Sandy Ridge High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Sandy Ridge, NC)

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ELSIE MAE BELTON FHA 1,23 4-H Club 1,2,3,4g Basket- ball 2,4g Glee Club 3,4g Monogram Club 4. DAVID ONEAL RIGGS FFA 1,2,3g 4'H Club 1,23 Social Club 1,2,4. WALTER CURTIS BEASLEY FFA 1,2,3g Social Club 4. -Tn- W.-I THE GREAT ADVENTURE By Audrey Brown Our school days ended, life before us lies-- A great adventure, Cloudless are the skiesg The thoughts of school shall with us always beg A true companion, a happy memory. Oh, may we dare to dream and dare to do, Loving the truth, and to ourselves be true, May we so work and live through our days That friends may love us, honest men may praise, Of each misfortune make a sword to slay The dragon worries that obstruct our way. With heart that's strong to fight and never win May we not falter when the storms begin, For only fools contentment find and keep, To him who would achieve, the road is steep, The summit's ever farther on the way And g1ory's but a sunbeam, soon to stray. Still we must struggle till the day is gone And look across the purple hills to dawn, Be faithful to our work, respect its call, And find it not too great nor yet too small, Each task a blessing and for us the bestg We'll do it well and leave to God the rest,

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SYNTHIA COLENE NELSON Basketball 2,3,4, C0-Captain 43 4-H Club 1,2,3,43 FHA 1,23 Monogram Club 3,43 Sports Club 33 Citizenship Club 33 Social Club 2,4. TAYLOR BRASWELL BOTTOMS FFA 1,2,3,43Fo0tball1,2,3,4, CO' Captain 43 Basketball 2,43 Baseball 3,43 Bus Driver 3,43 Monogram Club 3,43 Social Club 43 Class Vice President 43 Master of Ceremonies Senior Play 4. BETTY LOU ROBERTSON FHA 1,2,33 4-H Club 1,2,3,43 Social Club 4. RUSSELL LEE MARTIN FFA 1, 2,3,43 Marshal 23 Basketball 43 Class Treasurer 43 Radio Club 43 Assistant Annual Staff 3, Sports Editor 4. unq- AUDREY MARIE BROWN FHA 1,2,3,4, Parliamentarian 2, President 33 Class Secretary 1,23 Student Council Representative 2, Recording Secretary 43 Monogram Club 3,4, Vice President 43 4-H Club 1,2,3,4, Program Chairman 2, Vice President 43 Beta Club 3,43 Social Club 4, President 43 Cheer- leader 2,3,4, Chief 43 Senior Play Cast 43 Poet, JAMES CHARLES HUTCHENS FFA 1, 2,33 Social Club 4. TED LEE SPENCER 4-H Club 1,23 FFA 1,2,3,4, Sec- retary 2,32 Marshal 33 Student Council 1,2,4, Treasurer 43 Radio Club 43 Senior Play Cast 4g Assist- ant Annual Staff 1,2, Business Manager 4. SYLVIA CAROL NELSON Basketball 2,3,43 4-H Club 1,2,3,4: FHA 1,23 Monogram Club 3,43 Social Club 2,43 Sports Club 3,4. 'Kwan 1-

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Zasf Zfjzfhazzcf gesfamenf We, the Senior Class of 1955, in the town of Sandy Ridge, the County of Stokes, and the State of North Carolina, being in as good mental condition as usual, and in much better temper than usual, do hereby make this our last will and testament, To our principal, Mr, Gibson, we give and bequeath a sense of relief that we have at last been graduated, pleasant memories of our 12 years together, and a feeling of pride in any great deeds or noteworthy achievements that our future may contain, realizing that such glories--if any--will owe much to his example and counsel, To our homeroom advisor, Mr, Byrd, we bequeath our very kindest regards and our sincere gratitude for his helpfulness, To the entire faculty, we bequeath our valuable sense of humor, without which we should have found school life painful indeed and which will do much to make it endurable for them, To our dear old school building itself, we leave the peaceful quiet caused by our absence and any apple cores, wads of gtun, or crumpled notes we may have left about, To the rising Seniors we leave all our privileges and rights in classroom and chapel, aswell as any note- books, fountain pens, unfinished lollypops, or unfinished business includingdebts contracted while en- gaged in the business of being a Senior, also any boys or girls whom we may have left behind i.n our haste, In addition, we make the following bequests: Stanley Hill leaves his desire to sleep in Geometry to Paul Joyce. David Riggs leaves, and if he leaves anything worthwhile it is to be divided among the Juniors. To Jackie Hawkins, we leave the Sophomore girls, compliments of Ted Spencer and Taylor Bottoms, Curtis Beasley leaves his ability to drive without wrecking to Kenneth Martin, Wilbur Hall leaves his ability to disturb class to Dean Ward and Franklin Griffin, Audrey Brown and Marquita Robertson leave their New Edition, 'Audrey and Greta Face Life' fa book of their boy friend troublesj to Bessie Lee Moore and Rebecca Hill, Annie Mae Bowman leaves her ability to drive carefully to Gloria Shaffer, 1Those fenders sure do cost money,j Winnie Gunter leaves her collection of Air Mail Envelopes to Mary Betty Hopkins, Virginia Steele leaves her ability to fry eggs to Orell Shelton, Barbara Ayers and Betty Jean Steele leave their jobs as Mr, Gibson's Official Money Counters to Annie Ruth Amos and Norma Jean Tucker, Sylvia Nelson leaves Bobby to anyone who thinks she can get him, Peggy Bullins leaves her ability to find excuses to get out of class to Patsy Shelton, Doris Smith leaves the price tag from her diamond to Juanita Nelson, Synthia Nelson leaves her recipe for holding a man to Leeo Mitchell, Lillie Mae Lawson leaves her ability to go to class late and get out early to Ray Corns, Artie Mae Dodson leaves her 'giggles' to Shirley Beasley, Shelby Jean Nelson leaves her ability to ask unanswerable questions to Jean Oakley, Libby Little from Nutting, New Jersey QPeggy Hennisj leaves her pistol to Nancy Knight, J, E, Fulcher fthe wisecrack of all wisecracksj leaves his wise cracks to Keith Dodson, Ruth Ellen Amos leaves her Bookkeeping equipment to Jody Belton. Donnie Priddy leaves his ability to get up at 8:30 and get to school at 8:40 to Denzil Knight, Nancy Siske leaves her ability to rob the cafeteria of edibles each noon to Margaret Smith, Russell Martin leaves his ability to get along with the female population of this institution to Henry Ayers, Elsie Belton and Geneva Williams leave all the slightly used gum under seats no. 5 and 6 of the library to Betty Nelson and Nancy Steele, Bonnell Smith and Betty Lou Robertson leave their excuse blanks and absence privileges to any Junior for the asking, To Betty Jo Ferguson we leave Mary Jane Nelson's love for 10:30 shows. To Norman Steele and Lloyd Martin, J, C, Hutchens and Ray Snyder leave their membership in the 'Loyal Cats Club, Harold Amos and Jack Hill just want to leave and leave fast, MARQUITA ROBERTSON Testatrix