Walstonburg High School - Talisman Yearbook (Walstonburg, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 29 of the 1956 volume:

MR. CECIL H. RHODES Principal BOARD OF EDUCATION Chairman: Sam Jenkins, Floyd Adams, Jack Cunningham, Sam Tugwell and Albert Bundy. MR. B. L. DAVIS Superintendent of Greene County Schools MRS. M. B. TAYLOR English MRS. CECIL BURKE Business Education m MR. DAVID STARLING Agriculture MRS. RICHARD ANTHONY Home Economics MR. BEN WETHINGTON Physical Education MRS. ALTON SHIRLEY Eighth Grade MRS. JEAN SPEIGHT Third Grade MRS. BEULAH COX Second and Third Grades MRS. PATSY C. WALTERS First and Second Grades MRS. SUE H. GAY First Grade fl € SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President- Hortense Gay, Secretary- Janice Eason, Vice-Presi- dent- Carson Jones, Treasurer- Betty Lou Rogers, Reporter- Doris Tugwell. MASCOTS Larry Mercer RED RAY BEAMON tcfhing ventured, nothing gained. ' ' ifiogram Club 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Sports Club 1; Jun- ■ ? ay 3; FFA 1, 2, 3, 4; FFA Officer 3; FFA Field Day 2 : FA Tool-judging Contest 1, 2; Baseball 3, 4. RAYMON BEAMON s ' he mind that makes the body rich. netball 2, 3; Monogram Club 3, 4; Bus Driver 3, 4; er-s Ciub 1; FFA 1, 2, 3, 4; Superlative-Most Courteous MARION GRAY BEAMON A little learning is a dangerous thing. FFA 1, 2 3, 4; Monogram Club 3; Basketball 2, 3; Class Play 4. JANICE FAYE EASON Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and in departing leave behind us. Footprints in the sands of time. Beta Club 1, 2, 4; Beta Reporter 2; Glee Club 1, 4; Music Club 1; FHA 1, 2, 3, 4; FHA Reporter 2, Treasurer 4; Pack-o-News Staff 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Exchange Editor 3; Society Editor 4; Class Officer 2, 3, 4, Reporter 2, 3, Secretary 4, Superlative-Most Likely To Succeed 4; Basketball Team 2; Basketball Sweetheart 2; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; County Win- ner 1, 2, 4; Class Historian 4; Junior Play 3, Senior Play 4. HILDA HORTENSE GAY To err is human, to forgive divine. Senior President 4; FHA 1, 2, 3, 4; FHA Officer 2; Beta Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Beta Officer 2; Senior Play 4, Junior Play 3, - Freshman Treasurer 4; Pack-o-News Staff 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball Co-Captain 4; Monogram Club 3, 4; Monogram Club Officer 3, 4; Superlative-Most Talented, Most Intellectual 4; Annual Staff 4; Class Prophet; Sports- manship Medal 3. MALCOLM GARDNER GAY Prove ail things, hold fast to that which is good. FFA 1, 2; Glee Club 3,.Vice President 3; Student Council 4, Assistant Secretary 4; Beta Club o; Basketball 2, 3, 4 Manager 1, Sportsmanship -Medal 3; Baseball 2 t 3, 4 Manager 1; Monogram Club 3, 4 President 4; Sports 1; Class Officer 1, 2, 3 treasurer .1 3 President 2; Driver 4 Bus Driver Award 4, Tobacco King 4; May ! 3,4; Superlative 4, Most Talented, Most Intellectual- Club 1, 3; Pack-o-News Staff 4; Sports Editor; An. Staff 4, Sports Editor. WILLIAM CARL GAY Live each day to it ' s fullest as if it were your last. Beta Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice-President 3; FFA 1,2, 3,4; Pn dent 3, Vice-president 4, Secretary 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; Vice-President of Student Council 3; President 4; Cl Officer 1, 2, 3; Reporter 1, 2; President 3; Marshall 1, 3, 4 Chief 3, 4; Class Play 3, 4; May Day3; Annual St 4 Snapshot Editor; Cheerleader 1; U.S. History Aware JIMMY LEE HARDISON, JR. Stronger because united Basketball Team 2, 3, 4; Baseball Team 2; FFA 1, 2, 4; Glee Club 3; Sports Club 1; Class Play 4; May Day 4-H Club 1. JAMES MARVIN HEATH To the valiant heart, naught is impossible. Basketball 2, 3,4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Monogram Club 2, 3, 4; FFA 1, 2, 3, 4; Bus Driver 3, 4; Bus Driver ' s Award 4; 4-H Club 1, 2. JOHN CARSON JONES He who does not advance falls behind. Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 4; Monogram 3, 4 Treasurer 4; FFA 1, 2, 3, 4 Vice-President 3; President 4; Class Of- ficer 2, 3, 4 Treasurer 2; Vice-President 3, 4; Sports Club 1; Glee Club 3; Class Play 3; Superlative 4 Most Likely To Succeed; 4-H Club 2j Vice President; Bus Driver 3, 4; Bus Driver Award 3, 4; Class Testator 4; May Day 3; An- nual Staff 4; Student Council 3, 4. EVELYN FAYE NORVILLE Whoever lives true life will love true love. F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; 4-H Club 1; Basketball Team 2, 3, 4; Vorogrcm Club 3, 4; Class Play 4. = E ' LOU ROGERS ere • to exist, but to amount to something in life. ' 2, 3, 4 Co-Captain 2, 3, 4; Most Ath- : - zrz : Ai Tournament in County 3; FHA 1, 2, 3,4; • : osrr 2 Resident 3; Beta Club 1 , 2, 3, 4; Report- er- A Cub 3. 4; Vice-President 3, 4; Tobacco - C-=ss 0=- ' cer ' 4 President 1, Treasurer 4; -css _ Cess ? cy 3, 4- Pack-o-News Staff 3, 4 Spars Er n=r I Ec : - - A-nuol Staff 4 Business Mana- ‘ Popular, Most Athletic. Class Poet --aJLES EDWARD SHIRLEY ng without divine guidance. ,2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2; Basketball Team 1, 2, 3, Certain 4; All-Tournament Medal 3; Sportsmanship edol 3; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Sports Club 1; Monogram uc 3 4; Bus Driver 4; May Day 3; Superlative 4 Most Most Popular; 4-H Club 1, 2; Class Play 3, 4. AM EARL SUTTON z ' i wins everything. . 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Baseball 2; Class Reporter 3; c ' ative 4 Best Personality; Class Play 4; 4-H Club 1; r Day 3. DORIS VIRGINIA TUGWELL Of all the joys she recalls, being in love is th e best of all. Beta Club 4; F.H.A. 2, 3, 4-Reporter, Historian 4; Class Reporter 4; 4-H Club 1; Class Play 4; Superlative-Most Courteous 4; Pack-o-News Staff 4 Exchange Editor; Home Economics Award 3. NELLIE GREY TYSON Love conquers all things.’ Beta Club 1, 2, 3, 4 President 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Pianist 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Senior Play 4; May Day 3; Super- lative-Best Personality 4; Editor of Annual 4; Pack-o-News Staff 4-Business Manager; Student Council 3-Secretary; Bus Driver 4; Class Officer 1, 2, 3-Reporter 1, Vice Presi- dent 2, Secretary 3. BETTY LOU WALSTON When love and kindness work together, expect a master- piece. FHA 1, 2, 3, 4; 4-H Club 1; Class Play 4; Glee Club 1; Basketball Sweetheart 4. JUNIORS CLASS OFFICERS President Vice President. Secretary Treasurer Parlimentarian Reporters Linwood Williford ... Wanda Newell Myrtle Tyson . . Edna G. Norville Lydia Butts . . Brantley Aycock Doris J. Burress Brantley Aycock Gwendolyn Batten Kenneth Beamon Johnny Boykin Doris Jean Burress Lydia Butts Janice Jones Christine Moore Nancy Moore Wanda Newell Edna Grace Norville Kenneth Rose William Stallings Myrtle Tyson William Vick Linwood Williford u% CLASS OFFICERS President Vice President Secretary Treasurer. . . . Reporter . . . Wyatt Taylor Ann Fields . . . . Brenda Dail Billy Dixon Marilu Hardison SOPHOMORES fy ft ' i 5 ft ft 1 r% ft ■4S Li t ft H. IY m a k i: XY ft k t ' ftftrr i ft ft ft I i ft n h ft a fedi K fft l ft ft ft 1 $ liT- -f Ir Ji ft iMi Christine Beamon Bobby Bowden Bonnie Burch Joyce Cates A. L. Coggins Brenda Dail Billy Dixon Ann Fields Ronald Fulford Jimmy Gay Marilu Hardison Tiny Lee Harrell Allen Heath Robert Hill Charles Holloman Jimmy Holloman Donnie Holloman Ann Jones Dorothy Johnson Carol Jones Myrtle Moore Ray Norville Colburn Owens James Ray Parker Betty P. Hardison Dan Shackleford Linda Spikes Wyatt Taylor Amy Williams Anne Wooten CLASS OFFICERS President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Reporter FRESHMEN Henry Cox . . . .Jimmy Smith Minnie Lou Jones Lucille Ellis • • Peggy Williams ■ 4 C , i Glen Beamon Mbrris Brann £ 0 ft O , A 1 1 M Henry Cox Lucille Ellis Bobby Galloway Joyce Holloman O pml ft V • ImI Leafy Mae Jones Pauline Johnson Minnie Lou Jones Frances Lang 1 ft V ft c ' I Christine Ormond Jimmy S mith Carl Tyson, Jr. Harry Moore n : V l £ Rhii ft V 4 . ft 1 Thomas Vick Peggy Williams Roy Lee Wooten John Worthington A. V. Batten Kathleen Bean Billy Boykin Joyce Brock Julia Cox Janet Cates Wayne Dail Robert Denton Ruby Denton Mary Elizabeth Gay Marlow Hall Ray Hardison Jimmy Harrell Patricia Harrell Charles Hedgepeth Glenn Hill Peggy Holloman EIGHTH GRADE James Humphrey Billy Jenkins Roy Smith Jones Douglas Kearney Earlene Lang Andy Mewborn Helen Moore Hilda Padgett Connie Parker Robert Roberson Jerry Smith Sam Sutton Charles Tyson Denny Tyson Austin Vick A. J. Walston Nancy Carol Adams Charlotte Aycock Jessie Baily Joyce Cox Edward Craft Janice Craft Kenneth Craft Howard Fulford Gerald Gay Ralph Heath Edward Hedgepeth Faye Hill Janet Hill James Henry Johnson Douglas Jones SEVENTH GRADE p p ' 4 ■ a i n m jD : i,4 P K r- ? ■■ T : 4 . r !i t P rm P V 7’  1 X hi p n •V.. .) i.V. c f Faye Jones Jimmy Jones Edward Lane Beverly Lang Hazel Langley Alex Mewborn Jean Norville Betsy Jean Owe ns Eugene Pennington Shelby Rose Robert Rouse James Earl Shackleford Elaine Sutton Stewart Tugwell Randy Tyson Barbara Webber Philip Webber J. T. Windham Becky Winstead Raymond Wooten Diane Beamon J. C. Brock Billy Burress Jo Ann Corbett Betsy Cox Douglas Hardison Leslie Hardison Charles Harrell Ellen Harrell Bonnie Hayes Richard Carroll Humphrey Doris Jenkins J ) a 1. Mnggi sL i- 4 A ' 3k l- 4 ik o c o rs 4- Linda Johnson SIXTH GRADE Mikey McKeel Kathleen Mercer Ruby Moore Jimmy Norville Linda Parker James Padgett Belle Roberson Frances Rouse Judy Rouse Mary Lou Strickland Kenneth Sutton Robert Tugwell .0 V p A L - -V m fi i . p O W- ; 1 ■ n ' -yr-w V ft gi v), iA_ A ‘V A fer-JL Speight Aycock Linda Bailey Patricia Beamon Donnie Bowden Jerry Bundy Jonanna Craft Kathryn Craft Neal Craft Ben Fields Herbert Gay Willie Gay Bobby Hardison Linda Hardison Carroll Heath Linda Honeycutt Evelyn Jones Kenneth Jones FIFTH GRADE Virginia Lane Anne Letchworth Jimmy Mercer Allen Moore Geraldine Moore Larrise Owens W. A. Shirley Richard Stallings Jo Carol Tyson Judy Walston Cooper Webber Joyce Williams Kay Wooten Pane Wooten Ann Worthington Ray Worthington ■ L A V (BH A IT - , A 0 0 0 ’V c a V v W: •• ft a 0 h: vJ ft . at B S8f Eugene Beaman James Beaman Wilbert Bowden Addie Burress v J. C ] _ A v U Carolyn Coggins William Craft James Dunn Wayne Fulford t V J n Si V i n Billy Ginn Brenda Harrell Ernest Harrell Lima Hedgepeth ft ®j V ' A L i FOURTH GRADE A Leslie Holloman A ' 0 S- ji O ■ _ Eugene Jenkins Ann Langely George Moore Jewell Moore A i ' .1 A -V % ) ■■ V 3 V Linwood Owens Ruby Parker Gloria Padgett Carol Reason A vvA. « - •, t ) J V ■ r i.; ' - Carol Rose Billy Sermons Bob Walston Carl Wethington Billy Barnhill Linda Beamon Sandra Bundy Carolyn Cobb Diane Cobb Judy Cobb Jeanie Ellis Patsy Graves Brenda Hardison Carlos Hardison Connie Hayes Becky Holloman Belt Holloman Becky Jenkins Malaine Jones THIRD GRADE Martha Jo Jones Kenneth Lang Steve Letchworth Dianne McKeel Stanley Mercer Ann Moore Jeanette Ormond Charles Parrisher Gwen Rogers Bobby Rose Ondra Shirley Bobby Smith Gail Taylor Pat Wooten Patricia Webber A a i C M A v : - 1) 3 « n ■h. £ ivl - «■ [ft X vl j y? ini ' -! a C 1 n m 1 1 m n V SECOND GRADE Hazel Cobb Mickey Gay Janice Hayes Mary Ethel Humphrey Shelton McKeel Marvin Moore Peggy Moore Roy Lee Moore Keith Parker Louise Parker Connie Lou Rose Mary Ellen Speight Kay Taylor Pat Bundy FIRST AND SECOND GRADES James Ray Cates n ft ■ r L 1 ? i it — A _ V s , IN J . « f V . m ts , fi A m f -| ■ £ ' % [Wl Albert Lane Glenn Letchworth David Moore Sandra Moore Bobby Ray Owens Edward Padgett Kenneth Rouse Connie Reason Donnie Reason A. C. Shirley Marjorie Ann Sawyer Lou Walston FIRST GRADE Stephen Avery Mahlon Aycock Pauline Bailey Brenda Baker Linda Baker n .h £3 Mr 1 1 } Ai N t - (A «V W Beth Barry Billy Beamon Leonard Beamon Linwood Bowden Brenda Brock •%- A fe 1 1 A • , 4 V . a m ■ if s H. David Cox Jarvis Cox David Craft David Dildy Ann Ellis w 1 d 4 , ■ £1 K j FIRST GRADE Paul Ellis Saraveen Fields Ella Gay Bill Hall William Hardison Shelby Harrell Ann Holloman Claudia Moore Gene Moore Sandy Morgan Ellen Rouse Dianne Smith John Henry Walston Royce Williams Joyce Wooten Proof checki ANNUAL STAFF AND SPONSOR Nellie Tyson Hortense Gay .... Betty Lou Rogers . . Carson Jones .... Malcolm Gay .... Carl Gay Mrs. Bruten Taylor Editor . .Assistant Editor Business Manager Art Editor .... Sports Editor . Snapshot Editor Sponsor Never a free moment! The production of this annual was a lone process which began last year with the choos- ing of our staff. Our staff is in three divi- sions-editorial, business and circulation. Ffow- ever, being a small class, we all worked to- gether. Looking over samples Captains-Malcolm Gay Charles Shirley Coach-Ben C. Wethington As the annjal went to press the Devils had a 14-6 re- cord. The team was seeded second in the conference with a 3-1 record with three conference games remaining on the schedule and two non-conference games. Billy Dixon- F. Malcolm Gay- G. Carson Jones- C. Charles Shirley - G. James Heath- G. Alfred Beaman- G. Ray Norville- F. Brantly Aycock- F. William Vick- F. Dan Shackleford- F. Hard work and co- operation won for them, not so many games, but the love and admiration of us all. We are justi- fiably proud of the Captains-Hortense Gay Betty Lou Rogers Coach-Ben C. Wethington sportsmanship of both our boys and girls. We have a small student body, with only thirteen girls going out for basketball. But they have taught us that spirit counts more than numbers. Hortense Gay Evelyn Norville Bonnie Burch Ann Fields Betty Lou Rogers Carol Jones Ann Jones Edna Grace Norville Nancy Moore Christine Moore Joyce Cates Brenda Dail Christine Beaman MALCOLM GAY Most Talented Most Intellectual HORTENSE GAY Most Talented Most Intellectual CHARLES SHIRLEY Most Athletic Most Popular BETTY LOU ROGERS Most Athletic Most Popular Best-all-Round BILLY SUTTON Best Personality NELLIE GREY TYSON Best Personality CHARLES BEAMON Most Courteous DORIS TUGWELL Most Courteous