Roxboro High School - Rocket Yearbook (Roxboro, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 20 of the 1900 volume:

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The Sle AG las ELIZABETH LONG, Editor-In-Chief Business Manager Page Harris - - June Varner, Assistant Advertising Managers Donald Bradsher ae 2 = Barden Winstead Charles Reade Long Circulation Managers Logan Jackson - - Grace Osborne Clayton Society Editors Rebecca Hunter - - - Sallie Garrett Editorial Writers Katherine Harris = - - - Hall Brooks Sports A..P. James - - - Mary Hester Austin Art and Design Malcolm Duncan - - - Lois Pickering CHARLES BALL, Associate Editor Gossip Nancy Bradsher Jokes Annie Allen Wilkerson - Mary Louise McDonald Reporters Louise Walker, 8th Grade -_ Bill West, 9th Grade Frances Winstead, 10th Grade, Ivie Clayton 11th Grade Special Robert Whitten T. C. Wagstaff Sports Commentator - - Columnist é 4 k Typists Elizabeth J. Clayton - Elizabeth M. Clayton Faculty Advisors Mrs. A. F. Nichols - Miss Leora Billingsley i -Charies Ball, Jr.: Dependable, intelligent President of one Freshman Class Vice-President of Junior Class Boys’ Hi-Y Marshall three year s Dramatic Club “Tightwad” play Associate Editor of “Rambler” Tennis team four years Basketball two years Senior play ‘Seventeen.” 2.—Joe Blanks: Mischievous, good sport Football team two years Athletic Association. 3.—Nancy Bradsher: Cheerful, competent Rambler Staff Secretary of one Sophomore Class President of Girls’ Hi-Y President of Public Speakers Club Dramatic Club Athietic Association Debating Team Senior play ‘Seventeen”’ Marshal Sophomore and Junior years 4.—_-Bennie Bradsher: Courteous, friendly Boys’ Hi-Y Club. 5._Mary Brooks: Short, friendly, generous Secretary of one Junior Class. 6.—Hall Brooks: Studious, courteous Athletic Association Editorial Staff of “Rambler” 7.—Harold Brooks: Good looking, nice disposition. 8.—Rov Carver: Small, friendly Athletic Association two years. 9.—Ivie Clayton: Studious, dependable, honor student Marshall Sophomore, Junior years Reporter for “Rambler.” 10.—Elizabeth M. Clayton: Good disposition Assistant typist for “Rambler” 11.—Elizabeth J. Clayton: Quiet, sweet, thoughtful Faculty Secretary Typist for “Rambler” 12.—Marshall Coley: Tall, courteous Bus driver Entered Roxboro High in 1936 From Greensboro. 13.—Malcolm Duncan: Handsome, aviator, artist Athletic Association Cheer leader two years Football squad one year Business Mer. of Junior Class Baseball Manager one year Boys’ Hi-Y Club “Rambler” Staff artist. 14,—-Louise Foushee: Pretty, dignified High School Office Secretary 15.—Evangeline Fox: Talented, quiet Glee Club Typist for “Rambler” Faculty Secretary. 16.—Guy Gardner: Attractive, witty Athletic Association Cheer leader one year Tennis team three years. 17.—Sallie Garrett: Good disposition, thoughtful Athletic Association Girls’ Hi-Y Club Society Editor of “Rambler” Faculty Secretary Senior Play “Seventeen” Track. tS heca, Gritfin: Likable, attractive Came from Carthage, N. C. in 1935. Athletic Association Cheer leader one year Corrs. Sec. for Girls’ Hi-Y Club Lead Senior play “Seventeen” 19.—Franklin Guill: Talkative, courteous, witty Hi-Y Club Bus driver Faculty Secretary. 20.—Elizabeth Harris: Quiet, tall, industrious. 21.—Katharine Harris: Dignified, blue eyes, attractive Athletic Association President of one Sophomore Class Secretary of Girls’ Hi-Y Editorial Staff of “Rambler” Vice-President of Senior Class. 22.—Rebecca Hunter: Talented, red hair, graceful Athletic Association Girls’ Hi-Y Dramatic Club “Tightwad” cast. 23.—Logan Jackson: Pleasing personality, ladies’ man Hi-Y Club Dramatic Club “Tightwad” cast Circulation Manager of “Rambler” 24.—A. P. James: Ambitious, quiet Vice-President one Sophomore Class Football squad two years Basketball team two years Treasurer of Boys’ Hi-Y Sports Editor of “Rambler” 25.—Bill Kane: Short, thrifty, good disposition Athletic Association Treasurer of a Sophomore Class Baseball team three years President of Boys’ Hi-Y Club Senior play “Seventeen” 26.—Odessa Latta: Friendly, sweet Basketball team three years Track two years Faculty Secretary. 27.—Frances Lee: Studious, friendly, honor student. 28.—Elizabeth Long: Intelligent, sweet, courteous Athletic Association Marshall Freshman, Sophomore and Junior years. President of a Junior Class Vice-President of Girls’ Hi-Y Treasurer of Public Speakers Club Editor of “Rambler” Glee Club Treasurer of Senior Class Reading and Declamation Club Manager of basketball team. 29.—Elizabeth Michaels: Courteous, good sport, friendly Treasurer of one Freshman Class Basketball team two years Athletic Association Senior play “Seventeen” 30.—Viola Oakley: Reserved, nice In Reading and Declamation contests two years Faculty Secretary. 31.—Thomas Perkins: Quiet, studious. 32.—Flora Roberts: Quiet, timid. 33.—Dudley Samford: Tall, friendly Came from Montgomery, Ala. 1936. Basketball team one year Hi-Y Club Football squad one year. 34.—Preston Samford: Indifferent, woman-hater, clever Came from Montgomery, Ala. in 1936 Football squad one year. 35.—H. K. Sanders: Good disposition, clever, a clown Secretary of Junior Class Football squad two years Basketball team one year Hi-Y Club Dramatic Club Senior play “Seventeen” 36.—Marjorie Thomas: Goced looking, spoiled, happy-go-lucky Secretary one Freshman Class Secretary one Sophomore Class Basketball team one year Hi-Y Club Senior play “Seventeen” 37.—Eugene Tuck: Small, competent Missed only one day in eleven years and that in the first grade. 38.—June Varner: Dependable, good looking, neat Athletic Association Treasurer of one Sophomore Class Treasurer of Junior Class Dramatic Club In cast of “Tightwad” Glee Club Debating Club Assistant Business Mgr. “Rambler” Girls’ Hi-Y Club Faculty Secretary In cast of Senior play “Seventeen” 39.—Clinton Winstead: Courteous, good sport, an athlete President of a Sophomore Class Boys’ Hi-Y Basketball team three years Football squad four years Baseball four years Athletic Association In cast of Senior play “Seventeen” 40.—Annie Allen Wilkerson: Pretty, witty, likeable Athletic Association Secretary of one Sophomore Class Assist. Business Mgr. Junior Class Glee Club Chief Marshall Junior year Dramatic Club Girls’ Hi-Y Club Secretary of Senior Class. 41.—Geneva Woody: Reserved, sweet Came to Roxboro High School from Hurdle Mills in 1934. 42.—Doris Yarborough: Attractive, congenial Basketball one year Athletic Association Faculty Secretary. 43.—EHsther Thaxton: Dark, mischievous Vice-President of a Freshman Class Athletic Association Girls’ Hi-Y Club. SENLOR. SUPERLATIVES BEST STUDENT BEST LOOKING BIGGEST FLIRT QUIETEST MOST COURTEOUS MOST DEPENDABLE MOST TALKATIVE BEST ALL-ROUND MOST POPULAR MEANEST SWEETEST CLEVEREST BEST DRESSED MOST INTERESTING BEST SPORT MOST ATTRACTIVE BEST DISPOSITION MOST FRIENDLY MOST SERIOUS eS saree MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED MOST DIGNIFIED : MOST NEARLY PERFECT LADY MOST NEARLY PERFECT GENTLEMAN Girl Elizabeth Long . Katharine Harris . Doris Yarborough Flora Roberts Elizabeth Long June Varner Annie Allen Wilkerson Nancy Bradsher Reca Griffin Esther Thaxton Elizabeth Michaels Nancy Bradsher Marjorie Thomas Elizabeth Long Elizabeth Michaels . Katharine harris . Reca Griffin Viola Oakley Elizabeth Long Elizabeth J. Clayton Louise Foushee Boy Ivie Clayton Malcolm Duncan Logan Jackson Thomas Carver Clinton Winstead Preston Samford H. K. Sanders, Jr. H. K. Sanders, Jr. Malcolm Duncan Joe Blanks, Jr. H. K. Sanders, Jr. Preston Samford Malcolm Duncan Preston Samford H. K. Sanders, Jr. Malcolm Duncan H. K. Sanders, Jr. Bennie Bradsher Bill Kane Preston Samford Harold Brooks Geneva Woody Franklin Guill SLENNICDELNS y SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President - . . - Charles Ball Secretary - - - Annie Allen Wilkerson Vice-President - : - Katharine Harris Treasurer - - - - - Elizabeth Long EA. Gauss ay. Atkins, Jessie M., Campobello, S. C. Math, Science Billingsley, Leora, Grove City, Pa. Commercial, Rambler Advisor Clayton, Mrs. B. G., Roxboro, N. C. English, Dramatic Club, Dramatic Club Play, Senior play Davis, Catharine, Concord, N. C. Home Economics Jew ae Gaddvyael: - = Superintendent Dunlop, Donald, Asheville, N. C. Science, Social Studies, Athletic Coach Hester, Mary Foy, Roxboro, N. C. History, Debates Nichols, Mrs. A. F., Roxboro, N. C. English, Rambler Advisor Payne, Isabel, Punta Gorda, Fla. Science, French, Math, Girls Hi-Y Yancey, Roxanah, Roxboro, N. C. Math, Latin, Debates Resp moriffin, = - County Superintendent JUNIOR § ADAMS, LEWIS ALLEN, EVELYN ALLEN, SUE ASHLEY, LOUISE AUSTIN, MARY HESTER BAZEMORE, EDNA BOWLES, KATHERINE BRADSHER, DONALD BREWER, HANNAH BRODGEN, RUTH BULLOCK, WILLIAM CARR, HELEN CLAYTON, GRACE OSBORNE DICKENS, LOUISE DIXON, VIRGINIA EVANS, HELEN EVANS, VIRGINIA FEATHERSTONE, NELLIE SCOTT FOUSHEE, FRANCES GARRETT, BASIL GATES, CHARLES GILLILAND, DAVID HAMLIN, ELEANOR HARRIS, PAGE HERRING, PEGGY HESTER, CHARLES STEDMAN HOLLEMAN, MONDELLE HUDDLESTON, VIRGINIA JONES, WOODROW LEE, SAMMIE LOFTIS, LAURA ALICE LONG, ANNE MARGARET LONG, CHARLES READE LONG, RACHEL LONG, THOMAS McWHORTER, ANNIE MAE NEWELL, ELOISE NEWMAN, JULIA OLIVER, BOONE PAINTER, MARGARET PARHAM, BUDDY PARHAM, INEZ PERKINS, INEZ PERKINS, MYRTLE PLEASANTS, MARGARET RAMSEY, LOUISE SATTERFIELD, EVELYN SAUNDERS, VIRGINIA SOLOMON, THOMAS STREET, BILLIE STRUM, MARY EMMA THORNTON, HENRY WADE, WALTER WAGS LA PE aC. WALTHALL, VIRGINIA WHITE, ROSA LEE WHITT, FRANCES WHITTEN, SAM, JR. WINSTEAD, DOROTHY WINSTEAD, FRANCES WINSTEAD, SARAH NINTH GRADE ALLEN, ALVIS ALLEN, WILLIAM MARTIN BAZEMORE, LENOX BLALOCK, ROSA ANN BRADSHER, JAMES BREWER, RACHEL BREWER, ROBERT BROADWELL, FLORA BULLOCK, CARR MOORE CADDELL, LORA FOY CARTER, ELWANDA CARVER, DONALD CARVER, HAZEL CHAMBERS, MAUDE CLAYTON, O. Y., JR. COLLINS, KITTY COTHRAN, CARRIE CREWS, ELIZABETH DAY, ANNIE LAURA DAY, PHILIP DICKENS, MARY LEWIS DICKENS, BILL DIXON, NELLIE RAE FOUSHEE, MERRIMAN FOX, PAULINE FOX, RACHEL FULLER, ISLA GARRETT, CHARLES COPELAND, JR. GILLILAND, VIOLET HARRIS, EDWARD HARRIS, JAMES HENLEY, MARY SUSAN HUNTER, RACHEL JACKSON, JAMES JAMES, EVARD JONES, DORIS WOODY JORDAN, LOUISE KING, MARTHA KING, SHIRLEY LONG, CHARLES LONG, CURTIS LONG, LORRAINE LONG, THURMAN LUNSFORD, HAROLD MICHAELS, BILLY MORRIS, EMMA SUE MONDAY, HENDERSON OLIVER, JAMES DANIEL OWEN, GERTRUDE PAINTER, ONIE PENCE, RUBY MAE PLEASANTS, A. J. PLEASANTS, NELLIE POWERS, EUGENE REAMS, JAMES WALTER RILEY, BASIL RITCHIE, EDITH GRAY SANDERS, HELEN REID SAUNDERS, ESTHER SCOGGINS, DORIS SMITH, ROBERT SNIPES, DOROTHY ANNE SPENCER, CARROLL STANFIELD, HAROLD STEWART, EARL SUMPTER, FRED SWANSON, HELEN TATUM, ELLEN TAYLOR, ELZE LEE THAXTON, BEN THOMAS, PRIDMORE TINGEN, GLADYS WADE, RILEY WALKER, LAVENIA WALKER, MAMIE MAUDE WALTERS, ROSILLA WARMACK, HAZEL WARREN, THOMAS WEST, BILLY WHITFIELD, HASSELL WHITTEN, ROBERT WILLIAMS, JAMES EDWARD WINSTEAD, BARDEN WINSTEAD, ELLA HARRIS WINSTEAD, FRANK WOODY, MARY SIEVERS WRENN, E. T. YARBOROUGH, ELSIE ADCOCK, THOMAS ALLEN, HERBERT ALLEN, MARGUERETTE ASHLEY, BEATRICE BRADSHER, EDWARD L. BRADSHER, MARION BRADSHER, NANCY BROOKS, FELIX BROOKS, PEGGY HARRIS CARIVEY, EDNA CARVER, REGINALD LONG CARVER, WALTER LESTER CHANEY, LULU SUSAN CLARK, LAWRENCE CLAY, WILLIAM CLAYTON, ALMA LOVE CLAYTON, BUDDY CLAYTON, FRANCES K. CLAYTON, FRANCES CLAYTON, GERALDINE CLAYTON, MERRITT CLAYTON, MILDRED CLAYTON, PAULINE COZART, DELMA MAE CUSHWA, GEORGE DANIEL, JACK DAVIS, MINNIE DAVIS, SAM PAUL DAY, CHARLIE THOMAS DAY, LOUIS DIXON, LUTHER DUNN, ALFONZA ELLMORE, KITTY FEATHERSTONE, JAMES FOUSHEE, EDWARD FOUSHEE, SAMMY GARRETT, BILLY GILLILAND, KATHERINE GREEN, MARGARET GUILL, MAYNARD B. HALL, NANNIE LOU HARRIS, GEORGE HESTER, BENJAMIN HESTER, KATHERINE HOBGOOD, ANNA HOBGOOD, THELMA HOLEMAN, LAWRENCE HORTON, BURLEY HUDGINS, MARSHALL JOHNSON, ARCH G. JOHNSON, ETHEL JONES, NOELL JOHN KIRBY, NELSON LAWS, BERA MAE LEE, ALVIS W. LEE, ETHEL MAE LONG, RICHARD MASTEN, ROBERT L. McDONALD, MARY LOUISE MOORE, WALLACE MORRIS, BERTHA MAE MURPHY, BILL NELSON, NOBIE SUE NEWELL, HENRY OLIVER, FRANCES OLIVER, JEANNETTE PARHAM, EDNA PARKER, TEDDY PICKERING, LOIS PLEASANTS, MONROE PULLIAM, GEORGE W. RHEW, GEORGE ROBERSON, HELEN ROBERTSON, ANNIE ROBINSON, EVELYN RUDDER, ELGIN RUSSELL, MILDRED SANFORD, BRISTON SAUNDERS, FRANCES STANFIELD, MARY LEE STEPHENS, HERMAN ROBERT TATUM, MILDRED TERRELL, HOWARD TILLMAN, RACHEL THOMAS, NED THOMPSON, ED WADE, EARL WALKER, EDITH WALKER, FREDA WALKER, LOUISE WALKER, RUTH MAY WHITE, DORIS WHITT, EUGENIA WHITT, HELEN WILSON, JESSIE MARY WINSTEAD, CLIFF WINSTEAD, EDNA WINSTEAD, ELLA MILDRED WOODS, FRED WRENN, HELEN WRENN, JOHN WRIGHT, ELIZABETH YARBORO, HENRY YOUNG, CORNELIA YOUNG, GERALDINE ZICKAFOOSE, DERWARD ew (GAY Tbe i ES DRAMATIC CLUB THE TIGHTWAD’? 9 CeARS chi MR. TAYLOR ; : : Charles Ball MRS. TAYLOR, his wife ‘ . Grace Osborne Clayton EDNA TAYLOR, their daughter June Varner MAMIE , : Rebecca Hunter ELMER TAYLOR Donald Bradsher ORVILLE TAYLOR Charles Reade Long TOMMY JORDAN Logan Jackson TAXI DRIVER F : ‘ : : é f ; P 5 H. K. Sanders SERVANTS : : F Mary Hester Austin, Marion Bradsher, James Williams Directed By Mrs. B. G. Clayton pock VaReN2 T Eek Noe WILLIE BAXTER MR. BAXTER MRS. BAXTER JANE BAXTER EOGAS PRAT MAE PARCHER JONNIE WATSON JOE BULLIT GEORGE CROOPER - ETHEL BOKE WALLIE BANKS MARY BROOKS MR. PARCHER GENESIS By Booth Tarkington CAST H. K. Sanders Charles Ball June Varner Nancy Bradsher Reca Griffin Elizabeth Michaels Clinton Winstead A. P. James Joe Blanks Marjorie Thomas Guy Gardner Sallie Garrett Bill Kane Earl Stewart Directed by Mrs. B. G. Clayton DEBATING TEAM Affirmative—Billy West Negative—Frances Winstead Barden Winstead Nancy Bradsher C .O'AAC Eis Mary Hester - - - £Roxanah Yancey kz: = : = = SSS SS SS Mary Hester Austin Nancy Bradsher Grace Osborne Clayton Sally Garrett Reca Griffin Kitty Collins Louise Dickens Mary Lewis Dickens Elizabeth Michaels Eloise Newell Julia Newman Evelyn Satterfield Marjorie Thomas Katherine Harris Rebecca Hunter Anne Margaret Long Elizabeth Long Annie Mae McWhorter Pale a Grube Virginia Huddleston Rachel Hunter Doris Jones Rachel Fcx Frances Foushee Mary Susan Henley B Ow Sigil Yi Esther Thaxton June Varner Anne Allen Wilkerson Frances Winstead He'en Reid Sanders Mary Sievers Woody Charles Ball Bennie Bradsher Donald Bradsher Bitty Bullock Malcolm Duncan Guy Gardner A. P. James Basil Garrece Woodrow Jones Franklin Guill Bill Kane Charles Reade Long Dudley Samford Page Harris Logan Jackson H. K. Sanders, Jr. T. C. Wagstaff Bob Whitten Clinton Winstead , FOOTBALL PLAYER POSITION PLAYER POSITION PLAYER POSITION Dixon SNES Ee a ance Ve L. End D. Samford io os Pee = R. End Sanders «Pee CP eee Back Whitten OD ER Fe aes i. Tackle Winstead oe ns Oe Back Duncan ee = 8 br es 5. Fe Back Moore St le le PORE R. Guard @livenu: |... st genie F. Back W. Moore (ee Guard Blanks Fe eb eae Center BLewWeL °) at 27 nt le en ELOLE P. Samford i = te. Xa Eid Riley ae eee wens Guard Stewart abe cc an ae ae R. Half Donald Dunlop ae Coach Hester eee: Tae Pk ee R. Tackle James 0 ites 7, aoe Guard Fred Woods Manager Undefeated Season—Won Three Games And Tied Two. = Player Position Points Oliver Center 114 Stewart R. Forward 133 Ball L . Forward 25 Whitten R. Guard 18 Sanders L. Guard 40 James Forward 4 Dixon Guard 3 Winstead Forward 41 Samford Forward 0 DONALD DUNLOP, Coach’ FRED WOODS, Manager Roxboro 19, 37 Allensville 9, 6 Roxboro 20, 8 Hillsboro 21, 26 Roxboro 12, 21 So. Boston 14, 19 Roxboro 18, 32 Henderson 15, 13 Roxboro 33 Helena 4 Roxboro 27, 15 Bethel Hill 8, 8 Roxboro 19 lIpcoxjoeo Jshill is Roxboro 23, 8 Chapel Hill 18, 21 Roxboro 16 Kinston 15 Ez GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM Player Position Lula Chaney ee er Left Forward Mictetlassan = - - = —- - Right Forward Rosa Lee White - - - - - Center Guard Oiecmimtta = = -.= - - = Left Guard Gormewvnite = - --- — -. Right Forward Ann Margaret Long - - - - Right Guard Isabel Payne - - Player Position Elizabeth Michaels - - - - Center Forward Peggy Herring - - - - - Right Forward Virginia Walthall - = - - -- Right Guard Mary Hester Austin - - --- (Center Guard Kitty Elimoré -=- - = - - = Left Forward Elizabeth Long - - - - - - - Manager - - - Coach Tier NINSIES Tennis was organized again in the spring of 1937 with the following players: ...... COMPLIMENTS OF CARNEY’S MILLINERY ‘Things For Women; Price Right’ MAIN STREET - ROXBORO, N. C. 1.—Guy Gardner 2.—Charles Ball 3.—Barden Winstead 4.—Cliff Winstead 5.—Charles Reade Long 6.—Donald Bradsher Page Harris — Manager The BEST DRESSED Gentleman In The Senior Class Purchased His Clothing From Long’s Haberdashery Over Thomas Oakley Roxboro North Carolina Thompson Insurance Agency All Kinds Of INSU RAIN CE Meredith College Raleigh, N. C. A Standard College For Young Women Offers A. B. and B. S. de- grees, and diplomas in Art and in Music. For Catalogue or Further Information Write ... Charles E. Brewer, Pres., Raleigh, North Carolina Roxboro Laundry Co. Kirby Brothers, Props. Our Motto: “We Klean Klothes Klean’’ Telephone 157 COME TO... HAMBRICK, AUSTIN THOMAS for your Graduating Gifts Flowers and Hollingsworth’s Unusual Candies for... Mother’s Day Telephone COM Po EMCRN ans o f ROXBORO COTTON MILLS AN IDEAL SMALL COLLEGE | ) More than One Hundred Courses Offered leading to A. B. Degree SCIENCES; BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; EDUCATION, MUSIC, ART, HOME ECONOMIOS, REL. 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