Swain County High School - Ridge Runner Yearbook (Bryson City, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 44 of the 1945 volume:

Jim Gray Box 999 Bryson City. NC 28713 SWAIN HI LIGHT CO-EDITORS—June Evelyn Wright, Bobbie Lee Keeter Page One In Thankfulness, Remembrance and Dedication We thank Thee, 0 God, for thy deliverance; That we have been spared such great distress; That we have been able to help the weak and oppressed, To give food to the hungry, to the weary rest. Our hearts well up with grief akin to Thine For our men and boys who have died for us— Brave men and good, who gave themselves That we might live in thankfulness. We dedicate ourselves and all we have To peace, to justice, and to humanity; And pray that we, as well as they, May give ourselves to Thee eternally. Melvin H. Taylor With grateful appreciation for their unselfish devotion in the service of our country, the class of 1945 dedicates this annual to our Swain Hi boys in the Armed Services. Page Two MELVIN H. TAYLOR. PRINCIPAL For his untiring Senior Class express efforts and genuine interest in our gratitude with the greatest our high school, we of respect and admiration. the Page Three FACULTY Melvin H. Taylor—Principal. Mathematics Emma Cassada—Chemistry, Biology. General Science Lillian F. Thomasson—Dean, French. Occupational Guidance, History Mildred P. Wood—English. Dramatics Beaufort Lance—Mathematics Mary Long—English. Music, Latin Edith W. Cabe—Librarian. Sociology. English Ruth Patterson —Health, Physicial Education Vivian Muse—Bookkeeping, Typing, Journalism Jewell Garrett—Home Economics R. T. Grant—Agriculture To the faculty we wish to extend our deepest appreciation for the kind and helpful interest they have shown in us during four years in Swain Hi. We think that they are a group of really fine people who have been interested enough in us to make our seemingly hard paths through high school a great deal easier. Page Four SCHOOL SONG 1 ■ PF ' n. 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Can you remember back in ’41 when we first entered high school and the idea of changing classes was so new to us? As you walked down the hall you would find a freshman behind ' most every door looking for the numbers, deciding whether or not that was the room he should go to next. It was hard at first, but with the help of Mr. Dennis we caught on to the high school routine. During this year our world of peace was disrupted by the attack on Pearl Harbor. The following day President Roosevelt asked Congress for a formal decla¬ ration of war. Finally we became “sophisticated morons . It wouldn ' t be long now before we would become beloved upper classmen. Although nothing much happened during this year, the upper classmen began to treat us with more respect. Time marched on! At last we became upper classmen. This proved to be an exciting year—the banquet, plays, and all. Now we’re seniors—the year we ' ve often dreamed of. Many things have occurred during this year that we shall never forget. First came the election of student body president, which was quite an event. Next were the many chapel programs which proved to be loads of fun in spite of the work. Our next out¬ standing event came when we attended the Pirate Banquet given us by the sopho¬ mores. One of the greatest tragedies of all history occurred on April 12. when Presi¬ dent Roosevelt died. The war with Germany ended May 8. Now we go forth to eliminate the aggressor nations so that we may have a lasting peace. It is with these thoughts in mind that we look toward our graduation with the determination “to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Senior Class Officers JOE ESTES Vice-President OLIN CulSP DAN CONNER President Secretary Page Eight ELIZABETH TISDALE CATHERINE TOTIIEROW ALTA JEAN WATSON MARY ANNA WATSON NELLIE MAE STILLWELL BLANCHE TIIOiMAS VEIIGIE LEE THOMAS DORIS THOMASSON ELIZABETH COLVILLE PAULINE CRISP GERTRUDE DAVIS HAROLD DAVIS Page Nine JOE ALMOND MAURICE ASHE VINNIE BALL CLYDE BATES OLIVER MONTEITH O’NEAL MUSE ROBERT ORR DEA NNE PARRISH EDITH DEHART EUGENE ELLIOTT FRANKIE ESTES J. C. FREEMAN Page Ten LEAVENIA JACOBS PAULINE JIIONES RUTH JONES BOBBIE LEE KELT El ETHEL CAMPBELL JEAN CHILDERS HELEN CLOER EVELYN COCHRAN FRANK PARTON BENNIE ROBINSON MILDRED ROGERS CLARA BELLE SHOOK Page Eleven WEAVER BYRD EVELYN BIRCHFIELD JEANETTE CABLE FANNIE BURR CAGLE MILDRED GREENE LEWIS GREGORY LOIS GREGORY SARA HILL GLORIA LINDSAY MAUDELLE LINDSAY BETTY LOU MOFFETT CHARLES MOFFITT Page Twelve AILEEN WELCH JUNE WRIGHT JUNIORS PEGGY JO BAKER NINA CABLE LOIS STEWART V MAXINE BECK BOBBY TOTIIEROW Page Thirteen Who ' s Who Joe Almond F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; President of Student Council 4; 4-H Club 4; Homeroom Officer 4; Ambition— Navy. Maurice Ashe Arts and Crafts 1; Civics Club 2; Journalism 3; Dramtics 3; Basket¬ ball 2; School Paper 3; Ambition— Electric Welder. Vinnie Ball Basketball 2; Future Plans—Un¬ decided. Clyde Bates Civics Club 1; Dramatics 2, 3; Homeroom Officer 1, 3; Marshal 3; Ambition—Business Man. Weaver Byrd Dramatics Club 1, 2, 3; F.F.A. 4; Student Council 4; Ambition— Marines. Evelyn Burchfield 4-H Club 2; Future Plans—-Unde¬ cided. Jeannette Cable Girl Scouts 1. 2; Glee Club 1; Future Plans—Business College. Fannie Burr Cagle Ambition—Cadet Nurse. Ethel Campbell Book Club 4; Future Plans— W.C.T.C. Jean Childers Glee Club 1; Beta Club 3. 4; 4-H Club 1. 2. 3. 4; Student Council 4; Future Plans — University of Tennessee. Helen Cloer Athletic Club 4; Ambition—Book¬ keeper. Evelyn Cochran Ambition—Housewife. Elizabeth Colville Homeroom Officer 1, 4; Class Of¬ ficer 3; Beta Club 4; Student Council 2; Honor Speaker 4; Fu¬ ture Plans—Asbury College. Dan Connor Class Officer 4; Vice President of Student Council 4; Ambition— Merchant. Olin Crisp F.F.A. 1, 2, 3. 4; President of Senior Class 4; Ambition—Aviator. Pauline Crisp Beta Club 3. 4; Student Council 1; Homeroom Officer 1, 2,; Class Officer 3; School Paper 3, 4: Basketball 3; Honor Speaker 4; Cheer Leader 4; Girl Scouts 1, 2; Future Plans—College. Gertrude Davis Glee Club 2; 4-H Club 1. 2; Basket¬ ball 1; Cheer Leader 2; Ambition— Home Economic Teacher. Harold Davis F.F.A. 1, 2. 3, 4; Football 2, 4; Ambition—Infantry. Edith DeHart Athletic Club 4;Ambition — Navy Nurse. Eugene Elliott F.F.A. 1, 2, 3. 4; Basketball 2, 3. 4; Football 2, 4; Music Club 4; Class Officer 2. Frankie Estes Glee Club 4; Class Officer 3; Home¬ room Officer 1, 2; Cheer Leader 4; School Paper 4; Ambition—Dancer. Joe Estes Basketball 2, 3. 4; Football 2. 4; F.F.A. 1, 2. 3. 4; Boy Scouts 1, 2; Ambition—Aviator. J. C. Freeman Arts and Crafts; Civic Club 2; Journalism 3; Dramatics 4; Bas¬ ketball 3; School Paper 3;Ambi- tion—Machinist. Mildred Green Ambition—Stenographer. Lewis Gregory Football 4; Band 1; Ambition— Air Corps Mechanic. Lois Gregory Beta Club 3, 4; Home Room Of¬ ficer 2; Basketball 4; School Paper 3, 4; Scouts 1, 2; Ambition—Navy Nurse. Sara Hill Beta Club 4; Glee Club 3. 4; Home Room Officer 1. 2; Librarian 4; School Paper 2; Ambition—House¬ wife and Secretary. Leavcnia Jacobs Book Club 4; Ambition—Secretary. Page Fourteen Who ' s Who Pauline Jhones Library Club 1; 4-H Club 1, 2; Glee Club 3; Ambition—Secretary. Ruth Jones Glee Club 1; 4-H Club 2; Future Plans—Undecided. Bobbie Lee Keeter Band 1, 2; Beta Club 3; President of Beta Club 4; Home Room Offi¬ cer 1. 2; Student Council 1; Mar¬ shal 2; Paper 3; Co-Editor in Chief 4; Girl Scouts 1. 2; Cheer Leader 2, 3; Honor Speaker 4; Basketball 1; Future Plans—W.C.U.N.C. Gloria Lindsay Glee Club 1, 2; Dramatics 3; Mar¬ shal 3; Home Room Officer 3; Beta Club 4; Ambition—Secretary. Maudelle Lindsay Junior Home Makers Club 1: Glee Club 2; Athletics 1, 2; Beta Club 4; Ambition—Secretary. Betty Lou Moffitt Glee Club 1, 2; Beta Club 3, 4; Cheerleader 4; Home Room Offi¬ cer 2; Ambition—Air Force Nurse. Charles Moffitt F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 4; Beta Club 4; Dramatics 4; Student Council 2. 4: Marshal 3; Home Room Officer 2, 4; Ambition— Army. Oliver Monteith F.A.A. 1. 3. 4; Football 4; Basket¬ ball 4; Future Plans—Undecided. O’Neal Muse F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Officer 1; Football 2, 4: Student Council 4; Ambition—Navy. Robert Orr Beta Club 3, 4; Dramatics 3; Stu¬ dent Council 1; Band 1, 2; Marshal 3; Class Officer 3; Home Room Officer 3, 4; Valedictorian; Future Plans—College. Deanne Parrish Beta Club 3, 4; Student Council 2; Homeroom Officer 2; 4-H Club 1; School Paper 4; Ambition— Business Girl. Frank Parton F.F.A. 1. 2, 3. 4; Dramatics 3; Baseball 3; Ambition—Mechanic. Bennie Robinson Basketball 2, 3, 4; Football 4; Student Council 3; School Paper 3, 4; Boy Scouts 2. 3; Ambition— Navy. Mildred Rogers Glee Club 1; Dramatics Club 4; Basketball 2; Ambition — Secre¬ tary. Clara Belle Shook Ambition—Pianist. Nellie Mae Stillwell Glee Club 1, 2; Journalism Club 3; Book Club 4; Future Plans— Undecided. Blanche Thomas Homeroom President 1; Beta Club 4; Future Plans—Business College. Vergie Lee Thomas Future Plans—Knoxville Business College. Doris Thomasson Glee Club 4; Girl Scouts 1. 2. 3: School Paper 3, 4; Marshal 1. 3; Beta Club 3. 4; Salutatorian 4; Future Plans—Meredith College. Elizabeth Tisdale Glee Club 1, 2; Band 1, 2; Home¬ room Officer 1, 2. 3, 4; Beta Club 4; Basketball 3. 4; Cheerleader 4; School Paper 1. 2, 3, 4: Ambi¬ tion—Army Nurse. Catherine Totherow Glee Club 1, 2; Dramatics 3: Beta Club 4; Marshal 3; Homeroom Of¬ ficer 2, 4; Ambition—Secretary or Nurse. Alta Jean Watson Beta Club 3. 4; School Paper 3. 4: Librarian 1, 2. 3. 4; Journalism Club 4; Ambition—Stenographer. Mary Anna Watson Basketball 3. 4: School Paper 4: Ambition—Model. Aileen Welch Book Club 4; Future Plans—Unde¬ cided. June Evelyn Wright Beta Club 3. 4; Band 1; Marshal 2; Chief Marshal 3; Student Council 3; Homeroom Officer 1, 2. 3. 4: Basketball 1; Cheerleader 3; Girl Scouts 1, 2; School Paper 3; Co- Editor in Chief 4; Dramatics 3; Honor Speaker 4; Future Plans— W.C.U.N.C. Page Fifteen Who ' s Who Juniors Peggy Jo Baker Beta Club 4; Dramatics Club 4; School Paper 4; Student Council 2; Girl Scouts 1, 2; Homeroom Of¬ ficer 1, 2, 3; Ambition—Pilot. Nina Cable Glee Club 3; Ambition—Air Hos¬ tess. Maxine Beck 4-H Club 1; Glee Club 2; Dra¬ matics 4; Ambition—Air Hostess Lois Stewart Glee Club 4; Future Plans—Unde¬ cided. Bobby Totherow- Dramatics Club 3; F.F.A. 4; Ami- tion—Mariner. Superlatives Best All Around Girl Best All Around Boy . Class Pest.. Class Baby. Class Shiek. Class Flirt . Class Pet.. Class Romeo . Class Juliet. Most Handsome Boy. .. Prettiest Girl. Most Studious Boy. Most Studious Girl. Bookworm. Music Box. Sweetest Girl. Einstein. Neatest Boy. Neatest Girl . Cutest Boy. Cutest Girl Class Poet.. Optimist . Most Cheerful Boy Most Cheerful Girl Class Comedian Laziest Boy. Laziest Girl. Chatter Box. Tomboy. Pessimist . . Jean Childers .Olin Crisp .Lewis Gregory .... Eugene Elliott ... Charles Moffitt Betty Lou Moffitt Butch Robinson Lewis Gregory .Sarah Hill .Joe Almond .Frankie Estes Robert On- El izabeth Colville Elizabeth Colville Frankie Estes . Elizabeth Tisdale .Harold Davis Robert Orr Jean Childers .Joe Estes .June Wright .Maurice Ashe Dan Conner .Joe Estes Frankie Estes Oliver Monteith Bobby Totherow Alta Jean Watson .Frankie Estes Edith DeHart Deanne Parrish Motto—“The elevator to success is not running: take the stairs.” Colors—Cream and Rose. Flower—Red Rose. Page Sixteen Last Will and Testament We, the members of the Senior Class of 1945, having reached the milestone of graduation, and who are now leaving our dear Swain High School to face the many problems of the cruel world, with sad hearts do hereby make this, our Last Will and Testament. I. To the Sophomores we will the privilege of having Class Day and Graduation exercises at night when they become Seniors. II. Our dignity we leave to the Freshman Class, who, we trust, can use it well. III. Our beloved teachers, we leave the Sophomore Class, hoping that their dis¬ positions will be such that the Sophomores will never have to bring in homework, write source themes, book reports, or French summaries. IV. To all Underclassmen we leave our desire to have more football, basketball, baseball, and other sports with a full-time coach. We hope that this desire will be realized for them. V. Personal Items: 1. “Keeter and “Will bequeath their acting talent to Jean Minnis Smith and Mary Lou Gloyne. 2. Lewis Gregory leaves his excess weight to Mac Woody, who. we think, needs it more than any other boy in the Sophomore Class. 3. To Jean Sandlin, Betty Lou Moffit leaves her ability to be heard at great distances. 4. Charles Moffitt wills that way he has with the girls to Albert Brown. We hope that Albert can also give the girls all his love and flattery without making any of them mad. 5. Frank Parton leaves his quiet manner to Jimmy Cooper. 6. Joe Estes wills his athletic abilit y to James Branton. 7. To Mary Alice Seals, Mary Anna Watson leaves her vigorous pep and determination as a basketball guard. 8. Joe Almond leaves the presidency of the Student Body to Brevard Brown. 9. Oliver Monteith wills his habit of always being in homeroom on time to Jimmy Gray. 10. To Opal Brooks. Sara Hill bequeaths her slim figure. 11. Catherine Totherow leaves her terrific typing speed to Mrs. Thomasson. 12. Bobbie Lee Keeter leaves her place as president of the Beta Club open for Peggy Jo Baker. 13. To Madge Massey. June Wright wills her singing ability. 14. Olin Crisp leaves his ambition to become a flier to Troy Stevenson. 15. Maurice Ashe and J. C. Freeman will their height to the Beck twins. 16. The ability she has for making “A ' s”. Elizabeth Colville wills to Bob Sherrill. 17. Eugene Elliott leaves his over used but healthy vocal chords, along with his ability to slip out of English Class, to Tommy Austin. 18. Deanne Parrish and Ruth Jones leave their habit of sticking together to Juanita Brown and Lytle Bostic. 19. Robert Orr leaves his ability to tell corny jokes to Paul Smiley. 20. Frankie Estes leaves her place as Chief Cheerleader to any Sophomore girl who can yell as loudly as she. (Probably Jonnie Maples). 21 His love for French. Clyde Bates leaves to Perc Estes. 22. Maudell Lindsay wills her pleasing smile and disposition to Helene Crisp. 23. Pauline Crisp wills to Margaree Lowe, her dark hair and fair complexion. 24. O ' Neal Muse leaves his determination to continue his education to G. D. Clark. 25. Blanche and Vergie Lee Thomas leave their quiet ways to Pearl Ammons. She needs both. 26. The love that Doris Thomasson has for classical music, she leaves to Odell Seay and Troy Proctor. 27. “Butch” leaves his ability to get ads to the Advertising Manager of next year’s Swain Hi-Light. We hereby appoint the five members of the Junior Class executors of this our last Will and Testament ROBERT ORR AND DORIS THOMASSON. Testators. Page Seventeen Class Prophecy- Operator: Number, please. Mrs. Hezron: 4405. Mrs. Maroney: Hello. Is that you, Mrs. Hezron? Well. I thought that was your receiver coming off the hook. As I ve said, I can always tell yours if it comes off by itself—but you know how it usually is—all the receivers coming off at the same time. Looks as if the war has been over long enough now for us to get off this Party Line. But land sakes, ever since the telephone company hired Sara Hill as a telephone operator, the only line Lewis Gregory ever has on his mind is that line he shoots her. as we used to say when we were back in school. Mrs. Hezron: Why yes, he keeps that telephone pole by her window worn slick making repairs. I guess we shouldn’t complain though. They ' ve never gotten poor Vergie (Thomas) Montieth ' s line fixed yet from the time that dare-devilish Joe Estes fell through it with the parachute that had the rat holes in it. She needs her phone almost as badly as we do ours. Poor thing! I ' ll bet she hasn’t heard a word we’ve said. Mrs. Maroney: Just wait until you hear what I’m going to tell you now. You re¬ member that ad Harold Davis put in the paper last week for a woman to take care of his kids. Well, when Mary Anna Watson, Deanne Parrish, Betty Lou Moffitt, and Edith DeHart all applied in person, and found he wasn’t married but merely operating a goat ranch, they left him a fit customer for J. C. Free¬ man, who is selling one of those new fangled earphones that picks up sound from permanent waves that Joe Almond invented so he could find out what his wife, Frankie, talked about in Robert Orr’s Permanent Rave Beauty Salon. Mrs. Hezron: I always knew that Eugene Elliott would climb and go high. Bobbie Lee Keeter, you know she is working for Senator Zebulon Weaver Byrd now, said the last time she saw him, he was still climbing; and that some credit for his success would probably go to Charles Moffitt’s latest window cleaner, for it sure makes those White House windows shine. Mrs. Maroney: Speaking of Washington that just reminds me, Lawyer Olin Crisp has just gotten a Patent for Professors Bennie Robinson, Maurice Ashe, and Frank Parton ' s new invention—the tooth brush for lazy people. Pauline Crisp bought one, and she told me that you wear it as you would a locket, and that when you get up in the morning and yawn the locket opens, the tooth brush comes out with paste on it, and brushes your teeth before you finish yawning. Mrs. Hezron: Wouldn’t that be the very thing for Dr. D. B. Conner to use in his hospital if they would put a thermometer on it so that his nurses, Lois Gregory, Ruth Jones, Elizabeth Tisdale, and Aileen Welch, could take the temperature without wasting any energy. Mrs. Maroney: While we are on the subject of inventions, I hear that the faculty of the Swain County High School, including Jean Childers, Evelyn Cochran, Mildred Greene, Alta Jean Watson, and Fannie Burr Cagle, have offered those noted scientists, Bates and Monteith. a write-up in the school paper if they would include a direction finder for their new class room spit ball detector. Mrs. Hezron: They tell me those students just can ' t think of enough things to do for aggravation. Why, O’Neal Muse said his son, Frisby, was suspended from school for trying to act the way his daddy told him the students did back in the class of ’45. Mrs. Maroney: Not changing the subject but did you see that ad in last week’s paper that the Thomasson-Wright Matrimonial Bureau is running. It surely seems to accomplish its purpose. It stated that its latest members, Mildred Rogers, Nellie Mae Stillwell. Blanche Thomas. Vinnie Ball. Evelyn Burchfield, and Jeannette Cable, had all received proposals—and that Jeannette Cable, former member of the WAVES, had turned two of them down on account of their having flat feet. Did you ever hear of anyone advertising and then being so particular? Mrs. Herzon: Isn’t it appalling what these editors allow in their papers now? When the Lindsay girls took over the Tuekaseegee Bugle, I thought things would be different. But sakes alive—there ' s no accounting for this younger generation. Page Eighteen Mrs. Maroney: Truth was never put in plainer words. You know Elizabeth Col¬ ville—well, if you could expect good behavior from any of them. I’ve always said it would be from her. But after what she did the other night. I’ll never have faith in any of them again. Mrs. Hezron: I ' m shocked myself! I just can ' t imagine her doing something so awful. What in the world was it? Mrs. Maroney: I really shouldn ' t be repeating this because I told Mrs. Silence I wouldn’t breathe it—but I know you won ' t tell anyone so I’ll tell you. She drank a root beer-■!!! Mrs. Hezron: Why, Mrs. Maroney, I can hardly believe that she would do a thing like that. But if you say so. I know it must be true. Oh, yes, I knew there was something else I wanted to tell you. 1 heard that Catherine Totherow. Pauline Jhones, Ethel Campbell, Helen Cloer, and Leavenia Jacobs had all entered the National Typing Speed Contest. That Catherine Totherow is really fast —on the typewriter I mean, of course. Don ' t misunderstand me, for you know I wouldn’t say a word to offend anyone for anything in the world. But while we are on the subject of speed, did you ever see anyone drive a car as fool¬ ishly as that Gertrude Davis. She just goes like fury all the time. Just this morning she scared me speechless. I had started across the street. The light said go—so naturally I thought I’d be safe—but heavens above, no one is safe with her at the wheel of an automobile. She came racing down the street just as though she owned the town—and the way she blew at me, you would have thought she had the right of way! Clara Belle Shook: I’m sorry to interrupt you ladies, but I have to catch a plane leaving in 15 minutes, and I must call a taxi. Would you mind too much hang¬ ing up for just a minute, please. Two receivers are slapped back on the hook instantly—and Clara Belle is glad that she had accepted the job in New York and will not be in town tomorrow to hear what a rude person she is to interrupt an important telephone conver¬ sation. Mrs. Hezron and Mrs. Maroney feel that they have been imposed upon terribly and immediately write to the telephone company insisting on a private telphone. PAULINE CRISP, Prophetess Page Nineteen Lest We Forget 1. Aw, Blow it out. 2. Sheure! 3. The wall across the street. 4. Grow Bush. 5. George. 6. The Faculty. 7. Mrs. Wood and Miss Long as Senior Sponsors. 8. “Pssst, How long is it until the bell?” 9. The Sophomore-Senior Ban¬ quet. 10. “Macbeth”. 11. Aw Shucks!! 12. What’s Cookin’? 13. Bennett ' s”. 14. Outside of that-!! 15. The announcements. 16. The absence lists on Satur¬ day. 17. No wonder men leave home!! 18. The basketball game between the faculty and the girls team. 19. ' 44 and ’45 love affairs: Frankie Estes and Joe Al¬ mond; Doris Thomasson and Brevard Brown; “Pug” Wright and Jimmy Gray; Bobbie Lee Keeter and “Butch” Robin¬ son; Juanita Earls and Odell Seay; Gail Bryson and Harold Cope; All the girls and “Charlie” Moffitt; Nina Cable and Curtis Revis; “Blackie” Estes and Jonnie Maples; Elizabeth Tisdale and Harold Dugan; Dan Conner and Nor¬ ma Jean Burnette; Pearl Am¬ mons and Perc Estes. 20. That Mr. Taylor is a poet. 21. That Robert and Mary Anna are always on time for school. 22. Mrs. Wood and her dramatic gestures. 23. Afternoon activity periods. 24. The class of ' 45. 25. The election of the president and vice president of student body. 26. The absence of a junior class. 27. April 12, 1945. 28. May 8, 1945. Page Twenty SOPHOMORES Hail! We ' re Sophomores We have made much progress since the days back in the eighth grade, when our theme song was “Nobody ' s Darling.” Then we were misfits, outcasts from grammar school, but not yet in high school, and no one seemed to want us or care about us, except, of course, we ourselves. However, we were busy that year. We bought a flag for the school; were partly responsible for having the flag pole erected, sold over $2,000 in war bonds and stamps, and were generally regarded as the pests of the school. As freshmen, we settled down a little, for we escaped initiation. That was a quiet and uneventful year for the whole school, except for the eighth graders, to whom we showed off our superiority. Now we are sophomores, and have we had our ups and downs!! One of the biggest downs occurred when the legislature of North Carolina decided that we needed twelve years of education instead of eleven. We bemoaned this at the time, but it has its compensations, for the president of the student body and the chief marshal will come from our class for two years, and we have had the pleasure of giving the banquet, too. So now we re beginning to think it might not be so bad after all. now that we just have two more years. ”So it’s rather wistfully that we look back over this year and our class of ' wise fools.” - We are looking forward joy¬ fully to being the “love-sick juniors and the “dignified senior class of 1947. You can tell a freshman by his greenness. By his ignorance of the ways. And a junior by his love-sick mooning all the days. A senior is easily recognized by his dignity and such, But the sophomores!! You can tell them til you ' re black and blue. And you stili can ' t tell them much! CLASS OFFICERS President Secretary Treasurer Jean Minnis Smith Jean Sandlin Brevard Brown Page Twenty-Two SOPHOMORE CLASS jpg i 2 . itf : Page Twenty-Three Sophomore Roll Pearl Ammons Bobby Ayers Opal Ball George Beck James Beck James Branton Leo Briggs Opal Brooks Brevard Brown Richard Brown Catherine Byrd Willa Belle Clampitt Bobbie Cochran Jean Cochran James Cooper Helene Crisp Coolidge Davis Claude Douthit Dorothy Fortner Hugh Gibby Mary Lou Gloyne Jimmy Gray Willard Jenkins Beatrice Kirkland Burl Laney Lois Ledford Magaree Lowe Jonnie Maples Ellean Martin Clova Lee Mashburn Leonard Mashburn Nettie Mashburn Madge Massey Gilda McHan Hilda McHan Gwendolyn Monteith Herbert Morrow Reva Queen Max Reed Curtis Revis Jean Sandlin Joyce Sandlin Mary Alice Seals Marie Sherrill Johnnie Shuler Jean Smith Charles Stansberry Don Tabor Carlena Thomas Ollie Thomas Cecil Totherow Cecil Ward Edward Watson Geneva Watson Christine Welch Leroy Wiggins Ruth Wilson William Woody Barbara Waldroup Frances Wright Page Twenty-Four FRESHMEN Wearing Off The Green The first question that entered our minds the first day of High School was “Should we show up early or lag behind as we had seen our upper classmen doing?” We shortened it down to getting there about bell time. Going to our appointed Homeroom, we tried to look dignified and important; but I ' m afraid we made a flop of it, because we couldn’t feel quite so sure of our¬ selves as our upper classmen. Let us tell you, we might have been green as grass, but we can say one thing, none of us were lonesome. We Freshmen landed together, trying to find our class¬ rooms. This change of rooms with every class,..slightly bewildered us, but one ' ' ‘ ‘ ‘ 1 . advantage to it was that we changed teachers as-well! After a week or two of learning all the rules—not only high school rules—and after having been well initiated into high school life, we finally took our places in the school. Just remember when you ' re talking about us, be careful what you say, for we won ' t always be Freshmen. Our highest ambition now is to be a Senior and even though it seems a long way off. we ' re sure to make it by and by. HOMEROOM PRESIDENTS Miss Cassada Mrs. Cabe_ Miss Patterson Gail Bryson Helen Wilson Dent Ensley Page Twenty-Six FRESIIIMEN CLASS Page Twenty-Seven Freshman Roll Tommy Alston Gladys Ashe Boyd Ayers Marie Ball Minnie Ball Christine Beck Kathleen Beck Lytle Bostic Floyd Bowers Arvil Bradley Frank Breedlove Carolyn Breedlove Juanita Brown John Brown Gail Bryson David Bumgarner Opal Bumgarner Dewey Burnette Joyce Burnette Georgia Buchanan Pauline Byrd Charles Calhoun Alden Childers Cecil Childers G. D. Clark Fred Cloer J. C. Cole Harold Cope Agnes Crisp Dorothy Crisp Ruth Cunningham Tommy Cunningham Robert Coffey Evelyn Davis Mildred Davis Byron DeHart Juanita Earls Dennis Ensley Percival Estes Burnice Freeman Delma Freeman Betty Jean Gass Marie Golden Edwina Grant Homer Grant Junior Grant Lois Greene Hobert Greene Grady Greene Frank Gunter Buddy Harbison Emmett Hyde J. B. Jacobs Ollie King Doris Lakey Helen Ann Leatherwood Lavenia Lee Jeanette Ledford Bill Lewis Max Linsay Adrern Medford James Medford Lou Edith Medford Kenneth Nixon Berlin Oliver Doris Parrish Troy Proctor Virginia Redmond Mildred Rice Reater Belle Roberts Dorothy Robertson Fay Sheppard Ruby Sheppard Margaret Shook Edith Sitton Helen Smiley Belle Smith Clara Smith Elizabeth Smith Fay Southards Delta Styles Dorothy Mae Thomas Dorothy Thompson Ellen Ward Reva Mae Watson Emma Wiggins Helen Wilson Irene Woodard Pauline Woodard Virginia Woody Ralph Roberts Odell Seay Paul Smiley Albert Smith Troy Stevenson Ted Thomas Edwin Watson Wilbur Watson Dwight Welch James Welch Paul Wilson Eugene Wood Garland Woody Page Twenty-Eight HONORS MARSHALS Chief Marshal . Mac Woody BETA CLUB President Bobbie Lee Keeter Vice-President Robert Orr Secretary Doris Thomasson Page Thirty STUDENT COUNCIL President. Vice-President Secretary. . Joe Almond . Dan Conner Weaver Byrd i HONOR SPEAKERS Doris Thomasson Robert Orr Elizabeth Colville. Bobbie Lee Keeler. Pauline Crisp. Salutatorian Valedictorian June Evelyn Wright Page Thirty-One ACTIVITIES BASKETBALL TEAM CHEER LEADERS Page Thirty-Three FOOTBALL TEAM BASKETBALL TEAM Page Thirty-Four DRAMATICS CLUB PLAY “Border Buckaroos” Cast of Play Page Thirty-Five OUR BUSINESS FRIENDS Congratulations To 1945 Seniors Brookside Grill “Good Food In A Country Town” MRS. L. BROOKS, Manager Browning ' s Furniture “We Furnish The Entire Home” Compliments Of Myer ' s Tourist Court Ben Graig ' s GrAde Market Simon ' s Department Store “We Clothe The Family” Eleanor Ann Beauty Shoppe Compliments Of A Friend City Sandwich Shop Hot Sandwiches Cold Drinks Compliments Of A Friend For The Ideal Graduation Present Visit Conley ' s Compliments Of A. H. Myers Grocery Bryson Theater Compliments Nehi Bottling Company “R. C. Cola—Teen-Agers’ Delight” Compliments Of Bennett ' s Compliments Of Dr. J. L. Woody Page Thirty-Seven Compliments Of Farmers Federation “The Home of Good Seed and Fertilizer” The Dress Shop “Ideal Clothes for Graduation” Kephart Tavern “The Best Cafe In Town” H. D. JACKSON, Manager The Bus Terminal Cafe JIMMY HOWSE, Manager Sossoman Furniture “Everything For The Home” Willie ' s Market and Food Store Just Lumbering Along Bryson City Coal and Lumber Co. Compliments Of Square Deal Store “A Good Place To Trade General Merchandise MRS. W. A. MITCHELL, Proprietor Page Thirty-Eight Swain Beauty Shop When You Think of Hardware . . . Think of Close ' s Compliments Of Sinclair Refining Co. Compliments Of Belk ' s Department Store Compliments Of Nantahala Power and Light Co. Bryson City, N. C. Compliments Of Slayden Fakes Compliments Of Carolina Wood Turning Co. Dent ' s Cafe “The Home of Good Meals” Southern Dairies Sealtest Ice Cream “For The Best, Feat Sealtest” Page Thirty-Nine Compliments of Mrs. Roy Beard S. P. Davis J. Allen Glenn Mrs. Maude Hunter D. R. Welch J. B. Nixon Henry J. Truett Mrs. W. C. Maness Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hyatt McKinley Edwards John Goodson Elbert Welch Freda Sandstrom Commodore Cassada Ed Whitaker Floyd Cunningham Bill Moody F. C. Patterson Mrs. Sarah E. Martin Dr. B. C. Thomasson E. R. Fisher W. R. Hatfield Mrs. Hildred Casada S. W. Black Mrs. D. R. Bryson J. R. Long Mrs. Carol Wright Page Forty