Brevard High School - Brevardier Yearbook (Brevard, NC)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY On the bright morning of August 28. 1940, one hundred eighteen frightened freshmen made their way down the hill to enter an entirely new phase of schooling. We soon decided high school wasn't so bad, and after we'd been here a few weeks, the faculty and other students realized that we weren't content with holding our hands. AAYC wanted to do things! XYe wanted to get in the swing! Twelve freshmen became members of the high school band. NYe were well represented in the various clubs: Athletic, filee, Commercial. Dramatic, Red Cross, and journalism. Our foot- ball team that year was a championship one, and was spurred on to victory by cheers from the spirited freshmen. ln the fall of forty-one we were sophomores and had begun to get that grown-up feeling. After all, we werent the youngest members of the student body any more! We struggled through algebra and biology. but found time to have fun, too. Once again we took an active part in extra- curricular activities. Several of us were on the football squad, and some were officers in the vari- ous clubs. XYe were coming up in the world! Came l earl Harbor, and we suddenly found ourselves pitched into an adult world with re- sponsibilities on our shoulders that we never dreamed we could carry. Hur junior class-for we were juniors-now was definitely running on a war-time schedule. Vve gave up our competitive sports when we realized it was necessary. In their place came drill and calisthenics for the boys and physical education for the girls. The latter part of November we presented the annual junior class play, Are You Mr. Butter- worth? , a mystery comedy in three acts. ln the spring we made another sacrifice in the name of victory. We gave up the annual junior-Senior Banquet. and in its place entertained the seniors with a theatre party. We rented the theatre for one evening and put on a show that had them rolling in the aisles. Bob Brannon was master of ceremonies and Frances Walker gave the wel- come to the seniors. Almost the entire junior cfass participated in the program, which consisted of songs and dances of the last war and the present one. A highlight of the program was an an- nouncement of the junior and Senior Superlatives, who had been elected by secret ballot. After- wards there was a movie and light refreshments. The marshals for graduation were Bruce filazener, Carl Barton, -leannette McCall, Anna Rathie, lflelen Rovers, Yivian Smith, Frances XYalker, Lucretia Camibell, lose Jhine Curto, Mar- J Q s u l . l guerite Mckann, and liene Franklin. Seniors at last! XYhat a wonderful feeling! After all those long years of work and toil we had reached our goal. But once again the war had hit us, taking some of our best students, not only to the service, but to college where they could finish school earlier. XYe got busy the first week of school proving that our class was tops, even if it was small, The newspaper staff was or- ganized with Frances XYalker as editor-in-chief: the senior girls bought an unbelievable amount of bonds during the drive: and for the first time in the history of Brevard High School, we planned to have an annual. The latter caused intense excitement to echo through the dear old halls of B. H. S. Yivian Smith was made editor-in-chief and an able staff appointed. This was to be exclusively a senior project. And still another wonderful thing was started by the seniors. The boys and girls wanted a football team, We didn't have a coach, but we looked around 'til we found not one, but two-Mr. Bullock and Mr. Medford, who volunteered their services without pay and spent long hours with the boys each day. We didn't have a championship team, but each member had the right spirit and a sense of fair play. Vve have learned much during these wonderful years of high schooli All of our knowledge hasn't come from books, either. XYe've learned to think and work for ourselves. to be independ- ent, to do what's expected of us. Yes, we have a fine recordfall fifty of us, for the war has cut our once large group down to fifty. XYe have profited by our experiences which will help us find our places in this topsy-turvy world. XYe are the world of tomorrow, and our high school days have made a splendid background for our future. FRANCES XVALKER, Hz'.v1'0rz'a:1. 14. The 1944 Brt'1'ardivr

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CLASS PROPHECY Having just returned from a tour of the United States and Mexico, I feel that I should tell you the latest news about the Class of '.t4. In Florida I met that renowned aviator, Du-Glass Brown, nationally known for his paper airplanes. He is now chief pilot of the Rollo-Plane con- cession at the jacksonville County Fair. There I also saw Dr. NYilliam Snodgrass Shamblin, who has astounded the world with his blending of trees and plants, having produced that miracle plant, the Snodgrass, composed of seaweed, sod, and grass. Riding into Daytona Beach, I was pleasantly surprised to tind Ruth ,lolmson and Alice .lackson working as senior lifeguards and surrounded by handsome males. 'Iourneying into Mexico City, I enjoyed an excellent meal at Ford's Fiesta, a popular hot dog stand covering seven acres in the heart of the city. Slim's wife is I'atty Griswold, who at the present time is in New York making her stage debut in Minsky's Burlesque Revue. In South- ern California I had the privilege of meeting the world's champion woman wrestler, Mary Mc- Crary. Her opponent in the coming battle will be Mary Louise Galloway. In San Francisco, Betty Roller is president of the Roller Reducing Agency, featuring 'tRoller's Approved Recipe for Fat People. Across the street I noticed one of California's largest cocktail bars, with Helen Rogers' name in neon lights as proprietor. Bob Norwood is now commander of a detachment of WIAYFS stationed at San Francisco. Hazel Arrowood has recently been selected Miss Cover Girl of 1950. -Ieannette McCall and Marguerite McCann are running a dude ranch in Arizona. In Wkasliing- ton I had the pleasure of dining at the NVhite House with the President of the United States, Ro- land Glazener. I-Iis wife is La Yonne Orr, who is in Hollywood making a picture titled The VVolf Man Takes a VVife, in which that handsome actor, Ralph Lee, takes the role of the NVolf Man. Charles Heath was recently re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives. This Bre- vard boy has climbed the political ladder to success by sponsoring a new party called the Heath- ites. Frances Bentley and Marie Barton are co-owners of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Clara Mae Lyday and Dot Hubbard are teaching French at Northwestern University. while Ruth Norris has distinguished herself as the only woman coach ever to coach a Notre Dame football team. Betty jean Duclos and Anna Rathje are models in a New York department store. Yerena Lewis has stepped into the limelight to take Gypsy Rose Lee's place as the world's premiere strip tease artiste. Mary Aim Daniels is sports editor of the N0-zu York Tinley. Blanche Ray and Nan Allison are cigaret girls at the popular Stork Club in New Yo-rk City. jackson Mackey is mas- ter of ceremonies on the Krispy Krunch Kornliakes Hour, station NUT. Doris Ahrens is professor of chemistry at Duke University, while Frances Hendricks is su- pervisor of the -Iackson Reform School for Girls. Mary lane -lones now holds the rank of gen- eral in the VVACs. Spalding McIntosh has won fame as a designerg at the present time he is de- signing garbage cans for Sears, Roebuck. Marguerite Scruggs is owner of a chain of drug stores, while Lucretia Campbell is a super- visor of the Grammar School Lunch Room. Evelyn Nicholson recently eloped with one of Holly- wood's most prominent movie stars twhose name cannot be divulged at this timeb. T. R. McCall, after Fifteen years in the army, has just been promoted to private first class. Lucile Brown is di- etician at the state asylum for the insane. Susan Redden is president of Lonely Hearts, Incorpo- rated-an agency for finding sweethearts by mail. Lorraine Redden, Yivian Smith, and Carolynne Sluder are nurses at the Transylvania Com- munity Hospital. Frances NValker is still teaching at the Izlrevard Grammar School and is still an old maid. Frankie Kilpatrick and -loyce Monteith are co-managers of the ANI store at Cedar Mountain. -losephine Curto is a Greyhound bus driver on the Brevard-Asheville run. R. li. Rax- ter is manager of a vegetable plant in Rosman, North Carolina, for making liquid corn. Bruce Glazener always did like chickens, and since he made a fortune on the stock market, he is now surrounded by all kinds-blondes, brunettes, redheads, and what have you. As for myself, I am not sure what I would be doing: but there's one thing sure: I wouldn't be a prophet. .Inu Nizwtitfkv, Class Pruplzcf. Tin' 194.1 Brvturdivr 15