Rockwell High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rockwell, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1944 volume:

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SUCCESS COMES thvoug 2 effort’ Wi labors in the into t ship; vain, te ON, a THE ROCKET b 1944 =Je) wes = : FUREWORU f the ROCKET shall, in the dim years to come, recall to your minds the � the pleasures, the sacrifices, and the attainments of the years spent Rockwell Schools; if in turning these forgotten pages, you shall look he faces of friends of long ago, and memories shall revive that friend- if you, the Reader, shall learn from this book a little of what the Rockwell Schools stand for; then the work on this book shall not have been in eclicar Those on the Home Front who are making the advancement to Victory of those on the Fighting Front , in the air, on the ground, over the sea, and under the sea, more successful every day by doing a tremendous job on a tremendous scale. To them, we dedicate this ROCKET with the realization that they have shouldered a great responsibility which they will suc- cessfully fulfill without asking for praise, medals, or honor; it is their duty and privilege as American citizens to take their place in the great conflict which concerns us all, and they re- alize it as such. And so, men and women, boys and girls, Soldiers of the Home Front , we proudly dedicate this issue of the ROCKET to you. THE ROCKET ee OT Ore ey PPPOW pane be, GeEMOUP Rhyme COLL ge ct serene Rockwell, Principal PRON NG Gel i peeg NiCIrOP COL) CLC nine et tieetnclntanneeuneny Sumter, English Mrs, Thayer S, Puckett, A. B, Womans! College, Us No Co pccccccreseen Rockwell, Librarian, French Pee EGOS On ype y VALAWIS® COLL Creede icant Salisbury, pcience Mrs. Lewis Bost, A. Be, Oe i). euler tp leccormnicninriinddare Rockwell, ' History Mieweie As Danning, A, B., University of Kentucky..............Granite Quarry, Mathematics Barbara Boland, A. Bay Lenoir Rhyne COLL ge nnn eeemesepieesnesteesrennes Cleveland, Commercial Alice Gordon Geekie, A. B., Flora MacDonald College nrc: Spencer, Mary Patterson, Aw Be, Maryville College nnnccccccceus en cenmmcmeseennennein Rockwell, Highth grade J� Me Conry, B. S., George Peabody COLL Ze: neve Rockwell, Agriculture Rachel Lee, M. Ay, University of Na Ca vecccscsssensnssssessensenssenussssuatsenisnt Rockwell, Seventh grade Mrs. Carrie R. Currie, A. Bay Catawba COLL eg eer mmreniies Rockwell, Seventh and sixth grades Virginia Cox, As Bo, Duke University cece cect Matthews, Sixth grade Mrs. “, A, Beaver, A. Ba, Lenoir Rhyne COLLe ge neces Rockwell, Ila Phifer, Hastern Carolina Teachers! College cc-cccc Se Peachland, Fifth grade Mrs, Mary J. Kale Sowers, A. Be, Catawba College a nceencncseecmmennnn Rockwell, Fourth grade DvlivanG@. Alien, A, B., M.-A., University of Ne Geren Hendersonville, Fourth and third grades Mrs. Ge Ray Brown, A, B. Catawba College BAAN, PRS ty A Te mE URE Rockwell, Third grade Mrs, Sidney einer A. B., Catawba College... secscgeenngsntnnecennneseneeeern .Gold Hill, OUP ee IVErCAan, (Ay Beg SUR LAWOS, . COLD CE Carri ctsieeecnr meni Kannapolis, Second grade Jennie Ruth Fisher, A. B., High Point College nce ets Richfield, Mve, Frank Hodge. A. B. Catawba College ccc cniimomnins Granite cee First grade Photographs not provided: Ethel Miller Boyd, B. S., Womans! College, Us Ne Caceres Monroe, Home Economics WAMCANLe pele Bs ag CHIME TOD CO) Le pe ett nie gece ae Simpsonville, Piano Ne Se Ce Ce Ce Ce THE ROCKET gee . aS : 33 Troubles . jee If you talk about your troubleg And tell them o'er and o'er, The world will think you like 'em And proceed to give you more. --Pittsburgh Post THE cote 1944 Nentor Autoc f raphs a f BUY oncse Aened 2 A, a PS ‘ eS Aon ; Noli = 4G yi AN “5 r 3 a Pg? 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POOE-se VICE-PRESIDENT DOROTHY ALEXANDEIR---SECRETARY 2 3x 3 gig. te AVIS Re iY Eee rile EA SU is, THE ROCKET 2 gas nee LS s eH) Edna ee Alexander Pea Born for success, she seemed with grace to win. oad pe eee Dorothy ae. Alexandernina still they gazed, and still their wonder grew, That one small head could carry all she knew. Banks... Barringer ‘a A finished gentleman from top to toe. ijt Die eee Clinton ay BALMNO EL oF If worry were the only cause of death, then I would live forever. | Kuby. Beaver Ae A smile for all, a greeting glad, An amiable, jolly way she had, Edith Rost ; pied 3. SOIR eee Cheerfulness is a blessing---you are blessed. Leb Seas: 30st ks Tho modest, on his unembarrassed brow Nature has written 'Gentleman'. Lelia. Bost re Not too serious, not too gay, But a true blue girl in every way. Ole me 5 | BOWMAN smile, and the world smiles with you. ‘ | a Clarence ee Brady eee Why worry? It will happen anyway And sunshine drives the rain away. DOFS..bo....BrOW)D. She hath withal a merry wit, ah find is) not shy in using its DOLLS ae be xed ISTOW)). that inexhaustible good nature which i itself the most precious gift of God, Elsie Mae. Brown. pemre and quiet is she, and yet methinks 5 There's something more beneatn. May... BFOWN How sweet and gracious, even in common speech Is that fine sense which men call courtesy. e Cauble. ney are never alcne that are accompanie with noble thoughts. owen. Deal Good natured, optimistic, kind, and sweet, Gwenn, as a senior, is hard to beat, AMOI OR Te ay Elier ee Studious, kindly, gracious, and sweet, She is a dear from her head to the soles of her feet. THE ROCKET a. i ony . Set Lawrence Filer T dare do all that may become a man, th eae le Who dares do more is none. AS@ Mm 2 OWL. This is a fine volley of words, And quickly shot off. And every grin, so merry, draws one out. Cre Fred Le Hil 5 hfter all the books in the universe have been exhausted I will still seek knowledge. Se a : onevcutt Pr Speech is silver, silence is golden. : ea 4 DAVICL FLOWAlCiand when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place. Willie Beha HOWALC A merry heart maketh a cheerful coun tenance. : as Raymond ee HUTMAN Aone the cool sequestered vale of life, 7 He kept the noiseless tenor of his way. Fachelees ; Ou Dee. EHeN Becht Reriel bee She is kind, and she is fair, And beauty lies with kindness. Jule (ae Ohers ee Leonsrel a The world's no better if we worry, i a Life's no better if we hurry. Eee bees Aes Li QRALCl sir, a ladies! man, indeed, sir, I said a ladies’ man, Edith. Lyer! ae : Ae CCE OA Gol Ore A light heart liveth long. . wane | Jake Lee [Welly che Oh, he sits high among the peoples! hearts. Q | . Fdweard Phas MCBride. am not only witty in myself but in the cause that wit is in other men. Dis ‘ the hardest heart. Cy ea) MOrga.n Graced art thou with all the power of words. - a =) = ag Oe aes = : ges s Hoyle...Morgan Thought is deeper than all speewh. THE ROCKE 7 es Billy ae ey eo | eS OO e ae “Happy am I; from care I'm free; Why aren't they all contented like me? Ruby Satrit Silence where nothing need be said, Is the eloquence of discretion. Calvin. SRAVEL. To say little and verform much is ' characteristic of true greatness, ADD Pe Shepherdinny should I worry? Worry never made man great. L ae The thoughts that arise in me. LOLS prtvnt SNUPING. Her heart is oh, so very big, , “ Tho! very small is she. Cur e ° Louise Sides: «sne laughs and frowns, there's nothing in Be Her moods--they change 'most every minute.) SOR ae Ra si eie haw alesis m vei enais e(oe masa dis casiySeisletteisida gate eewakusisne nN.vn Welw msine James Ward nn would help others, out of a fellow-feeling. Dwight. Wilhelm And this he bore without abuse, i The grand old name of 'gentleman'. -_ ot KAY CAROLYN CAUBLES(TIQSLU! - WILLLAM RIDENHOUR THE ROCKET |. St owe Leif fegewea ancl aemmlicchs cir rege Sadly but sincerely, we, the Class of 1944, do make our last will and testa- ment « To Mr. Brown, our principal, we leave our appreciation for all that he has done for us. To the Faculty we just leave, That, we are sure, they will be thankful for. To the Juniors we leave our coveted seats in chapel, our homerooms, and our hard studied textbooks. To the Sophomores we leave our dignified air and intellectual abilities. To the Freshmen we leave our ability to keep busy and our ability to be very quiet, : Certain individuals do bequeath the following: Fred Hill and Dorothy Alexander bequeath their intellectual abilities to Phil Howell and Martha Peeler. Edith Lyerly and Edith Bost leave their reputations as flirts to Bonnie Fes-— perman and Dorothy McCulloch, Lawrence Eller and Edna Alexander Boge 3 their excellent grades to Bobby Poole and Minnie Lee Russell, Bill M, Poole and Jake Lyerly leave their ability to get out of classes to anyone who can get away with it. Hoyle Morgan regretfully turns his Sociology book, which he studied so dili- gently, back to Mrs. Hudson. Louise Sides and Donald Surratt leave their good looks to Audrey Lee McLemore and Alvin Agner, Zeb Bost, Banks Barringer, J. De Goodman, and Ben Yost gladly turn over their responsibilities as bus drivers to Lucius McHargue, John Lentz, John Yelton, and Jack Johnson, Ray Brown and David Howard leave their undying partnership to Don Lyerly and a tle Jy Bassingér, r THE ROCKET gt a — : ea Willie Howard and Ruby Beaver leave their love for the boys to Jennie Wilhelm and Mary Null, 194.4 o Doris Louise Brown and Edward McBride bequeath their originality and ability to amuse to Dick Cooke and Kathleen Agner. Martha McCombs and Margaret Ella Stirewalt leave their neatness to Betty Ruth Sides and Juanita Hahn, Doris Marie Brown, Ruth Fowler, and Lou Ellen Ketner bequeath their willing- ness to help to all underclassmen, Ann Shepherd, Bernice Frick, Nadine Rhodarmer, and Margaret Varnadore leave their love for gabbing to Pearl Morgan, Doris Shipton, Helen Holshouser, _and Susan Drew, Clinton Morgan and Billy A, Poole leave their nonchalant attitudes to Melvin Arey and Clyde Thomason, Gwenn Deal and Fred Lippard leave their courtship to Betty Lou Shafer and Everette Morris. | Lola Mae Stirewalt and Dwight Wilhelm bequeath their typewriters to Pansy Hampton and Jake Setzer, Sarah Phoebe Misenheimer leaves her friendly smile to Elizabeth Misenheimer, Willene Cauble, Clyde Earnhardt, Jane Park, and Max Honeycutt leave their dignity to Jerre Puckett, Bill Sides, Betty Rose Sides, and Dorothy Boggs. Elsie Mae Brown bequeaths her shorthand book to anyone who takes shorthand. Clarence Brady and Clinton Barringer leave their bashful dispositions to Karr Barrier and Coy Shepherd, Raymond Huffman, Frances Leonard, lHgbert Rowland, and ltuby Safrit bequeath their quiet dispositions to Charlotte Trexler, Myrtle Stirewalt, Thomas ' Fowler, and Margaret Beaver, Calvin Shaver, Charlie Shepherd, and James Ward bequeath their dependability to Ray Peeler, Gilbert Morgan, and Billy Leonard, Lois Shuping hands over her charming personality to Zelia Overcash, Jimmie Eller, Zelia Bost, and Ola Bowman leave their determination to Ella Marie Johnson, Margaret Lyerly, and Jackie Bost, In Witness Thereof, we, the Senior Class of 1944 do set our hand and seal, --Dorothy Alexander, Testator. THE ROCKET GG tag 2 Ly : i} Prophecy We all know that this is the age of discovery and invention. In spite of this knowledge, one day while I was roaming around in our famous labora-— tory I made a startling but pleasant discovery. Back among the cobwebs and dust I found a Rocket Ship with the word Future marked on it. I rolled a% out, dusted it off, and climbed in. I began turning dials and moving levers. To my surprise, I traveled to the futurel But now that I am back, my friends, climb in and let us visit among our classmates, Off to the future! Here, let us visit the school and small town we left years ago. Gee, did I say small? Why, it's a city now! The first person we recognize is Banks Barringer, who is principal of the Rockwell High School, and Lois Shup- ing, head of the English Department, They seem to be the only ones who loved old Rockwell High enough to come back. On the main business street of Rockwell we see the huge office of our most prominent business man, Hoyle Morgan, He seems to be dictating an im portant letter to his secretary, Margaret Ella Stirewalt. Next on the street is a beautiful, tall building---it's the new radio station of Rockwell. Let us glance inside, Yes, the first person we see is Clinton Barringer, radio technician, Shhh---quiet} He has given the signal, and the announcer, Willene Cauble, begins: This is station R. X. T. Now we have Edna and Dorothy, our famous Alexander sisters, to sing for us, Isn't it surprising? They are even better than the Andrew Sisters , Next on the program is Calvin Shaver, speaking on Farm Problems , This should be inter- esting to the farmers, We haven't so much time, so let us go on. This should be interesting-—-- The Rockwell News , with its editor, Clinton Morgan. Who are the reporters? Here they come; Charlie Shepherd and James Ward, They must have wonderful news from the looks on their faces. Yes, this is going to make headlines: Lola Stirewalt has just won the title of Miss America , On the edge of town we find Ben Yost faithfully operating his gin, and still dreaming of Lola Stirewalt, ; There is a banquet being given in Salisbury in honor of Martha McCombs who is noted for her good works as head of the Red Cross, In another part of town Willie Howard is giving a lecture to a group of people on How To Be Healthy . At Catawba College we find Jane Park, who is teaching there, Also we find there a broad-shouldered, handsome coach, Bill M, Poole. Let us visit Washington, Living in the White House is Lawrence Eller, president of the United States, Zelia Bost, also living in Washington, has become a famous novelist, and is author of the best seller, Tomorrow at Dawn. ' Serving as her secretary is Elsie Mae Brown, THE ROCKET ® Who is this fine looking lady coming down the steps of that imposing building? It's Nadine Rhodarmer, Dean of Women at a fashionable girls! school, Margaret Varnadore, with her, has a secretarial position, Who was the gentleman riding past in a limousine? Why, that's the go- vernor of North Carolina, Clyde Earnhardt. I wonder what he is doing bere. Perhaps he is going to get a manicure at Sarah P. Misenheimer's exclusive beauty shop. She has two niee looking girls as beauty operators. They are Edith Bost and Doris Marie Brown. Or maybe the governor was going to 4he hospital. There are three beautiful nurses there: Ola Bowman, Ruth Fowler, and Lou Ellen Ketner, Also at the hospital is Dr. Fred Lippard, Chief of Staff, and husband of the former Gwenn Deal, the newspaper columnist. Our next stop is New York. Let us buy a paper. Why, it's the New York Times ! Dwight Wilhelm is now editor and the headlines are screaming of the newly discovered opera star, Doris Louise Brown, who seems to have made a big hit. Next in the headlines is news of the boxing bout that is to take place _ in Madison Square Gardens between the heavyweight champion, Egbert Rowland and his challenger, Raymond Huffman. Today's most sucgessful society leader in New York is Ruby Beaver. She is entering the most famous dress shop in New York, which employs the famous dress designer, Jimmy Eller. Ome of her models is familiar---Hdith Lyerly. Coming out of one of New York's night clubs is our famous orchestra lea- der, Clarence Brady. It is rumored that he is the second Harry James. Do you need any money? If you do, see Ray Brown. He is president of New York's Chase National Bank. At Columbis University teaching chemistry is Fred Hill, and president of the Unifersity is J. D,. Goodman, We turn westward, and Hollywood comes into view, Quite a few of our classmates are there, Working for Warner Brothers is handsome Donald Surratt, co-starring with Betty Grable in Moon Dust . Playing for M, G. M. is Louw ise Sides, co-starring with Max Honeycutt in Wedding at nine , Hollywood's latest comedy, Nobody Loves Me , stars Ann Shepherd, Bernice Frick and Fran- ces Leonard, Our second Abbot and Costello are none other than. David Howard and Edward (Funny) McBride. Also in the West we find Jake Lyerly as coach at Southern Cal , Back at Palm Beach, Florida in a beautiful hotel is Ruby Safrit, serving as hostess. The handsome man leaving is Zeb Bost, Pan-American Lines Pilot. Our trip is finished, We must now turn our ship back to the present. Good luck to all the members of the Class of ‘4d. Gwenn Deal THE noc! Nig” 1944 eee) IVES Mee DRESSED FIRIENDLIEST MOST-INTELLECTOAL Cae Pays OAR GWENN DEAL DAVID HOWARD Bit eer et FRED LIPPARD NADINE RHODARMER DOROTHY ALEXANDER ye y BY ed) ce Bete) ‘ROUND MOSTPOPULAR MOST - ORIGINAL WV) RM. reves fe Bee OST BILL M. POOLE DORIS M, BIROWN LOIS SHUPING EDITH LYERLY EDWARD MCBRIDE i oN eae qj PeeeOMING . MOST Aine MOST- AMBITIOUS a aan ‘Si oa DONALD = SURRAT JAKE LYERLY EDNA ALEXANDER LOUISE SIDES OLA: BOWMAN LAWRENCE ELLER THE ROCKE Upriehtness Who serves his country best? Not he who guides her senates in de-— bate, And makes the laws which are her prop and stay; Not he who wears the poet's purple vest, And sings her songs of love and grief and fate; There is a better way. He serves his country best Who lives pure life, and doeth right- eous deed, And walks straight paths, however others stray, And leaves his sons as uttermost bequest A stainless record which all may read; This is a better way. ; -Selected,. THE ROCKET =) Pn Sa pee iy JUNIOR CLASS, SECTION I, Mrs. Lewis Bost, Advisor First row: Rose Brown, Betty Lou Shafer, Beatrice Hoffner, Addie Rattz, Flo- rence Kluttz. Second row: Bonnie Fesperman, June Miller, Pearl Morgan, Mary Null, Clarene Harwood, Frances Corl. Third row: Katherine Cox, Susan Drew, Dorothy McCulloch, Betty Sue Bost, Merrell Goodman, Mrs. Bost. Fourth row: Murphy Hampton, Sarah Catherine Misenheimer, Carl Shuping, Ju- nior Wyatt, John Yelton, Fifth row: Fred Cooke, Everette Morris, Junior Holshouser, Bobby Holshouser, Clyde Thomason, Bobby Pooles Absent when picture was taken: Henry Holshouser. JUNIOR CLASS, SECTION II, Mrs. Jimmy Hudson, Advisor First row: Evelyn McCarn, Helen Holshouser, Imogene McLemore, Jenny Wilheln, Mildred Hill, Harold Hodge, Dorothy Boggs. Second row: L. J, Stirewalt, Thelma Cozart, Jake Setzer, John Lentz, Minnie Lee Russell, Elizabeth Misenheimer. Third row: Doris Vinson, Doris Shipton, Pauline Crook, Pansy Hampton, Betty Lou Brown. Fourth row: Mrs. Hudson, Martha Peeler, Glenn Ray Holshouser, Troy Morgan, Billie Mae Morgan, Cora Eller, Fifth row: Carr Kesler, Bill Sides, Quentin Eller, Lucius McHargue. Absent when picture was taken: Everette Bean, Brownie Fisher. SOPHOMORE CLASS, SECTION I, Miss Barbara Boland, Advisor First row: Gladys Cruse, Betty Ruth Sides, Audrey Lee McLemore, Mary Cathe rine Fesperman, Ruth Rhinehart, Mary Lee Bost, Johnnie Sue Penningers Second row: Ralph Myers, R. J. Bassinger, Billy M. Culp, Virginia Hoffner, Roy Wyatt, Melvin Arey. ’ Third Row: Zelia Overcash, Jacqueline Parks, Peggy Kesler, Frank Ketchie, Gilbert Morgan, Donald Lyerly. Fourth row: James Lee Misenheimer, Coy Shepherd, Jerre Puckett, C. J. Good= man, David Boger, Miss Boland, Absent when picture was taken: Helen Galloway. THE ROCKET THE ROCKET SOPHOMORE CLASS, SECTION II, Mrs. He A. Dinning, Advisor First row: Bruce Eagle, Alice Hodge, William Matthews, Billy Smith, S. 5. Rinehart, Carr Morgan. ‘Second row: Gene Funderburk, Herbert Trexler, Gilbert Sides, Charlotte Trex- ler, Kathleen Agner, Ruby Lentz. Third row: Billy Leonard, Hobert Yost, Alvin Agner, Juanita Hahn, Margaret Beaver, Gladys Brown, Margaret Poole, Fourth row: Neola Rogers, John Boger, Ray Peeler, Myrtle Stirewalt, Karr Barrier. Fifth row: Pete Honeycutt, Mrs. Dinning, Jack Johnson, Absent when picture was taken: Harry Holshouser. FRESHMAN CLASS, SECTION I, Miss Alice Gordon Geekie, Advisor First row: Helen Weaver, Betty Ruth Park, Betty Shuping, James Troutman, James Brown, Jimmy Beaver. Second row: Annie Marie Meadows, Claudine Linthicum, Betty Rose Sides, Inez Eller, Lorie Lookabill, Donald Holshouser,. Third row: Josephine Ketchie, Louise Ritchie, Willie Holshouser, Frances El- liott, Robert Poole, Glenn Weant,. Fourth row: Doris Bost, George Brown, Claude Stoner, Glenn Robert Holshou- ser, Louise Brown, R. C.-McCarn, | Fifth row: Betty Yelton, Miss Geekie, Thomas Fowler. Absent when picture was taken: Leo Kluttz, Tom Haynes. FRESHMAN CLASS, SECTION II, Miss Mary Patterson, Advisor First row: Harold Brown, Junior Goodman, Fern Kluttz, Margaret Lyerly, Phil Howell, Dick Cooke, Velma Willard. Second row: Larry Taylor, Wayne Morgan, Emanuel Frick, Betty Jean Eller, Roselyn Fisher, Louise Rowland. Third row: Katheryn Wagoner, Mildred Deal, Jacqueline Bost, Annie Morgan, Ruby Hoffner, Dorothy Holshouser, Susie Cheek. Fourth rowf. Ralph Smith, Vern Cozart, Martha Basinger, Ann Lippard, Evelyn Shuping, Ella Marie Johnson, Nannette Pinion. Fifth row: Miss Patterson, Paul Hill, Carl Moosee Absent when picture was taken: Gordon Trexler, Edna Fesperman, Thomas Hoff- neLe THE RO cKEt lg SEVENTH GRADE, SECTION I, Miss Rachel Lee, Teacher First row: Lane Brown, Clyde Hill, Bobby Hampton, Mildred Taylor, Grace Hoff- ner, Odell Willard, Carolyn Beaver, Shirley Earnhardt, Second row: Charles Lee Verble, Fay Holshouser, Ophelia Rattz, Evelyn Pee- ler, Betty Lou Goodman, Jean Fisher, Harry Goodman. Third row: Billy Rabon, Ray Ketner, Billy Funderburk, Billy Ray Misenheimer, Billy Ray Peeler, Jack Stanback, Fourth row: Sara Ann Hammill, Margie Ruth Trexler, Charlotte Brady, Colleen Shuping, Grace Linker, Sara Lou Matthews. Fifth row: Ralph Troutman, Laura Jane Barringer, Banks Bost, Billy Frank Stirewalt, Leebert Ketner, Miss Lee, Absent when picture was taken: Doris Deal, Jimmy Drew, Billy Bostian, Allen Tomlinson. SEVENTH GRADE, SECTION II, Mrs. Carrie R. Currie, Teacher First row: Lucille Weant, Janice Coley, Vida Stirewalt, Peggy McCulloch, Martha Vinson, Dwight Hall. Second row: Madge Hedrick, Evelyn West, Marie Boger, Glenn Cook, Clifford Shuping, Imogene Weiss. Third row: Joan Holshouser, Patsy Russell, Jean Puckett, Bruce Rhinehart, Raymond Haynes. Fourth row: Mrs, Currie. All were present when picture was taken, SIXTH GRADE, SECTION I, Miss Virginia Cox, Teacher First row: Lee Beaver, Bobby Patterson, Mildred Fesperman,, Peggy Thomason, Gerald Cruse, Allan Odell, Jimmie Wagoner. Second row: Burns Vanhoy, Kenneth Kepley, Gene Rothrock, Mary Lee Rarnhardt, Betty Miller, Frank Earnhardt, Grady Goodman. Third row: Zannie Waller, Carrie Miller, June Bost, Louise Medley, Frances Beaver, John Ewing Misenheimer,. 5 Fourth row: Bobby Lee Stiller, Craig Holshouser, James Hill, L. A, Goodman, Junior Leonard, Celia Peeler. Fifth row: Hazel Kesler, Eula Mae Eller, Helen Brown, June Hedrick Dora Lee Goodman, Joe Max Poole. Sixth row: Ray Smith, Harold Stoner, Frank Brown, Charles Corl, Miss Cox, Floyd Hatley. : Absent when picture was taken: Willie Walker, Bertha Hipp, Betty Kluttz. | ; i THE ROCKET SIXTH GRADE, SECTION II, Mrs. Carrie R. Currie, Teacher First row: J. We. Isenhour, Charles Misenheimer, William Tomlinson, John Ro- bert Sides, Virgie Linker, Johnny Cranford. Second row: J.D. Cox, Helen Shinn, Peggy Holshouser, Jean Cole, Evelyn Corl. Third row: Evelyn Shinn, Letha Isenhour, Billy Ray Lyerly, John Null, James Smith, James Euart. . Fourth row: Mrs. Currie. Absent when picture was taken: Faye Beaver, Jerry Holshouser, Bernard Gallo- way FIFTH GRADE, SECTION I, Mrs. Will Beaver, Teacher First row: Bobby Vanderburg, Helen Taylor, Mary Ruth Lambert, Hoyte Deal, Billy Poole, Norma Jean Miller, Frances Hall, Paul Rymer,. Second row: Eddie B, Johnson, Ann Shuping, Frances Rinehardt, Norma Ann Stiller, Jimmy Lefler, Grady Lee Goodman, Billy Ray Adams. Third row: Jimmy Gallimore, Kenneth Honeycutt, John Gordy, Kenneth Shuping, Carl Fisher, Marshall Watkins, Lucille File, Becky Cooke, Fourth row: Henrietta Honeycutt, Dorothy Dry, Delah Mae Brady, Edith Bost, James Lee Bost, Willie Pickler. Fifth row: Cecil Lyerly, Fred Smith, Billy Burleson, Robert Blackwell, James Barringer, Spencer Varnadore, Mrs. Beaver. Absent when picture was taken: Charles Null, Rose Brown, Ivey Gray. FIFTH GRADE, SECTION II, Miss Ila Phifer, Teacher First row: Jack Beaver, Nancy James, Rex Holshouser, Bobby Linker, Elva Ray Eller, Edna Jean Cauble, Charles Stanback, Second row: Dale Boger, John Robert Earnhardt, L, F, Galloway, Jerry Miller, Mary Louise Stoner, Fred Basinger, Charles Stine. Third row: Jimmie Ruth Shuping, Glen Holshouser, Ben Goodman, Mary Ruth Holshouser, Mary Louise Peeler, Frances Vinson, Derwood Puckett, Keneth Coley. Fourth ee Ruby Jean Kesler, Mary Louise Eller, Hazel Waller, Robert HKarn- hardt, Carl Artz. Fifth row: Grover Ritchie, Douglas McGuire, Robert Harwood, Louise James, Betty Jane Verble, James Love, Sixth row: Miss Phifer, Lucille Bost, Glen Page, Edgar Rabon. Absent when picture was taken: Virginia Livengood, Coy Ray Shinn, Earl Banks TrexlLere THE ROCKET Nea 1944 FOURTH GRADE, SECTION I, Mrs. Mary K. Sowers, Teacher First row: L. T. Shuping, James Alexander, Ray McLemore, Margaret Shue, Janet Shuping, Peggy Kluttz, Mary Galimore, Second row: Bobby Fesperman, Minnie Rattz, Priscilla McGuire, Doris Smith, Edith Rabon, Martha Holshouser, Peggy Logan. Third row: Luther Matthews, Gregory Taylor, Polly Burleson, Marvin Misen- heimer, Franklin Hampton, Ray Wilhelm, Fourth row: John Bost, Betty Swink, Thelma Moore, Margaret Rowland, Jackie Beaver, Dennis Cole. Fifth row: Huston Chambers, Don Smith, Charles Holshouser, Mary Euart, Annie Belle Ward, Hubert Cox, Jimmy Hoffner, Mrs. Sowers. Absent when picture was taken: Jimmy Poole, Lorene Brown, Robert Trexler. FOURTH GRADE, SECTION II, Miss Lillian Allen, Teacher First row: Carol Ann McCulloch, Earl McElmore, Mary Louise Pickler, Lester Brown, Sara Thomason, Dewey Marietha Culp. Second row: Robert Love, C. D. Goodman, William Moose, Bonnie Darton, Ruth Kluttz, Ruth Goodman, Third row: Miss Allen, Dorothy Hammill, Lela Mae Fesperman, Larry Corl, Mike Conry Absent when picture was taken: Charlie Ray Fesperman. THIRD GRADE, SECTION I, Mrs. Josephine H, Brown, Teacher First row: Nancy Lyerly, Willie Gray Johnson, John Calvin Eller, Barbara Yelton, Lillian Taylor, Bobby Gene Russell, Elaine Heglar, Second row: Sue Odell, Betty Jo Boger, Bobby Ray Holshouser, Betty Braswell, Gwendolyn Cranford, Betty Vinson. Third row: Carolyn Trexler, Mary Lee Russell, Betty Fesperman, Herman Kes— ler, Harvey Lee Holshouser, Franklin Null. ; Fourth row: Herman Deal, Sue Shuping, Ruby Jean Shipton, Eugene Miller, George Poole, Jr., Janet Brady. Fifth row: Virginia Earnhardt, D, C. Vanhoy, Marjorie Fisher, John Allen, Thomas Moose, Jr., Nell Misenheimer. Sixth row: Donnie Parks, Margie Cooper, Ruby Artz, George Hammill, James Jo- Sey. : sdyeniie oa Mrs, Brown, Richard Isenhour, Charles Lee Fesperman, Joe Ray Haynes, Ned Brown, Absent when picture was taken: Onetia Linker, Dorothy Goodman, Howard Burris. John Hill, THE ROCKET THIRD GRADE, SECTION II, Miss Lillian Allen, Teacher First row: Baxter Rodgers, Marlene Bost, R- W. Beaver, Earl Galloway, Lee Basinger, Eugene Goodman, Dairrell Williard. é Second row: Doris Hoffner, Annie Earnhardt, Peggy Shue, Carolyn Gordy, Shir- ley Leazer, Betty Safrit, Inez Medley, Melwin Lambert. Third row: Miss Allen, Wayne Morgan, Absent when picture was taken: J, W. Corl, Harmon Walker, Catherine Beaver, Roberta McGuire. SECOND GRADE, SECTION I, Mrs, Sidney Melchor, Teacher First row: Violet Miller, Floyd Braswell, Thomas Small, Jimmy Goodman, Amy Swink, Clyde Walker, Kenneth Vanhoy, Shirley Ann Jacobs. Second row: Calvin Euart, Jean Boger, Hubert Goodman, Alvin Linker, Harry Johnson, Howard Shuping, Jackie Doby. Third row: Jimmy Poole, Kathleen Kluttz, Lavada Galloway, Bebe Mesimer, Dorothy Russell, Nell Corl, Jimmy Gallimore, Fourth row: Tommy Boger, Lillie Ruth Honeycutt, James Haynes, Vondetta Fes- perman, Jimmy Burris, Frank Blackwell, Calvin Miller, Fifth row: Ruth Pickier, James Rowland, Glenn Sides, Tucker Currie, Billy Overcash, Juanita Smith, Mrs, Melchor. All were present when picture was taken. SECOND GRADE, SECTION II, Miss Louanna Overcash, Teacher First row: Carrie Lefler, Wayne Bost, Jeanette Burleson, Terry Miller, Bea- trice Lambert, Nancy Lefler, Lausen Odell, Margaret Kluttz. Second row: Miron Wilhelm, Mary Frances Stiller, Billy Brown, Billy Kluttz, Bobby Hall, Ray File, Frankie Rattz. Third row: Bobby Hopkins, James Holshouser, Ruby Pickler, Howard Null, Bar- bara Holshouser, Yorke Peeler, Jr. Fourth row: Lloyd Troutman, John Love, Wayne Dorton, Hugh Fowler, James Puckett, Andrew Brown, Fifth row: Miss Overcash. Absent when picture was taken: James Correll, Delmer Rowland, Larry Vanhoy, Betty Jane Livengood, Hazel Oliver, Mary Lewis McGuire. THE ROCKET 4 a eT, end Wy FIRST GRADE, SECTION I, Miss Jennie Ruth Fisher, Teacher First row: Joyce Linker, EKugene Goodman, Buddy Boger, Tim Culp, Anita Small, Becky Lentz, Annie Sue Johnson, Gerald Wilcox, Allen Galimore. Second row: Rebecca Bost, Cecil ifedley, Ned Stoner, Sarah Shué, Bobby Hop- Pimeg ssarola Corl, Bobby Lyerly, Billy Holshouser, Third row: Bobby Drye, Mildred Lambert, Nancy Holshouser, Bob Allen Dinning, Mary Alice Grey, La Verne Vinson. Fourth row: Miss Fisher, Guy Puckett, Oscar Bost, Myrtle Morgan, Colleen Haynes. Absent when picture was taken: Viola Brown, Lucille Hipp, Betty Pickler, Janice Vanhoy, Ernest Brown, George Kluttz, James Kluttz, Melvin Oliver, Marvin Rowland, Herman Shinn. FIRST GRADE, SECTION II, Mrs. Frank Hodge, Teacher First row: Barbara Fox, Shirley Fesperman, Lawrence Drew, Tommy Yelton, Nor- ma Elizabeth Beaver, Bobby Ray Goodman, Peggy Sue Ritchie, Genevieve Haynes, Dale Rogers. Second row: Margaret Ann Null, Margaret Ann Hoffner, Johnny Kluttz, Carrol Holshouser, Jimmy Miller, Helen Honeycutt, Judith Rose Vanhoy, Betty Jean West, Third row: Maxine Moose, Clyde Kesler, Barbara Long, Sarah Kluttz, Frances Eddleman, Gary Drye, Betty Thompson. Fourth row: Ba K. Holshouser, James Brady, Mary Ella Lambert, Kay Ellen Shu- ping, Bobby Ray Smith, Bobby Gene Bost, Durwood Cox. Fifth row: Mrs, Hodge, Absent when picture was: taken: Dottie Brown, Jerry Morgan, Louise Harwood, Leon Lambert, Vernon Page, Roy Rowland, Bobby Burris. GLEE CLUB This musieal organization is composed of students from the sophomore , junior, and senior classes who are interested in choral singing; and is directed by Miss Virginia Bolt. THE ROCKET 1944 Upward Glad that I live am I; That the sky is blue; Glad for the country lanes, And the fall of dew. After the sun, the rain; After the rain, the sun; This is the way of life Till the work is done, All that we need to do, Be we low or high Is to see that we grow Nearer the sky. - Lizette Woodworth Reese THE ROCKE ROCKET STAFF Dorothy Alexander, associate éditor: Lois Shuping, literary editor; Mrs. Jim- my Hudson, literary advisor; Jake Lyerly, business manager; Miss Barbara Bo- land, mimeograph advisor; Jimmie Eller, feature editor; Fred Hill, class edi- tor; Ray Brown, editor-in chief. SCOOP STAFF Donald Surratt, art; Clinton Morgan, assistant production; Margaret Varna— dore, associate editor; Lawrence Eller, editor-in-chief; Jane Park, chief reporter; Zeb Bost, production chief; Ruby Beaver, assembly; Dwight Wilhelm, circulation; Banks Barringer, senior class editor; Miss Barbara Boland, pro- duction advisor; Mrs. Don Waters and Mrs. H. A. Dinning, literary advisorse STUDENT COUNCIL First row: Don Lyerly, sophomore representative; Zelia Bost, senior repre sentative; Martha Peeler, junior representative; Lois Shuping, senior representative, Roselyn Fisher, freshman representative, Frances El- liott, freshman representative, Second row: Clyde Thomason, junior representative; Jake Lyerly, president, Everette Morris, vice-president, Alvin Agner, sophomore representative. 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