Spartanburg High School - Spartana Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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hundred and fifty-six HAROLD B. DEMPSEY, Good humor makes all things tolerable. Audio-Visual-Aids 2, 3 . . . DAVID DENNIS, Never try to be anything but what you are. President of Biology Club 2; Bus driver 3; Key Club 3, 4; Alpha Hi-y 4 . . . DON DETTER, A merry heart, a warming smile. Happy is he all the while. Football, J. V. 2. Varsity 3, 4; Track 3; Alpha Hi-Y 4; Projector Operator 4; Stage Craft 4 RACHEL DILLARD. Her heart is kind and soft. Biology Club 2; G. A. A. 2; Library Club 2, 3; Beta Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3 . . . JANELLE DILLS, What can the Creator see with greater pleasure than a happy being? Art Club 4 . . . DAVID DUNBAR, I take life easily and bear no regrets. Track 3, 4. JOSIE DUNBAR. Character is the diamond that scratches all other stones. Vice-President of Homeroom 2, 4, Treasurer 3. Beta Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3; Chess Club 2; Scribbler Representative 2, 4; Beta Club 3. 4; Vice-President of Alpha Tri-Hi-Y 4; Delta Pi Science 4; Assistant Senior Editor of SPARTANA 4; Finalist in Voice of Democracy Contest . . . GENE DUNN, Thought and action are the redeeming features of our lives. Palatka, Fla. 2, 3 . . . GERALD EASLER, Mine honor is my life, both grow as one. IRENE EASLER, Her ways are ways of pleasantness. Library Club 2: Beta Club 3; Promotion Manager of D. E. Club 4 . . . BILL EDMUNDS, On that best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. Band 2, 3, Lieutenant 4; Projector Operator 2, 3; Beta Club 3; Delta Pi Science Club 3. 4; Alpha Hi-Y Club 4; Audio-Visual Aids 4 . . JOYCE EDMUNDS, My ownsclf at my very best at all times.

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 Senior Class... Nineteen WANDA COOPER, What ha nature ever created more gentle, more sweet, more happy? Beta Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3; Alpha Tri-Hi-Y Chaplain 4; Thespian 4; Delta Pi Science 4 . . . WALTER CORN, I count only the hours that are bright . . . JIMMY COUCHELL. A likeable chap who is always a good sport. Schenectady, N. Y. High School 2. 3; Scribbler 4; Delta Pi Science Club 4; F. T. A 4; Glee Club 4. BETTY ANN COUEY, So loving and so lovely. Vice-President of Homeroom 2; Library Club 2, 3 . . . CATHERINE CRAIN, The art of being kind is all this sad world needs . . . RALPH CRUTCHFIELD, The only thing that a man may do that is new is to write himself upon human hearts. Scribbler 3; Key Club 3. 4; SPAR-TANA Representative 3; Alpha Hi-Y 3, 4: Sports Editor of SPARTANA 4; Delta Pi Science Club 3, President 4 DONNA CULBERTSON, Give to the world the best that you have and the best will come back to you. Beta Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3; Library Club 2; Scribbler 3, 4; Thespians 3. 4; Art Club 4; Alpha Tri-Hi-Y 4 . . . RACHEL DANIEL. Her manners are gentle, complying, and bland . . . PERRIN QUARLES DARGAN. The great hope of society is individual character. Secretary of Homeroom 2, 4, Treasurer 3; Scribbler 2, 3, Representative 2, 3; SPARTANA Representative 2; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Alpha Hi-Y 2. 3; Golf 3. 4: Beta Club 4. JERRY DAVIS, 'Tis good nature that only wins the heart. Bus driver 4 . . . DARLENE DEAL, Modest, quiet, and always sweet . . . JERRY DEATON, No wealth is like a quiet mind. 24

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Senior Class... Nineteen By the time we had learned never to break in line, always to rise for Dixie, and how to find the supply store, we discovered proudly that many of our classmates were making themselves known to the entire school. Our president, Joe Alley, had become county winner in the Voice of Democracy Contest and post winner of the American Legion Oratorical Contest. Sophomore Ann Sims, along with junior Libby Hanna attended Spartan High's homecoming queen, Sybil Norment. We had also seen our own homeroom presidents installed by the side of seniors and juniors in an impressive induction ceremony for Student Council representatives. The greatest event of our high school careers occurred in the opening months of the adventure. Fairly bursting with school spirit, we realized that 1953 would go down in history as the year the Crimson Tide beat Parker at football. Led by co-captains Reddick Still and Jimmy Johnson, our gridiron guys went on to other triumphs and sent Sandy Taylor to the Shrine Bowl. We were just beginning to hear the names of members of our class who had chalked up a creditable record for the JV team. At last we were beginning to get our feet on terra firma, and had managed to survive the Christmas rush, classroom deadlines, and holiday spirit when we went down for the third time and emerged dazed from our second bout with nine weeks tests. We were soon cheered by the 17-2 record that the Red Bird basketball team, captained by Ronnie Lamm and Wayne Godshall, were well on their way to capturing. Connie Berry, a sophomore, was sparking the JV's and playing varsity basketball as well. Character Emphasis Week, a new experience for us, and a successful March of Dimes campaign were well behind us when spring, the season of convention and term papers, descended upon us. We envied the seniors the privilege to leave school for lunch, never stopping to •WILLIAM CARRINGTON EDMUNDS, You're only young once, and if you work at it right, once is enough. Vice-President of Homeroom 2, 4; Scribbler Representative 2, 4: Elected Cheerleader 2; Woodberry Forest 3: Golf 4 . . . JAMES FRANKLIN ELIAS, Always in earnest and doest his best. Delta Pi Science 3, 4 . . . MAX LAPRELL ELLIOTT, None but himself can be his parallel. President of Homeroom 2. 3, Vice-President 4; Vice-President of Biology Club 2; Scribbler 2, 3, Sports Co-editor 4; Key Club 3, President 4; Boys State 3; Vice-President of Senior 4; Beta Club 4- Football and Basketball Statatician 4. • Receive Certificate for 15 Credits. CHARLES SONNY ELLIS. Generally speaking, he’s generally speaking. Kingstree, S. C. 2; Football 3, 4; Track 3, 4; Scribbler Representative 4; President of Homeroom 4; Alpha Hi-Y 4 . . . GENE ELSNER, 'Tis good-will makes intelligence. Baseball 2, 3, 4, All Star Piedmont Conference Team 3. All State Team 3, Batting Champion 2. 3; J. V. Basketball 2 ... JOE ALLAN EMORY, What I do concerns me what others think does not. NORMA EMORY, There's a merry twinkle in your eye . . . FRED ENGLE, Let every man know hi; job. Alpha Hi-Y Club 2; Winner of Oil Essay Contest 2; Thespians 3, 4 . . . DOUGLAS ERSKINE, One way to get on is to find a better way to do things. Band 2, 3; Secretary of Homeroom 2; D. E. 4. 26