Ridgecrest High School - Fledgling Yearbook (Stanfield, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY In our pre-school days it seemed that the day would never arrive when We could start to school. Finally in 1938 we got to start, with half the class crying for their mamas before the day was over. With the help of our kind teacher, Miss Furr, we managed to get through the first grade. We entered the second grade thinking we knew everything, but when Mrs. Linker gave us our books we found out we didn't. In the third grade we were divided into two groups. Miss Eudy and Miss Hinson were the teachers. The pupils in Miss Hinson's room learned to be careful about correct Englsh by having to sit on the dunce stool if they spoke incorrectly. Miss Eudy's group had their difficulties also. Sometimes we would knock our little chairs over and have to sit on the floor for a while to teach us to be more careful. In the fourth grade we received our geography books with much joy, because we liked big books, and felt very important carrying them. Miss Smith was our teacher that year. The fifth grade was a very romantic year for us. We began to write love notes to each other. Our teacher, Miss Smith, who was promoted with us, had a hard time trying to keep our minds on books. With the sixth grade we had finished half of our schooling and thought we were practically grown. Miss Barber must have had her hands full with all of us grown-ups. As seventh graders the girls had started using lipstick, usually having it smeared all over our faces. Mr. Jenkins was our teacher and he believed in his students being quiet. He had a job contending with our exuberant spirits. We entered the eighth grade feeling very proud because we got to change classes. Our teacher was Miss Lambert. Finally in the year of 1946 we entered high school with twenty-six pupils. We lost Edward Whitley and Billie Lambert that year. Our teach- ers were Mr. Barnhardt, Mrs. Spencer, and Mrs. Lilly. We had several plays during the year. We entered the tenth grade with two new teachers-Mr. W. F. Daniels and Mr. L. W. Byrum, principal. , We had several movie parties this year. The high school went to see Gone With the Wind at the Paula Theatre in Mt. Pleasant. We lost Irene Lambert, Minnie Jane Williams, Inez Clark, Julia Mae Hatley, Trullie Furr, Rosalene Burris, Spencer Harwood, and Virgil Lambert, Jr. We gained Kenneth Efird and Tommy Whitley. The most exciting events of our Junior year were our Junior and Senior trip to Asheville and receiving our class rings. We had several class parties this year. Mr. Brooks Jerome came to fill a vacancy the latter half of the year. We lost two pupils this year-Kenneth Efird and Jewell Whitley. We gained two pupils, Juanita Smith and Jack Laxton, who came to us from Oakboro and Bethel respectively. On July 25, 1949 we entered our Senior year with sixteen happy Seniors. We had a new principal and a new high school teacher, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dry. We enjoyed a weiner roast at Love's Old Mill and a wild hayride afterwards on the night of September 27, 1949. On December 21, the grademothers gave the Juniors and Seniors a Christmas party at Morgan's Cabin. We had great fun eating and danc- ing. Each student received a souvenir. - ---S-ai' H - 'Wit

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the class of 1950, being about to leave this worthy institution, do in all respect and affection bequeath the following to our friends re- maining here: To the members of the faculty, in recognition of their kindness and generosity to us, we leave our sincere thanks and heartfelt appreciation. To the Junior Class, we leave all the remaining money in the treasury, eleven cents and all the remaining outstanding debts. To the Sophomore Class, we leave a splendid example of how noisy a Senior Class should not be. To the Freshman Class, we leave the ability to eat during classes. I, Mildred Smith, leave all my old Reader's Digests to Katie Lambert and I hope she will enjoy them more than I did. I, Jack Tucker, leave my place as basketball captain to Kenneth Mor- gan. I, Ruth Almond, do will and bequeath my ability to make snazzy and delicious milk shakes to Carl Burris. I, Gerald Freeman, do will and bequeath my love for square dancing to Richard Almond, and I hope that he will have lots of fun. I, Juanita Smith, do will and bequeath my ability to fall in love with a different boy every week-end to Ann Jean Eudy. I, Virginia Tucker, do will and bequeath my many heartaches and sleepless nights over my favorite boy friends to Hilda Mae Hatley. I, Jack Laxton, do will and bequeath my love for pretty girls to Billie Lambert and hope that they will love him better than they did me. I, Kathleen Paige, do will and bequeath my ability to keep library students quiet to Dorothy Huneycutt and hope she does a better job than I did. I, Hazel Furr, do will and bequeath my ability to read library books in class to Clinton Harkey, hoping that he doesn't have to do it as sur- repitiously as I did. I, Edward Smith, leave my place as a good ad salesman to Truet Whit- ley. I, Betty Jean Almond, do will and bequeath my preference for tall, dark and handsome boys to Lillie Helms, hoping that she will have more of them stringing along than I did. I, Jackie I-Iatley, do will and bequeath my ability to day dream in class of my future husband to Sarah Ann Clark. I, Frances Almond, do will and bequeath my old bottle of tom Bomb Perfume to Jewell Almond and hope its fragrance will be a knock-out on her Saturday night dates. I, Tommy Whitley, do will and bequeath my ability to play basketball to Charles Branch in order that the team may have a successful season next year. I, Thelma Harwood, do will and bequeath my reputation as the biggest giggler to Patsy Almond. UA Testator, Jackie Hatley Witnesses, Mrs. J. N. Lilly, J. M. Dry . im,

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