Southmont High School - Yearbook (Southmont, NC)

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3. CLASS OF 1938: left to right, mascots, Claude Graves, Bobbie Penry, front row, Ida Hedrick tKearnsJ, Pauline Park fBriggsJ, Dorothy Carrick fParkerJ, Treva Carrick fGravesJ, Eunice Feezor tGarrisonJ, Maggie Roach tHedrickJ, Esdia Reid tStuttsJg back row, Mr. Willis, Miss McGhee, Frank Graves, Clifford Hedrick, Dalton Workman, Fred Ward, Harold Stutts, Johnny Parks. 3 4. CLASS OF 1939: left to rightg mascot, Peggy Crowellg front row, Miss McGhee Cteacherl, Ruth Hollis fteacherl, Lucille Surratt fWilsonJ, Myrtle Beanblossom tHedrickJ, Kathleen Beck fSurrattl, Margaret Sechriest fMyersl, Mr. Willis, back row, Myra Belle Workman Nickersj, Charles Penry, Lorene Strickland fParksJ, Virginia Penry, Louise Warfford CMcDanieD, Turner Younts, Paul Dickens, Ivan Motsinger, Terry Workman, Lola Cook fMoneyJ. The first Junior-Senior Banquet was given in 1938, to the Seniors by the upcoming Class of 1939. It was held in the Fourth Grade classroom just back of the auditorium. The Class of 1939lwas also first to wear caps and gowns at their graduation and first to select Senior Superlatives and have them printed and inserted in their diplomas. Mr. Willis enjoyed hearing this class sing. He would invite them to his home for singing sessions at which Mary, his cook, would prepare refreshments. In return for the pleasure they brought him, Mr. Willis sang a solo at the graduation exercises in 1939. 9

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1 2 1. CLASS OF 1936: left to right, Miss Willie Lou McGhee fteacherj, Miss Marjorie Welborn fteacherj, Pearl Smith fOliverD, Donald Dickens, Mildred Parks CMillerJ, Foy A. Warfford, C. A. Michael Jr., Mary Belle Cook fBaileyJ, Helen Yountz fLeonardJ, Mary Elizabeth Surratt fLohrJ, Mr. E. C. Willis. Si Htl iii 2. CLASS OF 1937: left to right, mascots, Louise Graves CStewartJ, Doris Koontz fDanielJg front row, Lillian Billings, Minnie Crowell CDavisJ, Frances Beckner fFryJ, Nell sMcCarn fHedrickJ, Eunice Carrick fVarnerJ, Ruby Young fParksJ, Miss Marjorie Welborn, Mr. E. C. Willisg back row, Lee Owens, John Paul Davis, Virginia Wrenn fCrossJ, Phoebe Lou Shirley fCurryJ, Dora Cook fParksJ, Hazel Monsees fMaconJ, A. D. Graves, Miss Willie Lou McGhee. Principal Emmet C. Willis took great pride in the school and its grounds. With his own labor, he planted beautiful flower beds and shrubs on the hillside above the ballfield. He set out the row of pecan trees around the circular drive in front of the school. Each year at Commencement, he gave a medal to the boy who had helped most with the upkeep of the grounds. In 1933, Clarence parks received the award. Many older men in the community can tell that once on the school grounds stood many oak trees whose stumps were dug out with ax and mattock by boys who broke some rule. During these years, the school was the center of social activity for the community. Special programs and presentations of live entertainment were regular Friday and Saturday night features enjoyed by young and old alike. 8

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1. CLASS OF 1940: left to right, mascots, Charles Dickens, Ruth Parks, front row, Ruth Hollis fteacherj, Charles Wall, Evelyn Musgrave, Billy Parker, Octavia Ward fYowJ, A. D. Roach, Annie Mae Graves CO'SheaJ, Alvie Floyd, Essie Parker fFrankl, Wayne Smith, Myrtle Dickens fCarrickJ, Mr. Willis, back row, Mrs. Alice Haynes fteacherl, Lucy Mae Carrick fLemlyl, Joe Lookabill, Faye Bean fWrennJ, Buren Workman, Fred Michael, Reid Parks, Daisy Morgan. 2 ...M ., ff ... gg' ww-5 ,wk , . , HA.: , I l , 2. CLASS OF 1914: left to right, mascots, Miggie Crowell, Ronnie Starr, front row, Ruth Hollis fteacherj, Maxine Reid fSmithJ, Lena Wrenn fLeonardl, Lucille Starr fFryeJ, Nell Cook, Betty Wall fRhodesl, Lois McDaniel, Virginia Coppley fHedrickJ, Betty Smith CBottomsl, Mary Ester Warfford fSwicegoodl, Mr. Willis, second row, Thelma Owens, Mrs. Alice Haynes Qteacherl, Clarence Musgrave, Joe Foster, Vernon Cross, Ruby Cross CHollingsworthJ, Virginia Daniel fHughesJ, Oleta Bean CBivensl, Lewis Foster. Before 1941, students who lived close to school went home for lunch. For others, box lunches were packed at home and carried to school. In the fall of 1941, a lunchroom was opened in a basement area between a laboratory area and the furnace room. Lunches were five cents each and tickets were sold in the classrooms each morning. At lunch time, recess, and end of school, Mr. Willis would go to the front steps, place his foot on the huge iron bell there, and give it a kick. Two loud peals would echo down the halls and across the playground, and blefore the first one had died away, an avalanche of students would pour through the door yelling at the tops of t eir voices. 10