Richmond High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Rockingham, NC)

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QHSANTTCLEER CLASS HISTORY At last High Schoolllll Looking back over the years we see that we have been over many rough roads, but through our efforts we manage to pull through. Now we are ready to take a more rugged and dangerous road, High School. Our first year in high school we find Mr. Burke as our most prominent leader. He keeps very busy trying to keep us out of ditches and to steer us to smooth ground. This year Barbara Livengood joins our group. She has been an in- spiration to all of us during our past four years. Much fun is had by all the girls when Norma Butner gave us a pajama party at her home. As we journey to the tenth grade, we find Mr. Hunter waiting to steer us on our second journey under his leadership. This year some of us are lucky enough to be on the basketball squad. With Mr. Hunter as our coach, we fly through the season with no losses. The P.T.A. presented us with a trophy. This year we are happy to add to our number another fine student from King, john Robertson. At last we are juniors, but waitllll NVe have just received word from the Board of Education- Old Richmond High School is closed. What do we do now? There must be some solution!! We begin to give up. We split up. Some of us start going to other schools. Some get jobs. Others stay at home. Then there are still others who are fighting and refusing to give up. Finally on December 31, 1952, the war is over. We journey back to Old Richmond High School once more. We receive word from Norma Butner that she has forgotten the way back, so she stays at Clemmons while Martha Nance continues her learn- ing at Old Town. We are very busy trying to catch up on the time we have lost. Burning plenty of midnight oil, we not only catch up with our work, but we also find time to give the Seniors a very enjoyable banquet at the Y.W.C.A. We are veryhproud of Mrs. Byrne, who helped us very much when the going got roug . As we journey back to school for our last time, we find that the love bug has bitten several of our students. Ann Reid married Buford Scott. Leroy Hudspeth left us to marry Lois Key. At the first of our school year, we lost Wynoka ijosey who became Mrs. Frank Doub. We wish them all much happi- ness in t e years to come. Wait, who is this coming???'? Why, it's none other than Norma Butner. She has finally found her way out of the wilderness and has rejoined us. Our last year finds us with much work to do. Publishing the 1953-54 edition of The Chanticleern seems to be our biggest requirement. We want to thank the juniors for giving us a lovely banquet. Our Senior play is also a tremendous task, but by the efforts of Mrs. Henrietta Holland we present a successful play ,j entitled Hillbilly Weddin'. ffl j. w L l j ju, j . . .' jlifilll li ll ' ll yy i ill' 4 :V jr 'N A 'll 1 f if . l .lt .l, llfjj ' J l ' .af rj 1 ill jjj, A 1 lj ,Ill I . A i l i vi 5' l R , ,mv , ljl il tjlr llfll ji jjj. ll - 1 Vi i - ' 4 As we graduate from O.B., we look back over our years. We find that we 'yy plodded down some rough and rugged roads, but we also find that we had some j jj very happy moments. Ending this journey of leamingn we leave Old Richmond pl g 1 High School to go out into the world to seek our fortune. R j 'S' lx Reminiscing over the past twelve years has been a source of great pleasure lj 1, to us. May each member of the class of '54 be as happy in the years to come as you have been in the preceding twelve. j Q j 1 1 Barbara Tuttle 1 jf njjjl j j Edgar Masencup - nj r Historians L :-- fe' --34' -1 'T lfljlfj . -2--ffT1fg'..eZ5,ffl-i j::' YA-B li H g ri I JY! ' 'ff 31,- '...--if ff' '-'- 57' ' T. 'LQ Q-.. i K, j i X' - X -1-f k' lil ff ,Q-I-S +L-r . 11-ggi eQ.lif - 7 T S 7 r 1 - fNS':2f. 29 -- - -53

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CHANTICLEER CLASS HISTORY ,gg As we tread through the last chapter of the history of our class this year, we realize that for many of us it will be our last time to register as students. As we look back over the chapters of our book, we find that we have had some rough roads to go over, nevertheless, we shall look over our school years as the happiest ones of our lives. In the first cha ter of our book, 1941, we find about 35 boys and girls register- ing in the first gra e. With Mrs. Grace Coon as our guide, we are started on the road to learning. Most of us find the way without any trouble while a few are always stumbling and dragging along behind. As the first year draws to a close, the fundamentals of school work seem easier. ' In 1942, we are having a wonderful time in the summer vacation months, but as September rolls around we find ourselves putting our shoes on and plod- ding back to school. This year we are given a new guide to take with us on our journey. Her name is Mrs. Hazel Newsome. With Mrs. Newsome as our guide, we come upon many exciting adventures. She is teaching us how to add, subtract, seems to be lost. Her name is Jeanette Butner, who has strayed away from Elkm Having Jeanette with us makes us very happy. We find the third chapter a pleasant one. We are given two guides. Miss Doub leads us through the field of music. Here we leam to sing and to act. Through her instructions we put on many exciting operettas. If we are not with Miss Doub, we are going through the thicket of multiplication tables with Mrs. juamta Wood. Sometimes the going is rough, but through her patience we pull through. Entering the fourth grade, we find Miss Lucy B. Matthews Cnow Mrs. Millerj ready to lead us down a long journey in our geography book. We travel to various countries all over the world, and find the trips rather exciting. We also take time out to do some painting. Before starting our fifth chapter of adventures, we have quite a mountain to climb. We soon reach the top and find Miss Naomi Phillips ready to put us to work. We are kept very busy learning the history of America. As we climb the adventurous road to learning, we see a little girl who During the sixth chapter of our journey through school we find Miss Ada Mae Lane as our guide. Besides our school work we take time out for some fun. One day the class journeyed to Boiling Springs. Here we enjoyed a wonderful picnic. As Christmas rolls around a wonderful party is given by one of our former class-mates, Martha Nance. We find Miss Anne Truitt a wonderful person to share our experiences as we start our seventh joumey. There are many hard battles, but most of us pull through and continue our joumey of learning. We are very proud to have another of our school chums to join us from Rural Hall and to travel with us on our many exciting places that we go. She is none. other than Nancy Moore. The, class pre- sents Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol this year. We are all thrilled at having been able to be actors and actresses in this play. Looking back over the chapters, we seem to have had all women instruc- tors. Our eighth year we find Mr. Hunter as our most reliable guide. He spends a great deal of time preparing us for our journey to high school. At the end of a most interesting experience with him, we all enjoy a Weiner roast at Reynolds Park. - 4 ' .-1 is 1 X, H: 4 1 5. i T T ' ff' , W .. ff gg , i f rv ...W iv' 1' - X55 .f C if vi W 'fi' ' A iff - 1 s l If f , -, g e i' Nay

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111 ' 1 1 1 i 1 .rf 11 1 1 ' 1 1 t. 1 I 1 1 1, 1 1 11, 1 1. V1 . 1 11 1 -1 1111 1 11'1111'1' .lU1,1'i11 1','Q1l151 1ll1l,l1 1' 11 1 ll 1 11 111 1 1 l 1 ll' pu UHANTIULHJHJR THE PROPHECY One night I was reading a biography for English, as I read I grew very sleepy. I put my head down on the table and went to sleep. As I slept I dreamed that I went to a large city. I walked along the streets, and I came to a brick building. It had a sign that read, Come Inf, So I went in. It was a library, and I went to one of the shelves and selected a book to read. I sat down at one of the tables and opened the book. When I opened it there was a picture of the 1954 graduating class. As I leafed through it there was a picture of all the students and their families and a brief account of where they were living and what they were doing. I read all of this very carefully, because I was very interested in what my former classmates were doing. The first one was Betty Allgood. She has married one of the other 1954 Seniors, john Conrad. He is still working at Hanes Dye Company. They have a small home at Tobaccoville. They have one small daughter, who is almost one year old. Betty is a contented housewife, and thinks the life of a wife and mother is more important than having a career. Before she married john, she completed her education at Woman's College in Greensboro. The second page was Sue Allgood. She married Lee Danison, her ex-army boy-friend. They live in Illinois, and have a nice modern home. She also graduated from Woman's College in Greensboro, and then married Lee after he got out of the Army. Then they moved to Illinois, and they plan to make their home and raise their family there. 1 'UI .1 tu' I, Turning over the page I saw Roy Bowen. After graduating he worked for ll 11 2 several months at Hendrix's Meat Market, and then joined the United States 11 111 l 1 Marines. When he got his discharge he came back to Tobaccoville and married his girl friend, Carolyn. , , Jeanette Butner was on the next page. She had gone to work at Penny's 1 after graduating. Then she married Paul',, a boy she had dated during the 1 school ears. The moved to Charleston, South Carolina. They are now build- 1 I Y Y l ing a house, because Jeanette says when you have a sweet little daughter ll f like she has, you need a home for her. 3, 1.1, 1111 Next Lonnie Bing's picture was grinning up at me. He had gone to The V fl HW-'glf University of North Carolina, and then started his Law Practice in Richmond, 1 ' ' 1 E l lf' Virginia. He was still a bachelor, but one little Old Richmond Bellen almost ' 1 fi has him hooked +1 ' 1l1l1 Ann Reid Scott was on page six and she had married Buford Scott in the 1 K f summer of 1953. She and her husband now have a home near East Bend. Ann ll ' M 1 kee s house for their little daughter, Shelb Ann. Buford still works at Asplernoh 1 P Y 1 , 'IW' Tree Expert Companyl l l 1lf,11121l W. C. McGee's picture was next and he was as Good Looking as ever. 1'1,.l 'l11 He had attended State College and was now an engineer in South America. 111 11l 1 He was quoted as saying, Single life is too good to give up, at least for awhile. 1 11 1 l 11 He also said that he liked the South American climate, which is where he is now 1 11' pl l1 stationed. He is very famous for the work he has done, and he goes all over lk N11 ll l the world on his various engineering iobs. f 1 4. 4' ' s I. Tint-. s 1-1 1- ef.-fe fri-ff' Q 4-' W e b -B A ea l1ll'l111'11 l it llllldf 7FETZ! is F 1 ra A gx it j s' ' ' sis ' ' + s 1 -RX 12? :5',:-g,3- ,.. JLLL, r W e -- A ' , 5 1 30