Siler City High School - Seniorogue Yearbook (Siler City, NC)

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We had a wonderful football team this year despite the fact that most of the players were new. The stars from our class were Jack Allred, Buddy McLaughlin, and Gyles Buckner. The splendid record at the end of the season was six victories, one tie, and two losses. What a basketball team the girls had this year. It seemed that since three of our main players, Doris, Sarah, and Emma Jean, were graduating, they played their very best at every game. Congratulations to a fine spirit of good sportsmanship. The boys team also showed a fine example of cooperation and fair play and won recognition throughout the county. The Juniors gave us a wonderful Junior-Senior Banquet. It almost swept us off our feet. I had never seen so many beautiful evening gowns, and some of the boys were hard to recognize because they looked so hand- some. We thoroughly enjoyed the occasion, and after pondering over the matter, it is hard to decide which was more fun — giving a banquet or being honored at one. Our Senior play also created a lot of excitement in our room. As usual, the cast did most of the real work, although all the rehearsals were fun — to say nothing about good excuses for unstudied lessons. The cast gave an excellent performance, but it was experience for the whole class. Had it not been for the helpful assistance of the stage committee, the advertis- ing committee, the ushers, the makers of the costumes and the programs, our play couldn’t have gone over as successfully as it did. We all gave a sigh of relief when every duty had been performed, and the curtain had fallen on the last act of our play. We felt that it was a big success, and no one regretted having worked so hard to make it so. Then came commencement night. How dignified we felt in our caps and gowns as we marched down the aisle that night of graduation! It seemed almost unbelievable that our class was finishing high school. For the first time many of us realized that we had grown up. As we walked across the stage to receive our diplomas from Mr. Braxton, a lump rose in every throat, for we realized that the exams and all the other hard things had led us to this last occasion which meant good-bye to our school and our childhood as well. A wonderful mixture of regret and pride swept over us when we walked out of our school for the last time to face an entirely new life for which we had earnestly been preparing. Clara Gilbert, Historian. SCHOOL MEMORIES For twelve long years we’ve labored here To bring this school good will and cheer, To help the pupils and friends so kind To live a life that is sublime. The time of parting has drawn nigh, And we face a future with books laid by; Right now this seems a happy year; To leave this school — a school so dear. We wish to thank you every one For all the happy years of fun; So in everything we strive to do We’ll give the credit right back to you. Emogene Dixon, Class Poet. 17

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The music students of Mrs. C. L. Brower organized the Crosley-Adams Music Club. Many advancements were made in the club after it became a member of the National Federation of Music Clubs. Before the year had ended, it was on the National Music Club Honor Roll. Since our class was for the first time in real need of money, we began collecting class dues. We also sold magazines, and Marsha Moody won a radio for selling the most subscriptions. Slowly but surely our treasury grew. Jack Allred and Gyles Bucker were the boys who played on the football team that won the Class B championship at Draper. That was a happy and proud time for our whole school. The cheer leader from our class was none other than Marsha Moody. Our girls basketball team won second place in the county championship this year with the same girls playing as had the preceding year. The boys’ team again won the county championship. We girls were rather disappointed that none of our boys played on the fine teams, but we were all proud that the school could win this honor twice. At Christmas the Juniors and Seniors had a party in the Home Economics Department. Everybody had a wonderful time. Since there had been no banquet given in two years, we decided to renew the old custom. Preparations began early in March and everyone enthusiastically did his share of work. By the night of April 18 we had transformed the gloomy lunchroom into an Old Fashioned Garden that looked like a fairyland, complete with picket-fence, an old well, a garden love seat, a full moon, stars, and flowers. What a thrilling experience the Junior-Senior Banquet was to us that year! It was a big success because of the unlimited cooperation given by the members of the class. Marsha Moody was fortunate in winning the Horton medal this year while Clyde Whitley popped up again as county winner in the American Legion Oratorical Contest. Clyde Williams also won a a prize for making the most advancement in English. The lucky girls who attended Girls’ State were Elaine Gibson, Mary Harris, Marsha Moody, and Emily Williams. Everyone was proud of Marsha when we learned that she had been elected Lt. Governor of Girls’ State. Many honors were bestowed upon her, one of which was a trip to Washington, D. C., after school closed. Billy Clapp and Clyde Whitley represented our school at Boys’ State at Chapel Hill. A very successful year ended with the graduating exercises in which Emma Jean Dark, Doris Hancock, Jack Allred, and Donald White were honored to play the prominent parts as marshals. After another short vacation, we began our Senior year — our last in Siler City High School. For our homeroom teacher we had one of the best, Miss Holleman, whom I’m sure we’ll never forget. We had lost several outstanding members so that our class was down to thirty-seven. We got things in full swing by electing Clyde Whitley as our president, Donald White as vice president, Rachel Hall as secretary, and Jean Churchill as treasurer. Other class activities were mapped out by our class officers. Gay Lane and Sammy Marley were selected as mascots. For gradeparents we chose Mrs. Colin Churchill, Mrs. Guy Williams, Mr. Glenn Hancock, and Mr. Lee Moody. Things happened fast. We elected a Seniorogue Staff with Marcelene Stanley as editor-in-chief — and all of us to help in the important task of getting out an attractive annual. 16

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PROPHECY SHADES OF BUCK ROGERS! Here I am on my rocket ship heading for Alaska. Cruising along at a slow rate of 1,000 miles per hour, I think back on my days in school. My, that was a fine graduating class of mine back in the year ’48. I believe I’ll tune in on my television set, that great invention by Bobby Gene Johnson, and see what all the members of that class are doing now. Goodness! I see a whole group of them out in sunny California! Clyde Whitley must have learned a lot by being head of our class. Here he is president of the University of Southen California, and is he a big success! And look over there — handsome Jack Allred and his cute bride, Bobbie Jean Fields. Jack’s a leading star at Dewey Dowd’s movie studio. Also in Hollywood, Donald White is a famous playboy celebrity. And Rachel Phillips has a “figure building” business there. Wow! She had enough of a figure already. I don’t see any other familiar faces or names. I believe I’ll punch this button. My, what do we have here? New York City with all its attrac- tions. There’s Babe Whitt posing for a picture in a bathing suit. Of course — she’s a very much sought-after model. Is that Clara Gilbert on the stage of the Metropolitan? She’s practicing for a new opera about to open, and she has one of the leading roles. There’s Marshale Moody. She’s a lawyer there in New York. She hasn’t lost a case yet. Mary Harris has made a name for herself too as a singer — only, she wins her popularity in a swanky night club. Clyde Williams owns a huge rocket designing company. His plant is located near the big city. He is reported to be one of the richest men in the world. Now what is that going on over there at Madison Square Garden? Why, it’s George Davis doing some of his stunts as a star pilot in Billy Clapp’s huge air show. I’ve heard they travel all over the world. I believe I’ll turn back home for a peep. What do you know! Several of my class have stuck to good old North Carolina. There’s Ray Smith lecturing to a geometry class. He’s a professor at Duke University. What a change he has made in his ambitions. I think that little house over there belongs to Emily Williams. I see that she finally married and moved to Pittsboro. Doris Hancock isn’t a career woman either. She married a certain guy we used to tease her about and lives in Siler City. Come to think of it, I’ve heard quite a bit of news lately of other mem- bers of my class. Nellie Gee is the head nurse in a modern hospital in 18