Wentworth High School - Golden Leaves Yearbook (Wentworth, NC)

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Page IS GLM MOP AEC? On a cool morning in 1969 while walking down the street I was startled and surprisedto see FAY RODGERS, one of my old classmates. I found that she was keeping up with the group the same as she did in high school. I immediately invited her to my home for supper and a nice long chat. She told me that CAROLYN ANDERSON is now manager of Macy's in New York City. GENEVA MABE and JOANNE CORUM are secretaries at Radio City, New York. It is believed that MARGARET FAGGE and MARIE VERNON have married millionaires. It has not been verified which one. WILLIAM RICE is furnishing good clean entertainment for the kiddies on the Hoody Doody Show. JERRY MOOREIFIELD is top x-ray technician at Annie Penn Memorial Hospital in Reids- ville. JUNE PASCHAL now produces a m outhw ash th at makes men irresistible to women. The secret is it smells like money. BILLY KING is now a consistent winner of the Nasc ar Races in the South. EDNA KELLY and her two children are staying with her mother and father while her husband is over seas. GEORGE I-IEFFINGER is chief surveyor for Mr. Combs and also has a degree in engineering. JACKIE SMOTI-IERS has finished college and is teaching agriculture at Wentworth High School. E. T. HAYNES owns a printing shop in Reidsville. KAYE FARRIS and her lovely little da ug ht e rs have just joined h e r husband James at Fort Ord, California. CAROLYN JONES and her husband Ronnie are now owners ofJ. J. Newberry's in Reidsville. TOMMY PURGASON, MILTON HUNDLEY, and J E R RY TURNER are Highway P a tr o l rn e n. DAWN HEFFINGER and MAXINE PATTERSON are lieutenants in the Wac. BETTY LEMONS, now private secretary forWesley Barham, is very devoted to her boss which is also her husband. PHILIP CARROLL is one of our newly elected congress- men. TYREE CARTER and JOHNNY PARRISH went into the Marines as soon as they finished school. LLOYD PUCKETT went into the Navy. They are making the service a career, and are e arning stripes in a hurry. BENSON PATTERSON is also earning his stripes in the paratroopers. He is now stationed in China. KENNETH VAUGHN has finished college and is now working his way to the top as a chemist. MELVIN WOODS is manager of his own chain of grocery stores, which runs from Reidsville to Miami, Florida. LAURA HARVEY is busy looking after her husband Richard Strader and their two children. P EG GY WALKER has traveled extensively with her husband Alan who is an airline employer with Transworld Airlines. FAYE PATTERSON is now man- ager of a large clothing store in Florida. BETTY KALLAM is doing a fine job of keeping house and looking after Dewey as well as a set of twins. LARRY PASCHAL and his wife HILDA DODSON are living in Florida. Hilda is a secretary and Larry is working for an electrical company. Before we knew it the evening had pa s s e d by. Fay and I decided that we would have a class reunion to learn more of what happened to the Class of '59, I, ANN HUSBAND, have transferred my interest in basketball to that fast growing sport, bowling. Last year I was fortunate enough to win the Carolina Championship for Women. ANN HUSBAND Prophet

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Jaif W and jelftallleflf We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine of Wentworth High School in the county of Rockingham, State of North Carolina, being of soimd mind and body do write this document. To the Mr. Hunter: Mrs. Rankin: Mr, Smith: Mrs. Wright: Mr. Butler: Mrs. Hankins: Miss Barrier: Mrs. Martin: ARTICLE I Faculty We leave our thanks for the help and guidance that he has given us. A Senior Class that will conduct meetings in order. Permission to attend all basketball games free. A typing class that will not type or talk while she is talking. A quiet class with no A students. A studious class. A group of working homemakers. Library students who will do their duties without complaining. Mr. Meador: A printing class that will not skip classes. Mr. Phillips: Gym classes that can dress in three minutes. Mr. Sharpe: Intellectual agriculture boys. ARTICLE II To the undergraduates: To the Juniors we leave one more year of study. To the Sophomores we leave our ability to graduate. To the Freshmen we leave three more years of fun. A RTICLE III Individual Bequest: 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10. 1, 11. 1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15. 1, 16.1, 17. 1, 18.1, 19 20.1, 21.1, 22.1, 23.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1, 27.1, 28.1, 29.1, 30.1, 31. 1, 32.1, 33.1, 34.1, 35. 1, JUNE PASCHAL, leave my dancing ability to Anne Bennett. MARIE VERNON, leave my height to Dorothy Hutchens and Faye Carter. GENEVA MABE, leave my flirty ways to Hazel Smith. LAURA HARVEY, leave my big brown eyes to Frances Scott. MARGARET FAGGE, leave my freckles to Carol Slaughter. MILTON HUNDLEY, leave my ability to get out of class to Kennon Roberson. JOHNNY PARRISH, leave my Hook Shot to Butch Taylor. HILDA DODSON, leave with Larry. LARRY PASCHAL, leave with Hilda. KAYE FARRIS, leave my quiet ways to Sara Welborn. BETTY KALLAM, leave my position as FHA President to Becky Carter. LLOYD PUCKETT, leave my position as co-captain on the basketball team to Archie Roberts. JERRY MOOREFIELD, leave my brown hair to Mary G. Caudle. JACKIE SMOTHERS, leave my ability to weld and overhaul mufflers to Johnny Crowder. MAXINE PATTERSON, leave my hair to Carolyn Powell. E. T. HAYNES, leave my ability to get along with Mrs. Martin to Kenneth Julian. DAWN HEFFINGER, leave my ability to write themes to Lucille Carter. TYREE CARTER, leave my ability to sleep on class to Cindy Wimbish. . We, PEGGY WALKER and CAROLYN JONES, leave with our husbands, wishing the best of luck to everyone. EDNA KELLY, leave my ability to study to Nelson Moore. CAROLYN ANDERSON, leave a package of safety pins to Linda Vaden. BETTY LEMONS, leave my quiet ways in fifth period English class to Mary Lee Moore and Opal Mabe. JERRY TURNER, leave my ability to run laps in the gym to Evelyn Hamlet. BILLY KING, leave my ability to day dream to Joe Purgason. WILLIAM RICE, leave my ability to keep the Hot Rods on the roads and my knowledge of Biology to Wayne Joyce. FAYE RODGERS, leave my ability to talk to Robert Harrell and Mary J. Williams. GEORGE HEEFINGER, leave my ability to build things in agriculture to Kathryn Paige. FAYE PATTERSON, leave my position as president of FBLA to Gayle Earles. KENNETH VAUGI-IN, leave my position in the Roll Over Club to Bill Glass. BENSON PATTERSON, leave my ability to tell jokes to Donald Miller, MELVIN WOOD, leave my typing speed to Kaye Patterson. JOANNE CORUM, leave my ability to keep secrets to Elmer King. TOMMY PURGASON, leave my ability to drive a car to Freddie Ratcliff. ANNE HUSBAND, leave my position on the basketball team to Glenda Rakestraw. PHILIP CARROLL, leave my ability to talk in classes and get by with it to Brenda PHILIP CARROLL T estator Bailey, and Dollie Overby. Page 17

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64154 ,History Early one morning in the Spring of l955, we marched across the Wentworth High School auditorium stage and received a certificate that we were very proud of. We were graduating from g r amm ar school into high school. The moment that we had dreamed of was ours to enjoy. We felt big entering school that fall and working with the high s chool students. We especially enjoyed changing classes. Sitting inthe same room got pretty boring sometimes! Our freshman officers were: President, Philip Carroll, Vice President, Peggy Forrest, Secretary, Faye Patterson, Treasurer, Hilda Dodson. Our ad- visors, Mrs. Exum and Mr. Dallas, guidedus through our first big year. We were allowed to join the different clubs and participate in the various activities. We had two girls on the che ering squad, Betty Kallam and Hilda Dodson. johnny Parrish was on the baseball team. Our second year in high was as promising as the first had been. Our s ophom ore class officers were: President, Hilda Dodson, Vice President, Benson Patterson, Secretary-Treasurer, Betty Kallam, Reporter, Faye Patterson. Our advisors were Miss Edmondson and Mr. Dallas. The Beta Club was enlarged by its eleven new members who were Very proud of this great honor. Larry Paschal was on the boys' basketball team. Faye Rodgers, Peggy Forrest, Anne Husband, Betty Kallam, june Paschalwere onthe girls'basketball team. Tyree Carter, Lloyd Puckett, and Tommy Purgason were on the b as e ba ll team. We had another member, Carol Paschal, on the cheering squad. We were very proud of our girls in the beauty pag e ant. Betty Kallam was first runner-up, and Hilda Dodson was second runner-up. juniors! We were moving up the scale fast now. Our ,uuiior officers were: President, Peggy Forrest, Vice President, Larry Paschal, Secretary, june Paschal, Treasurer, jo Anne Corum, Reporter, Faye Rodgers. Our advisors were Mr. Smith and Mrs. Hankins. This year we ordered our class rings which we are very proud of. We gave the seniors a banquet. The money was obtained by selling magazines. Tyree Carter, Philip Carroll, Benson Patterson, and jerry Turner were on the boys' basketball team. C a r o lyn A n d e rs on was on the girls' team. Carolyn Yeatts, and Laura Harvey were on the cheering squad. We had another good year inthe beauty pageant with Peggy Forrest as first runner-up. The Marshals were Ca rolyn Anderson, Philip Carroll, Hilda Dodson, Peggy Forrest, Benson Patterson and JoAnne Corum. Seniors! The biggest day of all was here. With Mrs. Rankin as our advisor, we elected the class officers. They were: President, Lloyd Puckett, Vice President, Tyree Carter, Recording Secretary, Kaye Farris, Cor- responding Secretary, Betty Lemons, Treasurer, Geneva M a b e, Re porter, Laura Harvey, Parliamentarian, johnny Parrish, Chaplain, Carolyn jones. Co-captains of the boys' basketball team were Lloyd Pu ckett and Benson Patterson, Qffhg girls' basketball team, Faye Rodgers and Anne Husband. These four years have passed by quickly. S oon we will once ag aiii walk across the st a g e and receive another certificate thus becoming graduates of Wentworth High S chool. We will then go our separate ways. We feel that we are prepared to meet the challenge that lies before us. We are grateful to W entw orth for helping us through the most difficult and the most wonderful years of our life. JOANNE CORUM Historian Page 19