Appalachian High School - Laurel Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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John Moretz, Ambassador to Russia, is busy having daily chats with Stalin on the Russian situation. And Betty Raye Greene, famous Congresswoman from North Carolina is making speeches daily to have Truman’s Civil Rights Bill passed. Bill Danner is world renowned as the inventor of the first jet-propelled motorcycle. And two other world recognized classmates are, Mary Ann Fairchild, now famous for being the first person to talk the horns off a billy goat; and Cecil Greene, who is now a rich and famous tobacco auctioneer.

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Prophecy anne future can bring many eventful and unexpected happenings. Sometimes one person’s life can aifect the whole world. As we look at the people around us we are never quite sure which ones will lay claim to great fame and fortune. We of the Senior Class are Privileged for we may look forward into the headlines of tomorrow. And as we are looking we must remember that the Atomic Age has arrived times are changed, and the people. ... .Well, let’s see what they are all like now. Joanne Aldridge is a famous attorney who spends her Spare time looking for baby-sitters to keep her Six brats, while she is at court. One of her more recent cases involves two former classmates, Neva Norris and Bill Crawford. Neva, who is now one of the nation’s best torch-singers, is sueing Bill now the leading sports announcer of the nation, for coming forth with the money after hearing her recording of “If You’ve Got the Money, Honey, I’ve Got the Time!” Bill Bentley, Keith Moretz, and Clay Beshears have their own television shows. Cleo Bolick and The Hartley Twins are some of our other classmates who have gone into the field of entertainment. They are now acrobats with Barnum Bailey Circus. Junior Winebarger has replaced Red Foley and Roy Acuff as number one hillbilly singer of the nation. Junior’s recording of ‘I’m Just A Country Boy’’has been bought by well over a million people. Betty Burkett has also made a big hit singing but her success is in opera and, ‘‘Oh, deah, but she is simply superb!!’’ And in the newspapers we see headlines proclaiming the activities of the Seniors of ’51. FLASH----- JANET (BINGHAM) AND BILL MORETZ, BOONE COUPLE,GIVE BIRTH TO FOURTH SET OF TWINS!! FLASH-----RAMONA HARDIE NAMED MRS. AMERICA OF 1960!!!! FLASHs-----K.I. DACUS RECEIVES THE PULITZER PRIZE IN ART!!!! FLASH-----SARAH JANE LEWIS RECEIVES THE SAME PRIZE IN LITERATURE!!!! Her book, another ‘“SFOREVER AMBER’”’ has been on the best seller lists for the past six months. FLASH-----NADINE GREER AND BARBARA HODGES GO TO SIBERIA AS MISSIONARIES!! FLASH-----JOE HARVEY TC GO TO ALASKA TO CONVERT ESKIMOS!!!! FLASH-----BILL WELLBORN ROWING UP AND DOWN THE AMAZON)SPREADING GLAD THOUGHTS AND TIDINGS AS HE GOES!!! Lynn Brown has married and settled down as has Pauline Greene. Pearl Brown and Guy Norris also took the fatal step. Pearl Jones, who is likewise married, spends most of the time washing diapers----- lovely occupation. Margie South has finally settled down too, but instead of driving her father’s car a- round Margie now coasts by in the very latest thing in Rocket Ships. Betty Steelman, Glada Vines, Betty Jean Setzer, and Beatrice Presnell are all married now too, and are their prefabricated homes a dream!!! Janet Maine is the new manager of Belk’s Department Store and one can hardly enter the store without seeing Peggy Honeycutt, Edith Critcher, or Faye Cooke scandalously spending their money on the latest fashions. Betty Jean Norris, who always was very fastidious about her clothes back in her high school days, is modeling for Sak’s 5th Avenue now. Dopey’? Rogers has replaced Mr. Leek as assistant Principal. ‘‘Dopey’’ always was an authority on discipline, you know. Some of our other classmates who are teaching at our Alma Mater include: Dixon Qualls, who is Physical Education teacher and Athletic Coach; Leonard Greer, who has taken Mr. Tait’s place as Agriculture teacher; Archie Lyons, who teaches Psychology; Mildred Dean, who teaches Girl’s Physical Education and coaches basketball; and finally, Wynona Buchanan who sponsors the high school publication, ‘‘The Appalachian High Life’’. Back in her high school days there was nothing Wynona enjoyed more than typing every afternoon for the paper. is proclaimed far and wide as ‘‘The World’s Greatest Lover’’ and hat has happened to Hollywood since Grable was discovered. Betsy Hughes is ‘ baby-faced Joe Edmisten, now in the movies, Mary Wills is considered the best thing t Paul Richardson, the strong silent type, definitely makes the hearts go pitter-patter. the new musical comedy queen in Hollywood and Glenn Hodges receives top billing as a killer’? and is he ever mean!!! (in the movies, that is.) Bill Miller now manufactures Rocket Ships. He recently sold a rocket ship to Lenore Greene and Marie Carroll who thought it would be nice to spend their vacation on the moon. According to gossip, Bobby Miller has a hopped up Rocket Ship that can beat any other in Watauga when it comes to racing to Mars and back. Lena Greer has opened a candy shop in Boone and she receives orders for her famous mints from all over the world. Mary Frances Norris is society editor of the Watauga Democrat and according to her - column Jean Winebarger, Betty Joyce Norris, and Betsy Norris are either giving or attending parties all the time. : Milton Moretz is the new county agent and Newell Carroll is his assistant. John Idol is an ace report- er for the New York Times and he just finished a story about Faye Norris, who incidentally was voted The Redhead Most Likely To Set the World On Fire’’ by the Fire Dept. of New York City. for his wife, Mrs. Ramona Hardie. And B.L. Greene is k die is a very successful baby-sitter der ce nt ce ve. : ildred Clawson is a chorus girl now and very good they one of Watauga’s wealthiest business men. M say.

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