Belwood High School - School Daze Yearbook (Belwood, NC)

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CLASS PROPHECY For many hundreds of years It has been the accepted herltage of the gypsy to possess the remarkable power of foretelling the future Recentlyl had the good fortune of encounterlng such a person Her name was Madame Belwoodxa, and when I explained that I had been elected the Senxor Class Pro phet of Belwood Hlgh School, her eyes gl1stened wlth ant1c1pat1on She accepted my S1 00 offerlng and here IS the story she told The year 1S 1974 the season is wlnter In a large offlce bu1ld1ng in Washington, D C I-l1lda W11l1S is a pr1vate secretary to a Senator from North Carollna Three stor1es below her, Mary Beth Dell1nger 1S employed as a f1le clerk for a very prom1nent legal f1rm Movlng over to the alrport a large s1lver plane has just landed and Dor1s Sam 1n the blue umform of a1rl1ne hostess, is asslstmg the passengers as they leave the plane One of the passengers IS Don Yarboro who has just completed h1s latest novel and lS vacat1on1ng at the Nat1on's Cap1tol H1s secretary Amta Norman, is now 1n charge of h1s executxve offlce 1n Charlotte North Carolina An outstandmg feature of th1s modern bu1ld1ng is the un1que beauty Saloon and barber shop located on the f1rst floor and operated Jomtly by Mable Randall and Fred Benton At the large sw1tchboard on the second floor Dor1s Hunt, Ann1e Sue Will1s and Mae Fredell are bus1ly engaged 1n the art of answermg phones and placlng long dzstance calls In another part of the bu1ld1ng Edxth Tallant and Jera1d1ne Ledford are hurrxedly preparmg for the noon rush at the1r soda fountam and sandwlch shop It IS rumored that they are plannlng to open a branch restaurant 1n Shelby And speaklng of Shelby Glen McCurry has just opened h1s new garage and dlrectly across the street Franklm Buff IS operat1ngh1s new service station Wlth tremendous success Across tovsm, Donald Earwood IS now work1ng 1n h1s own rad1o rapalr shop In the Shelby Hospltal Frances Peeler and Dor1sHamby are employed 1n the Nurslng Profess1on One of the Med1cal Doctors at the hosp1tal lS the now famous J B Smith At the h1gh school Mary Jane Seagle IS now teachlng math and Dor1s Earwood lS 1n structlng her physical educat1on class 1n the art of basketball J o Ellen Lutz IS now employed as SOC1ety editor of the local newspaper Peggy Rlchards IS employed at the Hudson HOSICPY and It IS rumored that weddmg bells w1ll rlng for her 1n the near future Frances Dav1s plans to leave for Washlngton 1n one week to contlnue her career asac1v1l serv1ce worker Nor1s Sam, now a famous rumors that he w1ll campaign for the United States Senate 1n the next electlon And w1th that f1nal statement the SYPSY lady pol1tely ushered me out into the crowd and the intervlew was over Prophet Jo Ellen Lutz 'Lxl vs ll, V9 ll H N X527 X criminal lawyer, plans to fly to Richmond, Virginia for a meeting. There's ll: 1 IQ I ' lf .E r , I4 f f ' H X f y IM gffxt 7,7 - f ,Ol ., f X Nm ff v x

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CLASS HISTORY In the summer of 1950 twenty four eager students entered Belwood High School Th1s we had looked forward to for a long t1me because we thought we would do as we pleased We soon fotmd out there had to be a change so we settled down to work w1th the help of our k1nd teacher, Mrs Cablness and others Wlth our f1rst play and only a few part1es we made our freshmen year an enjoyable one Th1s year we lost two members, Artle Mae Cooke and Walter Gantt who dlscontmued school work An1ta Norman left us m the earller part of that year but returned before the year was completed W1th one year passed and our shyness qu1ck1y van1sh1ng we became sophomores, w1th Mr Hoover as our homeroom teacher Th1s year our outs1de aCtlV1t16S were a l1ttle more numerous We framed one member that year, Dor1s Hamby but suffered the loss of three, Johnny Walker and Fred Spurlmg who dlscontxnued school work and Sue Hoyle left us for another school Agaln Amta Norman left us but returned before the year was completed Our Jun1or year seemed to be the most exc1t1ng one yet We knew there would be l1ttle t1me for act1v1t1es th1s year as most of our tlme and effort was put forth on the class play Our Gal Sal wh1ch was very sat1sfactory Of course there was another attractlon commg up our Jun1or Sen1or Banquet at wh1ch we were to be hosts All thxs was done under the gu1d1ng hand of Mrs Callahan, our homeroom teacher Mae Fredell and Fred we were back to twenty four As we begm and f1n1sh th1s our last and f1nal year, under the guldance of Mr Hallman, we feel that we are a group of twenty four d1gn1f1ed semors, not separate but a group for some of us feel l1ke we are brothers and slsters slnce we have made twelve years of pro gress together We, the Sen1or Class of 1954 are deeply grateful to our pr1nc1pal, Mr Hoover and the teachers Mr Hallman,Mr Warlxck Mrs Cabmess and Mrs Callahan for the help re cexved from them durxng our four years of h1gh school H1stor1an Dor1s Sa1n CLASS POEM Black and Whxte School hfe! Ah! the charm that lingers 'Round earth' s morn, as unseen f1ngers Touch the chords that thr1ll our bemg To 1ts depths t1ll eyes unseemg For the tears, look back recalling All the joys of old, enthrallmg Heart and mmd Classmates, ton1ght Let us pr1ze our black and whltev Flower Whlte Rose Colors Black and Whxte Good as gold may we forever Motto Not F1n1shed Just begun! 7 Keep our hearts along l1fe's way Whxle Truth's golden sunbeams sever All the black clouds from our day May the whlte, so pure and stamless Keep us ever true and right! May our l1ves be long and pamless, Guarded by our black and whltel Black and whitel Go with us ever As the 1deal of our dreams! May we find llfe as we sever Just as worth while as lt seemsl May we each accept the mlssion Fate holds covered from our sight, Sure, whatever its conditlon, Victory'1l crown our black and whltel Benton joined us this year and Cene Lail dropped out. So with a gain and a loss this year,

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LAST WILL AND TESTAM ENT We the class of 1954, 1n the town of Belwood, 1n the county of Cleveland, ln the state of North Carolma bemg as sound in body and m1nd as usual do hereby declare th1s our last w1ll and testament To the Jun1ors we leave the followmg To Troy W11l1ams Hllda W1111S leaves some of her curls hopmg they won't get 1n h1s way Dorxs Sa1n w1lls to Nancy Cooke some of her Casar boys hopmg she w1ll have as much fun as she has had w1th them J B Sm1th w1l1s h1s ab1l1ty to use the study hall per1od for anythlng but studymg to Kenneth Meade To Sue Warllck Amta Norman w1lls her br1ght remarks and hopes she w1ll get lots of laughs Jo Ellen Lutz w1lls to Carrol Sa1n her bottle of Marchand and hopes he can get h1S ha1r as whlte as she always wanted hers Nor1s Sam wllls h1s dear old bus No 17 to Harry Sa1n hopmg the roads won't be as muddy Mary Jane Seagle w1lls her ab1l1ty to stay out of study hall flrst per1od wa1t1ng for the mall to Marlon M1ller To Mlckey Beam, Mary Beth Dellmger w1lls her love for Algebra knowmg he w1ll have l1ttle use for xt next year Mable Randall wills to Annette Yarboro her love for North Brook and hopes she w1ll make progress Don Yarboro w1lls h1s Ch11d1Sh ways to J erry Wl111S Frances Davls w1lls to Kenneth La1l her ab1l1ty to be late for school hopmg he won't be qulte as late as she To Dorls Norman, Sue Wl111S leaves her love for P1edmont and advises her not to stay over there too much Donald Earwood w1lls h1s pos1t1on of Basketball Manager to Charlie Wellmon Peggy Rlchards and Dorls Earwood w1ll the1r ability to go to the store for the lunch room to Mary Sue Meade and Bryte Newton Glen McCurry w1lls to J1mmy H1cks h1s ablllty to get out of sweepmg 1n the shop Mae Fredell knowmg she w1ll need 1t, w1lls to Dorothy Davls a degree of her quletness Franklm Buff wllls h1s frlendly ways to Conley Lall J erald1ne Ledford w1lls her talkatlve ways to Ruth Swmk Edlth Tallant w1lls her ab1l1ty to sl1p out of class to Vlolet Fredell Dorxs Hamby wills to Joyce Wxlhams some of her he1ght, hopmg lt w1ll be helpful Fred Benton wllls to Junior Sw1nk h1s ab1l1ty to sk1p school and pass away the t1me by readmg a book Frances Peeler w1lls her lxterature book to Charlene Bradshaw hopmg she will use It more To the Sophomores we w1ll a degree of our patxence, th1s being the only way they can endure the using Semors To the Freshmen we wxll all our cuds of gum, stubs of penclls, erasers or scraps of paper we have left behmd To our beloved faculty we glve and bequeath all the amazmg knowledge and startllng information that we have furmshed them from t1me to txme 1n our varlous examlnatxon papers We trust they w1ll feel at llberty to make use of all such b1ts of wlsdom for the education of the classes to come after us Class Lawyer Nor1s Sa1n l 4 ! 4 4 4 4 . 7 4 4 4 Q 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 , 4 4 4 4 o 4 4 4 4 4 4