Belmont High School - Clarion Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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SENIORS CLYDE COX Fellowship Committee ’43; Hi-Y Club ’43. “’Tis not so much what I am but what I aspire to be.” Betty Daugherty “Bet” Band ’41, ’42, ’43; Dramatic Club ’42; Basketball ’41, ’42, ’43; Monogram Club ’42; Fellowship Committee ’43; Best Sport ’43. “Her heart is like a singing bird.” Wilbur Dellinger Homeroom President ’41; Football ’41, ’42, ’43; Vice-President Junior Class ’42; Vice-President Student Council ’42; Baseball ’41, ’42; Monogram Club ’42; Beta Club ’42, ’43; Citizenship Award ’42; Editor Spy ’43; Sports Editor Clarion ’43; Best All-Round ’43; President Student Council ’43. “Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers.” Dennis Dixon Red ” Treasurer Junior Class ’42; Student Council ’42; Junior Mar- shal ’42; History Medal ’42; Historian ’43; Most Accomplished ’43; Editor Clarion ’43; Vice-President Senior Class ’43; Bus Driver ’43. “All ' s well that ends well.” Martha Dixon Band ’38-’43 ; All-State Band Clinic ’42; Monogram Club ’42; Business Manager Band ’41; Citizenship Medal ’42. “Fair, perfectly pure and good.” CLETUS JUDSON DUNCAN Beta Club ’42; Dramatic Medal ’42; President Junior Class ’42; Treasurer Senior Class ’43; Declamation; Monogram Club ’42. “Can one desire too much of ' a good thing?” Regis Dare Duncan “Sucker Girls’ Chorus ’40; Cheerleader ’42; Basketball ’42, ’43; Dra- matic Club ’41, ’42, ’43; Journalism Class ’43; Glee Club ’42, ’43. “In friendship she was true.” Ellen Virginia Duncan Jennie ” Homeroom Representative ’40; Library Club ’42. ‘‘Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful.” Betty Machree Ellington Library Club ’42. A good disposition, a friendly heart.” Mary Frances Ellington “The very flower of youth.” Page Thirteen

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SENIORS Rachel Beatrice Brackett Mike” Glee Club — Clover Hi ’40; Hudson Hi ’41; Belmont Hi ’42, ’43. “Those about her from her shall read the perfect ways of honor.” Annie Faye Brandon Rock Hill Hi ’39; Home Ec. Club ’39; Basketball Club ’39; Belmont Hi ’40; Science Club ’40, ’42; Associate Editor of Spy ’42; Bus Monitor ’41, ’42. “Her voice is soft and low, an excellent thing in woman.” Carolyn Brown Glee Club ’40, ’41; Girls’ Chorus ’39; Dramatic Club ’40, ’41; Basketball ’39, ' 41, ’42; Fellowship Committee ’40, ’41; Science Club ' 39, ’40, ’41, ’42; Journalism Class ’43; Exchange Editor of Spy ’43; Most Attractive of Senior Class ’43. “Bubbling over with Joy.” Helen Bernice Brown Girls’ Chorus ’39, ’40; Glee Club ’40, ’41. “To be, rather than to seem.” Mildred W. Burch “ Bur chie” Home Ec. Club ’43; Bible Club ’43. “The hand that hath made you fair made you good.” Virginia Mae Carpenter Gin-ny ” “We meet thee like a pleasant thought.” Cecil Cloninger Dramatic Club ’42, ’43. “If studying were the only cause of death, then happily could I live forever.” Helen Gertrude Cloninger “She is herself of the best things the collection.” Edward Cowan Glee Club ’39, ’40; Dramatics ’40, ’42; President Freshman Class ’40; President Homeroom ’41; Science Club ’41. “The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.” JACK COWDEN Deacon” Spy Reporter ’40; Fellowship Committee ’40; Science Club ’40, ’41; Band — Collegians ’41, ’42, ’43; Hi-Y Club ’42; Beta Club ’42, ’43; Monogram Club ’42; Student Council ’42; President Band ' 43 ; Biggest Ladies’ Man ’43. “It isn’t what we like, it’s what’s best for us.” Page T welve

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SENIORS Robert Ferguson “Solid” Band ’39-’43; Collegian Orchestra ’41, ’42; Homeroom Treas- urer ’41; Hi-Y Club ’42, ’43; Homeroom Vice-President ’43; Wittiest ’43; Monogram Club ’42. “Jolly, unassuming, musical, the Senior Class is proud to claim him as one of their own.” Mae Fisher York Hi ’40; Home Ec. Club ’43. “Her modest merit sought to find.” Gertrude Jessica Fortner Home Ec. Club ’43; Dramatic Club ’42; Basketball ’41; Cheer- leader ’42. “It is far easier to know men than to know man.” Max Gaddis “ Red ” “All men are mortal!” Robert Gardner “Bob” Science Club ’40, ’41; Football ’43; Basketball ’42; Baseball ’42; President Homeroom ’43; Journalism Class ’43; Monogram Club ’42. “Worry little, study less — my idea of happiness.” Irene Garret Girl ' s Chorus ’40; Glee Club ' 42. “She doeth little kindnesses which most leave undone.” Mildred Goins Dramatic Club ’40; Fellowship Committee ’42. “Gentle in manner, firm in reality.” Mae Belle Haney “Gcney” “There is likewise a reward for faithful silence.” Alice Ford “The smiles that win.” Georgia Hartgrove “ Cotton ” Basketball ’41, ’42, ' 43; Dramatic Club ’41, ’42; Cheerleader ’42; Monogram Club ' 42; Most Original ’43. “For though she is a wit, she is no fool.” Page Fourteen