York Road High School - Wapiti Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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JOSEPH LOUIS MONTGOMERY Activities: Honor Society, Student Council, Wapiti Staff, Antler Staff, Track, French Circle Motto: It is my conviction to do the best I know. The very best I can: and I intend to continue pursuing my con- viction until the end. If the end brings me out alright, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten- thousand angels swearing I was right would make no dif- fernece. Ambition: Lawyer JAMES ARTHUR SMITH Activities: Dramatics Club, Basketball Motto: It is better to be cal- led a fool all one's days than to sin for one hour. Ambition: Aviator JOHN EDISON MONTGOMERY Activities: President of Stu- dent Council, Honor Society, Wapiti Staff, Antler Staff, Varsity Club, President of Commercial Co-Ed Club Motto: Real joy comes not from ease, not from riches, not fromthe applause of men, but from having done things that are worth while. Ambition: Disc Jockey MARY SMITH Activities: Chaplain of the Y- Teens, Red Cross, Senior Chorus, N. H. A., Senior Club, Basketball, French Club Motto: It is better to be un- born than Lmtaught, for igno- rance is the key to misfor- tune. Ambition: Registered Nurse FRED THOMAS MOORE Activities: Drum Major, Chorus, Basketball, Drama- tic Club, IndustrialArts Club, Wapiti Staff Motto: Live today, and to- morrow you can say what a wonderful yesterday. Ambition: Air Force Offi- cer. CAROLYN THOMPSON Activities: Treasurer of D. O. Club, French Club, Orchestra Motto: To live long is al- most everyone's wish, but to live well is the ambition of a few. Ambition: Nurse CHARLES SMITH Activities: Chorus, D. O. Club Motto: Just be yourself, but be sure that as yourself you are who you ought to be. Ambition: Army Officer 1 i i 1 1 l l BOOKER T. WELDON Activities: Industrial Arts Club Motto: Live today as you would wish to live a thousand years from now. Ambition: Singer . 1 ..i

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Q '1'f . ,va F .3 ww . ww . 'ii fr 5 .ff-.W ' W. wg? ,.,. .A 1 H vv. gig . ,wig Q 'N .- iff . ' ff ., .,-1. G? WWW 'Hhs kwa-n f 1 , ,ff W L fr ' , ' . . . ' v ' 'Q' 7 M :.sif,,j,:, ' 6 ff, ....sff.::Z.? ,, f LQ.. WILLIE MAE JORDAN Activities: N. H. A., Y-Teens, Antler Staff, Chorus Motto: A single lamp in a dark place is better than all the lights of a seven story building. Ambition: Social Worker UPERLATIV Most Versatile Joe L. Montgomery - Willie Lee Belton Best Dancers Fred Moore - Phoebe McKnight Best Athletes Paul Harris - Mary Smith Most Humorous Paul Harris - Alice Glenn Most Sophisticated Curtis Dunlap - Dorothy Welch Most Talented James Thompson - Margaret McCullough GENEVA MELTON Activities: N. H. A., Chorus, Antler Staff Motto: Nothing was ever achieved without enthus- iasm. Ambition: Cosmetologist it L SARA ANN LEE Activities: Secretary of Y- Teens, Secretary of Red Cross, Secretary of Drama- tics Club, French Club, Wa- piti Staff Motto: One ship drives east, another west, bythe selfsame winds that blow. Tis' the set of the sail, and not the gale that determines the way they go. Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate as we voyage along thru life. Tis' the set of a soul that decides its goal, and not the calm or the strife. Ambition: Pediatrician E MARGARET McCULLOUGH Activities: P re side nt of Band, President of Y-Teens, F r e n c h Club, Advertising Manager of WapitiStaff, Bas- ketball, Dramatics Club, N. H. A. Motto: Givetotheworldthe best that you have, and the best will come back to you. Ambition: Social Worker A ' :. :- BRITANNIA MASON Activities: Treasurer of Student Council, Y-Teens, N. H. A., Commercial Co- Ed Club, Band, Chorus Motto: It takes your enemy and your friend, both work- ing together to really hurt YOU tothe heart - - one to get the news to you, and the other to slander you. Ambition: Business Admin- istration Mrs. L. M. Sammons Advisor LESTER McMANUS Activities: Dramatics Club, Hi-Y, Baseball, Basketball Motto: If a man had half his wishes he would double his troubles. Ambition: Social Worker RUBY MASSEY Activities: Reporter of Stu- dent Council, President of N. H. A., CorrespondingSec- retary of National Honor So- ciety and Associate Editor of Antler Staff Motto: The solution to your problem depends upon your success. Ambition: Registered Nurse PHOEBE MCKNIGHT Activities: Commercial Co- Ed Club, Basketball, Chorus, Cheerleader, Red Cross Motto: It is my joy in life to find in every turning of the road, the strong arm of a comrade kind to help me on- ward with my load. And since Ihave no gold to give, and love alone must make amends, my onlyprayer is whilel live - - God make me worthy of my friends. Ambition: Business Educa- tion fbww

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ROBERT NEELY Activities: Baseball, Art, Industrial Arts Club Motto: Trust not a living soul, and walk carefully a- mong the dead. Ambition: Air Force Offi- cer JAMES THOMPSON Activities: Track, Dramatics Club, Industrial Arts Club Motto: Courage consists not inblindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it and conquering it. Ambition: Printer MARJORIE PETTICE Activities: Band, Y-Teens, Secretary of N. H. A., French Club, Journalism Motto: Life is like a foot print in the sand: with each step forward, an impression is left behind. Ambition: Music Teacher DOROTHY WELCH Activities: Senior Y-Teens, Commercial C o - E d Club, N. H. A., Antler Staff Motto: If I am faithful to the duties of the present, God will provide for the future. Ambition: Cosmetologist JAMES PERRY Activities: Baseball, Track, Basketball, Industrial Arts Club Motto: I envy no man who knows morethan I, but pity he who knows less. Ambition: Business Mana- ger FREDDIE WELCH Activities: D. O. Club, Track, Basebal. Motto: Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are. Ambition: Business Admin- istrator or Naval Officer A! JELESTER SANDERS Activities: President of D.O. Club Motto: Remember this also, and be well persuaded of its truth: the future is not in the hands of Fate, but in ours. Ambition: Auto Mechanic STANLEY WISE Activities: President of Chorus, T1 easurer of Nation- al Honor Society, President of Jr. Red Cross, Treasurer of North Carolina Association of Student Cotmcils, Presi- dent of Senior Class, Busi- ness Manager of Wapiti Staff, President of Hi-Y, Head Stat- istician of Basketball Team, Reporter of Commercial Co- Ed Club Motto: 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. Ambition: Professor of The- oretical Mathematics