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SHOULD AULDACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT..."

TECH PATHS

This is our Annual. Within the covers of this book are re-vealed the paths of the students, the faculty, and the school duringthe '58-'59 school year. Each of us has followed somewhat dif-

ferent paths this year, but the ultimate goal is the same for usall- that is to better ourselves through education. No matterwhat path we have chosen to follow, "Tech Paths" has our story.Not only does "Tech Paths " record our acedemic paths, but alsoany extra curr icular activities in which we may have participated.

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'Ponder the path of thy feet and let all thy waysbe established - - -"

Proverbs 4:26

CONTENTS

FACULTY

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CLASSES

ORGANIZATIONS

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WE DEDICATE..

this, our first Annual, to the man who directedus on the path to Technology, and who has cheeredus on as we have traveled that path

Dr. Carey H. BostianChancellor

North Carolina State College

Dr. J. H. LampeDean of School of EngineeringNorth Carolina State College

Mr. E. W. RugglesDirector, College Extension Division

North Carolina State College

Gaston Technical Institute is a division of the School of Engineering,

North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, and is oper-

ated under the auspices of the School of Engineering by the College Ex-

tension Division of North Carolina State College.

Graduates receive the Associate in Applied Science degree in Civil

Technology, Electrical Technology, Electronics Technology, or Mechanical

and Production Technology.

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WILLIAM R. HALSTEADE.E., Georgia Tech

DIRECTOR

ADMINISTRATION

Paul V. SmithRegistrar

Mrs. Mary E. McQuereSecretary

Mrs. Ellen D. FeltonBookkeeper

Mrs. Nell D. McCarterDietitian

FACULTY

George BenolkenA. B., Elon College

R. A. FuhrerE.E., University ofPittsburgh

Clay Groves

James P. HuffstetlerB.E. E., N. C. State College

John M. JenkinsM. A., N. C. State College

Paul LunsfordB. S., Appalachian StateTeachers College

FACULTY

Mrs. Eleanor M. McArverB. S., Madison College

Robert MichealB. M. E., N. C. State College

Jerry G. ReidB. S., Appalachian State

Teachers College

Mrs. Mary Clare SandersB. S., Woman's College, UNC

Patrick ThompsonB. C. E., N. C. State College

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SENIOR OFFICERSRaymond Blakeley PresidentJack Banning Vice-PresidentCarrol M. Wagner Sec .-Treasurer

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Hardie Ammons, Jr.Asheville, N. C.Electronics

Harvey Paul AustinAurora, N. C.Electronic s

Jack Allen BanningEdneyville, N. C.Mech. Production

Jerry M. BarringerAlbemarle , N. C .

Electronics

Raymond Pittman BlakelySanford, N. C.Mech. Production

William Rex BowersWadesboro, N. C.Electronic s

John Thomas BrooksTuckerdale, N. C

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Electronics

Mike CableDurham, N. C .

Mech. Production

David Crokett Clark, Jr.

Roanoke Rapids, N. C.Electronic s

Jess Donald ClineStatesville, N. C.Electronic s

Richard Ray CoburnRoanoke Rapids, N. C.Electronics

Dwight McKinley CookPilot Mountain, N. C,Electrical

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Billy Ray CreechBenson, N. C

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Electronics

Thomas Rodney CromwellBryson City, N. C.Electronic s

Thomas Jackson CumbyTrinity, N. C.Civil

James Stanfield FeltonErwin, N. C .

Electronics

Willie Leon Floyd, Jr.

Rosehill, N. C.Mech. Production

Lucius Joseph FreemanHenderson, N. C.Electronic s

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Delma Ray GaddyHigh Point, N. C '.

Electronics

Horace Paul GilgoOriental, N. C.Mech. Production £>•*i ; .

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Eubert Hugh GrahamSalisbury, N. C .

Electronics

William Graham GraingerRaleigh, N. C.Electronic s

Max Vernon GriffinDunn, N. C.Electronic s

Max Ellis GriggGastonia, N. C .

Electronic s

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Kenneth Linwood HallAsheboro, N. C .

Mech. Production

Billy E. HayesMount Holly, N. C.Electronic s

Frank Weldon HooverSalisbury, N. C .

Electrical

Robert Jordan HopkinsGastonia, N. C .

Electronic s

Walter Willis JohnsonAurora, N. C .

Electronic s

Glenn KilpatrickHender sonville, N. C.Electronics

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Herbert Lee KluttzAlbemarle, N. C.Mech. Production

John Roger KurfeesStatesville, N. C.Civil

James Leonard O'BriantDurham, N. C .

Electronic s

Joe Roscoe PittsBurlington, N. C .

Electronics

Roger Edwin PoplinAlbemarle, N. C.Civil

William Morris PurserMatthews, N. C.Electronic s

James Lewis RitchieDraper, N. C.Mech. Production

Bob ShacklefordGreenville, N. C.Electrical

Jim Donald SmithLincolnton, N. C.Electrical

Thomas William SmithRaleigh, N. C.Civil

Alexander Candlus SuttonDunn, N. C.Civil

Jesse Edward Swaim, Jr.

Winston Salem, N. C.Mech. Production

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John Robert TeshLexington, N. C .

Electrical

Alton Hayes TrucknerDurham, N. C.Electronics

Gerald D. TuckerLocust, N. C .

C ivil

Carroll Monroe WagnerHender sonville , N. C.Electronics

James M. Wallace, Jr.

Fayetteville, N. C.Electrical

Kenneth Ray WardArchdale, N. C.Electronic s

James Claude WashamKannapolis, N. C.C ivil

Daniel Phillip WhiteGreensboro, N. C.Electronics

James Wayne WilliamsSwan Quarter, N. C.Electronics

Ray Mitchell WootenMaple Hill, N. C.Mech. Production

Ralph L. WrightFallston, N. C.Electronic s

ED SWAIMMost Likely To Succeed

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PAUL GILGOBest All Around

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HERBERT KLUTZFriendliest

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KENNETH HALLBest Athlete

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RISING SENIORS

William Fred BassLouisburg, N. C.Electronic s

Tony Haldon BellJonesville , N. C .

Electronics

Arthur Dean CarterHusk, N. C.Electronic s

Robert Spencer EarnhardtSpencer, N. C .

Mech. Production

Fred Alton FowlerJonesville , N. C .

Electronics

John Paul FreemanEddyville, N. C.Electronic s

Cleveland Roscoe GallowayGastonia, N. C .

Electronic s

Juluis T. GardenerShelby, N. C.Electronics

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Billy B. IsomAngier, N. C.Civil

James Edward KellerGranite Falls, N. C.Mech. Production

Frank William NolenFranklin, N. C.Electrical

Julian Edward PadgettUnion Mills, N. C.Electrical

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Larry Dale ParnellHigh Point, N. C.Electrical

Nelson Eddy RabbGastonia, N. C .

Mech. Production

Jerry Phillip ReapAlbemarle, N. C .

Electrical

Robert Neilson RoseboroGastonia, N. C .

Electronic s

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Ambrose G. SouthernMt. Airy, N. C.Electronic s

Gene Arden StroudWarsaw, N. C .

Mech. Production

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Clarence Kenneth WestApex, N. C.Civil

Jacob Adolph WilliamsonWashington, N. C.Civil

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FRESHMAN OFFICERSGary Bottomley PresidentRonny Childress Vice-PresidentTommy Poteet Secr.-Treas.

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Sidney Herman AllenDurham, N. C.Mech. Production

Donald Keith AndrewSonw Camp, N. C.Electronics

John William BentleyTaylorsville , N. C.Electronics

William Howard Best, Jr.

Hender sonville , N. C.Electronic s

Gary James BottomleyNorth Wilkesboro, N. C.Civil

Grady Francis Brewer, Jr.

Winston-Salem, N. C.Electrical

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Bob Parker CantrellSpartanburg, S. C.Electronics

Teddy Brooks CanupKannapolis, N. C.Mech. Production

Adrian Davis CappsSneads Ferry, N. C.Electronic s

Virgil Keith CheekAsheboro, N. C .

Electronics

Ronny Albert ChildresDrerel, N. C.Civil

William Ivy ClappRandleman, N. C.Electronic s

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Walter Gray CredleEnglehard, N. C.Electronic s

Harris Adam CrowellKernsboro, N. C

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Civil

James Allen CoxKannapolis, N. C.Electronic s

Ernest Lee DechentBuies Creek, N. C.Electronic s

William Kerry DuckettCanton, N. C .

Civil

George William Ellis

Winston-Salem, N. C.Electronic s

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Lloyd Van FishelWinston-Salem, N. C.Mech. Production

Thomas Ray GaddyHigh Point, N. C.Electronics

Jack Austin GentryElkin, N. C.Electrical

Aubrey Wayne GibbsSwan Quarter, N. C.Electronics

Carl D. GloverBailey, N. C.Electronic s

Donald George GowensSpartanburg, S. C.Electronics

Edward GravesGreensboro, N. C.Electronic s

Frank Michael GriffinColumbia, N. C.Mech. Production

Fred Jerald HagerCleveland, N. C.Civil

Gary HamrickSpindale, N. C.Electronics

Charles Arnold HardeeLaurinburg, N. C.Electronic s

Carrol HardinGastonia, N. C .

Electronic s

James Jackson HardinMorganton, N. C .

Electronics

Max Rowland HarlessLenoir, N. C .

Electronic s

Dennis Richard HarrisMaiden, N. C.Electronics

Bobby Ames HatcherGastonia, N. C .

Electronics

Dorsey Patrick HenryFranklin, N. C.Electronic s

Roger Brent HobgoodFort Bragg, N. C.Electronic s

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William Worth HodgeRaleigh, N. C.Electronic s

Marvin Kent HolcombJonesville, N. C .

Electronic s

Oscar Alton HoltNew Hill, N. C.Electronic s

Donald Lee HoneycuttKannapolis, N. C.Electronic s

Lorris Wayne HubbardKannapolis, N. C.Electronic s

Claude M. HurlockerMt. Pleasant, N. C.Electronics

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Marvin Lee JohnsonSanford, N. C.Mech. Production

William Gordon LammSpring Hope, N, C.Electronic s

Jesse Macon Lawrence, Jr.

Mt. Ranier , Md.Electrical

Larry Burton Linville

Belews Creek, N. C.Electronics

Samuel Joseph LovenPineola, N. C .

Civil

Charles Ronald LucasAlbemarle, N. C.Mech. Production

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Howard Luther MartinMt. Airy, N. C.Electronics

Hugh Bryan Mills, Jr.New Bern, N. C.Mech. Production

Raymond Roger MontiethRutherfordton, N. C.Electronics

James Allen NowellEagle Rock, N. C.Electronics

Jerry Paul PadgettGastonia, N. C .

Electronic s

George Cooper PageWilson, N. C.Electronics

Thomas Sanford PoteetDrexel, N. C.Mech. Production

Daniel Stuart Proffit

North Wildesboro, N. C.Mech. Production

Alva Michols RogersGraham, N. C.Mech. Production

Lawrence Parker RooksRocky Mount, N. C.Electronics

Charles Ellis SilverBurnsville, N. C.Electronics

Aron Earl SmithNew Hill, N. C.Civil

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Ivy Kenyon Stafford, Jr.Buies Creek, N. C.Electronic s

Richard Thomas SuggGrifton, N. C .

Electrical

William Thomas SuttonKinston, N. C

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Electronics

Roger Connie TaylorMayodan, N. C .

Electronics

Robert Lewis Tuttle

Pfafftown, N. C.Electronics

Bill Dale WaddelGrasey Creek, N. C.Electronics

John Delane WaddelGrasey Creek, N. C .

Electrical

Frank Egle WhisnantSalisbury, N. C .

Mech. Production

Barna Osborne WilderZebulen, N. C.Electronics

Darrell Ellis WilliamsArlington, Va.Electronic s

John Louis WinklerRaleigh, N. C.Mech. Production

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INCOMING CLASS

Row 1 left to right: George Chadwick, Harold Shehane, Ray Cheek, Charles Burns, Sammy Riddick.

Row21eft to right: Linwood King, Eddie Brown, Roger Jones, Joseph Lytle, Alfred Billings, Wil-

liam Jinkle, Donald Hamrick. Row31eftto right: Glenn Smith, William Abernathy, Ralph Brawley,

Vaught Elledge, Harper Coffey, Henry Le Cray, Fred Justice.

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FRESHMAN DRAWING

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PAUL GILGOPresident

RAYMOND BLAKELYVice-president

CARROLL WAGNERTreasurer

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LEONARD O'BRIANTEditor-in-Chief

MISS KAY PARRISHSponsor

ANNUAL STAFF

ALTON TRUCKNERAssociate Editor

MARILYN CASEYSponsor

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SIDNEY ALLENBusiness Manager

MISS ANN PRINCESponsor

JOHN TESHFeature Editor

MISS BETTY STEELMANSponsor

MACK WALLACEArt Editor

MRS. GLENNA WALLACESponsor

RICHARD COBURNAssociate Art Editor

MISS CATHERINE SWANNERSponsor

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NELSON RABBPhotographer

MISS MARY ANN MARCHANTSponsor

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DON CLINEAssociate Photographer

MISS JO ANN SCHLAGENHAUFSponsor

DWIGHT COOKSport Editor

MRS. FRANCES COOKSponsor

JOHN KURFEESAssociate Feature Editor

MISS JEAN DAVISSponsor

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"WHO SAYS IT'S FUN?"

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THETECHNICAL

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Staff members; Dwight Cook, Thomas W. Smith, Jack Banning, Monroe Wagner, Ken-neth West, Paul Freeman, Nelson Rabb, Raymond Blakely, James Washam.

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Mrs. Eleanor McAr ver--DirectorHoward MartainAdrian CappsJack GentryJames WashamMack WallaceKen StaffordJohn WinklerBill HodgeBill BassJimmy HardinGary BottomleyRodney CromwellStanfield FeltonEdward SwaimErnest DechentJimmy ChildresMarvin Lee JohnsonTommy Poteet

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CIVIL

Gerald TuckerPresident

Tom Cumby

James Washam

Jack Sutton

Billy Smith

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Patrick ThompsonFaculty Advisor

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FRANK NOLEN KENT HOLCOMB JAMES NOWELL

HOWARD MARTIN RICHARD COBURN JERRY PADGETT

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BILL HODGE RALPH WRIGHT ED GRAVES

BILL BASS FRED FOWLER LARRY PARNELL

DON CLINE DWIGHT COOK

GEORGE BENOLKEN

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Gastonia, North Carolina

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The name of this annual was suggested by Bob Shackleford andsubmitted by Dave Clark.

AUTOGRAPHS

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