Rock Springs High School - Rosphian Yearbook (Denver, NC)

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Last Will And Cestament State of North Carolina County of Lincoln City of Denver Township of Catawba Springs We, the Senior Class of 1952, being of sound mind, unmarred bodies, and realizing that our high school days are about to end, do hereby make our last willand testa- ment. ARATE IE. To the principal, Mr. Little, we leave our Geometry books, and our appreication for his patience shown us while learning to drive. To Miss Miller, we leave our sewing and cooking ability and our thanks for making our senior year a happy one. To Mrs. Moose, we leave our scientific knowledge and our basketball suits. To Mrs. Maxwell, we leave our odd Spanish pronuncia- tions and our English themes. To Mrs. Sigmon, we leave our shorthand books and our thanks for her help with the plays. To Mr. Wallin, we leave our love of sports and our Eco- nomics books and test papers. To Mr. Carpenter, we leave our Parliamentary Procedure books and all the tools. To Mrs. Little, we leave our love of music. To Mrs. Baker, we leave our Bible work books. ARTICLE II To the Juniors, we leave our chapel seats and our home room. To the Sophomores, we leave allthe knowledge we should have gotten. Tothe Freshmen, we leave our hopes that their high school days will be happy ones. To the Elementaries, we leave the determination to be -Seniors. ARTIGLIE Ti I, Virginia Ruth Abernethy, will my pug nose to Peggy Lawing. I, Joyce Ballard, leave my popularity to Dot Beatty. I, Lester Ballard, will my blonde hair to Billie June Sher - fertile I, Patsy Black, will my height to Shirley Little. I, Doris Brotherton, leave my ability to draw and paint to Ocie Bridges. I,Paul Clark, will my study hall troubles to Leonard Chris - topher. I, Maurice Crouse, will my place in the Beta Club to all those who have asked me for it. I, CarleenEdwards, leave my red hair to Joanne Riddle. I, Fred Fisher, will my love offootballto Floyd Ballard. I, Parks Glover, will my friendliness to Wade Sherrill. I, Laura Mae Goodson, will my height to Vaughn Dean Brotherton. I, Joyce Hager, leave my knowledge of spanish to Barba- ra Ann Little. I, RuthHarkey, will my ability toplay basketballto Bar- bara Ann Little. I, Gerald Howard, leave my curly hair to Cranford Barker. I, Jackie Howard, will my beautiful wavy hair to Wade Sherrill. I, Mary Katherine Howard, leave my curly hair to Betty Poole. I, Martha Howie, will my longhair to Billie Mae Shellem. I, Gray Jones, will my height to Jerry Lawing. I, Joanne Kelly, leave my ability to be engaged before leaving high school to Merriel Mundy. I, Keith Kelly, will my dark eye lashes to Dot Beavty. I, Lee Killian, leave my place inChemistry to anyone who has to take the course. I, Joe King, will my ability to play basketball to Billy Mack Little. I, John Lester Little, will my ability to play basketball to W.J. Thompson, I, Frances Ann Little, will my place as Class Historian to Dorothy Baker. I, Alice Loftin, leave my quietness in English to Jewell Overcash, with the hopes she won't be caught talking as many times as I have been. I, William May, will my weight to Kenneth Sigmon. I, Melvin Nixon, leave my book sense and knowledge to Joanne Riddle and Sylvia Morrison. I, Tommy Nixon, will my curly hair to Johnny Killian. I, Joyce Reel, will my school bus to Harvey Lawing. I, Delano Robinette, will my Chemistry Book to the un- lucky person who has to study it. I, Carey Sherrill, leave my hobby, untieing shoe strings, to Bille Mae Shellem and Dorothy Baker. I, Clyde Sifford, will anything about me worth having to Grady Barker. s I, Dennis Sifford, will my Geometry book to Shirley Little. I, Joyce Sigmon, leave my love of History and Math to anyone who needs it. I, Clifton Str upe, will my weight to Russell Dellinger. I, Reginald Stroupe, willmy place in the Beta Club to Ted Kaylor. I, Jimmy Thompson, leave my friendly ways to Floyd Ballard. In conclusion, we, the graduating class of '52, leave a great school;but the cherished memories of our good times at Rock Springs High School go with us, Witnesses: Joyce Sigmon Mary Katherine Howard Contempt of Court Paul Clark Class of 1952 Doris Brotherton Re eee ore

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Senior Class Prophecy It is August 15, 1962. This morning as I took my copy of the WBT-FS facsimile newspaper out of the receiver, I noticed that the issue was devoted to the activities of the classes of '52 in the Charl otte area. On page 7, I found this article: Rock Springs High School, Denver, N. C., has contributed much to the world. A list of its class of '52 shows many prominent citizens. Clyde Sifford is owner of the Hot Rod Motor Company of Lowesville. Ruth Harkey is his secretary, while Gray Jones and Mrs. Jones (the former Martha Howie) work in the bookkeeping department. Melvin Nixon demonstrates the new models between trips to the hospital for treatment of injuries due to his acci- dents. Joanne Kelly has nothing to worry about as she is now Mrs. Q, L. Moore and part owner of the Moore chain of service stations. Their keenest competition is from the Howardservice stations, owned by Jackie Howardand his wife, formerly Patsy Black. Just down the road we findthat Tommy Nixonis general Mana- ger of the Triangle Real Estate Agency, with Alice Loftin as secretary and general assistant. On the national scene, Joyce Ballard has replaced Laurie Anders as the cowboy on Ken Murray's TV show, John Lester Little and Joe King are in professional baseball. Johnny pitches for the Cleveland In- dians and Joe for the New York Giants. Doris Brotherton is director of advertising and art for the Lincolnton Daily Gazetie. Clifton Stroupe holds the position of city editor. Also located in Lincolnton are Joyce Reel and PaulClark. Joyce is driving a taxi for the Bill May Cab Company, where her school bus experience saves her from many fatal acci- dents. Mr. May has a fleet of 15 cabs. Paul is a carpenter for Seth Lumber Company. Reginald Stroupe is postmaster of the Pilot Knob Post Office. During his hours off he has duties as the secretary of the RockSprings Alumni Association. One of the members of the association, Jim Thomp- son, an insurance salesman, is recovering froma broken leg, He was selling insurance to stock car racers when Delano Robinette, a leading racer in the South, ran over him. Thompson hadno insurance onhimself. Still others from the class of '52 are also engaged in interesting activities. Mary Katherine Howard was recently appointed Home Demonstration Agent for Catawba County. Virginia Ruth Abernethy is at Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico, with her husband, Lieutenant Harris. Frances Ann Little is the writer of the song hits, ''Because of Me,' ' and''Whenthe Moon Comes Over the Mountain, There'll be Moon- shine in the Valley. '' Joyce Hager and CarleenEdwards are both nurses in the county consolidated hospital. Fred Fisher is practicing law and is a promising candidate for the office of District Attorney while Gerald Howard is making a career of the Army. He will retire in 12 more years. Keith Kelly, engaged in still another occupation, is in charge of the packing and shipping department of Carolina Freight. Some of the boys are sticking to the good old soil. Dennis Sifford is making a small fortune with his chicken farm, He switched to chickens because of the price war in the turkey business. Lee Killian has a large farm and is the discoverer of the Killian strain of non-smutting wheat. Lester Ballard owns a Grade A dairy farm near Tuckers Grove. Four of the graduates returned to Rock Springs - this time as teachers. Laura Mae Goodson teaches music and has charge of the extra-curricular activities. Karey Sherrill teaches English and Spanish, since Mrs. Maxwell has retired from teaching. Joyce Sigmon, still an old maid, teaches the social studies. Parks Glover returned to his favorite subject when he was hired as the sports coach. Wonder why all this sounds familiar? Oh, yes, I was the transmitter at WBT-FS last night whenthis facsimile newspaper was transmitted to thousands of home receivers in the area and I read it while it was being transmitted. Maurice Crouse Prophet

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MOST STUDIOUS Joyce Sigmon Zlifton Stroupe MOST POPULAR Joyce Ballard Gerald Howard