Southmont High School - Yearbook (Southmont, NC)

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3. CLASS OF 1917: left to right, mascots, Ann Monsees, Judy Starr QBroadwayJg front row, Mary McGhee fHuntl, Evelyn Michael CTruelll, Ralph V. Starr, Thelma Ward, back row, Charles P. Lackey fPrincipalJ, Foy Warfford Cteacherj, Mrs. Minnie M. Hall fteacherl. 4 4. CLASS OF 1948: left to right, mascots, Janice Parks fHedrickJ, Barry Sechriestg first row, Ernest B. Bolick fPrincipalJ, Mrs. Hall, Helen Musgrave fWarffordl, Daisy Owens fStevensl, Alice Coppley fLongl, Evelyn Yountz CHoltl, Rev. Glenn Miller fBaccalaureate Speakerl, Foy Warfford fteacherlg second row, Jewel Owens QI-luntsl, Betty Trantham fHedrickJ, Bobby Joe Long, Rachel Briggs fTuttleJ, Maxine Hedrick fMillerlg third row, Joe Beanblossom, Irvin Graves, Ralph Surratt, Hoyle Parks, June Coleman, Van Lookabill. The first yearbook prepared by students at Southmont was published in 1948. It contained a valuable history of the schools at Southmont written by Mr. Willis, who had died in 1945. Fund-raising projects during this time included the sale of magazines and garden seeds, and chicken pie suppers were held in the lunchroom, sponsored by both the P.T.A. and the Senior Class. Highlights of the elementary grades that year included an operetta presented by the Fourth and Fifth Grades at the end of school and an egg hunt given to second graders on Easter Monday. First Graders with gerfelct attendance were eagerly awaiting the prize of a bantam hen, given annually by their teacher, Mrs. Reid mit . 13

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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

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1. CLASS OF 1950: left to right, mascots, Danny Beck, Carol Carrick fArnettJg front row, Bette Dickens fMyersD, Letha Surratt fPhillipsJ, Johnny Coppley, Grady Peacock, Billie Lookabill fCookJ, Maxine Floyd CBatesJ, Ernest B. Bolick CPrincipalJg back rovv, Foy Warfford fteacherj, Steve Beckner, Lois Frank CCarrickJ, Arnold Beane, Boyd Shirley, Ernest Cook, Charles Sechriest, Essie Mae Frank fTysingerJ, Ruby Clodfelter fBatesJ, Minnie M. Hall Cteacherl. 1 cccc l - , aww t :V ...Q , Q. -M . 1 2. CLASS OF 1951: left to right, mascots, Cathy Hughes QByrdJ, Herman Bolick, front row, Mrs. Hall, Joan Hunt CCookJ, Doris Koontz fDanielJ, Theresa Feezor fBolickJ, Ernest Bolick, back rovv, Tommy Warfford, Bobby Lee Carrick, Bob Beanblossom, Bryce Daniel, Ernest Bolick Jr., Joe Moore. The history ofthe Class of 1959 speaks of the large number of students who quit school-girls to get married, boys to go to work. Also remembered are day trips to Mirror Lake and Raleigh, and a weekend trip to Washington, D. C., as written by Bette Dickens, Class Historian. Bob Beanblossom, Historian of the Class of 1951, remembered how every member of the class failed the first English test during their Freshman year- thus starting the year with a bang. With the erection of a flagpole on the school grounds, Claude Graves and Ronald Carrick served as a committee to raise and lower the flag each day. 14