Waynesville High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Waynesville, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1943 volume:

THE 1943 MOUNTAINEER 4 h TOAST TO THE SCHOOL by Helen Nicholas Delivered at the Senior Banquet March 20, 1943 Master of ceremonies and honored guests: In rising to make this toast, it is difficult to find words that will properly and adequately describe the emotions and thoughts that lie so deep in our hearts at such a historical moment in our indi¬ vidual lives. Yes, I feel that it is and always will be a historical moment for us all. Some of you will become heroes upon the battlefields —some, leaders in other fields. And some of us will become the hard-working non-complaining American citizens, so badly needed. Yet, no matter what we become, we will hold the memories of our high school days reverently in our hearts as the foundation for that future life. Each wall, each door, each hall, reminds us of some past act, good or bad, which we can never forget. Our teachers represent to us the finest and highest ideals of American manhood and womanhood. For the past four years they have been working with us and for us day and night, aiding us in solving our per¬ plexing problems of life, and guiding our minds and bodies in the most wholesome of all activities. Yes, I will admit that we have disagreed with them at times. But these disagreements only im¬ pressed further upon us their superiority in intelligence and charac¬ ter, causing us to love them all the more. The Waynesville High School has been a comfort and shelter to us for four years. It has been our second home. Here we have studied and learned the things that change boys and girls into men and women. And now, in drinking this toast to our past ideas and ideals, let us drink a challenge to the future. Let us challenge ourselves to make the very best of our future lives, and by thus doing, glorify the name of our school. T h e 19 Editor—Mary Ellen Boone Business Manager—Charles Way WAYNESVILLE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOE WAYNESVILLE NORTH CAROLINA To flur Boys In The Service of Our Country This Yearbook Is dedicated to those members of the Senior Class and Faculty who have this year left the classrooms of the Waynesville High School for service in the armed forces of our nation. They are risking everything that we who remain at home and all future generations may enjoy the privileges of free men. This record of pleasant activities together will serve to keep bright memories of these whom we honor and to remind us of the charge we have to keep, lest we break faith with our own of this day and with the generations of our fathers who gave us our glorious heritage of freedom. m. ®. % iSoll of Bnttar Carl Ratcliff Bill Rodgers Hugh Constance Jack Arrington Stanley Henry John Jackson Charles Davis Oliver Yount Bobby Colkitt R. L. Wilson A. J. Garrison Pat Dungan M. H. BOWLES District Principal C. E. WEATHERBY High School Principal THE FACULTY 6 Bessie Boyd Inez Cloud Brooks J. Colvin Brown, Sr. Ruby Ricks Brown Owen R. Corwin Mae Burr M. Davis Lizzie Boyd Ferquson Charles L. Isley, Jr. Alma Jackson Lucy Tate Jones Mrs. J. M. Kellett Nancy Killian Amelia B. Leatherwood Grace Dean Leatherwood Marjorie McManus Martha M. Medford Lois Smathers Neal Marie P. Patrick Margaret Perry Ethel Craig Sloan Grace A. Stamey Margaret Terrell Francis Turner Martha Butler Lucille Lancaster Hardin Hester Ann Withers 7 Rex Hosciilook, Bruce Jaynes, and Bub Teague Lcer6 KURT WEILL_President REX HOSAFLOOK-Secretary BRUCE JAYNES_Acting President CHARLES TEAGUE-Treasurer CU pc oem by Jarvis Brock As we near the end of our high school life And gaze at the years gone by, We think of our classmates we hold most dear As the parting hour draws high. For four long years we have sailed the blue On Knowledge, a seaworthy ship. And now we arrive at our cherished goal As we near the end of our trip. And we realize now as we never before That our journey was really not bad. Although we have had our ups and our downs, ' Twas the best time we ' d ever had. Let ' s remember now our lads in the fight, Tliose laughing fellows we knew. Who gave up their places their country to serve And stand by the Red, White, and Blue. As we think of that group we all so adore Who have been both our guide and key. We each owe a gift of gratitude To all of the faculty. Wherever we go throughout this fair land. This country so lovely and free. May we always look back and remember with pride This great class of forty-three. Anne Hardin 8 EDGAR AMMONS F.F.A., Boy ' s Chorus EDITH ATKINSON Basketball, Track RUTH BALL Basketball DWIGHT BEATY Dramatics, Public Speaking, An¬ nual Staff, Home Room Officer MARY ELLEN BOONE Band, Cheerleader, Journalism, Dramatics, Glee Club, Annual Staff, Class Officer, Home Room Officer FRANCIS BOYD F.F.A. BETTY BRADLEY Band, Dramatics, Annual Staff, Home Room Officer RICHARD BRADLEY DOROTHY BROCK Glee Club JARVIS BROCK Band, Public Speaking, Boy ' s Chorus, Draunatics, Home Room Officer COLVIN BROWN Band, Dramatics, Home Room Officer MABEL BROWNING THELMA BURRESS VIVIEN CLARK Home Room Officer ROBERT CLEMENT 9 ANNA CLINE Glee Club LYLE COFFEY Band, Football DORIS COLKITT Band, Dramatics, Glee Club, Art Club, Home Room Officer KENNETH COMPTON Football, Public Speaking, Home Room Officer lOHNNY CROCKETT Annual Staff, Football ADELAIDE DAVIS Band, Glee Club, Home Room Officer BILLY DAVIS Band, Dramatics, Public Speak¬ ing JUNIOR DAVIS SARA LEE DAVIS JACK EDWARDS 4-H Club, Home Room Officer EDNA FERGUSON Glee Club, Dramatics, Basket¬ ball, Track, Home Room Officer AGNES FINGER VIRGINIA FOWLER HESTER ANN FRANCIS Home Room Officer BILL FRAZIER Football 10 NORA GALLOWAY Glee Club, Art Club BONNIE GARRETT NINA MAE GARRETT RUTH GOODSON Basketball, Track, Glee Club Home Room Officer DORIS GRAHL Glee Club, Band, Dramatics LOSSIE GREENE DICK HALL Band DOROTHY HALL Home Room Officer WILSIE ANNE HANEY HELEN HANNAH ROSEMARY HERMAN Dramatics, Journalism, Art Club CARMEL HOLLINGSWORTH F.F.A., Public Speaking GLENNA HOSAFLOOK Glee Club REX HOSAFLOOK Band, Journalism, Football, An¬ nual Staff, Public Speaking, Home Room Officer, Class Of¬ ficer EUGENE HOWELL F.F.A. 11 FANNIE HOWELL Home Room Officer BURGE JAYNES Football, Basketball, Track, An¬ nual Staff GLENNA JOHNSON GRACE JONES Basketball THELMA ANN JONES Band, Dramatics, Home Room Officer KEITH KETNER F.F.A. BILLY LINER JACK LYLE F.F.A. DOROTHY McCLURE VELMA McCLURE Band, Dramatics, Home Room Officer LULA McCRACKEN Basketball BETTY McELROY Basketball JERRY McKinley Basketball, Tennis, Annual Staff, Hi-Y Club MILDRED McRORIE EUGENE MEDFORD Band, Dramatics 12 MILDRED MESSER Basketball LINUEL MILLER Band MARIE MILLER ELIZABETH MITCHELL 4-H Club, Public Speaking, Home Room Officer HELEN MITCHELL DONALD MOODY F.F.A. EDITH MOSS HELEN NICHOLAS Dramatics JUANITA NOLAND Basketball, Glee Club NINA MAE NORMAN Home Room Officer, Glee Club, Public Speaking WORLEY OWEN Boy ' s Chorus WANDA PARRIS BOBBY PARSONS EVELYN PEARCE Class Officer, Cheer Leader, Dramatics, Annual Staff, Mu¬ seum Club HAYWOOD PLOTT Band, Boy ' s Chorus, Home Room Officer 13 EDWARD ROBINSON Band, Boy ' s Chorus EDNA ROGERS Home Room Officer LILLIAN ROSS Glee Club, Basketball VERLIN SETZER PATSY SHEEHAN Basketball, Track, Cheerleader, Glee Club, Class Officer, Home Room Officer FRANK SMITH Public Speaking CAROLINE STEPHENSON Art Club EDITH SUMMERROW Glee Club BUB TEAGUE Journalism, Annual Staff, Foot¬ ball, Basketball, Public Speak¬ ing, Home Room Officer, Class Officer OLLIE TRANTHEM ROBERT TREMBLY LILLIAN TURNER Glee Club RUTHIE WAGENFELD Band, Dramatics, Journalism, Annual Staff, Home Room Of¬ ficer KURT WEILL Football, Annual Staff, Journal¬ ism, Class Officer GRACE WILBURN Dramatics, Journalism, Glee Club 14 LAURA WINCHESTER Glee Club LENA WINCHESTER Glee Club RALPH WINCHESTER Cheerleader BARBARA WRIGHT MARTHA MAE WYCHE Art Club, Dramatics, Annual Staff POST GRADUATES Front Row: BETTY PHELPS CLYDE GREER MARY FRANKLIN Back Row: SARA ROGERS VIRGINIA McELROY ANN EDMUNDS DIXIE CAMPBELL 15 16 Ja iedictorian MARY ELLEN BOONE Saiutatorian RUTHIE WAGENFELD l utli idri an Owen _ ‘dward MARY ELLEN BOONE 1 . dbeclamation Oonteit BRUCE JAYNES 2 ). CiL RUTHIE WAGENFELD Lzen6f Lipi -y wardi tward6 DWIGHT BEATY -American =dde ion Oitizendkip _ wardi ' tmencan ROBERT RUSSELL izenimp _ ' wardi ELSIE JANE GREEN Dwight Beaty Elsie lane Green Robert Russell 17 BEST LOOKING AND PRETTIEST Kurt Weill Marie Miller CUTEST Bub Teague Edna Ferguson NEATEST John Jackson Lena Winchester MOST POPULAR Stanley Henry Betty Bradley BEST-ALL-ROUND Stanley Henry Ruthie Wagenfeld BEST SPORT Jack Arrington Ruth Goodson MOST ATHLETIC Stanley Henry Patsy Shefehan MOST TALENTED Bruce Jaynes Doris Grahl MOST STUDIOUS Kurt Weill Helen Nicholas Rosemary Herman WITTIEST John Crockett Ruthie Wagenfeld MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Kurt Weill Ruthie Wagenfeld BEST PERSONALITY Oliver Yount Betty Bradley BEST DRESSED Gene Medford Jerry McKinley MOST ARTISTIC Bruce Jaynes MartJia Mae Wyche MOST ORIGINAL John Crockett Martha Mae Wyche MOST SINCERE Dick Hall Rosemary Herman MOST DIGNIFIED Rex Hosaflook Rosemary Herman MOST SCHOOL SPIRIT Hugh Constance Patsy Sheehan CLASS JITTERBUG Pat Dungan Mary Ellen Boone SWEETEST John Jackson Betty Bradley CLASS BABY Jarvis Brock Ruth Ball CLASS GRUMBLER Bub Teague Mary Ellen Boone I awoke the other night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight of my room. Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, A hillbilly writing in a book of gold— And to the hillbilly in my room I said, What writes! thou? He raised his head. And this is what he said: In the future you will see: Haywood, Colvin, and Gene still trying to get along with the top sergeant who isn ' t as patient as their teach¬ ers used to be. Doris and Dwight and Pat and Bill happily married. Lyle Coffee still grumbling, but now it is about hard¬ ware. Helen Hannah still selling milk for Mrs. Sloan. Junior Davis in Hollywood supporting Mrs. Medford. Pat Dungan and Mary Ellen Boone, a famous jitterbug team touring the country. Bruce Jaynes coaching at W. T. H. S. Vivian Clark settled in a sweet little rose-covered bungalow in Canton. Stanley Henry hedge-hopping in California. Rosemary Herman sitting behind her desk in the Methodist Publishing House. Johnny Crockett offering stiff competition to Bob Hope. Caroline Stephenson, using her beautiful penmanship, is now an artist for The Toggery. Bobby Colkitt is leading photographer for Look . Mabel Browning is new home ec teacher. Evelyn Pearce is still squirting fancy decorations on cakes. Robert Trembly is a famous orator. Nora Galloway is saying sweetly, Number Please . Olr r Y and Hugh Constance with their Ad¬ miral s . Ruth Goo - ng a championship girl ' s basket¬ ball and track team. Helen Mitchell is secretary to Carmel Hollingsworth, the leading farmer in Francis Cove. Fannie Howell has invented a machine that writes shorthand accurately. Donald Moody and A. J. Garrison have been appointed to the Haywood County School Board. Doris Grahl is singing in the Metropolitan Opera. Martha Mae Wyche is owner of a large racing stable in Kentucky. Lena Winchester has opened up her own little dress shop. Jack Lyle is raising food on his huge estate for the starving countries. Marie Miller is waiting for the fleet to come in and Grace Wilburn is waiting for the army to come off of maneuvers. Helen Nicholas is using her genius and teaching math, especially plane geometry. Nina Mae Norman is touring the country as typing champion of 1948. John Jackson and Jack Arrington are playing pro¬ football in Pearl Harbor. Sara Lee Davis is manager of Henderson ' s Comer and Betty McElroy is her assistant. Elizabeth Mitchell has decorated her living room with 4-H awards. Verlin Setzer and Francis Boyd are proprietors of the Blue Haze Novelty Shop . Betty Bradley is owner of a Dude Ranch on Eagle ' s Nest Drive. R. L. Wilson is announcing for Big Sister over W. W. N. C. Velma McClure and Lillian Turner are Navy nurses and have just been awarded their commissions. Robert Clement is still taking it easy. Dorothy Hall has learned to weld smoothly. Eugene Gibson is still getting black eyes playing football. Wilsie Ann Haney is now playing nursemaid to her own children. Kurt Weill has become famous as a designer of shoes. Grace Jones has finally made Arthur Paul Evans look at her twice. Jerry McKinley is still getting along with all the cute boys. Dorothy McClure is helping Mabel Browning teach those lazy children how to cook. Edward Robinson is singing with Gene Autry. Glennie Johnson has made herself famous teaching at W. T. H. S. Mildred Messer is still trying to read her shorthand accurately. Bob Parsons and Bill Frazier are still trying to cool their feet off after some of those thirty mile hikes. Then I said, And is mine one? But the hillbilly re¬ plied, Nay, not so. But I perked up and said, Then write me as one who loves his fellowmen. Then the hillbilly wrote and disappeared. The next night the hillbilly came again And showed the names upon his list and lot M. H. Bowles led all the rest! 20 We, the senior class of 1943, having come to the end of our days at Waynesville High School, do hereby bequeath certain of our treasured possessions to the classes which succeed us, in order that these possessions shall not be lost but shall be perpetuated within the walls of our beloved school. Therefore, we make known unto all whom it may concern this, our last will and testament: ITEM I: To the tenth grade we leave all our dignity, serious¬ ness, and sense of humor. To the ninth grade we leave an ample supply of icy radiators, hungry locker rats, and lunchroom soup. To the eighth grade we leave the privilege of calling their senior annual what they please. ITEM II; Miss Butler ' s chemistry class leaves a few flasks and beakers unbroken in order that next year ' s class may have the pleasure of breaking them. Dick Hall leaves his drum major uniform to Virgil Hoglen, if it will fit. Billy Liner leaves his talent for aggravating Mrs. Medford to Erwin Burgin. Mrs. Kellett ' s seniors leave the alarm clock to the juniors to wind and set regularly. Martha Mae Wyche leaves Gene Howell to anyone who can handle him. Linuel Miller leaves his pretty red hair to Mary Alice Davis. Stan Henry leaves his ninety-yard touchdowns to Loffy Scruggs. Edith Atkinson leaves her overalls and plaid shirt to Bonnie Howell. Mary Ellen Boone leaves her grades to Oren Coin. He ' ll need ' em. Jarvis Brock leaves his version of Semper Paratus to Miss Butler. Bonnie Mills leaves her marriage license to Charlie Way and Dot Greer. Hester Ann Francis leaves her ability to cook to Miss Craig—pardon us, Mrs. Sloan. Our undefeated football team of ' 43 leaves its perfect record for the team of ' 44 to live up to. Adelaide Davis leaves her blue eyes to Ruth Evans. Bob Colkitt leaves his candid classroom snapshots to the annual staff of ' 44. Edna Ferguson leaves her social standing in Canton to Nan Liner. Ruth Ball leaves her nick-name Blondie to Carolyn Burgin. Rex Hosaflook leaves his baritone horn to Billy Burgin. Bill Rodgers, who has gone to the Navy, leaves Louella Hall to some nice civilian boy, for the duration. Please return her. Neal Leatherwood and Ralph Winchester leave their bus routes to anyone who can make it on a freezing winter morning. Frank Smith leaves his Spanish translations to Jess Crouser. Barbara Wright leaves her freckles to Margaret Scruggs. Billy Davis and Jack Edwards leave their cute grins to Clyde Roberts. Laura Winchester, ' Virginia Fowler, and Agnes Finger leave their sweet smiles to any smart junior girls who want to get along. Wanda Parris, Lillian Ross, Edna Rogers, and Ollie Tranthan leave the information, Gentlemen Prefer Blonds , to Marzell Webb and Mary Wells. Edith Summerrow leaves her cute clothes to Dot Leatherwood. Ruth Wagenfeld leaves her winning personality to Mimi Gosline. Eugene Howell leaves his namesake. Gene Howell, a good reputation which he hopes will be kept intact. Juanita Noland leaves about the prettiest pair of black eyes we have seen to Louella Hall. Keep ' em flashing. Mrs. Green leaves her memory to the faculty. They will be glad to remember one good student. Mildred McRorie leaves her cute smiles and fighting spirit to what ever junior needs them. Bub Teague, our class grumbler, leaves his talent at grumbling to Bobby Green. Sam Frady leaves his place in the string band to anyone who can qualify. Keith Ketner and Richard Bradley leave their know¬ ledge of farming to any of the girls who plan victory gardens next year. Thelma Jones leaves her sweet disposition to Louise Martin. Dorothy Brock, Thelma Burress, Anna Cline, and Nina Garrett leave their quiet attention to anyone who wants to get along with the teachers. Dwight Beaty leaves his curls and makeup, which he used in the dramatics club, to Billy Millar. Glenna Mae Hosaflook leaves her age of innocence look to Edith Camp. Worley Owen and Kenneth Compton leave their studious and pleasing ways to Harry Jaynes and Arthur Paul Evans. Edith Moss and Lula McCracken leave their smiles to Louise Stevens and Margaret Palmer. Charles Davis leaves his insomnia to Jesse Crouser. Edgar Ammons leaves his seat by the radiator to some cold junior. ITEM III: The senior class leaves eskimo outfits complete with fur-lined hoods to Miss Terrell, Miss Withers, and Mrs. Jones. To the school as a whole the class leaves Faith of Our Fathers and Grandfather ' s Clock with the in¬ structions that they be sung on all future chapel pro¬ grams as they have been in the past. ITEM IV: Besides these gifts we leave our tender memories of our pleasant associations together, and our forgive¬ ness for anything we may have done that v as not exactly appreciated in the past, and a pledge of friend¬ ship henceforth and fore ver. We, the senior class of 1943, have hereunto set our bond and affixed our seal this 26th day of April, 1943. Betty Jane Bradley, Testator. 21 CLASS OFFICERS Bobbie Gibson, President Harry Jaynes, Treasurer Louella Hall, Secretary Arthur Paul Evans, Vive-President Grace Allen, Jack Allison, Margaret Arrington, Roy Arrington, Selma Baldwin, Doris Blalock, Joe Boone, Ruth Bradley, Oleta Bryson, Billy Burgin, Erwin Burgin, Wilma Cagle, Sam Calhoun, Henry Caldwell, Mary Caldwell, Edith Camp, Robert Carpenter, Mabel Carswell, Mildred Carswell, Walker Chambers, Barron Clark, Robert Earl Collins, Mary Col- vard, Janet Coward, Evelyn Craig, Jeanette Crawford, Jess Crouser, Katherine Dalton, Mary Alice Davis, Emmett Eller, Louis Ensley, Berlin Estes, Arthur Paul Evans, Ruth Evans, Fletcher Ferguson, James Fie, Frances Finger, Inez Finger, Billy Fish, Everett Frady, Bob Francis, Richard Franklin, Billy Freeman, Hilda Freeman, Anne Fullbright, Charles Gaddis, Robert Gibson, Robert Gilford, John Gillett, Fred Glavish, Mimie Gorsline, Bobby Green, Dorothy Greer, Bill Griffin, Louella Hall, Elmer Harris, Elizabeth Headrick, Ralph Hendrix, Frances Henry, Wilfred Hooper, Billy Howell, Bonnie Howell, Gene Howell, William Hudson, Charles Hyatt, Virginia Jackson, Harry Jaynes, Louise Jaynes, Keith Ketner, Sam Knight, Dorothy Leatherwood, Verna Leming, Margie Liner, Nan Liner, Tommy John Long, Louise Martin, Earl Mashbum, Ned Massey, Juanita Mathis, Billy McClure, Edwin McClure, Lois McClure, Nathanial Mehaffey, Georgia Messer, Mildred Milner, Christine Moody, Kathleen Moody, B. J. Morrow, Earl Norris, E. J. Owen, James Palmer, Margaret Palmer, Louise Parton, Mary Parton, Edna Patton, Bobby Phelps, Ralph Phillips, Louise Potts, Ruth Pressley, Vaughn Pressley, Mildred Price, Christelle Ratcliff, Gladys Rathbone, Lela Rathbone, Maggie Rich, Thelma Rich, Clyde Roberts, Ray Robinson, Louise Rollins, Geneva Ross, Velda Ross, Jess Rushing, Lillian Sawyer, Edward Scales, Louis Scruggs, Margaret Scruggs, Paul Sheehan, Dorothy Smathers, Arthur Smith, Louise Stevens, Kenneth Troutman, Christine Underwood, Charles Way Marzelle Webb, Mary Wells, Ray White, Mary Williamson, Boyce Wyafl, Noble Wyatt, Wid Wyatt. 22 23 S (I P H 0 HI 0 I [ $ CLASS OFFICERS Billy Millar_President Joe Turner_Vice-President Jane Wyche_Secretary Bobby Leatherwood-Treasurer Elizabeth Adams, Margaret Atkinson, Joyce Barker, Betty Blalock, Edith Brackett, Odell Bradley, Margaret Brendle, Bruce Briggs, Doris Briggs, Joanne Boone, Elorence Buchanan, Carolyn Burgin, Peggy Sue Burgin, Jane Love Butler, Wilma Cagle, Juanita Caldwell, Mildred Caldwell, Sara Caldwell, Mildred Campbell, Callie Clark, Janey Cline, Ray Cogdill, Oren Coin, Dorothy Colledge, Hugh Compton, Joe Compton, Kathryn Cope, Betty Jo Crocker, Mary Sue Crocker, Billy Davis, Elizabeth Davis, Ray Davis, Bennie Mae Earley, Ila Jean Evans, Anne Farmer, Claude Ferguson, Mary Francis Ferguson, Barbara Fran¬ cis, Billie Sue Francis, Calvin Francis, Dorothy Fuller, Betty Jo Gaddy, Nellie Sue Garland, Noble Garrett, Polly- anna Gibbs, Ida Lou Gibson, Carol Grahl, Mary Jo Greene, Lena Gunter, Viola Guy, Wade Guy, Jean Hall, Lillian Hannah, Clarena Harrell, James Hartsell, Gilbert Hembree, Virgil Hoglen, Clara Howell, Jack Howell, William Lee Howell, Virginia Esther Hoyle, William Hoyle, Robert Aina Hyatt, Donald McIntosh Hyatt, Ned Jones, James Donaldson Kelley, William Kerley, Kent Shelton Ketner, William Balfour Knight, Hazel Mae Leath¬ erwood, Robert Jerry Leatherwood, Mary Charles Leath¬ erwood, Virginia Dale Leatherwood, Dorothy Mae Lewis, Elizabeth Jane Lovedahl, Emmett Mashburn, Francis Massie, Rufus Massie, Martha Eloise Martin, Ray McCall, Thelma Leona McDaniel, Ruth McElroy, Ruth Lillian McGaha, William Meadows, Beatrice Lee Medford, Roger Boyd Medford, Thomas Howell Medford, Truett Walker Medford, A. J. Mehaffey, Cecil Raymond Mehaffey, Wil¬ liam Carroll Mehaffey, Henry Messer, Billy Millar, J. B. Miller, Charles Moody, James Moody, Susie Moody, Fred Moore, Marjorie Mull, Harvy Nathan, Margaret Nelson, Bill Nicholas, James Nicholas, Betty Jo Noland, Hardy Noland, Edith Palmer, Louise Palmer, Frances Parton, Alene Plemmons, Annie Price, Irene Pruitt, Jack Ramey, Edna Ratcliff, Reba Rhea, Helen J. Robinson, Fay Rogers, Ruth Sanderson, Pauline Sease, Gene Sheehan, Susie Sheehan, Betsy Siler, James Siske, Hilda Smith, Juanita Smith, Virginia Smith, Kathryn Sparks, Lowery Sutton, Marjorie Sutton, Velma Sutton, Wilma Swanger, Fannie Trantham, Joe Turner, Kenneth Turner, Monte Underwood, Melba Waddell, Marguerite Way, Dowe West, Frances Williams, Sue Williamson, Thomas Wilson, Mary Frances Wright, Audrey Wyatt, Neil Wyatt, Walter Wyatt, Jane Wyche. 24 .. IMS HUM CLASS OFFICERS Billy Richeson_President Bob Ferguson_Vice-President Pink Francis_Secretary and Treasurer Janet Abel, Jack Alley, Theresa Alley, Polly Allison, Elizabeth Ammons, Betty Sue Arrington, Joel Arrington, Harriet Atkinson, Willie Mae Bailey, Clyde Baldwin, Benny B. Bowen, Betty L. Boyd, James Brackett, Betty A. Bradley, Fanny Mae Brown, Wallace Brown, Fannie Kate Browning, Almarie Buchanan, Lloyd Buchanan, Marion Burgess, Ned Eurress, Harold Byrd, Alteha Cagle, Hattie Caldwell, Hubert Caldwell, Hugh Caldwell, Lois Cald¬ well, Margaret Caldwell, Betty Grey Cronic, Jean Crouser, Anna Jean Davis, Johnnie Davis, Lawrence Davis, Frances Dyer, Haze Duckett, Marie Early, Una Jean Eavenson, V ayne Edwards, Phyllis Ferguson, Edward Fortner, Charles Frady, Pink Francis, Virginia Francis, James Franklin, Thomasine Freeman, Louise Fulbright, Flora Garrett, Joseph Gibson, Jack Grant, Charles Grasty, Elsie Green, Mary Helen Hampton, Martha Jean Harris, Jennie Mae Hartsell, Garwood Hendrix, Dorothy Hembree, Gor¬ don Hendrix, Billy Hicks, Barbara Hale, James Hollings¬ worth, Betty Howell, Gaye Howell, Marion Ellis Howell, Vernice Hoyle, Aaron Hyatt, Allen Hyatt, Edith Hyatt, Jean Hyatt, Virginia Hyatt, Peggy Ingle, Estella Inman, William Janes, D. C. Jenkins, Mary Ellen Jones, Nancy Jones, Joe Kelly, Reba Kinsland, Betty Knight, Billy Kuykendall, Elizabeth Leatherwood, Lucy Leopard, Win¬ fred Liner, Betty Ann Malney, Beulah Mae Mauney, Betty McClure, Frank McClure, Kathleen McClure, Marie McClure, Earl McCracken, Jacquelyn McCracken, Thurman McCracken, William McElroy, J. D. Meadows, Brooks Medford, B. J. Mehaffey, Clyde Mehaffey, James Mehaf- fpy, Zara Mehaffey, Jackie Sue Messer, Leonard Messer, R. D. Messer, Eva Lee Miller, Dorothy Miller, Ruby Lee Mills, Bob Milner, Fred Moody, Joyce Moody, Jacqueline Morgan, Roy Morgan, Lucille Morres, Frank Morrison, Devoice Morrow, Eloise Morrow, Joe Morrow, Mildred Muse, Nellie Muse, T. T. Muse, Betty Nichols, Tommy Norris, Price Norman, Doris Palmer, Betty Jo Parris, Tucker Parton, Bill Phillipps, Wayco Plemmons, Clinton Prewitt, Frank Rathbone, Naomi Rathbone, Betty Ramey, Fanny Ethel Reeves, Helen Rich, Bill Richeson, Frank Rickman, Francis Roberts, Kenneth Robinson, Lawrence Robinson, Will Robinson, Ray Rogers, Eunice Rose, Claire Ross, Louise Ross, Moody Russell, Robert Russell, Sara Francis Setzer, Anna Sue Shelton, Fred Shelton, Henry Sherrill, William Shields, Retha Singleton, Samuel Singleton, Mary Ruth Sizemore, Carroll Smathers, Mildred Louise Smathers, Samuel Smathers, Roxie Anna Smith, Ernest Snyder, James Stephenson, Addie Mae Sutton, Mary Jane Swayngim, Richard Taylor, Evelyn Lucille Trembly, James Turner, Betty Tuttle, Joyce Underwood, Bennie Walker, Betty Ward, Ernest Warren, James Wat¬ son, Bonner Wilson, Vera Wilson, May Wood, Sanford Wyatt. 25 26 Mary Ellen Boone EDITOR Charles Way BUSINESS MANAGER THE MOUNTAINEER STAFF Editor-in-Chief_Mary Ellen Boone Associate Editors_Rosemary Herman, Evelyn Pearce General Manager_Clyde Greer Business Manager_Charles Way Advertising Manager_Dwight Beaty Organization Manager_Ruthie Wagenfeld Circulation Managers_Betty Bradley, Jerry McKinley Photographic Editor_Bobby Colkitt Art Editors_Martha Mae Wyche, Bruce Jaynes Humor Editor_John Crockett Sports Editors_Charles Teague, Rex Hosaflook Faculty Adviser_Mrs. William Medford 27 W. T. H. S. BUD FLUTES: Haywood Plott, Jim Hardin. CLARINETS: Charles Way, Nan Liner, Ann Farmer, Bruce Briggs, Barbara Francis, Betsy Siler, Betty Joe Noland, Jean Ann Bradley, Margaret Brendle, Dorothy Gaddis, Polly Alli¬ son, Calvin Francis. BASS CLARINET: Nina McClure. ALTO CLARINET: H. C. Turner. SAXOPHONES: Eloise Martin, Evelyn Craig, Doris Colkitt, Aldeen Hall, Frederick Vaughn. OBOE: Melba Waddell. CORNETS: Bobby Leatherwood, Clyde Greer, Joe Turner, Billy Fish, Adelaide Davis, Theresa Liner, Colvin Brown, Nancy Jones, Anna Jean Davis, Billy Davis, Doris Grahl, Mary Jo Green. FRENCH HORNS: Betty Tuttle, Joyce Under¬ wood, Dorothy Colledge, Betty Jo Brown, Suzy Garland, Wallace Brown, Pody Way, Bob Francis. TROMBONES: Billy Richeson, Edna Ratcliff, Boyd Medford, Lyle Coffey, Bobby Hardin. BARITONE: Rex Hosaflook. BASS HORNS: Virgil Hoglen, Jarvis Brock, Ed¬ ward Robinson. PERCUSSION: Virginia Jackson, Dorothy Greer, Elizabeth Headrick, Fletcher Ferguson. Charles Isley DmECTOR Dick Hall DRUM MAJOR 28 THE GIRLS CHORUS Peggy Franklin, Glenna Mae Hosaflook, Mildred Morrow, Patsy Sheehan, Hazel Leatherwood, Velda Ross, Mildred Price, Mildred Milner, Juanita Smith, Lena Winchester, Betty Phelps Suzy Sheehan Janet Crawford, Mildred Carswell, Ida Lou Gibson, Doris Blalock, Edith Summerrow, Christell Ratcliff ' Anna Cline, Lena Rathbone, Dorothy Brock, Nora Galloway, Lillian Turner, Laura Winchester ' Margaret Arrington, Lillian Ross, Charles Isley. PUBLIC SPEUIKG CLUR Standing; J. D. Kelly, Charles Gaddis, Carmel Hollingsworth, Dwight Beaty, Billy Davis. Seated: Aaron Hyatt, Jarvis Brock, James Brackett, Winifred Liner. 29 THE MERRIE JESTERS Hester Ann Withers, Sponsor Dwight Beaty, Joanne Boone, Mary Ellen Boone, Betty Bradley, Jean Ann Bradley, Edith Camp, Bobby Colkitt, Doris Colkitt, Billy Davis, Mimi Gorsline, Rosemary Herman, Bruce Jaynes, Nancy Jones, Thelma Jones, Bobby Leatherwood, Dorothy Leatherwood, Louise Martin, Bebe Medford, Bill Millar, Velma McClure, Helen Nicholas, Evelyn Pearce, Joan Pettit, Ruth Wagen- feld, Grace Wilburn, Martha Mae Wyche. 30 FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA President-Roy Arrington Vice-President_Sam Frady Secretary-Bill Millar Treasurer_Ralph Hendrix Reporter_Gilbert Hembree Adviser_J. C. Brown Winner of first place in district contest six years in succession. Winner of first place in state three years. District winner of supervised practice contest four years. State winner two years. Nine members awarded trip to Kansas City, Missouri, since 1937. Chapter has 24 State Farmers, five American Farmers and one candidate in 1943. Chapter has furnished one State president, two secretaries and two State delegates to national convention. State Star Farmer came from chapter in 1942. Chapter averages seven projects per boy and total income of $15,000.00 per year. 31 ZIL VJdco Sk oe ( ompanij Lin 11 zd tLb pa e dnapdkots iponiofet 32 Eloise Martin Mary Ellen Boone B. J. Miller Patsy Sheehan Ralph Winchester Evelyn Pearce Evelyn Craig tlHLlTIC 33 SCHEDULE Waynes ville 35 Andrews 6 Waynesville 33 Asheville School 0 Waynesville 27 Bryson City 7 Waynesville 33 Canton 20 Waynesville 46 Hendersonville 0 Waynesville 25 Christ School 0 Waynesville 6 Asheville B 0 Waynesville 65 Try on 0 Waynesville 19 Canton 0 34 Arrington Jackson Stanley Henry, Captain H. Jaynes Constance B. Jaynes Scruggs Harris Caldwell Evans Clark Yoiuxt Front Row: (Left to Right) Compton, Troutman, Green, W. Wyatt, B. Wyatt Phillips, Teague, Griffin, E. McClure. Second Row: B. Hoyle, Collins, Scales, Grahl, Allison, Burgin, Phillips, Hosaflook, G. Hoyle, WeilL Hendricks. Third Row: Coin, Davis, Rodgers, Fie, Messer Medford, Knight, Nicholas, Gibson, Harris, B. McClure, Weatherby (Coach), Fourth Row: Arrington, Yount Constance, Anders, B. Jaynes, H. Jaynes, Clark, Evans, Henry (Captain), CaldwelL Scruggs. Absent: Jackson, Owens. 35 BASKETBALL First Squad; Stanley Henry, Harley Nathan, Bruce Jaynes, Oliver Yount, Tommy Fisher. Second Squad: Elmer Harris, Arthur Paul Evans, Harry Jaynes, Kenneth Troutman, Billy Hoyle. GIRLS’ BASKLTBUL Dorothy Fuller, Christine Moody, Edna Ferguson, Grace Jones, Ruth Goodson, Patsy Sheehan, Mr. Weatherby, Principal, Elizabeth Adams, Mary Alice Davis, Mary Evelyn Colvard, Christine Un¬ derwood, Mildred Mess¬ er, Lillian Ross, Juanita Noland, 11a Jean Evans, Dorothy Smathers, Vir¬ ginia Jackson, Ruth Pressly, Suzy Sheehan, Ruth Ball, Jeannette Crawford, Marjorie Lin¬ er. GIRLS ' COACH Mrs. Lawrence Leafherwood 36 WAtHSVIlll PHVSICAI IITAISS HICH ' PKUCUM 37 17-18 YEAR OLDS VICTORY CORPS iiiaation NUTRITION SELF DEFENSE SCRAI MILITARY DRILL PLANE MODELS HOME NURSING FIRST AID SHOP WORK 40 No— the biggest word in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE DECISIONS of governments, business, mili¬ tary, and civic matters rest on this one little two-letter word. Great empires have tumbled because their rulers forgot to use the word. IVIillionaires have overnight become paupers when they failed to use the word wisely. Your character, vour course in life, and life itself are built upon this little word. No other one word can change one s life so quickly and completely as the misuse of “no’’ When in doubt as to the right answer, say “no”. THI mm RUBBER MANUEACTURINC COMPANI THOROBRED DIVISION WAYNESVILLE, N. C. 41 tuiationd THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF Waynesville Township High School ARE TOPS! says— Garrett Furniture Store UNION CLOTHING CO. Clothing For All The Family 42 iOI 5 Jo JL CLi of 194 J) We proudly number your parents and grandparents among our many valued customers. We wish you the best of luck and trust we may be permitted to number you among our friends. The First National Bank Waynesville, N. C. (ORGANIZED 1902) THE FRIENDLY BANK Member of the Federal Reserve System Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 43 THE TOGGERY WHERE QUALITY IS HIGHER THAN PRICE THE STORE WHERE THE SCHOOL GIRLS AND BOYS FIND THE NEWEST MERCHANDISE AT MODERN PRICES Ready-to-wear Millinery — Footwear The Toggery (W. H. Massie) PHONE 21 MAIN STREET THE CHAMPION PAPER AND FIBRE COMPANY CANTON DIVISION Canton, North Carolina 44 PET DAIRY PRODUCTS COMPANY Grade “A” Milk from Haywood County Grade “A” Dairies PASTEURIZED An Extra Ounce of Precaution to Make a “Safe” Milk PET ICE CREAM (a health food) 45 BEST WISHES Waynesville Laundry PARTICULAR CLEANERS FOR FROM PEOPLE WHO CARE Also CLEANING AND PRESSING Belk Hudson PHONE 205 BOYD AVENUE Co. BEST WISHES TO EACH AND EVERY STUDENT Mr. Bowles: This makes five times I have pun¬ ished you this week. Now, Eugene, what have CONGRATULATIONS you to say? Eugene Medford: Well, I ' m glad it ' s Friday. TO Betty Bradley: I thought I told you to come after supper. Dick Hall: That ' s what I came after. THE Mr. Clement: Robert, you should show more CLASS ambition. When I was your age I worked in a store for $3.00 a week, and in five years I owned the store. OF Robert: You can ' t do that nowdays. They have cash registers. 1943 A guide, showing Mrs. Sloan through the zoo, took her to a cage occupied by a kangaroo. Here, madam, he said, we have a native of Australia. STOVALL’S 5-10-25C STORE Good gracious! she replied, and to think my sister married one of them! Clyde Greer: If you keep looking at me like that I ' m going to kiss you. Jerry McKinley: Well, I can ' t hold this ex¬ pression much longer. 46 COMPLIMENTS OF BEST WISHES C. [. RAY’S SONS TO THE AND CLASS OF 1943 FROM TH[ FOOD STORE Henderson’s WITH BEST WISHES TO THE SCHOOLS OF HAYWOOD COUNTY Mrs. Stamey: Just think, dear, one half of the world doesn ' t know how the other half lives. Mr. Stamey: Don ' t worry about it, darling. It ' s not your fault. Entertainment and Relaxation Soldier heroes Arrive in town, School boys given Run around. can always be had at very nominal cost if you attend the Mrs. Neal: I ' ve got my husband where he eats right out of my hand. Mrs. Patrick: Saves a lot of dish-washing, doesn ' t it? Park Theatre Mr. Colkitt: When I was your age, Bobby, my parents never had any trouble with me. ALWAYS A GOOD PROGRAM Bobby: Well, up till now I can ' t say I have had any trouble with you either. Dad. Watch our weekly schedules for complete programs Mrs. Brown was explaining the different phases of history. Now, will someone tell me of anything new of importance that has happened during the last twenty-five years? Me, answered Johnny Crockett. 47 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK in this annual was made by SHERRILL’ S STUDIO Waynesville, North Carolina Congratulations German Flyer (at gates of Heaven): We ' d like TO THE CLASS OF ' 43 to come in. St. Peter: How many are there in your group? Flyer: Forty. JUNALUSKA SUPPLY CO. St. Peter: Sorry, only four of you can enter. Flyer: Why? St. Peter: That ' s all Goebbels said were shot down. CarmeJ iiollingsworth: ”1 always fight the enemy with his own weapons. Little girls choose dolls for toys. Ruth Ball: How do you go about stinging a wasp? While soldiers are the choice for boys. Jr. Davis: Hey, what ' s the hurry? Where are you going? But when they ' ve grown up, you ' ll find That each has had a change of mind. Edward Robinson: I ' m trying to stop a fight. Jr. Davis: Who ' s fighting? Edward Robinson: Me and another fellow. The girls prefer the soldiers then. And baby dolls attract the men. Nora Galloway (at concert); Doesn ' t that con¬ tralto have a large repertoire? Mrs. Kellett went up to a war bond booth and Lillian Turner: Yes, and that dress makes it said she wanted to buy some war bonds. look worse. Very well, said the salesman. What de¬ nomination? The doctor was examining school children. One of them was found to be underweight. Methodist, she answered. You don ' t drink milk? the doctor asked Eugene Howell. Evolution of the automobile: Nope, was Eugene ' s reply. 1940—No running boards. Live on a farm and don ' t drink milk at all? 1941—No gear shifts. Nope. We ain ' t hardly got enough for the hogs. 1942—No car. 48 COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS OF BEST WISHES TO WAYNESVILLE THE CLASS OF 1943 WHOLESALE SUPPLY SMITH’S Cutrate Drug Store Jarvis Brock: Did your dad promise you some¬ thing if you weeded the garden? Bob Parsons: No, but he promised me some¬ thing if I didn ' t. Bru ce Jaynes: You are the sunshine of my life, darling. Mary Ellen Boone: Oh! Bruce! Bruce: You reign alone in my heart. Mary Ellen: Oh! Bruce! Bruce: With you at my side 1 could weather any storm - - - - Mary Ellen: Excuse me, Bruce, but is this a proposal or a weather report? COMPLIMENTS OF A. C. Lawrence After a sea battle, a group of men had climbed in a lifeboat—men of all nations were in it. The boat was loaded too heavily, and three were required to jump out. The fellow in charge asked for volunteers to jump so the others might live. The first to volunteer was an Englishman. Calmly he stepped on the edge of the boat, breathed, God save the King, and jumped to a watery grave. The second volunteer was a Frenchman. Mur¬ muring Vive la France, he also jumped. The third was a German. He shouted loudly, Heil Hitler, and threw an Italian overboard. Leather Co. 49 COMPLIMENTS OF COMPLIMENTS UNDERWOOD LUMBER OF AND SUPPEY CO. WAYNESVILLE ANYTHING FOR HOME GULF SERVICE BUILDING and FEEDS. SEEDS, FERTILIZERS Tire Recapping Co. MAIN AT PIGEON STREET PHONE 311 COMPLIMENTS Jack Arrington failed to salute an officer. ' Tm sorry, Sir, Jack blushed. ' ' I ' m afraid I didn ' t see you, Sir. Oh, that ' s all right, the officer replied. I was afraid maybe you were mad at me. OF A. J. Garrison: May I have a uniform? Suply Sergeant: How do you want it—too large or too small? MASSIE’S Department Store According to Hugh Constance this is the way it goes: The Army: Hello, girls, you wouldn ' t care to go with us, would you? The Marines: Hello, girls, you ' ll go with us, won ' t you? The Navy: Hello, girls, where are we going? WAYNESVILLE. N. C. Charles Davis: You know, I feel like I ' d like to punch that hard-boiled top sergeant in the nose again. Stanley Henry: Again? Charles Davis: Yes, I felt like it yesterday! C. J. REECE. Mgr. Patsy Hoyle : This war can ' t last more than a couple of months. Ruth Goodson: Why? Patsy: Because Bill has signed up and he never keeps a job longer than that. 50 The Town of Waynesville Wishes to extend to the members of the SENIOR CLASS Best Wishes and a Successful Future CONGRATULATIONS TO CLASS OF ' 43 EAGLES 5c-10c STORES CONGRATULATIONS For Victory Buy UNITED STATES CLASS OF 1943 WAR BONDS E. L. Withers and Co., Inc. and STAMPS INSURANCE SPECIALISTS RELIABLE JEWELERS PHONE 100 Waynesville, N. C. Wishing you success with Service Boyd your first edition of Cleaners Tel. 196 Furniture Co. The Annual Waynesville ' s New Oldest and FRANCIS GROCERY One Day Main Used Walter Francis Service St. Furniture Church Street Phone 19 Waynesville, N. C. Alterations Repairs Terms s. Farmers Federation CONGRATULATIONS TO THE QUALITY FEED CLASS OF ' 43 SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS DAVIS - SMITH PHONE 344 Jewelers CONGRATULATIONS. CLASS OF ' 43 HYATT AND CO. C. V. BELL Manufacturers of and Dealers in BUILDER ' S MATERIAL Distributor FEED AND COAL TEXACO PRODUCTS PHONE 336 Waynesville, N. C. Phones 43 and 157 51 COMPLIMENTS BALENTINE’S FROM Good Things To Eat GROCERIES AND MEATS C. N. ALLEN AND CO. Waynesville, N. C. COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS FROM OF CASH GROCERY MASSIE HARDWARE CO. COMPLIMENTS CONGRATULATIONS FROM SENIORS! SINCLAIR Refining Co. American Fruit Stand BEST WISHES The L. N. Davis Co. FROM Satisfaction with Safety Phone 77 59 Main Street Balentine’s Shell Service Waynesville, N. C. BEST WISHES MARTIN ELECTRIC CO. TO THE SENIORS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 1011-1013 Main Street Waynesville Coal Co. Waynesville, N. C, Massie Furniture Store BEST WISHES TO THE COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS CLASS OF 1943 We Solicit Your Patronage Watkins Chevrolet Co. Phone 33 Waynesville, N. C. W. W. N. C. CAFE EVELYN CRAIG SCHOOL OF DANCE We Serve Only the Best Courses in STEAKS AND DINNERS Ballet, Ballroom, Acrobatic, Tap and Toe Phone 9163 C. A. George Graduate of M. Hyatt School of Dance Boyd Bldg. Phone 306 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1943 SENIORS OF ' 43 CHARLIE’S PLACE CHARLIE’S CAFE Designed and lithographed by the Miller Printing Company 52