Southmont High School - Yearbook (Southmont, NC)

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3. CLASS OF 1942: left to right, first row, Glenn Miller fteacherj, Geraldine Surratt fMcDowJ, Rose Stoner lMillsJ, Wilma Lee Graves fChurchJ, Ernestine Lookabill fPenryJ, Mildred Hedrick fDickensJ, Ruth Hollis Cteacheri, Mr. Willis, second row, Robert Motsinger, Mary Ellen Lookabill QFishelJ, Everette Warfford, Mildred Owens fMyersj, Roby Musgrave, Frances Coleman fBerrierD, Dallie Floyd fDavisDg third row, Charles Hedrick, Helen Starr, Paul Starr, Shirley Carrick fParkerJ. 4. CLASS OF 1943: left to right, mascots, Nancy Owen CDarrJ, Sherrill Owen, front row, Lena Veigh Foster, Martha Hedrick fGodwinJ, Mary Elizabeth Musgrave, Nellie Beck fGeorgeJ, Mary Lee Stoner, Mary Roach fSpearsD, Kate Garner fGallimoreJg back row, Mrs. Ruth Hollis Miller fteacherl, Glenn Miller tPrincipalD, Beacom Musgrave, Billy Barnes, Luther Owen, Arvil Styers, H. T. Penry Jr., Robert Cook, Mr. Lane fteacherj, Mrs. O. E. Croy Cteacheri. Before World War Il, Commencement Week was a big community affair. It began with Baccalaureate Sunday on the weekend before graduation. Two nights before commencement was the time for the elementary operetta. Costumes were made from colorful crepe paper. On the night before graduation, Class Night was held. The Seniors gave speeches, the class prophecy, the last will and testament, and gag gifts were given to members of the class. Commencement Day was the time for the Recitation and Declamation Contests and the awarding of dipllomas. There was a ballgame and food on the grounds. Climaxing the day was a threesact play with Seniors in t e cast. 11

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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

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1. CLASS OF 1944: left to right, mascots, Clara Van Tysinger fWestl, Benny Davis, front row, Rev. C. C. Eddinger, Glenn A. Miller fPrincipalJ, Marie Owen fYarboroughJ, Genetta Warfford fSinkJ, Lucy Beane fBurkhartJ, Mrs. Ruth Hollis Miller fteacherl, Mary G. Smith fteacherjg back row, Lionel Wall, Sue Lookabill fCarterJ, Donald Branson, Harold Cross, Ralph Hedrick. as 2. CLASS OF 1945: left to right, mascots, Mary Waters, Patrick Harrison, front row, Mrs. Minnie Hall Cteacherj, Mrs. Howell Harrison fteacherl, Maurice Musgrave, Joe Parker, Bryce Starr, Mallory Carrick, Edith Greer fBeckJ, C. P. Lackey fPrincipaD, back row, Melvin Carrick, Vivian Beane fBeckJ, Daniel Beck, Becky Hedrick fSowersJ, Audrey Feezor. There were no graduation exercises in 1946. Eleventh Graders, if they wished to have a high school diploma, had to return to school in the fall to complete the newly added Twelfth Grade. The Class of 1947 was therefore the first to go to school twelve years. Though there were only four members of the class, their record in higher education is outstanding. Three earned college degrees and one completed nurses training. Since Mr. Lackey was a full time teacher in addition to his duties as Principal, he found it more convenient to hold class in the Principal's Office. The homeroom of the Senior Class of 1947 was the office of the school. 12