Belmont High School - Clarion Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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, -..-. 3-f':Q,,:i Q 2 'Z f- 'LD gf f rea.. ire. 'tele -EI-ii-1 L. NED BROWN Ned likes trains, dramatics, prompt- nessC?J . . . and the Duke Blue Devils. He is the only one in our educated group who has t1'ans- acted business with Noah . . . He has paid the first installment on The Ark. Dramatic Club '38, '39, '40, '41, Vice-President '41, Ili-Y Club '40. '41, Flea Football '37, Football '40, Baseball '38, '41, Fellowship Com- mittee '39, Homeroom Reporter 'SK JOHN CARSON BURNS Burns Carson is a car load of fun and entertainment and burns an enor- mous amount of energy cheerleadin', making evil smelling substances in Chemistry Lab, and thinking up new rjvkes and wisecracks. l e Klub 40 xltl1l01.,1'l1'l'l Club 41 V' . 4 1 , I , - 1 , by 1155? C1iilJ.'37. .18, Cheerleader '41 Qfostiwbhigiiitl 41, Fltg Bearer 41. , I K '-YJX: L t A ' N ,,. Q, BERNICE CARTER B11 Inky A girl with artistic, athletic, and domestic talent . . . she jitterbugs, plays basketball, and takes home eco- numics. Basketball '39, '40, '41, Homeroom Secretary '39, Monogram Club '40, '41, Dramatic Club '40, '41, Home Economics Club '41, President '40. Zvi'-W1-af ,Z WILLIAM HOYT CASKY l'f'1'It1 Bill 9 VVilliam will either be a business man or a chautifeur, for he takes typing and drives the family car to school . . . experience is a good thing to have. Dramatic Club '41, Library Club '40, '41, President '4l. LAURA MOZELLE CHERRY 1'lf0Ily VVe predict Mozelle will be the Cherry of some man's eye . . . ' ll L' unless she changes a great deal from the industrious little worker she is in '41. Beta Club '40, '41, liomeruoui Vice-President 118. I ASA COWDEN lflqwi, Ho! I im! . . . homework, hope, hum , 1-Y Club ' , '40, '41, Dramatic ub '41, Gle Club '39, '40, '41, ce in the field of . . . Ho! I Mt' LARION J , v ff LL.. j ' , V MARY Jo BUMGARDNER 1. jon A prize package of personality and charm . . . or is it her abilities to dance, sing, and play the piano that endear her to her fellow students and the faculty members? Dramatic Club '33, '39, '40, '41, Glee Club '39, '40, '41, Cadman Junior Music Club '39, Home Eco- nomics Club '40, Fellowship Club '4l. BOBBY PRICE CALDWELL , Musrle Bouud The little man with the big voice . . . even the teachers who had the most taciturn and immobile Indian ancestors have to smile at least when Bobby laughs or imitates an old mountaineer with all the speech etiectsf' Dramatic Club '39, '40, '41, Hi-Y Club '36, '37, '38, '40, '41, tllee Club '40, Cheerleader '41, Marshal '40, Giftorian '41, Flag Bearer '4l. MARION POLY CASH apolyi, A: Poly must have had a Fight with Lil' Ahner 'cause he owns Daisy Mae. Our verdict is based on cir- cumstantial evidence, but here it is: Poly dislikes 'orchid lipstick'. Ili-Y-,Club '41, Dramatic Club '41, Best Aliround Boy '4l. tr Yum 4? 'f LEONARD RAY CHERRY Pete l.eonartl's trademark is his curly hair. Although he is a quiet little boy in school, when the cat's away. the mice will play, so, Leonard plays outside of school, when there are no teachers to interfere. Glee Club '40, Hi-Y Club '-ll: Chaplain '41, Dramatic Club '41. PAULINE CLONINGER Po1ly ls Tom Sawyer in here? May I have this book renewed? Pauline hears these questions several times every day, but she never loses her friendly and helpful manner . . . she would make a good librarian. Library Club '39, '40, '41, Presi- dent '39, Secretary '40, Home Eco- nomics Club '39, '40. DALE CRAIG Craig Dale likes the ladies, however, they don't seem to go to his head for he does honor roll work . . . maybe they give him heart trouble or high blood pressure. Office Assistant. Page Twenty-three 5. 4 . 1, . 'N 5, .W

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1 An?-A 'AL , GEF' Catherine likes hot chocolate, but she is a mint julep in boring classes . . . She gives sparkle and warmth hy expressing her opinions. which shows she has excellent gray- matter. E f ATHERINE .IOY - ' BERNATHY Girls' Chorus '40, filee Club '41, Ilome Economics Club '41. MARY K. ARMSTRONG X Kay .. Loyal, cooperative, thoughtful, con- scientious. and versatile are among the many adjectives we might use in describing Mary Katherine-fone of the real leaders of our class. She is tops with the faculty and stu- dents alike. VVe shall never forget her. Beta Club '40, '41, Secretary '40, Basketball '39, '40, '41, Monogram Club '41, Secretary Senior Class '41, Historian Senior Class '41, Hos- pitality Club '38, History Medal '40Z Homeroom Secretary '41, Friendliest in the Senior Class. VIRGINIA RUTH BAGWELL ' Ginger Virginia has a sugar and 'lasses disposition . . . always sweet and friendly. She likes county fairs, especially the Bingo stands . . . how- ever, we wonder if the main attrac- tion could be the young Lochinvar who sells tickets? , Beta Club '40, Home Economics Club '40, '4l. MILLARD VAN BAREFOOT Millard has been a great asset to our baseball team . . . perhaps he will be another Connie Mack. Baseball '39. '40, Monogram Club '.l9. MARY ELIZABETH BEATY Mary Lib VVhether she is doing shorthand, calling basketball signals, working on the annual or talking to the twentieth century Romeos, Mary Lib is as much at ease as even Emily Post would require. Debating Team '39, Beta Club '40, '41, Dramatic Club '41, Monogram Club '40, Basketball '40, '41, Glee Club '40, Editor-in-Chief CLARION '4l. BETTY JEAN BRADSHAW Brt!y Imagine a pretty complexioned girl like Betty liking blackheads . . . no, not the kind that bothers adoles- cent girls . . . the one that escorts her to collect absentee slips . . . or is her real love the red-headed one that twirls his baton so briskly? Dramatic Club '40, Home Econo- mics Club '40, Glee Club '39, '40, '41, Olhce Assistant '41. Page Twenty-two 941 - i..a..L,-,s. -.-. 4...-......,-...i.......z.' '- Giih Y' -Q L.,-jg 7 K1 . - T ' Yu I- ' v, - ' '.Ai Q1 MARGARET O'B.A ABERNETHY Maggie Margaret had no trouble selling kisses at the Hi-Y carnival, nor does she have trouble sell-ing her charming personality to her fellow students , . . nor her Uniovie-star protile to thc young swains. Dramatic Club '40, '41, Monogram Club '41, Cheerleader '41, Beta Club '40, '41, Vice-President '40, Home Economics Club '40, Glee Club '39, '40, '41. GEORGE STEWART AYCOCK Stewart was almost hit by the Crescent Limited in his childhood, now. in his youth he is a Crescent Limited on the football Field . . . in dramatics . . . and among the women. Dramatic Club '39, '40, '41, Foot- ball '39, '40, '41, Monogram Club '40, '41, Vice-President Junior Class '39, '40, Beta Club '40, '41, Glee Club '40, Sports Editor CLARION '41, Best Athlete in Senior Class, Junior Marshal '40, ,n,51 , . ' L Q-A.' Pix Ei. K . OTHELIA LILLIAN B KER Blondie Othelia has learned the old axiom: The way to a man's heart is through his stomach . . . or could it be her Sonja Henie curls? Home Economics Club '39, '40. N L . X JOHNNY ALEXANDER BAUCOM ' Bm'kum Johnny is a quiet lad, but he is always Johnny on the spot when it comes to algebra and ot-her such difficiflt subjects! 2 ' A MJ.,! f 1 I f I C, JJ 5' I L . L .AJ lxfcf i'- 4 RUTH EMMA Bgmrid - J Beattie ' ill . J. WVhen one thinks of Ruth, he 1.4, ,wo-,QV thinks of her big-mouth and the continuous wagging of her tongue. gr However, she uses them like Socrates .Mlm - -wisely and wellgfor she has cap- L L tured many recitation prizes-f?,QA' ' helped win the CDA Plaque' or ll. H. S. ' Dramatic Club '38, '39, '40, '41, 0 President '41, Glee Club '39, '40, Junior Cadman Music Club '38, '39, Monogram Club '41, Reading Contest X M VVinner '39, Debating Team '39, '40, '41, Basketball '41, Homeroom Sec- L, L., . retary '39, '40. ' ' ' Z ' f i te, ' .4 , l GLENN DAVID BROWN Dittir VVe have a hillbilly Paderewskiu in our midst, for Glenn likes nothing better than to strum his old guitar . . . unless it is being a Senior. Monitor '40, Glee Club '41. I X

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. 'r'- e- I It gli' f 'ie l, f K . x V' Q V, , ppp 'I I 1 J . f f M ff -W' Y, 1 N M 'yr ,V -', , L' ,ii'f.i-' Q ,J 'VX' 'Ari I M if ill' ' , if I '71 fu jf ' 'I L '71 DFLLINCER b of philosophy Never beat houlil learn th it erron- ur husband or any gentleman in inything However she possibly wx mts to be a Careei Woman for she believes in Vlomens Rights. Since she has already worked for lncle Sim she may be another Fr inces Perkins Dramatic Club 19 40 flee Club Bta ub 0 41 Presi- dent 41 Home Economics 1 '40, Nice President 40 junior M shalg Senior Scholarsh p Medal HT DIXON Dot a lit le cindle shining in the llorothy shines just as i htly in hei classes and actually lovts when teachers gives her voids of well deserved praise. DANIEL P. DUNCAN 'Dizzle ' Hell be comin around the moun- tafin when he comes' . . . Daniel likes string music and driving school buses. Perhaps he can secure a job with Cene Autry ' come around the mountain in the bus that operates between Castonia and Mt. Holly. Dramatic Club 40, '41' Hi-Y Club 40. 41' Hospitality Committee '39g B s Driver 40 41. BILL ELLER' All . . . I smiles . . . a h eve appears Myne wbr ' '1 ut an t . ' J ve ' ma en FERGUSON C lei' VV B YOU 'ill a co s ee ery ng s e has 'he mi on i large orner i ET ' of veryone w o s rary '. , '40, Secretary Treasu er '19, Home Economics , i'.9,' , ' . JUANI A E. FISHER just as th flames of a wood Fire a sno Thristmas Eve produce ith a i contentment. Juanita, a 'parkling' li le Senior of B. H. S.. -radiates w 'mth. Cheer, comfort, and joy. The mes use the logs for fuel, and Juan a collects interesting hits of infor ation to use as fuel for thought' Exec ive Committee '37, '38g ,Fl'EShm21l Party Committee H183 Girls' Cl 1 1 , '39g Bartlett High School of Vijel r, Massachusetts '37, '38, '.l9q Bet. Club '39. '40, '41g Editor- in-Chief Spy '40, '41, Junior Marshal '40: Monogram Club '40, '41, Home- room President '40, '41, Editor-in- Chief CLARION '40, '41, Dramatic Club '40, '41g Office Assistant '40, '41. F Page Twenty-four 'iw' . J - ,JV 5 f I I M ., . , .. M,-, I Z., ' 'H fi ' . V i '39, '40, Q ci' 4 I, V ' 1' Chl . L . A .lf . i onblr A 'L' 'I 1 ,- ni . U. . . ' 1 y oi u ' 3 y 3 .f I., Bill t h'1 i t on t 'st e fb g J r- CH TR ,ii M K t ' . 1 e her r It u chl is s nd l d l er h r 1 s l . , til e h 4 kno er! l 3 lul 'I 4 41 Q I BEULAH MAE DILLARD H7-Cnyu Beulah Mae likes Hbarbershop quar- tets and the WGNC radio statione or that's the way it was broad- casted to us. She plans to be a stenographer-at a radio station, we bet. Secretary and Treasurer Junior Class '40g Home Economics Club '40, '4lg Beta Club '39, '40, ' :lf ,V ' 1 i .S . . I . t, PM ODELL DRENNAN ..Rl,d., A woman can't hold a candle to Odell when it comes to talking- unless it is a blonde that leaves him speechless. Gastonia High School '36, '40: Football '40g Homeroom Monitor '36, '37g Belmont High School '40, '41, Football '40, SARAH GENEVA DUNCAN Susie Sarah's favorite hang-out seems to be the library. That fact makes us wonder if Sarah is going to pursue a literary career, but she is tall, she is attractive, and she takes home economics, we wonder again if she is domestically inclined. Home Economics Club '40. ,u THOMAS ELLINGTON Ducky Thomas has been called by class- mates A true specimen of sports- manship . . . who will be capable of Filling his football suit next year and be able to entertain as well as an organ grinder . . . or the grinder's monkey? Football '40, '-41: Baseball '40, '41g Basketball '41g Junior Patrol '38, '39, VIOLET MAY FIELDS T-iolrt Roses are red, Violets are blue . . . however, Violet never seems to be blue, no matter how much home- work is assigned. Home Economics Club '40. MARTHA OLETA FISHER Not only at Thanksgiving, but throughout the year bounded Sen- iors and worried faculty members are thankful for Oleta's interest in The Spy and her willingness to help get it out on time. Dramatic Club '38, '39, '40, Mono- gram Club '41g Cheerleader '41, Associate Editor Spy '41. 5 .a. ,., 5 . .. ii 5'-.' -'V , .Y . , ,, nt. .., , .,. . . , .K ' Quatre-mai- . .xt11mn6e,z.,.:m1-s.-meaty-a.'si4:ma..twz,. . -,aaa 'M