West Charlotte High School - Lion Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 112 of the 1957 volume:

i i 1 ce nes -rom a ong and interesting ourney 1957 Published by THE JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT West Charlotte Senior High School Charlotte, North Carolina 1957 Foreword In order to leave the footprints of the students who traveled this long and interesting journey and to add another year of work and play to the many journeys that have been completed here at West Charlotte, we have earnestly endeavored to pre- sent a pictorial annual which would represent our school as you would like to remember it. We hope that in years to come this annual will bring back memories to the travelers of the long and interesting journey at West Charlotte. Memories fade. . . We here present THE LION and hope that through this book you can relive your life at West Charlotte. THE STAFF Dedication For more years than we care to remember, the same cheerful assuring face has filled a niche in the hearts of the West Charlotte family . Regardless of what the occasion demanded, whether it was a kind word, a bit of advice, or an expression of gaiety, this friendly personality was there to provide it. She is so much a part of our school that to remove her would be to erase one of the brightest lights found along our journey . It is with matchless joy, with sincere gratitude, and with profound pride that we dedicate the 1957 LION to MRS. ELIZABETH S. RANDOLPH. Board of Education DR. E. H. GARINGER Superintendent DR. JOHN OTTS MR. J. M. MR. G. D. Assist. Supt. DUNLAP AITKENS Public Relations Assist. Supt. and Personnel Finance Administration MR. CLINTON L. BLAKE Principal My sincere congratulations to each of you upon the completion of your high school career. It is my hope that the training you have received here will enable you to have happy and successful college lives. America is a land of opportunity. It will be your privilege to help shape the future of America. May the years that you have spent here at West Charlotte help you to do your best in making a worthy contribution for a better way of life. High School Faculty OTIS WILLIAMS Art Education ARTHUR WILSON Driving Education MISS CLEO YONGUE School Nurse MRS. LENORA McLAUGHLIN Secretary To the Faculty We searched and searched to find a word That had not been spoken, written or heard, And yet complete in meaning, Rich enough to express our feeling In an original way But we could not. We tried to catch the flowers ' whispers And put the message into words, That would not do . So after thinking day into day We ' ll say in the same old simple way, We Thank You . ZJt Ifici a i oncf journey, But ortkwkiU . • . JOYCE ALEXANDER Clothes may disguise the fool, but words will give him away . Chorus; Red Cross; French Club. Ambition: Occupational Therapist MARJORIE ALEXANDER Little Bit To be polite is to do and say the kindest things in the kindest way. Y-Teens . Ambition: Nurse JOE FRANKLIN ALLISON Trust not a living soul and walk carefully among the dead . Baseball; D. E. Club; French Club; Hi-Y; Student Council . Ambition: Air Force Officer BILLY FRANK ANDERSON Crying Shame Never throw a chair Football; Hi-Y. Ambition: Cabinet Maker EMANUEL BAGBY Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you . Student Council; Honor Society; French Club; Art Club; Mixed Chorus; Drama Club. Ambition: Artist ROBERT BALLARD Enjoy the sun today for tomorrow it may not shine. Hi-Y. Ambition: Business Man ALICE DELORES BAXTER Al Strive and make the best of it. Y-Teens; Driving Club; Chorus; Student Council; Band; Soft ba I I; Spanish Club. Ambition: Teacher EDDIE BENNETT Chonk To love and be loved. Baseball; Hi-Y; Student Council; Photo- graphy Club. Ambition: Electrical Engineer JAMES RICHARD BIDGOOD Bid It is better to choose one man of good quality than a host of bad quality. Hi-Y; Chorus; Red Cross; Track. Ambition: Government Agent ANNIE GRACE BLACKMON Ann You will always be known by the company you keep. Ambition: Nurse ANNETTE BLACKWELL Net Be strong. We have hard work to do and loads to lift. D. E. Club; Chorus; Driving Club; Student Club. Ambition: Elementary Education ROBERT CHARLES BLAND Buddy Cowards die many times before their death; the valiant never taste of death but once. Football; Basketball; Baseball; Hi-Y. BARBARA BOYLES Barb Always strive for the best. French Club; Softball; Y-Teen . Ambition: Private Secretary LOUISE BRADSHAW Loukie All I am and all I hope to be, I owe to my dear Mother. Basketba I I; Softball; Y-Teens; Chorus; Driving; Student Council . Ambition: Nurse ANNIE BRIDGES Sister Never trouble trouble until trouble trouble troubles you. Red Cross . Ambition: Hair Stylist BARBARA BROWN Barb Good things come to those who wait. Library Club; Student Council; Art Club; Speech Club. Ambition: Nurse EUGENE BROWN Time is the fruit tree of life Football; Basketball; Baseball. Ambition: Engineer MELVA DELORES BURKE Dee An investment in knowledge pays the best dividends . F. T. A. Club; Student Council; Y-Teens; Dramatics Club; Red Cross; Lion Staff; Makeup Editor of Mirror. Ambition: Psychologist EMMA MARIE CLADWELL Ree I have learned but not enough. Library Club; Student Council; Y-Teen . Ambition: Nurse THOMAS E. CALDWELL Mr. Early Times To live and let live. Hi-Y. Ambition: Musician JOHN CAMPBELL Meat Loaf Never trust a living soul and walk care- fully among the dead. Football; Basketball; Hi-Y; Tennis. PHYLLIS REMONA CARR Philco Basketball; Softball; Student Council; Chorus; Y-Teen . Ambition: Dietitian DAVID CHAPPELL Fat Boy Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Ambition: Naval Officer RILEY CHERRY A man without knowledge is the same as a man without a life. D. E. Club; Hi-Y. Ambition: Clerk A THOMAS LEON CHILES Cuban Little Lord Trust not a living soul . Hi-Y; Football; Baseball; Basketball Ambition: Naval Officer CARNELL CHISHOLM Ske The wages of sin is death. D. E. Club. MATTHEW CLARK Munchy Never get too attached to anything or anyone, because you will lose. Football; Tennis. Ambition: Dentist CONSTANCE LUCILLE COLSTON Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a man who is perverse in speech and is a fool . Basketball; Spanish Club; Journalism; Science Club; Junior Red Cross; Cheer- leader . RUTH CRAWFORD Crip One will do anything he desires. Spanish Club; FTA; Band; Basketbal I; Student Council; Mirror Staff; Lion Staff; Science Club; Red Cross. Ambition: Nurse DORIS LENELL DAVIS Dee Dee To understand and be understood. Student Council; French Club; Honor Society; Dramatic Club; NHA; Business Club. Ambition: Psychologist MARY DIGSBY Lulu Wisely improve the present and go forth into the shadowy future. Spanish Club; Honor Society. Ambition: Nurse RHONIA ELIZABETH DIXON Rhon-Rhon Love thy neighbor as thyself. Dramatic Club; FTA; Chorus; Honor Society; Junior Varsity; Spanish Club; Student Council . Ambition: History Teacher BRADY ODELL DORSEY Beatty Lady Once you make your mind up, go ahead. D. E. Club; Hi-Y; Basketball; Baseball, HAZEL LOUISE DOTSON Basketball; Student Council; Band. Ambition: Dress Designer law ORA MARIE DOUGLAS Learn today and live tomorrow. Basketball; Band. Ambition: Seamstress RUBY DURANT Do-Do A fool takes no pleasure in under- standing . Student Council; FTA; Spanish Club; Y- Teen; Band; Chorus. BEULAH DUNLAP Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Y-Teens; Spanish Club; Student Council; F TA; Business Club. Ambition: Nurse or Stenographer JOHNNIE MAE DUNLAP Little Bit Live today for tomorrow you may die. Ambition: Nurse GARNELL ARNETA DYE Nell Basketball; Spanish Club; Driving Club; Y-Teen; Business Club; FTA- Ambition: Elementary Teacher GERALDINE YVONNE DYKES Geane All the world ' s a stage, and all the men and women are merely players. Band; Dramatic Club; FTA; Student Coun- cil; Spanish Club; Library Club; Camera Club; Chorus; Y-Teen. Ambition: Musician LONNIE MAE ELDER Strive not to equal; but to excel . Dramatic Club; Driving Club; Business Club. Ambition: Music Teacher WILLIAM ELLIS Always be prepared. HOWARD ERVIN Thelmore Love is like a piece of gold: hard to get and hard to hold . Ambition: Machine Engineer ROBERT ERWIN Bob Never depend on others. Hi-Y; Spanish Club; Basketball. Ambition: Tailor ROY A. EZELL Bit It is better to try and fail than never to try at all. Baseball . Ambition: Furniture Maker BENNIE FAULKNER Soxs Those who help themselves, get help. D. E. Club; Y-Teen; French Club; Junior Red Cross. Ambition: Music Teacher HAROLD FORD Pecan Do unto others as you wou Id have them to do unto you . Band; Basketball; Football; Baseball. Ambition: Mail Carrier ADDIE LOUISE FOSTER Add Never putoff unti I tomorrow what you can do today . Y-Teen; Driving Club; Spanish Club; Student Council . Ambition: Teacher JOHNNY FOSTER Li 1 1 Beaver Endure until the end. Football; Basketball; Baseball; H i-Y; French Club; FTA. Ambition: Professional Hockey Player MARY ELIZABETH FOSTER Mae Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor the last to put the old aside. Basketball; Tennis; Softball . Ambition: Nurse JOHN FRAZIER, JR. Flash Any kindness or favor that I can render, tell me now. Ambition: Air Force Officer ISAQUEEN GABRIEL Big Eye I have crossed the river, but the ocean I ies ahead . Y-Teen; Glee Club; Dramatic Club. Ambition: Secretary MARY GABRIEL Rooks Eat, live and be merry. Driving Club. Ambition: Nurse DANIEL GAITHER II Sonny Experience is wonderful, if the price you have to pay is not too dear . President of Student Council; Honor Society; Science Club; French Club; Baseball; Football; Basketball. Ambition: Surgeon JEROME GENTRY For a man to love anything, he must understand it. Junior Red Cross; Student Council . Ambition: Engineer LOUISE GLENN Lucky ' Silver and gold may vanish away, but a good education will never decay. Chorus . JOHNNY MAE GLOVER Johnnie Forget the past and live today. Student Council; Y-Teen; Spanish Club. Ambition: Doctor RODDIE LEE GLOVER Lee Do unto others as you would have them do unto you . Chorus . Ambition: Nurse SHIRLEY ANN GLOVER Shell Always have a nice personality; you get along better . Student Council; Business Club; Y-Teen. Ambition: Fashion Model MILDRED ANN DEBRA HALL Peggy Upon my education I shall build a sound foundation . Library Club; Student Council; Red Cross. Ambition: Dietitian CAROLYN LYNETTE HAMRICK Cal Truth is the secret of eloquence. Red Cross; Y-Teen; Driving Club. Ambition: Dietitian JOHNNIE MAE HARDEN John Boast not thyself of tomorrow. Band; Y-Teen; Student Council; Spanish Club; Business Club. Ambition: Nurse CALVIN HARRIS May God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change. Football; Basketball; Baseball; Track. Ambition: Photographer LUCINDA HARRISON Lukie One who is everybody ' s friend is nobody ' s friend. Cheerleader; FTA; Spanish Club; Band; Basketball . Ambition: Physical Education Teacher ALBERT THOMAS JEWELL HEATH To be rather than to seem. Band; Chorus . Ambition: Psycho-Therapist DOCIA HEMPHILL Hemp Give to the world the best that you have. Spanish Club; Honor Society; Y-Teen. Ambition: Nurse LAWRENCE HERRING Pee Wee Never turn your back on the world. ' Football; Basketball; Band. Ambition: Doctor JOSEPH HERON Danny Hi-Y; Baseball; Basketball. Ambition: Business RAYMOND HOLMAN Clothes do not make the man; man makes the clothes. Chorus . Ambition: Doctor BERTHA LEE HUNTER Baby Girl Love those who hate you. Y-Teen; Art Club; Basketball . Ambition: Cosmotology Teacher EDDIE JOE JOHNSON Life is what you make it. Honor Society; Student Council; Spanish Club; Dramatic Club; Band; Science Club. Ambition: Rfcsearch Chemist GRADY JOHNSON, JR. June Beware of art. Football; Track; Baseball. Ambition: Professional Football Player ROBERT LEE JOHNSON Bobby Trust not a living soul. S t u d e n t Council; Chorus; Spanish Club; Hi-Y; Business Club. Ambition: Sports Writer EDDIE KENNEDY Strive for the best in life. Spanish Club; Baseball; Hi-Y; Basketball; Photography Club. Ambition: Professional Baseball Player NATHANIEL HUNTER Plure Do notcriticize unless you have something better to offer . Football; Baseball; Band. Ambition: Military Career ELLA RUTH HUTCH INS Joe To make the better best Band; Chorus; Cheerleader; French Club; Student Council . Ambition: Nurse LOTTIE JAMES Keep your eyes open. Y-Teen; French Club; Business Club. Ambition: Stenographer JOYCE JETER Jete An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. Library Club; Band; FTA; Student Council; Mirror Staff; Lion Staff. Ambition: Child Psychologist JAMES WILLIAM KNIGHT Hi-Y; Band. Ambition: Musician SAMUEL LAWRENCE Sam Football; Basketball . Ambition: Engineer THEODOSHIA LEAK Do unto others as you would have them do unto you . Chorus . Ambition: Psychologist ELLA RUTH LEE Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Driving Club; Bus i n ess Club; Library Assistant. Ambition: Nurse MARGARET LITTLE Prosperity destroys foo I s and endangers the wise. Basketball; Tennis; FTA; Student Council . Ambition: Nurse JAMES LOCK, JR. Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today . Basketball; D. E. Club. Ambition: Detective DOROTHY LOUISE LUCKEY Tippy Love everyone Y-Teen . Ambition: Nurse CURTIS LEROY MACKEY Jimmy Strive for the best. Ambition: Singer DOROTHY DELORES MANSEL Lois A wise man will hear and will increase learning . Honor Society; FTA; Spanish Club; Y-Teen . Ambition: Elementary Teacher CARY MAXWELL MAGGIE McCAIN Snook A f oo I does in the end what a wise man does in the beginning. Dramatic Club; Y-Teen; Junior Red Cross; Student Council; FTA; French Club. Ambition: Nurse RUBY McCLAIN Always wear a smile. Library Club; Y-Teen; Red Cross; Spanish Club. Ambition: Interior Decorator SADIE SELENA McCLAIN Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you. FTA; Red Cross; Student Council ; Major- ette; Honor So c i e ty; Lion Staff; Mirror Staff. Ambition: Speech Therapist ESTELLE McCLEAVE Never criticize unless you havesomething better to offer . Spanish Club. Ambition: Secretary DOROTHY McCLURE Miss Vanderbilt Do unto others as you would have them do unto you . Band; Y-Teen; Honor Society; Spanish Club; Student Council . Ambition: Concert Pianist MARY ELIZABETH McCORKIE Mae Always strive to do the best. Y-Teen; Business Club; Driving Club. Ambition: Nurse II RUTH McCOLLOUGH Silver and gold may vanish away, but a good education will never decay. Ambition: Cosmetologist russell l. Mcdowell Learn while you have the opportunity because the future looks dark. Baseball; Basketball; Hi-Y. Ambition: Air Force Aviator SHIRLEY MAE MICKENS Flashie Never criticize unless you havesomething better to offer . 11 Majorette; Softball; Basketba I I; Office Assistant; FTA; Spanish Club; Red Cross; Business Club. Ambition: Nurse MARGIE BARBARA MILLER Sister Knowledge is valuable. Spanish Club; Red Cross; Chorus; Y-Teen; Business Club. Ambition: Surgical Nurse MATTIE LEE MILLER To love and to be loved. Ambition: Elementary Teacher JOYCE ANN MORAGNE Jan Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not al I you hear; tell not all you know . Ambition: Nurse Spanish C lub; Hostess Club;Dramatics Club; FTA; Student Council; Mirror Staff. ROLAND HAYES MOORE Mats Ambition: Cook DOROTHY NEAL Dot ' Never criticize unless you havesomething better to offer . Ambition: Nurse DORIS DELORES NEELEY Happy Honor Society; Red Cross; Y-Teen; Student- Council ; Chorus; FTA; French Club; Library Club. ANNETTE YVONNE NICHOLAS Nette Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you may die . Red Cross; Chorus; Band; Y-Teen; D. E. Club; Student Council . Ambition: Nurse WILLIE BEATRICE ODOM Willie B. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Red Cross; Basketball . Ambition: Cosmetologist LeROY AUGUSTUS PAIGE, JR. Prysock An investment in knowledge pays the best dividends . Band; Hi-Y; Football; Honor Society; Spanish Club. Ambition: Musician or Doctor WILLIAM HENRY PHILLIPS Sole Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Football; Baseball; Basketball Trainer; Hi-Y. Ambition: Barber BARBARA JEAN PHILSON Live for today. Band; Chorus; Y-Teen; Student Council; FTA; Spanish Club; Red Cross. Ambiton: Elementary Teacher MARIAN DELORES PLATTS Piggy Do unto others as you would have them do unto you . Honor Society; Sigma Phi Sigma; Red Cross; FTA; Dramatic Club; Audio-Visual Aid Club; Lion Staff; Mirror Staff. Ambition: Medical Technologist ROCERT PROCTOR Rob You live and learn. Hi-Y. Ambition: Naval Officer RUSSELL PROCTOR, JR. It is better to get it here than to go out in life and can ' t get it. Dramatics Club. Ambition: Electrician REGINAL PRYOR Dirty Red Think about the future as well as today. D. E. Club; Football; Baseball. Ambition: Coach ALTAVIA RAY Tavia Do unto others as you would have them do unto you . Red Cross; Student Council; Spanish Club. Ambition: Elementary Teacher DAVID RAY Frog It takes your enemy and your friend working together to hurt you. Football; Basketball; Baseball. ROBERT LEE REICH Bobby Always wear a smile. D. E. Club; Spanish Club. GEORGE BELTON REID Molasses Each stitch with pride and precision . Football; Basketball; Hi-Y; Baseball . Ambition: Tailor MARY ELLA REID May I always try to do my best. Basketball; Tennis; Softball. Ambition: Physical Education Teacher PHILLIP HUGH RICHARDSON Phil Live for today only. Hi-Y. Ambition: Business JIMMIE HOWARD SIFFORD Sneaky May you I i ve as long as you want and never want as long as you live. Basketball; Red Cross; D. E. Club; Dramatic Club. Ambition: Physical Education Teacher HAZEL SIMONDS Bo Live and let live Football; Basketball; Baseball; Tennis. Ambition: Jet Pilot JAMES SINGLETON Sank If at first you do not succeed, try again. Spanish Club. Ambition: Civil Engineering CONSTANCE ANN SIMS Connie To thine ownself be true. Red Cross; Student Council; Honor Society; FTA; Spanish Club; Y-Teen; Mirror Staff; Lion Staff. Ambition: Psychologist ELLA RUTH RILEY Live as if you were going to die to- morrow; learn as if you were going to live a thousand years . Student Council; FTA; Honor Society; Science Club; D r a m a t i c Club; Band; Spanish Club; Red Cross. Ambition: Mathematician LUDORA RIVERS Dora Mae Heaven helps he who helps himself. D. E . Club; Library Club; Student Council . VERDELL HENRY SANDERS Henry • Never rush to do today that which you can do in comfort tomorrow. Ambition: Electronic Engineer ROBENA SHAW Beana Yesterday has gone, forget it; tomorrow is coming, think of it; today is here, use it. Honor Soc iety; Junior Red Cross; FTA; Sigman Phi Sigma; Student Council; Dramatic Club; Mirror Staff; Lion Staff. Ambition: Dental Hygienist JAMES WILLIAMS SIMS Smokey Love is like a pot of gold, hard to get and hard to hold . Basebal I ; Track . Ambition: Baseball Player CYNTHIA DELORES SMITH Prosperity destroys fools and endangers the wise . Student Council . Ambition: Hair Stylist HAROLD SMITH JAMES WALLACE SMITH Snag Rowing, not drifting . JAMES WILLIE SMITH Boot Be Prepared. Hi-Y; Baseball; Football. Ambition: Brick Mason ROSE MARY STEVENSON Rosa Love and you will be loved. Chorus; Art Club; Student Council . Ambition: Social Science Teacher HARRIET MILDRED STEWART Snookie Never put off until tomorrow that which you can do today . Ambition: Nurse ANITA TATE LEROY WALKER Retreat and live to fight again. Football; Basketball . Ambition: Sailor BARBARA JEAN WARE Bobbie To be polite is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way. Student Council; Y-Teen; Spanish Club. Ambition: Nurse ETHEL NAOMI WARREN Dimples To be greater than the greatest Dramatic Club; Red Cross; Business Club; Honor Society. Ambition: Interior Decorator SYLVIA WATSON Little Bit To err is human; to forgive is divine. Basketbal I; Softbal I ; Cheerleader; Y-Teen; FTA: Student Council; French Club. Ambition: Social Worker VINSON STANLEY THOMPSON Vi ' nce Why fear death, it is one of the most adventurous things in life. Science Club; Spanish Club; Audio-Visual Aids Club; Football; Basketbal I; Baseball; Hi-Y. Ambition: Biologist ROBERT TINNIN Tinnin-Ball Honesty is the best policy. Band; Hi-Y. JASPER TYSON Figet Eat not to misery and drink not to elevation . Football Trainer; Band; Hi-Y; Red Cross. Ambition: Marine Officer CELESTE WALKER Gee Gee as k e t ba I I; Softball; Y-Teen; Chorus; Driving Club. Ambition: Nurse METTS WESTMORELAND West Live, drink and be merry for tomorrow you might die . Football; Baseball; Basketball. Ambition: Football Player LIONEL WHITE Head Live and let live Hi-Y; Baseball . CHARLES H. WILLIAMS Society My purpose is to make my sun bright . Chorus; Dramatic Club; Dance Group; Hi-Y; Business Club. Ambition: Musician and Business MELVIN WILLIAMS Big M To become what we are capable of be- coming is the end of life. Hi-Y; Mirror Staff; Lion Staff; Student Council . Ambition: Psychologist or Journalist CLARA ANNETTE WILLIS Nette Learn as if you are going to live a thousand years . Spanish Club; Student Council; Y-Teen; Driving Club; Mirror Staff; Lion Staff; Library Club; FTA. Ambition: Nurse ALMA ELIZABETH WILSON Runt Strive not to equal, bur to excel. Dramatic Club; Red Cross; FTA; Mirror Staff; Lion Staff; Student Council . Ambition: Elementary Teacher MARGARET MARIE WILSON Knowledge without intergrity is dangerous and dreadful . 11 Y-Teen; Speech Club; Library Club; Business Club; Science Club. Ambition: Nurse FRANCES ANNETTE YOUNG Nette Be natural Ambition: Nurse ROBERT LEE WITHERS Bugs Love Everyone Band; Red Cross; Baseball; Hi-Y. Ambition: Air Force What a ong journey. 5o 5t Worth 5t? Juniors JAMES ADAMS JOYCE AGNEW ARTHUR ALEXANDER CHARLES ALEXANDER STELLA ALEXANDER TRAVIS ALEXANDER CAROLYN ANTHONY FRANCES ASHCRAFT MAGGIE BAGBY FRED BERRY LEONARD BERRYHILL CYNTHIA BIDGOOD FRANK BLACK ROBERT BLAIR WILLIAM BOOKER BETTY BRADLEY CORZELLA BROWN EURANIA BRYAN EVA BURROUGHS ALICE BUTLER Juniors DAVID BUTLER CORNELL CALDWELL ROBERT CALDWELL JESSE CHOICE JOHN CHISHOLM HAYWARD CONNER BUFORD COOPER FRANK CORNELIUS i M  Hp ■ sill. haii lit WILSON COUNTS LAURA CRAWFORD TIMONTHY CRAWFORD HILDRED CROMARTIE ETHEL CROSBY WILLIAM CURRENCE MARY DAVIS PRISCILLA DAVIS Etff -rat- ROBERT DAVIS JAMES DIGGS JOYCE DIXON TIMOTHY DONALD ANNETTE DOUGLAS CARRIE DRAYTON VERMELL DRAYTON ANNIE ELLIS BOBBY ELLIS JEANETTE ELLIS ANNIE FAVORS DOROTHY FAUST GUSSIE FLOYD HARRY FORD BARBARA FOSTER BETTY FOSTER DOROTHY FRANKS JULIUS FRANKLIN HAZEL FREEMAN GEORGE FULLER BARBARA FUNDERBURK GEORGE GARNER CARRIE GARNETT MATTIE GARNETT Juniors SHIRLEY GARY AMBROISE GOINES MERVIN GOINES BENNY GOODE I jmr fr - FRANCES GRAHAM ISAAC GRAHAM THELMA GR1CE ERNEST GRIER MM iili -9 1 1 ' cry fa . j EARLENE GRIFFIN ANNIE GRIMES IDA HALL DAISY HAMILTON VIOLA HARRIS SAUNDRA HENDERSON BILLY HILL HOWARD HILL ARTHUR HOOVER JAMES HOUSE CALVIN HUNTER JAMES INGRAM Juniors JOE INGRAM NANCY JACKSON SHIRLEY JACKSON VIRGINIA JACKSON PATRICIA JAMES ARTHUR JOHNSON DAISY JOHNSON HATTIE JOHNSON SALLY JOHNSON WALTER JOHNSON EDNA KIRKLAND NOVELLA KIRKPATRICK IVORY KIMBLE VICTOR LAWRENCE MACY LAWING DOROTHY LEE MARTHA LEE JOHNNIE RUTH LITTLE CLARA LYONS BOBBY MADDOX Juniors MAE FRANCES MARION ISIAH MARTIN ROBERT MARTIN ANNIE MILLER LORENE MILLER BILLY MITCHELL BETTY MOORE HARRY MOORE 1 1 lift 4 HORTENSE MOORE IDELRIE MOORE WILLIAM McCANT ZETTIE McCAULEY DONALD McCLURE HUGH McCOLLIE BESSIE McCOLLUM LAWRENCE McCULLOUGH VONIE McCORKLE JOANN MclLWAIN ROOSEVELT McMULLEN WILLIE NASH Juniors MARY NEAL ELEANOR NELSON WILLIAM NELSON MAMIE NICHOLAS ROBERT NICHOLAS PETTIS NORMAN EDNA OATES JIMMY OGLESBY VANCE O ' REAR WOODROW PARKS EDGAR PAYNE REBECCA PHIFER ELAINE PLATTS ROBERT PRATT LINCOLN QUICK Ml LA RAY 1 f MHBHMHMMMMMMI JOYCE REAPE HAROLD RICHMOND HERBERT RILEY ALBERT ROBINSON Juniors HAZEL ROBINSON JUNE ROBINSON VALASQUEZ RUSSELL JOHN SEGARS ROSELENE SIGLE SHIRLEY SIFFORD GEORGE SHEDRICK ROBERT SIMS a H|C ' 1 Mi H ■ • 1? li 4tl BARBARA SLOAN BARBARA SMITH EVANGELINE SMITH MILDRED SMITH VIRGINIA SMITH WILLIAM SMITH HAZELINE SOWELL JEAN SPEARS RALPH SPRINGS JAMES STEWART FRANCIS ST. MARK JAMES STROUD Juniors BARBARA TALBERT ADELL TAYLOR CHARLES TINSLEY LOUISE TOLLIVER CARL WAITERS ANTON IA WALLACE CHARLES WARE CONSTANCE WHITE HENRY WHITE WILLIE MAE WHITE CORA WILLIAMS JAMES WILLIS CLARA WITHERS GLADYS WITHERS PATRICIA WITHERS THOMAS WITHERS FRANKIE WITHERSPOON HAROLD WOFFORD BAR BARA WORTHY BETTY YOUNG JAMES HOUSE Vice-President HAROLD RICHMOND Treasurer WILSON COUNTS President CHARLES TINSLEY Secretary TIMOTHY DONALD Pari iamentarian TRAVIS ALEXANDER Assistant-Secretary ARTHUR ALEXANDER Sergeant-at-Arms 10A - MRS. L. E. BELL Charles Goode, Geneva Morrow, Don Ameche Sims, Boyce McCorkle, Clayton Sims, Lillian Marshall, James Stroud, Annie Roach, Mildred Walker, Elizabeth Boulware, Andrew Mackey, Robert Vance. 10B - MRS. E. C. BOGLE Sh ir I ey Cunningham, Thomas Henderson, Elaine Grier, Marzetta Alexander, Betty Walker, Vance Caldwell, Idena Diggs, Ruby Fincher, Ruthie Clark, John Inman, Elsie Favors, Nancy Dunlap, Hattie Brewer, Charlie Harris, David Jackson, Charlie Johnson. i IOC - MISS L. B. FITTS Miss L. B. Fitts, Toba McCullough, El izabeth Owens, Gloria McKenzie, Thelma McCall, Clarence Segars, Clarence Stevenson, Floyd Robinson, Crawford Anderson, Louis Stinson, James Caldwell, Edward Locke, Roosevel t Fowl er, E r n es t Hampton, Coleman Stewart, Voyd Stewart, Reginald Watkins Ro ber t Reeves . 10D - MISS C. L. COULTER Tarleton Alexander, Albert Cottle, Earline Hughey, Patricia Phillips, Margaret Davis, Thomas Warner, Kenny Moore, LillieMarshall, Barbara McAlily, Myrtle Jordan, Moses Ware, Harold Blackwell, Ruth McKnight, Hattie Ford, John Mobley, Ruth Gadson, Marquita Handkerson, Miss Coulter, Carl Lee Clegg. 10E - MISS M. A. BLAKE Creola Burris, H a z e I i n e W a I k e r, Shirley McKenzie, Janie Moore, Dorothy Durant, Voyd Neal, Jacqueline Platts, Frances Moore, Arthur Moore, Alphonzo Richardson, Henry Bennett, James Johnson, Frank Morgan, Wen- dell Hopkins, George Moore. Hazel Walker, David Wal lace . 10F - MISS B. R. REDDING Edna Wallace, Bernice Leake, Shirley Nash, Ellis Carter, Bobby Reid, Alice Ruth Jones, Julia Williams, James Dewalt, Yvonne Brown, Dorothy Conner, Catherine Moore, Tommie Lou Garrett, LaVon Jones, Frank Miller Carl Davis, Javon Hunter, Robert Chisholm, William Foster, Wil I iam Harmon, Miss Redding, Cleveland Riddick, Ralph Jordan . nil mill Hi nil! urn hi huh mm 10G - MISS M. V. WILLIAMS Miss W i I I i ams, McArthur Davis, Mary Suswell, Celestine Bryan, John Mansel, James Dawkins, Mary Spears, Ozzietta Thompson, Carrie Ruth Younge, Gloria Cunningham, Barbara Campbell, Cynthia Caldwell, Mamie Brown, Cecelia Harris, Delcina Ross, Joanne Mclllwain, Annie Vance, Yvonne Williams, Julia Ashcraft, Henry Alexander, Geraldine Dunlap, Dorothy Russell, lonell Mason, Robert Frazier, Jerry Curry, Willie Douglas, Henry Abel, Palmer Doiley, George Cherry, Stephen Hayes, Olanda Carr, Walter Kennedy. 10H - MISS S. L. LANE David Crawford, Jaronza Ellis, Barron Stroud, Walter Montgomery, James Roseboro, Willie Johnson, Henry Davis, Gerald Blakeney, Floyd Wallace, Samuel Sullivan, Leola Hall, Christine Brown, LaVern Gordon, Mabel Rhoden, Delores Clyburn, Mae Howey, Elizabeth Withers, Linda Stinson, Gloria Black, Dorothy Worthy, Miss Lane, Ma r i e G i I I es p i e, Edwina Coleman, Diane Young, Shirley Ravenell, Ellen Hafer, Barbara Chisholm, Joanne Neal, Gwendolyn Pettice, EmmaMcClain, Barbara Paige, Nadine Caldwel I, Betty McDowell . 10-1 MR. T. M.MARTIN STANDING: Nellie Philmore, Nellie Ruth Jones, Barbara Bailey, Mary Young, Brenda Walls, Curtis Worthy. KNEELING: James Russell, Conway Haynes, Nathaniel Washington, Thomas Brown, Curtis Sifford, Robert Watts. 9A - MR. LEROY MILLER FIRST ROW: Mr. Miller, Claude Miller, James Miller, James Maxwell, Rosa Davis, Paul Faulkner, Fredrick Cannon, Ro b e r t Sweetenbury, Jeanette Harris, Frances Moore, Ralph Alexander, Elgie Clark, Eugene Town- send. SECOND ROW: Willie James Brown, James Withers, Maxine Douglas, Nellie Dykes, Mable Broome, Betty Davis, Betty Lowery, Maxine Cottle, Janice McDaniel, Willie Ruth Craig, Booker T. Richardson, Lucille Wiggins, Ronnie Kinard, Raymond Lee, Harry Cherry. 9B - MR. J. A. BARBEE FIRST ROW: Robert Garner, Willie Mae Bruce, William Summers. SECOND ROW: Mary Hemphill, Harold Whitenbyrd, Annie Mae Brown, David Hicklin, Christine Linsay, Ollie Lee Stitt. THIRD ROW: Eddie Lee Ellis, Willie Oliver, Robert Jackson, Peggy Rushing, Jessie Mae Huntley. FOURTH ROW: Wisdom Samuels, Samuel Polk, Isiah Winchester, Hazeline Gee, Janet Roddy, Otis Prioleau, Mr. Barbee, Eugene Berry, William McCollugh. 9C - MR. W. B. LINDSAY Jerome Jordon, Ira Kiser, Burdell Sterges, Willie Metts, Henry Huey, Herbert Paine, Lonnie B. Smith, Raymond Brunson, Joe Heart, Thomas Billins, Charles Graham, Luther Maxwell, William Morris, Mr. Lindsay, Jacquline Ballard, Gertrude Bulter, Sarah Rann, Rosetta Mitchum, Thelma Grier, Betty Brum, Mary Davis. ii MAJORETTES Rosalene Sigle, Dorothy Russell, Hazel Dotson, Shirley Mickens, Sadie McClain, Ruby Durant. LETTER GIRLS Sally Johnson, Alice Jones, Lucinda Harrison, Dorothy Worthy, Margaret Clinkscale. Mixed Chorus Girls ' Glee Club Boys ' Glee Club Student Council BUSINESS CLUB SPANISH CLUB FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION LIBRARY CLUB PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Eddie Kennedy Calvin Harris David Ray Riley Cherry AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS Mr. Colston, H. Hill, M.Clark, R. Kinard, R. Alexander, H. Cherry, W. Lee, D. Gaither, V. Thompson. SEATED: E.Grier, H. Johnson, L. Miller. DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION KNEELING: Al I ison, Ri- vers, Nichols, Blackwell . STANDING: Clark, Sif- ford, Dorsey, Jackson, Mc- Dowell, Flowe, Hunter, Chisholm, Williams, Cherry, and Pryor. JUNIOR BOYS ' HONOR CLUB J. House, L. Berryhill, F. Berry, R. McMullen, W. Currence, A. Alexander, I. Graham, R. Davis, C. Tins- ley, L. Quick, B. Maddox, A. Zanders, D. McClure, G. Shedrick, J. Stewart, H. Wofford, C. Ware, R. Chisholm,V. Russell, R. Blair, W. Counts, P. Norman, V. O ' Rear, T. Alexander, J. Choice, H. Hill, and R. Nicholas. DRAMATICS CLUB Our journey included graveling on the . . . curt tied Senior Football Stars Robert Bland Metts Westmoreland Reginald Pryor George Reid DAVID BEATIE James Blackmon Johnny Foster Senior Football Stars Grady Johnson Arthur Jordon William Phillips Eugene Brown 647i4 -p ' . Bi ,5ft 49 FOOTBALL TEAM J. Russell, J. Segars, A. Goines, H. Freeman, T. Brown, B. Hill, G. Johnson, M. Westmoreland, R. Pryor, W. Phillips, S. Sullivan, W. Harris, D. Ray, B. Mitchell, R. Bland, V. Neal, T. McLaughlin, H. Moore, A. Able, R. Pratt, D. Butler, A. Zanders, J. Foster, S. Lawrence, C. McDowell, A. Jordan, P. Williams, C. Cleigh, H. Robinson, T. Henderson, C. Hunter, H. Hill, V. Stewart, W. Hopkins, W. Counts, J. Black- mon, G. Reid, A. Alexander, H. Huey, G. Moore, V. Thompson, A. Grier. BASKETBALL TEAM George Reid, David Beattie, Robert Bland, Jimmy Sifford, David Butler, Calyin McDowell, Thomas Henderson, Robert Blair, Robert Pratt, Johnny Foster, Larry Albert, William Harmon, Voyd Neal, Harry Ford. BASEBALL TEAM Harold Richmond, Reginald Pryor, Eddie Kennedy, Daniel Gaither, Calvin Harris, Metts Westmoreland, Calvin Hunter, Vinson Thompson, Pettis Norman, Johnny Foster, Hazel Robinson, Arthur Grier. JUNIOR VARSITY Ralph Alexander, Robert Garner, Ronnie Kinard, Preston Williams, Robert Sweetenburg, Cleveland Riddick, Calvin Hunter, Robert Vance, Voyd Stewart, Eugene Berry. BASKETBALL PLAYERS SENIOR VARSITY Louise Bradshaw, Garnell Dye, Lucinda Harrison, Sylvia Watson, Margaret Little, Shirley Mickens. JUNIOR VARSITY B. Lowery, R. Davis, M. Cottle, M. Broome, M. Addison, J. McDaniel, A. Jones, R. Mitchell, D. Durant J. Lawrence, T. Garrett, M. Herring, E. Coleman, O. Thompson, L. Hall. Intramural Winners 12C Johnnie Glover, Alice Baxter, Sylvia Watson, Barbara Boyles, Addie Foster, Margie Miller . 11D Barbara Foster, Hortense Moore, Betty Bradley, Eleanor Nelson, Betty Foster, Edna Oates, Annette Douglas, Rebecca Phifer, M i I d r e d Smith, Carrie Drayton, Viola Harris . 10H Gloria Black, Betty McDowell, Marie Gillespie, Linda S t i n so n, Delores Cly- burn, Laverne Gordon, Edwina Coleman, Shirley Raveneil, Leola Hall. BASKETBALL SCENE SHIRLEY MICKENS Co-Captain LUCINDA HARRISON Captain BASKETBALL SCENE We Stopped in c tt[ciny ( latAeA oh 0ur journey. MR. WILLIAMS ' ART CLASS CLOTHING CLASS FOODS CLASS COSMETOLOGY Cynthia Smith, Hazeline Walker, Martha Lee, Miss Moore. MISS REID ' S PIANO CLASS MIXED ENSEMBLE MR. BARBEE ' S SCIENCE CLASS MR. PYLE ' S CHEMISTRY CLASS COMMERCIAL DIETETICS CLASS PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES DANCE GROUP Sophomores doing push-ups to strengthen arms and shoulders. 1 mmwm X$6 mmmm ■ :?« ; tSHFWiW ■ ■ minimi mi hi hi in ' j fflff fpssp — Mm— immm—nn i wmmm mmmm mmmm mmmSmm ! 45, i: i:- IJ Joan Mcllwain Charles Tinsley Charles Williams Laura Crawford Betty Walker William Harmon Mi I a Ray Vernon Hill JOURNALISM CLASS Staff members working on layouts for The Lion. Lo r en e Miller, H a 1 1 i e Johnson, Novella Kirkpatrick, Frances Greene, Constance Sims. Robena Shaw and Marian Platts, editors of The Mirror and The Lion. OFFICE ASSISTANTS Ida Hall, Estella McCleave, Garnell Dye, Shirley Mickens, Mildred Smith, Shirley Cunningham, Johnnie Mae Harden. GUIDANCE NURSE Altavia Ray, Calvin Harris, Sylvia Watson, and Mr. Lassiter. Hildred Cromartie and Mrs. Cleo Yongue. Camera Class ROBERT PRATT Si DAVID RAY WILLIAM PHILLIPS EUGENE BROWN i €ye Were c ttlade Jor Seeing, Then VI 5t« Own Miss Y-Teen Miss Thespians Ruby Durant Barbara Paige Miss Cheerleader Willie Mae White Miss Art Hazel Dotson Miss Honor Society Marian PI arts Miss Hi-Y Frankie Witherspoon Miss Junior Boys ' Honor Club Evangeline Smith 7 Miss Football Carolyn Anthony Miss Distributive Education Barbara Funderburk Miss Student Council Ella Ruth Riley Miss Basketball Lucinda Harrison Miss F. T. A. Sadie McClain National Honor Society DONALD McCLURE DOROTHY McCLURE JOANN MclLLWAINE LORENE MILLER MARY NEAL mm DORIS NEELY L.A.PAIGE ELAINE PLAnS MARIAN PLATTS LINCOLN QUICK VALASQUEZ RUSSELL ELLA RILEY ROBENA SHAW EVANGELINE SMITH CHARLES TINSLEY ANTON IA WALLACE NAOMI WARREN WILLIE MAE WHITE CLARA WITHERS BETTYE YOUNG Cafeteria Staff ON THE SERVING LINE Custodial Staff Mirror Staff MARIAN PLATTS Editor RHOBENA SHAW Editor JOYCE JETER Business Manager T: s ' l ' v: as an out Jet a TIic editorials published in SADIE McCLAIN BARBARA SMITH Ass ' t. Editor Adv. Manager motivation for Journalistic writing, st Charlotte Mirror represent the views of the writers CONSTANCE COLSTON Feature Editor COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC. NOVELLA KIRKPATRICK Proof Reader Typists ' _,. _ Proof Readers „ Reporters _ 3 ' ass Ed ' tor Clnh Editor _ _ Adv:sor ALMA WILSOI Fashion Edito. LORENE MILLER Reporter Alma Wil ' - ' on, Lorene Miller Constance Sims, Novella Kirkpatrick Tetar, Hattie Johnson, Frances Green ...,„! Ruth Crawford L _..Alma Wilson ..Mrs. Evelyn D. Floyd JESSIE CHOICE Art Editor HARRIET STEWART DELORES BURKE ANNETTE WILLIS MELVIN WILLIAMS Exchange Editor Make-up Editor Reporter Sports Editor e (£o4t Our journey Wa Vaid in gull We wish to acknowledge with grateful appreciation the support that the firms I is ted on the following pages have given us. We urge you and your families to patronize these firms. INDEPENDENT RADIO AND T. V. 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