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

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Class Prophecy Coming out of the Belvedere Motel on a cool sunny day in 1972, I met HUBERT CORUM and invited him in for a cup of coffee. Myjob as hostess at the Motel keeps me so busy that I have lost touch with our old class of '62 but Hubert, a very successful insurance salesman, travels all over the United States and keeps up with things. We began to discuss our classmates and I found out that VIRGINIA GUNN had taken over Mrs. Rankin's place as French teacher at old WHS. DARRELL HEFFINGER is playing center for the Globe Trotters. JOEL CORUM is asuccessful carpenter and is working for Lester Brothers, Inc. BETTY LAWRENCE has recently been elected chief of the New York City fire department and she is now battling flames. RALPH HARVEY furnishes the entertainment at Big Oaks. LIONEL RUDD majored in science and has taken over Mr. Butler's job. CONOY MORAN is a policeman in Burlington. TOMMY CI-IESI-IIRE and BECKY CROWDERare happily married and are owners of a beauty salon. MARTHA HASKINS is a Second Lieutenant nurse working in the WAF Hospital in Texas. GEORGE CARTER is recovering after the last bout with Floyd Patterson. TOMMY BUTLER has finally gotten in the National Guard. SAMMY FULP has finally settled down and is living a happily married life. MIKE HEFFINGER and DAVID DALLAS are the head mechanics at General Motors. KATHRYN WILLIAMS is now happily married. JUDY BUGHER is a nurse at Morehead Hospital. ALICE MARTIN has finally settled down to live a quiet and peaceful life with her husband. MARIE DOYLE and PEGGY PURGASON are bookkeepers in the Civil Service at Norfolk, Virginia. LINDA CAUDLE, of course, is married to Colin. CHERYL DELANCEY is ateacher at 'vVo1'nan's College. JERRY YOUNTS is president of the Dupont plant at Martinsville. RODNEY SPENCER has relieved Mr. Me ador in printing. RONALD CORUM is the Superintendent of Umstead General Hospital at Butner, North Carolina. JIMMY MEADOR and RONALD MCCOLLUM are professors at Duke Univ e rs i t y. RONALD HUNDLEY is driving for the Greyhound Bus Company. EARL HANCOCK has finished Highway Patrol School in Raleigh and is now Head Patrolman in the Reidsville troop. YVONNE CARTER HUBERT CORUM Prophets 23

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Closs History When we walked across the stage in the eighth grade to receive a certificate for completing the first eight years of school, we were really proud of this occasion, because soon we would enter our first year of high school. How we all looked forward to our Freshman year! We elected class officers. They were as follows: President, Virginia Gunn, Vice President, Tommy Butler, Secretary, Betty Sue Odell, Treasurer, jerry Younts, Reporter, Becky Crowder, Our advisors were Miss Barrier and Mrs. Hankins. Representatives to the Student Council were Hubert Corum and Betty Sue Odell. The members of the girls Varsity and junior Varsity basketball teams were Martha Haskins, Peggy Purgason, Yvonne Carter, Virginia Gunn, Linda Caudle, Becky Crowder and Kathryn Williams. The members of the boys Junior Varsity were Joel Corum and Wendell Harmon. Tommy Butler was on the baseball team Becky Crowder was elected cheerleader. In September of '59 we took another step higher. Officers for our Sophomore year were: President, Mike Heffinger, Vice Pre S i d ent, Cheryl Delancey, Secretary, Virginia Gtuin, Treasurer, Kathryn Williams, Reporter, Linda Caudle. Advisors were Mrs. Wilkerson and Mr. Butler. Representatives to the Student Council were Ronald Hundley and Becky Crowder. Members of the Student Patrol were johnny Doss and Virginia Gunn. Ronald Hundley, Virginia Gunn, Ronald McCollum, andjimmy Meadorwere accepted into the Beta Club. The girls that made the Varsity and the junior Varsity basketball teams were Martha Haskins, Virginia Gunn, Peggy Purgason, Yvonne Carter, and Becky Crowder. The boys on the junior Varsity basketball team were joel Corum, Ronald Hundley, Ronald Corum, Tommy Butler, Conoy Moran, Lionel Rudd, johnny Doss, Wendell Harmon, and Earl Hancock. Our jtuiior year was really big! Officers were President, jimmy Meador, Vice President, Lionel Rudd, Treasurer, Ronald Corum, Reporter, Conoy Moran. Advisors were Mrs. Wilkerson and Mrs. Wright. Representatives to the Student Council were jimmy Meador and Cheryl Delancey. jimmy was elected Vice President of the Student Council. Cheryl Delancey was accepted into the Beta Club. We received our class rings, which we were all very proud of. The Junior- S e nior Banquet was another thing that we were very proud of. Everyone thought it came off fine. Virginia Gtuun was assistant editor and Marie Doyle was assistant business manager of the school newspaper. Winning the coveted honor of marshals were Ronald McCollum, Chief, Ronald Hundley, Virginia Gunn, jimmy Meador, and Cheryl Delancey. Peggy Purgason and Yvonne Carter made the girls' Varsity basketball team. Ronald Hundley, Conoy Moran, joel Corum, johnny Doss, Tommy Butler, and Tommy Cheshire made the boys' basketball team. Tommy Butler and Conoy Moran made the all Tournament Team. Boys that made the baseball team were Tommy Butler, David Dallas, Tommy Cheshire, Joel Corum, Ronald Hundley, Ronald McCollum, and Conoy Moran. Becky Crowder was Cheerleader. The day finally came when we were Seniors. At the beginning ot the year we elected class officers: President, Lionel Rudd,Vice President, Ronald McCollum, Recording Secretary, Linda Caudle, Corresponding Secretary, Becky Crowder, Treasurer, Peggy Purgason, Parliamentarian, EarlHancock, Reporters, Virginia Gtuin and Alice Martin, Chaplain, Martha Haskins. Advisor wa-s Mrs. Rankin. Members of the Student Patrol were jerry Younts and Martha Haskins. Ronald Corum was elected Chiefof the Student Patrol. Student Council representatives were Hubert Corum and Betty Lawrence, jimmy Meador was elected Pre s i d ent of the Student Council, Betty Lawrence was elected Secretary. Ronald McCollLun was elected President ofthe Beta Club Tommy Cheshire was elected Editor-in-Chief of the annual. Marie Doyle was elected Assistant Editor and Lionel Rudd was elected Business Manager. Earl Hancock was elected Editor of the school newspaper, Marie Doyle was elected Business Manager. The Seniors elected Virginia Gunn as our DAR Good Citizen. Our represen- tative to Boys' State was Earl Hancoc k. Martha Haskins and Peggy Purgason were elected Co-Captains for the girls basketball team. Boys that made the basketball team were Conoy Moran, Captain, Tommy Butler, Co-Captain, Tommy Cheshire, Lionel Rudd, Ronald Hundley, Joel Corum, and Earl Hancock. Chief Cheerleader went to Becky Crowder. Our s c ho ol could not function without our bus drivers, ofwhom our class has contributed our share. Ralph Harvey, H ub e rt Corum, Ronald McCollum, Ronald Hundley, jerry Yotmts, Becky Crowder, Ronald Corum, joel Corum, and Conoy Moran were either bus drivers or assistant bus drivers. As we look back over the past four years we find many changes. Of the 52 students who entered high school with us, only 26 remain. Judy Bugher, George Carter, Tommy Cheshire, Sammy Fulp, and Betty Lawrence have joined us since that time. All the class regret that johnny Doss had to leave this year to finish at Ruffin High School. Rodney Spencer, who came to us in the 9th grade served as chaplain for the boys homeroom in the 1Oth and 11th. During these four years we have made many friends among our classmates and teachers. We will always look back to Wentworth High as a school we are grateful to for the learning and understanding we received. JERRY YOUNTS Class Historian 22

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