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

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY It was nine o'clock and I was sitting in my room all alone. The day’s events began coming back to me. It seemed funny when I thought of all the people that came to me, wanting to know what had happened to some of their loved ones or what was going to happen to them. Then, suddenly, I had an idea! I hadn't heard from my old classmates in quite a while. I decided I'd try to get in touch with them. I took my crystal ball down from the shelf and began my task. At first, everything was a blur; then it began to disappear. A familiar form began taking its place. Was it who I thought it was? Why, yes! Its Anne Tice. Anne was coming down the hall at Duke Hospital. Her neat little white uniform makes her look just as important as she really is. She has really made a name for herself as head nurse here. ’m sure nothing could have pleased her more than this. Working with her as her very capable assistant is Joyce Ward. Joyce gained fame for her- self at Walter Reed Hospital and after hearing of Anne’s position, she applied for a transfer to Duke. Margaret Ann Hildreth, Arlene Austin, and Edna Rogers are also employed on this staff. fe) ane ae Next, I see Frances Eddins sitting at Senator Benny Thomas’ desk in Washington, D. C. She is Benny’s capable secretary. Benny is perhaps one of the most famous persons in the world. He has been responsible for having several amendments added to the constitution. His wife, the former Ernestine Johnson, is the number one society lady in the nation. What’s this—Hollywood? Well, my schoolmates have really starred here in the city of stars. That’s Sybil Poplin I see there. I hear she’s giving Jane Russell much competition. That boy is really the darlin’ of movieland and he is none other than the original Tommy Lowe,—another ‘54er. One of his schoolmates, Jean Parker, is his business manager. She’s doing a great job. Ila Mae Tyson is very famous now. She has just completed a novel, and, as I understand, she won the Pulitizer Prize for it. Maybe she'll receive the Nobel Prize, too. New York—next stop. The leading fashion center here is owned and operated by Calvin Gaddy. Working as his skilled salesmen are Billy Morris and William Warner. His manager is James “Sleepy” Martin. It's funny, isn’t it, how so many of my classmates can be working together and yet they've all in different parts of the country? Eugene Ratliff is probably the most talented of all. He is the chemical engineer for Albert Einstein and he has had much to do in the development of the H.A. bomb. Henry Teal is a very capable construction engineer. He has been granted the job of con- structing the new million dollar housing project in Wadesboro. The architect is to be the now famous Don “Dynamite” McRorie. Foreman will be James “Runt” Pegram. These boys have made a name for themselves all over the world. They are usually referred to as “The Big Three.” Peggy Teal.is perhaps the most publicized of all. After winning the Miss America con- test, she was runner up in the Miss Universe competition. The scene of a professional football game appears next. Coach Claudelle “T Formation” Bridges is nervously pacing the side lines as his two star players, Johnny Livingston and Be) Tyson, continue on the road to victory. Their pictures have been placed in the Hall of ame. Mary Grace Ratliff has been voted the number one pin-up girl of the nation. Her face is constantly appearing on all the top magazine covers. Sharlia Bransington is now a home economics instructor at U.C.L.A. She graduated from here and was immediately put on the staff. Barbara Ratliff stays quite busy these days. She’s the best interior decorator around these parts. She has been engaged to redecorate the interior of former President Eisenhower's home. Who knows what she'll do next? An airfield appears on my screen next. I hear the announcer calling out flight signals. His voice sounds familiar. Why, of course. I should have recognized it as being Jesse Burr’s. What is the name of this airport anyway? Why, it’s Dabbs’ Across Country”! The owner is Bobby Snake” Dabbs. Success comes to those who try. 29 (Continued on page 78) Doris Brock, Prophet

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CLASS HISTORY Twelve years! That seems like a long time to spend getting ready to face that great, big world! But just look what we did, as well as what we learned! Let’s, for just a few minutes, turn back the hands of time, and relieve some of those old memories. Let’s begin with the day we first stepped over the threshold of the grammar school, which was to be our home for four years. My, those feet were uncertain and hesitant! However, holding tightly to mother’s hand, we stepped into a world of books and companions. We were immediately “adopted” by Mrs. Joe Liles, Mrs. Shelley Cashion, Miss Anne Little Masemore, and Miss Mary Plunkett. It was these teachers that so patiently taught us to say the ABC’s and to read about Dick, Jane, and Spot. Miss Elizabeth Webb and Mrs. Chase Baughn welcomed us at the beginning of our second year. Through them, we were intro- duc to subtraction. The third year soon came upon us, with Mrs. J. H. Bost, Mrs. Elinor Gray, and Miss Julia Cameron as our leaders. It was in this year that we began to get acquainted with geography, or as we call it today, “social science.” Miss Fanny Dunlap, Miss Alice Lampley, and Miss Leona Edwards took us under their wings in the fourth year of our educational journey. Up jumped our big year! Gee, we felt important as we transferred over to the big school and into the care of Miss Pauline Pinkston and Mrs. Heck Allen. Can’t you remember how we worked at multiplying, dividing, and learning the 48 states? Miss Evelyn Haney and Miss Fannie Winfree met us at the sixth year of our journey. Didn't those geography tests give us a fit? The seventh grade came, with Mrs. George Huntley and Mrs. W. J. Gulledge as our teach- ers. This was the year we learned all about citizenship, through those Friday programs. That year several of our classmates served as marshals for the eighth grade commencement. Mrs. Roy Gaddy and Miss Elizabeth Barker “claimed” us for our final year before entering high school. I guess welll never forget our trip to Raleigh. That was one of the highlights of our eighth grade year. My, wasn’t it fun to ride on that bus! Mrs. Gaddy got quite mad at us for reading comic books instead of looking at the scenery! Commencement came, and never again would we be grammar grade students. We were growing up. High school was our next step. High school, freshman year! My, didn’t we feel big changing classes! All this importance was soon knocked down because the upper classmen wouldn't let us forget our title of “lowly freshman”! Several of classmates were asked to work on the Student Prints and the Hi-Ways. We were very proud of this! The first high school year is usually the hardest, but we have Mrs. Tom Wall, Miss Frances Delmar, and Messrs. David Kephart, Bernard York, Harold Grant, Robert Hickman, J. C. Baucom, William Todd and J. Ray Shelton to thank for their help and guidance. It was they who “took up for their lowly freshmen”! Soon we were sophomores. Under the direction of Miss Hermine Caraway, Mrs. Tom Wall, and Messrs. Robert Hickman, Henry Albaugh, Harold Grant, Charlie Wyant, and David Kephart we progressed toward our junior year. But wait! We just can’t skip over the Junior -Senior Banquet. Ill bet we were the cutest waitresses the juniors and seniors ever had. Those oriental costumes were just perfect. But let’s go on to our junior year. We were met by Mesdames Harold Johnson, Wade Childs, Charles Bird, Roy Gaddy, Miss Caraway, and Messrs. Harold Grant, Tony Sellari, David Kephart, and J. O. Bowman, Jr. It was during this year that we welcomed several Deep Creek students to our class: Eleanor McLaurin, Jane Lowery, Vester Jordan, Charles Bowman, W. J. Baker, and William Ratliff. The Christmas Carrousel Princess, Peggy Teal, came from our junior class. To raise money for our Junior-Senior, our class sold over $1000 worth of magazines. For our banquet theme, we chose a Southern Plantation. Our junior year was just packed with conventions. The SIPA convention at Lexington, Virginia, was attended by some of our group. These came home quite happy, for they had been to a party given by none other than James Street. In the late spring, Ila Mae Tyson and Nancy Howell were chosen to attend Girls’ State. Our last, and most important year arrived with a bang! Now we could be the dignified ones with all those so-called “senior privileges.” But to our surprise, we found, as others have said, that seniors really don’t have many privileges! At least if they did, we never found them! 21 (Continued on page 78 ) ANNE Tice, Historian

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of 1954, having come to the end of our high school days with a somewhat weak mental capacity, but desiring to remember the last days, do hereby state and publish this our last will and testament. To our superintendent, Mr. Wildermuth, who has so graciously guided us through the hard days of high school, we leave our ap- preciation for his kind help. To Mr. Baucom, our principal, we wish to express our thanks for his guiding and keeping us out of trouble and for his excellent advising. For his sake, we hope he will have more orderly groups in the years to follow. To our homeroom teachers, Miss Caraway and Miss Sturgis, we leave our thanks for their patience with us, and their sincere interest in us, and the many helpful things they have done for us. Henry Treat, Testator To the members of the faculty, we do leave the fond memories of our high school experiences and the wish that this faculty will stay and guide the seniors of 1955. To the sophomores we would leave the ability to plan a good Junior-Senior. To the freshmen we leave the ability to have as much fun and “learn” as much as we have. The seniors listed below do leave with gracious feelings to the underclassmen their different abilities. We hope they will develop some of these abilities and forget some of them. I, Dick Wallace, leave my office as president of the Senior Class to the junior that is fortunate enough to be elected. We, Nancy Howell and James Pegram, do leave our charm and know-how-to-go-steady to Franklin Grooms and Carol Raye. I, Tommy Tyson, do leave a football position to anybody who can do half as well as I did. We, Kirby Hinson and Anne Tice, do leave our ability to be smart to Ikey Tarleton and Jimmy Allen. We, Johnny Livingston and Janet Allen, do leave our ability to get along with Mr. Baucom to Reese Robeson and Glenda Allen. We, Sharlia Brasington and Barbara Ratliff, do leave our ability to get along with Mr. Casale to Sylvia Parker and Nancy Melton. We, Jean Hightower and Jean Parker, do leave our ability to be good sports to Emmie Lou Teal and Sam Gatewood. We, Margaret-Ann Hildreth and Frances Eddins, do leave our secret on how to get out of class to Doris Gulledge and Mary Ann Martin. We, Doris Brock and Mary Grace Ratliff, do leave our good looks to anyone that can com- pete with us. I, Billy Morris, wish to leave my nickname “pop”, to Billy Poplin. I, Tommy Lowe wish to leave my ability to be a quarterback to Ernest Brower. I, William Warner, leave my ability to play pool to James Hill. We, Joan Moore and Kathryn Griggs, leave our positions on the basketball team to Carolyn Huggins and Nancy Sue Hough. I, Don McRorie, do leave my ability to listen to mufflers to R. J. Rogers. I, Calvin Gaddy, leave my ability to be a “manager” to anyone who is lucky enough to get it. I, Ila Mae Tyson, leave my position as a cheerleader to anyone who has a good set of lungs. I, Eugene Ratliff, leave my nickname “Sugar Daddy” to Franklin Grooms. I, Edna Rogers, leave my quiet manners to Jo Ann Curlee. We, Claudelle Bridges and Jesse Burr, leave our ability to talk on class to Steve Boaz and Tommy Marsh. We, Shirley Cole and Donese Harward, leave our ability to talk on class and not get caught to anyone who can do it. I, Juanita Ingram, leave my nickname “Kitty” to anyone who looks like a cat. I, Ernestine Johnson, leave my ability to learn foreign language to Johnny Hudson. I, Barbara Caulder, leave my place in the Beta Club to Barbara Chewning. I, Myra Short, leave my charm to Nancy Melton. (Continued on page 78) 23