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

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(atge on (cand We, the captains of the ship W.H.S., having com- pleted our voyage in the year 1952, do leave on board the following cargo to be used by the seamen who will sail on and on after we have gone ashore! We, the captains of 1952, leave our heartfelt thanks to Admiral Wildermuth for his ever-present in- terest in us and his willingness at all times to lend a helping hand. We leave our gratitude to the faculty for their patience and their understanding, We leave to Vice-Admiral Baucom our apprecia- tion for all the things he has done to make our last year on board ship a happy one, I, Johnny Allen, do leave my position of President of the Student Council to the junior so fortunate to ob- tain it, We, Nancy Allen and Carolyn Austin, do leave our ability totalkinclass without getting caught to Ann Allen and Betty Jean Hill. We, Jackie Ray Cockman and Charles Henry, do give our ability to be witty, to Harold Eddins, Herbert Jenkins, and Dennis Robeson, = We, Robert McLaurin andGary Teal, bequeath our continuous arguing in class,to Jeff Covington and Hamp- ton Allen, We, Patsy Bivens and Shirley Carter, do leave our cute ways to Gay Helms and Jean Trexler, I, Billy Coble, do leave my ability to come to school every day to Richard Perkins and Leroy Sanford, We, Beatrice Cranford, Louise Threadgill, and Phyllis Russell, do bequeath our quietness and manners to Peggy Almond, Joyce Shaver, Mary Jane Crider, and Nellie Hill, We, Billy Brower and Larry Starling, do leave our friendliness to Larry Adcock, Albert Gaddy, and Leonard Honeycutt, ee eae We, Donnie James and Peggy Mayhew, do bequeath oUF ability to go steady to Bobby Davis and Lula Ann ope. We, Pat Beachum and Peggy Joyce Odom, do leave our good looks to Ruby Ann Brown, Georgia Kendall, and Jane Little. We, Jerry Tyson, Donnie James, Jimmy Mills, Buddy Liles, Johnny Allen, Freddy Gray, Buck Harrington, and Bobby Patterson, do leave our empty places on the football varsity to Teddy Wilkinson, Mathey Davis, Ben- ton Roper, Charles McIntvre, Wiley Teal, and Freddy Wood, . We, Dick Griggs and Shirley Honeycutt, do be- queath our ability to make good grades to Jimmy Short and Claudia Covington, We, Mary Jane Liles, Nancy Morrison, and Joyce Cook, do leave the gang to Tonie Bowers, Mickie Ed- dins, Loretta Helms, and Alberta Teal. We, Betty LouBarber and Betty Jo Smith, do leave our sincerity to Elizabeth Luther, Ellen Sessions, and Sally Jo Coley. I, George Warner, do leave my ability to play in the band to Jimmy Henry, Bobby Clark, and Haywood Preslar, J We, Mary Ann Brower and Patsy Buff, do leave our ability to be together constantly to Charlotte Howard and Dot McLaurin, Jessie Ruth Honeycutt and Dawn Lov- CLL I, Foye Lowe, do leave my ability to talk faster than any other senior, to Jessie Ruth Odom. 25 Mickey Bowers Cargo Loader We, Jack Jenkins and Jerry Tyson, do leave the back table in study hall to Bobby Moore, Leroy Melton, E. J. Previtte, and Earl Deese, We, Jimmy Mills and Bobby Pattersqn, do bequeath our ability to learn mathtoGraham Davis, Richard Rey- nolds, Freddy Teal, and Paul Drye. We, Freddy Gray and Vernon Burris, do leave our ability to sleep in English Class to Hampton Allen, Frank Dabbs, and Jimmy Shumaker. We, Lucille Burr and Nell Jarman, do leave our places in Nutrition to Jo Jarrell and Shirley Kendall, We, Becky Jo Hill and Libby Overton, do leave our vibrant personalities to Jane Little and Mary Plyde Marsh, We, Buck Harrington, Buddy Liles, and Douglas— Sellars, doleave our fine singing qualities to James Har- ward, Edwin Hinson, Leroy Kelly, and Earl Ricketts, We, Betty Jean Edgeworth and Phyllis Gantt, do leave our ability to become confused in class to Mary Plyde Marsh and Ann Webb, I, Virginia Tyson, do leave my talent to Sherrill Ballard. We, Doris Hutchinson and Georgia Hanna, do leave our unique laughter to Ann Henry and Helen Deese, We, the captains of 1952, do leave the sincere hope that the class of ‘53 will be as grateful for their wonderful homeroom teachers, Miss Sturgis and Miss Caraway, as we have been. We, the captains of 1952, leave to the juniors all the mischievous tricks we played on our study-hall teachers. I, Mickey Bowers, leaving the hope that the sail- ors following us will have as much good fortune as we oe do sign this last will and testament of the captains of 1952,

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Punts Ahead The boat was ready to leave; all passengers were on board. AsI walked slowly up the gang plank I turned and took one last look at one of the greater ports of South Africa, It had been ten years since I had left the good ship W.H.S. and hadcome to South Africa as a Mission- ary Nurse, Now I was going home to America, to North Carolina, to Wadesboro, my old home town, The trip was a very short one. Much mechanical progress had been made since I sailed on the W.H,S., When the boat docked, I went straight to La Guardia Field for the next plane to Wadesboro. I sat down in the lobby at the airport and began to look through a mag- azine, What? No! It couldn't be! I quickly turned back the page. There it was in bold letters Noted Author and Poet to Visit City, and underneath a series of pic- tures of Charles Buster Henry, one of my old shipmates. Remembering how Charles wrote poems and stories while onthe W.H.S. I was notsurprised to discover that he had made a name for himself in the field of literature. I was enjoying reading the article when the plane for Wadesboro was announced, I hurried to get aboard the giant jetpropelled plane that would take me home. Coming to meet me I saw two charming stewardesses and the pilot. As they came nearer I noticed a resem- blance in these three smiling faces that recalled good times in Wadesboro, Stewardesses Mary Ann Browerand Patsy Buff and the pilot, Freddy Gray, greeted me with hearty “Hellos and Did you know? It seemed that Mary Ann and Patsy were still the best of friends and Freddy, loving the wide open spaces.” decided that the wild blue yonder’ was wide enough, It was only a matter of minutes before the plane landed on the modern airport in Wadesboro, I bade my three friends goodbye and hurried into the large termi- nal, I was greeted at the reception desk by a tall, slim, well-groomed girl. This receptionist was Betty Lou. Bay- ber. She called to my attention other of my old ship- mates who were working in the terminal, Doris Hutch- inson was private secretary to the big boss, Jimmy Mills. I stopped in for a moment to speak to Jimmy and Doris and then went on my way into the city. Wadesboro had certainly changed in the ten years Ihad been away. I walked down the large crowded street in search Of a room, I had not walked very far when bright letters on a large marque caughtmy eye: HILL HOTEL, I quickly went inside and with my fingers crossed I walked up tothereception desk. I was greeted by the head receptionist, Phyllis Russell. She told me that Becky JoHill, another of our shipmates, owned that hoteland a chain of Hill Hotels. Phyllis told me that Shirley Carter, who was now a famous singer of screen radio, and television, was in the same hotel, She and Caroline Austin, accompanied by Virginia Tyson, were to give a concert that night, After making arrangements for my rooms, I went outside, hoping to see more old friends, I had not walk- ed very far when I noticed a sign with three familiar names: Betty Smith, Louise Threadgill, and Lucille Burr, School of Reducing. I went in and was greeted by three very thin women, While talking with Betty, Lucille, and Louise I learned more about my old friends. Georgia Hanna was the mostcapable beauty operator in town, Gary Teal was now editor of the “Wadesboro Times, the foremost paper of the Carolinas, Robert Mc- Laurin was owner of the McLaurin 5 and 10 cent store. 24 Mary Jane Liles Port Sighter Jack Jenkins, Larry Starling, Billy B rower, and Billy. Coble had each gone into the grocery business, When I went out again I saw in bright letters at the Tysonian Theater: One Love, starring Beatrice Cranford and Douglas Sellars. Jerry Tyson was owner of the theater, From Jerry I learned that the city had just completed a new Kindergarten building, PatsyBivens and Peggy Joyce Odom were conducting classes there. Jerry also told me that many of our old classmates were teaching in the new high school building, Peggy Jean Mayhew was head of the English Literature Depart- ment, and Phyllis Gantt was the Home Economics in- structor, Libby Overton, Dick Griggs, and George War- ner were instructors in the music department, Buddy Liles and Donnie James coached girls’ and boys' basket- ball. The outstanding golf pros for the school were Mickey Hole-in-one Bowers and Jackie Ray Cockman, I was very much surprised to hear that several of our old classmates had left Wadesboro to find careers in other towns and countries, Shirley Honeycutt was now a very noted interior decorator in New York. Nancy Jane Allen had made a name for herself in clothes de- signing in Paris. Foye Lowe had established the ever so modern and alluring cosmetics, “Lowe. Pat Beachum had become a very successful and famous lawyer, Patsy and Peggy told me that I would find more of my friends working in the new hospital, so I headed in that direc- tion. The hospital was one of the largest I had ever seen. I stood looking down the long corridor of this beautiful hospital when a voice behind me asked, Did you want to see someone? I turned around and recognized the nurse at once, She was Nancy Morrison, While we were standing there talking, two other nurses came along, They were Nell Jarman and Joyce Cook. They told me that Betty Jean Edgeworth was X-Ray Technicianthere, So together we all went to see Betty. While we were in the lab, someone whispered, I am your friendly under- taker. Startled, I turned, and there stood Johnny Allen, Johnny, I learned, was one of the mostsuccessful funeral directors of Wadesboro, My vacation had only begun, but I knew it was going to be the most wonderful one I had ever spent, The captains of 52 had certainly been like the ivy-- bold to leap to heights, though hard to climb,”

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Anchors Jtweigh 1. Just me, myself, and I!! 5. Cheering squad! ! 8. Still trying after all these years?!! 2. A bird in the bush! 6, Our bathin beauties 9, What's so interesting? 3. One of our dignified seniors 7. The age of Chivalry has not passed! 10. C'mon and grab a platter!! 4, Joined the squatters’ union?