Appalachian High School - Laurel Yearbook (Boone, NC)

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Prophecy We all wish every now and then that we could take a look into the future. We could see all the wonderful new inventions in a changing, and completely new world. We could see the new personalities who are molding our world and perhaps the universe. It might even be members of our senior class who are leading figures in the world of tomorrow. Let’s take a brief glance, just to satisfy our curiosity! Since our classmates are scattered now, back at Appalachian is the natural place to start. There are quite a few of our classmates on the faculty now. Coaker Triplett and Billie Ann Hodges are the physical education teachers and athletic coaches. (Coaker’s basketball teams have won the Journal-Sentinel Tournament for two straight years now.) Betty Jo Miller is the school secretary now since “Frankie” has decided to take a long-deserved rest. Frieda Moretz is the instructor of the business courses, and Olive Moretz is in charge of our new library. Jane Keplar is the director of the glee clubs and the mixed chorus. (Another set of Lyons boys are still making life miserable for our chorus director.) Hilda Castro has become the Spanish teacher. Nan Culler is the home economics teacher now since Mrs. Doughtery has resigned, and Jo Ann Greene is in charge of the school lunchroom. Lee Triplett is the manager of the student store. (Incidentally, they've added a juke box and a sandwich bat.) Next door, Peggy Greer is now running the Drive-In Soda Bar (although Peggy never did stay there very much in the old school days, you know.) Douglas Clawson is the new agriculture instructor and the 4-H County Agent. The nation’s newspapers are screaming the praises of Larry Kerley, who has been elected President on the Dixiecrat Ticket, and Paul Brookshire, our delegate to the United Planets. These two diplomats kept our world out of the second war of the planets. Worth Greer has replaced Senator Kefauver as head of the crime investigating committee. He has just brought a scandal into the open about TV sets owned by hundreds of friends of our representatives. Tyre Walsh has been acclaimed the greatest physicist of our age. Bill Tabb has just set a new speed record for a flight from Earth to Jupiter in one of Tyre’s rockets. Conrad Barlow is now one of the chief civil engineers in the south. Clyde Austin has also become famous in that field. He has helped to design the new southern turnpike that will be constructed soon. Jimmy Holshouser is the sports editor of the New York Times now. Incidentally, the sports pages are full of headlines about some of our classmates. Bob Gilley is now the star pitcher of the Chicago White Sox. Harold Regan is the ace centerfielder of the Cleveland Indians, while Bobby Cooke is the shortstop for the Detroit Tigers as well as the leading hitter in the major leagues. Gene Honeycutt is the national badminton champion and Wade Lewis is the third-ranking ping-pong player in the country. Jerry Troutman is the football coach at Lenoir Rhyne (he still has his undertaker’s parlor on the side.)

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I, Evelyn McCracken, do will and bequeath my French Horn to Joy Brown. I, Betty Jo Miller, do will and bequeath all the letters I have typed for the Annual Staff to the city dump. I, Rita Norris, do will and bequeath my sunny disposition to all the grouchy underclassmen. I, Margaret Phillips, do will and bequeath my soprano voice to Carlton Lyons. I, Helen Presnell, do will and bequeath my ability to get along with teachers to Vance Northern. I, Marshalee Presnell, do will and bequeath all the excuses I’ve had for being late to first period to Dr. Shaffer. I, Harold Ragan, do will and bequeath my good behavior in homeroom to the members of Mr. Tripp’s homeroom. I, Helen Winebarger, do will and bequeath my soft voice to Mary Gladys Teague. I, Robert Cooke, do will and bequeath my technique with the women to Joe Moretz. I, Alma Gentry, do will and bequeath. my long, blonde curls to Carol Gragg. I, Robert Gilley, do will and bequeath my ability to play ping-pong and pitch no hitters to Bernon Procter. I, Joanne Greene, do will and bequeath my love for Cove Creek to Joan Brookshire. I, Katherine Greene, do will and bequeath my guy that Uncle Sam has borrowed to anyone who thinks she can get him. I, Peggy Greer, do will and bequeath my love for loafing in the Pharmacy to Lillie Lyons. I, Tom Greer, do will and bequeath my love of the Democratic Party to Armfield Coffey. 1 Worth Greer, do will and bequeath all my experiences to Bobby Ray. I, Rebecca Shoemake, do will and bequeath m y love for Myrtle Beach to Peg Klutz. I, Betty Jo Smith, do will and bequeath my best wishes to the passengers and the driver of Bus No. 11. I, Billie Jean Storie, do will and bequeath my laugh to Patsy McGuire. I, William Tabb, do will and bequeath my love for Lenoir High School to Norma Greer. I, Coaker Triplett, do will and bequeath my dramatic ability to Milton Barden. I, Lee Triplett, do will and bequeath my interest in the Student Store back to the Student Council. I, Gerald Troutman, do will and bequeath my baby face to “Butch” Blanton. I, Tyre Walsh, do will and bequeath my intelligence to Helen Hardin. I, A. E. White, do will and bequeath my huge feet to John Jackson. I, Evelyn Williams, do will and bequeath my chewing gum to Joann Wood. Joann, it’s under the first desk—second row, in Mr. Rogers’ room. I, Carolyn Wood, do will and bequeath my ability to get diamonds to Gerry Brown. Article II—To the Junior Class, we leave our position as Seniors at A. H. S. Article III—To the Sophomore Class, we leave all our old English books. Article IV—To the Freshman Class, we leave all our over-due library notices, just in case they don’t accumulate enough of their own. Article V—To Appalachian High School, we leave our thanks for many wonder- ful days. Article VI—To the faculty of Appalachian High School, we leave our deepest gratitude, in the hope it will in some measure pay the debt we owe them for their helpfulness throughout our high school careers.

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Ruby Hollars and Billie Jean Storie have been voted the most outtsanding players in the National Women’s Basketball League. Of course, Jimmy Johnson has long ago replaced Jerry Lewis as the King of Comedy. He has bis own inter-planet television show now. Also in the entertainment world is Margaret Phillips, the famous originator of the Phillips Family Singers. Classmates who have made fabulous sums of money in TV include Fern Henderson, Rita Norris, Betty Jo Smith, Alma Gentry, and Ann Cooke. Hugh Hartley is now known as the Sax King and is the idol of teen-agers around the world. Wade Miller is the leading star on Hillbilly Hit Parade. Bill Hartley is the manager of the southern branch of the Coca-Cola Company. Also doing well in the business world are Fairy Lunsford, a secretary in the District Belk’s Store, and Ruby Greer, a stenographer for the Vice-President of Sears Roebuck. Nancy Coofey is a world-famous author of best selling novels. A. E. White and Lewis Brown are now multimillionaires in the business world. They have several huge factories throughout the country that manufacture tools that have revolutionized farming and made it a lazy man’s job. Tom Greer is now the doctor in charge of the new hospital and Peggy Gross and Peggy Brown are nurses in this scientific wonder. It has all the newest equipment and a cure for almost every known disease. Peggy Bowman and Marsha Lee Presnell have both been happily married for years now. Landy Brown is the wife of the Mayor of Terre Haute, Indiana, and Carolyn Wood is the wife of the commanding general of our forces in Germany. Other class- mates who have taken that long walk down the aisle are Sally Brendall, Mary Edmisten, Katherine Greene, Josephine Miller, Helen Presnell, and Helen Winebarger. Harry Farthing is president of the largest-selling chewing gum company in the nation. (Even if Harry didn’t care much about the stuff in his high school days.) Leading stockholders in his company are Martha Council, a concert pianist, and Becky Shoemake, who has been very successful as a debating coach at North Carolina University. Evelyn McCracken is a concert soloist. She plays the French Horn in public performances in addition to her work as President of the North Carolina Music Association. me Wey n i iil