Garinger High School - Snips and Cuts Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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American society was rejuve- nated during the 40's due to the war and the end of the economic crisis. Central High was no exception to this general social rule. The average Central student's vocabulary re- flected the new frivolic attitudes. Such words as zombie fan un- popular girll, shot of dope Ca glass of Pepsil, Mona Lizard ta girl no one likesl, and klassy kitten lgood-looking girll, were staple terminology. The 1945 Wildcat dressed in what was considered flashy attire. Blue suede shoes were worn while cruis- ing down the halls of Central with long multicolored shoe laces flap- ping in the breeze. Underthe cuffs of the peg legged pants worn with dazzling gold belts could be found either crew or fuzzy angora socks. The fully attired, properly versed Centralite would then litter-Bug the night away to his favorite big band sounds. Then for relaxation or humor they would listen to the Hit Parade with songs such as My Darl- ing, My Darling by Gordon McCrae and All l Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth by Spike jones. This decade was setting the stage for the rebellious times that were to come. in L I ,xx 'wi v f vp' . , A. W 5 .i A mil ' s L Q 1 44-5 '74 ff run :ffmi111.s':cu1'uJt!n' mllqf Vfffff' wzmflfi' mn! ,u'1':wf fu in ,l'rwt.! fm. iw lo !'l'IlhlQ ulfonl lin' lfm1!f!r!f'.ff 01' fQpp!Jt'l1fl', 1't'xslt'l1:f lllt'f1m1'i'ftfl lfkffllfi of 1ftj4!'.Ifck'ffll .Xllfl,Ull. .sl,H1!1t'qflffft' .ilfffffffi fflffiiif, -mix 11mfi'l'Iool' ffm' mmf wi: fx mil- um' mu fn' mlfnl nfvmf iff ,fu fffiffff. fit !.I'l1,l' Arun Ji'111rn1,i'!1w1lr.l lfft fvfff' haf. , I1 m111'1fffr1l1lt'.sps' fnltfmfw.fl1.ffx'f:w1f um innri' In mfvfv out fluff Anim tit 'ff-S. lfwl' iff mu fin' lrmJ'v1',i'!11yr tml i im 'f'.f pls 171 fnrllm' vxf1fll'fQq our mlwfzfi' lv Klum fx ! Introduction X 5

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cnM:r'rs4iNC. TO FiGHT FOR, LADS Wu., v ,gpm-P -f .N .. . K ir A N ss. we Ja ' WMM, wb' . Wa, During the 1950's the older generation sud- denly found themselves confronted by a group of young people. Their sons were wearing something called a ducktail on their heads, and leather jackets with words like crusher or daredevil on the back. Their daughters were twisting around the house in saddle shoes while their ponytails danced up and down. On any Friday night' they may have seen their young lady crawl into her fellow's hot rod and head out to a dance sponsored by the new Centrusa club. There they would rock around the clock to the tunes of Chubby Checker orthe Platters and discuss the decision to change Central to Elmer H. Garinger High School and relocate in a diffe- rent part of town. A few girls from the new sophomore club Adelphians may have shown up in their Angora sweaters looking for their very own imitation of james Dean. The underlying atmosphere of the 50's was reaching towards the realism that was to over- take the nation two decades later - ln troduction X 7