Rockwell High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rockwell, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 58 of the 1943 volume:

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Sar ee a = atte ees ete ee ee me ee fer Cr (Cpaas BOOK 4 FACULTY BOOK IV ACTIVITI“S On-ward to VIC = im ed (Onn ne er aan net NL te AS I CE ELI TLL OE OES eteenieta apn ere NAS Ot RER ARERL A e ERO ELAR, NTT eA Ne A IS oe ON A RED RE OE A I We dedicate the 1943 ROCKET to those boys who have gone from the carefree halls of schools here and all over our country into the Armed Service------ boys who have given up temporary freedom to make sure an ever-lasting freedom, THE 1943 ROCKET SALUTES THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF ALBRICA, God rest you merry gentlemen Who laid your good lives down Who took the khaki and the gun Instead of Uap and Gown. God bring you to a fairer place Than even Oxford Town. --Latts THE FACULTY G. Ray Brown, A. B., Lenoir Rhyne College Principal Theresa Linn Taylor, A. B., Catawba College French, English Margaret Palmer, A. B., Catawba College English, Social Studies Mrs. Lewis Bost, A. B., Queens College English, History Dorothy Shamel, B, S., Catawba College Science Mrs. H. S. Dinning, A. B., University of Kentucky Mathematics Barbara Boland, A. B., Lenoir Rhyne College Commercial Alice Gordon Geekie, A. B., Flora MacDonald College Mary Patterson, A. B., Maryville College Highth Grade Virginia McNeely, B. S., Woman's College, U. N. C. Home Economics J. M. Conry, B. S., George Peabody College Agriculture Jessie Griggs, A. B ., Hast Carolina Teachers College Mrs. Carrie R. Currie, A. B., Catawba College Seventh Grade Mrs. Frank Hodge, A. B., Catawba College Sixth Grade Rockwell, Landis, Thomasville, Rockwell, Salisbury, Granite Quarry, Cleveland, Spencer, Rockwell, Shelby, Rockwell, Wadesboro, Rockwell, Granite Quarry, Virginia Cox, A. B., Duke University Charlotte, Sixth and Fifth Grades irs. W, A. Beaver, A. Bs, Lenoir Rhyne College Rockwell, Fifth Grade Mrs. Edmund Siwik, A. B., Eastern Carolina Teachers Col. Wadesboro, Lillian G. Allen, A. B., M. A., University of N. C. Hendersonville, Fourth Grade Mrs. Mary J. Kale Sowers, A. B,, Catawba College Rockwell, Mrs. G. Ray Erown, A. B., Catawba College Rockwell, Third Grade Louanna Overcash, A, B., Catawba College Kannapolis, Klaine Delozier, A. B., Catawba College Second Grade Ruth Ivey Trott, Appalachian State Teachers College Alma Carraway, A. B., Eastern Carolina Teachers Col. First Grade Annie Laurie Overton, B. S., Meredith College N, Altoona, Pa. New London, N. C. Snow Hill, N, C. Sanferd, N. Ce TALSe AS Let DS iC Because the road was steep and long And through a dark and lonely land, God set upon my lips a song, And put a lantern in my hand. Kilmer. SEEON-I-O URES praise as . Let usall sing CLASS POEM Tonight we turn our thoughts away In memory of many a high school day. . These four long years together we've been; t So now, best wishes to'friends we send. Many of us traveled a difficult road, i And our school burdens were oft a load--- | But now at the time for graduation We'll forget those burdens as we look to our nation, Our class colors, blue and white, will be To us a guide 'til eternity; And earnestly the Class of '43 . Has as its motto All for. Victory , Leaving our friends who were so true Is a sad and heart breaking thing to do. But we turn our hearts and minds to MIGHT. With the help of God, we'll win this fight. Rebecca Brown, Class Poet Ze C HERMAN MORGAN s SN PRESIDENT wa (AS 5 Aan ral es IRMA SETZER —S(C CLAUDE BEAVER SECRETARY TREASURER REBECCA BROWN VICE — PRESIDENT MOTTO COLORS FLOWER All For Victory Blue and White White Carnation MASCOTS Sylvia Castor . Bryan Conry Oni wardako on xe | | | HUBERT AGNER----Modestly intelligent, . dependable, likeable student. LORENE ARBY------- Everybody's friend, chic dresser, pleasing personality. MBA AR Yee Bashful grin, best dressed, well liked fellow. SUSTE BARGER .-- ------------ Disarming smile, lovely dimples. CLYDE BARRINGER... Class athlete, high scoring center, boyish smile. MARIAN BARTON....----- Contagious smile, friendly redhead, most original girl. BEATRICE BASINGER ... .. Best dressed girl, gorgeous red hair, easy going. CLAUDE BEAVER.--Unsurpassed humorist, clever public speaker, good actors HUGH BEAVER Carefree attitude, most popular boy, heart breaker. SARA BOGER....--- Most intelligent girl, easy going student, truly dependable, HAZEL BOST.......Sweet smile, cofitagious giggle, good natured. Ce BROWN nurse coms, Agriculture leader, baseball star, southern gentleman. NAOMI BROWN 3-2-2 Lover of music, future teacher. REBECCA BROWN:----Sugar and spice and everything nice, most ambitious girl. RAY CARTER .----------Likeable redhead, unexcitable fellow, baseball star. ELSIE CHEEK... Cleverly frank, care=- free attitude, friend to everyone. ESO Pw B) BU h VRE eee eer Scoop editor, smooth dancer, individualist. MARY LOU CRANFORD----Cheerful nature, friendly attitude, willing to learn, MILDRED DAVIS.---Commercial whiz, ase suming responsibility, attractive, J. V. EARNHARDT... Charming smile, true blonde, lover of typing, RUBY ELLER. Happy+go—lucky spirit, original essayist, popular senior. JULIA FESPERMAN--High school queen, most beautiful girl. LOUISE FISHER-------- A student, sweet disposition, tall, slender. KINARD FISHER 0-0-0 Carefree manner, ready for anything. impish smile, em id FS —sS 4 e. rise as WY ro) iat ns ; Let usall sin 8 fc Let us all Sing praise as NORMAN FRICK.......... Devilish charm,. el- fish grin, BERNICE FUNDERBURKE.....--- Black curly hair, laughing brown eyes, sincere, RUTH FUNDERBURKE.---0.0--Fun Loving student, good natured. TRENE GOODMAN --.0. Most athletic girl, vivacious blende, care free, tall. RACHEL GOODMAN....True friend to all, subtle humor, ideal girl, LUCILLE GRANT.-------Dependable student, sunny smile. Jo We HAMPTON ---cccnnnnon Willing to help, reserved manner, truly friendly, CLAUDE HARWOOD.-.... Always sincere, determined character, hard working. LOUISE HEDGECOCK-...--- Active athlete, most popular girl, personality plus. BEAT Y Pars Ug) Gecstaeeuettenscn Straight forward, observant, well liked, helpful. LORENE HOFFNER.n---senernnnse SUNNY smile, true blonde, reserved friendliness, THELMA HOD SHOU S Re ienetecandacia. Generous, quiet mannered, agreeable. JAMES KIRK -----Blonde ladies man, capable bus drivers French student, future nurse. ROBERT KLUTTZ -...-Inquisitive studen t, most ambitious boy, pleasing nature. NELL LEFLER-........Good natured senior, disarming smile, jolly wise-cracker. WILLIAM LOMBARD........... Friendly, future doctor, science shark. ETHEL LYERLY------Flawlessly grooned, cleverly talkative, fun loving. EVELYN MILLER... Cute and dynamic, tiny blonde, brilliant student. MARY MILLER.-.--Quiet determination, shy smile, reserved manner, BEATRICE MORGAN. Agreeable senior, quiet, studious, timid. E. RAYMOND MORGAN... Future flyer, quiet, reserved, easy going student. FRED MORGAN..............-Brilliant student, steady debator, class romeo, HERMAN MORGAN--.--Brilliant essayist, class president, most intelligent. | | | RAYMOND E. MORGAN......Handsome fellow, best-all-around boy, practical joker, ROBERT MORGAN... Most handsome boy, modestly attractive, good humored. BONNIE PEELER.........Sincerely friendly, flashy forward, nonchalant attitude, SARAH CATHERINE PEELER -........Friendly, lover of athletics, good natured. ee OAR ATT 7, seiscwnntianc sent OB attitude, soft voiced, dark dashing eyes. HENRY RITCHIE .....---Truly dependable, mathematics wizzard, nice attitude, TRMA SETZER + ermemirenne Friendliest girl, attractive, French whiz. PRONCES SL DES reels ate Rocket Editor, lovely, attractive senior, sweet, MARY STIREWALT.......... Nice disposition, senior songbird, lover of dancing. INEZ TAYLOR... Large snappy eyes, charming smile, poised, vivacious. neat in appearance. BILL TREXLER -----0cc Clever humorist, nost original, witty in conversation CARRIE TREXLER «+. Hard working, dependable basketballer,. MARY ELIZABETH TREXLER-...Attractive, neat, sweet natured senior, MARY ETTA TREXLER ---cncnncnenns . Bubbling enthusiasm, peppy cheer leader. RANEY TROUTMAN Senior thinker, deep voiced speaker, hard worker. JOHN YORKE WAGONER.---- Nifty dresser, handsome, man about town, Ba Wed Woe eerie cae nonbyant Charming smile, future aviatrix,. MASCOTS Sylvia Castor Bryan Conry Let usall Sing praise as LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of 1943 do make, publish, and declare this to be our last Will and Testament in manner following: To Mr. Brown, our deepest appreciation for everything he has done for us during our eleven years in school. To the Juniors we leave our seats in chapel and all our books, Members of the Senior Class bequeath to the following persons: Lorene Arey leaves her place in the school store to Ruth Fowler. Mildred Davis and J. V. Earnhardt g ive their typewriters to Louise Sides and Ruby Beaver. Lillian Cooper offers her place as editor of the SCOOP to Lou Ellen Ketner ° Jimmy Kirk gladly gives his bus and keys to Ben Yost. Ruby Eller bequeaths John Yorke Wagoner to anyone who can get him. Marian Barton and Bill Trexler leave their nonchalant attitude to Kath leen Agner and Clyde Thomason, Fred Morgan and Culp Trent leave their love for the girls to Fred Cooke and Billy Sides, Irene Goodman and Sarah Catherine Peeler give their undying companion ship to Imogene McLemore and Bonnie Fesperman. Bonnie Peeler gladly hands over her math book to Buddy Lippard. Louise Hedgecock and Hugh Beaver hand down their popularity to Peggy Lyerly and Billy Poole, Clyde Barringer, Clyde Brown, and Ray Carter leave their athletic abi lities to Lucius MeHargue, Claude Cruse, and Joe Ketner. Elsie Cheek and Nell Lefler bequeath their humorous jokes to Margaret Ella Stirewalt and Doris Louise Brown. Evelyn Miller hands over her substitute teaching to Martha Peeler. Sarah Boger and Herman Morgan bequeath their intellectual ability to Jimmy Eller and Ray Brown, Naomi Brown and Betty Yost give their musical ability to Sarah Phoebe Misenheimer and Sarah Catherine Misenheimer. Norman Frick and Claude Beaver give their sense of humor to Lawrence Eller and Clinton Morgan, Rebecca Brown, Carrie Trexler and Lucille Grant hand over places in the office to Minnie Lee Russell, Elizabeth Misenheimer and Betty Lou Shafer. Bill Lombard leaves all of his excuses to Pete Honeycutt. Mary Etta Trexler and Mary Elizabeth Trexler bequeath their artistic abilities to Dorothy McCulloch. “Shanteeet are — lect usall stn 8 praise as Mary Elizabeth Stirewalt and Inez Taylor leave their determination to Edith Lyerly and Edith Bost. Frances Sides and Irma Setzer leave their friendliness to Gwenn Deal and Edna Alexander, Hubert Agner, Robert Arey, J. W. Hampton, Raney Troutman and Henry Rit- ¢chie hand over their ability to blush to Glenn Ray Holshouser, Murphy Hamp- ton, J. D, Goodman, Calvin Shaver, and Charlie Shepherd. John Yorke Wagoner gives Donald Surratt a club to beat off the girls, Robert Morgan hands over his good looks to Zeb Bost, Mary Miller, Mary Heilig, Thelma Rattz and Ethel Lyerly leave their love for gabbing to Dorothy Alexander, Lois Shuping, Lola Null and Ann Shep- herd. Claude Harwood and Raymond E. Morgan leave their willingness to help to Fred Hill and Banks Barringer. Kinard Fisher and Robert Kluttz hand over their love for chemistry ex- periments to Egbert Rowland and James Ward, Thelma Holshouser and Billy Klutz bequeath their places in the library to Margaret Varnadore and Doris Ludwig. Julia Fesperman hands over her charming personality te Susan Drew. Rachel Goodman gives her shorthand book to Rose Brown. EK. Raymond Morgan regretfully leaves his quiet, bashful disposition to Bobby Holshouser,. ; Beatrice Morgan, Lorene Hoffner, Bernice Funderburke and Louise Fisher hand over their ability to be quiet to Johnnie Sue Penninger, Mary €atherine Fesperman, Audrey Lee McLemore and Mary Lee Eost. Susie Barger, Hazel Bost and Beatrice Bassinger hand. down their neat- ness to Willie Howard, Zelia Bost and Doris Marie Brown, Ruth Funderburke and Mary Lou Cranford leave their friendship to Thelma Cozart and Helen Holshouser. In witness, we, the Senior Class of 1943 do set our hand and seal. Louise Hedgecock, Testater Beer ATIVES MOST POPULAR Hugh Beaver Louise Hedgecock MOST INTELLECTUAL Herman Morgan Sarah: Boger MOST AMBITIOUS Rebecca Brown Robert Kluttz BEST LOOKING Julia Fesperman Robert Morgan BEST-ALL-AROUND Frances Sides Raymond E. Morgan BEST DRESSED Robert Arey Beatrice Basinger MOST ATHLETIC Irene Goodman Clyde Barringer FRIENDLIEST Bill Lombard Irma Setzer MOST ORIGINAL Marian Barton Bill Trexler CLASS PROPHECY As we were walking down a quiet street in Washington, D. C. one aftera noon our thoughts wandered back to Rockwell's graduating class of '43----our graduating class. We wondered where our friends were, and what they were doings By chance we stopped before a door. A sign above it read Madame Luza. Knows All, Sees All, Tells All. We went in and asked her to tell us about our Class of '43. This, in her own words, is the information given us. In an outstanding night club in New York I see a popular debutante, Irma Setzer, dining with her favorite escort, Ensign Robert Morgan of the United States Navy. Sweet music---Oh yes; that is being played by John Yorke Wagoner's well known orchestra. The spot light is now on the star en tertainer, J. V. Earnhardt, a blues singer. The World Series has just ended in Brooklyn, and Ray Carter and Clyde Brown, stars of the winning team, are being entertained at a formal dinner ‘by Ethel Lyerly and Billie Kluttz, Other important couples present are: Mary Heliig (Powers model) and Claude Harwood (Wall Street Broker), Susie Barger (hat designer) and Raymond E. Morgan (bank president), Sara Boger (author) and Herman Morgan (Professor of English at Yale University). Back in Rockwell I see Mildred Davis settled down to a quiet family life with Dr William Lombard, Chief of Staff at the Rockwell Memorial Hos- pital. Coming down the corridor I see a beautiful nurse.---Why that's Fran- ces Sides! No wonder it takes the patients so long to recover at the Roek— well Memorial Hospital, At Rockwell High School I see Naomi Brown, French teacher; Rachel Goodman, head of the commercial department; Mary Miller, chemistry teacher; and Coach Raney Troutman all hard at work. In lower Rockwell, the part that was formerly Gold Hill, I see Jimmie Kirk about to make a campaign speech in behalf of Culp Trent, who is running for Governor of the State of North Carolina. In the crowd I see Senator Hubert Agner and a member of the House of Representatives, J. W. Hampton. In Salisbury I see Thelma Holshouser, editor of the Salisbury Evening Post, and Beatrice Morgan and Lucille Grant as star reporters, In Charlotte, North Carolina, I see a prominent business man, Robert Kluttz, dictating a letter to his blonde secretary, Irene Goodman, At a roadside restaurant near Raleigh, North Carolina a car stops and two attractive carhops dressed in white step up. They are none other than Bernice Funderburke and Thelma Rattz. Onn wactOIN Ca ss The shortage of men has definitely had its effect on the female mem- bers of the Class of '43. In an Old Maids Home somewhere in Piedmont Care- lina I find Lorene Hoffner and Marian Barton, along with Carrie Trexler, who owns and operates the home. The most popular literature read there is the famous book, ‘How to Win a Husband!, written by Sarah Catherine Peeler, a former resident. Her book has been highly beneficial to herself as well as to others. In a quiet village in-- -well, let's keep it quiet---I see Robert Arey and Beatrice Bassinger settled down in a little white house with green shut- ters, The paperboy, Kinard Fisher, is approaching. The newspaper headlines read, 'Elsie Cheek and Claude Beaver Wed', In Florida I see Hazel Bost and Louise Fisher, co-owners of a large resort. Two very successful business girls. The scene now changes to Hollywood, California, It seems that there is a movie star or two from every senior class. The Class of '43 is well represented by a lovely Mary Elizabeth Trexler and the most popular boy of the class, Hugh Beaver. These two have really made headlines, They are now co-starring in the M. G. M. picture, 'Dearly Beloved’, In Chicago, Illinois, I see Rebecca Brown, proprietor of a dress shop. Her winning personality has helped her business a great deal, The Class of '43 is well represented in the Armed Forces too, In the Waacs I see Lorene Arey, Ruby Eller, and Lillian Cooper. In the Waves I see Inez Taylor and Mary Elizabeth Stirewalt, In the Spars I find Julia Fesperman, Louise Hedgecock and Evelyn Miller, In the Womens Marines I see Ruth Funderburke, Mary Lou Cranford and Bonnie Peeler, In the Army I recog- nize E, Raymond Morgan and Norman Frick. I see two fellows in the blue uni- form of the Navy. They are Bill Trexler and Clyde Barringer. In the Marine Corps I see Fred Morgan and Henry Ritchie, In the Ferry Command I find Betty Yost ferrying bombers from the United States to England. This includes everyone except Nell Lefler and Mary Etta Trexler, who are standing before Madame Luza. They now operate a U. S. O. Center located here in Washington. We left Madame Luza feeling very happy, because we realized that the Class of '43 was carrying on as nobly as it did way back in the days when we were still in high school. Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come on earth. F. William Faber JUNIOR CLASS, SECTION I. Mrs. Lewis Bost, Advisor Lois Shuping, Dorothy Alexander, Gwenn Deal, Sarah Misenheimer, Jake Lyerly, Ruby Beaver. . Ray Brown, Ola Bowman, Edward McBride, Louise Sides, Dwight Wilhelm, Bill Poole, Doris Marie Brown, David Howard, Lou Ellen Ketner, Jimmie Eller, Margaret Varnadore. | Raymond Huffman, J, D. Goodman, Max Honeycutt, Clinton Morgan, Banks Barrin- ger, Mrs. Lewis Eost. Foy Lookabill, Fred Lipnard, Egbert Rowland, Donald Surratt. Absent when picture was taken: Nadine Rhodarmer, Doris Ludwick, Lorine Honeycutt, Charlie Shepherd. JUNIOR CLASS, SECTION II. Miss Dorothy Shamel, Advisor Clinton Barringer, Ben Yost, Ann Shepherd, Doris L. Brown, Lola Mae Stire- walt, Frances Leonard, Willene Cauble. Margaret Ella Stirewalt, Lola Null, Helen Shue, Zelia Bost, Edith Lyerly, Martha McCombs. Miss Dorothy Shamel, Edna Alexander, Elsie Mae Brown, Louise Shaver, Ruth Fowler, James Ward. Lawrence Eller, Clyde Earnhardt, Hoyle Morgan, Edith Bost, Willie Howard, Ruby Safrit. Clarence Brady, J, Calvin Shaver, Fred Hill, Curtis Morgan, Zeb Bost, Jr. All students present when picture was taken. SOPHOMORE CLASS, SECTION I. Miss Barbara Boland, Advisor Harold Hodge, Dorothy Mae Boggs, Jake Setzer, Lowell J. Stirewalt, Betty Lou Shaver, Rose Brown, Florence Kluttz. Elizabeth Misenheimer, Frances Miller, Beatrice Hoffner, Betty Lou Brown, Addie Rattz, John Yelton, Beatrice Wilhelm. Mary Null, Garnell Lyerly, Peggy Lyerly, Claude Cruse, Billie Mae Morgan, Troy Morgan. Norleen Hill, Everette Bean, E, L. Holshouser, Dorothy McCulloch, Lucille Eller, Brownie Fisher. Miss Barbara Boland, Lucius McHargue, Joe Ketner, Billy Sides, Henry Hols- houser, Clyde Thomason. Absent when picture was taken: Bobby Poole, Katherine Cox, Clarene Harwood, Evelyn McCarn, SOPHOMORE CLASS, SECTION II. Mrs. Houston S. Dinning, Advisor Mildred Hill, Helen Holshouser, Imogene McLemore, Jennie Wilhelm, John Lentz, Nell Myers, Murphy Hampton, June Miller, Minnie Lee Russell, Bonnie Fesperman, Thelma Cozart, Pearl Mor- gan, Cora Eller, Glenn Ray Holshouser. Martha Peeler, Susan Drew, Doris Shipton, Mary Ruth Taylor, Betty Sue Bost, Merrell Goodman, Junior Holshouser. Athalene Lyerly, Robert Teague, Quentin Eller, Carr Kesler, Mrs. H. A. Din- ning, Sarah Katherine Misenheimer. Absent when picture was taken: Bobby Holshouser, Carl Shuping, Fred Cooke, FRESHMAN CLASS, SECTION I. Miss Alice Gordon Geekie, Advisor Johnnie Sue Penninger, S. Be Rinehart, Wayne Morgan, Fay Basinger, Harry Holshouser, William Matthews, Emanuel Frick, Mary Catherine Fesperman, Audrey Lee McLemore, Thomas Hoffner, Mary Lee Bost, Gilbert Morgan, Alvin Agner. Blanche Hoffner, Billy Leonard, R. J. Basinger, Eunice Walker, Virginia Kluttz, Charlotte Trexler, Geneva Edwards. Peggy Kesler, Ruby Hoffner, Douglas Shuping, Kenneth Brown, James Lee Mi- senheimer, Hobert Yost. Mildred Deal, Karr Barrier, Gordon Trexler, Myrtle Stirewalt, Nora Matthews, Jack Johnson, C. J. Goodman. Miss Alice Gofdon Geekie, Pete Honeycutt. , Absent when picture was taken: David Boger. FRESHMAN CLASS, SECTION II. Miss Mary Patterson, Advisor Carr Morgan. Margaret Beaver, Betty Ruth Sides, Don Lyerly, Dorothea Teague, Alice Hodge, Roy Wyatt, Ray Coley, Melvin Arey. Virginia Hoffner, Zelia Overcash, Ruby Lentz, Billy Beaver, Gilbert Sides, Gene Funderburke, Albert Hoffner. att 4 Ray Peeler, Margaret Poole, Herbert Trexler, Billy Culp, Frank Ketchie, Kathleen Agner, Gladys Brown, Norma Lee Barringer, Margaret Miller, Willie Holshouser, Juanita Hahn, Coy Shepherd, John Boger. Glenn Holshouser, George Brown, Jerre Puckett, George Jacobs, Joe Brown, Thomas Fowler. 2 Miss Mary Patterson. Absent when picture was taken: Gladys Cruse, Daisy Stoner, R. C. McCarn, Grady Misenheimer. + ae cay a ¢- to to Nt nN SEVENTH GRADE, SECTION I. Mrs. Carrie Currie, Teacher Fern Kluttz, Leo Kluttz, Edna Fesperman, Frances Coley, Larry Taylor, Mar- garet Lyerly, Harold Brown, James Brown, Ella Marie Johnson, Jackie Bost, Kathryn Wagner, Billie Frank Stirewalt. Tom Haynes, Betty Rose Sides, Glenn Weant,. Betty Yelton, Lovise Ritchie, Nannette Pinion, Vern Cozart, Susie Cheek, Lovise Honeycutt. os | rs. Carrie Currie, Robert Miller, Charlie Artz, Ralph Smith, Marie Hill, Louise Browne Absent when picture was taken: Virginia Swink, Glenn Morgan, Clinton Reid. SEVENTH GRADE, SECTION II, Miss Jessie Griggs, Teacher Mildred Taylor, Jimmy Lee Beaver, James Troutman, Dick Cooke, Phil Howell, Nancy Grant, Evelyn West. Velma Willard, Betty Jean Eller, Betty Lou Shuping, Annie Marie Meadows, Helen Weaver, Louise Rowland, Juanita Efird, Claudine Linthicum, Odessa Holshouser, Doris Bost, Gladys Hammill, Dorothy Holshouser, Ann Lippard, Frances Elliott. Martha Basinger, Evelyn Shuping, (Carl Moose, Fred Cooper, Claude Stoner, George Hoishouser. Miss Jessie Griggs, Gene Beaver, All students present when picture was taken. SIXTH GRADE, SECTION I. Mrs. Frank Hodge, Teacher Lucille Weant, Billy Bostian, Dwight Hail, Carolyn Beaver, Ophelia Rattz, Shirley Earnhardt, Bobby Hampton, Janice Coley. Fay Holshouser, Junior Adams, Jerry Holshouser, Peggy McCulloch, James Hill, Sarah Matthews, Harry Goodman. Frank Brown, Rainelle Coley, Harold Cruse, Glenn Cook, Floyd Hatley, Billy Peeier, Patsy Russell, Billy Funderburke, Banks Bost, Laura Jane Barringer, Margie Trexler, Ray Ketner. Madge Hedrick, Jean Puckett, Alberta Brock, Bertha Hipp, Colleen Shuping, Billy Misenheimer, Doris Deal, Sarah Hammill. Mrs, Frank Hodge, Otis Medley, Ralph Troutman, Ray Smith, Nell Miller, Absent when picture was taken: Raymond Haynes, Letha Isenhour, Joe Cox, SIXTH GRADE, SECTION II. Miss Virginia Cox, Teacher Joan Mahaffey, Grace Hoffner, Betty Lou Goodman, Clifford Shuping, Odell Willard, Jimmy Drew, Charles Lee Verble, Clyde Hill. Joan Holshouser, Evelyn Peeler, Marie Boger, Charlotte Brady, Nellie Teague, Jack Stanback, Grace Linker, Miss Virginia Cox, Leebert Ketner, Absent when picture was taken: Lane Brown. FIFTH GRADE, SECTION I. Mrs. W, A. Beaver, Teacher Zannie Waller, Peggy Eller, J. W. Isenhour, Bobbie Patterson, Paul McCall, Peggy Thomason, Mildred Fesperman, Allan Odell, Gerald Cruse, Jimmy Wagoner, John Robert Sides, Lee Beaver, William Tomlinson, Bobby Brock, Evelyn Shinn, Jean Cole, Junior Leonard, Mary Lee Harnhardt, L. A. Goodman, Kenneth Kepley. Peggy Holshouser, June Bost, Celia Peeler, Frances Beaver, Craig Holshouser, John Ewing Misenheimer, James Euart, Charles Corl, Billy Ray Lyerly, Bobby Stiller, John Null, John- ny Cranford, Coy Roy Shinn. Karl Banks Trexler, June Hedrick, Faye Beaver, Eula Mae Eller, Harold Sto- ner, Marvin Boger, Albert Nelson, Mrs, W. A. Beaver, Absent when picture was taken: Frank Earnhardt, Marvin Earnhardt, Betty Klutz. ; FIFTH GRADE, SECTION II. Miss Virginia Cox, Teacher Billy Poole, Grady Gocdman, Billy Ray Adams, Evelyn Corl, Betty Miller, Vir- gie Linker, Louise Medley, Charles Misenheimer, Joe Max Poole, James Lee Bost, James Smith, Sally Grant, Helen Shinn, Dora Lee Goodman, Gene Rothrock. ) Billy Cooper, Miss Virginia Cox, Helen Brown, Hazel Kesler, Willie Walker, , Billy Burleson. ‘All -students present when picture was taken, FOURTH GRADE, SECTION I. Miss Lillian Graham Allen, Teacher Dale Boger, Jerrie Miller, Helen Taylor, Charles Stanback, John Robert Earn- hardt, Bobby Vanderburg, Mary Ruth Lambert, Nancy Lee James. Kenneth Coley, Becky Cooke, Ann Shuping, Charles Null, Mary Ruth Holshouser, Hoyte Deal, Frances Hall, Kenneth Honeycutt, Glenn Holshouser, Jimmy Ruth Shuping, Betty Swink, Fran- ces Rinehardt, Jimmy Lefler. Kenneth Shuping, Jimmy Gallimore, Mary Louise Eller, Grover Ritchie, Henri- etva Honeycutt, John Gordy, Richard Doby. Carl Artz, Robert Blackwell, Robert Harwood, Betty Jane Verble, Louise Swin- son, Miss Lillian Allen, Absent when picture was taken: Lucille Bost, Delah Mae Brady, FOURTH GRADE, SECTION II. Mrs. Edmund Siwik, Teacher Betty Jo Teague, Norma Jean Miller, Polly Burleson, Franklin Burris, Edna Jean Cauble, Elva Ray Eller, Rex Holshouser, Jack Beaver, Eddie Be Johnson, Mary Louise Peeler, Ruby Jean Kesler, Mary Louise Stoner, Paul Rymer, Fred Basinger, Annie Bell Ward. Spencer Varnadore, Willie Pickler, Lucille File, Robert Trexler, Durwood Puckett, Norma Ann Stiller, Grady Lee Goodman, James Barringer, Cecil Lyerly, Edith Bost, Dorothy Dry, Louise James, Hazel Waller. James Lane, Edgar Rabon, Mrs. Edmund Siwik. Absent when picture was taken: Ben Goodman, Robert Harnhart, Edd Miller, Rose Brown, Glen Page, Peggy Klutz, Charles Holshouser, THIRD GRADE, SECTION I. Mrs, G. Ray Brown, Teacher Archie Doby, Dewey Marieta Culp, L. T. Shuping, James Alexander, Gwendolyn Cranford, Sue Odell, Ray McLemore, Margaret Shue. Peggy Logan, Howard Burris, Peggy Eudy, Mary Louise Pickler, Larry Lyerly, Martha Holshouser, Sara Thomason, | Ruth Kluttz, Ruth Goodman, Jimmie Burris, Mary Euart, Jimmie Hoffner, Ray Wilhelm 8 Margaret Rowland, Joe Ray Haynes, Larry Corl, Houston Chambers, Luther Mat- hews, C, D,. Goodman. Mrs. G. Ray Brown, ‘Absent when picture was taken: Hubert Lee Cex, William Moose. THIRD GRADE, SECTION II. Mrs. Woodrow Sowers, Teacher Eugene Miller, Franklin Null, Janis Mahaffey, Minnie Kattz, Lester Brown, Jimmie Poole, Willie Gray Johnson. Franklin Hampton, Earl McLemore, Gregory Taylor, Janet Shuping, Mary Ellen Gallimore, Bobby Fesperman, Richard Isenhour, Bonnie Lee Dorton, Mike Conry, Charlie Ray Fesperman, Marcine Earnhardt, Carol Ann McCulloch, John Walter Bost. Kenneth Efird, Dorothy Hammill, Jackie Beaver, Thelma Moore, Robert Love, Milburn Leonard, Mrs. Woodrow Sowers, Lela Mae Fesperman,. Absent when picture was taken: Marvin Misenheimer, Dennis Cole, Lewis Oli- ver. SECOND GRADE, SECTION I. Miss Elaine Delozier, Teacher Betty Fesperman, Bobby Ray Holshouser, J. W. Corl, Onetia Linker, Jeanette Burleson, Terry Miller, Bobby Hall, Clive Mahaffey. John Love, Hugh Fowler, Herman Kesler, Howard Null, Gary Teague, Andrew Brown, Elaine Heglar. Darrell Williard, Carolyn Gordy, Dorothy Stoner, Betty Sue Safrit, Janet Brady, Shirley Ann Leazer. Miss Elaine Delozier, Catherine Beaver, Ruby Artz, Ruby Pickler, Rachel Trexler, Inez Medly, Herman Deal. Nolan McBride, George Hammill, Charles Lee Fesperman,. Absent when picture was taken: Ned Brown) James Correll, James Josey, Mary Lee Russell, Hazel Oliver, Carolyn Trexler, Elizabeth Lowder, Nancy Lyerly. SECOND GRADE, SECTION II. Miss Lewanna Overcash, Teacher John Eller, Nell Corl, Vondetta Fesperman, Barbara Yelton, Marlene Bost, Bobby Russell, Jimmie Poole. Hazel Eudy, Lillian Taylor, Betty Jo Boger, Harry Johnson, Eugene Goodman, Doris Hoffner, Ruby Jean Shipton. Tommy Boger, Jimmie Burris, Lillie Ruth Honeycutt, Harvey Holshouser, George Poole, Jr., Lee Bassinger. Calvin Miller, Peggy Shue, Barbara Sue Shuping, Constance Reid, Harmon Wal ker, Nell Misenheimer. James Roland, Ruth Pickler, Virginia Earnhardt, Margie Brack, John Allene Wayne Morgan, Miss Louanna Overcash, Juanita Smith. Absent when picture was taken: Hubert Goodman, John Hill, Dorothy Goodman, Glenn Sides, Annie Earnhardt. FIRST GRADE, SECTION I. Miss Alma Carraway, Teacher Barbara Anne Fox, James Klutz, Marvin Rowland, Betty Jean West, Margaret Klutz, Kathleen Earnhardt, B. K, Holshouser, Nancy Lefler. Wayne Bost, Jimmie Miller, Miron Lee Wilhelm, Jimmie Gallimore, Dorothy Russell, Norman Leonard, Myrtle Morgan, Mary Frances Stiller, Miss Alma Carraway. Ray File, Kathleen Klutz, Calvin Euart, Yorke Peeler, James Holshouser, Lloyd Troutman, Frank Blackwell, Bobby Hopkins, Eerlin Long. Absent when picture was taken: Lee Oliver, Jackie Doby, Clyde Walker, James Haynes, Bobby Ray Goodman. FIRST GRADE, SECTION II. Miss Ruth Ivey Trott, Teacher Barbara Long, Jimmie Goodman, Lausen Odell, Harold Corl, Betty Jene Liven- good, Betty Thompson, Ammie Swink, Tim Culp. Billie Klutz, Hazel Burris, Billie Brown, Bobby Ray Scott, Carrie Lefler, Roy Doby, Derwood Cox. Delmer Rowland, Gene Boger, Charlotte Eller, Frankie Ratz, Larry Vanhoy, James Brady, Howard Shuping. Miss Ruth Ivey Trott, Tucker Currie, Billie Overcash, James Puckett, Oscar Bost, Troy Wayne Dorton, Barbara Holshouser. Absent when picture was taken: Bebe Mesimer, Joanne Coley, Alvin Linker, Shirly Ann Jacobs. JUNIOR GLEE CLUB The Junior Glee Club is made up of a group of select voices from the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Onward, Christian soldiers! Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before; Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe; Forward into battle, see, His banners go} Onward, then ye people! Jain our happy throng, Blend with ours your voices in the triumph song; Glory, laud, and honor unto Christ the King. This thro’ countless ages men and angels sing. Onward, Christian soldiers! Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before, Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan ROCKET STAFF Rebecca Brown, Class Editor; Evelyn Miller, Feature Editor; Frances Sides, Editor-in-Chief; Claude Beaver, Associate Editor; Robert Kluttz, Athletic Editor; Elsie Cheek, Business Manager; Ruby Eller, Literary Editor; Miss Theresa Linn Taylor and Miss Barbara Boland, Advisors, SCOOP STAFF Lillian Cooper, Editor; Louise Hedgecock, Associate Editor; Billy Poole, Circilation; Mildred Davis, Production; Zeb Bost, Production Assistant; Hugh Beaver, Circulation; Dwight Wilhelm, Production Assistant; Frances Sides, Assembly; J. V. Earnhardt, Associate Production; Lawrence Eller, Circula- tion; Evelyn Miller, Sports; Irma Setzer, Senior Class Editor; Nell Lefler, Assembly; Jake Lyerly, Sports; Mary Etta Trexler, Art; Mary Elizabeth Trex- ler, Art; Miss Barbara Boland, Production Advisor;. Miss Margaret Palmer, Literary Advisor. SENIOR GLEE CLUB This musical organization is composed of students throughout the high school and is directed by Miss Annie Laurie Overton, titi ia HH | P in r Let usall s | INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS SOPHOMORE GIRLS: Garnell Lyerly, Lucille Eller, Norleen Hill, Merrell Goodman, Athalene Lyerly, Doris Shipton, Susan Drew. Florence Kluttz, Imogene McLemore, Bonnie Fesperman, Peggy Lyerly, Addie Rattz, Thelma Cozart, Mildred Hill. SENIOR BOYS: Bill Lombard, Clyde Barringer, Claude Beaver, Robert Kluttz, Jimmy Kirk, Henry Ritchie, John Yorke Wagoner. This year in Rockwell High School interscholastic sports were discon- tinued. 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