Smithfield High School - Shield Yearbook (Smithfield, NC)

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The Edwin Smith Pou Award was started in 1919 by Congressman Edward W, Pou in memory of his son, Edwin Smith Pou, who died in the discharge of his duty in France, on October 28, 1918. Until 1931 , the Award was in the form of a medal. It was changed at this time to a $50.00 cash Award. In 1937, it was changed back to a medal. Until 1933, the Award was given to the member of the graduating class who had made the highest scholastic average during the four years of high school work. At this time, a change was made to the effect that the Award would be made to the most outstanding member of the graduating class. In de- termining the winner, scholarship, leadership, personality, attitude, and interest in the extra-curricular activities of the school were to be the chief qualities to be considered. The winners of the Award to date are as follows: 1919 Rachel Jordan 1920 Solon Cotton 1921 Benton Wharton 1922 Edward Patterson 1923 Donnell Wharton 1924 Gilmer Wharton 1925 Worth Boyette 1926 Ellen Patterson 1 2 Cora Creech 1 28 John Arthur Wallace 29 Daisy Young 1 ° Isabel Morgan 1 931 Margaret Edmundson j Lucile Batts and Julia Zaidy (tied) ]934 Mary Smith Mary Medlin Doris Coltrane 1936 Eloise Parrish 1937 Jane Parker 1938 St. Clair Pugh 1939 Phyllis Parker 1940 Carolyn Lore 1941 Dan Parker 1942 Ann Noble 1943 Mary Elizabeth Thomas 1944 Ruth Muriel Lassiter 1945. . (No graduating class — 12th grade addedJ 1946 Wallace Ashley, Jr. 1947 Daniel Britt 1948 Bobby Pool 1949 , Betty Sugg 1950 Lu Long Ogburn 1951 Julia Allen 1952 Ella Ann Lee

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JUNIORS George Austin Bobby Baggett Shirley Baker Geraldine Barbour Jean Barbour Letha Barbour Gwyndoline Batten Freddy Blackman Spencer Braswell Cecil Capps Wade Creech Kenneth Crocker Frank Daughtry Faye Davis Alice Dickens Mae Dixon Bobby Godwin Joe Grantham Tommy Hayes Bobby Hill Gene Hill Sarah Hill William Huntley