Lenoir High School - Bearcat Yearbook (Lenoir, NC)

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CLASS PROPHECY We thoroughly enjoyed the next scene, that of Bob Love, his trombone, and his famous dance orchestra. On the cornets were Max Harless and Bill Truesdaleg on the clarinet, Margaret Allen, and the starring vocalist, Betty .lo Turner. Suddenly, we found ourselves in a theatre, face to face, with the big three of the movie i-ndustry, Harold Baker, Paul Russell, and Waybern Wil- son, who were in an important huddle on whether or not to bring back that famous movie starring Opal Laudermelt, leannf: Wallace and Fannie Weathers. Wayne Downs then suggested we see what was happening at lVlcNairy's drug store, we saw-Bill Wagner, now a partner in the firm, was serving Hal Miller, a professional photographer, Mike Sholar, in the lumber business, Betty lane Hoyle, and Phyllis Hujstetler. Sitting in one of the booths gossiping about the newest thing in plastic dresses were Helen Higgins, Erna Eanes, Frances Smith and Mary Lucile Bohn. ,lust then, through the door came Mr. and Mrs. Roger land Tootie', Jr.i Estep followed by Peggy lean Craig, now married, and her husband. We decided to leave the drug store, those milkshakes were beginning to make us hungry. Next we saw an at- tractive window display-an aquarium -made by Banks Curtis, which was being looked at by Frank Moore, Ken Chester, Harold Childers, and .lames D. Moore, who were all quite sad because those fish weren,t in the Catawba River. As we turned the dial once again, a very tense court scene flashed on the screen. Danny Strickland, Lawyer, was defending Bill Looney, who was being sued by .loel Lovins because he stepped on her toe as he was getting out of his seat at the Center Theatre, where Mary Lib Smith, the chief witness, worked. The Prosecutor, Dick Pennell, was quite up in the air because the Jury, composed of Virginia Mathis, Dorothy MacMillan, Ann Prestwood, Mary Gay Riggs Rhodes, Ruth Taylor, Vondell Walsh, Louise Austin, .loyce Winkler, Sara Barlow, Betty B. Halsey, Brownie Bigger- staff, and Patricia Hart was more inter- ested in the new hat the cute little court secretary. Betty fo Gregg, was wearing than in reaching a verdict. The next epoch we observed was that of the ace mechanic, I. B. Angley, fixing Frances Prestwood's car while Bill Garren stood nearby ready to assist in the dirty work. Nearby kibitzing on the procedure were Sammy Youngblood, Bob Suddreth, and Tommy Gwyn., now postmaster of the Lenoir branch. Since it was getting quite late, the four of us told Wayne, ugood nightf' and departed to our various homes, after thanking him for an enjoyable and very profitable evening. Written by- Alfred Windy Dodge

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CLASS PROPHECY One cold January night in 1965 as I was sitting by a cozy fire in my bachel- or's quarters thinking of a new routine for my understudy, Jack Teague, and me, I received an urgent call from Wayne Boughrnan, the world renowned in- ventor. Ile excitedly asked me to rush over to his labosatory to see his latest invention, a machine that would show on a screen what any person was doing at that time. I quickly put on my coat and rushed over. As I stepped out of my Rolls-Royce, I met Brooks Bush, Johnny Holloway, and Wayne Downs, who were going into Wayne's laboratory to escape the snow because Brooks' car-a model T-had broken down. After all of the greetings had been exchanged and the operation of the machine explained, Johnny suggested that we see what the old senior class of '49 was doing. Heeding the suggestion, we got out an old annual to refresh our memories and started down the list of familiar faces. As we adjusted the contraption to Marjorie Abernethy's wave length, we found that we had four old schoolmates instead of one-Marjorie, Dot Brown, Lucy Pegg, and Pat Yates were playing a hard game of bridge. We turned the dial and saw a baseball diamond-strictly big-league stuff-and also saw a few of our old buddies now in the bigtime-Ken Adkins, Speedy Powell, and Wayne Davis-who were getting ready for baseball season. Another flick of the wrist and we again saw an athletic field, only this time it was a football field, and what a team! The two coaches were .lack Pennell and Henry Carson and out on the field fighting their hearts out were Warren Wilson, a hard-running back, Ken Tiny Land still putting gaping holes in the line, Mack Matheson skip- ping through these holes like a flea on a hot skillet, and Delbert Teem handing that squeelless pig to the back in a way that made touchdowns easy for those pros. As we were fiddling around with the dial, suddenly an elite structure flashed on the screen. It looked like-it couldn't be!-but it was!! There in big letters on the office door was: The Elite Billiard Parlor, James Bower, owner and presi- dent, Eddie Boyd, first vice-president, Hildred Clark, second vice-president, Dale Hodges, third vice-president and Fred Greene, president in charge of racking billiard balls. Truly a magnifi- cent establishment. Next we saw Dr. foe Gaither, a very prominent physician analyzing the cases of Davie Marlin, Vivian Turner, and Louise Kendall. His analysis was-don't ever wear the same hat to the same place at the same time. Another scene flashed on the screen, of the famous fRonaldj Stromberg- Carlson radio plant. Ronald was in his ofhce dictating to two secretaries at once, Lorene Carswell and Peggy Coffey.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Nine. claiming to possess a twelve-year educated brain and having our wits at least half about us, in the presence of these our learned witnesses do hereby make our Last Will and Testament, in order to give our abilities and talents, if any, to those who may need them most in the years hereafter. To Mr. Sisk, our Superintendent, we leave our gratitude and appreciation for giving us a diploma. To Mr. Lentz, our Principal, we bequeath our hopes for another success- ful year, and also a belt with which to warm up the enthusiasm of our'tardy boys. To Coach Mull, we leave our best wishes for beating Hickory next year. To Mrs. lvie, we leave a better behaved Spanish II Class, we hope. To Mr. Harper, we give our thanks for giving L. H. S. another year of wonderful band experiences. To the rest of the faculty, we leave our gratitude for their patience and efforts spent in preparing us for our future years, and for all the help and guidance they gavefus in our activities. To the underclassmen of the follow- ing year we leave our property as follows: Ken Adkins leaves the erasers that are left for Dale Gregg to throw. J. B. Angley wills his quiet, sincere ways to L. C. Harris. Brownie Biggerstaff leaves her ability to get along with teachers to Janet Frye. Mary Lucille Bohn bequeaths her in- telligence to June Foster. Dorothy Brown wills her love for arguments to Sue Withers. Virginia Craig leaves with Roger listep. Erna llanes wills her love for dancing to Anne Cooke. Betty Jo Gregg gives to Armeta Rhodes her love for basketball. Lucy Pegg wills her quick way of getting acquainted to Carol Burns. Ronald Stromberg bequeaths his neat- ness to Caroline Huntley. Betty Jane Hoyle leaves to her sister, Evelyn, her wit. Phyllis Huffstetler wills her friend- liness to Mavis Denton. Ken Land gives to Bob Haas his large size football pants. Bill Looney wills his interest in public speaking to Carolyn Harless. Bob Love bequeaths his trombone to Jim Rash. Mack Matheson leaves Janice Huntley to the Junior boys. Virginia Mathis wills Barbara Rich- ards her blue eyes. Hal Miller leaves his ability to get out of class to Doug Holcomb. Jack Powell wills his slow accent to Martin McCirt. Vivian Turner leaves to Martha Yates her sweet disposition. Waybern Wilson wills his place in the Senior Class to Stanley Wilson. Bill Carren leaves his ability to sleep in class to Clyde Morrow. Fred Greene wills to Doyle Lingle his reckless driving. Tommy Gwyn does not give away Laura Moore. Max Harless wills his bashfulness to John Johnson. Dale Hodges leaves his thanks for leaving. Johnny Holloway wills his small stature to Pat Thornburg, but not his car to go with it. Marjorie Abernethy leaves her red hair to Caroline Bush. Henry Carson leaves for Tennessee to join Carolyn Horton. Margaret Allen gives to Sarah Ed- misten her bottle of peroxide. Louise Austin wills her quietness in class to Mattie Mae Lutz. Robert Suddreth leaves his poise to Jimmy Higgins. Delbert Teem and Jimmy Hudgins finally let Grab-All Setzer play center. Betty Jo Turner wills her popularity to Mary Jeanette Throneburg.