beta Club 3, 4 Commercial Club 3 Beta Club Vice-President 4 Annual Staff 4 Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Chief Marshal 3 All-Conference 3 -'52 Class Secretary 1, 4 Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Reporter 2 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 F.F.A. 1 Commercial Club 3 ' I Marsha 3 .Skrzmrs af 54 WALTER CONNER Beta Club 3, 4 President of Beta 4 Commercial Club 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Baseball l, 2, 3, 4 Football 1, 2, 3, 4 F.F.A. 1, 2, 3 ' Activities Editor of Annual 4 Class Reporter 4 Marshal 3 ANN BOLTON Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 F.H.A 1, 2, 3 Beta Club 3, 4 Sec.-Treas. of Beta 4 Editor of Annual 4 Class Treasurer 4 Commercial Club 3 Cheerleader 4 Bus Driver 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2 Basketball Manager 3, 4