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

Text from Pages 1 - 190 of the 1964 volume:

Km THE LION The lion Published by The Journalism Department of West Charlotte Senior High School 2219 Senior Drive Charlotte, North Carolina Minutes. . . hours. . . days! All pass too quickly when it ' s time to say adieu to scenes so familiar, to friends so dear, to sounds so long-remembered and, even to dreams yet unfulfilled. But a new world, with shades of the past, awaits the seniors of 1964. Lest they forget the minutes, the hours, the days spent here at West Charlotte, the Lion Staff herewith presents a pictorial account of their 1963-64 school year. In the years to come may they gaze on these pages and be as happy then as we are now in pre- paring this 1964 edition for them. Introduction Administration. . . Faculty Seniors Juniors Sophomores Activities Organizations .... Athletics Queens Senior Directory . . Faculty Directory. Advertisements. . . Index 3 Betty Simpson and Guy Robinson Who ' s fooling who? Or, is it whom ? Must we go to class? When old friends meet in the Student Lounge A display case of jewelry and ceramics made by students in art department. Lunchtime— A chance to breathe the fresh air Life can be beautiful- amid all the cares of a trying day! i t:..-« m 5 r • -w I . - where learning abounds Administration Wing The Gymnasium Math Building (a closer look) Language Arts (Northern view) Modern Language Building 7 TV SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL To the Administrative Staff of the Charlotte- Mecklenburg School System and to the Board of School Commissioners whose aims are to promote quality education among our youth, this 1964 edition of The West Charlotte lion is respectfully dedicated. 10 Faculty members, too, welcome the final bell at the close of a hard day ' s work. They laugh, though they mustbe fatiguedby the varied and sundry duties required to in- struct the 1460 West Charlotte stu- dents. Happy, relaxing teachers — until the school bell rings again! Administration and Faculty ■l 1 1 12 JOHN A. BARBEE MRS. LAURA W. BELL MISS M. ALMA BLAKE Biology English Physical Education To ead, fo guide, to aid . . . 13 HORACE B. CAPLE English and Dramatics MRS. BLANCHE CASSIDY World History JOSEPH C. CHAMPION Counselor A teacher affects eternity, he can never CLIFTON COLLINS History and Sociology J. EARL COLSTON Mathematics MRS. LUELLA CURRIE World History 14 MRS. BARBARA W. DAVIS WILLIE E. DUNHAM ROBERT ELLIS English and Journalism Tailoring French and Spanish tell where his influence stops. (Adams) WALTER ERWIN MISS LOIS B. FITTS MISS DOROTHY B. FLOYD Mathematics Commercial Education Counselor 15 MRS. ELIZABETH GADDY Commercial Education MRS. RUBY H. GORHAM Commercial Education JOHNH. HOLLOWAY Band and Orchestra ' Teach him thought and MRS. MARY S. HUGHES EDWARD KING MRS. CLARISSY C. KNOX Mathematics History and English Clothing 16 MISS SPELMAN L. LANE General Biology MRS. BESSIE LEDBETTER English WILLIAM B. LINDSAY English amiable words . . . (Tennyson) THOMAS M. MARTIN Physical Education MRS. LECORA L. MOBLEY English 1 1 3i CHARLES McCULLOUGH Physical Education 17 MRS. DELAURIS McCULLOUGH EVON McNAIR MISS LILUSTEEN MOORE Mathematics Chemistry and Physics Cosmetology Teach him love of truth and FRANK MURPHY JUIIAN W. PYLES MISS HORTENSE REID Biology Mathematics Music 18 MISS MERTYE RICE JAMES RICHARDSON MISS MARTHA E. RIDDICK Spanish and Humanities English Librarian all that makes a man. MARVIN B. RORIE MISS LUCINDA ROSS ODIS A. ROUSSEAU Distributive Education Health and Biology World History 19 CHARLES SANDERS MRS. WILLIE SCOGGINS JOSEPH W. SCOTT English English Commercial Dietetics ' To teach is to love mankind; ROBERT TAYLOR JOSEPH F. TOWNS MRS. ETHIE WATERMANN French and English History and Photography Physical Education 20 - ■ , ■ i. • 4} . lm ' WILLIAM F. WATERMANN Industrial Arts LEROY WATERS Mathematics DAVID WIGGINS History 21 MISS EVELYN WOOTEN History and Sociology EUGENE WRIGHT Industrial Arts WILLIAM H. YONGUE Biology Teaching is its own reword. ■ MRS. FRANCES P. MARK Secretary to the Principal MRS. SARAH MOSS Records Secretary MISS PRISCILLA DAVIS Guidance Clerical Assistant L MRS. MYRTLE JOHNSON Library Clerical Assistant MRS. PEARL MAXWELL School Nurse 22 I can hardly wait to graduate, they said as freshmen in 1960. But now, as the fourth year ends, tears are shed unabashedly even as the grads experience a sense of ful- fillment for having accomplished their objectives. We who remain at West Charlotte wish you, SENIORS, happy landing ! Seniors 23 Sen or Class Officers These officers are making plans for annual Senior Day- a time for seniors to assume control of the school. Stand- ing, left to right: ALPHA HOWZE, parliamentarian; RALPH RICHARDSON, student council representative; EDWARD NEWBERRY, treasurer. Seated: THOMAS MOORE, vice-president; JOEL MAXWELL, president; LUTRICIA WINGATE, assistant secretary; and GWEN- DOLYN CRAWFORD, secretary. 24 English 12, Mrs. L. L. Mobley, instructor HELEN BLOCKER BARBARA BOOKMAN WILLIE BOULWARE HELEN BOYD WILLIE BRADSHAW ARGIE BOYTON MARY BREVARD WILLIE BRACEY OSBORNE BREWER 31 Bookkeeping II, Mrs. E. B. Gaddy, instructor Journalism, Mrs. B. W. Davis, instructor Commercial Dietectics, Mr. J. W. Scott, instructor Manicuring Cosmetology Class, Miss L. Moore, instructor Senior Monitors Cosmetology, Hairstyling, Mrs. L Moore, instructor CARRIE MOORE THOMAS MOORE ROSA MOORE PEARLINE MORROW NAOMI McCAIN ADRIAN McCASKILL BEVERLY McCALL GLORIA McCLAIN ARTHUR McCARROLL LYNN McCLARY ■ ■ v. Competitive Examination, West Charlotte library JAMES McCLELLAN DONALD McCLURE GAYLE McCOMBS JOHN McCORKLE MARGIE McCULLOUGH VERNON McEACHERN 49 Tailoring, Mr. W.E. Dunham, instructor 51 Senior Y- Teens Senior Math, Mr. L. Waters, instructor GARDENIA SIFFORD DORIS SIMMONS JOHN SIMPSON GWENDOLYN SMITH JACQUELINE SPEARS REGINALD SPRATT 55 Commercial Dietetics- Cake icing demonstration HATTIE SUSWELL CAROLYN TEETER JEANETTE TAYLOR BOBBY THOMAS KAY FRANCES TAYLOR MARGARET THOMAS 57 59 JAMES WILSON LONNIE WILSON MINNIE WILSON Senior Autographs 62 Nothing holds more allure in the life of a high school junior than the PROM . Here, Juniors plan and outline the many facets of or- ganization that go into making the prom a success. If we but had a movie of the prom with its scintillating beat. Juniors 63 AARON, BARBARA AARON, MELINDA ABELL, ASENETH ABRAHAM, NATHANIEL ADAMS, MARY ALEXANDER, ANTHONY ALEXANDER, CLAUDETTE ALEXANDER, FLOYD ALEXANDER, SHIRLEY ALEXANDER, WILLIAM ANDERSON, BETTY ANDERSON, MILDRED ANTHONY, ROBERT AUDREY, DONALD AUSTIN, KENNETH BAILEY, DIANE BAILEY, MELVINIA BAILEY, RONALD BAKER, FREDDIE BARDLEVENS, JESTINE BASKIN, MARY BATTLE, MARY BAUKNIGHT, PEARL BEATTY, ARTHUR 64 BELL, DORETHA BELTON, JANICE BELTON, SHIRLEY BIGGERS, WILLIE BILLINGSLEA, EDGAR BIRTHA, HAROLD BLACKMON, BETTY BLAIR, DORIS BLAKENEY, DORIS BLAND, CHESTER BLOCKER, CLAUDETTE BOSWELL, JUANITA BOULWARE, CAROLYN BOULWARE, RONALD BOWEN, SYLIBIA BRANNON, JoANN BREWER, DARLENE BREWINGTON, SHARON BRIDGES, GERALD BROOKS, LAWRENCE BROOKS, SYLVIA BROWN, GERALDINE BROWN, JACQUELINE BROWN, LETTYE mi ' l ' 65 BROWN, LORRAINE BROWN, ROMIA BROWN, SYLVIA BUFORD, WALTER BURNS, RAY BURTON, WILLIE BUTLER, EDNA BYERS, NORA BYNUM, SAMUEL BYRD, EARLENE CALDWELL, LOIS CAMPBELL, CAROLYN CARR, MARVA CATHEY, DONNIE CHAMBERS, EARNESTINE CHERRY, SALLY CHOATE, MARY CLAIR, BARBARA CLARK, DONNA CLARK, TYRONE CLINTON, VERNON CLOUD, WILLIAM COLEY, ALONZO COOPER, EDNA 66 COOPER, PAUL COUNTS, HOWARD CRAIG, BETTY CRAIG, LINDA CRAWFORD, JAMES CRAWFORD, WILLIE CULP, SHIRLEY CUNNINGHAM, CALVIN DAVIDSON, HARVEY DAVIDSON, JESSIE DAVIS, EMMA DAVIS, JAMES DAVIS, NATHANIEL DEAN, NEVONIA DeLANEY, MARGIURETTE DILLARD, GERALDINE DRAKEFORD, ACE DUNBAR, ROBERT DUNLAP, WILLIAM DURANTE, BOBBIE EA STERLING, BERTHA EDWARDS, ADOLFUS EDWARDS, ALFONZO ELUS, JOAN 67 FERGUSON, LOUISE FERNANDEZ, VICTOR FLAX, FRANCES FOMAN, REBECCA FORD, DeHAVILLAN FORD, GWENDOLYN FORD, JOE FOSTER, LEE ELLA FOWLER, ROOSEVELT FRANKS, PATRICIA FRAYLON, BARBARA FRAYLON, JOSEPH FRAZIER, DORIS FUNDERBURKE, CALDWELL GABRIEL, NELLIE GAINES, ZELMA GALE, ROBERT GARNETT, BOBBIE GARY, EUNICE GILLIARD, PATRICIA GIVENS, ARTHUR GLASCOW, ANNETTE GLENN, BETTY GLENN, DAISY 68 HEMPHILL, MARTHA HENDERSON, RAYMOND HENDERSON, SULA HENDERSON, THOMAS HILL, LILLIE HILL, WALTER HINES, DORIS HINES, JOHNSIE HOLLAND, GWENDOLYN HOLLOWAY, MELVIN HOLT, MYRA HOOVER, SHIRLEY HOPE, VENNIE HOUSER, MARY HOWARD, PAULETTE HOWARD, SANDRA HOWEY, INEZ HUDSON, JOYCE HUFF, IVAN HUMPHREY, MARY HUNTER, SADIE HUNTLEY, BILLY HUNTLEY, NORMA IVORY, CECIL 70 I I, JOHNSON, BEVERLY JOHNSON, CONSTANCE JOHNSON, GERALD JOHNSON, LUCINDA JOHNSON, PEARL JOHNSON, TENNYSON JOHNSON, WILLIAM JOHNSON, WILLIE JONES, BOBBY JONES, CATHERINE JONES, IRIS JONES, MELVTN JORDAN, LORETTA KEE, CHARLES KEENAN, BEVERLY KENION, CAROLYN KENNEDY, ALMA KENNEDY, STERLING KILGORE, BERNITA KIMBLE, MARTHA KNOX, ALBERTA LAWRENCE, NATHANIEL LEAK, NORMA LEAKE, JUILETTE 71 LEUNG, TYRONE LEWIS, CHARLES LEWIS, ROSA LINDSAY, KARTRENIA LINEBERGER, MARGO LOGAN, SHENITA LOWERY, JENNIFER LOWERY, ROBERT LUCAS, BARBARA LYLES, BOOKER McADAMS, VALERIA McADOO, JOHN McADOO, PAULETTE McCAIN, DIANNE McCAULEY, ANN McCIAIN, GLORIA McCLETTIE, MAURICE McC LINTON, RUBY McCROREY, BOBBY McCROREY, WILLIAM McCULLOM, FRANCINE McCULLOUGH, DAVID McILWAIN, CAROLYN McILWAIN, MATTIE 72 ■ J • h McILWAIN, QUINCY McKEE, WANDRA McKINSEY, DANNY McNAIR, BARBARA MAC KEY, GAYNETTA MACKEY, ROBERT MATTHEWS, BERNICE MAXWELL, CARL MAXWELL, SANDRA MEANS, CAROL MEANS, REGINALD MICHAEL, FRANKLIN MICKENS, CAROLYN MILLER, BETTY MILLER, JOYCE MILLER, LINDA MILLER, TOMMIE MINTER, PRESTON MITCHELL, JAMS MOORE, BRENDA MOORE, CAROLYN MOORE, DELORES MOORE, DIANNE MOORE, MICHAEL 73 MOORE, REID MOORE, WILLIAM MORGAN, GALE MOSES, MARIAN NAIL, BRENDA NEAL, IRIS NEAL, JOHN NEAL, LARRY NEELY, BETTY NELSON, DONALD NELSON, PATRICIA NICHOLAS, PHYLIS NILES, RONALD NORMAN, FA TINA ODOM, JOHN OLIPHANT, LAFAYETTE OLIVER, CHERYL OSBORNE, CASSANDRA PARTLOW, SOPHIA PATTON, NEC IE PERRY, DOROTHY PERRY, EDWARD PERRY, MICHAEL PERRY, PEGGY 74 PETERS, REGINALD PHFER, NATHANIEL PHIFER, VIRGINIA PHILLIPS, EVELYN PHILLIPS, GARNETTA PHILLIPS, GEORGE PHILLIPS, WILHELMENIA PITMAN, PANDORA POLK, JAMES POLK, WILLIE POWELL, CONSTANCE POWELL, KENNETH PRATT, LINETTE PRESSLEY, ANN PRIDE, BARBARA PRIDE, SYLVESTER PRIDE, WILLIAM QUICK, THOMAS RANN, WILLETTE RATLIFF, SHIRLEY RAY, MARY REEVES, BERLYN REID, JOHN RICE, HAROLD 75 RICE, JOYCE RICHARDSON, CAROLYN RICHARDSON, MARGARET RICKETT, BETTY RIDICK, DONALD ROACH, NORMAN ROBERTS, YVETTE ROBINSON, LUCILLA ROCKYMORE, JOHNNIE RODGERS, JIMMY ROGERS, JAMES ROSS, CURTIS ROSS, GEORGE ROSS, ROBERT ROSS, VIVIAN RUSHING, LORRAINE SAMUEL, BRENDA SANDERS, OLIVIA SAUNDERS, CAMILLA SCOTT, CLARENCE SCOTT, ELIZABETH SCOTT, JERRY SEIGLE, MARIE SHIPP, RICHARD 76 SIFFORD, SARAH SIGLER, LLOYD SIMMONS, BRENDA SIMMONS, JOETTE SIMPSON, BETTY SINGLETARY, GENE SMITH, JOHNNY SMITH, MAMIE SMITH, SHIRLEY SOWELL, BRENDA SPEARS, MARY SPRATT, RICHARD SPRINGS, JOANN SPRINGS, JOYCE STEVENSON, PEGGY STEWART, RICHARD STITT, MARIAN STRAITE, ROSA STRICKLAND, ROSALIND STRONG, DA VINE STURDIVANT, PATRICIA STURGIES, EVELYN TATE, MARY TAYLOR, BETTE 77 1 TAYLOR, JAMES TAYLOR, THOMAS TAYLOR, WALTER 1 TEAGUE, WALTER 1 THOMPSON, BARBARA THOMPSON, ISSA THOMPSON, JAMES THOMPSON, KENNETH TILLMAN, LINDA TILLMAN, PAMELA TINSLEY, FRANC IN A TRAPP, PHYLIS TRIPPLETT, RUTH TRUE SDALE, DAWNE VAUGHTERS, DWIGHT WADE, BICKETT iiiini WALKER, JOSEPH WALKER, STEVEN WALL, BETTY WALLACE, CATHERINE WALLACE, ROBERT WALLACE, TERRY WALLACE, VERA WALLACE, VIVIAN 78 WILSON, FRANCES WILSON, JAMES WILSON, RAY WING ATE, VERDAIR WITHERS, BARRY WITHERS, ELIZABETH WITHERS, MARY JO WOOD, DELORES 79 Though Sophomores in name, West Charlotte tenth graders are in reality freshmen with respect to their tenure here. Although just out of junior high, they very quickly adapt to high school studies and activities. They soon become an integral part of the intellectual and social activities of the school. Sophomores CAROLYN AARON MARJORIE ABELL CHARLES ABLE BETTYE ABRAHAM MARY ADAMS VERNELLE ADAMS BEAULAH AGURS GLORIA ALEXANDER KELLY ALEXANDER MICKEY ALEXANDER PATRICIA ALEXANDER JOHN ALLEN BOBBIE SUE ANDERSON JOE LOUIS ANDERSON LARRY ANDERSON MARCUS ANDERSON MAE ANTHONY NORMA AVERY BELINDA BAILEY GEORGIA BAILEY HENRY BAILEY WILLIE BAILEY BETTY BAKER DIANNE BAKER GEORGIA BARKSDALE AARON BARNES CALAMITY BARNETT EDWIN BARRETT BOBBY BASKIN JO ANN BATTLE FRANK BAUKNIGHT BARBARA BEATTY BEVERLY BELTON DAVID BELTON LEONARD BENNETT 82 WILLIE BRANNON RUTH BREVARD DELORS BREWER PATRICIA BRIDGES ELLA BRIGGS ALICE BROOKS BARBARA BROOKS JAMES BROOKS PATRICIA BROOKS ROBERT BROOKS BETTY BROWN CURTIS BROWN GENEAL BROWN GEORGE BROWN HARRISON BROWN JOANN BROWN LAVERN BROWN MAMIE BROWN PATSY BROWN PEGGY BROWN TELFORD BROWN THOMAS BROWN VONTINA BROWN ROY BRYANT GLORIA BYERS 83 ESTHER BYRD HERBERT CALDWELL V ANITA CALDWELL WELCH CALDWELL YVONNE CALDWELL RONALD CALLOWAY CHARLES CAMPBELL JASPER CAMPBELL LILLIAN CAMPBELL ERIC CARR SHARRION CARR BARBARA CATHEY MARY CATHEY DUDLEY CAUTHEN ERNEST CHAMBERS MARY CHAMBERS WOODROW CHAPPELL DARRYL CHERRY STEVE CHERRY STEVEN CHILES Mi m v ' j A 1 1 : J f FRANCINA CHISHOLM JUANITA CHISHOLM GLORIA CLARK ROBERT COHEN MARION COLEMAN THEODORE COLEMAN BERTHA COLLINS ESTELLE COLLINS LORETTA COSTNER SAVANNAH CRAIG STANLEY CRAWFORD ELAINE DAVIDSON ANTHONY DAVIS BARRY DAVIS JAMES DAVIS 84 JAMES DAVIS JEANETTE DAVIS MELVIN DAVIS JAMES DEAN ELLA DENNIS GWENDOLYN DIGGS MANTINA DIXON SHIRLEY DOUGLAS GWENDOLYN DRAKEFORD DOROTHY DUNBAR FRED DUNLAP BETTY DURANTE STEVE EDNEY BARBARA EDWARDS BRENDA EDGEWROTH ESTHER ELDER MARY ELDER ROSE ELLISON ANDRENA EUBANKS MILDRED FARLEY ALICIA FARRAR BRENDA FERRAR KENNETH FAULKNER ELOISE FEASTER CALVIN FEATHERSON JAMES FERGUSON JERRY FERNANDEZ JOYCE FORD THOMAS FORD LENORA FORTE JACKIE FOSTER LINDA FOXX LARRY FRAZIER WAYNE FUNDERBURKE BARBARA GALE 85 SARAH GALE EMMA GARRETT GLADYS GILLIARD VERNA GILLIS KENNETH GLENN MARGARET GLENN RONNIE GLENN SANDRA GLENN SHIRLEY GLENN MARGARET GLOVER ALFRED GORDON DE VONE GORDON MAEOLA GOSS EVELYN GRAHAN JAMES GRAHAM ROBERT GRAHAM ROSETTE GRAHAM ROOSEVELT GRANT HAROLD GREEN TOMMY GRIER BETTY GRIER GWENDOLYN GRIER WYONIE GRIER CARRIE GRIFFIN MILDRED GRIFFIN WILLIAM GRIGG BENNY GRIMES CHARLES GUESS CALVIN HALL KATHY HALL DOROTHY HALLUMS BROOKS HAMES CHARLES HARRIS GLORIA HARRIS HAROLD HARRIS 86 REGINALD HAWKINS BETTY HAYES KENNETH HEATH SHIRLEY HEATH FREDDIE HENDRIX JOYCE HICKS JOHN HILL WILLIAM HILL WILLIAM A. HILL GILBERT HOLLY DORIS HOLLOWAY CYNTHIA HOLT EMMA HOOD JERALD HOOD LINDA HOOD EDGAR HOOVER GERALD HOOVER NANCY HOOVER EMMA LEE HORSLEY EVELYN HOUSTON SHIRLEY HOWARD MARICA HOWEY MARY HOWEY JAMES HUBERT ROBERT HUEY FRANK HUNTER GRACIE HUNTER JERRY HUNTER EMMA HUNTLEY ARTHUR JACKSON DELORES JACKSON HELDIN JACKSON JOHN JACKSON THOMASINA JACKSON PATRICIA JAMISON 87 ALFRED JOHNSON CARL JOHNSON DOROTHY JOHNSON EDGAR JOHNSON JOE CHESTER JOHNSON JOHNNY JOHNSON JOYCE JOHNSON NETHER JOHNSON PEARLIE JOHNSON ROBERT JOHNSON YVONNE JOHNSON ANNETTE JONES CLEVELAND JONES ERNESTINE JONES FREDDIE JONES JAY WILLIE JONES LARRY JONES LAWRENCE JONES MARVIN JONES MARVIN JONES PATTY JONES PEGGY JONES PATRICIA JONES RONNIE JONES LORETTA JORDAN DELORES JUDGE ETHEL KEARNS WARREN KENNEDY MARIAN KEY ALVIN KINARD DELORES KINYON BOBBIE KING ROSA KING BRENDA KIRKPA TRICK STEPHANIE KIRKPATRICK 88 WALTER KNOX LESTER LANIER SANDRA LEDBETTER WILBERT LEONARD ALICE LEVI CALVIN LINDSAY EZRA LOCKE CLARA LONG CLYDE LOVE ANN LOWERY BILLIE LYNCH ARDELIA MACKEY MARY MANGUM JAMES MANN LARRY MARSHALL BARBARA MARTIN JOEL MASON PAULA MASON OZELIA MATTHEWS SHIRLEY McCAULEY DONALD McCLAIN GERGORY McCLAIN TOMMY McC LEAVE MARY McCLINTON VICKIE McCLETTIE RUBY McCLOUD CAROLYN McCLURKIN ALICIA McCULLOUGH ESTORIA McCULLOUGH THADDEUS McDOWELL THOMAS McGEE ROBERT McGILL CAROLYN Mc GRIFF JOYCE Mc GRIFF LEWIS McILWAIN 89 ROBERT McJUNKIN melinda Mcknight ADDIE McMANUS ROBERT McMANUS MICHAEL Mc MOORE JAMES Mc MULLEN JAMES McMURREY ROBERT McNAB PATRICIA McNEIL PRESTON MEANS RUTH MENDINGHALL RUSSELL MENTON JOHNNIE METTS MARGIE METTS DEBORAH MILLER DONZELL MILLER JEROME MILLER LARRY MILLER MAJOR MILLER MARTHA MILLER RONALD MILLER JERRY MINTER OLYNITHA MITCHELL VIVIAN MOBLEY ALICE MONTGOMERY BARRY MONTGOMERY CHARLES MONTGOMERY CLARENCE MONTGOMERY AARON MOORE LOUISE MOORE MELVENA MOORE PATRICIA MOORE VICTOR MOORE ROBERT MORGAN JANIE MORRIS JANICE MORRISON LINDA MORRISON VALERIE MOSES FRANKLIN MURPHY ANGELA NAIL JAMES NASH BARBARA NEAL FRED NEAL EDWARD MEWMAN JOHNNY OSBORNE BRENDA OWENS EZEKIAL PEAY ANDREW PERRY JOYCE PERRY ULYSSES PERRY JANICE PETERS BARBARA PHRONEBARGER MARY PLATT MARY PLUMMER RONALD POE VIRGINIA POLK WYATT PRATT ANNIE PRAYLOR CAROL PRIDE RAFE PRIDE SANDRA PRIDE LUCRETIA RANDOLPH PATRICIA RANKIN BEVERLY REID DONALD REID DONALD REID JANE REID SANDRA REYNOLDS SEVONE RHYNES BILL RICHARDS 91 RAYMOND RICHARDSON JO ANN RICHMAN JOYCE RIVERS THOMAS RIVERS ALVIN ROBERTS SANDRA ROBERTS PEGGY ROBINSON ROSITA ROBINSON MARY RODDEY NATHANIEL RORIE CYTHIA ROSS ROLAND SAMS LAWRENCE SAMUEL DRENA SANDERS GAIL SANDERS TIMOTHY SANDERS BRENDA SARTOR DARLENE SARTOR JEAN SCOTT PATRICIA SELLARS BETTY SEXTON MARY SHARP MARVIN SHIELDS PAMELA SHIPMAN ELOISE SIMON PATRICIA SIMPON RACHEL SIMPSON JOHN SIMS DELORES SLOAN JAMES SLOAN JERRY SLOAN RUTH SLOAN BARBARA SMITH DOLPHINE SMITH FREDERICK SMITH 92 JOYCE SMITH ROSALIND SMITH CAROLYN SOWELL KENNETH SPEARS CYNTHIA SPEER EMMA SPRINGS SHEILA SPRINGS BEVERLY STEADMAN REGINALD STEEL DONALD STEVENSON CAROLYN STEWART DREXEL STEWART THOMASINA STEWART ROBERTA STITT JAMES STOCKERY JANIS STRANGE BOBBY STRICKLAND GERSON STROUD WIRRION STROUD BESSIE SULLIVAN CHARLES SUSWELL HERMAN SWITZER BARBARA TAYLOR WAYNE TAYLOR WALTER TERRY CLEVELAND THOMAS DELORES THOMAS BARBARA THOMPSON JAMES THOMPSON NATHANIEL THOMPSON RUBY THOMPSON ERSKINE THORNWELL EDDIE ANNE TILLMAN ERNEST TILLMAN JERRY TILLMAN 93 NATHANIEL TILLMAN CHARLES TINSLEY LYNETTE TOATLEY BERTHA TOWNSEND DELORES TRAPP JAMES WAITERS AGNES WALKER EUGENE WALKER HENRY WALLACE JAMES WALLACE VICILLE WALLACE PAULETTE WALLS GWENDOLYN WASHINGTON GWENDOLYN WASHINGTON KENNY WASHINGTON GARY WATTS BERNICE WEATHERS JUANITA WEBB CALVINE WEBBER JAMES WELLS LOUISE WESTMORELAND CAROLYN WHITE DANCY WHITE JANIE WHITE JAMES WHITMIRE BONNIE WILLIAMS CALVIN WILLIAMS CYNTHIA WILLIAMS EMMA WILLIAMS GLORIA WILLIAMS MARY WILLIAMS MURIEL WILLIAMS PATRICIA WILLIAMS ROSA WILLIAMS WILLIE WILLIAMS 94 CAROLYN WILLIAMSON RONALD WILLIS ANNETTE WILSON BRENDA WILSON GWENDOLYN WILSON LARRY WILSON LILLIE WILSON CYNTHIA WI LLOUGHBY CLYDE WINGARD BETTY JO WITHERS 95 96 West Charlotte proudly boasts of four distinct curricula: academic, vocational, commercial, and gen- eral. Classes, such as commercial dietetics, cosmetology, tailoring open doors to lucrative careers. New hobbies are developed through such courses as, photography, band, chorus, jewelry designing. The college -bound delve into the aca- demics. Every student at West West Charlotte ' s prestidigitators Our high-stepping letter girls herald the band ' s ap- proach. Reading from left to right are: Kay Frances Taylor, Peggy Jones, Marva Carr, Bertha Easterling, and Peggy Harris. What ' s a band without majorettes? Stepping lively to a gay marching tune are Jacqueline Belton, Marie Seagle, Alena Shipman, Francena Tinsley, Gwendolyn Smith, Doris Mackey and Bellvenia Cunningham. Practice plus participation Orchestra in practice session: Judy Carothers, Inez Howey, Jade Hagans, Jacqueline McNeil, Mary Humphrey, Virgia McKinley, Wendolyn Boger, Carolyn Gillespie, James McClellan, Jennifer Lowery, Delores Sumpter, Marva Carr, Janice Peters, Elmonia Lattaker, Gloria Byers, Demetri Caldwell, Jane Reid, Vicille Wallace, Brenda Holland, Mollie Carter, Calvine Webber, Patricia Williams, Dudley Cauthen, Theodore Martin, Larry Frazier, Howard Counts, Ethel Kearns, Donald McClure, Donald Kendrick, Welch Caldwell. Standing are Fredrick Thompson and Edward Newberry. PIANO CLASS Paulette Walls, Joseph Reid, Barbara Neal, Carolyn McClurkin, Joseph Mcllwain, Patricia Bridges, Phyllis Zeek, Marcia Howell, Anna Lowery, Barbara Edwards, Eddie Tillman, Jo Ann Richmond, Lilly Wilson, Charles Campbell, Luciella Robinson, (at piano)Annie King, Martha Isom, Joette Simmons, Willie B. Hankerson. MUSIC APPRECIATION Excell Neal, Kitty Glenn, Roberta Young, Savannah Craig are seated on the front row, Betty Blacknan, Theodore Martin, Carolyn Griffin, Patricia Nelson, Geraldine Dillard and Mollie Carter listen to in- structions from Miss Hortense N. Reid. perfects music MIXED First row: Ivan Huff, Olynthia Mitchell, Jo Ann Springs, Barbara McNair, Barbara Taylor, Rosalind Smith, Lillian Smith, Ruby Thompson, Barbara Fray Ion, Kay Frances Taylor, Brenda Simmons, Miss Hortense Reid. Second row : Patricia Rankin, Lucille Harris, Willete Rann, Wynetta Lee, James Mitchell, Marcus Anderson, Arthur McCarroll, Rafe Pride, Richard Taylor, Carolyn Williamson, Dianne Hunter, Shalia Johnson, Ann McCauley. Third row : Bevery McCall, Jacqueline Spears, Joyce Perry, Alicia McCullough, Bonita Grier, Delores Caldwell, Allen Harmon, Willie Greene, Joseph Mcllwain, James Cherry, Patricia McNeil, Gwendolyn Washington. Fourth CHORUS row : Patricia Moore, Rosalind Scott, Jeanetta Alexander, Betty Grier, Barbara Jones, Excell Neal, Aaron Barnes, Marion Bundridge, James Bean, Larry Anderson, Roy Bryant, Shirley Glenn, Anna Alexander, Yvette Roberts. Fifth row: Bellvenia Cunningham, Linda Harmon, Naomi McCain, Billie Mobley, Tommie Stewart, James Anderson, James Davis, William Roberts, Joseph Reid, Charles Perry, Stephanie Kirkpatrick, Annie Anderson, Delores Carr, Terry Hogan. Sixth row : Sandra Howard, Susie Heath, Susan English, Beverly Steadman, Ruth Sloan, Juanita Chisholm, Patricia Sellers. GIRLS GLEE CLUB Listening to directions from Miss Reid are: Olynthia Mitchell, Judy Carouthers, Barbara McNair, Olethia Hodges, Mary O 1 Rear, Beverly Belton, Gaynetta Mackey, Janis Mitchell, Barbara Taylor, Alice Brooks, Rosalind Smith, Gwendolyn Washington, Jacqueline McNeil, Shalia Johnson, Patricia McNeil, Gloria Lowery, Harriet Alexander, Mary Howey, Patty Jones, Siletha Miller, Cynthia Liggett, Demitri Caldwell, Barbara Brooks, Gloria McLain, Iris Neal, Inez Howey, Lillian Cambell, Jacqueline Howard, Calamity Barnett, Beverly Reid, Jannifer Lowery, Beverly Gains, Mollie Carter, Marcia Carr, Pauletta Hawkins, Loretta Jordon, Alice Livi, Tommie Stewart, Shirley Glenn, Cassandra Harris, Estelle Collins, Ruth E. Sloan, Brenda Kirkpatrick, Roberta Stitt, Frances Jones, Bemadett Strickland, Jacqueline Belton, Beverly Johnson, Margaret Dwlainey, Sandra Howard, Virgia McKinley, Annette Glasgow. BOYS GLEE CLUB Rafe Pride, Aaron Barnes, Joseph Reid, Joseph Mcllwain, Theodore Martin, Ivan Huff, Alonzo Coley, Allan Harmon, Edward Anderson, Excell Neal, James Dean, Stanley Jones, James Cherry. The Music Department of West Charlotte atte mpts to provide a means of self- expression through performance. BOYS ' HEALTH CLASS Drexell Stewart, Osborne Brewer, William Flax, Gary Watts, Melvin Davis, Ronald Miller, Willie Burton, Charles Toomer, Tennyson Culbert, Wilbert Lenard, Estoria McCullough, Larry Garrett, Victor Moore, Gerald Hood, George Smith, Gilbert Holly, Dwight Vaughters, Juluis Williams, James McMullen, Donald Reid, Reginald Steele, Edward Newland, Paul Williams, Aaron Moore, Earl Grier, Melvin Huntley, Miss L. Ross, instructor; Lester Grier, James Ferguson, John Sturgis, Gerald Hoover, William B. Hill. BOYS ' PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physical Education Class learning football techniques. Larry Jones— Head and forarm stand — A good physical fitness program is the aim of the physical education department. Wrestling, basketball, football, track, tennis, golf— these and others constitute our daily physical education program. In class Cleveland Jones is demonstra- ting balance on the horizontal bar- executing a back pullover. to be mentally a erf. Dance group — Creativity. In this picture are: Brenda Simmons, Barbara Thompson, Pamela Shipman, Emma Sue Garrett, Peggy Harris, Melinda McKnight, Alice Brooks, Norma Leak, Francina Tinsley, Bonita Grier, Patricia Way, Bernice Walker, Patricia Glenn, Ernestine Griffin, Judy Carouthers. Girls Physical Education Reading clockwise: Billy Lynch, Gwendolyn Ford, Linda Miller, Sadie Holtzclaw and Elmonia Lattaker. The students listed here are members of the advanced dance class. In the usual order are: Gisle Caldwell, Bonnie Mason, Betty Hunter, Norma Leak, Bernita K i 1 g o r e, Garnetta Phillips, Bertha Easterling, James Mitchell, Alena Shipman, Joan Ellis. 103 AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS Betty Craig, Melvin Holloway, Pattie Perry, Wandra McKee, Cassandra Camilla Saunders, Margaret Delaney, Curtis Ross, Sylvia Brook, Cecil Ivory, Williams, Drayton Graham, Janice Belton, Sandra Maxwell, Annette Glasgow, Iris Neal, Edward Perry are shown in the picture above. Through American history the darkness of our country is brought into the light. SOCIOLOGY CLASS The study of families and their development is made by Pauletta Hawkins, Harriet Alexander, Terry Hogan, Sandra Maxwell. In Mr. Collin ' s Sociology class students are reading and discussing Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict. In the picture are Jacqueline Belton, Lutricia Wingate, Sylvia Yarborough, Carrie Duncan, Willie Boulware, Lorraine Linder, Joseph Mcllwain, Excell Neal, Barbara Guinyard, Jacqueline Howard, Annie King, Sylvia Brooks, Ralph Richardson, Eunice Gary, Charles Kendrick and James Adams. HUMANITIES CLASS Reading from front to back are Juanita Currie, Delores Sumpter, Garnetta Phillips, Jade Hagans, Pauletta Hawkins, Harriet Alexander, Ann Pressley, Bette Taylor, Cecelia Williams, Nellie Gabriel, Donald Williams, and Tommie Dewalt. Students are reading Oedipu s Rex to see if Oedepus is a victim of fate or if there is a flaw in his character or a combination of the two. 104 Los alumnas estudian de la cultura de la America Latina. Alqunos estudian mucho y hoblan muy Men el espanol. Miss Rice, in- structor; John Haygood, Maurice McClettie, Reginald Spratt, Kenneth Powell, Shirley Gilchrist, Howard Counts, Gisle Caldwell. Busily engaged in translating French exercises are Judy Ratchford, Janice Be It on, Annette Glasgow and Camilla Saunders. Others in the class were interested in the dialogue. 105 Students seek reasonable explanations to natural phenomena . . . SCIENCE CLASSES Figuring symbols and computing problems in a chemistry class can lead to Carolyn Cambell, Wandra McKee, Margaret Delany, Verdair Wingate, Inez distraction. Here (front to back) Mamie Smith, Charlie Creech, Thomas Howey, Cheryl Oliver, Essie Thompson, Iris Neal, Roberta Young, Linda Henderson, Donald Nelson, Anna Alexander, Curtis Ross, Sally Cherry, Craig, Jacqueline McNeil. Science education at West Charlotte includes courses in general and advanced biology, chemistry, physics and senior science. Science education constantly changes— This year biology is called BSCS — Blue (Green) Version. In this class are Gwendolyn Wilson, Lillian Campbell, Rosalind Smith, Carolyn Cuthbertson, Mary Adams, Larry F r a 2 i e r, Rafe Pride, Edwin Barrett, Betty Durante, Kelly Alexander, Vicille Wallace, Joe Anderson, Reginald Hawkins, A 1 i c i a McCullough, Virginia Connor, Shelia Springs. Will these budding scientists produce another Echo ? James Davis, Frank Hubbard, Joe Howey, James McClellan, Anthony Glenn, Alpha Houze, Minnie Wilson, Cordell Kennedy, Fred Thompson, Jimmy Cochran, Edward Anderson. Mass Production ' in the Industrial Arts Laboratory i - fid INDUSTRIAL ARTS First Period Printing Class Students in printing learn the history and basic Mervin Nelson, Leon Jones, Calvin Featherson, Samuel Byers, Larry Fernandez, fundamentals of letterpress printing, the use of the platen press, and the Billy Huntley, fundamentals of block printing. Those pictured above are Maxine Patton, Courses in woodwork, mechanical drawing and graphic arts are offered in the Department of Industrial Arts. George Bolton, Kenneth Spears, Larry Jones, Robert Phronebarger, Oscar Wiggins, James Hubert, James Houston, John Hill, Roy Bryant, Freddy Hendricks. MECHANICAL DRAWING Thomas Moore, ReginaldHairston, Jimmy Cochran, James McCellan are shown as they prepare to draw designs for their projects. Journalism Pattie Perry, editor of school paper, approves the current issue of the school paper and congratulates her reporters, Thomas Moore, Bette Jo Taylor and Brenda Platts. Publication Staffs work long hours. Rosalind Scott files extra pictures: Billie Mobley types with instructions from Patricia Zeek while Eldoris Williams wonders what to do with these many pictures. Delores Sumpter, yearbook editor, explains facts to Cecelia Williams, Wilhelmena Hood, Ann Pressley and Margaret Thomas. 108 Home Economics FOODS Foods- Home Economics students show that Home-Economics can be fun in spite of the work involved. Students in the picture are: Laura Webber, Luc ill a Robinson, Sandra Covington, Ralph Richardson, Pernell Fe aster, Fatina Norman, Jacqueline Belton, Vernon McEachern, Juanita Currie, Sylvia Yarborough, Doris Hines, Louise Ferguson and Ernest Thompson. FAMILY LIVING Students in Family Living set their own goals for living and strive to achieve them. They are Sandra Covington, Patricia Zeek, Betty Hayes, Annie Jackson, Sadie Hunter, Bertha McGrant, Barbara Ginyard and Barbara Neal. Martha Miller, Larry Fernandez, Thomas Moore, Osborn Brewer, Willie Bracey and Earnest Thompson. NURSING Students learn to give simple nursing care and to get experience in reading clinical thermometer. They are Frances Stewart, Paula Mason, Eva Reid, Terry Morgan, Dawn Truesdale, Elizabeth Gilmore and Ruth Elaine Sloan. CLOTHING Students place pattern pieces on gown for queen in parade. Pictured are: Mrs. Knox, teacher; Paula Mason, Gladys Eaves, Elizabeth Gilmore, Eva Reid, Vera Wallace, Dawn Truesdall and Ruth Elaine Sloan. 109 COMMERCIAL DIETETICS Willie McVay, Wynetta Lee, Robert Glover, Mary Ray, Rosa Straite and Nora Byers. Commercial Dietetics offers the student o suitable occupation Annie Ervin, Blanche Harris, Willie McVay and Thelma Luckey prepare grapefruit as the appetizer for a special dinner. Tonie Moore, Tony Blakeney, Kay Frances Taylor, Gracie Neely, David Gary, Barron, Frazier, Dennis Frazier, Ralph Richardson and Jean Easterling are making pastry for a special luncheon. 110 OFFICE ASSISTANTS Earline Byrd, Evelyn Houston, Brenda Platts, Barbara Bookman, Adrian McCaskill and Earnestine Nicholas happily answer the phone, file records, type announcements and answer the intercom to relieve the secretaries of some routine chores. GUIDANCE CLERICAL ASSISTANTS Patricia Wertz, Vera Watson and Lutricia Wingate are the ones seated. Pearline Morrow, Gwendolyn Smith, Pernell Feaster, Sarah Ratchford, Frances Jones, Dorethea Campbell and Judy Ratchford are standing: All are cheerful, happy assistants in the guidance office. Helping hands-the answer to a teachers crowded day LIBRARY ASSISTANTS Doris Hines, Gwendolyn Holland, Vivian Mitchell, Joyce Hicks, De Havilan Ford, Joan Hicks, Linda Morrison and Frances Flax are always willing to serve you in the library. 9 1 1 1 BOOKKEEPING In the picture above are Jessie Ballard, Margaret Houser, Johnny Frazier, Brenda Platts, Thomas Redfearn, Jimmy Hooper, Adolpus Edwards and Virginia Parker. Commercial education-challenging, demanding and rewarding! TYPING Taking a timed- writing test are Mamie Brown, Vera Wallace, Patricia Blake, Rosa Moore, Doretha Campbell and Alice Farrar. Geraldine Johnson, Sarah Ratchford, Jestine Bardlavens, Vivian Curry and Allie Grant. Joette Simmons, Gladys Gilliam, Cora Wallace and Sylvia Brown. SHORTHAND I These students in Shorthand I are Hazel Kearns, Mary A. Houser, Vivian Ross, Lynn McCleary, Catherine Jones, Peggy Harris, Leon Stevenson, Larry Fernandez. SHORTHAND II Mrs. Gorham is closely observing the transcriptions that Jessie Ballard is making. Others busily transcribing are Annette Glasgow, Tessie Byrd, Sherry Berry, Frances Steward, Brenda Dixon, Dorethea Campbell. 112 ART Members of the advance art class are : Pernell Feaster, Reginald Spratt, MacAruthur Bennett, Barbara Westmoreland, Sterling Kennedy, Barbara Harris, Lonnie Wilson and Earnest Stover. Standing around the room are: Mr, Williams, teacher; Carolyn Alexander, Barron Frazier, Kitty Glenn, Gayle McCombs and Hattie Suswell. These students study painting and designing and jewelry designing. Jewelry students viewing completed projects are: Charles Quick, Jimmy Rodgers, Melinda Aaron, Ronald Ross, Pernell Feaster and Barron Frazier. Classes in art promote self-expression and creative growth Art class listening to lecture in a theory class. Turning a piece of pottery on the potters wheel is Charles Kendrick. Looking on are Vardry Watkins, Henry Wilson, Eric English and Charles Lee. 113 Vocational subjects prepare students for jobs after graduation. Cosmetology - Advance and beginner classes combine for a lecture on personal hygiene on good grooming. Stu- dents in the picture are: Norma Huntley, Mary N. Williams, Joan Ellis, Carmen Cannon, Zenobia Martin, Jeanetta Taylor, Luvenia Clark, Adrian McCa skill and Alberta Wright. Cosmetology - Eunice Saunders is stlying Cera Watson ' s hair while Miss Moore, teacher; Zenobia Martin, Margaret Houser and Virginia Phifer observe the tech- niques. Class discussion will follow the demonstration. Tailoring - The students are Ernest Stover, Osborne Brewer, Mr. Dunhan, teacher; Clinton Harris and Clyde Brown. Putting final touches to garments for display are Willie Bracey, Clyde Brown, Earnest Stover, Clinton Harris, Vernon McEachern, Osborne Brewer, Harrison Reid, Julius Wil liams and Ulysses Elder. i i -A good driver is a safe driver. The life you save may be your own DRIVING Getting ready to take lessons in highway driving are Bette Taylor, De lores Sumpter, Sarah Sifford, Doris Mackey and Clarence Nolly. AUDIO VISUAL AID Classifying material to be put away are David Crawford, McArthur Bennett and Earnestine Nicholas. 115 I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963 I Extra-curricular activities in- crease the effectiveness of a school. Through participation in the Student Council, students develop an ap- preciation for self-government as well as strong rapport with the administration. Each organized group attempts to provide its par- ticipants with some constructive elements that will help them adjust to a grown-up society. Organ izotions STUDENT COUNCIL Our Student Council strives to establish better relationships between student body and administration. The members are Thomas Moore, Michael Brown, Howard Counts, Jacqueline Belton, Georgina McLaughlin, Gwendolyn Crawford, Theodora Alexander and Sarah Ratchford. Mr. King, advisor; Juliet Leake, Mary Humphrey, Angela Webb, Linda Foxx, Lilliam Campbell. Alma Kennedy, Joan Ellis, Pauline Davis, Kay Frances Taylor, Carrie Moore, Sarah Mobley, Pattie Jones, Inez Howey, Verdair Wingate, Brenda Simmons, Norma Leak, Jo Ann Springs, Carolyn Campbell, Vera Watson, Gaynetta Mackey, Pauletta Hawkins, Harriett Alexander, Judy Carothers, Mollie Carter, Ruby Thompson, Bobbie Garnette, Mildred Farley, Beverly Belton and Delores Sumpter. Jacqueline Brown, Shirley Glenn, Phylis Nicholas, Cheryl Oliver, Bonita Grier, Dianne Moore, and Stephanie Kirkpatrick. Stanley Jones, Jeanette Davis, Louise Moore, Barbara Taylor, Shelia Springs, Jeanetta Alexander, Rosalind Scott, Carrie Duncan, Peggy Perry, Joyce McGriff, Ruth E. Sloan, Beverly Gaines, Ester Elder, Lutrici a Wingate, Earnestine Nicholas, Shirley Gilcrest, Alpha Howze, Joel Maxwell and Geneal Brown. Curtis Ross, John Allen, Frank Hubbard, James McClellan, Bobby Durante, Ralph Richardson, Donald Nelson, Drayton Graham, Bobby Thomas, Ivan Huff, Sandra Roberts, Bobby King, Eva Reid, Clarence Scott, Fred Thompson, James Davis, Ervin Williams and Donald Williams. Opinions are a red ot Council sessions STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS Our officers strive hard to make the Council a good strong organization. In the picture are: JACQUELINE BELTON, parliamentarian; MICHAEL BROWN, vice-president; GWENDOLYN CRAWFORD, recording secretary; HOWARD COUNTS, second vice-president; THEODORA ALEXANDER, corresponding secretary; and THOMAS MOORE, president. STUDENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Our chairman of respective committees often meet to discuss new plans. Above shown are James McClelland, chairman of Assembly Committee; Howard Counts, chairman of Building and Ground; Sara Ratchford, chairman of Social committee and Willie Dawkins, chairman of Election Committee. Not shown is Michel Brown, chairman of General Welfare. 118 Notional Honor Society MINNIE WILSON Vice President CLARETHA DIGGS Secretary JACQUELINE McNEIL Treasurer georgina Mclaughlin Parliamentarian MARCIA ALLEN JAMES McCLELLAN FRANCES JONES President s e r v i c e PATTI PERRY HOWARD COUNTS SYLIBIA BOWEN CAROLYN CAMPBELL JANICE BELTON LAUPA WEBBER DRAYTON GRAHAM BETTY GLENN GERALD INE DILLARD JACQUELINE BELTON NORMA LEAK Scholarship L e a d e r s h i p NOT PICTURED John Haygood Willie Dawkins i. . A Good Journalist . . . Now and Forever QUILL and SCROLL JOURNALISTIC HONORARY SOCIETY WEST CHARLOTTE CHAPTER Margaret Thomas Bette Taylor Vicille Wallace Wilhelminia Hood Brenda Platts Thomas Moore 120 School Affiliates JUNIOR RED CROSS Service is our product - Members of this organization are Michael Brown, Jennifer Lowery, Gwendolyn Holland, Joyce Bailey, Rebecca Foman, Sylvia Yarbrough, Jessie Ballard, Ann Scott, Barbara Bookman, Pauline Davis, Annie Ervin, Carrie Moore, Theodore Martin, Gloria Lowery, Kay Taylor, Roberta Young and Robert Smith. Mrs. Mobley, advisor; Thomas Moore, Clinton Harris, Verona Gray, Sherry Berry, Ronnie Shipp, James Hodge, Chester Bland, Shirley Gilcrest, Leon Jones, Verdair Wingate, Bobby King, Harri et Cathey, and Mrs. Ledbetter, advisor; Ronnie Ship, Kenneth Faulkner, Ulysses Elder, William Cloud, Ruth Sloan, Jeanette Davis and Gwendolyn Smith. Y- TEENS These girls strive to build finer woman- hood through active participation in the Y- Teens, an affiliate of the YWCA. The girls in the picture are: Jade Hagans, Earnestine Griffin, Norma Leak, Brenda Springs, Janyce Mitchell, Carolyn C ambell ,Caroly n McGriff ,Beverly Gaines, Vera Watson, Judy Carothers, Stephanie Kirkpatrick, Geneal Brown, Carol Pride, Viola Webb and Pauletta Hawkins, Bobbie Baskin, Carolyn Gillespie, Verdair Wingate, Mary Howey .Annie McClauley , Shirley Smith, Janie Chapell, Jo Ann Richmond, Sandra Howard, Betty Miller, Nancy Hoover, Loui s e Ferguson, Laura Webber, Eva Reid, Marcia Howell, Joyce Ford, and Virgia McKinley, Phyllis Zeek, Brenda Farrar, Vivian Byrd, Barbara Taylor, Patricia McNeil, Lillian Cambell, Alice Brooks, Jeanette Davis, Bettye Withers, Peggy Perry, Sheila Springs, Joan Hicks, Gloria Byers, Janyce Peters, Belinda Bailey, Fracenia Chisolm, Beverly Reid, Earnistine Jones, Paulette Walls, Barbara Pride, Lutricia Wingate, Zelma Gaines, Emily H o r s 1 e y, Freda Paige, Bonnie Mason, Gloria Lowery and Mollie Carter. SIGMA PHI SIGMA SCIENCE CLUB Seated (left to right) James Davis, Anthony Glenn, Minnie Wilson, Pauletta Hawkins, Reginald Hawkins and Jacqueline McNeil. Standing: Edwin Barrett, Cordell Kennedy, Joel Maxwell, James McClellan, Patricia Wertz, Alpha Howze, Claretha Diggs, Delores Sumpter, Frank Hubbard, Vicille Wallace, Betty Durante and Kelly Alexander. 121 Group participation builds self-confidence FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA The FTA encourages students to become teachers. This organization is composed of Thomas Moore, Patricia Wertz, Juanita Curry, Pauletta Hawkins, Lutricia Wingate, Jacqueline Belton, France Jones, Edward Anderson, Claretha Diggs, Georgina Mc Laughin, Beverly Gaines, Anna Alexander, Harriett Alexander, Margaret Trapps, Lorraine Under, Freda Paige, Judy Carothers, Roberta Young, Delores Sumpter, Garnetta Phillips, Bette Taylor, Oscar Grier, Essie Thompson, T ommie Dewalt, Jade Hagans, Carrie Duncan, Theodore Martin, Jacqueline McNeil, Earnestine Nicholas, Marcia Allen, Sylvia Yarborough, Mollie Carter. School Organizations NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS and JEWS Brotherhood. . . Believe it. . . Support it. . . Live it. . . The students above are: Georgina McLaughin, Harriett Alexander, Juanita Currie, Pauletta Hawkins, Bette Taylor, Lutricia Wingate, Jacqueline Belton, Mollie Carter, Judy Carothers, Cassandra Williams, Claretha Diggs, Iris Jones, Sylvia Yarborough, Minnie Wilson, Jeanetta Alexander, James Davis, Ervin Williams, Kenneth Powell, Cheryl Oliver, Verdair Wingate, Sandra Maxwell, Sally Cherry, Pattie Perry, Frances Jones, Arlethia Hodges. THE NEW HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA Better homes for a Better Nation. That ' s the motto of the NHA Members above are: Brenda Harris, Barbara Spears, Brenda Holland, Freda Paige, Lutritia Wingate, Pearl Morrow, Sandra Maxwell, Shirley Gilcrest, Earnestine Nicholas, Sarah Ratchford, Sylvia Yarborough, Jacqueline Belton, Elizabeth Hodge, Mary Roddy, Evelyn Houston, Barbara Pride, Necie Patton, Beverly Gaines, Sandra Howard, Merdis Cassey, Jacquline Howard, Zelma Gaines, Beverly Belton, Inez Howey, Demetri Cladwell, Annie Lomax, Janis Chapell, Lorraine Linder, Kathy Hall, Mrs. Knox, Carmon Cannon, Tessie Byrd, Cynthia Leggett,Terry Hogan, Gwendolyn Ford, Joan Ellis, Carolyn Campbell, Verdair Wingate, Joyce McGriff, Norma Avery, Peggy Re id, Barbara Bookman, Geraldine Johnson, Mary Ratliff, Miss Williams, Essie Thompson, Annette Craig, Phylis Nicholas, Betty Blackmon, Thedora Alexander, Sandra Yeldell, Hazel Gaddy, Carrie Duncan, Jessie Ballard, Brenda Samuel, Joyce Ford, Joyce Bailey, Paula Mason, Jeanette Taylor, Gwendolyn Holland, Vivian Byrd, Pearl Bauknight, Arnold Stover, Lucille Robinson, Viola Webb, Brenda Simmons, Norma Leak, Patricia Way, Barbara Fraylon, Sadie Holtzclaw. 122 An invaluable tool in economics Distributive Education t ..f WEST CHARLOTTE DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION Me mbers of the D. E. I class are Normam Grigg, Gloria Davidson, Carolyn Gloria Hallman, Robert Rivers, Marcus Clark, Harold Bertha, Sylvester Nail, Constance Johnson, Mary Adams, Davine Strong, Edna Cooper, Mary Good, Stephen Walker, James Fuller, Bobby Jones, Danny McKenzie, Robert Brevard, Joyce Miller, Peggy Hart, Veronia Gray, Thomas Quick, Calvin Hubbard, John MacAdoo, Nathaniel Lawrence, Sylvester Pride, Waldo Horsley, Williams, Lafayette Oliphant, Lorenzo Segers, Mary Choates, Ronald Graham, and Robert Smith. DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION II The majority of the students in D. E. II are seniors and have been associated Shipp, Rosa Moore, Verona Gray, Mary Brevard, Tonie Snead, Freddie with the program for two years. Shown above are Gloria Davidson, Gloria Graham, Louis Nance, Charlie Creech, Ronald Graham, Robert Rivers, Hallman, Rose Horton, Carolyn Nail, Gladys Eaves, Hattie Suswell, Ronnie Lorenzo Sigers, Johnnie Davis, James Smith, Waldo Horsley. 123 Drama encourages freedom of expression, develops poise, stimulates creativity. THE WC THESPIANS The following students comprise the Thespians ' Dramatics Club: Gwendolyn Roberts, Nevonia Dean, Vivian Ross, Lorraine Linder, Brenda Samuel, Barbara Boulware, Ruby McCloud, Linda Harmon, Linda Foxx, Vivian Curry, Minnie Wilson, Theodora Alexander, Ethelene Ellis, Shirley Smith, Patricia Wertz, Eva Reid, Louise Ferguson, Oscar Grier, Alvin Roberts, Allen Harmon, James Davis, Melvin McCullough, William Roberts, Joseph Reid, Richard Jamison, Robert Wallace, Cordell Kennedy. Bobbie Durante, as Mason, looks on as Billie M o b 1 e y, Blanche, sneers at Joseph Reid as Rochester in the Thespians ' production of Jane Eyre . Billie Mobley teases Durante while Joseph Reid as Rochester makes love to Mary Humphrey who played the title role in Other scenes from Jone Eyre Hosts . . . Hostesses HOST AND HOSTESS CLUB Serving as school hosts and hostesses for this year are Jacqueline McNeil, Harriet Alexander, Iris Neal, Norma Leak, Verdair Wingate, Inez Howey, Vera Watson, Delores Sumpter, Bette Taylor, Jade Hagans, Pauletta Hawkins, Judy Carothers, Virgia McKinley, Margaret Trapps, Beverly Gaines, Jackie Howard, Gloria Barnes, Carolyn Campbell, Ann Pressley, Fatina Norman, Sandra Maxwell, Frances Stewart, Sarah Ratchford, Anna Alexander, Mollie Carter, Gwendolyn Roberts, Terry Hogan, Thomas Moore, Francina Tinsley, Patti Perry, Alpha Howze, Ervin Williams, Frank Hubbard, Minnie Wilson, Mamie Smith, Betty Wall, James McCellan, Fred Thompson, Howard Counts, Eva Reid, Georginia McLaughlin Cordell Kennedy. I AM REGISTRATION COMMITTEE These young ladies registered over two hundred principals and supervisors Belton. Standing are: Ernestine Nicholas, Gwendolyn Crawford, Theodora at a state meeting here last October. These charming hostesses are: Seated: Alexander, and Bellvenia Cunningham. Others who assisted were Lorraine Delores Sumpter, Gwendolyn Roberts, Lutricia Wingate and Jacqueline Under, Carrie Duncan, Shirley Gilchrest, and Anna Alexander. 126 PHOTOGRAPHY Edwin Barrett, James Brooks, Louis Mcllwain, Ulysses Elder, Alpha Howze, Edward Anderson, James McClellan, Samuel Byers, William Dunlap, Leon Jones, Leroy Bullock, Charles Tillman, Donald Reddick, Joyce Bailey, Doretha Campbell, Patricia Alexander, Pauline Davis, Janie Chapell, Martha Winchester, Brenda Simmons, Adrian McCaskill, Earnestine Griffin, Sadie Holtzclaw, Mary Ratliff, Gracy Neely, Gene Singletary, Charles Able, Oscar Grier. Above the photography class shows how to pose with confidence for a good picture. Photography teacher gives points on use of camera to: Barbara Bookman, Hazel Kearns, Sarah Ratchford, Richard Jamison, Gloria Barnes. Photography in Practice 127 VOCATIONAL CLUB First row : Dennis Strong, Vera Watson, James Moore, Margaret Houser, Carmen Connon, Eva Reid, Clinton Harris. Second row : Vernon McEachern, Gilbert Williams, Wilhelmenia Phillips, Jeanette Taylor, Helen Boyd, Annie Erwin, Joan Ellis, Marie Sigler, Alberta Wright, Nora Byers, Deloris Cladwell, Zenobia Martin, Martha Isom, Elizabeth Hodge, Deloris Blackmon, Earnest Stover, William Dunlap, Walter Davis, James Taylor. Third row : Ollie Huff, Marilyn Caow, Toni Blakney, Paulette Kimble, Barron Frazier, Harrison Reid. Fourth row : James Hodge, Virginia Fifer, Ulysses Elder, Verona Gray, James Cherry, Vardary Watkin, Clyd Brown, Osborne Brewer, Jimmy Gerald, Lilly Rann, Rosa Lewis, Gardenia Sifford, Richard Shipp, Fleton Walls. They Come in Pairs: Bottom row: Patty and Peggy Jones, Vivian and Vera Wallace, Walter and William Clark, Brite and Brice Wentz. Top row: Barbara and Barron Frazier, Joyce and Joan Hicks, Cecelia and Cecil Greene. KING and QUEEN of HEARTS Elected by the student body to reign over the Valentine dance— E r v i n Williams and Sylibia Bowen. 128 Boys Social Clubs - A port of school life. SAXONS Seated: Anthony Glenn, Fred Thompson, Melvin Holloway, Carl Maxwell, James Davis. Standing; Mr. Lindsay, advisor: Joel Maxwell, James McClellan, Donald Williams, Alpha Howze, Edward Anderson, Thomas Moore, James Cochran. CAVALIERS Seated: Howard Counts, Cordell, Kennedy, Donald Kendrick, Donald Nelson. Standing: Bobby Durante, Kenneth Powell, Ralph Richardson, Theodore Martin, Robert Wallace, Drayton Graham, Mr. King, advisor: Rodney Manigo, Joseph Mcllwain, Donald Trimmier, Joseph Reid, Joe Howey. HI-Y These social clubs have contributed in several ways to the welfare of the school. The Cavaliers collected foods for needy families during the Thanksgiving. The Saxons volunteered to solicit ads for the school yearbook. 129 Competition is the life blood of a school as well as of a society — and West Charlotte isno exception. In all athletic events both girls and boys have exhibited the highest quality of good sportsmanship. In- deed, the school would lack an essential element without a dy- namic athletic program. Athletics « IcL W i- v ™ po ill ' Athletics serve as a emphasis is on 1963 WEST CHARLOTTE Thaddeus McDowell, Chester Bland, Gene Singletary, Hall, Lennie Williams, Robert Lowery, Willie James Kenneth Powell, Wayne Funderburk, Tyrone Leung, Ace Williams, Charles Montgomery, Thomas Cherry, Thomas Drakeford, James Wilson, Gerome Miller, Barry Withers, Grier, Frank Hubbard, Henry Douglas, Franzel Cathey. Bobby Thomas, George Vaughn, Robert Smith, Percy 5 9 % a 3 40 Recreafiona ouf e sportsmanship and fair p ay FOOTBALL SQUAD 1963 Robert Anderson, William Dunlap, Daryl Cherry, Drexel Steward, Thomas Grimes, Ronald Niles, Adolphus Edwards, Willie Green, Lester Lanier, Osborne Brewer, Jerry Scott, John Allen, Garry Grant, Eloid Washington, Milton Murry, Willie Boulware, Dwight Vaughters, John Straford, Theodore Martin, Moses Burroughs, Felton Walls, John Haygood. SENIOR PLAYERS Pictured in the above photo are Theodore Martin, Moses Felton Walls, Henry Douglas, Eloid Washington, Willie Burroughs, Osborne Brewer, Milton Murry, Bobby Thomas, Boulware, Thomas Cherry, Frank Hubbard, Franzel Cathey. Football 134 Football always thrills the crowd. W. C. versus Highland High School of Gastonia. Football HOMECOMING PAGEANTRY Here Mr. Blake crowns Carolyn Gillespie as Miss Home- coming. Included in the picture are Willis Dawkins, Daisy Glenn, Lynette Toatley, Mr. Blake, Miss Gillespie and Emanuel Brown. FOOTBALL RECORD w. c. - 6 Athkins - 20 W.C. - - 34 B. T. Washington - 0 w. c. - 6 Highland - 0 W.C. • - 6 W. Penn - 20 w.c. - 0 Carver - 20 W. C. • - 12 Queen City Classic Second Ward - 30 w. c. - 13 Homecoming Dudley - 42 W. C. • - 26 York Road - 0 w.c. - 0 Stephen Lee - 12 135 VARSITY Standing: Trainer, Thomas Wallace, Daryl Cherry, Sterling Clarence Steel, Ralph Williams, Guy Robinson, Melvin Terry, John Stradford, Clarence Montgomery, Chester Huntley. Bland, Arnold Stover, trainer. Kneeling: James Hooper, Basketball JUNIOR VARSITY Standing: Edward Hudson, Robert Graham, Gerson Stroud, Fred Dunlap, Drexel Steward. The trainers are: Thaddeus Walter Terry, Willie James Williams, Ronald Bailey, McDowell and Clyde Love. 137 Boys ' Basketball STARTING FIVE Melvin Huntley, Daryl Cherry, Sterling Terry, Chester Bland, Clarence Montgomery. West Charlotte vs Atkins of Winston- Salem West Charlotte vs Second Ward of Charlotte SECOND TEAM Ralph Williams, Clarence Steele, John Stradford, Guy Robinson, James Hooper. Stover in Action Melvin Huntley Lion ' s vs Highland of Gastonia GAMES WON West Charlotte 76 West Charlotte 56 West Charlotte 60 West Charlotte 97 West Charlotte 67 West Charlotte 66 West Charlotte 72 West Charlotte 49 West Charlotte 68 West Charlotte 67 West Charlotte 61 West Charlotte 67 West Charlotte 83 West Charlotte 67 West Charlotte 69 West Charlotte 56 West Charlotte 73 AND LOST Wm. Perm Second Ward Highland York Road West Badin Stephen Lee Highland Atkins High Carver High York Road Carver Atkins Atkins Second Ward Stephen Lee Second Ward Logan 67 54 50 78 61 67 57 67 59 47 46 54 54 72 75 61 44 19- WEST CHARLOTTE LIONETTES-64 Reading left to right: Front row: Peggy Williams, Young, Susan English, Betty Erwin, Lenora Stevenson, Francine McCollum, Lillie Rann, V o n t i n a Brown, Ann Morrison, Mattie Mcllwain, Harriet Cathey, Shirley Elizabeth Withers, Sarah Sifford. Back row: Roberta Gilchrest. Lillie Rann and Betty Erwin Mattie Mcllwain and Susan English (Junior) (Senior) (Junior) (Senior) Seniors who have given their last service for the West Charlotte Lionettes: Reading left to right: Front row: Susan English, Betty Erwin, Lenora Stevenson, Harriet Cathey. Back row: Roberta Young, Shirley Gilchrest, (Senior Trainer and Manager). TRACK WINNERS TENNIS TEAM On your mark! Get set! Go! Jimmy Gerald, Charles Kendrick, Willie McVay and James Hooper— 1963 state track winners. BASEBALL Front row, left to right: Drexel Stewart, Charles Able, Ralph Williams, John Neal, Adolphus Edwards, Willie Bracey, John Love, Mgr. Back row: Thomas Grier, Andrew Perry, Thomas Dewalt, Willie Williams, James Whitmire, Daryl Cherry, James Hooper. Left to right: Joe Anderson, Delores Carr, Burnetta Howze, Marva Carr, Patricia Glenn, Willie Dawkins, Melvin McCullough, Drayton Graham, Edward Anderson, and Ervin Williams. Spring sports - participants take advantage of seasonal weather Ready for action! Tennis players line up for defense. 1964 TRACK TEAM 141 Golf . . . Bowling BOWLING TEAM The members are:GloriaHarris, Rosa Lewis. Sandra Howard, Inez Howey, Vera Watson, Shirley Gilcrest, Sylvia Yarborough, Thomas Moore, Clyde Brown, Edward Newland, Reginald P et ers, Betty Wall, Patricia Wertz, Adrian McCaskill, ' Janye Davidson, Ronnie Shipp, John McCorkle, Robert Smith, Jimmy Cochran, Joel Maxwell, Alonzo Coley, Anthony Davis, Leon Jones, Samuel Byers, Larry Fernandez, Carl Maxwell. Miss Dorothy Floyd serves as coach to the team . All athletics demand school support. A GOLF DRIVE PRACTICE- (wood shots) Roosevelt Fowler, Tony Snead, Paul Cooper, Thomas Duncan. GOLF PRACTICE IN ACTION Tony Snead, Thomas Duncan, Paul Cooper, Roosevelt Fowler. 142 MiM QmM cmd ' £P ?wM 149 Carrousel Parade— Thanksgiving 1963 MISS JACQUELINE DIANE BELTON Senior 150 152 153 Scenes - Prom 7963 154 155 BELK ' S For Over 60 Years Your Home of Better Values Bells CHARLOTTE Compliments of Mechanics and Farmers Durham, Raleigh , Charlotte Visit our new and modern office in Charlotte 101 Beatties Ford Road We are a Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Compliments of Charlotte Fish and Oyster Co 316 East Trade Street 156 Compliments of Spring Lanes Bowling Alley 2300 Statesville Ave. Phone: 333-6544 We Comfort in Air Condition Neal ' s Barber Shop Efficient Barbers Leon Gormley Bill Anthony A. D. 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Sporting Goods 409 South Tryon Street QUEEN CITY PHARMACY Prescriptions Fountain Service-Drinks Delivery Service-Newstand Trade at your Drugstore. Tel . 392-1183 2206 Beatties Ford Road Charlotte, North Carolina TAYLOR ' S BARBER SHOP University Park Shopping Center Walter B. Taylor, Jr., Manager Phone: EX 99366 Residence: EX 25272 Charlotte, North Carolina 160 Sen or Statistics JOYCE ANN ADAMS Juice Good, better, best; never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best. N.H.A. 1. Ambition: Nurse ANNA LUVENIA ALEXANDER Butchie Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 11 F. T.A.I; Girls Glee Club 1,2; Student Council 1,2, 3,4; N. C.C.J. 2, 3; Sigma Phi Sigma Science Club 3. Ambition: Biologist CAROLYN EQUILLA ALEXANDER Carol A person who doesn ' t know and asks questions is a fool for five minutes, but a person who never asks questions remains a fool. Y-Teens, N.H.A. 3,4; Red Cross 3, 4; Art Club 2, 3,4.. Ambition: Nurse HARRIETT ELIZABETH ALEXANDER Nina If you can ' t fly, run; if you can ' t run, walk; if you can ' t walk, crawl; but whatever you do, keep going. Girls Glee Club 2,3,4; Host and Hostess Club 2,3,4; N.C.C.J. 2,3,4; F,T.A. 4; Orchestra 1,2; Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4; Science Club 3, 4; French Club 3. Ambition: Physical Therapist JEANETTA ALEXANDER Jean Success makes the man, and the man should strive for it. Chorus 3; Ensemble 2, Red Cross 2; Student Council 3, N.H.A. Bowling Club 1. Ambition: Special Education Teacher THEODORA EUGENIA ALEXANDER Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ' . ' N.H.A. 3,4; Thespians 1, Red Cross 3,4; Recording Secretary of Student Council. Ambition: Fashion Designer EARNEST ALFORD Ernie Boy Do unto others before they do it to you. Boys Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y 3; Student Council 3; Red Cross 3, 4; Host and Hostess Club 2, 4. Ambition: Dentist MARCIA JEAN ALLEN And this above all; to thine ownself be true. N.H.A. 3, 4; Red Cross 2,3; Y-Teens 3, 4; Host and Hostess 2, 3, 4; French Club 2, 3; Spanish Club 3, 4; F.T.A. 4. Ambition: Musician EDWARD ANDERSON Preach Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. Tennis 2,3,4; Saxons Social Club 3,4; Photo Club 4; Student Council 2,3,4; F.T.A. 4; Physics Seminar 4; Host and Hostess 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Psychiatrist JAMES LEPOLEON ANDERSON Hook Do your best and always strive for success. Mixed Chorus 2, 4. Ambition: Air Force KENNETH JOE ASHFORD Choc Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Ambition: Barber JOYCE LANE BAILEY J.B. Always strive for the best things in life. Y-Teens 4; Red Cross 4; N.H.A. 2; Student Council 2; Basketball 2; County Wide Council of Red Cross 3, 4. Ambition: Psychologist JESSIE MAE BALLARD Jelly Mae Life is full of disappointments, so expect and prepare for them. Red Cross 1,2,3,4; Student Council 2,3,4; N.H.A. 4; Darling Debs 3, 4. Ambition: Secretary GLORIA JEANNE BARNES Jeanie All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. What if they are a little coarse. . . What if you do fail and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice ? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble. Girls Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Student Council 2, 3, 4; Host and Hostess 3, 4; Red Cross 3, 4; N.H.A. 3, 4. Ambition: Sociologist JACQUELINE DIANE BELTON Jackie There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can de- stroy, nor control the firm resolve of a determined soul, gifts count nothing, will alone is great; all things fade away before it sooner or later. Chief Majorette 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls Glee Club 3, 4; Host and Hostess Club 2, 3, 4; Parliamentarian of Student Council 4; Y-Teens 3,4; Red Cross 2,3,4; F.T.A. 4; N.C.C.J. 3,4; Treasurer of Junior Class 3; and Miss West Charlotte 4. Ambition: Elementary School Teacher 161 GROVER BENNETT Mad Do unto me as you would have me do unto you. Basketball 2, 3, 4; Football 3, 4. Ambition: Architect McARTHUR BENNETT Mac SHERRY JOLENE BERRY Jo All that I am and hope to be, I owe it to those who are so dear to me. Red Cfoss 3, 4. Ambition: Business Administration ANESHIA BLACKMON Nea Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you. Red Cross 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Social Worker MARY DELORES BLACKMON Lois Reading maketh a full man; conference, a ready man; and writing, an exact man. N.H.A.3, 4; Red Cross 3,4; Band 1,2; Y-Teens 4; Student Council 2, 3; Vocational Club 4. Ambition: Elementary Education HERBERT LEVON BLAIR Blair Trust not a living soul. Photograph Club 3,4; D.E. Club 1. Ambition: Lawyer TONY BLAKNEY Antonio False friends are like your shadow in the sunshine, the minute you step into the shade, that ' s when they step away. Ambition: Lawyer HELEN VERLINA BLOCKER Lynn To take the good with the bad and make the best of both. Ambition: Registered Nurse GEORGE EDOM BOLTON Porkie To reach a goal in life you should put a great deal of time in it. Football 1,2, 3,4. Ambition: Football player BARBARA JEAN BOOKMAN Book Against criticism a man neither acts, protects, nor de- fends himself, but he must act in spite of it and those criticisms will gradually give into him. N.H.A. 3,4; F.T.A. 4; Chorus 1,2,3; Y-Teens 3,4; Student Council 2, 3, 4; Red Cross 4. Ambition: Secretary WILLIE JAMES BOULWARE Java Don ' t grumble and stay, grumble and be on your way. Football 1,2,3,4; Basketball 2,3; Track 2, 3; B a nd 1; Student Council 3,4; Red Cross 2,3; Hi-Y3; Royal Viking 3,4. Ambition: Civil Service HELEN RUTH BOYD Bama Love many; trust few; learn to paddle your own canoe. Girls Basketball team. Ambition:: Nurse ARGIE L. BOYTON Arch False friends are like a shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross in to the shade. Ambition: Dentist WILLIE BRACEY June Bug Trust not a living soul and walk carefully among the dead. Basketball 2, 3; Track 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Teacher WILLIE BRADSHAW Brad If you ' re looking for success, you ' re on the right track, but you ' ll never make it if you turn back. Ambition: Tailor MARY FRANCES BREVARD Mae Do what you want to and stay as you are. Distributive Education Club 3, 4; Red Cross 3, 4; Student Council 2, 3. Ambition: Nurse OSBORNE BREWER Plookey Leave all girls alone. Football 3, 4; Track 2, 3; Vocational Club 4. Ambition: Sailor GERALDINE BROWN Gerry Common sense is good to have, but never let it master you, for then it will deprive you, of the foolish things it ' s fun to do. 162 Student Council 2; Red Cross 2, 3, 4;N.H.A. 3, 4;Y-Teens 3, 4; Mirror and Lion Staff 3. Ambition: Journalist MICHAEL ANTHONY BROWN Rat Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Royal Viking 3, 4, Student Council 3, 4. Ambition: Driver Education Teacher CLYDE MARRIS BROWN Ahab There is nothing in the world that you can ' t do if you want it bad enough. Bowling 3; Basketball 1; Track 1. Ambition: Military Service MARIAN HOWARD BUNDRIDGE Head Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you. Ambition: Mortician SAMUEL EDWARD BYERS Bay It is good to take pride in what you do and in what you are. 11 Basketball 2, 3; Hi-Y 3; Track 2, 3; Bowling Club 3, 4; Student Council Red Cross 3, 4; French Club 4. Ambition: Technician RONALD ARCHIE BYRD Basketball 3; Football 4. Ambition: Business TESSIE CAMILLA BYRD Tes To thy own self be true. N.H.A. 1, 2; Red Cross 1, 2; Student Council 4. Ambition: Secretary DELORIS ANN CALDWELL Lois I have but one lamp unto my path and that is the lamp of experience. Red Cross 4; Chorus 2, 3; Girls Glee Club 2,3; N.H.A. 3,4. Ambition: Music MILDRED DEMETRI CALDWELL Dee Forward ever, Backward never. Red Cross 4; Orchestra 1,2,3,4; Girls Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Council 4; N.H.A. 4. Ambition: School Teacher GISLE CALDWELL Wheat It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why you did it wrong. Student Council 1; Modern Dance 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Physical Education Teacher CARMEN VERONICA CANNON Ronnie All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. 11 N.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Red Cross 4; Vocational Club 1; Student Council 1. Ambition: Cosmetologist DORETHA CAMPBELL Doe The road to success is never ended because you spend your life going there. Ambition: Secretary JUDY DIANE CAROTHERS Lit Bit Love many, but trust few. Y-Teens4; Girls Glee Club; Host and Hostess Club 2, 3,4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 3,4; Student Council 1,2,3,4; Dance Group 4; Cheerleader 4; N. C.C.J. 3,4; Zeta Phi Epsilon Sorority 3,4. Ambition: Social Worker MOLLIE ARDELLA CARTER Mac Ah! But your reach should exceed your grasp, or what ' s a heaven for? Girls Glee Club 2,3,4; Orchestra 1,2,3, 4; Y-Teens 4; Student Council 2,3,4; N.H.A. 4; N. C.C.J. 3,4; Host and Hostess Club 2,3,4; French Club 3; Zeta Phi Epsilon 3,4. Ambition: Professional Musician MYRDIS JEAN CASON Mert Yesterday has gone, forget it; Tomorrow is coming, think of it; Today is here, use it. N.H.A. 4. Ambition: Nurse FRANZEL ALEXANDER CATHEY Lighting A person that wants to do something can do it; a person that doesn ' t want to do anything will find an excuse. Football 2,3,4; Basketball 2,3; Track 2,3,4. Ambition: Football player HARRIET CATHEY Monkey To err is human, to forgive, divine. Volleyball 4; Softball 3,4; Tennis Team 4; Junior Varsity Basketball Team 4. Ambition: Secretary 163 AMELIA ANN CATHEY Cowgirl Yesterday has gone, forget it; tomorrow is coming, think of it; today is here use it. Modern Dance 2,3,4; Tennis 2,3,4; Student Council 2,3,4; N.H.A. 3,4; Y-Teens 4; Bowling Club 3,4; Red Cross 4. Ambition: Business Administration JAN IE RUTH CHAPPELL Shaine If you can ' t help someone to succeed; don ' t be the cause of someone to fail. N. H. A. 3, 4; Y-Teens 2,3,4; Student Council 4; Red Cross 3,4; Photography Club 4. Ambition: Secretary ROBERT MORRIS CHERRY Bobby Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you. DARRELL EUGENE CHILES Chico Setyourgoalsas high as the sky and strive to reach your goals with all perfection. Football 3,4; Hi-Y 3; Host and Hostess Club 3, 4; N. C.C.J. 3; Royal Vikings 3,4; Student Council 2,3,4; Red Cross 3. Ambition: Lawyer LUVENIA CLARK Vene Each man is one more lump of clay to hold the world together. Spanish Club 2,3; Photography Club 3,4; Red Cross 4; Student Council 4; N.H.A. 4. Ambition: Numerial Analyst MARCUS LINWOOD CLARK Lin Be faithful to a worthy cause. Basketball 2, 3. Ambition: Scientist WILLIAM CLOUD Butterball Always strive for today, and you will be glad you did someday. Hi-Y 3; Red Cross 3,4. Ambition: Electrical Engineer JIMMY FRANKLIN COCHRAN Redtop Stop and think, there must be a harder way. Saxons 3, 4; Bowling Club 3, 4; Hi-Y 3; Student Council 4. Ambition: Architectual Draftsman RONALD COOPER Bab An education is next to godliness. Football 1; Baseball 3,4. Ambition: Brick Mason SANDRA LEE COVINGTON Sand God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please— you can never have both. Red Cross 3,4; Spanish Club 3,4; Y-Teens 4. Ambition: Nurse ELIZABETH ANNETTE CRAIG Anita To live long is almost everyone ' s wish, but to live well is the ambition of a few. F.T.A. 4; N.H.A. 3,4; Y-Teens 3, 4; Red Cross 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Nurse O ' DELL FEATHERSTONE CRAIG Sonny Never love unless you can bear with all the faults of man: man will sometimes jealous be, though but little can they see. Track 3,4; Hi-Y 3; N.H.A. 4. Ambition: Songwriter DAVID CRAWFORD Professor Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Audio -Visual aids 3,4. Ambition: Business Manager GWENDOLYN CRAWFORD Gwen Start where you are with what you have. Make some- thing of it. Never be satisfied. Student Council 1,2,3,4; F.T.A. 4; Y-Teens 3,4; Host and Hostess Club 2,3,4; Red Cross 3,4; N.H.A. 3,4; Zeta Phi Epsilon. Ambition: Social Worker CHARLIE CREECH Whereever there ' s a will, there is a way. D.E. Club 3,4; Hi-Y, Host and Hostess Club 4. Ambition: Neurologist BELLVENIA CUMM INGHAM Cleo You have to live for yourself to live in this world; live as is written— Paradise, to live alternatively— Hell. Maj orette 3, 4; Chorus 1,2,3,4; Student Council 1; Treasurerof Homeroom 4; Chorus Accompanist 2,3; Girls Glee Club 2. Ambition: Lawyer 164 JUANITA ELAINE CURRIE Nita Bug It is better to be a small flame and glow, than to be a blending fire and cast a shadow. N. C.C.J. 4; Y-Teens 3; F.T.A. 4; Girls Glee Club 3; Chorus 2; Majorette 2; Bowling League 3; Quill and Scroll 3; Thespians 4; Orientation 3,4; Student Council 3. Ambition: Contemporary Artist VIVIAN ANN CURRY Peach To thine ownself be true. N.H.A. 4; Cheerleader 1; Thespian 2,3,4. Ambition: Secretary ETTA LOUISE DAVIDSON Tinker Let the better be your best. Red Cross 1; Student Council 2. Ambition: Elementary School Teacher JANYCE KARLENE DAVIDSON Gina You can ' t kick the person responsible for your troubles. Marching Band 1,2; Orchestra 1,2; Student Council 3,4; N.H.A. 3; Chorus 3; Red Cross 2,3; Y-Teens 3. Ambition: Anesthesiologist GLORIA J. DAVIDSON Jean Always do the good that is in you and never be bad. 11 Distributive Education Club 3,4; N.H.A. 3,4. Ambition: Nurse PERRY ROLAND DAVIDSON Doc Try to understand others. Ambition: Commercial Artist JAMES HAROLD DAVIS Meice Saxons 3,4; Student Council 3,4; N. C.C.J. 4; Sigma Phi Sigma 4; Thespians 4; Hi-Y 3. Ambition: Chemist Laboratory Tech PAULINE ELIZABETH DAVIS Sissy Gal Ignorance with bone is better than wisdom without it. Modern Dance 3; N.H.A. 3,4; Red Cross 3,4; Student Council 4; Y-Teens 3,4; Photography Club 4. Ambition: Nurse PRESSLEY HENRY DAVIS Penny One good turn deserves another. Football 3,4; Basketball 3,4; Baseball 2,3. Ambition: Marine WILLIE LEE DAWKINS Student Council 1,2,3,4; Tennis Team 2,3,4; Honor Society 3,4; Science Club 3; Hi-Y 3,4;F.T.A.; Saxons 3,4. Ambition: Mechanical Engineer TOMMY LEE DEWALT De No obstacle is too high to overcome. Baseball 4; Football 2; Student Council 4; F.T.A. 4. Ambition: Professional Baseball Player CLARETHA DIGGS Retha Reading maketh a full man; conference, a ready man; and writing, an exact man. N. C.C.J. 4; Y-Teens 3; F.T.A. 3; Girls Glee Club 3; Sigma Phi Sigma Science Club 2; Student Council 4; National Honor Society 3,4; ZetaPhi Epsilon Sorority 3,4; Host and Hostess Club 3,4; Orientation Committee 2. Ambition: Certified Public Accountant BRENDA LUCILLIE DIXON Bren The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible today. N.H.A. 1; Student Council 2; Red Cross 2; Y-Teens 2. Ambition: Secretary HENRY LOUIS DOUGLAS, JR. Captain Doug Life is but a drama, and one should act his part. Football 3,4; Baseball 3,4; Basketball 3,4. Ambition: Professional Football CARRIE DUNCAN The key to success is to defeat failure and work to the end. Student Council 3,4; F.T.A. 3,4; N.H.A. 2; Y-Teens 3; Class Representative. Ambition: Social Worker GLADYS L. EAVES Sweetthing Be the best of whatever you are. Student Council 4; Y-Teens 3; D.E. Club 3; Red Cross 3; N.H.A. 2. Ambition: Business Machine Operator PEGGY DELOIS EGLESTON Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you. Ambition: Elementary Teacher ULYSSES G. ELDER, JR. June Liquor Trust in God and you will have success. Red Cross 2; Photography Club 2; Basketball 2; Baseball 1. Ambition: Sociologist 165 ERIC ENGLISH Beany Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Band 2. Ambition: Physical Education Teacher SUSAN HENNYETTA ENGLISH Sue Baby Friendship and love are priceless things, so respect them. Chorus 2; Basketball 3; Track 2; Softball 3. Ambition: Physical Education Instructor KEITH W. FAULKNER Bugger Treat others as you want to be treated, and every thing will be sufficient. Baseball 2; Football 3; Track 3; Student Council 2; Royal Viking Club; Science Club 2; F.T.A. 3,4. Ambition: Commercial Designer PERNELL FEASTER Sweet -Pea Never put off tomorrow what can be done today. Red Cross 3; Office Assistant 2. Ambition: Secretary LARRY JOE FERNANDEZ Nanny Who is so firm that cannot be subdued? Bowling Club 2; Golfer; Student Council 3; Dramatics Club 2; Tennis Team 3; Hi-Y 3; F.T.A. 3. Ambition: Psychologist BARBARA ETHEL FRAZIER Sweet Barb: You have to believe in happiness, or happiness never comes. Student Council 3; Red Cross 3; N.H.A. 3; Y-Teens 2. Ambition: Nurse BARRON ALLEN FRAZIER B-B Its nice to be nice to someone, and, in return, some- one will be nice to you. Vocational Club 3. Ambition: Service JOHN THOMAS FRAZIER Rat Love one dearly and do unto others securely. Basketball 3; Track 2; Baseball 3. Ambition: Pro Basketball Player BEVERLY ANNETTE GAINES Bev What you put into the life of another will come back unto your own. Y-Teens 1,4;N.H.A. 3,4;F.T.A. 4; Orchestra 1,2,3,4; Student Council 2, 4; Red Cross 1,2,3,4; Host and Hostess Club 3,4; French Club 3; Girls Glee Club 2,3,4. Ambition: Surgical Nurse JANE EVELYN GARNER Short Stuff Stirve for the best in life and the best will come to you. N.H.A. 2; Y-Teens 3; Red Cross 3; Art Club 2. Ambition: Business Education DAVID LEE GARY Slim Its better to give than receive. Basketball 3; Football 3; Baseball 3. Ambition: Barber JAMES C. GASTON Fat Lover Do for others as you would have them do for you. Football 3; Baseball 2. Ambition: Shoe Repair JIMMY KING GERALD King Gerald Concentration, inspiration, and application, dampened with a little perspiration, will help you reach your goal. FrenchClub2; Red Cross 3;Track 3; Basketball 2; Library Club 3; Student Council 3. Ambition: Mechanical Engineer SHIRLEY ANN GILCHREST Brown Eyes Let nothing less than the best be your ambition in life. New Homemakers of America 3; Red Cross 3; Darling Debs 2; Student Council 3; Library Club 3; Bowling Club 2; Basketball 2. Ambition: English Teacher ELIZABETH ANN GILMORE Ba-Ba Never trust a living soul, but walk slowly among the dead. Red Cross 2; Student Council 2; N.H.A. 2; Y-Teens 1. Ambition: Surgical Nurse ANTHONY MA CEO GLENN, JR. Brownie If at first you don ' t succeed, graduate next year. Saxon 2; Science Club 2; Student Council 2; Hi-Y 3. Ambition: Chemist HAZEL GRADDY Boo What is love without jealousy? N.H.A. 2; Y-Teens 2; Student Council 2. Ambition: Clerk Typist 166 FREDDIE EUGENE GRAHAM Roach If at first you don ' t succeed, try again and again until you do, and do it with vigor. D.E. Club 3; Chorus 3. Ambition: Pilot RONALD CONAN GRAHAM Whatsoever thy hands find to do, do it with all thy might. D.E. 1,2; Bus Driver 2; Vocational Club 2. Ambition: Military Career ALLIE GRANT Bow Strive for the best and no less. N.H.A. 3; Bowling Club 3; Red Cross 3; French Club 3. Ambition: Elementary Teacher VERONA MAE GRAY Lilly Lilly Do your best in all your work, and you won ' t regret it in your future . Student Council 3; Red Cross 2; Girls Glee Club 2; Y- Teens 3; N.H.A. 2; Modern Dance 2; Cheerleader 1. Ambition: Elementary Teacher OSCAR GRIER Never give up a sure thing for a possibility. Student Council 2; Photography 3; Red Cross 2; Dramatics Club; Golf Team. Ambition: Business Administrator CECIL GREENE When you are striving for a goal, proceed to the end. Commercial D. 2. Ambition: Cook CECELIA GREENE Sugar Baby Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Ambition: Nurse EARNEST INE GRIFFIN Teen Hitch your goal to a star; the rainbow to success is not very far. Red Cross 2; Modern Dance 3; Y-Teens 3; Capt. of Cheerleaders; N.H.A. 2. Ambition: Secretary BARBARA JEAN GUINYARD Bobby Reading maketh a full man; conference, a ready man; and writing, an exact man. Ambition: Elementary Teacher JADE LAUREN HAGANS Jo It is better to be a small flame in the heart than to be a burning pain in the chest. Orchestra 3; Girls Glee Club 3; Dance Group 1; Student Council 3; Y-Teens 3; Host and Hostess Club; F.T.A. 3,4; Sigma Phi Sigma; May Queen; Homecoming Queen, Zeta Phi Epsilon. Ambition: Doctor GLORIA ANN HALLMAN Glo Success is at the top of the ladder, so keep climbing, and you will succeed. D.E. Club 3,4; Chorus 2,3,4; N.H.A. 4; Y-Teens 3,4. Ambition: Air Force Career TERRI MOORE HOGAN Tim It is only with the heart that one can truly see. N.H.A. 2; Mixed Chorus 2; Ensemble; Host and Hostess 2; Red Cross 3. Ambition: Home Economist BRENDA ZENOBIA HOLLAND Tous Good things come to those who wait. Student Council 3; Dance Group 3; Y-Teens 3; New Homemakers of America 3; Red Cross 4. Ambition: Pediatrician SADIE MAE HOLTZCLAW Gypsy Never trust a man, for as much as he believes in you, he will betray you in the end. N.H.A. 2; Y-Teens 2; Photography Club; Girls Basket- ball Team; Dancing 3. Ambition: Physical Education Teacher WILHELMENIA HOOD Mena Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, when the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh. Distributive Education Club; Journalism; Junior Red Cross 3; Quill and Scroll, Mirror Staff 1. Ambition: Registered Nurse JAMES EDWARD HOOPER Baby Rim Ask not what the world can do for you, but, what you can do for the world. Baseball 3; Football 1; Basketball 3; Track 2; Red Cross 3; Hi-Y 2. Ambition: Business Personnel WALDO HORSLEY Horse Life is for a short term, make the best of it. Track 1; D.E. Club 1,2; Royal Viking. Ambition: Auto Body repairman 167 MARGARET HOUSER When you have something good, always keep, it, because it ' s not coming your way anymore. N.H.A. 3; Y -Teens 3; Vocational Club; Spanish Club; Bowling Club; Host and Hostess Club 3. CAROLYN LINDA HOUSTON Doodle Bug Life is like a foot in the sand; with each step forward an impression is left behind. Student Council 3; Y -Teens 3, 4; Red Cross 3; Photography Club 3; Bowling Club 3; N.H.A. 4. Ambition: Elementary Education EVELYN LUCILLE HOUSTON Blue Yesterday has gone, forget it; tomorrow is coming, think of it; today is here, use it. Student Council 3; N.H.A. 3; Basketball 2; Y-Teens 2; Gym Assistant. Ambition: Professional Nurse WILLIE BELL HANKER SON Willie B. Accomplish all that you can today, because tomorrow is not promised. Ambition: Business Education LINDA MARYE HARMON Bind Give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you.! ' Chorus 3; Ensemble 2; Thespians 2; Student Council 2; F.T.A. 2; N.H.A. 2. Ambition: Business Secretary BARBARA REE HARRIS Babs Knowledge, understanding, a good personality are essentials in today ' s world; always put your best foot forward. N.H.A. 2; Art Club; Red Cross 3; Student Council 3. Ambition: Fashion Advertiser BRENDA YVONNE HARRIS All that I am and hope to be, I owe to my loving and understanding Mom and Dad. New Homemakers of America 2; Band 3,4. Ambition: Nurse CLINTON C. HARRIS Con Be not he that loves a rosy cheek, or a coral lip ad- mires, or from star-like eyes doth seek fuel to maintain his fires. 11 Basketball 2; Track 3; Vocational Club; Baseball 3. Ambition: Tailor BLANCHE LUCILLE HARRIS Lulu Life is nothing but what you make out of it. Girls Glee Club; Red Cross 3; Student Council 2; Chorus 2; Thespians 2. Ambition: Nurse ALFRED JARNUZELA HARRISON Moonbeam Life is but a drama, and we all must act our part. Basketball 3; Football 2; Track 3; Band 3, 4. Ambition: Military Police PAULETTA CHARLENE HAWKINS Hawk It is well to learn caution by the misfortunes of others. Student Council 3; Girls Glee Club 3; Quill and Scroll 3; F.T.A. 4; Host and Hostess 3,4; Y-Teens 3; Orchestra 3,4; Sigma Phi Sigma; N.C.C.J.; French Club. Ambition: College Professor CARL STANLEY HAYES Monk Let your heart be your guide. Gym Assistant; Photography Club; Red Cross 3; Basket- ball 3, 4; Football 3. Ambition: Tailor ARCHIE WILSON HEATH Old Man River Take your time and do it right. Band 1, 2, 3,4. Ambition: Commercial Artist SUSIE L. HEATH Red As you strive for success don ' t allow anything to stand in your way, regardless. Mixed Chorus 3; Assistant Secretary (H. R. ); Choral En- semble 3. Ambition: Secretary HELEN DELORIS HEMPHILL Baby Sister Success means everything. Y-Teens 3; Commercial Dietetics Club; Student Council 3; Cheerleader 1; N.H.A. 2. Ambition: Anesthetist EDDIE HICKLIN, JR. Hick Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Baseball team 2; Tennis 2; Track 3. Ambition: Minister ELIZABETH YVONNE HODGE Bonn All the world will step aside to let any man, who knows where he is going, pass by. C.D. 2; N.H.A. 2; Vocational Club. Ambition: Social Worker 168 JAMES WENDELL HODGE Stevie Be what you want to be and care not what others say or think of you, because you have to live for yourself and no one else. Chorus 2; Dramatics; Host and Hostess Club 3; Boys Glee Club; Red Cross 2; Vocational Club; French Club 1,4. Ambition: Air Force Pilot JACQUELINE HOWARD Jackie 1 ; The days that make us happy make us wise. N.H.A.2; Girls Glee Club 2; Host and Hostess Club; Red Cross 2. Ambition: Nurse JAMES HOWEY Billy There are three things you must do in life, live on the surface of success, steal away from bad company and drink at the fountain of knowledge. Track 2; Boys Glee Club; Saxons Club; Student Council 2; Orientation Club. Ambition: Chemical Technologist, JOE HOWEY, JR. Lil Joe Never dim the lights of others, so that your own will shine brighter. Carvaliers Social Club; Basketball 2; Track 2; Glee Club; Hi-Y. Ambition: Architectural Engineer SHIRLEY ANN HOWIE Head I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of ' experience ' . N.H.A. 2; Commercial Dietetics Club 2, 3; Y-Teens 2; Red Cross 3. Ambition: Nurse. ALPHA LEWIS HOWZE, JR. What is past is prologue. Saxon Club; Host and Hostess Club; Student Council 3; Science Club 2; Literary Group; Photo Club; Orientation Committee. Ambition: Physicist BURNETTA HOWZE Day-Day Expect the best; prepare for the worst; take what comes. Tennis 2; Student Council 2; Gym Assistance 2; Y-Teens 1; Spinsterette Social Club. Ambition: Secretary and Accountant FRANK NELSON HUBBARD Capt Weak things united become strong . Football 4; Baseball 2; Track 2; Golf Club 2; Hi-Y 2; Band 3; Orchestra 3; Student Council 2; Sigma Phi Sigma Science Club. Ambition: Pro Football Player and Bio -chemist. BETTY JEAN HUNTER Bones A normal person only has one face; don ' t you be an exception . Dance Group 2; Y-Teens 3; N.H.A. 2; Basketball 3; Stu- dent Council; Red Cross 3. Ambition: Secretary DIANE HUNTER Sister Hunter Man is the artificer of his own happiness. Chorus 4; Girls Glee Club 1; Red Cross 2; Y-Teens 2; Host and Hostess Club. Ambition: Social Worker MARTHA LOUISE ISOM Mart Strive for the best in life, and the best will come to you. Basketball 1; N.H.A. 2; Y-Teens 1; Commercial Diet- etics Club 1 . Ambition: Peace Corps Worker ANNIE DELORES JACKSON Tiny Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. N.H.A. 1; Y-Teens 2. Ambition: Professional Nurse CHARLES LEON JONES Charlie James Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Baseball 2: Football 3; Vocation Club. Ambition: Career in the Army RICHARD ARNOLD JAMISON Fireball It is better to be thought a fool than to speak and re- move all doubt. Dramatics Club; D.E. 2; Cavaliers Social Club; Basket- ball 1; Hi-Y 3; Student Council 2; School bus driver; Red Cross 2; French Club 2. Ambition: Technical Engineer GERALDINE LYDIA JOHNSON Dingy Be yourself. Red Cross 1; Mixed Chorus 2; New Homemakers of America 2. Ambition: Secretary FRANCES ANN JONES Frank Any end that ' s worth attaining is worth a person ' s hard work, devotion and faith. 169 Girls Glee Club 3; F.T.A. 2; Host and Hostess Club 2; Literary Club; National Honor Society 2. Ambition: Music Therapist. Chorus 3,4; Commercial Dietetics Club 3,4. Ambition: Elementary Teacher STANLEY L. JONES Stag -alang Too much eagerness to requite an obligation is a spice of ingratitude. Band 3; Student Council 2; Boys Glee Club; Basketball 2; Hi-Y; Red Cross 3. Ambition: Accountant SYLIVIA JONES Cecil Don ' t do anything you would hesitate to do with the world looking on. Student Council 2; Red Cross 3. Ambition: History teacher. WILLIE LEON JONES Lebo Life is like a foot in the sand, with each step forward an impression is left behind. Student Council 2; Red Cross 3; Hi-Y; Boys Glee Club; Track 2; Tennis Team 3. Ambition: Business Administrator HAZEL LENORA KEARNS Tree When riding the train of opportunity; don ' t get off until you reach the station of success. Photography Club; Y-Teens 2; Girls Glee Club 2; N.H.A. 2. Ambition: Secretary JAMES DONALD KENDRICK D.K. To be simple is to be great, since nothing is more simple than being great. Band 3, 4; Orchestra 3; Student Council 3; Homeroom President; President of Cavaliers; Baseball 2; Hi-Y; Red Cross 2. Ambition: Architectural Engineer. MATT IE VIRGINIA KERSEY Candy All that I am or hope to be I owe to my dear mother. Y-Teens 4; N.H.A. 3,4. Ambition: Home Economics Teacher. ANNIE CHRISTINE KING It is better to sit and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Y-Teens 1; N.H.A. 2,3; and Red Cross. Ambition: Private Secretary WYNETTA LEE Nita Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. CYNTHIA JOAN LEGGETT Cynt The mouth speaks with ease when the heart is full. Y-Teens 2; Red Cross 3,4; N.H.A. 3; Girls Glee Club. Ambition: Social Worker LORRAINE LINDER It is better to be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt. French Club 3, 4; N.H.A. 2; F.T.A. 4; and Thespians 2. Ambition: French Teacher ANNIE R. LOMAX Ann Never dim the light of others to make yours shine brighter. N. H. A. 3; Y-Teens 2; Red Cross 3; Student Council. Ambition: Business Administrator. RODNEY MILO MANIGO Mani Why strive to be average, when it is as far from the bottom as it is from the top. Basketball 4; Glee Club 4; Honor Society 4; Football 4; Student Council 4. Ambition: Architectural Draftsman, THEODORE MARTIN, JR. Junior Life is but a drama and one should act his part. Football 4; Band 4; Boys Glee Club 4; Orchestra 3,4; Track 4; Student Council 4. Ambition: Musician ZENOBIA MARTIN Bassa Nova There are two tragedies in life; one is not to get your heart ' s desire, the other is to get it. Vocation Club 4; Red Cross 4. Ambition: Missionary BONNIE RYNELL MASON Goodie Ask not what your fellow man can do for you; ask what you can do for your fellow man. Cheerleader 3, 4; N.H.A. 4; Basketball 3,4; Dance Group 3,4; Bowling 3,4. Ambition: Model 170 HUBERT MAXWELL, JR. Herb Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather what you can do for your country. 11 Chorus 1,2,3; Track 1,2; Hi-Y 4. Ambition: Career in the Marines. JOEL EDWARD MAXWELL, JR. Billy Success is just around the corner; strive for it. Band 3,4; Orchestra 3,4; N. C.C.J. 4; Sigma Phi Sigma Science Club 3, 4; Hostess and Host Club 2,3,4; Senior Class President 4; Hi-Y 3; Bowling Club 3,4; Student Council 3,4. Ambition: Medical Doctor JOSEPHINE MILLER Cole Always forgive and forget. Ambition: Career in Air Force VIVIAN YVONNE MITCHELL Enie Photography Club 1; Student Council 1; Spanish Club 2. Ambition: Systems Analyst BILLIE ANN MOBLEY Bill Know your friends from acquaintances. Ensemble 2,3,4; Thespians 4; Chorus 2,3,4. Ambition: Councilor NAOMI ZENOBIA McCAEN Mikki It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Student Council 4; Chorus 2,3,4; Girls Glee Club 2,3,4; F. T. A. 4; Ensemble 2, 3, 4; Red Cross 4; Homeroom Secretary 4. Ambition: Social Worker BEVERLY YVETTE McCALL Kitten Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a man who is preverse in speech and is a fool. Chorus2,3,4; A.N.H.A.3,4; Y-Teens 4; Drama Club 4. Ambition: English Teacher ARTHUR TYRONE McCARROLL Fuzzy Life differs from the play only in this, it has no plot; all is vague, desolate, unconnected till the curtain drops with the mystery unsolved. Red Cross 4; Hi-Y 2,3,4; Student Council 2,3,4; Chorus 2,3,4; Choral Ensemble 3,4; Football 4; Boys Glee Club 2,3,4; Host and Hostess Club. Ambition: Mortician ADRAIN McCASKILL Dimples Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other is gold. Y-Teens 3, 4; Girls Glee Club 4; Bowling Club 3,4; Photo- graphy 4. Ambition: Teacher THOMAS REUBEN MOORE Moe Get as much as you can out of life for you can only live it once. Student Council President 4; Student Council, Second Vice-President 3; Football Team 4; Track Team 4; Hi- Y 4; Host and Hostess Club 3,4; Senior Class Vice-Presi- dent 4; F.T. A. 4; County -wide Student Council 4; Junior Class Parliamentarian. Ambition: Mechanical Engineer PEARLINE MORROW Fisher Yesterday has gone; forget it; Tomorrow is coming; think of it; and today is here; use it. Secretary of N.H.A. 4; Red Cross 4. Ambition: Stenographer SELETHA ANN MILLER Candy Yesterday has gone; forget it; Today is here; use it. Tomorrow is coming; think of it. Girls Glee Club 4; Y-Teens 4; F.T. A. 4; Student Coun- cil 4; Red Cross 4. Ambition: Medical Secretary CARRIE DELORUS MOORE Lois Basketball 4; Majorette 4; Red Cross 4; Y-Teens 4; N.H.A. 4. Ambition: Elementary Teacher ROSA LEE MOORE Rolee Be yourself and try to show the good that ' s in you. Never let society ruin you. Red Cross 3; Distributive Education 3; Spanish Club 2,3. Ambition: Secretary GLORIA JEAN McCLAIN Cheetah If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world. Y-Teens 3,4; Student Council 4; Red Cross 3,4; Dance Group 3 . Ambition: Elementary School Teacher LYNN CAROL McCLARY Life is what you make of it; you get no more out than that you put in. Red Cross 2,3,4; French Club 3,4; N.H.A. 4; Y-Teens 3,4. Ambition: Physical Therapist 171 JAMES DANIEL McCLELLAN Dimp Hitch your wagon to a star. Student Council 1 , 2, 3, 4; Saxons 3,4; Orchestra 1,2,3,4; Sigma Phi Sigma 3,4; Photography Club 4; N.H.S. 3,4; Host and Hostess 2,3,4. Ambition: Medical Doctor DONALD ROOSEVELT McCLURE Cannon Live for today for tomorrow you may die. Band 1,2,3,4; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Football 1,2,3,4. Ambition: Musician JOHN H. McCORKLE Hem Ask not what the future holds for you; ask what you hold for the future . Football 3,4; Bowling Club 3,4. Ambition: Draftsman MARGIE MARIA McCUULLOUGH Reesie Life is what you make of it, so make yours a successful one. Y-Teens 3,4; Cosmetology Club 3,4. Ambition: Nurse VERNON RAY McEACHERN Crow Life is but a crowded theater where some of the worst people get the best seats. Basketball 2,3; Football 1. Ambition: Industiral Engineer BERTHA LEE McGRANT Bert Benefit from your own mistakes and progress will aid you in success. N.H.A. 3,4; Red Cross 2,3,4; Y-Teens 2,4; F.T.A. 4. Ambition: Elementary School Teacher JOHNNIE McILWAIN Jee Ambition: Truck Driver JOSEPH CLARENCE McILWAIN Be nice to everyone; you never know when you might need them. Cavaliers 3, 4; Boys Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Choral Ensemble 3,4. Ambition: Psychologist ROBERT MURRAY McKAY Scoop Be your own sweet self and leave all rotten apples on the shelf. Ambition: Pharmacist VIRGIA DELORIS McKINLEY Vee This is today; tomorrow will bring a new and different hold on life. Band 1,2,3,4; Orchestra 2,3,4; Y-Teens 3,4; Host and Hostess 3,4; Girls Glee Club 4; Zeta Phi Epsilon 3,4. Ambition: Sociologist GEORGENA McLAUGHLIN Gina Knowledge is power. Student Council 1,2,3,4; F.T.A. 3,4; Host and Hostess Club 2, 3, 4; N.H.A. 3,4; French Club 3,4; N. C.C.J. 2,3,4; Zeta Phi Epsilon 3,4. Ambition: Public Relation Worker KATHERENA McMILLER Kat Never strive for only second best. N.H.A. 4; Red Cross 2,3,4; Girls Glee Club 3,4. Ambition: Social Worker JACQUELINE LOUISE McNEIL Jackie Take every advantage of a good education today so that you will be able to meet the growing demands of tomorrow. 11 N. H. A. 3, 4; Sigma Phi Sigma 2,3; Band 1,2,3; Or- chestra 3, 4; Zeta Phi Epsilon 3, 4; Student Council 1,2, 3, 4; French Club 2, 3; Host and Hostess Club 2, 3, 4; F.T.A. 4; Girls Glee Club 4; Orientation Committee 3; 4. Ambition: Biologist WILLIE JAMES McVAY Mr. Clean When the ladder of success is broken take an elevator. Football 2,3,4; Track 2,3,4; Vocational Club 3,4. Ambition: Career in Army CAROLYN ANN NAIL Cal Character is what God, the Saints and all angels know of us: Reputation is what people are inclined to think of us; So why worry? Y-Teens 3,4; Red Cross 2, 3, 4; Student Council 2,3; N.H.A. 3,4; D.E. Club 3,4. Ambition: Secretary GRACIE LEE NEELY Flu Baby I have but one light by which my feet are guided, and that is the light of experience. Dramatics Club; Girls ' Glee Club; Vocational Club 3,4; Photography Club; N.H.A. Ambition: Dental Assistant 172 ROOSEVELT NERO Pewee Good, better, best, never let it rest until your good is better, and your better is best. Baseball 3; Track 3; Golf Club 3. Ambition: Music Composer EDWARD BERNARD NEWBERRY Drief If you can ' t be all that you desire to be, be the very best of what you are. Band 3; Orchestra 2; Treasurer of the Senior Class. Ambition: Minister CORA EARNEST INE NICHOLAS Tina The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. 11 N. H.A. 4; F.T.A. 4; Library Club 4; Student Council 4; Bowling Club 4; Homeroom Officer 4. Ambition: Elementary School Teacher ROBERT JAMES OLIPHANT Bobby Strive to make it in class. Golf Club 4; D.E. Club 4. Ambition: Business Man FREDA ELAINE PAIGE Fritos Beware of those who talk by the yard and think by the inch. Y-Teens 4; N.H.A. 4; F.T.A. 4; Student Council 4. Ambition: Elementary Education Teacher CARNELLA PARKER Carnie Failure is no excuse to quit— the future always remains. French Club 4; Student Council 4. Ambition: Psychologist HARRIETTE ELIZABETH PARLER Libby Strive for the best in life. Dancing 4; Commercial Dietetics Club 4; Vocational Club 4. Ambition: Social Worker BRENDA CAROLE PLATTS Lil White Girl Give the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you. N. H. A. 3; Girls Glee Club; Chorus 3; Student Council 2; Y-Teens; Homeroom President; Mirror and Lion Staff 1. Ambition: Secretary CHARLES EDWARD QUICK Chuck When success knows let it in, then try to succeed by doing what you think is right. Baseball 3. Ambition: Machinist JUDY ARNETHIA RATCHFORD Yesterday has gone, forget it; tomorrow is coming, think of it; today is here, use it. Student Council 2;. N.H.A. 1; Y-Teens 2; Red Cross 2; Girls Glee Club 2. Ambition: Nurse SARAH LEVADER RATCHFORD Vader Life is but a walking shadow that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more; only you can make the best of it. Student Council 4; N.H.A. 2; F.T.A.; Host and Hostess 2; Dance Group 2; Photography Club; Red Cross 2; Glee Club 3. Ambition: Elementary Ed. Teacher MARY ELIZABETH RATLIFF Dave Cheese Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you. N.H.A. ;Red Cross 3; Art Club; Dance Group 2; Y-Teens 2. Ambition: Nurse LEE THOMAS REDFEARN Redfearn The road to success is very long but you can make it. Ambition: Accountant MAX INE GWENDOLYN PATTON Sena He who knows, and knows that he knows is wise. Band 2. Ambition: Driving Instructor CHARLES BANARD PERRY Chick To be rather than to seem. Physical Education Assistant; Chorus 3. Ambition: Business Man ENA ELWORTH REID Cookie There is so much good in the worst of us and so much bad in the best of us, that it doesn ' t behoove any of us to talk about the rest of us. Thespians 3, 4; Student Council 2,4; N.H.A. 4; Y-Teens 4; Red Cross 4; Host and Hostess Club 3,4; Vocational Club 3,4; French Club 2. Ambition: Cosmotologist and Accountant 173 JARRISHA LOUISE REID To err is human; to forgive is divine. Y-Teens 4; N.H.A. 3,4. Ambition: IBM Machine Technician. JOSEPH VARANUS REID Daddy J. I only set myself against that which has set itself against me that is higher than the highest. Basketball 2; Tennis 2; Chorus 1,2,3,4; Dramatics Club 1; Cavaliers Club 3,4; Red Cross 3,4; Student Council 3,4; French Club 3; F.T.A. 3,4. Ambition: Ballad Singer RALPH EDWARD RICHARDSON Road Runner That which is used develops, that which is not used is wasted away . Football 2; Track 4; Homeroom President 3; Dramatics Club 3; Student Council 2,3; Class Officer 2; Cavaliers Social Club 3,4. Ambition: Business Administrator ROBERT RIVERS Jabbo My goal is to be the best speller. Glee Club 3; Hi-Y Club 1; Basketball 1. Ambition: Auto Mechanic GWENDOLYN LA VERNE ROBERTS Gwen Deserve success rather than achieve it. Thespians 3, 4; Student Council 2,3,4; Darling Debs 3,4. Ambition: Psychologist HERMAN RUSSELL Herm Don ' t put off today for tomorrow. Chorus 4. Ambition: Art Teacher EUNICE LALLAGE SAUNDERS Bird Those who wait receive the best. Band 4; Orchestra 3,4; Basketball 4; Y-Teens 3,4; Voc- ational Club 2,3,4; Student Council 3,4; N.H.A. 3. Ambition: Cosmetology Teacher ROSALIND MAXINE SCOTT Ros Truth is the secret of eloquence , and virture the basis of authority. Chorus 2, 3, 4; Band 1,2; Orchestra 2; Student Council 2,3; Red Cross 1,2; French Club 2,3. Ambition: Social Worker LORENZO SEEGARS Buster There is some good in the worst of us, and some bad in the best of us, so none of us can talk about the rest of us. Red Cross 2,3; Band 2,3,4; Hi-Y 2,3; D.E. 3,4. Ambition: Career in Marines. RONNIE OTIS SHIPP Happy Too much eagerness to requite an obligation is a species of ingratitude . Basketball 3, 4; Track 4; D.E. Club 3,4; Red Cross 4; Bowling Club 3,4; Spanish Club 3,4. Ambition: Tailor GARDENIA SIFFORD What I am and what I hope to be I owe to my parents because they are the only one I can trust. Basketball 3,4. Ambition: Typist DORIS ELOISE SIMMONS Baby Jane Give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you. D- .E. Club 3,4; Student Council 2,3,4; Red Cross3,4; Dane Group 1,2,3,4; Darling Debs Social Club 3, 4. Ambition: Registered Nurse. JOHN SIMPSON Simp Take the first step in the right direction and go all the way. Band 2,3,4; Football 3,4; Student Council 4. Ambition: Teacher GWENDOLYN SMITH Moochie Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and wiritng, an exact man. Basketball Team 2; Red Cross 1; Band 4; Office Practice 4; Girls ' Glee Club 3; French Club 3. Ambition: Physical Education Teacher JACQUELINE SPEARS Jackie Truth is the secret of eloquence and virture the basis of authority. Chorus 1,2,3,4; Y-Teens 4; N.H.A. 3,4; Red Cross 4; Girls Glee Club 1,2,3,4. Ambition: Business Secretary REGINAL DONALD SPRATT Red When Mother and Dad can ' t give, blessed is the child that has his own. Boys ' Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Band 1,2. Ambition: Accountant 174 MELVEN SPRINGS Moody Bus Driver 3,4. Ambition: Truck Driver CLARENCE ANTONIO STEELE Bird I dare do all that may become a man. Basketball 2, 3, 4; Royal Gents 3,4; Vocational Club 2, 3,4; Red Cross 3,4; Baseball 2,3. Ambition: Psychiatrist LENORA SYLVIA STEVENSON Kemo Look toward the stars and keep your feet on the ground, and forever hold your peace. Basketball 3,4; Baseball 4; Spanish Club 3,4. Ambition: Social Worker FRANCES ANN STEWART Doll You are never too old to learn. Girls ' Glee Club 2,3; Host and Hostess Club 3,4; Spanish Club 3; French Club 3; Orchestra 1,2,3. Ambition: Secretary DORIS MACKEY STRADFORD Tootie You are judged by the company you keep. Y-Teens 1,2,3,4; Majorette 1,2,3; N.H.A. 1,2,3,4; Dance Group 3,4; Red Cross 4. Ambition: Nurse DENNIS RUSSELL STRONG Dogman I dare do all that may become a man. Track 2,3; Baseball 1,2; Vocational Club 2,3,4. Ambition: Preacher DELORES MILDRED SUMPTER Charlie The best way to know God is to love many things. Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Letter Girl 3; Glee Club 3,4; Host and Hostess Club 2, 3,4; Y-Teens 4; Sigma Phi Sigma 3; F.T.A. 4; Ouill and Scroll 4; Editor of yearbook 4; Zeta Phi Epsilon Sorority 3,4. Ambition: Certified Public Accountant HAT TIE JEAN SUSWELL Duck He who holds a mistake against you is making a mis- take. D. E. Club 2; Student Council 4; Red Cross 1; Physical Education Assistant 2; Y-Teens 2; Darling Debs 3,4. Ambition: Barber JEANETTE TAYLOR Sharty Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you. N.H.A. 2,3,4; Y-Teens 3,4; Vocational Club 4. Ambition: Nurse KAY FRANCES TAYLOR KaKa Always strive to do the best that you can. Commercial Dietetics Club 2; Student Council 2; Letter Girl 3,4; Y-Teens 2; Dance Group 2; Chorus 2; Red Cross 4. Ambition: Barber CAROLYN TEETER Pee Wee What I am and what I hope to be, I owe it to my aunt and mother. Ambition: Nurse ESSIE MAE THOMPSON Trixie The door to success is labeled ' Push ' . Y-Teens 2; N.H.A. 3; F.T.A. 4; French Club 3,4. Ambition: Elementary School Teacher FREDRICK HARDING THOMPSON Fred Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. Band 1,2,3,4; Student Council 3,4; N. C.C.J. 4; Saxons 4; Track 1; Hi-Y 2,3; Boys Glee Club 1; Physics Seminar 4; Host and Hostess 4. Ambition: Mechanical Engineer BOBBY TIM THOMAS Tim Tim Education is the key to success. Football 1,2,3,4; Baseball 2,3; Basketball 1,2,3; Stu- dent Council 4; Red Cross 3,4. Ambition: Mathematician MARGARET ELIZABETH THOMAS Doll Turning your back on one problem brings you face to face with another. N.H.A. 4; French Club 3,4; Journalism Staff 4. Ambition: Secretary WILLIAM RAEFORD THOMAS Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. Track 1,2,3; Hi-Y 3. Ambition: Navy Career ALLEN TILLMAN Dunnie Boy Too much eagerness to requite an obligation is a species of ingratitude. Basketball 2,3,4; Track 2,3; Baseball 2,3. Ambition: Barber 175 WILLIAM TOLLIVER The Root Doctor Ask not what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for your country. Football 2,3,4; Track 1. Ambition: Public Relations Counselor MARGARET DEANE TRAPPS Mar-Dee Plant the seeds of industriousness; cultivate refined qualities; to refined God gather a harvest that will flourish sumptuously throughout your life. F.T.A. 3,4; Student Council 1,2,3,4; French Club 3,4; Orchestra 1,2,3; Host and Hostess 2,3,4; Mirror Staff 3. Ambition: Anthropologist JAMES LONNIE TUCKER Tuck Wake up! It ' s not too late. 11 Basketball 1,3,4; Student Council 4; Red Cross 4. Ambition: Basketball Coach JAMES EDWARD VANCE Bunny If you really want something don ' t wait for it to come to you; go out and get it. Chorus 1; D.E. 2, 3. Ambition: Military Career CLIFTON HARRY WAITERS Cliff Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today. Chorus 4. Ambition: Teacher BERNICE WALKER Bunnie Silver and gold will vanish away, but a good education will never decay. 11 Basketball 3,4; Modern Dance 2, 3; N.H. A. 1,2,4; Tennis 1,2. Ambition: Beautician CORA DELOIS LOWERY WALLACE Starry Eyes Give all you have and the best will come back to you. Ambition: Postal Clerk RONALD LOUIS WALLACE Ron -C hie Reading maketh a full man. Basketball 2,3,4; Baseball 3,4; Hi -Y 2, 3,4; Track 1,2,3. Ambition: Dentist Basketball 2,3; Baseball 3,4. Ambition: Tailor FELTON LEMAN WALLS Crab -Block Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 11 Football 2,3,4; Track 2; Industrial Arts Club 3,4. Ambition: Teacher VARDRY COWNAS WATK1NS Duck Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. Baseball 2,3; Hi-Y 1,2,3,4. Ambition: Engineer VERA WATSON Little Bit To err is human; to forgive is divine. Student Council 2,3,4; Y-Teens 3,4; N.H. A. 3,4; Red Cross 2,3; Host and Hostess Club 3,4; Bowling Club 3,4; Vocational Club 4. Ambition: Cosmetologist PATRICIA WAY Cowboy It ' s better not to have loved at all than to have loved and lost. N.H. A. 3,4; Dance Group 2,3,4. Ambition: Model VIOLA LEE ANN WEBB Ora Lee It is my desire to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Y-Teens 1, 2, 3, 4; N.H. A. 3,4; Red Cross 2,3,4; French Club 4; Bowling Club 3,4. Ambition: Business Teacher PATRICIA ANN WERTZ Trish Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you. F.T.A. 3, 4; Sigma Phi Sigma 2,3; Bowling Club 3,4; Thespians 2,3,4; Student Council 3,4; Y-Teens 3,4. Ambiti on: Nurse BARBARA LEE WESTMORELAND The understanding heart is one that searches for knowl- edge , but the mouth of stupid people is one that aspires to foolishness. Dance Group 3,4; Chorus 2,3. Ambition: Missionary THOMAS SYLVESTER WALLACE Atkins Life is like a crowded theater where the worst people get the best seats. JOHN THOMAS WHITE Slack ' To achieve one ' s goal requires dedication, discipline, and determination. 176 Basketball 2,3; Baseball 2,3,4; Hi-Y 1,2,3,4. Ambition: Business Executive GRADY WIGFALL Zam Strive for the highest points in life, eventually you ' ll get there . Football 2, 3; Basketball 1; Baseball 2,3; Bowling Club 3,4; Band 2,3; Royal Viking Club 3,4. Ambition: Mail Clerk DONALD LEON WILLIAMS Don Saxons3,4; Student Council 1,2,3,4; Hi-Y 2,3;N.C.C.J. 3,4; Host and Hostess Club 2; Science Club 3,4. Ambition: Mathematician MARYNELL WILLIAMS Nell To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Student Council 3; Y-Teens 2; N.H.A. 2; Girls ' Glee Club 3; Vocational Club 1; Dance Group 1. Ambition: Cosmetologist PAUL WILLIAMS Jug Do only the best and exact only the best. Expect the best in life and do the best in life. Red Cross 3,4. Ambition: Doctor SARAH ELIZABETH WILLIAMS Little Bit Your reputation may be damaged by the opinion of others, but only you yourself can ruin your character. Y-Teens 3 . Ambition: Artist HENRY WILSON Little Will Be ye also ready. Chorus 1, 2, 3,4. Ambition: Military Officer JAMES EDWARD WILSON Jacques Once a taskhasbegun never quit until the task is done. Hi-Y 1,2,3,4; Red Cross 3,4; Student Council 1,2,3,4; Host and Hostess Club 3,4. Ambition: Lawyer LONNIE ALEXANDER WILSON Fire Life is what you make it. Basketball 4; Football 4. Ambition: Teacher MINNIE WILSON Tiff Student Council 1,2,3,4; Y-Teens 1,2,3; Sigma Phi Sigma Science Club 3,4; N. C.C.J. 1 , 2, 3, 4; National HonorSociety 3,4; Junior Class Vice -President 3; Tennis Team 1,2; Thespians 4; Host and Hostess Club 2,3,4; Bowling 3; Literary Club 4; County -Wide Council 2,3. Ambition: Avant -Garde Expressionist MARTHA LOUISE WINCHESTER Mot Sail on the seas of ambition: land on the sea of success. Commercial Dietetics Club 1,2,3.4; Red Cross 3,4. Ambition: Nurse LUTRICIA DARNELL WINGATE Lu-Lu May God grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change and the knowledge to know the difference . N.H.A. 2, 3, 4; F.T.A. 2,3; N. C.C.J. 4: Student Council 1,2,3,4; Y-Teens 2, 3; French Club 4; Red Cross 3,4; Host and Hostess Club 1,2. Ambition: Elementary Education Teacher SYLVIA ORESSA YARBOROUGH Soy Try to prove the impossible. Cheerleader 3, 4; Student Council 3, 4; N.H.A. 2,3,4; Y-Teens 1,2,3,4; Mirror Staff 3; F.T.A. 4; Red Cross 1,2; French Club 4. Ambition: Anthorpologist BILLY YOUNG Ko-K-Moe You can step up in life and be somebody or you can stay down in life and be a failure. Hi-Y 1,2,3,4; Bowling Club 3,4. Ambition: Commercial Artist EVELYN ROBERTA YOUNG Rotate Trust not a living sould and walk carefully among the dead. Student Council 1,2; Red Cross 3,4; Girls ' Basketball Team 1,2; F.T.A. 4; Trainer for the Girls ' Basketball Team 3,4; Darling Debs 3,4; Girls ' Glee Club 1. Ambition: Physical Education Teacher JOAN PATRICIA ZEEK Irish To thine ownself be true. Student Council 2,3,4; Mirror Staff 4; Lion Staff 4; Red Cross 3, 4. Ambition: Social Worker 177 Faculty Directory JOHN A. BARBEE Biology B. S. ; M. A. - North Carolina College Advanced Study - Howard University, North Carolina College School Financial Secretary MRS. LAURA W. BELL English 10 A. B. - Spellman College M. A. - Columbia University Adviser - Elections Committee MISS M. ALMA BLAKE Physical Education B. S. - Morgan College M. A. - Columbia University Adviser to - Girls ' Athletics, Basketball and Tennis Coach MRS. EMMA C. BOGLE World History A. B. - Johnson C. Smith University Advanced Study - Temple University, New York University Sponsor - National Council of Christians and Jews, Hosts and Hostesses Club MRS. MARGARET BROWN BOOKER English 1 1 B. A. - Shaw University M. A. - North Carolina College Advanced Study - North Carolina College PERCELL R. BOWSER Biology B. S. - North Carolina College Advanced Study - University of North Carolina, North Carolina College HORACE B. CAPLE English, Speech, Dramatics B. S. - Hampton Institute Advanced Study - University of North Carolina Ad iser to - The Thespians MRS. BLANCHE H. CASSIDY World History B. S. -ACT College Advanced Study - North Carolina College Adviser to - Junior Red Cross JOSEPH C. CHAMPION Guidance Counselor B. S. ; M. S. -ACT College Advanced Study - U. C.L.A. , Columbia College CLIFTON COLLINS, JR. Sociology and History B. A. - St. Augustine ' s College M. A. - Atlanta University JOSEPH E. COLSTON Mathematics B. S. - Livingston College Advanced Study - Columbia University, University of North Carolina Tennis and Football Coach MRS. L. B. CURRIE American History A. B. - Johnson C. Smith University M. A. - Columbia University Advanced Study - University of North Carolina MRS. BARBARA W. DAVIS English 12 and Journalism A. B. - Livingstone College M. A. - Columbia University Advanced Study - Medill School of Journalism Northwestern University, Columbia University Adviser to - National Honor Society, Mirror and Lion Staffs, Senior Class and Quill and Scroll WILLIE E. DUNAHM Tailoring Certificate - A T College Adviser to - Vocational Club ROBERT L. ELLIS French and Spanish A. B. - North Carolina College Advanced Study - Virginia State College WALTER C. ERWIN Mathematics B. S. - Johnson C. Smith University M. Ed. - Boston University Advanced Study - Boston University, Indiana University Fisk University, Clark College MISS LOIS B. FITTS Typing I and II, Business Arithmetic, General Business B. S. C. Degree in Commerce - North Carolina College Master ' s Degree - New York University Advanced Study - North Carolina College, University of California at Los Angeles Adviser to Senior Y-Teens MRS. MARY S. HUGHES Algebra B. S. - Johnson C. Smith University Advanced Study - Howard University, New York University Adviser to Junior Red Cross JOHN L. HOLLOWAY Orchestra, Concert Band and Marching Band A. B. , M. A. - North Carolina State College Advanced Study - Ohio State University 178 Faculty Directory MRS. ELIZABETH B. GADDY Typing I, Bookkeeping, Shorthand I and II, General Business, B. S. Commercial Education - A T College M. A. Business Education - Columbia University Advanced Study - Columbia University Adviser to F. B. S. A. Club, School Bookkeeper MRS. RUBY H. GORHAM Typing I, Shorthand I, Business English B. S. in Commerce - North Carolina College Advanced Study - North Carolina College MISS DOROTHY B. FLOYD Guidance Counselor B. S. - Shaw University M. S. - A T College Advanced Study - Atlanta University Adviser to - Bowling Club EDWARD B. KING, JR. World History, American History, English B. S. in Education - Wilberforce University Sponsor to - Student Council, Cavaliers Social Club MRS. CLARISSY C. KNOX Homemaking and Clothing B. S. , M.A. in Home Economic South Carolina State College Cornell University, Columbia University Advanced Study - University of Chicago Adviser to - N. H. A. and Y- Teens MISS SPELLMAN L. LANE General Biology and Advanced Biology M. S. ; M. A. - Western Reserve University Professional Diploma - Columbia University Adviser to - General Welfare Committee, Science Club MRS. BESSIE H. LEDBETTER English 10 and 11 B. A. - Benedict College Advanced Study - Northwestern University, Johnson C. Smith University Adviser to - Junior Red Cross WILLIAM B. LINDSAY English 10 A. B. - Fisk University M. Ed. - Temple University Adviser to - Saxon ' s Social Club THOMAS M. MARTIN Physical Education A. B. - Johnson C. Smith University M. A. - New York University Football, Track, Golf Coach LEROY MILLER Assistant Principal B. S. - North Carolina A T College M. A. - Pennsylvania State University MRS. LECORA LUCAS MOBLEY English 12 B. S. - Alabama State College M.A. - Tuskegee Institute Adviser to - Red Cross CHARLES A. McCULLOUGH Physical Education B. S. - North Carolina College Advanced Study - North Carolina College Assistant Football Coach and Basketball and Baseball Coach MRS. D. F. McCULLOUGH Mathematics B. S. - A G T College EVON W. McNAIR Chemistry and Physics B. S. - Shaw University M. A. - Tuskegee Institute Advanced Study - University of North Carolina, Howard University, Adviser to - Tennis Team Co- Adviser to Science Club MISS LILLIESTEEN MOORE Cosmetology Apex Beauty College Imperial Beauty College Ingrid School of Hair Design FRANK L. MURPHY Biology, Senior Science B. S. - Hampton Institute JULIAN W. PYLES Mathematics A. B. - Fisk University A.M. - University of Michigan Advanced Study - Carnegie Institute of Technology Oberlin College , University of Michigan, University of North Carolina MISS HORTENSE N. REID Mixed Chrous, Orchestra, Music Appreciation, Piano B. Mus. , M. Mus - School of Music of the University of Michigan, Advanced Study - Western Reserve University Director - Glee Clubs, Choral Ensemble, Vocal Soloists MISS MERTYE RICE Spanish, Humanities M. A. - New York University Advanced Study - Yale National University of Havana National University of Mexico Adviser to - Future Teachers of America, Literary Seminar, Spanish Club JAMES NATHANIEL RICHARDSON English 10 and 1 1 B. A. - Livingstone College 179 Faculty Directory MISS MARTHA E. RIDDICK librarian M. S. - Hampton Institute B. L. S. - Chicago University- Advanced Study - Hampton Institute, University of Chicago, Syracuse University Adviser to ROBS MARVIN B. RORIE Distributive Education B. S. - A T College M. A. - New York University Advanced Study - University of Pennsylvania Adviser to - Distributive Education Club MISS LUCINDA C. ROSS Biology B. S. - North Carolina College Adviser to - L ' Enianettes Social Club ODIS A. ROUSSEAU, III World History B. S. - A T College Advanced Study - Tuskegee Institute, ACT College CHARLES WORTHINGTON SANDERS English 10 and 11 B. S. - North Carolina College MRS. W. C. SCOGGINS English 11 and 12 M. A. - University of Tennessee J. WELLINGTON SCOTT Commercial Dietetics B.S. - Tuskegee Institute Advanced Study - North Carolina State, South Carolina State, A T College Adviser to - Vocational Club ROBERT TAYLOR French and English B. A. - St. Augustine ' s College Advanced Study - Wake Forest College, L ' Universite de Rennes, Adviser to - French Club JOSEPH F. TOWNS World History and Photography B. S. - Johnson C. Smith University M. S. - University of Michigan Advanced Study - New York University Activity - United Nations Peace Contest, Scholastic Awards Photo Contest, Eastman Kodak Photo Award Contest MRS. ETHIE P. WATERMANN Physical Education and Modern Dance B. S. - Virginia State College Advanced Study - Boston University Adviser - Cheerleaders, Social Committee of Student Council WILLIAM T. WATERMANN Industrial Arts B. S. - A T College Advanced Study - A T College, North Carolina State College, Adviser - Building and Grounds Committee LEROY WATERS Mathematics B. S. - Shaw University Advanced Study - North Carolina College DAVID L. WIGGINS, JR. Social Studies A. B. - North Carolina College Adviser to -Hi- Y Club MISS MARIAN V. WILLIAMS Foods and Nutrition, Family Living B. S. - Hampton M. A. - Temple University Advanced Study - Howard University Adviser to - New Homemakers of America, Adult Home Economics Class OTIS WILLIAMS Art B. S. - North Carolina A T College M. Ed. Pennsylvania State University Advanced Study - Pennsylvania State University Adviser to - Art Club and Junior Class ARTHUR WILSON Drivers Education A. B. - Johnson C. Smith University MISS EVELYN WOOTEN American History and Sociology A. B. - Bennett College Advanced Study - North Carolina College M. A. Adviser to - 1 1 Grade Y-Teens GENE B. WRIGHT Industrial and Graphic Arts A. B. - Tennessee A I State University WILLIAM H.YONGUE, JR. General Biology B. S. - Johnson C. Smith University M. S. - University of Michigan Advanced Study - North Carolina, University of Iowa University of Michigan Biological Station Co- adviser to - Science Club 180 Scenes from Fine Arts Festival An Annual Observance at WC Mixed Chorus Boys Glee Club James Taylor, Ivan Huff, Clarence Nolly, Miss Reid, Joseph Mcllwain, Willie Greene, Alonzo Coley, Joseph Reid, Ronnie Jones, Larry Anderson, James Dean, Arthur McCarrol, and Edward Newland. 181 Emphasis on the Arts Music, Fine Arts, Drama, Dance, Photography ■ 4 ■ • flsf Orchestra Band 182 Physical Education Classes Present Annual Gymnastic Performance GILBERT HARRISON GEORGE RICHARDSON and JERRY MINTON 183 Jnd ex ACADEMICS 27, 29, 35 English Foreign Languages 10 5 French ' 105 Spanish 37, 108 Journalism 55 Mathematics Social Sciences 104 Sociology 104 United States History 106 Science 106 Biology I 1° 6 Biology II ' ' 106 Chemistry 106 Physics 59 Senior Science 12 ADMINISTRATION ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' • ' • ' • ' . ' . ' . ' . ' • ' • ' •12 Principal 12 Assistant Principal ,.,.13-21 Faculty 10 School Board 22 Secretaries ...182 ADVERTISEMENT S . ' . ' . ' ... 1 1 1 ASSISTANTS 1 15 Audio- Visual Assistants ' ... 1 1 1 Guidance Office m Library Assistants HI Office Assistants 62 AUTOGRAPHS -B- 98-99 BAND 9 8 Letter Girls .... 99 Majorettes .... 98 Marching Band 100 Orchestra -C- 185 CAFETERIA , 2 3-95 CLASSES • • 63-80 Juniors 25-61 Seniors 81-95 Sophomores COMMERCIAL EDUCATION 33 Bookkeeping ... 1 12 Business English ... 1 12 Shorthand ..112 Typewriting -D- 10 DEDICATION -F- 169 FACULTY DIRECTORY 4 5 6 7 FAMILIAR CAMPUS SCENES FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS Art I . . . . . . . .113 Ceramics _ 124 _ 125 Drama ' 103 Modern Dance Music 101, 178 Mixed Chorus . Q1 17 g Girls ' Glee Club ' ly9 Boys ' Glee Club 3 Foreword -H- 135 Homecoming ' 13 g Game 135 Queen -J- 80 Junior Class Officers -M- , ..96, 128-129, 154 Miscellaneous Scenes -O- 129 ORGANIZATIONS 129 Cavaliers .... 122 Future Teachers of America 126 Hosts and Hostess Clubs ......... °. 12 1 Junior Red Cross 1 ...... 1 19 National Honor Society ' ' 122 National Council of Christians and Jews 122 New Homemakers of America . ' . ' . .127 Photography ' i 2 i Quill and Scroll | i 29 Saxons 121 Science Club 1 18 Student Council 128 Vocational Club gj_ i 2 i Y- Teens -P- PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1Q2j 180 Gymnastics 102 Health Classes . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' 25 Physics -9- 144 QUEENS 153 Miss Band ' 152 Miss Basketball i47 Miss Detson Chanters _ _ 147 Miss Distributive Education ' ' Miss Homecoming. _,i 5 i Miss Lion • i 4 g Miss May Queen . . . . . ... 151 Miss Mirror ....... 148 Miss National Honor Society V. lS3 Miss Photography 14 g Miss Quill and Scroll ' .! ' . .!.. 145 Miss Student Council 149 Miss Thespians 146 Miss West Charlotte Spirit . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . 150 Miss West Charlotte . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' .. 152 Miss Vocations -S- 62-130 Senior Autographs 3 1-43 Senior Monitors ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . 155 Senior Statistics j j 24 Senior Class Officers SPORTS 136 Cheerleaders ' 142 Baseball .V. 137 139 Basketball (Boys) 140 Basketball (Girls ) I 4 1 Bowling 132- 135 Football ' ' .142 Golf 141 Tennis 141 Track -T- 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS -V- 107 VOCATIONAL CLASSES 109 Clothing . ' .. ' .. ' .. ' 39-57 Commercial Dietetics 4 1.47. 1 14 Cosmetology ' ' 123 Distributive Education ll5 Driver Education 107 Industrial Arts ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . 5 1- 1 14 Tailoring 184 54 .29 129 122 126 121 119 122 122 127 121 129 ,121 118 12! 121 ..107 ..109 - : ? M14 ..125 ..115 ,.107 . 4