Ridgeway High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Ridgeway, SC)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1952 volume:

PRESENTED BY THE SENIOR CLASS RIDGEWAY HIGH SCHOOL RIDGEWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA The Senior Class of Ridgeway High School is proud to dedicate this our 1952 yearbook to our Superintendent, J. T. RIDGEWAY SCHOOL ALMA MATER 1. Hail to thee our Alma Mater Hail to Ridgeway High. We will love Thee in the future As in days gone by. Chorus: See her colors black and garnet Shining on the hill. Hail to Thee our Alma Mater Ridgeway High School, hail! 2. Our praise to thee, Oh Ridgeway High School Lives through all the years. We'll not forget Thee in the future Through life's smiles and tears. McLeod. FACULTY J. T. McLEOD A. L. ATKINSON MRS. GLADYS BASS MRS. MYRTLE WILKES MRS. RUTH COLEMAN MRS. MARGARET PALMER Milii HIGH SCHOOL JOYCE INEZ BECKHAM ROBERTA ESTELLE BRANHAM Editor-in-Chief School Paper 4; Art Editor Yearbook 4; 4-H Club 1,2,3; Beta Club 1, 2,3,4. Feature Editor School Paper 4; Assistant Editor Yearbook 4; Basketball 1,2, 3,4; Band 2,3; 4-H Club 1,2,3; President 1; Vice-President 4; Basketball Captain 4. LEGRAND BRANHAM Circulation Manager School Paper 4; Sports Editor Yearbook 4; Band 3,4; School Bus Driver 4; Basketball 2,3,4; 4-H Club 1,2, 3,4. SENIORS FLORENCE LUCILE BRANHAM Reporter School Paper 4; Basketball 1,2, 3,4; Band 2, 3; 4-H Club 1,2, 3,4; Secre- tary and Treasurer 3; Basketball Captain 3; Vice-President 1, LOUISE GORDON BRADLEY Advertising Manager School Paper 4; Bus- iness Manager Yearbook 4; Band 1,2, 3,4; Basketball 1,2; Class Prophecy; Vice- President 2, 3; Beta Club 1,2, 3,4, ALICE LOUISE BRAZIEL Business Manager School Paper 4; 4-H Club 1,2. THELMA LAVONNE DINKINS JENNY WREN DIXON Circulation Manager School Paper 4; Assis - tant Business Manager Yearbook 4; 4-H Club 1,2; President 4;. Associate Editor School Paper 4; Art Ed- itor Yearbook 4; Beta Club 1,2, 3,4; Class Historian 4. JANE NELSON EDMUNDS Art Editor School Paper 4, Editor-in-Chief Yearbook 4; Beta Club 1,2, 3,4; Band 1,2, 3,4; Basketball Manager 1,2; Miss-Hi- Miss; President 2,3. HERBERT NORRIS HOLLIS LEILA LORETTA HUMPHRIES ANNIE NADINE MATTOX Sports Editor School Paper 4; Sports Ed- itor Yearbook 4; Basketball 1,2, 3, 4; Sec- retary and Treasurer 4; 4-H Club 1,2, 3. ELIZABETH WILSON Exchange Manager School Paper 4; 4-H Club 1,2, 3,4; Basketball 1,2, 3,4. JULIAN BRANHAM Band, Bus Driver, Basketball, President of Class, CLAUD IE COOPER MARION EDMUNDS Band, EUNICE GERALD Beauty Queen, DANNY GUNTER 4-H Club, Basketball JAMES LAIL SHIRLEY MATTOX BILLY MEDLIN Bus Driver� Basketball, Secretary Treasurer of Class, LOUIE MOORE Bus Driver, Basketball, Vice- President of Class. HUBERT MURPHY 4-H Club, Bus Driver, Basketball. BETTY PALMER Baske tball. REBECCA RICHARDSON 4-H Club, Basketball. LIN BARNETT MARIE CRAFT OREE DINKINS TOMMY EASLER BOBBY HARTMAN june McDonald DONALD BRANHAM ISABELLE COOPER TOMMY EDMUNDS CONNIE GUNTER MARY JEAN HAIGLER FRANKLIN LAIL OLIN LAIL HOWARD MATTOX RUTH MILES CLARA MAE MOSELEY SUSAN PALMER JUNE REEVES EIGHTH GRADE LAVERN BRANHAM LORETTA BRANHAM MARION BRANHAM VIRGINIA BRANHAM FURMAN CHRISTENSON LAVON COOPER BILLY DINKINS LILLIE MAE GERALD JIMMY GULLEDGE SADIE GUNTER RE OLA KELLY JOAN L AT TIMORE JACQUELINE MOORE FLORENCE PEAK ROBERT TALTON HYRAM WILSON ALICE YOUNGBLOOD GRADES SEVENTH GRADE First Row� left to right: Rebecca Branham, Nancy Edmunds, Jo Anne Cooper, Bobby Wilson, Shirley Haigler, Patsy Wilson. Second Row, left to right: Franklin Murphy, Evelyn Albert, Loretta Branham, Helen Cooper, Evelyn Beckham, Thomas Denton. Third Row, left to right: Johnny Atkerson, Louise Barnett, Mrs. Coleman, David Braziel, Edward Palmer. FIFTH ERADE First Row, Left to Right: Mrs. Edgeworth, Kennedy McLeod, Larry Murphy, Margaret Wright, Don Gunter, Patrica Branham, Barbara White. Second Row: Ray Perry, Katherine Branham, Vanda Cooper, Coleman Dinkins, Wayne Braziel, Heyward Mattox, Sandra Atkerson. Third Row: Margie Gladden, Leonard Cooper, Jimmie Ogburn, James Cooper, Donald Reynolds, Lilly Branham, Bill Barnett, Oleta Kelly. SIXTH GRADE First Row, Left to Right: Annette McGuirt, Mae Nell Johnson, Anna Moore, Donald McGuirt, La Nell Peake, Bobby Gladden, Agnes Humphries, Carole Peake. Second Row: Mrs. Dove, Louise Finley, Jerry Branham, Bobby Joe Richardson, Buddy Wilson, Dolores Branham, Bobby Lail, Lamar Branham, Boyd Moseley. Third Row: Reba Talton, Aaron Hollis, Gladys Branham, Jimmie Mattox, Rose Nicholson, Errol McDonald, Polly Reynolds. Fourth Row: George Edd Richardson, Jeannette Mattox, Faye Perry, Joe Stewart, Lillian Brafford, Rebecca Talton, D. W. Branham. THIRD GRADE Front Row, left to right: Joe Albert, Anne Richardson, Rebecca Mattox, James Peay, Betsy Thompson, Herman Peake, Carol Gunter, Jackie McGuirt. Second Row, left to right: Tony Reynolds, Emmie Jane Branham, Jimmy Ray Wilson, Lonnie Branham, Retta Jean Finley, Sandra Miles, Tommy Bass, Miss Webb, Third Row, left to right: Wyarian Bass, Grace Perry, Claudis Mae Chesson, Bobby Peak, Dianne Davis, Ronnie Murphy, Peggy Youngblood, Grady Lail, Lois Smith. FOURTH GRADE First Row, left to right: Sara Lou Bass, Sam Branham, Carolyn Branham, Robert Thomas, Etta Branham, Art Branham, Vera Humphries, Mrs. Moore. Second Row, left to right: David Gerald, Annie Cooper, Virgil Rabon, Joe Ava Carey, Larry Watts, Virginia Miles, Charles Talton, Buddy Haigler, Third Row, left to right: Vernon Boykin, Susie Smith, Wesley Branham, Anne Met- calf, Alton Peak, Travis Matthews, Jimmy Hood, Elaine Ogburn. First Row, left to right: Billy Johnson, Martha Frances Albert, Joyce Gunter, Rufus Jones, Lawrence Wallace Branham, Sally Joyce Ellis, Fay Peake, Jerry Murphy, Ray Peake, Mrs Kennedy. Second Row, left to right: Johnny Nicholson, Johnny Dixon, William Grover Branham, Linda McLeod, Vivian .Perry, Gloria Reynolds, Jimmy Atkerson, Jane Dinkins. Third Row, left to right: Donnie Hood, Serena Magill, Edward Murphy, John David Mattox, John William Miles. Tprrv RihKo Charles Branham, Rudy Murphy, Gary Branham. SECOND CRUDE First Row, left to right: Wayne Branham, Frances Brazington, Marie Bran- ham, Zelma Ann Braziel, Libby Denton, Pat Denton, Eliza Wilson, Charles Bass, Miss Stevenson. Second Row, left to right: Bobby Dominy, Kay Bass, Brenda Sue Rabon, Brenda Jo Mattox, Jimmy Peake, Amy Peay, Joyce Din- kins, David Branham. Third Row, left to right: Gale Carter, Rudy Kelly, James Branham, Lonnie Ray Miles, Dobson Wright, Bennie Bass, Lee Thom- as, Elaine Dove. ACTIVITIES .■. ' . .. r ' - • ' GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Front Row, Left to Right: Reola Kelly, Ruth Miles, Estelle Branham, Betty Palmer, Connie Gunter, Lillie Belle Branham. Back Row: Rebecca Richard- son, Jacquelin Moore, Sadie Gunter, Nadine Mattox, Lucile Branham, Eliz- abeth Wilson, Mary Gean Haigler, BOYS’ BASKETBALL Front Row, Left to Right: Furman Christenson, LeGrand Branham, Marion Branham, Donald Branham, Louie Moore. Back Row: Billy Medlin, Lin Barnett, Danny Gunter, Bobby Hartman, Julian Branham, Hubert Murphy, Tommy Edmunds. 4N CLUB First Row, Left to Right: Patricia Branham, Donald Reynolds, Coleman Dinkins, Kennedy McLeod, Billy Barnett, Larry Murphy, Donald McGuirt, Jimmy Mattox, Howard Mattox, James Cooper, Leonard Cooper, Wayne Braziel, Annette McGuirt. Second Row: Boyd Mosley, Lily Branham, George Richardson, Vanda Cooper, Bobby Lail, Sandra Atkerson, Franklin Murphy, Louise Finley, Bobby Wilson, Agnes Humphries, Bobby Joe Richardson, Third Row: Olin Lail, Patsy Wilson, Hyram Wilson, Helen Cooper, Billy Dinkins, Lavern Branham, Connie Gunter, Donald Branham, Rose Nicholson, LeGrand Branham, Ruth Miles. Fourth Row: Faye Perry, johnny Atkerson, Alice Youngblood, Furman Christensen, Lillie Belle Branham, Hubert Murphy, Rebecca Richardson, Danny Gunter, Sadie Gunter, Franklin Lail, Mary Jean Haigle r. First Row, Left to Right: Johnny Dixon, Rufus Jones, Johnny Nicholson. Second Row: Donald McGuirt, Robert Thomas, Coleman Dinkins, Bill Barnett, Kennedy McLeod, Rose Nicholson. Third Row: LeGrand Branham, Hyram Wilson, Donald Branham, Julian Branham, Jane Edmunds, Louise Bradley, Manny Edmunds, Louise Barnett, Tommy Edmunds. Seated, Left to Right: Joyce Beckham, Art Editor; Estelle Branham, Assis- tant Editor; Jane Edmunds, Editor-in-Chief, Standing: Lavonne Dinkins, Assistant Business Manager; Louise Bradley, Business Manager; Mr. Atkinson, Advisor and Sponsor; Nadine Mattox, Sports Editor; LeGrand Branham, Sports Editor; Jenny Dixon, Art Editor. ANNUAL STAFF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, Jane Nelson Edmunds, will my ability to get boy-friends to Alice Youngblood and Mary Jean Haigler because they try so hard. I, Joyce Inez Beckham, will my small feet to Tommy Edmunds. I, Louise Gordon Bradley, will my long hair to Susan Palmer. I, Florence Lucile Branham, will my ability to play basketball to Rebecca Richardson. I Roberta Estelle Branham, will my wise cracks to Shirley Mattox in hopes that she will use them. I, Herbert Norris Hollis, will my tall statue to Howard Mattox. I, Thelma Lavonne Dinkins, will my ability to laugh to Clara Mae Moseley. 1, Alice Louise Braziel, will my quiet disposition to Ruth Miles. I, Elizabeth Wilson, will my ability to dance to Florence Peak. I, LeGrand Branham, will my expertness in basketball to Billy Medlin. I, Jenny Wren Dixon, will my short statue to Bobby Hartman in hopes that he won't grow any taller. I, Leila Loretta Humphries, will my plump figure to Sadie Gunter. I, Nadine Mattox, will my slim figure to Isabel Cooper. To the incoming Seniors, we leave our ability to publish a school paper. Attorney Joyce Beckham Witnessed by: Marian Edmunds Julian Branham CLASS PROPHECY Today as I sit here waiting for my plane to take off, before I assume my duties as a hostess for Delta Air Lines, my thoughts wander back to the class of 52. I see Joyce Beckham happily married and the mother of six children. There's Loretta Humphries a secret agent for the F, B. I. Jenny Dixon is now head of the English Department at U. S. C. Typist for the U. S. Rubber Co. is Louise Braziel. Lavonne Dinkins is the receptionist at the Waldorf Astoria. Mrs. Danny Medlin, the former Nadine Mattox, leaving for , a honeymoon in Texas. .Cstelle Branham, an Air Force Nurse now serving in Korea. Now owner of a large modern service station in Columbia is Norris Hollis. Lib Wilson who is now a secretary at Fort Jackson. Living in a huge mansion in New York is Lucile Branham now married. And of course there is Jane Edmunds now the most famous dress designer in New York and sporting a two carat diamond. Last, but not least, is LeGrand Branham a Captain in the Navy irs still a bachelor giving all the girls a thrill. By Louise Bradley SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In September 1940, we began our school life. We were twenty-three frightened boys and girls because this was something quite new to all of us, but we soon found that we had nothing to fear. That year our teacher was Miss Jean Starnes. Our second year we were proud to have Miss Margaret Clark for our teacher. We were very glad to have Louise Bradley join our class that year. The next year found us in Miss Marion Heins' room. Due to the illness of Miss Heins' mother, we had quite a few substitute teachers. In the fourth grade, we were under the guidance of Miss Margaret Matthews. Our fifth grade teachers were Miss Elsie Castles and Mrs. Nicholson. Joyce Beckham joined our class that year. The next year we were in the sixth grade, and our teachers were Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Nicholson. Nadine Mattox joined our class that year from Charleston. The seventh grade found us still under the guidance of Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Nicholson. Estelle Branham, Lucile Branham, Elizabeth Wilson, Norris Hollis, LeGrand Branham, Lavonne Dinkins, Lor etta Humphries , R one 11a Dinkins , Fay Branham, Evelyn Branham, Fairy Branham, Vernon Branham, Eunice Gerald, Tommy Easier, and Louise Braziel joined our class from Turner School. We were sorry to have Barbara McFadden leave us to go to Mount Zion, How proud we all were to say that we were in the eighth grade. Our teachers were Miss Strieker and Mrs. McEachern. At last we were in high school. We were under the leadership of Mr. Moody, Mr. Nicholson, and Miss Epting. We were sorry to have Evelyn Branham and Nancy Peeler leave us that year to launch upon the sea of matrimony. The next year we were in the tenth grade. Our teachers were Miss Johnson, Mr. McLeod, and Mr. Nicholson. We were sorry to have Jean Guyton leave us that year to go to University High in Columbia. Juniors at last, we had quite an eventful year. We were thrilled to receive our class rings instead of waiting until we became Seniors, The two big events, of the year were our Junior Play and Junior-Senior Reception. We are Seniors now, and though many of our classmates have left us; we are proud to say at least two members have completed the twelve years together. These two are Jane Edmunds and Jenny Wren Dixon. Now, as the end of our school life at dear old R H S draws near; thirteen members are patiently waiting for the night when we shall receive our diplomas. We shall never forget Ridgeway High School and shall ever feel indebted to our teachers for their help and kindness. Jenny Wren Dixon Class Historian UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. 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EDMUNDS COMPANY AlTlEsk UhykxJ Wholesale Grocers CITIES SERVICE Cotton Merchants Gas and Oil Ridgeway South Carolina PONTIAC BOYKIN PONTIAC CO., INC. GMC Camden South Carolina SENIORS Wonder why Seniors are classed as snobs,” And always accused of doing GERMANY-ROY-BROWN smart jobs. Well listen kids and don't get COMPANY us wrong, Being a Senior is more than a song. 806 Gervais Street Don't think the Seniors so awfully smart Study hard and do your part. You'll be one and then you'll think Columbia, 1 South Carolina Just the thoughts--WE SENIORS THINK! By Lavonne Dinkins Louise Bradley Loretta Humphries Jane Edmunds Lucile Branham LeGrand Branham Jenny Dixon