Seven Springs High School - Sesprischoan Yearbook (Seven Springs, NC)

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Class History In September of the year 1952, a group of excited six-year-olds gathered at the port of Seven Springs to board the ship Education. These happy youngsters sailed through the rough seas of elementary knowledge for eight long years with many experienced pilots to guide them. The ship called again at the dock in Seven Springs in 1960 and refueled for the journey into high school. Ahead lay the difficult task of getting schedules straight and the realization that this journey was vastly different from our last one. Our pilot this time was Mrs. Imogene Price. We chose Greg Smith, Larry Smith, Annette Daly, Iris Price, and Sallie Deaver for our leaders. By the time we entered the second part of this new joLu'ney,we had become more confident and aware of what we had ahead of us. Now Mr. Gerald Waters was our pilot. We once again chose our leaders. They were Judy Flowers, Wayne Edwards, June Price, and Lester Cruse. We were well on our way toward the end of the voyage. Now we rated the title of juniors. This, we felt, was one of the most eventful years of our trip. Once again we changed pilots. Mr. Dixon Hall now steered our course, with Greg Smith, Judy Flowers, Sallie Deaver, Rena Maier, and Lester Cruse guiding our activities. This year we had a tobacco drive and numerous bake sales. We also sold candy and Seven Springs stickers. The big event of the year was our Junior-Senior Banquet.We honored the Seniors in Hawaiian Style at the Hotel Goldsboro.We were also very much pleased with the results of our Junior Play. Now we are approaching our long-worked-for destination. Mrs. Imogene Price is our pilot and we chose Greg Smith as our Captain with Jimmy Vinson, Sallie Deaver, Rena Maier, Iris Price, and Judy Flowers to help him lead us. The first highlight of the year was our classrings. We were all glad to get them. A second highlight of the year was the publication of the 1964 SESPRISCI-IOAN. As a prologue to publication, annual ads had to be sold. We had already had practice in salesmanship earlier this year with our magazine drive which was very successful. The juniors honored us with a very lovely banquet which we will all long remember.Another highlight of our Senior year was the trip to Washington, D. C. and New York. The Juniors and Seniors alike all had a wonderful time. We are just rounding the bend, and the shore is in sight. This voyage seems short, and as we look back, it carries many wonderful memories of S. S.l-I. S. that we will long cherish. When at graduation we leave this ship Education there will be new goals before us but we will never lose the hope for a brighter future because as our motto says Everyday gives another chance. P Iris rice P P H e C U Historian As I landed in my '74 capsule, I could see that Seven Springs had not changed in the ten years since high school. It was getting dark so I hurried down to rent a car before they were all taken. Cur class was having a reunion, and I knew there would be several of my old classmates who would need one also. As I walked in, I saw Sally and Allen Deaver. Sally and her husband had started the car rental business in Seven Springs. Their little twin girls came out and I could see that Sally and Allen had much to make them happy. As I came out,I sawJones's Restaurant down the street.I remembered that CarolynJones had opened it after being graduated from College. It was rumored that she might start a national chain. Douglas Jones and his wife were also partners in the business in addition to their farm work. Nell McCullen stepped out with three small children. She and her husband managed the restaurant and enjoyed it. I stepped inside the restaurant, and there was Judy Flowers with her husband Robert. Judy was keeping house now while Bub worked for the F. C. C. in Washington. Lester Cruse came in with his wife and children. Lester had become quite wealthy farming in recent years, and he now owned a big white mansion down by the Springs. Of course, he needed room for all eight of his red-haired children. Later, as I entered the hotel to rent a room, I saw June Price and her husband. They were living in Asheville teaching high school now. June invited me to come to their rooms later, along with some more of our old classmates, for a late party to celebrate our seeing each other once more. Going up to'my room I suddenly realized that this was the hotel Royce Potter owned, and I remembered that he was a candidate for the state legislature. Greg Smith and Jimmy Vinson were coming down the hall as I started to my room. They had left their wives getting ready for the party, and were talking over old times. Greg's face was a familiar one for he was in the news quite often. On Wall Street he had stopped a recession just recently by expressing faith in the economy. Jimmy was now an exec- utive at Du Pont. Jimmy and Greg said that they were waiting for Larry Smith, and just then he came in towing three little blonde- haired girls. Laughingly, he said that he hoped his wife would hurry because his daughters were almost a match for him. Whenl reached my room, I walked to the window, and downbelow I could see the bright lights of Dorothy Blakely's house. She was reputed to be the best cook for miles around. Her husband works in Malcolm Mervin's garage. The party was in full swing when I entered. Ruth Ann Worrell caught my eye at once. She was a housewife now, but she still looked like a schoolgirl. All of the men were crowded around someone, and after a few minutes I dis- covered that Roy Hines was holding their attention. I-Ie had discovered oil on his land and now was one of the richest men in the state. Then Iris Price came in, looking like the model she was. Soon it was rumored that she was going to give up her career and marry her childhood sweetheart without changing her name. She said that Faye Best would be coming soon. I had heard that Faye was still going to school. It seemed that she had decided not to marry yet. After our reunion, as Iwas going back to my job in Europe, I thought with content of my classmates leading their varied lives, and I knew that they were happy in the lives that they had chosen. Rena Maier Prophetess 25

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fast will and Desfament We, the 1964 Senior Class of Seven Springs High School, being of sound mind and strong bodies do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. To our school we leave our hopes that the future classes of Seven Springs will be neat, respectful, studious, and mature for this school has endured much in this and years past. To our faculty we leave our many thanks for the hours they have spent teaching us while we thought of ways to speed the clock up and do away with homework. To the eighth grade we leave our hopes that high school will be a happy four years. To the freshmen we leave our sincere sympathy for the years ahead. To the sophomores we leave the courage to make the years of life an exciting challenge. To the juniors we leave the memories of the many times we have shared. We bequeath these personal possessions as follows: I, FAYE BEST, will my ability to keep up my grades to Jimmy Best. I, DOROTHY BIAKELY, will my ability to sit in class and be quiet to Pansy Price. NELL MCCULLEN, will my ability to eat in Mr. Baker's study hall to anyone who can get away with it. LESTER CRUSE, will my ability to drive the activity bus without tearing it up to Mike Dawson. I, SALLY DEAVER, will my ability to get married and still finish school to anyone who wants to try it. I, JUDY FLOWERS, will all of my patience to go through twelve years of school and still enjoy it to anyone who needs patience. ROY HINES, will my ability to graduate to Bobby Hines. CAROLYN JONES, will my grades to Peggy Jones in secure knowledge that she will not need them. I, DOUGLAS JONES, will my ability to go to school for twelve years without missing a day to anyone who has the nerve to. I, RENA MAIER, will my ability to giggle in class to Kay Lynch. MALCOLM MERVIN, will my ability to get good conduct grades to Ervin Parks. ROYCE POTTER, will my height to Glen Rouse. IRIS PRICE, will my ability to play first string basketball to Dwight Price. JUNE PRICE, will my good grades to Vickie Price in hopes that she won't need them. I, GREG SMITH, will my good times on the basketball court to my younger brother. I, LARRY SMITH, will my manager's job to anyone who doesn't mind cleaning basketballs. I, RUTH ANN WORRELL, will my business math book to anyone who will have it. I, JIMMY VINSON, will my ability to play first string basketball to Travis Adams. I, 1, I, I. 1. I. 1, 1, This document is signed and sealed by the Senior Class. Jimmy Vinson Testator 26