Wadesboro High School - Tiger Tales Hi Ways Yearbook (Wadesboro, NC)

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Last Wil aud “Jestament To ALL WHOM THIS MAy CONCERN: We, the Senior Class of 1948, of Wadesboro ‘High School, having finished our high school days, do herewith make our last will and testa- ment. We bequeath the following: To Mr. Terrell, our fun loving superintendent, we leave our sincere appreciation and thanks for all his help. To Mr. Wildermuth, our guiding light and inspiration, we leave our wholehearted admira- tion and the sincere hope that the rising Senior Class will not give him the headaches we have. To Miss Sturgis, our friend and teacher, we leave all our love and the hope that she will not forget the Class of 1948. To the faculty, we leave the memory of our brilliancy, our industrious habits, and our proper deportment. To the Junior Class, we leave our wonderful example as a model class. May they imitate but never equal us. . We, Marilu Burch, Doris Rogers, and Dell Elmore, do leave our love for diamonds to Addie Milks and Agnes Gilmore. We, R. J. Scott, Perry Tucker, Max Gilmore, Coot Huntley, Harry Huntley, Jack Gilmore, Leonard Heavener, Lloyd Britt, J. B. Howell, and Bill Taft, the football boys of the Senior Class, we leave W. H. S. without a first string. To Coach Shelton, we leave Hank Wall as the sole survivor of this year’s first string. I, Basil Tucker, do leave my quiet manner to Carole Gray. I, Bettie Baker, do leave my boisterous laugh- ter to Christine Tarlton. We, Daisy Ruth Faulkner and Margaret Henry, do leave our popularity with the faculty to Lib Faulkner and Emmy Lewis. I, J. D. Howard, do leave my size to Willie Horne. We, Edna Paul, Evelyn Hill, Betty Jean Melton, and Margaret Knotts do leave our good friend- ship to Maxine Hendley and Esther Covington. I, Ben Smith, do leave my varied assortment of hair dyes to J. C. Carter. We, Lib Hyatt and Anne Gray, do leave our friend “Zeke” to anyone who will have him. I, Teeny Scarborough, do leave my hair to LeeRoy Bowers. We, Dexter Beachum and Billy Sellars, do leave our love for slow driving to Phil Robin- son and Buddy Rogers. BETTY GREY HARRINGTON Testator I, Polly Kiser, do leave my good looks to Mary Agnes Allen. I, Margie Carter, do leave my place on the Student Council to Caroline Taylor. We, Betty and Mary Smith, do leave our inter- est in men to Betty Rose Short and Helen Stewart. I, Louis Flack, do leave Margaret McRae to anyone who can get her. I, Horace Faulkner, do leave my willingness to help others to Don Trexler. I, Nell Lowe, do leave my love for eating to Betty Jane Coggins. I, Bill Austin, do leave my job of fixing the sports page of the Student Prints to Dick Liles. I, Vander Warner, do leave my ability to run the Senior Class to the president of the Class of 1949. . I, Dilmer Dawkins, do leave my love for girls to Phil Robinson. I, Donald Treadaway, do leave my ability to play baseball to Jack Pegram. I, Sara Ballard, do leave Lilesville and all its charms to Doris Ann Talent. I, Christine Morrison, do leave my job as sec- retary of the Senior Class to Margaret McRae. We, Agnes Hasty and Mary Nell Martin, do leave our secrets to Sylvia Farris and Allelia Gray. I, Billy Meeks, do Jeave my studious mind to Clyde Wright. We, Betty Ann Treadaway and Louise John- son, do leave our friendship to Julia Ross Teal and Mary Agnes Allen. We, the Senior Class, do leave to Dwight Stephenson the belief that he will be the future Milton Cross of the radio world. I, Betty Grey Harrington, leaving love and best wishes for the Juniors, do hereby collect all the old gum used by the Senior Class to seal this last will and testament for now and for evermore on this day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight. THE CLASS OF 1948. Page 22

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MARGIE CARTER Historian The history of the class of 1948 is not com- plete; but only beginning. Graduation day does not mean that their work is finished; it means it has just begun. The members of the class of 1948 will keep on making history. However, we do set down herein the history of our class during its twelve years in the Wadesboro schools. The class who entered the first grade in 1936 as frightened youngsters, had as their teachers Mrs. Joe Liles, Miss Mary Plunkett, Miss Ann Little Masemore, and Mrs. Lee Ashcraft. The next year their knowledge was increased under the capable guidance of Mrs. Chase Baughn, Mrs. W. L. McKinnon, and Miss Neill. During their third and fourth years, they began new sub- jects which were very easy under the leadership of Mrs. Eleanor Gray, Miss Neill, Miss Alice Lampley, Miss Barbara Weir, and Miss Julia Cameron. To go to the high school building was very exciting for these boys and girls. By this time they had learned what school was really like. Their patient teachers for the fifth grade were Miss Pauline Pinkston and Mrs. Heck Allen. In the sixth grade, these boys and girls learned the fundamentals of grammar and of decimal fractions under the leadership of Miss Nora Boggan and Mrs. W. W. Bennett. Mrs. W. J. Gulledge and Miss Lillian Cunningham prepared them to enter Junior High during their seventh year. Note books and more note books were made! In the eighth grade, they took up the subject of art under the direction of Miss Drucilla Tice and Miss Mary Mitchell. At the close of that year, the class was graduated into high school. Class History The next year was very different for these boys and girls. They had never experienced chang- ing classes before and were a little confused for the first few days, as freshmen. Their teachers during their freshman year were Miss Blanche Banta, Mr. W. N. Hix, Mrs. George Miller, and Mrs. Tom Wall. Some of the class began to take part in various activities such as basketball, the Booster’s Club, and newspaper writing. Now that they had learned the principles of high school, they became sophomores under Mr. W. N. Hix, Mrs. B. P. Robinson, Mrs. G. K. Craig, Mrs. Elsie Lee Carricker, Mrs. L. A. Weddington, Miss Fran- ces Moore, Miss Hermine Caraway, and Mr. Al Paling. The Junior year in Miss Caraway’s room was a happy one for these boys and girls. They were kept busy every minute with various activities of school life. The most outstanding event of this year was the Junior-Senior Banquet which had for its theme a “Circus”. This class also presented a play entitled “Redheaded Royalty from Arkansas”. Many of the boys played football and helped the Tigers win the Eastern Confer- ence championship. That year one-third of the class made the scholarship honor roll. Bobby Burroughs, a member of our class, had enough units to graduate at the end of the junior year. Not only did he have enough units, but he had a higher average than anyone in the Senior class and therefore he was valedictorian for commence- ment. Betty Grey Harrington was chief marshal for commencement and the citizenship cup was awarded to Daisy Ruth Faulkner. The represen- tatives for Girls’ State were Daisy Ruth Faulk- ner, Betty Grey Harrington, Betty Smith and Mary Smith. All the cheerleaders elected for 1947-1948 were members of our class. We were fortunate to have Mr. Wildermuth return as prin- cipal after several years service overseas. Miss Hermine Caraway, Miss Mary Alice Turner, Miss Norma Smoak, Mrs. G. K. Craig, Miss Laura Shaw Atkinson, Mr. Al Paling, Mrs. Sam Milton, and Coach Shelton were our teachers. (Continued on Page 48) Page 21

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BETTIE BAKER Prophet While going through my attic today, January 5, 1968, I ran across some old letters that I had forgotten about. I have saved them and they have accumulated during the many long years. These letters are from some of my old high school cronies, members of the Class of 1948. I have beside me several stacks from which I am going to pick out a few and read them over again. Here’s an interesting one. It is postmarked Bongo Bali, Africa. It came from Mary Smith who is now the head missionary there. She tells me that she was at Basil’s Trading Post (you guessed it, the owner and operator is none other than that business minded Basil Tucker ) getting supplies the other day and who should she run into but J. D. Howard and Billy Sellars. They are now big producers in Hollywood and they were in Africa to get shots for the famous picture, “Belle of the Congo,” starring none other than that lover boy of all lover boys, R. J. Scott and the lovely up-and-coming actress, Desrutha DeFinker (Daisy Ruth Faulkner to us). Also along on the trip were Doris Rogers, Edna Paul, and Betty Jean Melton who serve as tre- write girl, chief stenographer, and make-up girl, respectively. Here is a letter from the famous Wall Street broker, William Carlisle Taft (known to the world as good ole Bill, the financier). He tells me that he left Wadesboro and established him- self in the big metropolis of New York. He has been exceedingly fortunate in running into many of his old schoolmates. It seems that he has several working on his vast staff. Margaret Henry has charge of all clientele; Evelyn Hill is Class Prophecy head of all correspondence and Margaret Knotts and Agnes Hasty are the heads of the huge ad- vertising department. Max Gilmore is an under- cover agent who smells out all of the plotters that scheme to relieve the internationally known Taft and Company of its—uh—Bill seems to use a very old slang expression here—he calls it let- tuce! Bill also tells me that he buys all of his clothes from “The Teeney Weeney, Fat or Skinny Clothes Company”. This is run by Teeny Scar- borough. The other day Bill was being fitted, and who should walk in but Bill Austin. The think that shocked them, though, was the fact that Bill was dressed in rags!!! he was working in the experimenting lab of his It seems that “Uppan Aatom” chemical plant and flipped some ashes from his D. D. cigar, (I'll add right here that these are manufactured by Dexter Beachum and Dilmer Dawkins, the tobacco kings of the South), and there was a terrific explosion. So, even though, as modest as the Great Austin is, he was forced to buy him some new clothes. Now, my next letter really does give me a lot of news about the Class of ‘48. It comes from Polly Kiser, the woman who sees all, hears all, and tells more. She has a daily broadcast over a nation-wide hook-up. Three of her guest stars seem to have been Vander Warner, the world famous comedian, Ben Smith, the walk- ing brain, and Betty Ann Treadaway, the girl who has twice won the Pulitzer prize for her books on “Being Perfectly Frank” and “Man vs. Woman”. Polly also says here that her two very capable assistants are Christine Morrison, and Marilu Buch. None of these girls makes less than $25,000 per year. Also, Polly tells me she is looking forward to a visit from Perry Tucker who is now coaching at Meeks Univer- sity (named for that master mind in math, Professor Billy Meeks), and from Anne Gray, who has been selected as the most outstand- ing model in the Johnson (yes, Louise John- son is the big chief) Model Agency. Elizabeth (Continued on Page 48) Page 23