Thomasville High School - Growler Yearbook (Thomasville, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 112 of the 1953 volume:

xl f LQ.. TUE I9 51? GROCOLEQ il- A Hlld EDITOR rw I9 5' If rw Wgl ygli J' X 1 X dd P d BUSINESS MANAGER M L N DVISER Gilovxit 5 2 1 4 is ,,, 0 Published By THE GROWLER STAFF of THOMASVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Thomosvilfe, N. C, 3 FDIQEWCIQD lt is the aim and purpose of this, your i953 GROWLER, to show you a little of the wonderful life at Thomas- ville High School. To the Freshmen it's hellog to the Seniors it's good-by. For the Juniors and Sophomores it's only a reminder of what they are now enjoying. WE DEDICATE Because of your never failing helpfulness, your friendship, sincerity, unselfishness, inspiring personality, and ambitious concern for all of us at Thomasville High School we dedicate this our l953 GROWLER to you, Miss Betty Welch. 5 A4 A'v up--3 A 3, 5 V 'sy -. w if 5 1 1 Wk, Q ,.,+ M ,J-M ,,,,..,w 4 , ,WN fill ,SW K, ,wg WM ,mv-K Aman: fnnws A kb w- f W L V 1 .I ,H .. ,,.,, ,X V H mm' , 1 1 v-vmvw.f..w..i.,,,,,M,,, W. ., ,...,.,.,.,,k k HM F v A W N M, 'F M-M A f' V ' v M-.awk-1-Q.-..,-Q-,,..4.,,-.L..Mf, .V ' ' ,. ,, In , -fy-.-,...,.., M V 1 A N' 4 'ww-'fwfwwffffh vfmar-mr, , , k w lr . , mm: Vw Aww- I W 'PT Y 5 'SW Q ' U ' 'TKi, ip .- , - W.-M A M- I 3 W1 , , gm, f vwfsm-,S f :tv K K Q X A 1 fn ,S-K 1 A ' Q .5 'V , w wf- .,. A M We K A:,,,g L- .,.., - , L mm , . K 'W Y , k ,7,,,,.,L . :- Q i-MSE. , ,X W ' 7' ,fe . If, wud, fr V Mr. G. H. Arnold Superintendent Mr. W. S. Horton Principal BOARD OF EDUCATION Left to right-Dr. R. L. McDonald, Chairman, Mr. Homer Beck, Mr. Harold Harrison, Dr O. R. Hodgin, Supt. G. H. Arnold, Mr. Ernest Harrell. 7 FACULTY Miss Bette Allison Home Economics Mrs. E. C. Burrus English Mrs. Elizabeth Carter Commercial Subjects Mrs. T. J. Covington Latin Miss Vera Dixon Social Science Mr. G. M. Eargle Mathematics Miss Mildred Eaton English and Dramatics Mr. Claude R. Edwards Shop Work It must have been a good joke' FACULTY Mr. Marcus Floyd English and Social Science Mr. Ralph Gabriel Band Mrs. Joyce Gordon Bookkeeper Mrs. Lucille Hanes Secretary Miss Betty G. Harrington Physical Education Mr. Hardy Henry Drivers' Education and Physical Education Miss E. Bain Johnson English and Journalism Mr. James Lockridge Eighth Grade I, 5 , There's no place like home. J J WS, 'Vi' x its FACULTY Mr. J. C. McLain Physical Education and Commercial Subjects Mr. Lee Miller Biology Miss Laura Neece English and French Mrs. James D. Oliver Librarian Mr. Lawrence E. Paige Diversified Occupation Mrs. Jerome Rapp Eighth Grade Mr. Herman Roach, Jr Special Subjects Eighth Grade Miss Clarisse Rose Who wants to dance with me now? JO uAAmm FACULTY Mr. L. D. Shealy Physical Education and Mathematics Mr. Romulus Skaggs Eighth Grade Miss Betty Jo Smith Music Miss Virginia Smith Bible Mrs. Lydia Stronach Eighth Grade Mr. Ivan Welborn Chemistry and General Science Miss Betty Marie Welch Mathematics IB., .lt What 7 No apples 7 9 P A 4 ..W:. H ::.,2..- . 3, -: 1 wwwkwnmmwwy ,wqNH,', L whasw ? F v , , 'QE I 2 E 2 gf 5 f f , 2 Pi, L is 'K 3 2 5 2 fa i 2 K I 5 ,Yi 2 T V55 Q M ve ' 1 y 5 aw f Q will fx 9 4 3 f 2 9165 5935552 J, . If .. wimif jf. .Qin 5511 W x Q 2' mwn .. 5 ' Jigga W ifgiglin f' vsikzm w W ig? Hake Q ,iw -4 X Q. ' Miz , , Lp. 7A5i2fz223g:lU . my 1 m . sekgbgifgiilxwzkvxv a :A .1 Ark f m my Y ' -as A . ,ma 'E' ' -M 'U' .- A 'S .. - '-ff ,DA 1 rv .. 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S. boys' basket- ball team. Other events concerning our class were the election of Ruth Gray, Shirley Burrus, Sandra Jarrett, and Ann Allmond to serve as cheerleaders and the recognition gained by Charles Dickens, who won the local high school Soil Conservation speaking contest. As sophomores we became more active in work of the student council, high school publications, and clubs. Several of the class also entered into sports' activities. Nancy Stilwell was elected Miss Thomas- ville High School of l95l. Remembered most from the standpoint of studies were our first big themes on alcohol and experi- ences in biology classes. ln all aspects our busiest year came next. As juniors we at last were upperclass- men and ready to take the spotlight as student leaders. Class president was Freddy Perdue. That year members of our class were in- ducted not only into extracurricular clubs but also into the two honorary organiza- tions of the school. Officers of clubs, more cheerleaders, and majorettes were picked from this year's graduating class. FACTS and FUN received for the third time a first place rating from the Columbia Scholastic P re ss Association. Both the editor, Ann Allmond, and the business manager, Sylvia Beck, were members of our class. Climbing the ladder of success, Charles Dickens again brought honor to this class by winning first place in North Carolina in a national essay contest. On the other hand, many of our class members gained recognition in the sports' spotlight. We topped all previous sales' records during thegannual magazine drive. The year of hard work also found us busy with H l4 ISTORY the inevitable term papers. United States History class was our most remembered class. With the arrival of class rings we were recognized as a permanent part of T. H. S. Boys' and Girls' State delegates were Charles Dickens, Jimmy Johnson, Ann Holladay, and Sylvia Beck. A fitting climax to that highly success- ful year was the junior-senior prom. The theme of this highlighted affair was Moon- light and Roses. Before we realized it, we were seniorsl It was the last year for high school honors and achievement of goals. Tommy Ward was president of our class. Elected to rep- resent the seniors as D. A. R. Girl was Sylvia Beck. Other individuals gained honors on the sports' fields as notable athletes, in class- rooms as outstanding students, and in clubs and other extracurricular activities as leaders. Among activities to be remembered as seniors were the junior-senior prom, the election of superlatives, Kid's Day, and the senior play. The biggest moment in our high school careers is yet to come: gradua- tion. We also actively participated in the cele- bration of Thornasville's Centennial during our senior year. As we look back over the road traveled from unknown freshmen to senior leaders, we feel something that cannot be expressed in words. No longer do we feel inferior, but we feel secure and eager as we search for our positions in life. Now as our castles of hope near completion, we have not finished but just begun. Ann Allmond Historian . r .1 i Mascots Jack Henry Mary Elizabeth McLain SENIUIQ C ASS Officers Hazel Overcash Treasurer Tommy Word President Shirley Passmore Secretary Larry McSwain Vice-President Advisor Miss Mildred Eaton Mrs, T, J, Covington Miss Bain Johnson I5 SENIORS James Allen Photography Club l, 2, D. O. Club 4, Ann Allmond Class Secretary l, Glee Club l, 2, Library Committee l, Recreation Committee 2, 3, FACTS AND FUN Staff'2, Editor 3, Cheerleader 2, 3, 4, Tri-Hi-Y 3, 4, Quill and Scroll 3, Secretary-Treasurer 4, National Honor Society 3, Secretary 4, Alternate Marshal 4, Treasurer Student Council 4, B. P. W. Girl 4, Class Historian 4. Bobby Baity J. V, Football l, 2, J. V. Basketball l, 2, 3, Audio-Visual Club 2, 3, Photography Club 2, 3, Hi-Y 4, Basketball 47 Baseball 4. Gale Ball Reading Club l, Secretary 2, Dramatics Club l, Mills Home Band l, President 2, Mills Home Basketball l, 2, 3, 4, Photography Club 2, Secretary 3, Mills Home Cheerleader 2, 3, Glee Club 4, Mills Home Softball 4, Homeroom Secretary 4. Freda Barger Basinger Transferred from Boyden High School 4, Secretarial Club 4, Sylvia Beck Class Treasurer l, Basketball l, Glee Club l, 2, 3, State Music Festival l, 2, Health Room Committee l, Homeroom President 2, Homeroom Devotion Chairman 2, Chairman Health Room 2, FACTS AND FUN, Girls Sports Editor 2, Business Manager 3, Elections Committee 2, Delegate to Girls State 3, GROWLER Staff, Co-Art Editor 2, 4, Pub- licity Chairman Student Council 4, D. A. R, Good Citizen 4, National Honor Society 3, Publicity Chairman 4, Quill and Scroll 3, Vice-Presi- dent 4, Marshal 4, Monogram Club 2, 3, 4, B. P. W. Girl 4, Library Ass'ts Club 4. Sis Berrier Tri-Hi-Y Sergeant-at-Arms l, 2, Program Chairman 3, First Aid and Safety Club I, Sportsmanship and Service Club 2, FACTS AND FUN Staff 2, 3, Co-Chairman Recreation Committee 2, Co'Choirman De- votions Committee 3, Treasurer Future Teachers Club 3, Chairman Points Committee 4, Office Club 4, Glee Club 4. Betty Sue Blackburn Mills Home Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, Homeroom President 3, Mills Home Basketball l, 2, 3, 4, Mills Home Softball 2, 3, 4. Bill Blair Junior High Basketball I5 D. O. Club 4. Nancy Bland Sportsmanship and Service Club I5 Secretarial Club 4. Edith Bowman Glee Club l, 2, 35 Winner W. C. T. U. Award 25 Homeroom Treasurer 35 Tri-Hi-Y 35 Student Council 3, 45 Chairman Indoor Traffic Com- mittee 35 Chairman Clubs Committee 45 Homeroom Vice-President 45 Marshal 45 B. P. W. Girl 45 National Honor Society 45 Superlative 4. James Bowman Hi-Y l, 25 Debating Club 2, 45 Secretary and Treasurer 35 Boys Sanl- tation Committee 35 School Beautiful Committee 35 Outside Patrol Committee 25 FACTS AND FUN 45 Masque and Gavel 45 Jr. Rotarian 4 Nell Boyles Glee Club l, 2, 35 Homeroom Treasurer 45 Secretarial Club 4. Edgar Branch Mills Home Football l, 2, 3, 45 Mills Home Baseball 2, 3, 45 Mills Home Basketball 3, 4. Eugene Briles Arts and Crafts Club l5 Photography Club 25 Audio-Visual Club 35 D. O. Club 4. Bill Bruton Hi-Y I5 Audio Visual Club 3, 45 Basketball 4. Frances Buckner Tri-Hi-Y'l5 Dramatics Club l, 25 Library Club 35 Bible Club 3. Shirley Burrus Glee Club l, 3, Secretary 2, Librarian 45 Mixed Quartet 2, 35 Delegate to Music Festival l, 2, 35 Homeroom Vice-President l, 25 FACTS AND FUN Staff 25 F. H. A. Club Reporter l, Historian 25 Cheerleader 2, 3, 45 Sportsmanship and Service Club 25 Ca-Chairman Attendance Committee 35 Co-Chairman Inter-Scholastic and Public Relations Com- mittee 45 GROWLER Staff 3, 45 Quill and Scroll 3, President 45 Marshal 45 National Honor Society 3, Vice-President 45 Monogram Club 3, 45 Girls Trio 45 B, P. W. Girl 4. ' SENIORS I7 SENIORS Jeannine Byerly Dramatics Club l, President 2, Tri-Hi-Y Club 2, Library Club 3, 4, Vice-President, Senior Dramatics 4, Student Council 3, 4, Chairman of Library Committee 3, 4, Linda Clodfelter Secretary-Treasurer ot Homeroom I, Glee Club l, 2, 3, Delegate to State Festival Chorus I, 3, Basketball l, 2, 3, 4, Co-Captain, Mono- gram Club 2, 3, 4, F.H.A. l, Parliamentarian, Secretary 2, GROWLER Staff 3, 4, Co-Chairman Decoration Committee of Jr,-Sr. Prom 3, Co-Chairman of Christmas Dance 3, 4, Student Council 3, 4, Co- Chairman of Clubs Committee 3, Chairman of School Beautiful Com- mittee 4, Secretarial Club 4, Program Chairman, Marshal 4, Quill and Scroll 4, National Honor Society 4. Joe Connell Basketball I, 2, 3, 4, Baseball l, 2, 3, 4, Football l, 2, 3, Co-Captain 4, First Aid and Safety Club I, 4, Vice-President 3, Audio-Visual Club l, Vice-President 3, Glee Club 2, Monogram Club 2, 3, 4, Vice-Presi- dent Jr.-Sr. Dramatics Club 4, Superlative 4. Edgar Cranford Debating Club l, 2, Vice-President 3, Glee Club 2, 4, Football 2, 3, 4, Band l, 2, 3, 4, Vice-President, Student Council 4, Captain of Outside Patrol. Faye Crafts Future Teachers of America Club 3, Bible Club 3, D.O. Club 4. Barbara Culp . Band I, 2, 3, 4, Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, Future Teachers Club 3, Glee Club 4. Buddy Davis Arts and Crafts Club l, Secretary, Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Secretary of Homeroom 3. Charles Dickens 'Debating Club I, 2, Vice-President 3, President 4, Recreational Read- ing Club l, Vice-President, Green Pastures Contest Winner l, Home- room Devotions Chairman 2, 4, Hi-Y Club 2, Chaplain, GROWLER Staff 2, Elections Committee of Student Council 2, Boys' State Del- egate 3, Mosque and Gavel Society 3, 4, FACTS AND FUN Staff 4, National Honor Society 3, President 4, NEPH Essay Contest Winner 3, WCTU Essay Contest Winner 3, Green Pastures Public Speaking Contest Winner 3, Chief Marshal 4, Lion-of-the-Month 4, Junior Rotarian 4, Student Council 4, Superlative 4. Doyle Duke Audio-Visual Club l, Student Council 3, Co-Chairman Auditorium Committee 3. Jack Foster Hi-Y l, Band i, 2, 3, Homeroam Treasurer 2, Photography Club 2. Donald Foust Mills Home Football l, 2, 3, 4, Mills Home Baseball l, 2, 3, Library Club 4, Class Poet 4. Betty Rose Franks Dramatics Club l, Tri-Hi-Y l, 2, Co-Chairman Publicity Committee 3, Vice-President 4, Recreation Committee 2, Future Teachers Club 3, 4, Manager Girls' Basketball 3, FACTS AND FUN 3, Exchange Editor 4, Bible Club 4, Monogram Club 4, Quill and Scroll 4. Doris Gallimore Library Club l, 2, 4, Secretary 2, Basketball l, 2, First Aid and Safety Club Treasurer 3, Vice-President Hobby Club 4, Bible Club 4. Jackie Garner Glee Club l, Library Club 2, D.O. Club 4, Didn't come to school be- cause ot sickness 3. Pal' Garner Glee Club l, 2, 3, F.H.A. Club i, 2, Hobby Club 4, Library Club 4, Bible Club 4. Carol Jean Gordy F.H.A. Club l, 2, Historian 3, President 4, Secretarial Club 4, Mills Home Cheerleader l, 2, 3, Chief 4, Superlative 4. Betty Gray Band I, President 2, Mills Home Basketball l, 2, 3, 4, Library Club l, 2, Bible Club 4, Secretarial Club 4, F.H.A. Club 4. Ruth Gray Glee Club l, Homeroam Vice-President 2, Cheerleader 2, 3, Chief 4, Pep Club 2, Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, Homeroam Treasurer 3, Recreation Committee 3, Sanitation Committee 3, Monogram Club 3, 4, President Future Teachers Club 4, First Aid and Safety Club 4. SENIORS i9 Jimmy Hampton First Aid and Safety Club l, 2, 35 Midget Basketball l, 25 Bible Club 35 D.O. Club 4. Grant Harris J. V. Football l5 Band l, 2, 3, 45 First Aid and Safety I, 25 Varsity Football 2, 3, 45 Glee Club 3, 45 Chairman Auditorium Committee 45 Student Council 45 Monogram Cub 4, Patrol Boy l, 2, 3. Tommy Harris Patrol Boy l5 J. V. Football l5 J. V. Basketball l, 2, 3, 45 Midget Basketball I5 Audio-Visual Club l5 Hi-Y Club 2, Sergeant-at-Arms 35 Sanitation Committee 25 Photography Club 2, 35 Football 3, 45 D.O. Club 4. Buddy Harrison President Homeroom l, 25 Library Club I5 Sergeant-at-Arms of Stu- dent Council 25 Hi-Y 25 Photography Cub 25 Ass't. Mgr. Student Store 3: Mgr. 45 J. V. Basketball 45 Superlative 4. Bob Hartman J. V. Football l5 J. V. Basketball l, 25 Monogram Club 2, 3, 45 Foot- ball 2, 3, Co-Captain 45 Baseball 3, 45 Basketball 3, 45 First Aid and Safety Club President 3, Vice-President 45 Photography Club 3, 45 Homeroom President 4. Peggy Hartsell Basketball l, 2, 35 F.H.A. Club I5 Library Club l5 Tri-Hi-Y Club 2, 3, Secretary 45 Vice-President Dramatics Club 25 Future Teachers Club 1, Historian 35 Homeroom Vice-President 45 Bible Club 45 Superlative Melvin Hilton Glee Club 2, 3, 45 Audio-Visual Club l5 Mgr. Basketball 25 Monogram Club 3, 45 Band 45 Co-Chairman Lost and Found Committee 2, 3, 4. Ann Holladay Glee Club l, 2, 35 Delegate to Music Festival l, 25 Homeroom Secre- tary I5 Reporter F.H,A. Club l, Vice-President 25 Homeroom Treas- urer 25 FACTS AND FUN Staff 25 Auditorium Committee 2, Chair- man 35 Basketball 2, 3, 45 Maiorette 3, Chief 45 Monogram Club 3, 45 Delegate to Girls State 35 Treasurer of GROWLER 3, Editor 45 Student Council 45 Secretarial Club 45 Secretary of Homeroom 45 Marshal 45 Quill and Scroll 45 National Honor Society 45 B. P. W. Girl 45 Superlative 4. Ellen Hooks First Aid and Safety l, 3, Secretary 25 Vice-President International Relations Club 45 Mills Home Band l, 2. Betty Jean Howard Tri-Hi-Y 3, Treasurer l, Chairman Recreation Committee 25 FACTS AND FUN Staff 35 Future Teachers Club 35 Bible Club 45 Treasurer Jr.-Sr. Dramatics Club 45 Co-Chairman Elections Committee 45 Recrea- tion Committee5 Office Committee 45 Superlative 4. , SVENIORS 20 Jeanette Hughes Basketball l, 4, Glee Club l, F.H.A. I, Library Club 2, 3, 4, Hobby Club 4, Bible Club. Sandra Jarrett F.H.A. Club l, 2, Dramatics, Treasurer l, Library Committee l, 2, Cheerleader 2, 3, 4, Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, Treasurer 4, Indoor Traffic Com- mittee 3, Sportsmanship and Service Club 2, Monogram Club 3, 4. Jimmy Johnson Class President l, Patrol Boy l, 2, 3, First Aid and Safety Club l, 4, Audio-Visual Club l, Reading Club l, Class Treasurer 2, 3, Photog- raphy Club 2, Delegate to Boys State 3, Vice-President Student Council 3, President 4, Monogram Club 3, 4, Football 3, 4, Baseball 3, 4, Basketball 4, National Honor Society 4, Jr. Rotarian 4, Lion- of-the-Month 4, Superlative 4. Diana Jones F. H. A. Club l, Freshman Dramatics Club l, Secretary, Student Coun- cil 2, 3, 4, Attendance Committee 2, Chairman of Recreation Com- mittee 3, FACTS AND FUN 3, Editor 4, Tri-Hi-Y Club 2, Sergeant-at- Arms 3, Cheerleader 3, 4, Homeroom Secretary 3, National Honor Society 3, Treasurer 4, Quill and Scroll 4, Marshal 4, Glee Club 4, Girls Trio 4. Hoxie Jones Arts and Crafts Club l Hobby Club 2, Vice-President, Boys First Aid and Safety Club 2, Sanitation Committee 2, Outside Patrol 2, Lieuten- ant 3, 4, Midget Basketball 3, Photography Club 3, President, Bible Cfub 3, Library Club 3, GROWLER Staff 4, Co-Art Editor, Auditorium Committee 4, Football Manager 4, Glec Club 4. Sue Kanoy Basketball l, 3, Co-Captain 2, 4, First Aid and Safety Club 2, 3, Sportsmanship and Service Club 2, Monogram Club 2, 3, 4, Flag Bcarcr 3, 4, Secretarial Club 4, Homeroom Treasurer 4, Superlativc 4. Evelyn Kornegay Mills Home Band l, Secretary 2, F.H.A. Club l, 2, Mills Home Basket- ball l, 2, 3, Co-Captain 4, Bible Club 4, Gllce Club 4. I Bill Ledbetter Mills'Home Football 2, 3, 4, Mills Home Baseball 3, 4, International Relations Club 4, President, Delegate to Boys State. diy. vi , .. 1- , . - fl SENIORS 4i.l.i Margaret Little F.H,A. Club l, 2, Secretarial Club 4, Bible Club 4, Superlative 4. David Long ibrary C l, 2, Homeroom Devotions Chairman l, Band l, 2, 3, Student Council, Co-Chairman Library Committee 2, Co-Chairman Pop- corn Committee 2, 3, 4, Hi-Y Club 2, 3, Delegate to Hi-Y Congress 2, Baseball 2, 3, 4, Basketball 4, Football 4, First Aid arid Safety Club 4, Photography Club 4, Monogram Club 4, GROWLER Staff 4, Jr. Rotarian 4. Luna Gray Lyndon Freshman Dramatics Club l, Sportsmanship and Service Club 2, Bible Club 3, Treasurer D.O. Club 4, David Lee McSwain Football 2, 3, 4, First Aid and Safety Club 2, Secretary and Treasurer 3, 4, Photography Club 4, Vice-President 3, Superlative 4. Larry McSwain Hi-Y I, 2, 4, Reporter 3, Audio-Visual Club l, Photography Club 2, 3, President of Homeroom 3, 4, Class Vice-President 4, Superlative 4, Mary Ruth Morris Dramatics l, 2, Library Club 2, 3, 4, First Aid and Safety Club 3, Hobby Club 4. Bradford Myers First Aid and Safety Club l, D.O. Club 3, 4, Superlative 4. Nancy Myers Glee Club l, 2, 4, Secretary 3, Girl's Trio 2, 3, 4, Delegate to Music Festival l, 2, 3, F.H.A. Club l, 2, Cheerleader 3, 4, School Beautiful Committee 3, 4, Recreation Committee 3, 4, Homeroom Vice-President 3, National Honor Society 4, GROWLER Staff 4. Nell Newby Glee Club l, 2, President and Accompanist 3, 4, F.H.A. Club l, Presi- dent 2, Delegate to Music Festival I, 2, 3, Vice-President of Home- room l, Treasurer 2, Class Vice-President 2, 3, Music Committee 2, 4, Chairman 3, National Honor Society 3, 4, Delegate to N. H. S. Convention, Secretary of Student Council 4, Office Committee 4, B. P. W. Girl 4, Class Testator 4, Superlative 4. Hazel Overcash Basketball l, 2, 4, Co-Captain 3, First Aid and Safety l, 2, Vice- President 3, Monogram Club l, Secretary and Treasurer 2, Secretary 3, 4, Class Secretary 2, Homeroom Secretary 2, Class Treasurer 4, Homeroom Treasurer 4, Vice-President Secretarial Club 4. SENIORS 22 James Parker Mills Home Football l, 2, 3, Co-Captain 4, Mills Home Basketball l, Captain 4, Mills Home Baseball l, 2, 4, International Relations 2, 3, Club 4, l-lomeroom President 4. Shirley Passmore Mills Home Basketball l, 2, F.H.A. l, 2, Historian 4, Mills Home Band l, 2, 3, Mills Home Cheerleader 2, 3, Secretarial Club, Secretary 4, Class Secretary 4. Freddy Perdue Homeroom President l, 2, Recreational Reading Club l, Audio-Visual Club l, Outside Patrol l, 2, Lieutenant 3, 4, First Aid and Safety Club 2, Photography Club 2, 3, Class President 3, Hi-Y Club, Pro- gram Chairman 3, Secretary 4, Co-Chairman Decoration Committee for Jr.-Sr. Prom, Junior Varsity Basketball 3, 4, Student Council 3, 4, GROWLER Staff, Business Manager 4, Quill and Scroll, Cub Lion 4, Becky Pollock F,H,A. l, Glee Club l, 2, Student Council 3, 4, Co-Chairman of School Beautiful Committee 3, Chairman of Grounds Committee 4, Maiorette 3 4 Tri Hi Y 3 4 f i f - Bette Prestwood F.H.A. Club l, 2, Vice-President 4, Bible Club 4, Secretarial Club 4. Edna Pritchett F.H.A. l, Bible Club 2, Dramatics Club 3, International Relations Club 3, Majorcttc 3, 4, Tri-l-li-Y 4. Glenda Rumple Tri-Hi-Y l, 3, Program Chairman 2, Homeraom Devotion Chairman i, 2, 3, Sanitation Committee 2, Sportsmanship and Service Club 2, Chairman Office Committee 3, 4, President Secretarial Club 3, 4, School Beautiful Committee 3, Jr.-Sr. Dramatics Club 4. Bob Segers Homeroom Vice-President l, Glee Club 3, D.O. Club 4. SENIORS Vann Sherrill Vice-President of Homeroom l, President of Homeroom 2, 3, Outside Patrol l, 2, Sanitation Committee l, 2, Audio-Visual Club 2, Photog- raphy Club 2, D.O. Club 3, President 4. Gerald Smith Mills Home Football 3, 4, Mills Home Baseball 3, 4, Mills Home Basketball 3, 4, D.O. Club 3, International Relations Club 4. G. W. Sowers Midget Basketball I, 2, Junior Varsity Football 2, 3, 4, Junior Varsity Basketball 3, 4, Baseball 2, 3, 4, First Aid and Safety Club 4, Photog- raphy Club 4. Odell Spainhour Audio-Visual Club l, Junior Varsity Football l, Junior Varsity Basket- ball l, Photography Club 2, 3, Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Student' Council 2, 3, 4, Dramatics Club 4, Visual Education Club 4. Emmett Sparks Arts and Cratts Club l, Vice-President, D,O. Club, Vice-President 4. Nancy Stilwell Basketball 2, 3, Sportsmanship Trophy 2, Secretary ot Lost and Found Committee 2, Glee Club 2, Class Secretary 3, Student Council 2, 3, 4, Chairman of Grounds Committee 3, Chairman of Recreation Com- mittee 4, Monogram Club 3, 4, Maiorette 3, Drum Majorette 4, Senior Superlative 4, Tri-Hi-Y 3, President 4. Dorothy Thrift First Aid and Safety Club l, 2, D.O. Club 4, Shirley Todd Glee Club l, F.H.A. Club l, Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, Future Teachers Club Treasurer 2, Vice-President and Program Chairman 3, Library Com- mittee 3, Future Teachers Club 3, 4, Homeroom Secretary 2, Secre- tarial Club 4, State Library Association 4. , .,,,, A Shirley Toppings Mills Home Cheerleader l, 2, Library Club l, Piano l, 2, 3, 4, Glec Club 4, Bible Club 4. Roselle Voyles Tri-Hi-Y 2, 3, Chaplain 4, Future Teachers Club Vice-President 3, Historian 2, 4, Library Committee 2, 3, l-lomeroom Treasurer 3, Home- room Secretary 4, Alternate Marshal 4. Pol' Ward Glee Club 2, 3, Futurc Teachers Club 4, Secretarial Club 4. Tommy Ward Homeroom President l, Audio-Visual Club l, Class President 2, Hi-Y 2, Treasurer 3, Vice-President 4, Photography Club 3, Reporter 2, Horneroom Vice-President 3, Sanitation Committee 3, Class President 4, Student Council 2, Co-Chairman Elections Committee 3, Recreation Committee 4, Lion-of the-Month 4, Jr. Rotarian 4. Betty Connell Wells Tri-Hi-Y 3, J. V. Basketball l, 2, Hameroom Secretary lg l-lomcroom Treasurer 2, Booster's Club l, 2, Varsity Basketball 3, F.H.A, Club President 3, Homeroom President 4, Superlative 4, D.O. Club 4. Charles Whichard Jr. High Football l, D.O. Club 3, Varsity Football 4. Jeanette Wilson Glce Club l, Secretarial Club 4, Photograhpy Club 4, Superlativc 4. Ferne Yarborough F.l l.A. Club l, First Aid and Safety Club 2, D.O. Club 4. ASS I3 The time has come for us to part, From things so dear to our heart. The best of times we have known, ln a scholarly way we have grown. We the graduates ot nineteen titty three, The best of students we have tried to be. We all may not have met with success, But we have done our level best. Some of us will go on to college, To gather up a little more knowledge. The rest of us will stay around, To make the citizens of our town. Thomasville High's classrooms and halls, They no more will hear our noise and calls. But there will be those to take our places, They'll be the same type, but won't have our faces. We all have had fine teachers and advisors, They have made many of us much the wiser. We owe to them a lot of praise, They will be remembered the rest of our days. So as we seniors close our high school careers, To Thomasville High we give nothing but cheers. And we hope that those who advance in the ranks, Will leave to Thomasville High nothing but thanks. Donald Foust Class Poet 26 ni 62 ,1 , W, , - .. - V ' :?: 1 SJC-Ialc .Sy lj 2?JFf2d'd2f foe:-:ive P08 vig gm, ,mc Symkv IZ, 81' fl Signf 41-5J8col, Paflgw 62300425 MJ f,,1,m Jowfmuv 3004-vzv llvllnd .y - , UJNAWCI Blfmfly I? 00,13 g'Mm '5 ld! HBH, Ka3Q Frlhffj' U1-7 Shirley .Dam man: 02, 5.5: 31zrrfer f 3,f:y8RfYfYlhI1 gfevf, egg Inky duff! mow, JJQ Z,-by JA Clmffe lufgy ,gg Nc ll H7125 'S 617i flung Jonas flfj 7fammf'e MHVVFS f,ffiy.5' fads Hemi' 52.91 gfefvffn Rwhffe gp!! Donald fdzugf gg, Freda Ensmqef fag 1347111-f Cmnff:-rl df! 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THIRD ROW-Donald Coker, Richard Conrad, lmogene Crisp, Sybil Davis, Jonice Dickens, Marion Dickens. FOURTH ROW-Bertha Dunlop, Ronnie Fair, Robert Farrington, Lee Ferrell, Dovid Fitz- gerald, Jeanette Flippin. 31 ,KJ .lm Jill' , -r' -up .M- JUNIORS FIRST ROW-Barbara Fisbee, John Frizzell, Hilda Gallimore, Bill Garrett, Imogene Gar- rett, Caroline Green. SECOND ROW-Jewel Grubb, Pat Hall, Noris Hawks, Bruce Hayes, Claiborne Hill, Iris Hinkle. THIRD ROW-'Sybil Hinkle, Cateen Hodgin, Gaynell Hopkins, Nancy Hoyle, Dorothy Hoffman, Dorothy Huffman. FOURTH ROW-Frank Huggins, Mary Frances Hughes, Wilma Hughes, Cliff Hunt, Mary Hunt, Patty Sue Jarrett. 32 9 as T f ., 3. -+ A f , 1 .,,,...s 2?- ig K- E at 5, 'M , .as .Ia J --if 1 Q' Ni' 'wi' bi K I x X 3 X,-...avr at ati' JUNIORS FIRST ROW-Royal Jarvis, Ann Jester, Kathryn Jane Jones, Ronald Kenerly, Jerry Kirk- man, Ethel Lassiter. SECOND ROW-Mary .lane Leach, Bonnie Ledwell, Steve Leonard, Benny Loftin, Betty Lord, Betty Jean Luther. THIRD ROW-Dale McDonald, Donald McCarson, Peggy Malloy, Tommy Marlowe, Frank Murr, Charles Myers. FOURTH ROW-David Myers, Pat Myers, Yvonna Oakley, Shirley Parrish, Mary Alice Patton, Jimmy Perry. 33 mil JUNIORS FIRST ROW--Alvernon Pierce, Evelyn Pierce, Imogene Poole, Jimmy Prevo, Clotene Price, Jackie Primm. SECOND ROW-Dorrell Pritchett, Katherine Pritchett, Pete Rutherford, Gary Sherrill, Betty Shirley, Carroll Shore. THIRD ROW-Randle Shuler, Mono Jo Siler, Bobby Stevenson, Betty Stitchcomb, Bobby Stitchcornb, Joe Stone. FOURTH ROW-I-fNi1ncy Stone, Jimmy Teague, Virginia Walker, Janice Wolters, Herbert Warner, Edgar Wells. ' 34 'iffffsigw T JUNIORS- FIRST ROW-Richard Westmoreland, Ethel Wheeler, Eileen Williams, Joyce Williams Jimmy Williamson, Joyce Woodard. SECOND ROW-Don Workman, Charles Yokley, Richard York, Harold Younts. 35 Martha Allen Carol Batten Polly Ann Beck Charles Boyd ' an 1 , f SOPHOMORES Cladis Bradshaw Elizabeth Bray Nancy Bray Patsy Burke Margaret Buckner James Byrd Carolyn Callicutt Sylvia Carter James Clark Nancy Cranford Shelby Cranford Joanne Craver Virginia Crisp Rose Davidson Judy Davis Robert Davis Mickey Deese Maxie Doby Annette Dunning Curtis Fields Bill Fax Gladys Fox Joe Don Gallimore Richard Garris Stanley Goble Joyce Gordon patricia Hall Norman Halton Louise Hamilton Pat Harvey Jimmy Harris his Is 'kr Sw .2 . K ' . , Q X X fain? - , .un H Lp . ,. t ..,,, ,A-- 5 W .' 4. J 5 A 5 2 L f N A if 'ig : i wi t.... . ,... sb .C we Fi 't nw. Hs. 2 +21 f .-,f, .f ' ' N v SOPHOMORES Phyllis Harris Donald Hauser Carolyn Hawkins Helen Heath Bunny Hill Harriet Hilton Mike Hipps Donease Holmes Ann Howell Eve Hoover Bud Hughes Harold Hunt Barbara Jackson Dolly Jackson Barbara Jarrell Barbara Jarrett Jo Jenkins Molly Johnson Aaron Jones Haroldeen Jordan Emma Rue Kanoy Nancy Kennedy Patsy Kidd Sylvia Lacky Clay Lambeth Eddie Lassiter Jack Ledbetter Jimmy Legans Ruth Little Sylvia Livengood Jimmy Loftin Harold Lomax Tommy Long Austin Lookabill Gary Lopp SOPHOMORES Gwen Maness Jack Merrile Jerry Myers Lynda Myers Donniese McCars3n Frank McMillan Regina Passmore Betty Payne Patsy Phillips Jackie Pierce Billy Poole Billie Rae Pleasant Reggie Prevatte Sylvia Prevost Charles Rankin Jim Roper Henry Rapp Franklin Rhodes Robert Rickard Mary Reid Suzanne Rodgers Patsy Rudidiii Shirley Russell Louise Shaw Jeanne Sherrill Sylvia Shirley Palsy Smith Gary Smith Alice Summey Julius Tomlinson Leonard Terrell Emily Tesh Doris Todd Peggy Vaughn Martha Wall mi I N Z SOPHOMORES Jackie Wells Jim Wilder Louise Willicimgon Mortlio Wilson Imogene Yokely Woodrow Younis Glen Young 40 A f:', . I X. L A H '-iw, K g y ,wk 9 M i , .. tx, I so I L 4-If '- ' L fi I ' ' -f-3 I 4 l if vi I 5, A is g nv., yf,-54, E I Al 5: : 1, in X I I L v - 1 , .ff 'Q,. I h.QiQ i ii Xmkx L W xii , F T' Fu ' ,. 'L Kula, xiii se w. .ggi qi . M Mf g, N I i ,X V ' ,H i ' Z K : 1 - Iri e., I LN I 3 I 2 t t, Q' Ln. A l' tts , c I , I W yg V, , y L' L qw r by ,I A so L 1 Q ' f u ll- i ,gh if L I I i gg, ig l f : J, 1 ,K K r l on I V41 in ,. IV -, 5 Lai L., L A - Y A - V i - ,. :-' T., ,x l sw ' N , V , A' I he ' L. Qefk., A 'I il I FRESHMEN FIRST ROW-Martha Lou Aldridge, Edwin Anthony, Martha Gene Arnold, Coral Beal, Ted Beck, Shelby Jean Bennick, Peggy Ann Bentley, Jerry Blair. SECOND ROW-Darrell Blake, Betty Boyd, Barbara Bray, Rusalina Briles, Gerald Bryant, Fannie Jane Bur- ton, Leroy Byrd, Barbara Ann Carmichael. THIRD ROW-Allen Carroll, Irma Childers, Steve Craver, Faye Clodtelter, Michael Clodfelter, Clyde Cor- nelison, Lillian Ann Covington, Dalton Cranford. FOURTH ROW-Ruby Craven, Annette Crosby, Johnny Davis, Linda Grey Deese, Janet Dickens, Ronald Dorsett, Geraldine Draughn, James Durham. FIFTH ROW-Jimmy Earnhardt, Carolyn Edwards, Jack Elliott, Vickey Elliott, Marie Everhart, Mary Ever- hart, Martha Lee Finch, Mary Hanna Finch. SIXTH ROW-Harold Fitzgerald, Frances Viola Frye, Wadine Gallimore, Ronald Garris, Peggy Goins, Hazel Green, Gary Grubb, Frank Halker. 4I Sky I 4.1 ' Wwf H we , ,, , ,V , If in K QF' , : . M91- we ,YW WEE f--f:' 55' 'mg H-F Q ! ix' ,b tt f 5 . '5 , K LX ',. I . mx I 'i 3 Y its ka I I 2 : I ' 5, 1-, 'fi-we M... r li E v'A' 1 'P-ff , E ff ii my K k .. '-- I I. . I ' J i t f L I li I I I it FIRST ROW-Dorothy Hampton, Connie Harrison, Charles Hartman, Jean Hayes, Ellis Hege, Daneze Hill, Joan Hill, Betty Hinlcle. SECOND ROW-Rachel Huggins, Mack Humphries, Pauline Hunt, Wayne Hunt, Carol Ann Jarrett, Anita Jarrett, Carolyn Johnson, Wayne Jordan. THIRD ROW-Nancy Kirkman, Leonard Kornegay, Dean Lambeth, Bobby Luclwick, James Malloy, Marvin Manuel, Davis Martin, George McCall. FOURTH ROW-Carolyn McCarson, Connie McCaskill, Allen McRae, Earnest Money, Patricia Motley, Betty Jean Mull, Phil Musslewhite, Sammy Myers. FIFTH ROW-Tommy Myers, Patsy Owen, Mary Charles Painter, Grace Panther, Carlyle Patterson, Phyllis Patton, Ray Perry, Bill Poe. 42 ,t ,v,.., . JT t lbv jkg 9? V lf- it l- 1 t sk T T aa . -' ii i .S ' ,x S l l . .et H y ' I l K - ,WN I K Y I sv I ,.g A,.-vV-: A l t r X 1 is ... i t T 4 .. T Q y g ie- I I: -1-3' g T C , it g - A-if '-K+ - : , ne w . V 1 .7 KN -fx its -1 Q 5 , X M, A no gt y by g D l:,? g gf, -Q, 'iff 5 5,73 . wc..,5t Ee: t wg:-fr, J t i X , T , r :i, I N X A FRESHMEN FIRST ROW--Janie Dale Poole, C. A. Pope, Yvonne Prevatte, Patricia Price, Barbara Dale Rodgers, Dorcus Rothrock, Patricia Rutherford, Tony Rumple. Q SECOND ROW-Barbara Sarirs, Lavon Saunders, Hazel Scroggs, William Shoemaker, Joyce Shuler, Gaye Sills, Bill Skaggs, Bonnie Stanley. THIRD ROW-David Stallings, William Steed, Freddy Still, Jerry Streetman, Edna Smith, Gail Smith, Kirk Smith, Lester Smith. FOURTH ROW-Clark Snyder, Vikke Teague, Pansy Tobin, Larry Tysinger, Dickey Vincent, Charles Robert Walker, Sue Warner, Mary Alice Wheeler. FIFTH ROW-Martha Whitaker, John Whitley, Don Wilder, Harry Williamson, Darlene Wilson, Nancy York, Paul York. 43 9 i ,fa L viii -',., , i 5 1 - errr ff A ' , N 5 K 'N 2 i i i EV Q V - N M 5 W 9 W J I K 4' rr-by f l , junior high first row-betty lou allen, barbara allred, barbara amberson, ima jean ammons, violet ammons, shirley bateman, bobby beck, nancy beck. - second row-michael biggs, loretta bland, jimmy bodie, benny bowers, darrell boyd, betty bradshaw, hoyt bray, linda briggs. third row-loretta bryant, shirley burke, pansy cagle, linda carter, w. f. christian, larry clodfelter, ann coffee, kenneth Coker. ' fourth row-pauline combs, darold cranford, deloris davis, dixie dew, ralph eanes, marvin eargle, sherrill everhart, wayne everhart. fifth row-sue fincannon, steve floyd, william fore, Shelby foust, peggy fowler, donald freeman, loretta gant, clay gibbs. ' sixth row-jean gallimore, eleanor gray, hal green, hoyle grubb, jay gruzdis, annette hall, velton hall, marilyn halton. 44 5, K ,. , sy' W, 4 Q ,-,: yy J or f :lz it t x f h , P a. s -se to rf TE rsr, A it H ,SR MW QP L M ,Vi .l.3.k Q N X iii his -- A K V A V 1. i A I 3 K .fm W fi if J . i ii!! MW. Q.. it 'Lv Q 11 , 'rf is 'fri' he F Q , tr: N f S - 'it .ds . K I 1 WA ' i K .V : - .- 5 Q S F . 'Eff' 'X' Q: to 'gli' , ' f- tr' ' ' f Q ,t - if 'f ci N gvkz: 'x ' ' ii' junior high first row-johnny hamilton, james hargett, peggy harris, shirleue harbell, viola hauser, violet hauser, mabel hegler, bobby hausley. second row-ba rba ra hill, hunt, martha hunt. third row-sylvia hussey, douglas hill, runell hinkle, cyrette holiday, david howard, charles hughes, billy shirley james, darleen jarringan, charles jones, judith kenerly, doris kennedy, robert kindley, jerry leonard. fourth row-barbara litt kay myers, dale myers. fifth row-morris motley, rankin, gloria rollins. sixth row-penny shew, le, carol ann mccarn, bobby mcguire, gloria mclain, paul merrill, bonnie myers, david mullis, wayne pace, marie phillips, jerry poole, shirley randolph, richard jimmy shirley, linda shoemaker, elizabeth smathers, Camilla smith, patsy smith, wayne sowers, patty spencer. 45 .fr , l . aa rr l r a r- , V, ,..,. .. X L ,, nl R V V ' ag A N V In A Q E . . I H . :ag H ,S If . Q M o ,. m - K A ? Q ' ..q 1 , Y :E. :,, .,'::: ? .,,,V, 'A W junior high first row--barbara stuart, martha stewart, roberta thompson, syvada tresky, j. r. troxer, mary Underwood, betty waddell, sandra welch. second row-gene Whitten, dorothy williams, edith ann williams, joyce wilson, donald woodland, margaret Workman, margaret wright. 46 ACTIVITIE W f M R 4 RTM 7 M X ff ' A ,Y OL'96w , gp. 'P f .1 T. . K A Lf L 4' AW'- v 1 ' 9' x 142K X . Y' ,A N Q A? o 40 1? 'rl g o f?Q,l, 0 K'-X Alsfv' X V V W x ,Il ll ,I 427' 1 if , ' , l'5z-'Q' - 7 C Ley, ' fy W35Nx' K ' Aiyfayaftxu h Aix? f'1 xx . Y ' ,- f1Z'x pg1!.,, f5.4w,94a,: 9 My wygc .AM1 N , 4, 11 4: ,f s2,+'y1Wr'f4.-'V .vi ,.n, , R5cg.gfQe,r,fj S xy' 391526 v N ' ' I : Ws'?fsf.W'Z1?T5'o f X QAM 5!:.g,g.,q51f3g,,G3,s M Wflfw , 4'..'Q+.'wcv-'-:'V:f.'+t VWLiae2fa?5??q2QW-fQ'e5w'-2131mf Kr,-nib'.5w'7' ff ' N .14 -2, ,qi-ef -'. ' 'N Y -f ' L 'Qvft' f 411 I x- ,gh .I x ',- 4 ,WWW 1 A0: 4g4yJ - 0. 'I H ' lxeg 1.-5 .1-:jf s 5, 959 XV 9-1 I - ' ,X Q4 9. X I if '-W'f,lv 27 U 1 n N ' lx l Q. I I E : , 5 V h , OFFICERS FIRST ROW, left to right-Nell Newby, Secretary, Ann Allmond, Treasurer SECOND ROW-Gary Sherrill, Vice-President, Mrs. T, J. Covington, Ad visor, Jimmy Prevo, Sergeant-at-Arms, PRESIDENT Jimmy Johnson STUDENT COUNCIL FIRST ROW, left to right-iAnn Allmond, Nell Newby, Gary Sherrill, Jim Johnson. SECOND ROW+ Ann Holladay, Sis Berrier, Becky Pollock, Sylvia Beck, Glenda Rumple, Nancy Stilwell, Linda Clod- felter. THIRD ROW-Sybil Hinkle, Pat Hall, Ann Jester, Janie Dale Poole, Harriet Hilton, Jeanne Sher- rill, Emma Rue Kanoy, Edith Bowman, Ruth Gray. FOURTH ROW-Diana Jones, Mary Jane Leach, Cateen Hodgin, Marian Dickens, Betty,Lord, Melvin Hilton, Odell Spainhour, Jimmy Teague, Bobby Steveson, Jimmy Prevo, FIFTH ROW-Benny Loftin, Freddy Perdue, Charles Dickens, Shirley Burrus, Betty Howard, Jackie Primm, David Myers, Curtis Fields, Richard York, Bob Boyles, Grant Harris. SIXTH ROW--Mr. Lee Miller, jr. advisor, Mrs. T, J, Covington, sr. advisor, Jimmy Loftin, Tommy Ward, Bill Fox, David Long, Buddy Harrison, Lee Ferrell, Edgar Cranford, 48 LEFT TO RlGHT4Ann Allmond, first alternate, Rosella Voyles, second alternate Edith Bowman, Linda Clodfelter, Ann Holladay, Shirley Burrus, Diana Jones, Sylvia Becc MARSHALS CHIEF MARSHAL Qharles, Dickens V 4 The position of marshal is bestowed on the seven seniors who have the highest scholastic standing in their class. The Chief Marshal is the senior having the highest standing of all. The marshals serve during commence- ment exercises, at P. T. A. meetings, and at any other public meeting when they are so requested. The honor of being made a marshal carries with it a great re- sponsibility, for at whatever function they serve, the marshals give visitors their first and strongest impres- sion of the student body of Thomasville High School. lt is the duty of every marshal to see that that impres- sion is a good one. 49 i Q mm bw? e , l'v-v -. ,ffgzw :auto 'Wf1t'Wayfw Vihlif 'VLQMQWX 52622 23.4, www sf ?4!A',1flffYKL31' Cyagfiwm-J Ulvwv. 35413 mm, fuzz Jfmzffli Ckdwwmi Ciwbba ifliamdamii Qvvw ,gfacfulgugf ZMUL - National Honor Society membership representa. the ultimate in honor and achievement for the high school student. The organization's cardi- nal points are character, scholarship, leader- 5hip, and service. Students are selected for membership through a faculty-member evalua- tion of their achievements in these criteria. Ki' l' r .,.,, , . , Lew UM 'Lfgigw iiwoww ' ' J'l f M'Mo' The Lois F, Johnson Chapter of Quill and Scroll, organized in I943, attempts to en- courage high school pupils who excel in jour- nalism endeavor. Membership is based on skills fpfuwwifqct iii ,i' and abilities evidenced by service on the staff of FACTS and FUN or the GROWLER. i l Kilim came, ' r.., Sckdflw : . ,,,., ...., ,Qt www Uvm bmw gimme Www were FRONT ROWYMiss Laura Neece, advisor, Sylvia Beck, BACK ROW-f-Nancy Myers, Billie Rae Pleasant, Richard Conrad, Shirley Burrus, Richard York, Freddy Perdue, Benny Loftin, Linda Clodfelter, David Long, Ann l-lolladay, Hoxie Jones, T I3 UWLEIQ LEFT TO RIGHT-Freddy Perdue, Business Manager, Miss Laura Neece, Advisor, Ann Holladay, Editor. Those of us who produce for you THE GROWLER each year have a rare privilege. With due modesty we recognize on our staff an assem- blage of some of the best talent in our school. The joy of witnessing and participating in the ex- ercising of this talent in the multitudinous tasks required to arrive at the finished product is a very gratifying experience. We are truly grateful for the joy, privilege and enriching experience pro- ducing the i953 GROWLER has given us. FIRST ROW, left to right-4Diana Jones Shirley B ck Jackie Primm Sybil Davis Betty Lord SECOND ROW7Ronnie Fairg Pat l-lall James Bowman Charles Dickens David Myers Nancy Hoyle, Miss Bain Johnson, Sponsor Marian Dickens Bllie Rae Pleasant lmogene Poole. FACTS AND UN FACTS AND FUN, which first appeared in l92l, is now in its eighteenth year of publication. Members of the staff are seniors, juniors, and a few sophomores actively interested in journalistic work. The editor, who must have completed a one-year study of journalism before election, and the business manager are chosen by the student body. '-J' DEBATING CLUB Debating Club Masque and Gavel SEATED, left to right-Tommy Long, Freddy Still, Jane Leach, Eve l-loover, Bobby Steveson. STANDING, left to right-Edgar Cranford, Charles Dickens, Mr. Marcus Floyd, advisor, James Bowman, Frank McMillan, Curtis Fields, Bobby Davis, David Stallings. MASQUE and GAVEL LEFT TO RlGl'lT-Mrs. T. J. Covington, Advisor, Mary Jane Leach, Jeannine Byerly, Caroline Green, James Bowman, Charles Dickens, Miss Mildred Eaton, Advisor, Sandra Jarrett. 54 InternaHonal Relations CHub Hobby Club INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB SEATED, left to right-HMiss Bain Johnson, advisor, Henry Rapp, Ann Howell, Ellen Hooks, Donald Foust. STANDING, left to right---Cladis Bradshaw, Edgar Branch, James Parker, Gerald Smith, Tom Marlowe, Bill Lebetter. HOBBY CLUB SEATED, left to right-Gerald Bryant, Bobby Ludwick, Ellis Hege, Harold Fitzgerald, Mary Ruth Morris, Doris Gallimore, Jeanette Hughes, Pat Hall, Patricia Garner, William Steed, Ronnie Kennerly. STANDING, left to right-Wayne Hunt, C. A. Pope, Harry Williams, Marvin Manuel, Bill Poe, Kirk Smith, Frank Halker, Mack Humphries, Tony Rumple, Charles Robert Walker, John Whitley, lmogene Crisp, Hazel Scroggs, Allen McRae, Don Wilder, Bobby Hall, Allen Cranford, Larry Tysinger, Gene Musslewhite, Mr. G. M. Eargle, advisor. 55, Girls First Aid and Safety Boys First Aid and Safety GIRLS FIRST AID AND SAFETY SEATED, left to right-Pat Hall, Hazel Green, Pat Harvey, Imogene Garrett, Barbara Jack- son, Patsy Philips, Evelyn Pierce, Molly Johnson, Ruth Gray, Kathryn Jones, Ann Jester, Zell Clark. STANDING, left to right-Sybil Hinkle, Betty Boyd, Gail Smith, Mary Alice Wheeler, Regina Passrnore, Frances Buckner, Clara Mae Hunt, Joyce Shuler, Dorothy Huffman, Miss Betty Gray Harrington, advisor, Danese Hill, Patricia Rutherford. BOYS FIRST AID AND SAFETY SEATED, left to right-Donald Workman, Edward Hussey, Bill Darr, Dalton Cranford, Jerry Blair, Ted Bass, Bill Bruton, Dub Sowers, Billy Surratt. STANDING, left to right-Steve Leonard, Joe Leonard, Royal Jarvis, Mickey Deese, Jack Foster, Bobby Blair, Ed Howell, Jimmy Johnson, Davie McSwain, Bob Hartman, Joe Connell. 56 Trl Hi-Y Hi Y TRI-HI-Y SEATED, left to right7Ann Allmond, Nancy Hoyle, Caroline Green. FIRST ROW-Peggy Hartsell, Mrs. E. C. Burrus, advisor, Rosella Vayles, Nancy Stilwell, Sandra Jarrett, Betty Rose Franks, Sylvia Beck, Billie Rae Pleasant. SECOND ROW-Becky Pollock, Lynda Deese, lris Hinkle, Eve Hoover, Anita Jarrett, Carol Sue Love, Connie McCaskill, Nancy Stone, Martha Gene Arnold, Barbara Bray, Mary Hanna Finch, Sue Warner, Jane Leach, Edna Pritchett, Gwendolyn Maness, Shirley Russell, Janice Walters, Sybil Davis. THlRD ROW- Martha Wilson, Marie Everhart, Shirley Beck, Cateen Hodgin, Edith Bowman, Patsy Burke, Doniese McCarson, Phyllis Harris, Martha Aldridge, Carolyn Edwards, Barbara Culp, Bonnie Stanley, Imogene Poole. FOURTH ROW-Vicky Elliott, Doris Todd, Martha Whitaker, Barbara Dale Rodgers, Sylvia Livingood Carol Batton, Martha Lee Finch, Dolly Jackson, Ethel Lassiter. HI-Y FIRST ROW, left to right.-Woodrow Younts, Jerry Kirkman, Norris Hawks, Larry Tysinger, Ronnie Fair, Richard Conrad, Mr. L. D. Shealy, advisor. SECOND ROW-Cliff Hunt, Jerry Streitman, Jimmy Teague, David Myers, Harold Fitzgerald, Dean Lambeth, Jimmy Prevo, Bobby Baity. THIRD ROW-Jimmy Earnhardt, Johnny Davis, Bill Poe, Franklin Rhodes, Dale McDonald, Bobby Steveson, Jimmy Lottin, Harold Lomax, Eddie Lassiter, Roger Kirkman, Freddy Perdue. FOURTH ROW-Austin Lookabill, Tommy Long, Clay Lambeth, Gilbert Bat- ten, Larry McSwain, Tommy Ward, Odell Spainhour, Buddy Shuler. FIFTH ROW-Ray Perry, William Shoemaker, Charles Robert Walker, Kirk Smith, Frank Halker, Edgar Wells, Jerry Myers, George Rutherford, Richard Westmoreland, Mike Hipps, Tommy Myers, Sammy Myers, John Whitley, Carlyle Patterson. 57 JUNIOR AND SENIOR DRAMATICS Junior and Senior Dramatics Future Teachers of America Miss Mildred Eaton, advisor, Betty Jean Howard, Jimmy Johnson, Janice Walters, Virginia Walker, Ethel Lassiter, Jerry Kirkman, Frances Buckner, Glenda Rurnple, Jeannine Byerly. FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA LEFT TO RIC-iHTiShirley Russell, Doris Todd, Peggy Hartsell, Martha Wall, Pat Ward, Sis Berrier, Shirley Todd, Betty Rose Franks, Rosella Voyles Messick, Miss Betty Welch, advisor, Ruth Gray. 58 Bible Club D 0. Club BIBLE CLUB FIRST ROW, left to right--Patsy Smith, Bette Prestwood, Betty Gray, Hazel Overcash, Peggy Hartsell, Carolyn Childers, Betty Rose Franks, Pat Garner, Mary Hunt, Joyce Woodard, Kathrine Pritchett, Miss Virginia Smith, Advisor. SECOND ROW--Betty Jean Howard, Hilda Gallimore, Zell Clark, Imogene Poole, Betty Stitchcomb, Shirley Toppings, Evelyn Kornegay, Jeanette Wilson, Betty Luther, Sis Berrier, Bonnie Ledwell, Shirley Slate. THIRD ROW-Pat Ward, Bertha Dunlap, Margaret Little, Patsy Myers, Edgar Cranford, Ronnald Kennerly, Jeanette Hughes, Dorothy Huffman, Doris Gallimore. FOURTH ROW-Ann Allmond, Janice Dickens, Joyce Williams, Betty Shirley, Edith Bowman, Jane Leach, Sybil Davis, Sandra Jarrett, Elmer Coggins, Ted Bass. FIFTH ROW---Ann Howell, Nancy Copple, Wilma Hughes, Tommy Ward, Jerry Saunders, David Fitzgerald, Larry McSwain, Jimmy Johnson. D.O.CLUB FIRST ROW, left to right-Jimmy Hampton, Bob Hendricks, Tommy Brackett, Vann Sherrill, Frank Huggins, SECOND ROW-Emment Sparks, Faye Crotts, Betty Wells, Ferne Yarborough, Dorothy Thrift, Luna Gray Lyndon, Bobby Whitehead, Marian Briles, Bradford Myers. THIRD ROWkBill Blair, Bob Segers, James Allen, Tommy Harris, Gene Briles, Darrell Hester, Doyle Duke, Mr. L. E. Paige, advisor. 59 SECRETARIAL CLUB Secretarial Club Arts and Crafts Club FIRST ROW, left to rightiShirley Passmore, Glenda Rumple, Hazel Overcash, Freda Barger. SECOND ROW-Mary Alice Patton, Hilda Gallimore, Jeanette Flippin, Nancy Bland. THIRD ROW-Linda Clodfelter, Jeanette Wilson, Betty Jean Howard, Nell Boyles. FOURTH ROW- Betty Prestwood, Betty Gray. FIFTH ROW-Shirley Todd, Carol Jean Gordy. SIXTH ROW- Sue Kanoy, Ann Holladay, Pat Ward. STANDING-Margaret Little, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, advisor. ARTS AND CRAFTS CLUB FIRST ROW, left to right--Martha Aldridge, Anita Jarrett, Mary Wheeler. SECOND ROW, left to right-Barbara Rodgers, Pat Rutherford, Hazel Green, Patsy Burke, Carol Love, Connie McCaskill. THIRD ROW, left to right---Edgar Wells, Jerry Holmes, Steve Leonard, Bobby Blair. 60 Freshmen Dromafics Sophomore Dra matics FRESHMAN DRAMATICS LEFT TO RIGHT-Grace Panther, Nancy Kirkman, C, A. Pope, Yvonne Prevatte, Barbara Carmichael, Bobby Ray Monroe, Lavonne Saunders, Janie Dale Poole, Nancy York, Miss Laura Neece, Advisor. SOPHOMORE DRAMATICS FIRST ROW, left to righfwfvliss Vera Dixon, Advisor, Phyllis Harris, Doneiese McCarson, Gwen Monnes, Alice Summey. SECOND ROW, left to righf4Clay Lambeth, Franklin Rhodes, Reggie Prevatte, Polly Beck. 61 Libra ry Assistants Library Club LIBRARY ASSISTANTS CLUB FIRST ROW, left to right-Shirley Passmore, Sylvia Beck, Cateen Hodgin, Jeannine Byerly. SECOND ROW-Shirley Todd, Betty Luther, Mrs. James D. Oliver, Advisor, Edith Bowman. STANDING-Norma Jean Kennedy, Jeanette Hughes. LIBRARY CLUB SEATED, left to right-Mary Ruth Morris, Jeannine Byerly, Mary Frances Hughes, Patsy Owen, Betty Luther, Jeanette Hughes, Doris Galllimore, Mrs. J. D. Oliver, Librarian, Virginia Lambeth, Pat Garner, Betty Shirley. SECOND ROW-lmogene Garrett, Mary Hannah Finch, Martha Allen, Nancy Stone, Lavon Saunders, Norma Jean Kennedy, Frances Buckner, Dorothy Huffman, Marvin Manuel. THIRD ROW-Mortlwa Gene Arnold, Joe Don Gallimore, Leonard Terrell, Donald Hauser, David Fitzgerald, James Eden. 62 Outside Patrol Art Club OUTSIDE PATROL FlRST ROW, left to right-Fred Perdue, Ed Cranford, Gilbert Batton, Mickey Deese, Gary Lopp. SECOND ROW-Thurman McCormick, George Rutherford, James Brewer, Lee Ferrell, David Fitzgerald, C. A, Pope, Jackie Pierce, Dean Jordan, Ed Wells. THIRD ROW-James Hargett, Carlyle Patterson, Darrell Boyd, Sherrill Everhart, Ray Perry, Mr. Lee Miller, advisor, Sam Myers, Roger Kirkman. ART CLUB SEATED, left to riglfmte-Patricia Motley, Rose Davidson, Phyllis Patton. STANDING, left to right+Mr. lvan Welborn, advisor, Hollis Hampton, Harold Hunt, Norman Halton, Lee Ferrell, Carol Batton. 63 Photography Club Future Homemakers of America PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB FIRST ROW, left to right-Martha Allen, Pat Harvey, Joyce Gordon, Jeanne Sherrill, Caro- line Green, Jeanette Wilson, Ann Jester, Wayne Jordan. SECOND ROW-James Byrd, Edward Hussey, Aaron Jones, Reggie Prevatte, David Long, Henry Rapp, Jimmy Prevo, Jimmy Durham. THIRD ROW-Mr. Lee Miller, advisor, Jimmy Legans, Mike Hipps, Jimmy Teague, Jackie Pierce, David Myers, Johnny Davis, Joe Don Cline, G. W. Sowers, Edward Anthony, Darrell Pritchett, Buck McCall. FOURTH ROW-Buddy Shuler, Richard Westmoreland, Frank Murr, Joe Don Gallimore, Paul York, Jimmy Harris, Joe Stone, Ted Bass, FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA SEATED, left to right-Shirley Passmore, Janie Dale Poole, Jeraldine Draughn, Yvonne Pre' vatte, Mary Alice Patton, Carol Jean Gordy, Mary Hunt, Barbara Carmichael, Miss Bette Allison, advisor. SECOND ROW-Ruth Little, Bette Prestwood, Dorothy Hampton, Rachel Huggins, Ruby Craven, Mary Everhart, Frances Buckner, Peggy Malloy, Daneze Hill, Ann Covington, Patsy Owen, Carolyn Edwards, Carolyn McCarson, Martha Lee Finch, Tommie Jo McCarn, Sylvia Carter, Imogene Yokely, Jackie Wells. THIRD ROW-Rusaline Briles, Marie Everhart, Nancy York, Betty Gray, Mary Kaye Mullis, Patsy Phillips, Shelby Cranford, Nancy Cranford, Annette Dunning, Joyce Shuler, Clotene Price, Molly Johnson, Linda Gray Deese, Peggy Goins, Zell Clark, Regina Passmore, Jo Anne Craver. 64 Student Store Popcorn Room STUDENT STORE Bob Boyles, assistant managerg Buddy Harrison, manager POPCORN ROOM David Long, managerg Bill Fox, assistant manager. 65 OFFICERS President, Nell Newhyg Vice-President, Richard Yorkj Secretory urer, Betty Lord. GLEE CLUBS xr ond Treos MISS Betty JO Smith Director OFFICERS J U N I O R Vrewidcrtt, Duviaf Mulllsg ViffxrJIf .tfff1l1l', Ilmlvwllf- llintlej 'iewetcinr-,I 'uni 'Ire-osurer, Linda Carter. 66 t 42. fr' i ii I L oFFlcERs President, Jimmy Teagueg Vice-President, Edgar Crarifordg Secretary and Treasurer, Sybil Hinkle. ,, ,,, ,M,.W V Mr. Ralph Gabriel Director President, David Howardg Vice Pi:-wideiit, Pat-.y Biiikeg Sabre-tary ariil Treas ure-r, Rune!! Hinkle 9.55111 ,S N.C. 6' OFFICERS Miss Nancy Stilwell Drum Majoretfe 67 R Qvqggg me . A MISS THOMASVILLE HIGH an MAID OF HONOI Miss Sybil Hinkle was crowned Miss Thomas- ville High School at the l953 Christmas Dance sponsored by the GROWLER staff. Miss Gale Ball was Maid of l-lorior. The girls were selected by popular vote of The student body. 68 .ffm LU :cs FOOTBALL QUEEN Miss Eleanor Gray was crowned Foot- ball Queen at the '52-'53 Lexington- Thomasville game. She was selected by votes cast by the entire student body. Miss Hazel Overcash wa s second place winner with Miss Nancy Stilwell third, Co-captain Joe Connell and Eleanor Gray. LEFT TO RIGHT-Hazel Overcaslfw, Eleanor Gray, Nancy Stilwell. The shift in educational philoso- phy from formal discipline and tac- ulty psychology, to pupil needs and interests, gives athletics an import- ant role in the training ot youth at Thomasville High School. Many de- sired outcomes ot athletics parallel those ot general education. The in- herent qualities that the athletic program possesses contribute to the complete education ot our youth. It personal happiness and service are worthy as ideals of education, what better opportunity is provided in the public school for the achievement ot these outcomes than the happiness derived from participation in athlet- ics-situations full of dramatic in- tensity and adventurous appeal-or the example of true service with COACHES Mr. J. C. McLain, Mr. L. D. Sheally, Mr. Hardy Henry, Miss Betty Gray Harrington. which our player subimerges personal glory for the best interests ot his team? Our athletic field serves admira- bly as a laboratory for the teaching of ideals concerned with personal re- spect and group consciousness. Gen- erous treatment ot opponents, fine expression of sportsmanship, gener- osity, and other social and moral qualities represent the standards of vigorous youth engaged in whole- some athletic competition. FIRST ROW, left to rightklfdgar Wells, Gary Sherrill, Bob Stitchcomb, Bob Dickens, Bob Hartman, Joe Connell, Davic McSwain, Jim Johnson, G. W. Sowers, Bill Darr. SECOND ROW, left to righth-Bill Fox, Jerry Strietman, Cliff Hunt, Clay Lambeth, Doug l-lill, David Long, Grant Harris, Mickey Deese, Charles Whichard, Gilbert Batten, Harold Lomax, Tommy l-larris, Bill Garrett, Edgar Cranford. VARSITY FOOTBALL 72 .5 zffdww 'mtl' i l I' A ,gr . 'N Q 6. 5 6 H I A Q 3 Umklm is i C A 3 aff 2 Y ' ' .,,, 13051 Q 5 E Qwffb WM :saw ,awww .7456 ina! am.-L L 9 Ewa, .db mwdmw JW? Jawa 5 ,wma I 4 Y 0 9 if Q A V 5 1 E ' Zhu, 524 xmaww Jailed- 5,,g2g,',, l S K Jax zffiwf, Jaaik. ks f M 4 '15 Q' ' H gg if 'D ' L L V 5' S W s Eg, ll J H at y, WW GIRLS 4ZWJ!,0wf aaami, 1 ,. 7 I 325251 fl 2 Wknjfnji 41, JAM, fanned l -Mylfmwda KNEELING, left to rightglmogene Garrett, Patsy Burke, Jeanette Hughes, Hazel Ovcrca5h, Emma Rue Kanoy, Harriette Hilton, Polly Beck. STANDING, left to right-Miss Betty Harrington, Coach, Eye Hoover, Evelyn Pierce, Lindo Clodfelter, Ann Holladay, Sybil Hinkle, Kathryn Jones, Jackie Primm, Manager, Vikey Elliot, Manager. 74 W HO YS Wt jaw -tim, JJJJMW .El Emi' zzg J . 8 3 J ' i .5', ,R . 1 ' Www WW ,aw in W Wm KNEELING, left to right-Bill Fox, Manager, Bill Bruton, Jim Kinney, Joe Connell, Bill Garrett. STANDING, left to right-Mr. J. C. McLain, Assistant Coach, Gary Sherrill, Bob Hortman, Harold Younts, Bob Boyles, Jimmy Johnson, Bobby Baity, Mr. L. D. Shealy, Coach. 75 R BASKETBALL ROW ONE, left to right-David Howard, Jimmy Durham, Jerry Sullivan, Dean Lambert, Jerry Leonard. ROW TWO-Dalton Cranford, Manager, Sonny Rickard, Wayne Sowers, Bobby Hall, Roy Stamey, Woody Younts, Lester Smith, David Mullis, Clyde Cornelison, Jimmy Earnhardt, Buddy Harrison, Mr. Hardy Henry, Coach, ROW THREEf-Jimmy Teague, G. W. Sowers, Joe Don Gallimore, Mike Hipps, Clifford Hunt, Ronny Fair, David Long, Douglas Hill, Freddy Perdue, Hollis Hampton, Jimmy Williamson, Pete Rutherford, Don Workman. JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL r FIRST ROW, left to right-John Whitley, Clyde Cornelison, Dean Lambeth, Jerry Blair, Kirk Smith, Jimmy Teague, Larry Tysinger, Don Workman, Sherill Hariss, Edgar Cranford. SECOND ROW-'Hoxie Jones, Clay Lambeth, Edgar Wells, Jerry Strietman, Joe Leonard, Lester Smith, Dear Jordan, Franklin Hall, David Long, Bill Fox, Bobby Hall, Dalton Cranford, James Byrd. 76 FIRST ROW, left to right--Miss Betty Gray Harrington, Ruth Gray, Sylvia Beck, Hazel Over- cash, Nancy Myers, Diana Jones, Imogene Garrett, Mr. J. C. McLain. SECOND ROW-Mr. L. D. Shealy, Ann Holladay, Nancy Stilwell, Sue Kanoy, Linda Clodtelter, Sybil Hinkle, Sandra Jarrett, Shirley Burrus, Mr. Hardy Henry. THIRD ROW-Royal Jarvis, Edgar Cranford, Bill Darr, David Long, Charles Whichard, Gary Sherrill, G. W. Sowers. FOURTH ROW-Joe Connell, Bob Hartman, Jim Kinney, Bill Garrett, Dink Coggins, Gilbert Batten. FIFTH ROW'-Melvin Hilton, Davie McSwaIn, Bob Stitchcomb, Bob Dickens, Grant Harris, Hollis Hampton, Mickey Deese. MONOGRAM CLUB SCHEDULES Football Basketball Barium Springs I8 - O Kannapolis Spencer 7 - 2 Lexington Mooresville 6 - I2 Mooresville Monroe O - I3 Mooresville 'iLeaksvilIe O - 7 Statesville Asheboro 6 - O Kannapolis IStatesvilIe 6 - 7 Children's Home Reidsville 7 - 7 Lexington 'iLexington O - I3 Children's Home Statesvi I le 77 CHEERLEADERS Ruth Gray Chief Cheerleader Arm Holladay Chief Majorette LEFT TO RlGHT7Nancy Myers, Suzanne Rodgers, Shirley Burrus, Sandra Jarrett, Ruth Gray, MAJORETTES LEFT TO RIGHT-Jackie Primm, Polly Beck, Phyllis Harris, Edna Pritchett, Becky Pollack, Kathryn Jane Jones, Ann Holladay. 78 . B OO ST E R S CITY SHOE SHOP LAMBETH AND MILLER FLOOR COVERING NORTH STATE TELEPHONE COMPANY THOMASVILLE DRY GOODS CO., INC. ELLIOTT'S FLORIST EFIRD'S DEPARTMENT STORE THOMASVILLE TIRE AND BATTERY CO. PALACE AND DAVIDSON THEATERS SNOW WHITE LUNCHEONETTE RELIABLE SHOE STORE REX OIL COMPANY Crown Distributor Phone 347 RUSSELL AND CREWS We Deliver Meats-Groceries-Produce Phone 2372 Thomasville, N. C. PEOPLES SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Incorporated I909 50 Salem Street Thomasville, N. C. John R. Perry, Sec. 81 Treas. J. W. Boyles, President All Kinds of Building Materials and Supplies BLACK LUMBER COMPANY Randolph Road Phone 8l2 Thomasville, N. C. Compliments of TASTY BAKERY we specialize in THOMASVILLE wedding, birthday, and UPHOLSTERING party cakes COMPANY made to order phone Pl'lOI le CHAIRTOWN FINANCE and SINK'S CLEANERS INSURANCE CO. Auto Loans Thomasville's Oldest Financing and Refinancing Most Reliable 54 Sdem phone IO COYTIITIGFCE Sffeel' CLONIGER BUICK COMPANY National Highway Telephone 2797 When Better Automobiles are Built Buick Will Build Them Compliments of COMMERCIAL CARVING COMPANY Phone 802 Post Office Box 506 Bl 0 C pl ments of AMAZON COTTON MILL Thomasville, North C l 0 82 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of i953 of the Thomasville High School, having fought a good fight, having finished our course, be- ing desirous of showing our good will to those in connection with this institution, and being of sound mind and body, do pro- claim, publish, and make known this our last will and Testament. Article l To our Alma Mater we pledge our loyal- ty through the years to come. Article ll To Mr. Horton, our principal, our un- dying appreciation for all he has done for us and all he has meant to us-both as individuals and as a group. Article lll To the faculty we give forever our love and esteem and our increasing respect in token of what they have done in making us what we are. Article IV To next year's senior class we leave our dignity and our seats down front in chapel. Article V To the students, the members of the senior class leave the following things: l, Sandra Jarrett, do will to Ann Jester all the good times l have had cheerleading, and l hope she will have an even better time. l, Tommy Ward, do will the senior class presidency to Sybil Hinkle. l also will my good times to all of next year's students land catsl. I, Betty Gray, do will and bequeath to Mary Kay Mullis my love for basektball. Remember, Mary Kay, five fouls and you're out of the game. Sylvia Beck leaves to any first year typist next year her ability to get her fingers stuck between the keys and her highest speed record of ten words a min- ute. She also leaves to Patty Sue Hall her ability to drive fcarefully-?J. Fay Dean Crotts, Dorothy Thrift, and Ferne Yarborough leave their love for Mr. Paige to Carole Thrift. I, Edgar Cranford, leave my ability to get along with girls to anyone who can make better use of it than I did. l leave my first chair in the band to Jimmy Legans. I, Grant Harris, will to Floppy Hall my ability to get along with Miss Dixon, because, knowing him, he will need it next year. l, Ruth Gray, leave to the chief cheer- leader of next year my very best yell books and hopes for a very successful season. To all cheerleaders of next year l leave my ability to hop around the stage when the band plays. Jack Foster leaves his ability to cut up in Miss Dixon's class to anyone who can get by with it more than he could. l, Nancy Stilwell, do hereby will my drum majorette position to Sonny Rick- ard and my nickname slow poke to Runell Hinkle in hopes that she will keep up the record runs to class that l have made. l, Freddy Perdue, do hereby will and be- queath my love of cat pants to John Whitley in hopes he may have all the white pearl buttons he likes. l, Nell Boyles, do hereby leave my desk in Miss Johnson's English class to Wilma Hughes in hopes that she can get the assignments better than I. l, Doyle Duke, do leave my ability to eat candy and to talk in Miss Dixon's class to anyone who is lucky enough to get by with it Becky Pollock leaves her majorette suit to Harriet Hilton in hopes that Harriet will have as good a time as she did at the toot- ball games and the parades. l, James Parker, do hereby will and be- queath my position as fullback on the Mills Home football team to Jimmy Malloy. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Linda Clodfelter leaves her ability not to foul during a basketball game to Sybil Hinkle and her love for Buicks to Jimmy Perkins. I, Frances Buckner, do hereby leave to Nancy York, all the good times that Juliet Byerly and I C Fannie Bucket I have had during our four wonderful years at Thomasville High School. I, James T. Bowman, leave my explo- sions in chemistry class to Curtis Fields and my front seat in English class, as well as my term paper topic, to Bobby Steven- son. To Mary Jane Leach I will my three years of debating and to Nancy Hoyle and Marian Dickens I leave my love for geome- try and also my ability to eat spaghetti after disecting worms. My impromptu an- swers in history plus my misunderstanding of French go to Caroline Green and Cateen Hodgin. I, Ellen Hooks, leave to Zell Clark my ability to keep our round table discussions going after breakfast at Mills Home. Re- member to keep them well-informed of the latest happenings. I, Emmett Sparks, leave my parking place at school to l953's hot-rodder, Mona Jo Siler. We, Ann Allmond, Shirley Burrus, and Sylvia Beck, leave Jones Circle in the hands of Caroline Green, Sylvia Prevost, and Pat Hall. Take care of it, girls, and we hope that you will be able to handle the traffic problems! I, David Long, do hereby leave to my good friend, Bozo Younts, my pair of football shoes fsize l3l and one pair of slightly dirty white shoestrings. To Coaches Shealy, McLain, and Henry, and also to Mr. Eargle, I leave my fishing rights down at the waterhole. I, David Long, do hereby hope to leave. I, Shirley Passmore, leave to my little sister, Regania, my ability to be the big- gest girl at Huffman. I also leave all my good times at Mills Home to her. I, Nancy Myers, do hereby will my won- derful times at the football and basketball games to the cheerleader who takes my place. I leave my exciting times, from a freshman to a senior, to my sister, Bonnie. I, Bill Bruton, do hereby will my nick- name cat to Jerry Don Kirkman, and I will my interest in girls and in basketball to Bob Boyles. I, Hazel Overcash, leave my basketball uniform, number I9, to Vickie Elliot, and I leave my ability to get along with the coaches to Sybil Hinkle. To Eve Hoover I leave my flag strap with the hope that she is strong enough to carry the flag without getting it caught in the trees. Last, I leave my ability to make excuses for not accept- ing dates to Jimmy Loftin in hopes that he will find some new ones before next Twirp Season. I, Shirley Topping, will my 7:30 music lesson to Peggy Mallory. Remember, Peggy, when Miss Mizelle says 7:30, she doesn't mean 8 o'clock. I, Jeanette Hughes, hereby will my many good times in T. H. S. to Bonnie Ledwell in hopes that she will have as good a time as I did. I, Diana Jones, do will my ability to catch on Pl to Mr. Welborn's jokes to all the juniors and seniors who take chemistry in the future years. To all ambitious young journalists I will a bottle of aspirin, an ever sharp pencil, and a padded cell. I, Melvin Hilton, would hereby like to leave Marilyn Monroe to my good friend, Jerry Myers, but since I don't have her, I leave with him my ambition of having her. Good luck, Jerry. I, Shirley Burrus, do hereby will to Caro- line Green the privilege I?l of riding to school every morning in the old cheevie, and all my fun raking leaves on Jones Circle. To Pat Hall and Jackie Primm I will my love for T. H. S. and my four wonder- ful years in high school. I, Betty Connell Wells, will my ability to stumble and fall all over the basketball court to Jackie Wells, Glenda Rumple leaves her good times in high school to Austin Laokabill, and to her brother, Tony, she leaves her good QI grades. HUDSON-BELK COMPANY THOMASVlLLE'S LARGEST DEPARTMENT STORE vi? T'VILLE TELEVISION CENTER Your Dumont and R.C.A. Victor Dealer lO3 National Hwy. Thomasville, N. C. LAWING AND WELBORN MOTOR SALES V Your Dodge and Plymouth Dealer Phone 8ll National Highway Thomasville, N. C. FRED MURPHY'S Tire Service Gas, Oil, and Accessories Brown Clinard C. W. Clinard Phone 587 COMMUNITY HARDWARE INC. 34 Salem St, Phone 335 Thomasville, N. C. THOMPSON AUTO COMPANY Expert Body and Paint Works Thomasville's Oldest and Most Reliable Automobile Agency 353 43l REED SUPPLY COMPANY Everything For The Builder Thomasville North Carolina HORNE WHOLESALE CORPORATION High Point, N. C. 305 W. Green St. 37l5-5057 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, Luna Gray Lyndon, will all my good times at T. H. S. to Joann Craver. To Wayne Jordan, I will my seat in Miss John- son's English class with the hope that he will learn more than I did. I, Ann Allmond, do hereby will my laugh to anyone who will take it in hopes he won't be teased as much as Il My interest in journalism I leave to David Myers. I, Evelyn Kornegay, leave to my little brother, Leonard, the ability to carry on the fa m i I y correspondence. Remember, Leonard, the minimum is one letter a week. I, Gerald Smith, do hereby will and be- queath my long curly eyelashes to a sweet little girl named Patricia Hall. I, Jeannine Byerly, leave my position as Chairman of the Library Committee to Bennia Jo Jenkins. To Jimmy Perkins I leave my formula for staying slim l?Ig and to Robert Tugboat Farrington, I give my height. To Bobby Hall l leave my abil- ity to be Sweet Sixteen at the age of eighteen, and to Norman Haltom, I be- queath my love for the Palace Theater. I, Nancy Bland, do will my love for shorthand and typing to Barbara Coggins in hopes that she will enjoy them as much as I did. I, Shirley Tood, will to Betty Lord my desk in geometry in the hope that she can do better than I. I also will my good times in ole T. H. S. to my sister, Doris. I, Buddy Davis, do hereby leave my abil- ity to get English homework in Mr. Mc- Lain's bookkeeping class to anyone who needs his class for a study hall. I, Carole Jean Gordy, leave to Cloteen Price and Mary Kaye Mullis my ability to be the best behaved girl at Mills Home. Remember, girls, no more midnight parties, and forget those dancing lessons we had. Vann Sherrill leaves his seat in typing class to anyone who can get ten words a minute. He also leaves his good times and the friendship he had with Paige to his brother. He wills his ability to get along with Miss Johnson to Yvonna Oakley. I, Edith Marie Bowman, do will my love for Miss Johnson's English class and all the good times I had my senior year to Catherine Hodgin. I, Edna Pritchett, will my ability to be true to a soldier to my sister, Katherine, and my majorette uniform to anyone who can fill the position of majorette better than I. I, Rosella Voyles, will my ability to get a diamond before I get out of high school to Iris Hinkle. I also will all my good times in ole T. H. S. to Katherine Pritchett. I, Spec Baity, do hereby leave to Clif- ford Hunt my ability to be out of school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings in order to catch up on my sleep. Peggy Hartsell wills her stupidity and her ability to be the wittiest girl in the senior class to Janice Walters and Imogene Poole. I, Bradford Myers, leave my ability to get by with anything in Miss Dixon's class fond also the resulting grade? to my brother when he gets in high school. Charles Yokeley leaves his good looks IPI to Haroldeen Jordan. I, Mary Ruth Morris, will to Pat Myers my favorite seat in Miss Johnson's English class. To Little-un fLynda Myersi I will all my good times in high school. Betty Sue Blackburn wills her ability to play sports to Mary Alice Patton. I, Betty Rose Franks, being of sound mind do hereby will to anyone interested in journalism my good times and experi- ences in journalism class. I, Bill Blair, do hereby leave my seat in first period D. O. class to anyone who is willing to work for it. I, Sue Kanoy, leave to Sybil Hinkle my title Most Athletic in hopes that she gets someone just as cute as Bob Hartman to share it with her. To Jackie Tysinger I leave all the buckets in the land. I, Bette Prestwood, do will and bequeath to Mary Alice Patton my ability in drivers' ed. to turn right when Mr. Henry says left. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Pat Ward leaves to Barbara Dale Rodgers her ability to arrive at school every morning one minute before the tardy bell rings. I, Barbara Culp, do will my desk in Miss Eaton's homeroom to lris Hinkle and my band uniform to anyone who can play a clarinet better than l. Davie McSwain leaves his good times in high school and his place on the football team to Clay Lambeth. l, Gale Ball, leave my ability to catch the Mills Home bus on time to Cloteen Price. Remember, Cloteen, the bus arrives at 8:30, not 9 o'clock. l, Ann Holladay, leave my position as chief majorette to Jackie Primm and l hope she keeps a box of aspirin handy. To Harriet Hilton l leave my seat on the basketball team and all the teasing l re- ceived in high school to Annette Crosby. l, Donald Foust, leave to Jim Malloy the task of taking care of my boys, who are always last in the lunch line: Billy, Jerry, Radio, Richard, and Raymond. l, Hoxie Jones, do hereby will to Doug Hill and Sammy Myers the ability to stand up and make a fool of myself in front of the Student Body. l leave my craziness to anyone who will take it. I, Betty Jean Howard, will to Clay Lam- beth my dislike for the type of cats that roam the halls of T. H. S. l, Charles Dickens, bequeath Marian Dickens the position of marshal, l will Dale McDonald the ability to twirl a compass in geometry, I leave Gloria Rollins the be- wilderment that goes with being a fresh- man, and l hope for the debating club continued success. l, Nell Newby, will my title Most Like- ly to Succeed to Jeanne Sherrill. l hope that Jimmy Earnhardt will like Miss Welch and also her math classes just as much as l didl To all freshmen and sophomores l leave the exciting football, basketball, and baseball games, the Christmas Dances, the pep rallies, and two beautiful Junior-Senior Proms-they're really wonderfull We, the class of l953, do hereby sign, seal, and declare this our last will and test- ament. 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Main St. Phone 966 Thomasville, North Carolina WALKER FUNERAL HOME Phone 563 J. Raymond Siler Owner and Manager LOWDER SUPPLY COMPANY Building Supplies 214 West Main Phone 5l3 J. ELMER HILL, INSURANCE AGENCY lnsurance at its Best Lite, Fire, Casualty, Bonds, Etc. 205-6-7 Lambeth Building Phone--Day 585 Night 6245 Compliments of HOME BUILDING and LOAN ASSOCIATION 24 West Main Street T-ville Television Center 103 National Highway Phone 2-4268 Thomasville Phone 318 R.C.A. Victor-Dumont Charles F. Phillips, Televisions Secretary CITY CLEANERS Thomasville's Leading Cleaners East Main Street STAR FURNITURE COMPANY Since 1904 9-1 1 East Guilford Street F. L. EVERHART JEWELER Watch Repair Watches Electronicly Tested on WATCH MASTER We sell the best and service the rest REFRIGERATION SALES AND SERVICE CO. Randolph Street Extension Domestic and Commercial Refrigeration Office Phone 2391 CITIZENS INSURANCE COMMUNITY FOOD AGENCY CENTER of Thomosville, 'HC' Fresh Produce, Groceries, and Meats Mutual Insurance Lank Harris, Manager Self Service and Deliveries Randolph Street Extension Phone 2327 Thomasville PAUL MOTOR COMPANY 7l6 East Main St. Phone 4lO Studebaker Cars and Trucks MYERS SERVICE STATION 808 Lexington Avenue Thomasville, N. C. CHI'-DER5 CONCRETE CAROLINA UNDERWEAR COMPANY Co INC Use Concrete for Perrnanency Underwear Manufacturers Phone 2376 Thomasville, N. C. Thomasville, N. C. SPAINHOUR TIN SHOP Tin and Sheet Metal Works Heating .A AL. , 7 'fl I! iiillfii . , l VVI-ISLE SALE il-GQ.-M1-1 distributors of Air Conditioning plooucls W Phone 888 Thomasville, N. C. HIGH POINT HINKLEMILLING THOMASVILLE COMPANY AND U DENTON Snowdrisli Flour RAILROAD Feed Nothing but Service to Sell Spartan Feeds BOYLES VENEER 1 COMPANY - Fancy and Plain Veneers ph IIIRYEIRSDUCTS one 463 4Ol Welborn Street MANN'S DRUG STORE MILKY wAY soDA SHOP 4l3 phO 'e-479 642 National Hwy, Thomasville, N. C. Phone 2-1275 RAGAN KNITTING COMPANY Incorporated Manufacturers of SAMPLE AND FANCY HALF HOSE Thomasville North Carolina THOMASVILLE FU RN ITU RE CORPORATION Manufacturers of Quality Cabinets 92 FIELD'S INC. WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO GO TO SCHOOL IT IS OUR DUTY TO MAKE GOOD OUR OPPORTUNITY GOOD HEALTH IS OUR GREATEST ASSET for the finest in dairy products STATE INDUSTRIAL BANK 2V2 O6 Paid on Savings plus your intangible tax Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation A Loan For Every Worthy Purpose PIT BARBECUE The best of food for everyone 3 Randolph Street Telephone 6455 93 THOMASVILLE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY HARRELL CHEVROLET CO DI'InIC I W Phone 2739 Delicious and Refreshing Thomasville, N. C. Phone 3Ol CITY ICE AND FUEL COMPANY Phone 442 THOMASVILLE HOSIERY MILLS Incorporated Thomasville, North Carol ina ERWIN LAMBETH and STANDARD CHAIR COMPANY Thomasville, North Carolina 94 , wiTTY's FLowERs WE RE FIowers high in Quality- THOMASVILLE LOW ' me Free Delivery NORTH Phone 2378 CAROLINA Mrs. T. E. Witty GRAY CONCRETE PIPE CO., Inc. 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