Smithfield High School - Shield Yearbook (Smithfield, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 100 of the 1952 volume:

LI I 4 M l ill 4 Published by THE SENIOR CLASS of SMITHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Smithfield, N. C. 1952 DAVID JONES Editor-in-Chief JOHNSTON COUNTY HERITAGE CEN T f TE WARR Business Manager SMITHFIELD, N.C. Principal It ' s wonderful to build a soul. To have a teacher ' s part In molding dreams and hopes that stir The adolescent heart; And when they win, through stress and strain, More wonderful to be The faithful teachers who can say: They went to school to me. MRS. MILDRED BELL Librarian, English MISS SYLVIA CURRIN Home Economics MR. ROY J. BROWN History, Coach MR. LEE ROGERS Bond 1 W, h songs of so ,,5 o y ;th sincere OWV „ ,,„ .ese.We. Poe,n,.- U . .,e nameless gr°« „„ ,each, v.b.ch o mos.e..hond olo j„„ Uns made . o NAiss flora Canaday ho . - - °:irsSre devoV on to her. develop ionol 5K n - - •° ' rtrsSr.devo,-,o..ohe.. CLASS HISTORY We, the senior class of ] 952, are proud to hove taken part in the symphony that is Smithfield High School. If we but close our eyes and reminisce for a moment we con recall the first movement of this wonderful symphony. How thrilled and honored we were to be taking part in so great a performance! We were directed and guided so that all confusion and discord might be eliminated in favor of a blending harmony. With individual core, the adroit hands of our conductor, Mr. Glenn, deftly directed each of US; thus our freshman year was spent in working and in learning. As sophomores, we felt that our store of knowledge had been greatly enriched and increased. We were filled with boundless energy and the desire to give an unequalled performance. It was with this spirit that we undertook the maga- zine campaign and the World Peace Oratorical Contest. Perhaps it was also this spirit and our enthusiasm that helped our boys to gain a much-hoped-for victory over Selma on the gridiron and a county championship trophy on the basketball court. It was also during this year that several of our classmates were given the honor of attending the Junior-Senior Banquet as waiters and waitresses. And so, the second movement of our symphony was one of much activity and accomplishment. It was not until the third movement, however, that we truly began to realize our responsibilities. In our junior year we proved ourselves capable and versatile as we were hosts at the Junior-Senior Circus and dramoteers in Seventeenth Summer. We worked many long hours to bring these two events to perfection and success. And even as we worked, more than a few hearts felt a tinge of regret ... for time was passing quickly. As seniors we have taken part, for the last time, in athletics, the production of the High Ti mes, The Shield, in chapel programs, and the ploy. Again we have defeated our traditional rival in football. And now, our symphony can no longer be prolonged. We are on the last few measures of the fourth and final movement. Our hearts are filled with a sweet sadness accompanied by cherished memories as we move on toward the inevitable finale. Soon our beloved conductor will direct us for the last time and, quickly as an echo, another symphony will follow ours. It has been said that music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. It wanders peturbed- ly through the halls and galleries of the memory, and is often heard again, distinct and living, as when it first displaced the wavelets of the air . . . May we be so remembered. • — 0 n-- — : — EDWINA FAYE ABELL From this little spark will burst a mighty flame. Journalism Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice-President 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Publicity Chairman 4; Jr.-Sr! Wait- ress 2; Marshal 3; Girls ' State 3; Seventeenth Sum- mer 3; Cheerleader 3, 4; High Times Staff 3, 4; News Editor 4; Monogram Club 3, 4; Art Ed ' itor The Shield 4. JAMES THELBERT BROWN He would stop St. Peter to ask questions. Wildlife Club 1, 2, 3; Self-Improvement Club 4; World Peace Speaking Award 2; Seventeenth Sum- mer 3; High Times typist 3, 4; Ring Committee 4. FRANCES IRENE BYRD Men may come and men may go, but not if I can help it. Journalism Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1; Basket- ball 1, 2, 3, 4; Monogram Club 2; Ring Committee 4. JAMES HAMLIN CHEATHAM, JR. Some say he ' s bashful, some doubt it. Wildlife Club 1, 2, 3; President; Model Airplane Club 4; Monogram Club 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Chairman Mascot Committee 4; Football Alternate Captain 4,- All Conference 4. JERREL WOOD COBB He nevers lets his studies interfere with his high school education. Wildlife Club 1; Sports Club 2; Etiquette Club 3; Self-Improvement Club 4; Glee Club 2; Bus Driver 3, 4; Ring Committee 4. SHIRLEY ANN COLLIER Her thoughts were all her own. Career Club 1; Home Ec Club 2; Art Craft Club 3; Commercial Club 4; Mascot Committee 4. PEGGY JOYCE CREECH Those about her from her shall learn the perfect ways of honor. 4-H Club 1, 2; Needlecraft Club 3, 4; Junior Play Committee 3; Glee Club 4,- Ring Committee 4. RHETTA ANN CROCKER She pocks her troubles in a box, sits on the lid and smiles. Princeton High 1, 2; Marshal 3; Seventeenth Sum- mer 3; 4-H Club 3; Needlecraft Club 4; Invitation Committee 4,- Advertising Staff The Shield 4. enior s JANET EARLE DAUGHTERY There are dreams in your eyes. Career Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2; Commercial Club 4; Etiquette Club 3; Jr.-Sr. Waitress 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Social Committee 4; Advertising Staff The Shield, 4. JOYCE ILENE DAVIS She had abundant good nature and a sunny smile. Career Club 1, Secretary; Home Ec. Club 2; Eti- quette Club 3; Needlecraft Club 4; Jr.-Sr. Waitress 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Monogram Club 4; Cheer- leader 4; Mascot Committee 4; Advertising Staff The Shield, 4. ■ WILLIAM PAUL DICKENS Why take life seriously, we never get out of it olive. Wildlife Club; Sports Club 2; Model Airplane Club 3; Self-Improvement Club 4; Marshal 3; Giftorian Jr.-Sr. 3; Seventeenth Summer 3; Glee Club 3, 4; Cop and Gown Committee 4; Snapshot Editor The Shield 4; Football 4. JAMES CURTIS DUPREE Men of few words are the best men. Wildlife Club 1, 3; Sports Club 2; Self-Improve- ment Club 4; Marshal 3; High Times Staff 3, 4; Senior Ploy Committee 4; Typist The Shield , 4. ' JOSEPH LANDIS DUPREE Give him a pigskin and he ' s off to glory. Wildlife Club 1; Hobby Club 2; Etiquette Club 3; Photography Club 4; Jr.-Sr. Waiter 2; Baseball 3; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Football 2, 3, 4, Co-Captain; Chairman Senior Play Committee 4; All Conference 3, 4. PEGGY ANN GORDON A good disposition I for prefer to gold. Needlecraft Club 2, 4; Art Club 3; Glee Club 1, 3; Cop and Gown Committee 4; A dvertisina Staff The Shield 4. NORMAN BRIDGERS GRANTHAM Handsome is as handsome does. Wildlife Club 1, 2, Vice-President; Model Airplane Club 4; Jr.-Sr. Waiter 2; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Mono- gram Club 3, 4, President; Class President 4; Adver- tising Manager The Sheild 4. LOVEY JEANNE HICKS As merry as the day is long. Hobby Club 1; Needlecraft Club 2, 3, Secretary; Commercial Club 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Invitation Committee 4; High Times Staff 4. Seniors CHARLES DENNIS HOBBS Strongest minds are often those of whom the noisy world hears least. Wildlife Club 1; 4-H Club 2, Songleader; Music Club 3; Bond Club 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4, President; Glee Club 3; Chairman Invitation Committee 4. ATLAS GERALD JOHNSON The world ' s no better if we worry, life ' s no longer if we hurry. Wildlife Club 1; Hobby Club 2; Etiquette Club 3; Photography Club 4; Cop and Gown Committee 4; Advertising Staff The Shield 4. MARGARET DELORES JOHNSON Fair to look upon, but better to know. Hobby Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2; Etiquette Club 3; Commercial Club 4; Seventeenth Summer 3; High Times typist 4; Senior Play Committee 4; Ad- vertising Staff The Shield 4. THERON RUFFIN JOHNSON, JR. If he ' s not first, he ' ll be in the first line. Wildlife Club 1, 2; Etiquette Club 3; Self-Improve- ment Club 4; Monogram Club 2, 3, 4, Vice-President; Glee Club 3, 4; Seventeenth Summer 3; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Mascot Committee 4; Ad- vertising Staff The Shield 4; All Conference 3, 4. WILTON RAY JOHNSON Ask me no questions and I ' ll tell you no lies. 4-H Club 1; Wildlife Club 2; Commercial Club 3; Self-Improvement Club 4, President; Ring Committee 4; Advertising Staff The Sheild 4. DAVID HERMAN JONES Here is a man to hold against the world. Wildlife Club, President 1 2, 3 Vice President; Band Club 4, President; Jr.-Sr. Waiter 2; Bond 1, 2, 3, 4; President Junior Class; Chief Marshal 3; Glee Club 3; Seventeenth Summer 3; Ring Committee 4; Editor-in-Chief The Shield 4. CHARLIE BRAXTON LANGDON School is all right when there ' s nothing , else to do. 4-Club 1, 3, 4; Wildlife Club 2; Cap and Gown Committee 4; School Bus Driver 3, 4. ELLA ANN LEE None so knowing as she. Career Club 1, President; Journalism Club 2, 3, 4; Little Symphony 1; Jr.-Sr. Waitress 2; Seven- teenth Summer 3; Marshal 3; Basketball 2, 3; Cheerleader 3, 4; Glee Club Pianist 1, 2, 3, 4, Presi- dent of Mixed Chorus; Editor High Times 4. Seniors ALICE ROBERTA MATTOX Her very fingers hath music in them as they run across the keys. Speech Club 1; Journal ism Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club accompanist 3, 4; Marshal 3; Seventeenth Summer 3; Girl ' s State 3; Vice Presi- dent 4; Advertising Staff The Shield 4. BETTY RUTH PENNY Ready to work, ready to play, ready to help whenever she may. Hobby Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2; Needlecraft Club 3, 4; Invitation Committee 4. BESSIE ISABELLE PETERSON Her kind brQwn eyes were gay and glowing. Hobby Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2; Needlecraft Club 3, 4; Invitation Committee 4. ELSIE MAE PETERSON Speech is silver-silence is golden. Hobby Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2; Needlecraft Club 3, 4; Cop and Gown Committee 4. CLIFTON JACKSON PILKINGTON To be good is to be happy. Miscellaneous Club 1; 4-H Club 2, 3, Vice-Presi- dent, 4; Football 3; Invitation Committee 4; Bus Driver 4. BARBARA JEAN POPE Quiet, good, gentle, kind, a better girl is hard to find. Hobby Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2; 4-H Club 3; Commercial Club 4; Glee Club 4; Invitation Com- mittee 4. CLEM OLA POSTON To make the world a friendly place, she shows it to a friendly face. Hobby Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2; Needlecraft Club 3, 4; Junior Play Committee 3; Mascot Committee 4; Advertising Staff The Shield 4. BETTY GERTRUDE PRICE She that was ever fair and never proud had tongue at will and yet was never loud. Hobby Club 1, President; 4-H Club 2, 3; Needle- craft Club 4; Glee Club 3; Senior Play Committee 4- Typist The Shield 4. Seniors EDITH ROSE STANLEY Who would know her without her smiles Hobby Club 1; Home Ec. 2; Needlecraft Club 3, 4; Magazine Contest Winner 2; High Times Staff 3, 4; Invitation Committee 4; Advertising Staff The Shield 4. VAHNIS DILL STEPHENSON Laughter is the best beginning for a friendship. Hobby Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2; Needlecraft Club 3, 4; Glee Club 1; Seventeenth Summer 3; Chair- man Ring Committee 4. ALICE LENORA STEVENS She adds a precious seeing to the eye. Hobby Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2; Art Club 3; Jour- nalism Club 4, President; Jr.-Sr. Waitress 2; Seven- teenth Summer 3; Glee Club 1, 3, 4; Ring Commit- tee 4; Assistant Editor The Shield 4. WILMA LEE STEWART Quiet, gentle and refined, always thoughtful and very kind. Hobby Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2; Needlecraft Club 3, 4; Marshal 3; High Times Staff 3, 4; Class Secre- tary 4; Ring Committee 4; Typist The Shield 4. EDWARD RODIN SUGG He ' s small, but that doesn ' t cramp his style. Sports Club 1, 2; Model Airplane Club 3, 4, Presi- dent; Jr.-Sr. Waiter 2; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Mono- gram Club 2, 3, 4; Social Committee 4; Art Editor High Times 3, 4; Snapshot Editor The Shield 4. WILLIAM HARRY SWICORD Work doesn ' t frighten him, he can lie down beside it and go to sleep. Savannah High 1; Sports Club 2; Journalism Club 3; Self-Improvement Club 4; Monogram Club 4; Bas- ketball 3, 4, Captain; Baseball 3, 4; Ring Commit- tee 4. ADAM JESSIE THOMPSON, JR. The sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness. Miscellaneous Club 1; Sports Club 2; Etiquette Club 3; Photography Club 4, President; Winner Maga- zine Contest 2; Vice-President Junior Class; Chair- man Cap and Gown Committee 4; Advertising Staff The Shield 4. WILBUR LE MAY TURNER The man who blushes is not quite a brute. Sports Club 1, 2; Art Club 3; Journalism Club 4; Magazine Contest Winner 2; Marshal 3; High Times Staff 3, 4; Mascot Committee 4; Typist The Shield 4. Seniors WESLEY MONTEITH WARR He seems a man of cheerful yesterdays and confident tomorrows. Sportsmanship Club 1; Wildlife Club 2; Model Airplane Club 3, President, 4, Vice-President; Glee Club 3; High Times Staff 3; Monogram Club 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Seventeenth Summer 3; Senior Play Committee 4; Business Manager The Shield 4. VIRGINIA WARR Simple heart, kind and sweet. Camp Le Jeune High 1; Jacksonville High 2, 3; Commercial Club 4. EDNA JEAN WARREN Her character is the result of her conduct. Hobby Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2; Needlecraft Club 3, 4; Marshal 3; High Times Staff 3, 4; Ring Com- mittee 4; Advertising Staff The Shield 4. RALPH FREDERICK WEEKS The face is oftimes a true index to the heart. Miscellaneous Club 1; Sports Club 2; Etiquette Club 3; Self-Improvement Club 4; Jr. -Sr. Waiter 2; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Captain,- Basketball 2, 3, 4; Foot- ball 3, 4; Monogram Club 2, 3, 4; Cap and Gown Committee 4; All Conference 3, 4. BRUCE MAXTON WILKINS When I ' m bald and not so gray, Wiggs will cheer the gloom away. Miscellaneous Club 1; Sports Club 2; Wildlife Club 3; Self-Improvement Club 4; Baseball 1, 2; Glee Club 4; Monogram Club 2, 3, 4; Invitation Commit- tee 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Co-Captain. CHARLES EDWARD WOODALL Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, President, $100 Farm and Home Electric Scholarship Award; 4, Secretary Sr. 4-H Club; Assistant Art Editor High Times 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Marshal 3; Social Committee 4; Class Treasurer 4; Art-Editor The Shield 4. JULIUS GRAHAM WOODY Happy, contented, he jogs along. Washington High 1; Sports Club 2; Etiquette Club 3; Model Airplane Club 4; Ring Committee 4. Most Intellectual WILMA LEE STEWART DAVID JONES Most Popular ALICE LEE STEVENS BRICK GRANTHAM Best Lookinj BETTY PRICE RUFFIN JOHNSON Most Accommodatm JOYCE DAVIS RODIN SUGG Most Amtitious FAYE ABELL CHARLES WOODALL MISS TAYLOR ' S HOMEROOM: FIRST ROW: left to right: Harold Stephenson, Pot Ward, Jean Bar- bour, Virginia West, Edna Merle Thompson, Lossie Holley. . . SECOND ROW: Tommy Hayes, James Roberts, Robert Strickland, Russell Thompson, Dennis Wallace, Sherwood Ward, Cecil Capps, Miss Taylor. . . THIRD ROW: Ray Hill, Spencer Braswell, Bette Johnson, Barbara Welch, Vara Lee Mat- thews, Lillian Narron, Clara Lewis. . . FOURTH ROW: Eva Mae King, Elizabeth Beaty, SpotTswood Johnson, Frank Daughtry. . . ABSENT: Faye Davis, Bobby Blackman, Bobby Hill, Shirley Thornton. MISS NARRON ' S HOMEROOM: FIRST ROW: left to right: Letha Barbour, Myrtle Barbour, Victoria Ellis, Peggy Webb, Elizabeth Putnam, Miss Narron. . . SECOND ROW: Bobby Godwin, Gene Hill, An- na Stanley, Mary Catherine Liverman, Joe Grantham, Walter Holt, Lawrence Thompson. . . THIRD ROW: Phyllis Johnson, Wade Creech, Eugene Snead, David Earle Strickland, Linwood King, Everette Law- hon. Bill Johnson. . . FOURTH ROW: Edward Baker, Donald Johnson. . . ABSENT:. Clara Lee Johnson. Soph omores MRS. BOYD ' S HOMEROOM: FIRST ROW: left to right: Mrs. Boyd, Barbara Moore, Gwen Batten, Geraldine Barbour, Caroline Osborne, Carter Stephenson, Ann Lee, Bobby Baggett. . . SECOND ROW: Peggy Johnson, Shirley Baker, Lola Twigg, Kenneth Crocker, Carolyn Massengill, George McLe- more. . . THIRD ROW: Earle Langdon, Alice Dickens, Sarah Hill, Rivers Upchurch, Nancy Whitley, Bur- ■ ton Stevens, Nancy Lee . . . FOURTH ROW: Celia Coots, Joyce Stevens, Bill Massey, George Austin, Freddie Blackman, William Huntley, Mike Wallace.. . ABSENT: Nancy Davis, Mae Dixon, Shelva Par- rish. MR. BROWN ' S HOMEROOM: FIRST ROW: left to right: Jimmy Taylor, Jackie Bryant, Jerry Joe Stephenson, Pershing Broswell, John Hill, Marvin Bryant. . . SECOND ROW: Jack Davis, Ronald Coe, Jimmy Vinson, Billy Roy Allen, Harold Underwood, Jimmy Stallings, Billy Collier, Charles Edwards. . ' . THIRD ROW: Edward Peterson, Ruth Beasley, Bobbie Lynn Beasly, Sherrie Creech, Jo Ann Coats, Jo Ann Radford, Joan Crawford, Genevieve McClamb, Mary Ethel Barnes, Marie Blackman, Lowanda Langley, Louise Cockrell, Lorry Moseley. . . FOURTH ROW: Mr. Brown, Sherrill Peterson, Jimmy White- hurst. MISS GLENN ' S HOMEROOM: FIRST ROW: left to right: Raymond Jackson, C. L. Gurganus, Jim- my Moore, Glenn Toler, Joseph Stephenson, Gerald Jones, Owen Phillips. . . SECOND ROW: Miss Glenn, Margie Owen, Mary Simmons, Doris Stanley, Shirley Stewart, Adolph Langston, Barbara West, David Harold Parker, Eloise Lawhon, Doris Jones, Janice Ford, Betty Strickland, Joyce Ann Dupree, Lil- lian Wallace, Sarah Warr. . . THIRD ROW: Minnie Ann Pilkington, Rex Langston, Billy Noire, Leon Warren, Eugene Whitley, Bobby Matthews. . . ABSENT: Edna Eorle Gurley, Mary Lou Holmes, Arthur Sellers. MISS MAY ' S HOMEROOM: FIRST ROW: left to right: John Twisdale, Bobby Reed, Fred Hoyt, Frank Skinner, Steve Upton, M. T. Baggett, Monty Montgomery, Aaron Johnson. . . SECOND ROW: Miss May, Jennie Blow Loyne, Dorothy Morgan, Betty Sue Hamilton, Linda Lee, Pat Nichols, Elsie Fer- rel, Joyce King Strickland, Edna Rose Greene, Dorothy Parker, Mildred Woodord, Janet Wall, J an Corbett, Mary Austin, Teresa Upchurch, Loren Coats. . . THIRD ROW: Wynona Smith, Rachel Stevens, Charlotte Edwards, Gienda Davis, Brenda Register, Shirley Price, Nell Hooks. . . ABSENT: Lehman Barnes. ' Tis a sure sign work goes on merrily, when, folks sing at it. . . ' . Bickerstaff SCHOOL home: 5M1THFICL0 31 tONCO DOt COMING SELMA 13 SW[[T SOUNDS ELLA ANN LEE Editor JIMMY BROWN MISS IMOGENE NARRON MISS LUCY HARRINGTON Advertising Manager Faculty Adivsor Faculty Advisor HIGH TIMES „li| i I Elinor Wallace, Assistant Editor; Charles Woodall, Rodin Sugg, Art Editors,- Vartan Davidian, Doro- thy Johnson, Carol Jordan, Assistant Art Editors; Faye Abell, News Editor; Mary Edna Grimes, Assistant News Editor; Nell Rose Wallace, Assistant Advertising Manager; Carter Stephenson, Sports Editor; Edith Stanley, Exchange Editor; Le May Turner, Wilmo Stewart, Jean Warren, Curtis Dupree, Barbara Lee, Mary Alice Stephenson, Rebecca Whitley, Patsy Vinson, Janice Stephenson, Daisy Neighbors, Typists. N T C L U B Joseph v A R T C L U B H O O R H L Z U B c o M M E R C I A L L U B ' ■gJ jgOgpjP Barbour, ' Qan e s, C r™ -ope, - ' Bernard Le p. on, OsMftOS, UOn = . ■ :::: .. --To. „:rsX M O nson °yce r ' sponsor o ' :re- t ofevvQrf son er.e Jo f ' ' Ponsor- c Won ; - °nice FIRST ROW: left to right: Ann i.ee, Peggy Johnson, Ruth Beosley, Bobbie Lynn Beasley, Joyce Daniels, Jane Lancaster, Amelia Thompson. . . SECOND ROW: Edna Merle Thompson, Elinor Wallace, Nell Rose Wallace, Alice Dickens, Peggy Joyce Creech, Phyllis Johnson. . . THIRD ROW: Nancy Whit- ley, Mary Edna Grimes, Mae Dixon, Daisy Neighbors, Alice Lee Stevens, Joyce Davis, Robert Strick- land, Bobby Hill, Frank Doughtry. . . FOURTH ROW: Dorothy Johnson, Shirley Jones, Genevieve Mc- Lamb, Burton Stevens, Billy Dickens, Billy Massey, Bruce Wilkins, Ruffin Johnson. FIRST ROW: left to right: Miss Parker, director; CI ora Lewis, Carolyn Massengill, Barbara Moore, Margaret Johnson, Lovey Jeanne Hicks, Janet W all, Joyce King Strickland. . . SECOND ROW: Faye Davis, Rachel Stevens, Mary Ellington Smithwick, Wynona Smith, Jo Ann Coats, Sherrie Creech, Barbarq Pope, Jean Day, Ella Ann Lee. . . THIRD ROW: Wade Creech, Charles Woodall, Owen Phillips, Harold Underwood, Celia Coats, Sarah Hill, Lawanda Langley, Allice Mattox . . . FOURTH ROW: Joe Du- pree. Don Johnson, Eugene Pittman, Bruce Jones, Peggy Sanders, Brenda Register, Joyce Stevens. ABSENT: Faye Abell, Nancy Lee, Mary Reich Moore. FIRST ROW: left to right: David Jones, Sherrill Peterson, Dennis Wiggs, Shirley Baker. ' . . SECOND ROW: Curtiss Doughtery, Johnny Wallace, President Dennis Hobbs, M. T. Baggett, Monty Montgomery, George Aus- tin, Harold Langdon. . . THIRD ROW: R. E. Penny, Joe Frank Ogburn. . . FOURTH ROW: Mr. Rogers, Jo Eve- lyn Underwood, Watt Huntley, Sherwood Word, Cecil Copps, Ralph Johnson. AAAJORETTES: Nell Rose Wal- lace, Caroline Osborne; DRUM MAJOR: Bruce Jones. FRONT ROW: left to right: . Noble Copps, C. L. Gurgonus, Marie Davis, Bryan Hill, Spencer Braswell SECOND ROW: Bill Starling, Ben Daughtry, Jerry Joe Stephenson, Lehman Barnes, Ray Hill, Bobby Baggett THIRD ROW: Don Johnson, Bobby Matthews, Bob Dupree Frank Huntley, Vaton Davidian, Freddy Blackman MAJORETTES: Elinor Wallace, Barbara Welch, Mae Dix- on. Top left: MR. LEE ROGERS, Band Director; Top right: MISS FLORA PARKER, Glee Club; Bottom left: MISS EL- LEN MATTHEWS, Piono; Bottom rigfit: MISS CHRISTINE CREECH, Piano. Top right column: MISS FLORA CANADAY, Piano; Middle right column: ELLA ANN LEE; and Bottom right column: ALICE MATTOX. ELLA ANN LEE; Piano soloist N. C. Little Symphony 1949; piano soloist State Convention N. C. Federation of Music Clubs 1949; Mem- bership National Fraternity Student Musicians 1949; Capital District Winner N. C. Federation Music Clubs Festival 1950; second place State Scholarship finals 1950. ALICE MATTOX; National honors 1949 and 1950; Membership National Fraternity Student Musicians 1949; superior rating five con- secutive years N. C. Federation Music Clubs Competitive Festival (1951, Superior Plus i; Piano soloist State Convention N. C. Federa- tion Music Clubs 1951, representing Junior Music Clubs, of Capital District. FRONT ROW: left to right: Steve Upton, Wilbert Blockman, Buddy Hill, George McLemore, Jim- my Stallings. . . SECOND ROW: Jimmy Whitehurst, Bill Starling, Rivers Upchurch, Ed Paddison. . . THIRD ROW: Ralph Johnson, Tommy Hayes, William Huntley, Bruce Wilkins, Monte Warr. r Kin DoL c ° ' ' 3 = ' ' Grantham, Mike Walloce, Jimmy Moore. . SEC- UND ROW: Rodin Sugg, Billy Dickens, Curtiss Daughtry, Elmer Owens. . . THIRD ROW: Brick Grant- ham, Joe Dupree, Freddy Weeks, Jimmy Cheatham, Ruffin Johnson, Coach Brown FIRST ROW: left to right: Mae Dixon, Mary Edna Grimes, Frances Peedin. . . SECOND ROW: Coach Roy Brown, Mary Simmons, Alice Dickens, Peggy Sanders, Burton Stevens, Nancy Whitley, Sher- rie Gail Creech, Myra Barbour, Jennie Layne. nKin o J ' u 1° 3 ' S - cord, Elmer Owens, Harold Moore. . . SEC- UINU KOW: Rutfin Johnson, Curtiss Doughtry, Jimmy Cheatham, Bill Starling. . . THIRD ROW- Coach Roy Brown, Brick Grantham, Watt Huntley, George Austin, Joe Dupree, M. T. Baggett, Ralph John- son, bpencer Braswell. Faye Abel l, Jimmy Cheatham, Joyce Daniels, Curtiss Daughtry,- Joyce Davis Mae Dixon, Joe Dupree, President Brick Grantham,- Mary Edna Grimes, J C. Johnson Ruff in ptT A 7 °i L ' E ' -- Owens Ed Paddison Frances Wa r ' Fr d Ve kf ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Harry Swicord Mo ne Compliments To THE CLASS OF ' 52 GUY C. 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The SMITHFIELD PLANT, a unit of Burlinoton Mill H ovin into ifit Life of Amtnca ' Executive Offices: Greensboro, N. C. : CITY FOOD MARKET QUALITY MEATS AND GROCERIES We Deliver Phone 2415 - Congratulations Seniors ' — — — — Graduate to Greater Savings ; At Your Friendly PENDER STORE SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA ' — — ■ i- rr .......... JORDAN ' S JEWELERS Since 1898 DIAMONDS -WATCHES SILVERWARE AND GIFTS SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA TURNAGE TALTON SUPER MARKET WE DELIVER Phone 3106 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA FARMER ' S HARDWARE DUO-THERM OIL HEATERS AND BENJAMIN MOORE PAINTS Phone 2460 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Telephone Selma 390 SEL-FIELD FEED AND PRODUCE CO., INC. WHOLESALE FRUITS and PRODUCE BANANA SPECIALITY Intersection Of Highways 70 and 301 -7 r- LEDER BROS, INC. FEATURING NATIONALLY ADVERTISED MERCHANDISE SHOP WITH CONFIDENCE WEAR WITH PRIDE SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA STRICKLAND BROTHERS LUMBER CO., INC ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER PAINT - BUILDERS SUPPLIES HARDWARE - DOORS Phone 3247 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Compliments Of BOYETTE ELECTRIC COMPANY SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA J I CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENIORS : THE SMART SHOP FOR SMART FEMININE APPAREL MRS. MIRIAM P. SCHATZMAN Owner Compliments Of WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE Alfred H. Paddison, Owner SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA — — - — 7 Compliments Of CECIL ' S ESSO SERVICE Phone 3267 Washing - Waxing - Lubrication COMPLETE ESSO PRODUCTS : Atlas Tires, Batteries and Accessories ROAD SERVICE CECIL WHiTEHURST, Owner HQ FOR CAftOLfNA ,.v:;. ■ ' Happy as th ' e blue birds in the month of May; .;■ ■ And they steal your hearts, too, by their magic pow ' rs, Oh! there are no girls on earth that can compare with ours Lu Long Ogburn, graduate of the class of 1950, won the title of Miss North Carolina on July 21, 1951 at the Miss North Carolina Beauty Pageant held in Burlington, N. C. This honor gave her the right to represent her state in the Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City during the week of Sept. 3-8. From Atlantic City Lu •tort bro ght home four trophies: for swim suit, float, talent, and sec- onB ' - .uhnpr ' P, to the title of Miss America. She also received a $2,5 30 .Bch ' oia ' rsbip . award. Lu Long holds the distinction of being ■tb« 3hly . Mis --. ' hfoTth ' ever became second runner-up : fK5r- t} e toyeted ' ' tiHe. 6f.- ' ' Miss Annerica - jn the National Pageant at .■ Atlantic- City:,. ■ ' - : V- : Pictured -below, ts ' ttf J.on-g. in. - :t.be; - 95l ,f brmers Day Pa rode ■ In ' ■ Sfnithfiet ;3 w ' rfh Grace Mbssey .and ;An no. Margaret Johnson. .: ' : Miss North Carolina proudly carries her state flag in The Parade of Flags at the Miss America pageant. Compliments Of AUSTIN OGBURN COTTON COMPANY, Inc. Your Friendly Cotton Buyer HEAVNER AND WALLACE IMPLEMENT COMPANY ALLIS-CHALMERS FARM MACHINERY SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Compliments Of SMITHFIELD FRUIT CO. A STORE AT YOUR DOOR Wholesale Candies - Tobacco, Gums, Novelties Jobbers Over 25 Years Owned and Operated by ZIADY FAMILY 7 r- JOHNSON ' S FLORIST Since 1919 .FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Phone 2630 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Compliments of EFIRD ' S DEPARTMENT STORE ' Correct Merchandise at Low Prices SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA SMITHFIELD MULE COMPANY Livestock Avery and Oliver Tractors and Farm Machinery Clean Used Cars We Trade For Anything That Walks or Rolls ' 7 r- COMPLIMENTS OF S. J. NORECK Distributor Of PURE OIL PRODUCTS ' BE SURE WITH PURE SMITHFIELD AND ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS MAYNARD ' S SHU FIXERY FOR A SOLID FOUNDATION Compliments Of PROGRESSIVE STORE SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA COBLE DAIRY PRODUCTS Jnc. - 7 ■ UNDERWOOD FUNERAL HOME SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA FUNERAL DIRECTORS SINCE 1897 Compliments Of A FRIEND 1 1270 S } ON YOUR DIAL | q High School Reporter 3 Platter Party K 1 R;ll ' c KA, Iv -Hi Dill S Vllll lA Mozelle Evening Song 7I Jax Wax 7l Drugstore Cowboy f— YOUR JOHNSTON 4 COUNTY STATION Jf CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS FROM CHREECH ' S PHARMACY SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA WHERE WE MEET OUR FRIENDS DORMAN ' S SHOE STORE QUALITY SHOES FOR ALL THE FAMILY SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Congratulations Seniors! PEOPLE ' S SHOE SHOP SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Compliments Of GARDNER-CREECH OIL COMPANY 1 , IMobHgasl YOUR FRIENDLY MOBILGAS DISTRIBUTOR JORDAN AND HOLT HARDWARE, INC. HARDWARE FOR THE FARM AND HOME TELEPHONE 2620 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA FOR QUICK AND DEPENDABLE SERVICE CALL RIVERSIDE CAB COMPANY ALL PASSENGERS INSURED PHONE 2151 COURTEOUS DRIVERS COMPLIMENTS OF THE HOWELL THEATRES, INCORPORATED HOWELL, VICTORY, RUDY, SELMA, DRIVE-IN GOOD LUCK TO THE CLASS OF ' 52 Compliments Of FURNITURE FOR GRACIOUS LIVING ON U. S. 301 Between SMITHFIELD and SELMA Compliments Of LANGDONS GROCERY TEXACO OIL TEXACO GAS GENERAL MERCHANDISE HOME SUPPLIES PLEASING YOU PLEASES US R. F. D. No.l Phone 9320 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA ■ ' ' ROSE ' S 5-10-25 CENT olvJKt Compete Line of School Supplies SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA — - i ■ -rrrimjj f HILL ' S GROCERY AN D M A R K FT Groceries — Meats — Ice Cream Congratulations Seniors SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA I , — — WALTZ COURT CAFE FRIED CHICKEN HOT BAR-B-CUE : OUR SPECIALTY SMITHFIELD - SELMA HIGHWAY - — ' ... j Compliments nwT 1 o rLvJWtK onvJr COMPLETE FLORAL SERVICE i SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA HUGH AUSTIN ' S MEN ' S AND BOYS ' STORE A Trial Is All We Ask — - — - . a - ' ' - - - ' -— ——— • -- • ■ - ' ' .. JOHNSON ' S LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANERS Smithfield ' s Only SANITONE Cleaners Phone 2305 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA ; Come to THE PICKWICK For Good Recreation At Your Leisure Hours SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA ; WILLARD W. STANLEY T. W. WOODS. GARDEN SEEDS WE SPECIALIZE IN INSECTICIDES AND FIELD SEEDS DIAL 5068 Compliments Of WALTER G. LASSITER BUILDING CONTRACTOR SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA NIXON BROTHERS TRANSFER AND PETROLEUM CARRIERS DIAL 2835 Compliments Of HEAVNER OVERBY IMPLEMENT COMPANY OLIVER FARM MACHINERY CLEAN USED CARS SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Compliments Of ALBERT ' S SERVICE STATION SMITHFIELD, • NORTH CAROLINA -7 r- STALLINGS PHARMACY PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Phone 2025 HALLS FOOD STORE Brogden Road SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA GROCERIES - MEATS - FEEDS Thurman B. ( Shortie ) Hall, Prop. JOHNSTON COUNTY PRODUCE MARKET BUYERS AND SELLERS OF. ALL KINDS PRODUCE Dial 2307 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA ROGERS CONSTRUCTION CO. CONGRATULATES THE SENIORS OF ' 52 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF ' 52 THE JEWEL BOX SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA ROGMON OIL CO. BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF ' 52 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA TALTON, INC. G. E. APPLIANCES - FURNITURE DIAL 3444 RIVERSIDE BRICK AND TILE CO. BUILD WITH BRICK FOR PERMANANCY JAMES R. POOL, Owner Phone 3456 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA -7 SMITHFIELD HOG MARKET WE BUY HOGS EVERY DAY DIAL 3131 OR 3132 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA 7 COMPLIMENTS OF A FRIEND — — Compliments ; AYCOCK BUILDERS SUPPLY COMPANY PREFERRED BUILDING MATERIALS SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA [ l — — — — ■ — LUBY F. ROYALL Jeweler SILVER - CHINA - CRYSTAL SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Phone 2210 I — — — . — ; Compliments Of ; O 1 A l L 1 1 N O READY-TO-WEAR SMITHFIELD AND SELMA ; SMITHFIELD - 3301 SELMA - 297-K I. — . — — — — . , — r i Compliments Of GAS COMPANY Distributors Of Guaranteed Bottled Gas Service Phone 2533 , ; Compliments Of PEARLE ' S BEAUTY SHOP PHONE 3309 I ' — CONGRATULATIONS ; SENIORS HUNTLEY ' S STORE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY i 1 THE LADIES SHOP First to Show the Latest BEST WISHES TO r PAPii lATiKir r ' lAcc: HOOD BROTHERS DRUG STORE Johnston County ' s Family Druggists For Over 60 Years r 7 :: BARNES FURNITURE COMPANY COMPLETE HOME FURNISHINGS : WILLIAM BARNES, Owner Phone 3356 FOUR OAKS i I 1 ■ WOODALL ' S V ULV AINIZ-IINO onUr E. L. WOODALL, Owner Phone 3491 IGNITION SERVICE RECAPPING AUTO LITE BATTERIES C -■-■-■- j-, , HOOKS STUDIO Take Mother and Dad With You When ; 1 You Go Away To School SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA ' I Compliments Of OVFRRY ' FIIMFPAI HOME AMBULANCE Phone 2202 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA I — — Compliments Of PERKINS ' RIVERSIDE WAREHOUSE SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA L — i AYCOCK ' S GROCERY i and SERVICE STATION MOBIL GAS AND OIL 70 Highwoy — Route 3 Phone 2602 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA : DENNING FURNITURE : COMPANY COMPLETE HOME FURNISHINGS 207 SOUTH THIRD STREET SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA ; PHONE 2587 — — HOME OIL COMPANY 1. T. BROWN : ATLANTIC PETROLEUM PRODUCTS !; Gas - Kerosene - Fuel Oil 1: Motor Oil : SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA : Phone 2070 i l , 1 ' - ' - ' - ' - ' -7 MULLENS ' dAKdcK orlUP IT PAYS TO LOOK WELL SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Phone 2494 - - ' — , — Compliments Of L O. STEPHENSON Grocery and Service Station Highway 210 ! SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA . , . J WHITLEY BROTHERS WHOLESALE CO. Your Home-County Wholesaler . - — — . — — DAY ' S DRY CLEANERS THE KLEANERS THAT KLEAN Phone 2868 SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA I i I AM MU S I C ;• ■ VOICE OF THE UNIVERSE; Priestess. of Earth, life ' s Lyric of Love, am I. Song of angels in the house of good; the snare and. delusion of hell. . ■ . - : : ■• _ ' V . .. I whisper of passion; I h .eathe. romance; J am the ' inspiration for work and play. . Though am h balm of- peace, yet on the battlefields I stir men ' s hearts .and urge, the ' m on to greater deeds of valor. I dwell in the peaceful chambers of content, but I am present always in the pits of war. . I lead true lovers to the altar, I muse by the cradle, I stalk by the- open grave. • .1 am- the incense upon which de- vout prayers rise heavenward. Know ' me, and I will comfort you always. . . If my song be in your hearf you will hear my voice in the babble of the brook, the chant of birds; the rustle of the leaves, and the billows of the sea. ' The wind and the rain and the flowers and the dew all speak to you of me. The rumble of traffic, the clatter of hoofs, the hum of the motor; the song of the mill; ah! I charge the very air-. Down through the ages I have walked with men yet none have ever fathomed me. ,• With the prince and the beggar 1 roam the earth and all men love me. For I am the spirit of the very best that is in them, and they praise and strive for the. best that is within me. I am the soul of the arts. I am Music. .Robert L. Shepherd T oday we are printers of the yearbook of your school. Tomorrow as you seek your future in Si) the professions, industry and commerce we at Paragon hope to serve you with the essential Printing and Lithography you will need in the pursuit of your career. Many of our best customers came to us through friendships formed around the annual planning table or from former grads like yourself who first saw our work in their annual. X3 t Qarapn ' Qtt MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA LEE H. BLACKWELL GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA