St Johns High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Darlington, SC)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1954 volume:

pteoeHtinp 76e f 954 Cue DevcC 'PuMiaAccC 4khucUI 7 ? Senio ( ietoo V St. floAtt 4 'rtyty l ScA mt axlinytoH, S. . 4raurtd Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Business Editor Assistant Business Mgr. Senior Editors Underclassmen Editors Activities Editor Art Editor Sports Editor Photo Editors Typists Photographer Historian Class Lawyers Class Prophets Advisor Ann Goodson Kathy Wall Elizabeth Coggeshall Ellen Truluck Barbara Cullum Amelia Kelly Betty Jean Bonnoitt Sara M. Gandy Peggy Jean Weinberg Pollie Goodson Henry Conder Betty Lou Byrant Janice Newsome Frances Hayes Minerva O'neal Johnny Wells Nancy Gilchrist Adair Jeffords Jimmy Mclnnis Jimsie Oeland Sara Williamson Miss Jacquelyn Douglas 4 To express our respect for a diligent teacher who has set for us an example of sincerity, unselfishness and loyalty and who has done much to make our senior days happy and worthwhile, we, the Senior Class of '54, as a token of great esteem, dedicate this issue of THE BLUE DEVIL TO MISS ISABEL ENTZMINGER 5 'pacuttcf. 1ST ROW: Mr. Holley, Superintendent; Mr. Cain, Principal; Mrs. Barrett; Mrs. Cain; Miss Chewning. 2ND ROW: Miss J. Douglas; Miss L. Douglas; Miss Drumm; Mrs. Edwards; Miss Entzminger. 3RD ROW; Mrs. Ervin; Miss Graham; Mr. Hancock; Mr. Harper; Miss Howell. 4TH ROW: Mrs. Jeffords; Miss Jones; Mr. Lynch; Mr. Mautino; Mrs. Mclver. 5TH ROW; Mr. McKenzie; Mrs. Moody; Miss Murdock; Miss Owens; Mr. Porter.' 6TH ROW; Mrs. Psillos; Miss Rogerson; Mr. Thomas; Mrs. Tomlinson; Mr. Welch. Class Officers President Tommy Yarborough Secretary Vice-President Lyall Huggins Treasurer Joanne Sanders Adair Jeffords Tommy Yarborough Lyall Huggins Joanne Sanders Adair Jeffords 8 Jimmy Blackmon Dorothy Boan Betty Jean Bonnoitt Carl Britt Charles Britt Gary Brown Betty Lou Bryant Falby Byrd Jimmy Campbell Elizabeth Coggeshall Henry Conder Faye Cooke Parry Cooke Barbara Cullum Charles Culpeppei Willard Davis Ray Flowers Harget Gainey Arthur Gandy Benjy Gandy Sarah Margaret Gandy Nancy Gilchrist Ann Goodson v • Charles Ham Frances Hayes R. L. Huggins Edward Hames Shirley Howie Wilson Huntley Emmet Howie Donie Hyer Richard Howard Bobby Humphries Amelia Kelley Sara Lee Emily Lewis James Mclnnis Carolyn McNeese Dwight Mims Sammy Nance Janice Newsome Mclver Odom Martha Ann Oeland Minerva O'Neal Peggy O'Neal Clem Paul Lewis Perkins Jacqueline Privette Ethel Psillos Nell Sanderson Willson Sartor Ted Sessoms Lu Ann Sheffield Vera Sims Elsie Strickland Betty Jean Swann Ellen Truluck 17 (?£ z4 i 55 1ST ROW: Betty Adams, Laverne Anderson, John Anderson. Conrad Andrews. Jo Ann Arnold, Moncelle Bealsy, Jim Blackmon. Jenny Bonnoitt. 2ND ROW; Ernest Britt, Shelba J. Britt, David Borach, Julius Broadwell, Vivian Bryant.Barbara Byrd. Janette Byrd. Rex Casteel. 3RD ROW: Barbara Clifton. Floretta Crolley. Ann Davidson. Alvin Davis. Gene Davis. Sara Lou Davis, Carolyn Dennis, Betty Dickson. 18 1ST ROW: Jimmy Dixon, Alice Drake, Ethel DuRant, Robert Lee Edwards, Elizabeth Erwin. Betty Flowers, Billy Flowers.PearlFlowers. 2ND ROW; Rhodes Forrest. Shirley Godfrey, Pollie Goodson, Alice Grantham, Frances Guy, Shirley Harrington, Mary R. Harper, Jayne Howie. 3RD ROW: Gladys Hutson, Patsy Jernigan, Jane Johnson, Sylvia Johnson, Basil Jordon, Colin Jordon, Jimmy Kelly, John Langston. 4TH ROW: Bubba Lawhon, Odell Lloyd, Earl Marshall, Laverne Moody, R. A. Norwood, Ray Norwood, Alvin Odom, Jake Odom. 5TH ROW: Tommy Odom, Buddy O'Neal, Vermelle Pope, Jole Prosser. Mary Psillos, Winston Reed, Billy Rhodes, Jo Ann Sansbury. 6TH ROW: OlinSansbury. Angeline Sawyer. Terry Simpson. Sara Sims. Billy Smith, Ann Sompayrac, Patsy Sturgeon, Virginia Suggs. 7TH ROW; Franklin Thomas. Frances Tindall, Claude Vaughan. Kathy Wall, Martha Warren, Peggy Wat- ford, Velvelyn Watford. Whittle Weaver. 19 (?£ z44 ol '56 OFFICERS President: Ben Williamson Secretary: Sybil Byrd Vice-President: Bobby Collins Treasurer: Helen Oeland Abbott, George Abbott, Patsy Adams. Lavelle Anderson, Barbara Anderson, Orville Andrews, Wayne Baker, Miriam Baldwin, Annette Ballard, Carol J. Banks, Betty Blackmon, Jessie Blackman, Ned Bonnoitt, Harry Boseman, Tommy Braddock, Patsy Bristow, Bobby Bryant, Joyce Bryant, Manuel Bryant, Patsy Buck, Rosalee Buie, Jo Ann Buie, Sarah Bunch, James Byrd, Phyllis Byrd, Sybil Carraway, Bonnie Carraway, Lilly Chapman, Emmie Chapman, Pamela Collins, Bobby Cook, Gary Cook, Joe Culpeper, Dale Culpepper, Elizabeth A. Davis, Jackie DeLorme, Claire Dority, Johnnie Dority, Kenneth Douglas, Jean DuBose, Deborah DuRant, Marvin Duffee, Gray Ion Edwards, Billy Edwards, Rosemary Flowers, Barbara A. Gandy, Marian Gibson, Lynwood Goodson, Betty J. Goodwin, Joann Griggs, Robert Guy, Buddy Harrell, David Harrington, Ann Hatchell, Wayne Heustess, Joe Holman, Patricia Howard, Charles Howie, Jimmy Hudson, Aleta Huggins, Rita Huggins, Sylvia Iseman, Thomas Jemigan, Harmon Jones, Della Jordan, Sylvia Kelley, Frank Lawhon, Edna Ann Lawrimore, Norman Lewis, Barbara Livingston, Betty Jean Lloyd, Betty Jean Locklear, Burney Lowe, Annette Lunn, Jean Lyles, Sonja Malock, Jean Marsh, Betty Jo Matthews. Josephine McCauley, June McCown, Billy McKeel, Martha A. McNeese, Dick Meggs, Samuel Michau, W.. T. Moody, Barbara J. Moody, Ellison Myers, Dick Nelson, Judy Norris, Frankie Norwood, Wayne Odom, Verna Oeland. Helen Patterson, Alma Pemberton, Brenda Pipkin, Joe Player, Peggy Poe, S. G. Privette, Don Purvis, Betty Quick, Robert Rabb, Madge Rhodes, Francis Ross, James Sessoms, Ethel Sexton, Edward Sheffield, Eddie Slaughter, Judy Stephens, Bobby Stokes, Gene Stonecypher, Oliver Suggs, Gettys Tadlock, Genevieve Taylor, Billy Thomas, Betty Tobias, Barbara Tolson, Wayne Tyner, Janice White, Bertha Williamson, Ben Wilson, Richards 20 44 5 7 OFFICERS President - Lester Holley Secretary - Karl Dargan Vice-President - E. C. Godfrey Treasurer - Betty Lou Abbott Abbott, Betty Lou Abbott, Shelby Jean Adams, Bruce Anderson, Andrew Anderson, Dicky Anderson, Shelvie Ard, Willard Arnold, Bobby Bailey, Richard Bailey, Tommy Bairefoot, Varn Baker, Peggy Banks, Betsy Baxley, Betty C. Beasley, Errol Blackmon, Joye Blackmon. Wayne Bonnoitt, Bob Bonnoitt, Jerry Bonnoitt, John Booth, Paul Booth, Vivian Boston, Ronnie Boyette, Martha Bradshaw, Charles Brown, Frances Brown, Robert Bryant, Bobby Bullard, Billy R. Byrd, Earnest Byrd, Faye Byrd, Joe Byrd, Madeline Campbell, Philip Coggeshall, Marion Collins, Joe Cook, Charles Crolley, Loretta Dargan, Karl Davis, Alfred Davis, Shirley Dennis, Peggy Dewitt, Joanne Duncan. Ann Erwin, Frances Erwin, Homer Flowers, Louise Gainey, Donnie Lee Gainey, Juanita Galloway, Jimmie Gandy, Coleman Gandy Corbett Gandy, Hobson Gardner, Frances Gardner, Grace Ghent, Mary Godbold, Edna Godbold, Eugene Godfrey, E. C. Graham, Katherine Griggs, Earl Griggs, Helen Griggs, Jimmy Harrington, Bobby Hathcock, Carol Hathcock, Roger Hinson, Bobby Helms, Bobby Hicks, Joanne Hoffmeyer, Conrad Holley, Lester Honney, Carolyn Hooten, Dorothy Howell, Lila Howie, Kenneth Hudson, Mary L. Huntley, Steve Humphries, Barbara Hyer, Sallie James, Anna Lee James, Bobby James, Herbert James, Ollie Mae Jeffords, Anna Jolly, Betty Jolly, Bobby Jordan, Burt Jordan, Carolyn Jordan, Miriam Joye, Norris Keith, Joyce Keith, Thomas Kelly, Jimmy Kelly, La von Lane, Clyde Langley, Bobby Larrymore, Dorothy Lee, Douglas Lewis, Marilyn Locklear, Ralph Lowder, W. C. Mahon, Harold Matthews, Alma McCutchen, Thelma Me Lester, Raymond McSwain, Charles McQuaig, Lucille McQueen, Marvin Medlin, Joyce Melton, Frances Moody, Jimmy Moody, Linda Munn, Willard Odom, Pauline Oliver, Yavonne O’neal, John O'neal, Marcella Parnell, Doris Perkins, Jimmy Player, Helen Plummer, Elizabeth Poe, Frankie Purvis, Betty Ann Rhodes, Jimmy Rhodes. Robert Rogers, William Rogerson, Nancy Sanderson, Betty Scaffe, Raymond Seagers, Bobby Shelley, Frances Sims, James Smith, Bobby Spears, Beverly Stephens, Craig Stephens, Martin Stephens, Patricia Story, Belva Jean Sturgeon, Lenora Taylor, Ronny Thomas, John Truett, Phyllis Watford, Kenneth Watford, Lawrence Watkins, McLeod Watson, David Weatherford, Gene Weatherford, Homer Weatherford, Jean Weatherford, Mary Weaver, Ann Wells, Johnny White, Patricia Willcox, Max Wilkes, Ted Williamson, Edwin Williamson, Jerry Williamson, Sylvia 21 @C6U4.o6 '5% 8E 8F-8G 22 Student (Council 1st Row; Richard Abbott, Ted Sessoms, Olin Sansbury. 2nd Row: Ellen Truluck, Elizabeth Coggeshall, Patsy Sturgeon, Jenny Bonnoitt, Jane Johnson. Ann Goodson, Ann Kelly, Jackie Privette, Faye Huggins, Betty Adams 3rd Row: MacWillcox, Paul Davis, Ned Blackmon, Odell Lloyd, Barbara Clifton. Bobby Collins, Annette Bald- win. Ben Williamson. 4th Row; Adair Jeffords, N. D. Tunstall, James Mclnnis, Willson Sartor, Charles Ham Allen Graves, C. E. Benton, Lester Holley. 5th Row; Ray Norwood. Benjy Gandy, Carl Britt, Henry Conder’ Tommy Yarborough, Paul Booth. Ted Sessoms, President Olin Sansbury, Vice-President Richard Abbott, Secretary Joel Prosser, Treasurer Mrs. Mclver, Advisor 24 (?Cu 1st Row: Elizabeth Coggeshall; Jo Anne Arnold; Martha A. McKeel; Ann Goodson; Kathy Wall; Betty C. Bax- ley; Charles Ham, Student Council Rep.; Betty J. Bonnoitt, Sec.-Treas.; Sara Williamson, President; Jenny Bonnoitt, Vice-Pres.; Sylvia Jordan; June McCauley; Patsy Bryant; Barbara A. Flowers; Sylvia Johnson; Betty Flowers; Lyall Huggins; Betty Adams. 2nd Row: Sylvia Williamson; Elizabeth Erwin; Betty J. Livingston; Betty Byrd;Frances Guy; Ann Sompayrac;Patsy Sturgeon; Pollie Goodson; Barbara Lewis; Betty Jo Marsh; Deb- orah DuBose; Betty Purvis-, Jean Lunn; DaleCulpeper; Joanne DeWitt; Betsy Banks; Beverly Spears; Jean Weather- ford. 3rd Row: Tommy Yarborough; Adair Jeffords; Patsy Braddock; Amelia Kelly; Betty L. Bryant; Alice Drake; Mary R. Harper; Marion Coggeshall; Sonja Lyles; Betty Dickson; Bobbie J. Weatherford; Annette Lowe; Barbara Cullum; JoAnne Sansbury; Ethel DuRant. Absent: Ray Flowers; Sara Lee; Ophelia Rogers; Betty J. Swann; Peggy Watford; Patricia White, Barbara Byrd; Sara L. Davis; Shirley Godfrey; Bobby James; Minerva O'Neal; Virginia Weatherford. Seated: Barbara Lewis, Treasurer; June McCauley. Sec.; Rosemary Edwards, President; Ben Williamson, Vice- Pres. Standing: Olin Sansbury, Helen Oeland; Deborah DuBose; Jackie Privette, Reporter; Ann Davidson; Jenny Bonnoitt, Student Council Rep. 25 $lee (ZCcc i 1ST ROW; Mr. Mautino, Carol J. Ballard, Judy Slaughter, June Garland, Ethlyn Chapman, Racheal Ferrel, Betty Jo Davis. Martha Jones, Linda Anderson, Annette Lambert, Ann Kelly. 2ND ROW: Sadie Ray Jones, Mary Ellen Lee, Mary Mclnville. Marilyn Kirby, Mildred Byrd, Sybil Britt, Doris Broach. Martha Ann Jones, Martha Meggs. 3RD ROW; Shelia Rose Arnold, Karen Locklear, Jean Malloch, Edna Deas, Linda Boseman, Patsy Floyd, Tressie Cassidy, Janice Cook. Marybelle Boseman. 4TH ROW: Judy Courtney, Betty Ann Purvis, Ann Douglas, Jean Jordan, Vonnie Beasley, Shelby Jean Abbott, Carolyn Abbott, Dorothy Hicks. 1ST ROW: Jean Weatherford, Betty Ann Purvis, Barbara Cullum, Elizabeth Erwin, Betty Byrd, Grace Gardner, Helen Griggs, Faye Byrd, Martha Boyette, Martha Warren, Frances Guy, Peggy O’Neal, Yvonne Oliver, Sara M. Gandy, Peggy Jean Weinberg, Ellen Truluck. 2ND ROW: Carol Hathcock, Carolyn Honney, Alvin Davis, Clem Paul, Dick Myers, Donald Ruthven, Miss Murdock, Director. Ray Norwood, Wallace DeMaurice, Rex Casteel,Henry Conder, Billy Rhodes, Adair Jeffords. Jackie Privette, Frances Tindall, Linda Moody. 26 flcMuvi s4 h€suc 1ST ROW: A. Patterson. Treas.; O. Rogers, Pres.; S. M. Gandy. Vice-Pres.; B. Bryant, Sec. 2ND ROW: A. Jeffords, C. Jordan. S. J. Anderson, M. Jordan, A. Kelly, B. Byrd, V. Oliver. E. Lewis. V. Sims, F. Byrd, B. Byrd.P. Chapman.J. Williamson, J. Hicks. M. Rabb. 3RD ROW: L. Sturgeon, F. Shelly, S. Byrd, M. Boyette, H. Griggs, F. Byrd, J. Buie, P. Jemigan, D. Jeffords, E. Sessoms, R. Huggins, A. Grantham, A. Hudson, T. Simpson, P. J.Baker, M. Lewis, J. Tyner. 4TH ROW: Miss Howell, Advisor; P. Stephens. P. Odom, F. Gardner, B. Sanderson, B. L . Humphries. G. Gardner. L. McQuaig. p. Dennis. D. Jones, J. F. Nelson, B. Anderson. S. Sims, F. Brown, P. O’Neal, F. Guy. 5TH ROW: B. L. Abbott, Miss Graham, Advisor; L. M. Howell, E. E. Godbold, L. Moody,M. Ghent, L. Crolley, A. Weaver, V. Weatherford, M. Weatherford, J. Newsome. R. Dudley, S. Johnson, B. J. Swann, C. Hath- cock, B. Pemberton. putcwe 1ST ROW: W. Rogers, H. James, J. Bonnoitt, J. Perkins, J. Bonnoitt, E. Griggs, J. Griggs, T. Keith, E. Byrd, K. Watford, R. Locklear, S. Meggs. 2ND ROW: B. Jordan. W. Norwood, G. Suggs. W. Tolson, R. Wilson, H. Gandy, C. Jordan, W. Sartor. E. James. A. Odom. C. Hoffmeyer. D. Privette. H. Erwin. B. Jolly. 3RD ROW: J. Rhodes, J. Galloway, B. R. Bullard. B. Jordan, B. Taylor, B. Flowers, B. Odom, L. Adams, Mr. McKenzie, Mr.Hancock.Ad- visors. 4TH ROW: J. Byrd, T. Bailey. J. Kelley, B. Lawhon, W. Huntley. R. L. Huggins, G. Davis, W. C. Lowder, R. A. Norwood. G. Duffey, J. Heustess. 5TH ROW: F. Norris, B. Langley. V. Barefoot, W. Weaver, B. Helms, E. Godbold, H. Weatherford, L. Gibson, N. Blackmon, C. Andrews. 27 'Suiletui St M 1st Row: Mrs.Psillos, Advisor; Sara Williamson; Olin Sansbury, Editor-in-Chief; Betty J.Bonnoitt, Editor; Patsy Sturgeon; Ann Davidson, Business Manager. 2nd Row: Jackie Privette; Frances Tindall; Jane Johnson; JoAnne Dewitt; Betty Baxley; Betty Dickson; Beverly Spears; Pollie Goodson; Rosemary Edwards; Elizabeth Coggeshall. 3rd Row: Ann Sompayrac; Marion Coggeshall; Jenny Bonnoitt; Kathy Wall; Ann Goodson; John Langston;Billy Smith; Ben Williamson. gW 1st Row: Billy Rhodes, Adair Jeffords, Ann Goodson, Jane Johnson, Phyllis Byrd, Sara Williamson, Betty Bryant Marion Coggeshall, Frances Guy, Miss Chewning. 2nd Row: Julius Broadwell, James Bunch, John Langston Sonja Lyles, Don Ruthven, Billy Smith. Jimsie Oeland, Ann Davidson. Kathy Wall, Carolyn McNeese Lu Ann Sheffield, Peggy Weinberg, Sarah Sims, Virginia Weatherford. 3rd Row; Henry Conder, Alvin Odom S G Poe Wallace DeMaurice, Donie Hyer.Ray Norwood,Charles Britt, Jimmy Dixon, Earl Marshall, Mclver Odom'Wil- son Huntley, Olin Sansbury, Rhodes Forrest. 28 S z«ut 1st Row: Mr. Mautino, Director; Jimmy Wilcox, Carol Jean Ballard, Jenny Bonnoitt, Lester Holley, Johnny Wells, Bobby James, Bruce Adams, Larry Cullum, Bubba Howie. Charles Ham. 2nd Row: Tommy Yarborough, Harmon Jernigan, Bill Privette.Ray McLester, Richard Hyman, Willson Sartor, Sumter Langston, Barbara Rabb, Jayne Howie. 3rd Row: Conrad Hoffmeyer, James Mclnnis, Jean Lunn, Franklin McDonald, Alan Graves, Julius Broadwell, James Hinson, Annette Lowe, Clare DeLorme, Steve Huntley. 4th Row: Wayne Blackmon, Jimmy Swink, Jimmy Stone, Pat Wiggins, Patsy Jernigan, Bobby Smith, Paul Booth, Gary Brown. Betty J. Goodson Judy Slaughter Charles Ham Patsy Bryant Rosemary Edwards 29 Richard Abbott Elizabeth Coggeshall, S.C. Rep. Nancy Gilchrist Lyall Huggins, Sec.-Treas. Bill Odom Jimsie Oeland Jackie Privette, Pres. 'Tfatt t C Cotton, Society Olin Sansbury Patsy Sturgeon Ellen Truluck, Vice Pres. Kathy Wall Peggy Jean Weinberg Sara Williamson Mrs. Ervin, Advisor “Key 1ST ROW: Dwight Mims, Henry Conder, Charles Ham, Adair Jeffords, Treas.; Tommy Yarborough, Pres.; Richard Howard. Vice Pres.; Jimmy Mclnnis, Benjy Gandy, Richard Abbott, Bubba Howie, John Langston. 2ND ROW: Cooty Vaughan,Olin Sansbury,Billy McCown, Ben Williamson, Tommy Boseman, Bobby Bristow, Charles Howard, Robert Braddock, Joel Prosser, Ray Norwood. Bubba Lawhon. 3RD ROW; .Billy Smith, Julius Broadwell, Sec.; Rhodes Forrest, Billy Flowers. 30 Dc uAutcae Sducatcoit (2lu JoAnne Sanders, Pres. Ray Norwood, Vice-Pres. Della Jeffords, Sec. Dwight Mims, Treas. Mr. Thomas, Advisor Alvious Adams Love lie Adams Jimmy Blackmon Carl Britt Gary Brown Arthur Gandy Frances Hayes Wilson Huntley Peggy Jolly Marvin McQueen Clem Paul Bobbie Weatherford 7 icicte s4 ut Parry Cook Jimmy Kelly Willard Davis Billy Edwards Charles Britt Mr. Lynch, Advisor 31 S 4ficutoCe Julius Broadwell, President; Sara Williamson, Vice- President; Pollie Goodson, Sec.-Treas.; Jimmy Mc- Innis, S.C. Rep.; Betty J. Bonnoitt, Betty Dickson, Jimmy Dixon, Ethel DuRant, Rhodes Forrest, Charles Ham, Richard Howard, Emmett Howie, Jayne Howie, JimsieOeland(AB), Joel Prosser, Mary Psillos, Claude Vaughan, Peggy J. Weinberg, Miss Louise Douglas, Advisor. 24 Dca £e i f?%eutctU4. 1st Row; John Langston, Pres.; Judy Slaughter, Vice-Pres.; Patsy Sturgeon, Sec.-Treas.; Jane Johnson, S.C. Rep. 2nd Row: Marion Coggeshall; Ethel DuRant; Ann Davidson; Beverly Spears; Sylvia Jordan. 3rd Row: JoAnne DeWitt; Kathy Graham; Joyce A. Medlin; Betsy Banks; Mary R. Harper; Alice Drake. 4th Row: Billy Smith; Buddy Guy; Oliver Stonecypher; George Abbott; Robert Griggs; Charles Cook. 32 President: Ellen Truluck Treasurer: Charles Ham Vice-President: Richard Abbott s. C. Rep.: Henry Conder Secretary: Nancy Gilchrist Advisor: Miss Entzminger Betty Adams Alice Drake James Mclnnis Joann Arnold Ruth Dudley Carolyn McNeese Carol Ballard Betty Flowers Barbara J. Moody Jessie M. Blackmon Benjy Gandy Janice Newsome Betty J. Blonnoitt Sara M. Gandy Jimsie Oeland Charles Britt Shirley Godfrey Minerva O'neal Betty Bryant Pollie Goodson Peggy O'neal Joyce Bryant Frances Guy Jackie Privette Patsy Bryant Mary R. Harper Ethel Psillos Vivien Bryant Edna A. Lawhon Mary Psillos Sara Buie Frances Hayes Joann Sanders Barbara Byrd Shirley Howie Nell Sanderson Falby Byrd Lyall Huggins Lu Ann Sheffield Mildred Byrd Rita Huggins Vera Sims Sybil Byrd Sylvia Huggins Ann Sompayrac Pamela Chapman Della Jeffords Elsie Strickland Barbara Clifton Patsy Jernigan Patsy Sturgeon Faye Cooke Jane Johnson Frances Tindale Floretta Crolley Betty J. Livingston Barbara J. Weatherford Barbara Cullum Sonja Lyles Virginia Weatherford Dale Culpepper Annette Lowe Annie L. Weinberg Elizabeth Culpeper Jean Lunn Peggy Weinberg Sara Lou Davis June McCauley Sara Williamson Carolyn Dennis 33 Betty Lou and Donie Alice and Wallace Homecoming Candidates Woody Coggesha 11. Betty Adams. Judy Slaughter. Betty Abbott, Betty Watson. Sonja and Richard 34 Ann and Charles Judy and Don Woody Coggeshall Frances and Rex 35 Betty and Adair Peggy and Henry STANDING: Jane Johnson, Head Cheerleader; Franklin Patterson, Blue Devil; Sylvia Bailey, Mascot. KNEELING: Sara Williamson, Marion Coggeshall, Betty Lou Bryant, Phyllis Byrd, Frances Guy. 'poot aM 1ST ROW: Kenneth Dotity, Clem Paul; George Abbott, Billy Rhodes, Ray Norwood. Gene Stokes, Bobby Bristow, Wayne Norwood. R. A. Norwood. Odell Lloyd. Donie Hyer, Manager. 2ND ROW; Martin Stevens. Manager; La Verne Anderson, Joel Prosser, Adair Jeffords, Sammy Nance, Ben Williamson, Dick Myers, Don Ruthven, Wallace DeMaurice, Johnny Dority, Dick Vaughan. Harry Bonnoitt, Tommy Boseman, Manager. 3RD ROW: Conrad 5 Andrews, John Langston, Henry Conder, Rex Casteel, Richard Howard, Billy Smith, Earl Marshall, Charles Howard, Gettys Suggs, Jimmy Dixon, James Bunch, Nen Blackmon. m Miss Chewning, coach; Joyce Medlin; Frances Tindale; Patsy Jernigan; Sara Sims; Peggy O'Neal; Anne Weaver; Carolyn McNeese; Lu Ann Sheffield; Virginia Weatherford; Kathy Graham; Ann Goodson; Helen Oeland; Martha’ A; McKeel; Sylvia Jordon; Barbara A. Flowers; June McCauley; Sonja Lyles, manager. Center: Peggy j. Wein- berg, Kathy Wall; co-captains. Rhodes Forrest, Manager; Gene Davis; Jimmy Mclnnis; Odell Lloyd; John T. Langston; Jimmy Bunch; Olin Sans- bury; Harmon Jernigan; Julius Broadwell; Mr. Harper, coach. Center: Ted Sessoms. Absent: Mr. Cain, coach. ?e t uA Sonja Lyles, Woody Coggeshall,Jimsie Oeland, Jane Johnson. Coaches Cain and Harper. Julius Broadwell, James Bunch, Joel Prosser. 1ST ROW: CliftonJames.N.D.Tunstall, Charles Britt, Dickie Anderson, Gene Stokes. Billy McCown, Odell Lloyd, Alvin Odom, Billy Rhodes. 2ND ROW: Jimmy Dixon, Billy Smith, Adair Jeffords, Don Ruthven, Mclver Odom, S. G.Poe.CharlesHoward.EarlMarshall.OlinSansbury. 3RD ROW: Joel Prosser, Laverne Moody, Robert Lee Edwards, Dick Myers, Craig Stevens, Arthur Gandy. Clem Paul, Bubba Lawhon, Billy Flowers. 4TH ROW: Rhodes Forrest, Alvin Davis, W. C. Lowder,Bobby Bryant, Gettys Suggs, David Broach, Ray Norwood, Rex Casteel, Orville Ander- son, Bobby Bristow. 43 Section. Most School Spirited Sara and Richard Most Popular Woody and Ted Most Mischievous Sara and Dwight Most Valuable Most Dignified Best Looking Lyall and Tommy Ann and Adair Joann and Don 46 Sufi d ztiv i Best Sports Peggy and Don Best Dressed Ann and Mclver Friend liest Woody and Dwight Most Likely to Succeed Sara and Richard Biggest Flirts Peggy and Jimmy Cutest Vera and Milton Most Unselfish Bobbie Jean and Bill Best All Around Lyall and Richard 47 RICHARD ABBOTT 02{S a d TiStuy Class President 1; Student Council 1,3,4, Secretary 4; Key Club 2, 3, 4; FTA 3, 4, Vice-Pres. 4; National Honor 4; Office Proctor 4; Head Marshall 3; Bus Driver 3, 4; Delta 1. 2, 3. PETTY JEAN BONNOITT Library Club 2, 3, 4, Delegate to convention 3, Sec.- Treas. 4; May Day Exercise 2, 3; Debating Team 2; Bulletin Staff 2, 3, Delegate to SCSPA 3, Editor 4; Annual Staff 3, 4; FTA 3, 4; Spanish Club 3, 4; Daisy Chain 3; Homecoming Sponsor 3. CARL BRITT FFA 1, 2; De Club 4; Student Council 4. CHARLES BRITT Block D 2,3,4; Spanish Club 3; DE Club 3; T I Club 4; Baseball 2, 4; Football 4; FTA 4. GARY BROWN Band 3, 4; DE Club 4, Senior Superlative 4. BETTY LOU BRYANT Glee Clubl; Block D 4; JHA 1, 2, 3, 4, Sec. 4; Library Club 3, 4; FTA 4; Cheerleader 4; Annual Staff 4; May Day Exercises 2; Homecoming Sponsor 4; Daisy Chain 3. FALBY BYRD JHA 1, 2, 4; Glee Club 1; Library Club 2; Daisy Chain 3; FTA 4. MILDRED BYRD Trans, from McColl 4; Chorus 4; FTA 4. MILTON BYRD Bus Driver 3, 4; Senior Superlative 4. ELIZABETH COGGESHALL Library Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Sec. 2, State Treas. 2, State Vice-Pres. 3, State Reporter 4; May Court 1,3; Class Sec. 1; Block D 2, 3, 4; Bulletin Staff 2, 3, 4; Home- coming Queen 4; Tennis 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Na- tionalHonor 3,4; Cheerleader 3; Senior Superlative 4. HENRY CONDER Football 2, 3, 4; Key Club 2, 3, 4; Block D 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 4, Pres. 4; Student Council 4; FTA 4, S. C. Rep. 4. FAYE COOKE Glee Club 1, 2; 4H Club 1; Delta 2; Daisy Chain 3; FTA 4. BARBARA CULLUM Glee Club 1, 2, 4; FTA 3, 4; Library Club 3, 4; May Day Exercises 3; Annual Staff 4; Daisy Chain 3. WALLACE DeMAURICE Football 2, 3, 4; DE Club 3; Glee Club 4; Block D3,4. RUTH DUDLEY JHA 1, 2, 4; Daisy Chain 3; FTA 4; Softball Team 1. ARTHUR GANDY Trans, from Society Hill 3; DE Club 4; Bus Driver 3, 4. BENJY GANDY FFA 1; Key Club 2, 3, 4; Student Council 4; F.TA 4; Spanish Club 3; Delta 2; Marshall 3; Boys' State 3. SARAH MARGARET GANDY Glee Club 1, 2. 3, 4; 4H 1; JHA 1, 2, 3. 4, Sec. 3, Vice-Pres. 4, State Convention 3; May Day Exercises 2; Student Council 3; Daisy Chain 3; Annual Staff 4; FTA 4; Senior Superlative 4. NANCY GILCHRIST Delta 1,2,3; Mental Contest 2; Basketball 2; May Day Exercises 2; Daisy Chain 3, FTA 4, Sec. 4; National Honor 4; Class Historian 4; Glee Club 4. ANN GOODSON Basketball 2, 3, 4; Junior Cheerleader 1; Block D 4, S. C. Rep. 4; Bulletin Staff 3, 4; Homecoming Sponsor 1, 3; Library Club 3, 4; Daisy Chain 3; Annual Editor-in- Chief 4; Senior Superlative 4; Student Council 4. CHARLES HAM Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Drum Major 3, 4; Key Club 3, 4; Li- brary Club 2, 4; FFA 1, 2; Spanish Club 3, 4; 4H 1, 2; FTA 4, Treas. 4; Student Council 4; Bus Driver 4. FRANCES HAYES JHA 1; FTA 4; DE Club 4; Daisy Chain 3; Annual Staff 4; Delta 1, 2, 4. RICHARD HOWARD FFA 1, 2; Key Club 2,3,4; Student Council 4; Spanish Club 2, 3, Pres. 3; Boys' State 3; Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Co-Captain 4; Block D 2, 3, 4, Pres. 4; Treas. of Class 3. SHIRLEY ANN HOWLE Glee Club 3; FTA 3, 4; Daisy Chain 3. EMMET HOWLE Student Council 2; Band 1,2,3,4, District Band Clinic 3, 4; Dance Band 2, 3, 4; Key Club 2, 3, 4, Key Club Convention 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 4; Camera Club 3; Spanish Club 3, 4; Debating Team 3; Voice of Democ- racy Contest 2; Boys' State 3; Jr. Fotoball 1; Jr. Base- ball 1; Glee Club 1; School Play 1; Delta 1. LYALL HUGGINS Student Council i, 2, 3; LibraryClub 1, 2, 3, 4; Delta 1, 2, 3; Pickle Queen 1; Vice-Pres. of Class 2, 4; 4H Club 2, Vice-Pres. 2; Glee Club 3; Daisy Chain 3; Na- tional Honor 3, 4, Sec.-Treas. 4; Senior Superlative 4; Miss Hi Miss 4; FTA 4; Office Proctor 4; Bus Driver 4. R. L. HUGGINS Delta 1; 4H Club 1, 2; FFA 1, 2, 3, 4, Treas. 2; Vice- Pres. 3, Pres. 4, FFA Livestock Juding Team 2, 3; Bus Driver 3, 4. BOBBY HUMPHRIES FFA 1, 2, 3; Football 2, 3; Glee Club 1. WILSON HUNTLEY 4H Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Sec.-Treas. 2, Vice-Pres. 3, Pres. 4, County 4H Pres.2, District Treas. 4; FFA 1, 2, 3, 4, Reporter 3, Vice-Pres. 4, Livestock Judging Team 3, FFA Store 3; Block D 3, 4; DE Club 4; Basketball 3, 4; Baseball Mgr. 2. EDWARD JAMES FFA 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 3,4; Block D 3,4; Marshall 3. ADAIR JEFFORDS Key Club 2,3,4, Treas. 4; Block D 3, 4, Sec. 4; Foot- ball 2, 3, 4; Basketball 4; Baseball 3, 4; Marshall 3; Boys' State 3; Class Treas. 4; State Mental Contest 3; Annual Staff 4; Library Club 4; School Play 1, 2; Glee Club 4; Student Council 1, 3, 4. DELLA JEFFORDS Trans, from Society Hill 3; JHA 3, 4; DE Club 4; FTA 4; Daisy Chain 3. PEGGY JOLLY 4H Club 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 3; JHA 1; Library Club 3; FTA 4; DE Club 4; Daisy Chain 3. AMELIA KELLEY Trans, from Bishopville 4; JHA 4; LibraryClub 4; Ann- ual Staff 4. SARAH LEE Softball 2; Library Club 3, 4; 4H Club 2, 3; JHA 3, 4. EMILY LEWIS Trans, from Hartsville 2; JHA 2, 4. 48 JAMES McINNIS Key Club 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Delta 1; Bulletin Staff 3; Student Council 4; Spanish Club 3, 4; Marshall 3; B sketball 2,3,4; Boys' State 3; FTA 4. CAROLYN McNEESE JHA 1, 2, 3; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Daisy Chain 3; FTA 4; Block D 4. DWIGHT MIMS 4H Club 2; Basketball 2; Key Club 3, 4, Treas. 4; DE Club 4. SAMMY NANCE 4H Clubl, FFA 1, Football 2,4; DE Club 3; Bus Driver 3. JANICE NEWSOME JHA 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2; Bulle- tin Staff 2, 3; Baton Twirler 1; Daisy Chain 3; FTA 4; Annual Staff 4. BILL ODOM Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; FFA 1, 2, 3; Block D 2, 3, 4; Key Club 3; National Honor 4. BOBBY ODOM FFA 1, 2, 3, 4; 4H Club 1; Bus Driver 3, 4. McIVER ODOM FFA 1; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Block D 3, 4; Senior Superla- tive 4; 4H 1, 2, 3, 4. JIMSIE OELAND Trans, from Union 2; Class Treas. 2; May Court Atten- dant 2; Block D 3, 4; Tennis 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, Bulletin Staff 3, 4; Spanish Club 3, 4; National Honor 4; Annual Staff 4. MINERVA O'NEAL Delta 2; Daisy Chain 3; Annual Staff 4; Library Club 4; FTA 4. PEGGY O'NEAL Trans, from Society Hill 4; JHA 4; FTA 4;-Glee Club 4; Homecoming Sponsor 4. CLEM PAUL Trans, from Society Hill4; Football 4; Baseball4; Glee Club 4; DE Club 4. ETHEL PSILLOS FTA 3, 4, Delta 3; Daisy Chain 3. JACKIE PRIVETTE Glee Club 1, 2, 4; Debating Team 2, 3; 4H Club 1, 2, 3, 4, State 4H Vice-Pres. 4, State 4H Winner 4; Library Club 2, 3; Bulletin Staff 4; National Honor 3, 4, Pres. 4; Latin Club 4; May Day Program Chairman 3, Asst. May Day Program Chairman 3; FTA 3, 4; Delta 1, 2, 3; Student Council 2, 4; Music Chairman for Gradua- tion Exercise 3, 4. OPHELIA ROGERS JHA 2, 3, 4, Pres. 4; Daisy Chain 3; Glee Club 3; Li- brary Club 1, 2, 3, 4. DON RUTHVEN Football 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Block D 3, 4. JOANNE SANDERS May Court 1; Student Council 1; Homecoming Sponsor 2; Daisy Chain 3; DE Club 4, Pres. 4; Class Sec. 4; FTA 4; Glee Club 3, Treas. 3; Senior Superlative 4. NELL SANDERSON JHA 1,2,3; Delta 1; Glee Club 3; Daisy Chain 3; FTA 4. WILLSON SARTOR Band 2, 3, 4; District Band Clinic 3, 4; FFA 1, 2, 4, Livestock Judging Team 3; Student Council 3, 4. TED SESSOMS Class Pres. 2; Jr. Football 2; Student Council 3, 4, Vice-Pres. 3, Pres.4; Delta 3; Block D 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Marshall 3; Senior Superlative 4. LU ANN SHEFFIELD 4H Club 1, 2; Student Council 1; Basketball 1, 2, 3,4; Block D 2, 3, 4; JHA 1, 2, 3; FTA 4; Daisy Chain 3; Majorette Corp 1. VERA SIMS Basketball 2; Softball 2; 4H Club 1, 2, 3; JHA 1, 2; FTA 4. ELSIE STRICKLAND Glee Club 1, 2; Daisy Chain 3; FTA 4. BETTY JEAN SWANN JHA 2, 3, 4; Daisy Chain 3; Library Club 4. ELLEN TRULUCK Delta 1, 2, 3; Daisy Chain 3; Student Council 2, 3, 4, Treas. 3; Girls' State 3; Annual Staff 4; Glee Club 1, 4, Sec.-Treas.-4; FTA 4, Pres. 4; National Honor 3, 4, Vice-Pres 4. DAPHNE WATSON 4H Club 1, 2; JHA 1; Daisy Chain 3. BOBBIE WEATHERFORD 4H Clubl; GleeClub 3; LibraryClub 3, 4; DaisyChain 3; FTA 4; DE Club 4; Senior Superlative 4. VIRGINIA WEATHERFORD JHA 1,2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Daisy Chain 3; Block D 3,4; 4H Club 1.2, 3, 4; FTA 4; Library Club 4; Dra- matics Club 1; Majorette Corp 1. ANNIE LOU WEINBERG JHA 2; May Day Exercises 1; Daisy Chain 3; FTA 4; Softball Team 2. PEGGY JEAN WEINBERG National Honor 3, 4; Block D 2, 3, 4; Student Council 3; Delta 1, 2, 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 3, 4; FTA 4; Glee Club 1, 4; Girls' State 3; Annual Staff 4; Daisy Chain 3; Softball 1, 2. SARA WILLIAMSON High Magazine Salesman3; Student Council 1; Library Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Pres. 4; Spanish Club 3, 4, Vice-Pres. 4; School Play 2; Vice-Pres. of Class 1; Bulletin Staff 3, 4; Annual Staff 3, 4; Office Proctor 3; May Court 3; National Honor Society 3, 4, Sec. SC FNHSC 4; Cheer- leader 4; Mental Contest 3; FTA 4; Voice of Democ- racy winner 4; Senior Superlative 4. TOMMY YARBOROUGH Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice-Pres. 3, Pres. 4; Key Club 2,3,4, Board of Directors 2, Treas. 3, Pres. 4; Junior Football 1, 2; Junior Basketball 2; Pres, of Class 3, 4; Library Club 4; Debating Team 3; Delta 1, 2; Student Council 3,4. 49 To everyone has been given some special talent or ability. Some excel in the field of music, some in science, some in medicine; but to us, Madames Zimsie and Zara, has been given the exotic, mysterious, supernatural gift of prophecy. We possess the unique ability to gaze into our crystal ball and foretell all future events. Our services are in great demand and here of late it has been difficult for us to comply with all the demands that are made on our valuable time. Our biggest assignment has come from Tommy Yar- borough, President of the Class of 1954 at St. John's High School, wno has asked us to foretell the future of each member of the Senior Class. Now, in order to go into our trance and see visions in our crystal ball, we must have absolute silence and your undivided attention and concentration. Alacazam. alacazore; it is the year 1964. We see buildings and streets--they seem to be around the square in Darlington. But it may not be a square for long, for Jimmy Mclnnis, mathematician, argues that its sides aren't proportional. He has hired Nell Sanderson, of the Sanderson Survey Company, to measure it to support his theory that it should be a triangle. Nell is having a difficult time, however, for over at Peggy Jolly's modern theater are hundreds of people lined up before the ticket office. The occasion is a picture featuring dancer Elizabeth Coggeshall in her new dance sensation, The Creep. Woody learned this dance while in Africa with her missionary husband, Gary Brown. The Chiefess of Police, Della Jeffords, is posting notices that this pic- ture is for adults only. We now see the Darlington Court Room. Judge Bill Odom is presiding. The lawyer for the defense, Tommy Yarborough, and the lawyer for the State, Jackie Privette, are arguing the case of Gilchrist vs. Bonnoitt. Nancy Gilchrist, author of the best seller, The Last Kiss, is suing Betty Jean Bonnoitt, reporter for the world-renowned newspaper, THE NEWS AND PRESS, for omitting her name in the write-up of her marriage to Benjy Gandy, prominent Darlington County farmer. Among the jurors we see Ann Goodson, who is happily married and a fine mother to her thirteen children; Mclver Odom, successful manager of Belk's Department Store; Amelia Kelley, wife of the owner of Smith Implement Company; and Harget Gainey, Mayor of the City of Society Hill. The Clerk of Court is Homer Goodwin. That was such an interesting case; let's look in on the next. Suing the R. L. Huggins Sportswear Em- porium is Janice Newsome, world champion diver. Janice charges that the black bathing suit she pur- chased from R. L. faded, damaging her skin permanently. Even Minerva O'Neal's White Magic, the best cleaning fluid on the market, would'nt remove the dye. Therefore, she is asking $10,000 compensa- tion and $10.53 refund for the bathing suit. The scene is fading; we can't see the outcome of the case. The scene shifts to the City Hall where the Council of Darlington is holding a meeting. Mayor Dwight Mims and two of his Councilmen--Adair Jeffords, Treasurer of the Darlington Manufacturing Co., and Emily Lewis, the only woman ever to serve on the Council--are discussing the routing of traffic around the new triangular square. Are we losing our power? No, a far-off place is coming into view. It seems to be Culpepper, Cali- fornia, named for its founder, Charles Culpepper. Why are all those people milling around in the streets? It is the Cross Country Bicycle Race. The crowd is waiting for the contestants to stop here for lunch. And now here they come. Wallace DeMaurice, the pro football player is in the lead. Following at a break- neck speed is Annie Lou Weinberg, physicist on the Atomic Missile Research. Third is Bobby Odom who invented a new toothpaste that stops halitosis--result, you have no breath at all! We see a steady stream of contestants. Here comes Bubba Howe, constantly smoking cigarettes as an advertisement for his new tobacco comapny. Close behind is Arthur Gandy, pilot for Luna Airways, which offers monthly round- trips to the moon. Bringing up the rear is Old Faithful himself, Wilson Huntley, the bow-legged des- perado. They stop for lunch--a free meal given by Alvious Adams, proprietor of the Walla Walla Walla Hotel. Barbara Cullum and Joanne Sanders are giving out carnations to advertise their latest picture, The Red Carnation , written, produced, and directed by Peggy Jean Weinberg. Head Chef Willard Davis has prepared a delicious meal which is thoroughly enjoyed by all the hungry travelers. Immediately after lunch the racers continue on their way to Las Vegas, the finish line. After a ferocious last lap, the winner is none other than Sammy Nance, who has superseded Roy Rogers as King of the Cowboys. 50 We are being quickly transported over miles and miles of water. It is the Atlantic Ocean, and now a large city comes into view. It must be Paris, for I can spot the Cafe Luisd'Perki, whose proprietor, of course, is Lewis Perkins. His motto is The Best Wine, Dancers, and Song. Working with Lewis to up- hold his famous motto is the best winemaker in all France. Donald Ruthven; that world-renowned dance team, Elsie d'Strickland and Ruth St. Dudley; and the conductor of the all-girl orchestra, Bobbie Jean Weatherford. Now we waltz into the ball of the year given by Faye Cook, ex-wife of the President of France, Monsieur Donald Hyer. Some of the celebrities here are Parry Cook, international TV expert; Jimmy Blackmon, owner of the Blacker Cracker Company; Mildred and Falby Byrd, famous South Caro- lina educators; and Betty Lou Bryant, siren vocalist who has just made the song, My Cheating Heart, a renewed hit. In glides Sarah Margaret.Gandy, the first model to wear the famous new perfume, Atomic Magnet, formulated by Ray Flowers, chemist. She is immediately surrounded by admirers who are dazed by the perfume. Clem Paul, national track star, is thrown into a trance and cannot be awaken- ed. He is rushed to the office of Richard Abbott, famous hypnotist, who snaps him out of it. We are now traveling back to the United States, and here we are St. Jones High School, where the telecasting of a program is taking place. Charles Ham, successor to Mr. Cain, says this is the very first program to be telecast, so we got here just in time. Some of the faculty--Lyall Huggins, Virginia Weather- ford, and Ellen Truluck, Dean of Women, Dean of the Faculty, and Dean of Students, respectively--are terribly upset because their Home Ec teacher, Betty Jean Swann, has eloped with the Family and Married Life teacher. The program is presented by the Ophelia Rogers Playmakers, and is sponsored by the Catty Clothes Company, that ten-story clothing store in Mechanicsville owned by Bobby Humphries. Their first commercial is a showing of a red polka dot swimming suit by Sara Lee, their No. 1 Model. Following this, the star of the program, Charles Britt, gives his version of Down Yonder in waltz time, playing it on the harmonica and singing at the same time. Our crystal ball moves on just as he is coming out for his eighth curtain call. Now, our crystal ball takes us down Workers Street in New York City. Here is Carl Britt in an unem- ployment agency. He states that he quit his job as a carpenter after Edward James,scientist, discovered that there was enough lead in a person to make a nail; his conscience hurt him whenever he hammered nails. The scene is changing again. 1 see a streak of silver coming into view. It is Willson Sartor's rocket train headed for Washington, D.C. Let's board it and see what goes on in the Capitol City. In a special radio broadcast Frances Hayes, Chairman of the Confederate Party, announced that Ted Sessoms has been nominated for President of the United States bacause he did such a good job in doing away with income taxes. Former Secretary of Agriculture, Milton Byrd, is running for Vice-President on the same ticket. The newspapers carry the news that since divorce has become such a big issue, Peggy O'Neal has been appointed by the President as Secretary of Divorce. The social pages of the Washington Times are filled with pictures and an account of a tea for all Darlingtonions in Washington given by the famous socialite, Lu Ann Sheffield. We also see news of Lu Ann's party in Carolyn McNeese's popular gossip column. Over on the eastern edge of the City we see a vast throng of people. On looking closer we discover that this is an occasion celebrating the opening of the Trans-Atlantic Bridge, connecting Washington and Liverpool, England. In seats of honor on the speaker's stand are Shirley Howie and Ethel Psillos, the archi- tests of this great feat of engineering. Vera Sims, wife of the English Ambassador is approaching the en- trance of the Bridge, scissors in hand ready to cut the ribbons. Parked just to the right of the entrance of the bridge in the highest powered Jetmobile ever built are Richard Howard and Henry Condor, daredevil racers, ready to take off on a test run over the new bridge. The Celebration scene fades and nothing more appears except our reflections in the crystal ball. It must be that we have now foretold the future of every member of the class. Tommy, it has been a pleasure to render you this service and we sincerely hope that every one is pleased with this glimpse into the future. 51 When the class of 1954 first entered St. John's High School in the fall of 1949, they were undoubtedly the green- est bunch of freshmen the school had ever encountered. They were terrified, for they had heard it rumored that high school was a place where it was not all play and no work; yet, they were also very exuberant, for they were coming up in the world. Why, they were now in high school! Although they were only subfreshmen, and could not themselves place on equal rank with seniors, juniors, or even lowly freshmen, they at least would be in the same building with them. This they considered a great honor. As they were to learn later, it was an honor, but it was also a great responsibility and a lot of work. These proud and scared sub-freshmen were put through the usual initiation. They rolled pencils and peanuts; they were submitted to the humiliating experience of having to go around with their clothes on backwards and their faces smeared with lipstick. Their first yaer in high school as sub-freshmen was on the whole uneventful. They had little if any voice in the government. They were gradually growing used to the pattern of things in this wonderful but terrifying place known as high school. They became acquainted with the teachers, the building, the upperclassmen, and last but certainly not least, Mr. Cain. Probably one of the most outstanding events during their sub-freshmen year was the beginning of the student council. Although it has little or noeffecton them at the time, this change in the govern- ment was to affect them very much in the future. Their second--or freshmen-year in high school brought to them a little higher standing. They now had some- one inferior to them. Although their feeling of superiority was not great, at least they had come up one rung of the ladder. They became interested in many of the clubs of the school; many of them went out for sports. They began to get a taste of what high school was really like--a choice of subjects, voice in the government, res- sponsibilities, citizenship, studying, and yes--the detention hall. They wrestled with subjects such as algebra, Latin, science, and Mr. Harper's never-to-be-forgotten English class. They found out that they were not the know- it-alls that they had thought they were. They cheered at many of the football, basketball, and baseball games. They were introduced to examinations, which always turned out to be something they had not quite conceived of. They studied, passed, and went out to a wonderful summer of fun, only to come back the next September to in- crease their knowledge and to have more fun. Now they were sophomores. Surely it was not the highest and most honored of positions; yet, they were above the lowly sub-freshmen and freshmen. Why, they were almost half through their high school years. This year they became more conscious of the scholarly side of school. They studied a little harder than before, and a few were rewarded by being sent to the Mental Exams in Columbia. Some of the boys became members of the Key Club-- a very worthy organization. The real purpose of the student council was dawning on all, and a few were given the chance to take an active part in fulfilling that purpose. Their junior year arrived at last. They were immediately taken in by their magazine sale. They thought they had done a marvelous job--and they had--but they found, to their great sorrow, that it takes hard work, much artistry, and real co-operation to stage a dance and banquet. I doubt if St. John's High School has ever heard so much fussing over one night out of 365. but it was well worth it. Yes, they worked hard, discovered much hidden ability, and finally gained co-operation. The Junior-Senior banquet, honoring the class of 1953, was. in their opinion, the best ever staged at St. John's. The Junior-Senior came and went and soon final exams began. Between exams and the traditional commencement exercises--in which they took part, as some of the girls were in the daisy chain and a few of the more outstanding boys were marshals--they watched with increasing envy the doings of the Seniors. I doubt that the seniors in the class of 1954 will ever forget the feeling that ran over them when in Senior chapel they were allowed to sit in the Senior's section. Mr. Marshall had left the school that year, but his loss was compensated by the gain of Mr. Holley. A few of the juniors, most outstanding in character, leadership, scholarships, and service, became members of the National Honor Society. Their senior year in high school dawned at last. How important and big they thought there were! They had worked and struggled for this position for eleven years--and they made the best of it. The capacity of the school had increased considerably due to the addition of two new buildings--the shop and the cafeteria--and this ad- dition was welcome as the enrollment of the school had been increased by the attendance of students from So- ciety Hill. The class of 1954 had looked forward to their senior year in high school as a year of taking it easy, but they were soon given a jolt; Senior English was all they had expected--and more. They received their rings in October, and you never have seen a prouder group of people. They went around with their hands outstretched for weeks. Their class was given a senior privilege in being permitted to be first in the lunch line. This privilege gave them a change to flaunt their newly-gained superiority. Mid-term exams came and went. Tryouts for the senior play were held and practice for the play began. The cast and the play were both wonderful and the class was proud of its talented members. The juniors gave the seniors a wonderful time at the Junior-Senior. It was simply out of this world. The middle of May soon arrived and everything seemed to beginhappening. The seniors began to wonder if they would be able to get everything done by the time Commencement arrived. Commence- ment is finally here and they are almost finished with their high school careers. The past five years have been wonderful and they shall never forget them. Yes, they are Seniors now. proud of their achievements and ready to go out into the world! The way had been hard, but the ones who have overcome the hardships are properly rewarded. The members of the Class of 1954 are truly grateful for the interest and guidance of their teachers, and they promise them-- The torch that you have lit for us; our ways will e'er be guiding; the lessons you have taught to us, within our hearts abiding.” 53 blatit 'ZOiCC s4«tet 7e4tcune«tt We, the Senior Class of 1954 of St. John's High School, City of Darlington, State of South Carolina, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. I, Alvious Adams, will my luck hitch-hiking to Palmetto to E. C, Godfrey. I, Dot Boan, will my ability to sew and rip to Barbara Byrd. I, Donie Hyer, leave the worries and cares of the football manager on the strong and able shoulders of Mert Stevens. I, Joanne Sanders, do will my title, Miss Darlington, to any high school girl who is lucky enough to get it. I, Benjy Gandy, do hereby will to Billy McCown my long legs, in the hope that Mr. Porter will then be able to see him over the lab table. I, Amelia Kelley, will to Jo Ann Arnold a piece of advice: Stick to one boy and it will prove nice. I, Henry Conder, do hereby will my knack of goinghunting and getting caught to Rex Castile, knowing that he does not get caught. I, Della Jeffords, do hereby will my seat in Mrs. Ervin's history class, which I loved so dearly that I occupied for two years, to Laverne Moody. I, Edward James, will my bus driving job to Graylon Duffee, hoping that he can get more speed out of the old apple crate than I did. I, Don Ruthven, will my title of pretty boy of the class to Ray Norwood, knowing that he can fill the bill. I, Jimsie Oeland, do will my stubborness to Ann Davidson to add to her already abundant share. I, Richard Abbott, do bequeath my industrious brain to any junior who seems to be in a dreadful strain--Cootie Vaughan, for instance. I, James Mclnnis, do hereby leave my big mouth to George Abbott; maybe he will now be able to make him- self heard around St. John's. I, Ellen Truluck, do hereby will the true luck I've experienced at St. John's to Bobby Parnell. I, Bubba Howie, to Olin Sansbury bequeath my rabbit ears and my bunny teeth. I, Nancy Gilchrist, will the job of writing the class history to some poor Junior who has more talent for it than I. 1. Tommy Yarborough, will peace and quiet in the library to Miss Jones--long may she live! I, Woody Coggeshall, will my systematic ways and dignified manner to Marion Coggeshall, who seems to be following in my footsteps. I, Charles Ham, will the yellow feather in my Drum Major hat to Mrs. Ervin so that she may have a feather in her cap. I, Ann Goodson, to some poor junior do bequeath my job as Annual Editor-in-Chief. I, Sara Williamson, head of the Williamson Clan, will my position of authority to Ben, the next in line. I, Richard Howard, leave tojohn Langston my free taxi service, believing his taxi can carry a bigger load than mine. I, Peggy Jean Weinberg, hereby will to Sara Sims my six years of basketball experience at St. John's, hoping this will help make the 1955 season a better one. I, Jimmy Blackmon, hereby will my title of Biggest Flirt in the Senior class to Billy Rhodes, knowing full well that he can fill the bill. I. Annie Lou Weinberg, do hereby will my petite size to Shirley Harrington, believing that another foot or two won't make any difference. We, Bobby Odom and Harget Gainey, will our title of ten o'clock scholars to Ned Blackmon. 1 Betty Lou Bryant, leave my hoarse voice, cold nose, and frostbitten fingers and toes to some 1954 cheer- leader. I, Clem Paul, hereby will my record-breaking typing skill to Marvin DuRant. I, Betty Jean Swann, do will to my cousin, David Broach, my seat in Miss Entzminger's English class, hoping he will learn more English grammar than I did. 1, Adair Jeffords, do bequeath to some member of the Junior Class the heavy financial burden I have been carry- ing as Treasurer of the Senior Class. 1, Falby Byrd, leave my nest at St. John’s to all the young Byrds who follow me. I, Mclver Odom, having been voted best-dressed among the senior boys, leave my good taste in clothes to Alvin Davis. I, Betty Jean Bonnoitt, do hereby leave to June McCauley my inherited nickname, Bustles, and my acquired nickname, Budde, knowing that she is qualified to handle both. I, Lewis Perkins, do will my ability to sleep first period to any junior who is daring enough to try. I, Peggy Jolly, do hereby will to Betty Flowers my ability to get along with boys. I, Wilson Huntley, being of feeble mind, do will to all the teachers a brand new Lincoln (coined in 1954). I, Faye Cooke, will to the underpaid faculty of St. John's the vast fortune I have accumulated during my high school career working at the Darlington Music Company. I, Bill Odom, will my position at third base to Bobby Collins hoping that he will make good at that hot cor- ner. I, Ethel Psillos, will to Jane Johnson my bashfulness and timidity. I, Parry Cook, do hereby will my naturally curly hair to Patsy Braddock to take the place of her Toni poodle. I, Elsie Strickland, do hereby will my success in getting a diamond to Patsy Sturgeon. May she be as lucky as I. I, Milton Byrd, will to Wayne Hatchell my ability to get along peacefully with Mrs. Moody in bookkeeping. He will need it. I, Barbara Cullum, will my big eyes to the teachers at St. John’s so they won't miss anything that goes on in their classes. 54 We, Arthur Gandy and Carl Britt, will the fun of a late breakfast at the Southemaire to Basil Jordan, hoping he won't have indigestion from it as we did. I, Minerva O'neal, leave toCarolyn Dennis the knowledge (learned by bitter experience) that if you want five carbon copies you must use more than one carbon sheet. I, Bobby Humphries, do hereby will my jet black hair, of which I have an abundance, to Mac Willcox. Poor soul! I, Ophelia Rogers, do will my love and devotion to the library to Betty Jean Livingston, hoping she receives as much happiness from the work as I did. I, Charles Culpepper, will my abundant and varied vocabulary to Miss Entzminger to pass on to some needy junior. I, Vera Sims, willto Patsy Jernigan all the excitement of a graduation and a wedding within two week's time. I, Shirley Howie, will my dignity as a senior to Sonja Lyles, hoping she will calm down a little before her senior year. I, Virginia Weatherford, do willto Ooo Flowers my ability to stay on my feet when playing basketball in the hope that it will save her a few bruises. I, Wallace DeMaurice, will to Conrad Andrews my ability to luck out on every game of pool I shoot. I, Lyall Huggins, do will my job as the only girl bus driver to all the girls who laughed at me. I, Ray Flowers, hereby will my New Year's resolution of trying to get to school at least four days a week to Winston Reed. I, Emily Lewis, will to Dorothy Harrell my record of no detention hall cards. I, Charles Britt, do hereby will to some hard-working boy the great privilege that was given to me by Coach Welch--to play football without practicing. I, Ruth Dudley, do hereby will my natural blonde hair to Shelba Britt, who is always experimenting with hers. We, Lu Ann Sheffield and Janice Newsome, do hereby will our ability to get and keep a man to Barbara Ann Clifton and Betty Adams, (as we heard they had some trouble.) I, R. L. Huggins, do hereby leave to Bob Bonnoitt my unique and individual Huggins Strut , hoping it will help him move a little faster. I, Mildred Byrd, will to Grace Gardner my strong alto voice, which Mr. Mautino has trained so carefully this year. I, Gary Brown, leave my ability to stay out of trouble to Franklin Patterson, knowing he will need it. I, Jackie Privette, will my job as school musician to Betty Byrd and Rose Young, hoping they will be as willing to accommodate as I. (it gets you out of a lot of classes.) I, Ted Sessoms, will my ragged and worn basketball uniform to Gene Davis, hoping that it will last until he grows up to fit it. I, Sarah Gandy, do hereby will my position as class wit to Mary Psillos, hoping she will fill the bill. I, Willson Sartor, will my ability to get out of class to some bored junior. Of course, you may have to suffer the consequences. I, Sara Lee, do hereby will my Home Ec Menus to Mrs. Griggs for use in the cafeteria. I, Willard Davis, will my ability to write my own excuses and get away with it to Kenneth Dority, hoping he won't get caught either. Luck to ya ! I, Peggy O'Neal, hereby will my flirty ways to Frances Tindall, hoping that she will be as successful as I. We, Frances Hayes and Nell Sanderson, believing that we have established a spelling record as St. John's (not saying what kind), do hereby will said record to Dick McNeese and Wayne Blackmon. I, Daphne Watson, will to my cousin, Betty Lou Watson, the thrill of a Christmas wedding. I, Homer Goodwin, will my skill in shop work to Gene Stokes. 1, Carolyn McNeese, will all the fun I've had at St. John's to Jo Ann Sansbury. I, Sammy Nance, do hereby will ten pounds of my weight to Dick Vaughn in the hope that they will help strengthen the football line next year. I, Bobbie Jean Weatherford, do will to Paggy Watford my title most unselfish. I, Dwight Mims, will my mischievous ways completely out of St. John's knowing that there is already enough mischief here. We, the Senior Class, will to the Junior Class our highly cherished Senior privilege of heading the cafeteria lunch line; also the honor of occupying the Senior Section in chapel. To the Faculty we leave our deepest appreciation for your patience and untiring efforts which have helped to bring us this far along the way. And, to the student body, we leave St. John's in your keeping. May you ever strive to raise her standards and hold high her ideals. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 19th day of May, A.D., 1954. Witnesses; Jeffords Mclnnis Isabel Entzminger Class Lawyers Mary Ervin Bill Harper 55 And now the Class of '54 bids St. John's adieu. We would like to thank the student body and faculty for helping make our days here en- joyable and profitable ones. And to the Juniors we would say: Enjoy every minute of your Se- nior year. It will be one of the happiest of your life. 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