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. SMITHFIELD HIGH TIMES JUNIOR^SENIOR BANQUET On Friday night, May 6, the Johnston County Country Club was really rocking. The occasion? The occasion? The Smithfield Junior-Senior Banquet, of course. The theme which had been a deep dark secret for the last month was disclosed to each person as he came up the steps. "Dixieland" was in large letters over the door. Two little boys blacked up as negroes, waved us into ’’Dixieland", The inside of the club was decorated with records, pictures, musi cal instruments, all depicting "Dixie land", The banquet tables were decorated >^ith pipe-cleaner men playing musical instruments with ivy around the base. At each place was a program and a tiny niusical instrument. After all were seated the invoca tion was given by Mr. Glenn. While the plates were being served, the president of the Junior Class, Joe Durward Creech, gave the toast to the Seniors, The Response was given by Brenda Register, Ihe banquet was by then well under way, Ih. menu consisted of turkey, dressing, teans, candied yams, rolls, and tea. After the banquet "Dixie" was sung ty everyone. This put everyone in a Southern meed. The program was now under ^ay, and Joe Durward Creech was master of ceremonies, "Are You From Dixie?" sung by Pat Lewis, Pat Stephenson, Sandra Grumpier, Marie Davis, Sue Wood, ^nd Louise Stevens. Virgil and Johnny ^ere really in the swing of things. The last Will and Testament was given by Charlotte Edwards,"Birth of.the Blues" ^as then sung by the Girls’ Chorus, The PJ'ophecy was given in grand style by T, Baggett dressed as a fortune teller, otty Jo Watson, Lib Blackmon, and Sue W ocd had their feet moving in a keen ^ance routine. Superlatives were given V Ruth Beasley. A quartet, Fred Toole, 'John Laughter, Harold Lee, and Donald Johnson sang "That’s v^hat I Like About ^he South". Gifts to the seniors were given by Helen Hood Baker, Sharon Caughtry, Joe Ogburn, and Bill Holland, ^hey were assisted by the mascots. "Stars Fell on Carolina" was sung by Joe Durward Creech, assisted by Sue Wood. Mary Louise ’(Jo Stafford) Mohr sang "St, Louis Blues" in grand style. By this time Virgil and Johnny were _ warmed up again with "I Want To Go Back To Dixie", The program was concluded with the Sunshine girls again singing "Carolina Moon", A fifteen minute intermission was then given while the floor was cleared for dancing. The dance began with a figure J S formed by the boys and girls dating within the Junior and Senior classes. The alma mater was then sung, and the ball was under way with a grand march. Dancing was then enjoyed by those who weren’t too tired to dance. Refreshments were served by some of the Junior mothers midway the dance. When the clock struck twelve the Junior-Senior Banquet was the beginning of another memory. Now the Seniors are saying "Thanks for the memory," while the Juniors are saying "It was our privilege" and "Dixieland ’55” is now packed in our memory books forever. SENIOR GUIDE Graduation means to high school students the parting of the ways. Those of us who have come up together through school will be taking our own separate paths to our life’s work and will never be so closely associated again perhaps. The separation begins when we branch out to so many different colleges and universities to prepare ourselves for various vocations, when some join the amed forces or apply for jobs. Here are the paths the Seniors have chosen to take next yearj 1, M. T. Baggett - U,N,C, - Pre Med 2, Lehman Barnes - State - Ceramic Engi neering 3, Bobbie Beasley - Housekeeping 4, Ruth Beasley - Nursing 5, Pershing Braswell - State College 6, Jack Bryant - Working on the tobacco market
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