Wakelon High School - Wak Igh An Yearbook (Zebulon, NC)

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Judy Pearce and Ann Walters have opened a Beauty Salon in Rolesville. They want to show those Rolesville girls how to catch their hometown boys. Annell Williams has just finished writing a book on how to pronounce names properly. She received the idea from Mr. Castille. Well, this just about winds up the wherabouts and professions of the members of our Class of ' 58. Most of them have been successful, although some have not, but we are still thinking of them, our Class of ' 58. CLASS PROPHETS Mickey Phillips Claud Lee Dunn, Jr. Alma Mater It ' s dear old Wakelon, It ' s dear old Wakelon, We have the best school in the land. Come on, Wakelonians; join in, Wakelonians, We’ll show the whole world where we stand. Now is the time, boys, to make a big noise. No matter what the people say; For there is none to fear, The gang’s all here; So it ' s hail to dear old Wakelon, Hail!

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Senior Class Prophecy N As Mickey Phillips and I were sitting around one Sunday afternoon of this year, 1968, we happened to pick up some recent issues of the local paper. We saw the names of most of our classmates of 1958 in these issues of the paper. This is what we read about them: Gary Alford, better known as Huh-Huh among his classmates, after twelve years of trying, finally has driven Mr. Castille crazy. Freddy Beck attended the Citadel and was a great help to the football team there. He was the best waterboy they have ever had. Clyde Boykin has now resigned from the National Guard and has joined the Russian Army. He says, If you can’t lick ' em, join’em. Larry Arnold is now test-driving Plymouths for Chrysler Corporation. J. R. Bissette and Randall Boykin are now keeping books in Central Prison, where they are guards. They got their know-how of bookkeeping from Mrs. Privette. Franklin Eddins now works in a sideshow in the circus, where he is known as The Thin Man.” Times cer¬ tainly have changed, haven’t they? Donald Horton and Wilson Stallings took off for the Moon last week. Seems like a couple of girls disappeared at the same time. Lee Blackley is now manager of the Lee Clothing Co. Claud Dunn has become a famous criminal lawyer. He has defended such big-time gangsters as Terrible Elmer Perry and Herman the Hatchet Oakley. Bruce Johnson and Jean Gay are married and all of their children are attending Wakelon School. W. G. Griswold’s Hell-Drivers are now the main event at the State Fair. Mickey Phillips ' TV show has taken the place of the Bob Cumming ' s Show. I guess it ' s his way with the girls. Patricia Brantley is vice president of ESSO Oil Company. A big change, isn ' t it? Loretta Cawthorne is now wearing a wig. That peroxide she used during high school days was rather strong. Vaughan Wade ' s eyes are somewhat sore. He was in a bowling alley the other day and his head was mis¬ taken for a bowling ball. Ann Hopkins has created a new kind of cigarette. She couldn ' t find one she liked among all the others she smoked. Hilda Brannon and Frankie are happily married. Barbee Chamblee is a prominent engineer. He attended State College after graduation from High School. Fay Temple now works for Life magazine. She really liked her part in the senior play. Leslie Strickland is in the Navy these days. He has traded his Plymouth for a rowboat. Thurston Perry is working with U.S. Scientists, who are still trying to get their first satellite off the ground. Louise Hood is a housewife. She got her start while still in high school. Harvey Joe Mangum liked French so much that now he teaches French at Wakelon. Thomas Strickland’s knowledge of guns learned in the National Guard has made him the Wyatt Earn of modern time. Judy Overman is in the WAVES. Her father ' s profession influenced her. Gardner Temple is the owner and operator of Temple’s Market. Mary Jo Pace has just won $64,000 on a quiz show. We knew her knowledge would someday lead to success. Larry Perry is manager of Wakelon Theater. He got his start during his high school days. Rose Baker and Ann Bobbitt are running a night club. It is known as the Rose-Ann Night Club.” Jean Murray is a drill instructor in the Army. They hired her because of her loud mouth. Glenda Wilson is now the wife of a prominent dairyman. Julia Pace is the president of the Woman’s Athletic Club of America. This is because she was such a good athlete in school. Jean Fowler is now the chief typist for the Raleigh Times. She got her start in the Journalism Club at Wakelon. Judy Green is working with her husband. Dr. Joe Wayne Tippett, as his assistant in his animal clinic. Faye Fowler is a teacher at Wakelon School, since she loved to go there so well. Margie Blackwell and Carol Johnson were lost in last year’s Christmas rush, due to their quietness. Judy Perry has taken Hollywood by surprise. She has taken the place of Natalie Wood in the acting field.

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SENIOR CLASS POEM We, the graduating class of 1958, have Reached the first of life ' s plateau. And it ' s with humble hearts we give thanks For having come this far. We’ve never faltered in our determination To attain our goal although We might have failed if we had not had Our wagon hitched to a star. We look forward to the future without A backward glance Knowing full well life holds much in store For everyone who strives To ao ms best, and to take advantage Of every chance To serve God and our fellow-man. And thus enrich our lives. It is with mixed emotions that we have come To the end of this school year. It ' s the time we have strived toward With great anticipation, and yet We hate to say goodbye to Dear Ole ' Wakelon And all the friends we hold so dear, But the tie that binds us together Is so strong we can never forget. Class Poet, Judy Green MOTTO Not Finished, Just Begun CLASS COLORS CLASS FLOWER Blue and Silver Pink Rose CLASS SONG Classmates of 1958, let ' s raise our voices strong In love and adoration for the school we ' ve loved so long. You’ve given us courage for a shield - you ' ve given us visions bright. All that is best is ours because you ' ve taught us truth and right. For in these halls we mixed the clay of happiness and sorrow With power we gleamed on yesterday we ' ll mold a bright tomorrow. To you we leave behind, Adieu, employ power endowed And you shall taste the glory, too, and bear the homage proud. Refrain verse: Wakelon, we’ll ever cherish the - we ' ll hold your ideals true. We’ll seek to prove our loyalty in all that we shall do. Faye Temple Judy Perry