Cannon High School - Cannon Report Yearbook (Kannapolis, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 52 of the 1939 volume:

Printed by Rowan Printing Co. Engraving Piedmont Engraving Co. Photographs Matthew ' s Studio CABARRUS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY KANNAPOLIS LIBRARY KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA 28081 3 3083 00374 7042 DEDICATION MR. JOHN L. DUPREE, Principal As teacher, as coach, and as principal, Mr. John L. Dupree has endeared himself to every high school student. His friendliness has completely won our hearts and his com- plete understanding has meant much to us. It is with sincere love and appreciation that we dedicate the 1939 last edition of the Cannon Report to Mr. John L. Dupree, principal of the James W. Cannon High School. STAFF AND CLASS OFFICERS Thomas Anderson Editor of Cannon Report Hazel Littleton Assistant Advertising Manager Garrison Freeman Business Manager Harry Dayvault Advertising Manager for Cannon Report Vice-President of Senior Class Helen Hester Assistant Advertising Manager Hazel Powell Historian News Editor Valedictorian Dorothy Readling Testator Edna Hartsell Poet Albert Sloop Treasurer of Senior Class Inez Walter Prophetess Secretary of Senior Class Henry Lipe President of Senior Class Miss Helen Whitley Faculty Adviser of Cannon Report Q -4 o_ r SENIORS SENIOR CLASS POEM When we began the Trail of Study, With energy, ambition, and sincerity, At the top of High Mt. Future Rose the Precipice of Reality. The Path was dimmed by shadow-fears, The thorny by-paths of the hill; Yet planning, singing, and dreaming We trudged along, employed the will. The higher heights and grander things Like flowers of spring appeared; The rocky mountain paths were smoothed, The clouds from the heavens were cleared. We climbed the trails, reached the peaks Like an army undefeated; With love, hope, and trust secure The fears of the trail had retreated. Our class mates urged us on our way; Friends shared the weary road; Our teachers blazed the trail ahead And helped us bear the load. And so with strong courageous hearts We’ll seek the upward way; ’Till the sitting sun shall close The journey of life’s day i nimniniimmii i 1 1 ill � tl I I I ' l I UM M 1 1 1 111 ' 1 1 1| ) l ilLUHn? I ' liiminnmimininiiiii iiiiimminiimnimniirni 6 David Alexander Glee Club 1-2 ; Intramural Sports 1-2 ; Taxi- dermy Club 2 ; Junior Basketball 2 ; Varsity Basketball 3-4; Varsity Baseball 2-3-4. Gladie Alexander Clogging Club 1 ; Home Room Secretary 2 ; Junior Red Cross; Secretary 2; Sul- Deb President 3 ; May Day Attendant 3 ; May Queen 4. Mary Virginia Alexander Pep Club 1-2-3-4 ; Cheerleader 2-3-4 ; Intra- mural Softball 1-2-3 ; Intramural Basketball 1-2-3-4 ; Glee Club 4; Hi-Y Club 1-4; Varsity Softball 4 ; Business Manager of “Operetta” 4 ; Class Play Prompter 4 ; French Club 3 ; Invi- tation Committee 3. Millard Alexander Astronomy Club 1-2-3-4 ; Motion Picture Club 4 ; Intramural Sports 4. Earl Allen Student Council 1 ; Astronomy Club 1-2 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; Home Room Presi- dent 2-3 ; Marshal 2 : Hi-Y Club 3-4 ; Pep Club 3-4 ; Photography Club 3. Geraldine Allen Student Council 1 ; Pep Club 1-2-3 : Sub- Deb Club 3-4 ; Hi-Y Club ; Home Economics Club 2 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; Glee Club 1-2 ; Operetta 2. Zola Allen Intramural Basketball 1-2-3 ; Intramural Softball 1-2-3 ; Clogging Club 1-2 ; Home Room Play 1-2-3-4 ; Red Cross Representative 2 ; Junior Sub-Deb Club 3 ; Junior-Senior Pep Club 3-4; Junior Play 3; Commercial Club 4. Thomas W. Anderson, Jr. Dramatic Club 1-2-3 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Publication Board 2-3-4 ; Alpha Chi Sigma 3 ; Pep Club 2-3-4 ; Junior Class Play “Impatience of Job” 3 ; Tennis Club 3-4 ; Cannon Report (circulation manager) 3 ; Lit- erary Club 4 ; Hub Dub Club 3 ; Delegate to Press Convention 3-4 ; Editor of “The Cannon Report” 4. Rankin Baker Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Monogram Club 1-2-3-4 ; Science Club 1 ; Varsity Swimming Team 1-2-3 ; All-State Swimming Team 2 ; Hall of Fame 2-3 ; First Aid Club ; Vice-Presi- dent ; Business Manager Junior Class Play. Monitor 3 ; Basketball Club 4 ; Sports Editor Cannon Report 4 ; Junior Basketball Team 4. Claudine Barbee Student Council 1-2-3-4 ; Dramatic Club 1-2 ; Literary Club 4 ; Secretary of Student Body 3 ; Corresponding Secretary for Student Council 4 , Member of Honor Society 2-3-4 ; President 4 ; Intramural Basketball 1-2-3 ; Student Gov- ernment Play 3 ; Senior Class Play 4 ; Vice- President of Class 2 ; Chairman of Banquet Committee for State Student Council Con- gress 4 ; Chairman of Program Committee for Junior-Senior Banquet 3 ; Chairman of Social Standards Congress Committee 4 ; Monitor 3-4 ; May Day 4 ; Chairman of Constitution Com- mittee 4 ; Forensic Day Contest 4 ; Hi-Y Club 3 ; Group Chairman of Social Standards Con- ference 3 ; French Club 3 ; The Friendly Sorority 4. M. J. Barger Student Government 1-2 ; Music Club 1-2 ; Band 1-2-3-4 ; Intramural Sports 1-3-3-4 ; Photography Club 3 ; Pep Club 3-4 ; Junior Red Cross 3 ; Commercial Club 4, Treasurer ; Hi-Y Club 4 ; Stunt Night 3. Ivory Barnes Literary Club 2 ; Intramural Sports 3-4 ; Junior Red Cross 3 ; Library Club 3 ; Sub- Deb Club 4. nuifin nfinmii 1 1 1 i i mnui mm m n |l I IH ' 1 ' ! li li in Fin n? mm hi mm mu umrrnii i m i u m MTTrnmm rv m rTTV 7 Clinton Barker Intramural Sports 1 -2-3-4 ; Pci) Club 4; Art Club 4 ; Photography Club 2 ; Taxidermist Club 1. Lucille Barringer (lice Club 2 ; Pep Club 2 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Clogging Club 1. Melvin Barringer Taxidermist Club 2 ; Intramural Sports 2-4 . Baseball 3 ; Pep Club 4. David Beaver Photography Club 1-2-3 ; Pep Club 3-4 ; Intramural Sports 2-3-4 ; Assistant Stage Manager 1-2 ; Stage Manager 3. T. P. Beaver Pep Club 2-3 ; Astronomy Club 1-2 ; Assist- ant Stage Manager 1-2-3. Naomi Benton Clogging Club 1 ; Pep Club 2-3-4 ; Dramatic Club 3 ; Literary Club 4 ; Monogram Club 2-3-4 ; Varsity Basketball 1-2-3-4 ; Intramural Sports 2-3. Evelyn Bonds Ruth Bostian Frances Brigman Pep Club 1 -2-3-4, President 2-4 ; Sub-Deb Club 3. Treasurer 3 ; May Day Attendant 2 ; President Home Room 2 ; Cheer Leader 3-4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2 : Chairman Mascot Com- mittee 4 ; First Aid Course 2. Rebecca Bost Pep Club 1-2 ; Home Room President 1 ; Vice-President Home Room 2-3; Intramural Sports 1-2; Sub-Deb Club 3-4; Commercial Club 4 ; May Day 2-3. Clogging Club 1-2 ; Dramatic Club 3 ; Sub- Deb Club 4; Intramural Sports 2-4. George Brandon Vice-President Home Room 1 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-4 ; Pep Club 2-4 ; Debating Team 4 ; Business Manager of Senior Class Flay . Literary Club 4. Frances Brooks Pep Club 1-2-3-, President ; Hi-Y Club 1— 2-3-4, Secretary and Person-niel Worker ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4, Group Leader ; Commence- ment Marshal 1 ; Cast “Impatience of Job” 3 ; Social Committee 1-2-3-4 ; Stunt Night 3-4 ; French Club 3 ; Secretary Session House 4 ; Social Standards Conference Leader 4 ; The Friendly Sorority 4 ; Chairman Chapel Pro- gram Committee 4 ; Clean-up Committee 4 ; Student Historian for P.-T. A. 4 ; Literary Club 2 ; Property Manager of “The Family Upstairs” 4. 8 r ni TT m i miiiimm i rrn ' ) in mum u w w i nm m m i m m m amjjijmnmi ij n i M ini)iimm) r nii)i)Mi)Mnmini Hazel Brown Pep Club 2-3-4 ; Glee Club 2 ; Sub-Deb Club 3 ; Commercial Club 4 ; May Day 1. Annie Bryant Varsity Basketball 3-4 ; Varsity Softball 4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; Clogging Club 1 ; Pep Club 2-3 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Commercial Club 4 ; Monogram Club 4 ; May Day 1-2. Mildred Carter Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Hi-Y Club 4 ; Commercial Club 4 ; Home Economics Club 2. Ray Childers Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; Varsity Basketball 3-4; Varsity Baseball 2-3-4. Basketball Club 4 ; Honorable Mention on All Conference Team. James Christie Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Commercial Club 3-4 ; President of General Science Club 4 ; Foot- ball 2-3 ; Safety Club 4 ; Softball-Intramural Sports 3-4 ; Basketball-Intramural Sports 3. Jack Clevenger Transferred to Cannon High 3 ; Session House 3-4 ; Intra nural Sports 4 ; Commercial Club 4. Al Cloninger President Home Room 1 ; Varsity Football, Baseball, Basketball 1-2-4 ; Monogram Club 1-2-3-4 ; Vice-President Sophomore Class ; Ses- sion House 2 ; Monitor 4 ; Hall of Fame 4. Eddie Cochran Astronomy Club 1-2-3 ; Junior Red Cross 3 ; Pep Club 3-4 ; Literary Society 4 ; Junior Class Play, “The Impatience of Job.” Marjoriene Coley Varsity Basketball 3-4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; Monitor 3 ; Commercial Club 3 ; Hi-Y Club 1-2 ; Clogging Club 1-2 ; Monogram Club 3-4 : Junior Red Cross 1-4 ; Pep Club 4 ; Sub- Deb Club 3 ; Social Committee 3 ; Home Eco- nomics Club 2. Sam Collins Part Time Student; Captain of Baseball 3-4; Hall of Fame 3 ; Intramural Sports. Frank Corbin Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; Hi-Y Club 1-2-3-4, President 1-2-3 ; Pep Club 1 ; Photography Club 2-3-4, President 3 ; Basketball Club 4 ; Baseball Club 4 ; Varsity Basketball 4. J. T. CORRELL Junior Football 3-4; Midget Football 1-2; Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Basketball Club 4 ; Basebail Club 4 ; Hi-Y Club 1-2 ; Clogging Club 1 ; Monogram Club 4 ; Commercial Club 4 ; Intra- mural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Varsity Basketball 4. iiiimmmimnimi firm m imm rmiTTTTm mmrnTrrm wmmiinrni mi mmminu i minm mum nu rmiTT 9 n n mu ) n ni mu CANNON Charlie Crayton Pep Club 2-3 ; Varsity Football 1-2-3-4 : Junior Basketball 2; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Hi-Y Club 1-2-3 Astronomy Club 1; Mono- gram Club 3-4 ; President Home Room 3. Margie Cress Home Economies Club 1 ; Clogging Club 2 ; ( ' .lee Club 2-4; Dramatic Club 3; Intramural Sports 3-4 ; Sub-Deb Club 4. Gaither Critz Doris Daniel Clogging Club 1-2 ; Pep Club 2-3-4 ; Hi-Y Club 4; Intramural Sports 1 -2-3-4 ; Varsity Basketball 3-4 ; May Day 2 ; Monogram Club 4. Ray Daugherty Intramural Sports 2-3-4 ; Taxidermy Club 2 ; Pep Club 4 ; Model Airplane Club 4. Floyd Daves Pres dent of Home Room 1 ; Vice President of Home Room 2 ; Treasurer of Home Room 3; Junior Red Cross 1-4; Pep Club 1-4; Taxi- dermy Club 2-3 ; Art Club 4 ; Reporter Junior Red Cross 4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; May Day 2. Elmer Davis Transferred from Charlotte 4 ; Typist for Cannon Report 4. Lewis Davis Basketball Club 4, President ; Baseball Club 4, President; Junior Football 2; Varsity Foot- ball 3-4 ; Varsity Basketball 3-4, Captain 4 ; Junior Basketball 2; All-Conference Basket- ball Captain 4 ; Varsity Baseball 2-3-4 ; Mon- ogram Club 2-3-4 . Intramural Sports 1-2 ; Session House 4 ; Most Athletic Boy 4. Harry Dayvault Secretary Home Room 1 ; Student Govern- ment 1 ; Intramural Sports 1-2 ; President Sophomore Class; Alpha Chi Sigma 2-3-4; Monogram Club 3-4 ; Football 3-4 ; Baseball 3-4; Vice-President Junior Class; Vice-Presi- dent Senior Class; Best All Round Boy; Ad- vertising Manager “Cannon Report.” Glenn Deal Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Pep Club 1-2-3-4 ; Student Government 2 ; Midget Football 2 ; Junior Baseball and Basketball 4 ; Commercial Club 4 ; Marshal 2. Lillian Kirk DeMarcus President of Art Club 2 ; Treasurer of B.Y.S. Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Glee Club 3-4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Hi-Y Club 3-4 ; Class Day 1-2-4 ; May Day 1-2-4 ; French Club 3. Eloise Drake Glee Club 1 ; Social Club 2 ; B.Y.S. Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Literary Club 4 ; Intramural Soft- ball 4. mT Tr nmiriin i ii i iiniiinni i miiiiiMiiiillHiillllllHDin mm mm nnmMiiiMMr T wmmiunjM i imHi rnTrrni 10 Romania Echerd Glee Club 1-2 ; May Day 1-2 ; Literary Club 3-4, Secretary 3, Treasurer 4 ; Pep Club 2 ; Library Club 3-4, President 4 ; Assistant Li- brarian 1-2-3 ; Intramural Sports 2-4. Greenlee Ellison Part Time Student. Rachel Felker Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Student Government 2-3 ; Secretary of Home Room 1-4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2 ; Commercial Club 4 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Yearly Honor Roll 3 ; Second Place State Salesmanship Winner 4 ; May Day 1-2 ; Junior-Senior Banquet Committee 3 ; Marshal 3. Audrey Fogleman Transferred from Albemarle 3 ; Pep Club 3 ; Dramatics Club 3 ; Intramural Softball 3-4 ; Basketball 4 ; Art Club 4 ; Girls’ Glee Club 4 ; “The Family Up Stairs’’ 4. Aubrey Fox Garrison Freeman Hi-Y Club Chaplain 1-3, Secretary 2, Presi- dent 4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Astronomy Club 2 ; Swimming 2-3 ; Monogram Club 2-3-4 ; Student Council 3-4 ; Chairman of First Stunt Night Program 3 ; Clean-up Committee 3 ; Group Leader of Social Standard Conference 4 ; Intramural Basketball Board 4 ; Basketball 4 ; Monitor 4 ; Business Manager of “Cannon Report’’ 4 ; Honor Society 4 ; Tennis Club 3-4. Sara Frye Virginia Gaston Jurell Greason Varsity Basketball 4 ; Pep Club 2-3 : Intra- mural Sports 1-2-3 ; Hi- Y Club 3 ; Home Eco- nomics Club 1 ; May Day 1 ; Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Commercial Club 3-4 ; Monogram Club 4 ; Stunt Night 4 ; Typist for “Cannon Report.” Mattie Gardner Glee Club 1 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; Sub- Deb Club 3-4. Clogging Club 1-2 ; Pep Club 2-3 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; May Day 1-2-4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Stunt Night 2-4 ; Art Contest 4. Dollie Gray Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Glee Club 1-2-3 ; Operetta 1- 2 ; Junior Red Cross 1-2 ; May Day 1-2 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; Student Government 2- 4 ; Secretary Home Room 3 ; Prompter Jun- ior Class Play ; Social Committee 4 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Chairman of the Tea Committee for State Student Council Congress 4. Clogging Club 1 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Pep Club 2 ; Sub-Deb Club 4. George Gillon Pep Club 3-4 ; Monogram Club 4 : Publica- tion Board 4 ; Tennis Club 2-3-4 ; Tennis Team 3-4 ; Football 3-4 ; First Aid Club 3 ; Vice- President Junior Class ; President of Student Body; Intramural Softball 3-4; Treasurer of N. C. State Student Council Congress ; Honor Society 3-4 ; Taxidermy Club 2 ; Clean-up Committee 2-3 ; Hi-Y Club 4 ; Treasurer Home Room 2-3. nrn r n nmi.ru r mTirnn m □ mi m i m m m m mm - nmy HUHHiinn uminmi mn mum mu mum nm mi if 11 Lamonte Goldston Glee Club 1-3-4; Literary Club 2; Astron- omy Club 2-4; Midget Football 2; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Orchestra 2-3 ; Hub-Dub Club 3; Tennis Club 2-3-4; Hi-Y Club 1-2-3, Sec- retary 4. Kyle Goodnight Pep Club 1 ; Junior Red Cross 1 ; Photog- raphy Club 2-3. Treasurer 3 ; Commercial Club 3-4, Vice-President 4; Stunt Night 4; Intramural Sports 4. Ralph Goodnight Commercial Club 3-4. Treasurer 3, Presi- dent 4; Junior Red Cross 3, Secretary; Treas- urer Home Room 4 ; Intramural Sports 4. Laura Lee Hampton Intramural Basketball 1-2-3 ; Home Eco- nomics Club 1-2 ; Junior-Senior Pep Club 4 ; Junior Red Cross Representative 4; Junior Sub-Deb Club 4 ; President Senior Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Reporter Commercial Club 4 ; Home Room Play 4 ; Salutatorian. Leonard Hampton 110-Pound Football Team 1-2-3 ; Pep Club 2-3-4 ; Home Room Play 2-3-4 ; Glee Club 3-4 ; 125-Pound Football Team 3 ; Varsity Football 4 ; Intramural Basketball 3-4 ; Intramural Softball 3-4 ; Monogram Club 4. Arline Hare Transferred from McCall High School 4 ; Science Club ; Glee Club ; Journalistic Club ; Beta Club; Junior Class Play; Pep Club; Literary Club ; Typist for School Paper. Martha Hartis Pep Club 2-3-4 ; Clogging Club 1-2 : Intra- mural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Varsity Basketball 4 ; May Day 1-2-3-4 ; Commercial Club 4 ; Mon- ogram Club 4. Edna Hartsell Glee Club 1 ; Operetta 1 : Home Economics Club 2 ; Physical Education 1 ; Literary Club 4 ; Pep Club 4 ; Intramural Softball 4 ; Class Poet 4 ; Stunt Night 4. Rena Herman Clogging Club 1 ; Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Varsity Basketball 4 ; May Day Exercises 1-2 ; Stunt Night 3-4 ; Vice-President Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Hi-Y Club 4 ; Physical Education. Helen Hester Pep Club 1-2-3-4 ; Secretary Home Room 1 : Hi-Y Club 2-3-4 ; Debating Team 2-3-4 ; Intra- mural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Dramatic Club 2-3 ; President 3; Usher Junior Class Play; May Day 1-2 ; President Home Room 2-4. Lloyd Hipps Pep Club 1-2-4 ; Clogging Club 1 ; Art Club 2 ; Motion Picture Club 3 ; Intramural Sports 4. David Holdbrooks Pep Club 4, Secretary ; Commercial Club 4 ; Photography Club 3 ; Astronomy Club 3 ; Intra- mural Sports 3-4 ; May Day 4. imivn umnm 1 1 n 1 1 im ' nn mi mu n II MIPTn I M I M 1 11 A TT ' mimnnniimiiini ' iin i m i nn - mu mum mum mi 12 tnmrmrr —CANNON Henry Lee Holdbrooks Commercial Club 3-4 ; Pep Club 4 ; Intra- mural Sports 4 ; Photography Club 3. Jimmy Irby Varsity Baseball 3-4 ; Monogram Club 4. Helen Julian Clogging Club 1 ; Glee Club 1 ; Dramatic Club 2 ; Intramural Softball 2-3 ; Pep Club 2- 3 ; Hi-Y Club 2-3-4 ; Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Group Leader of Social Standard Conference 4 ; The Friendly Sorority 4. Mildred Julian Clogging Club 1-2 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Usher Junior Class Play 4; Pep Club 3 ; Hi-Y Club 2-3-4, Treasurer 4 ; Vice- President Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Vice-President Junior Red Cross 4 ; Chapel Program Com- mittee 4 ; May Day Festival 1-2-3-4, Attendant 3- 4 ; Group Chairman Social Standards Con- ference 4 ; Stunt Night 3-4 ; Social Committee 3 ; Class Night Play 4. Kathryn Irby May Day Festival 1 ; Pep Club 1-2-3-4 : Sub- Deb 3 ; Commercial Club 4 ; Monogram Club 4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; First Aid Course 2 ; Physical Education 1-2-4 ; Manager of Junior Basketball 4 ; Assistant Manager of Varsity Basketball 4. Ben Jones Transferred from Balls Creek Consolidated School; Junior Class Play; Student Govern- ment 4 ; Vice-President Home Room 4 ; Hi-Y Club 4 ; Basketball Club 4 ; Monogram Club 4 ; Basketball Manager 4 ; Hand Book Committee 4 ; Intramural Sports Committee 4 ; Alpha Chi Sigma 4 ; Publication Board 4 : Senior Class Play 4 ; Social Committee 4. Rosalie Kelly Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Literary Club 2 ; Intramural Basketball 1-2 ; Tennis Club 3-4 ; Secretary 3 ; Junior Class Play 3 ; Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Chair- man Social Committee 3 ; Basketball 1 ; Hi-Y Club 4 ; Assistant Chairman of Standards Conferenc e 3. W. T. Kiser Intramural Sports 2-3-4 ; Taxidermy Club 2 : Model Airplane Club 4 ; Pep Club 4. Glenn Jones Part Time Student. Louise Johnson Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Library Club 3, President ; Hi-Y Club 1-3-4 ; May Day 2 ; Assistant Li- brarian 2-3 ; Operetta 4. Margaret Leazer Secretary of Home Room 1-4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; May Day 1-2-3 ; Junior Red Cross 1 ; Varsity Basketball 2-3-4 ; Varsity Softball 4 ; Monogram Club 2-3-4 ; Pep Club 2-3 ; Varsity Tennis 2-3-4 ; Stunt Night 3-4 ; President of Girls’ Tennis and Monogram Club 4 ; All-Conference Basketball 4 ; Most Athletic Girl in Senior Class 4 : Hall of Fame 4. Howard Linker Pep Club 1-2-3-4 : Hi-Y Club 1-2-3-4. Treas- urer 2 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Football 3 : Junior Class Play; Senior Class Play; May Day 3-4, Prince 4 : Photography Club 1 ; Stunt Night 3 ; Group Leader in Social Standards Conference 4. ininmimnmnmnnun Tii nimi) i WlMH iliniril T llA lT 13 CANNON Henry Lipe Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Junior Football 1-2: Varsity Football 3-4; Session, House 3-4; President Junior Class; President Senior Class ; Point Hoard 4 ; Photography Club 1 : Junior Red Cross 2; Finance Board 4; Intra- mural Softball Board 4 ; Monitor 4 ; Hi-Y Club 2-3-4 ; Honor Society 2-3-4, Vice Presi- dent 4 ; Monogram Club 3-4 ; Group Leader Social Standard Conference; Constitution Committee 4 ; Most Popular Boy ; Marshal 2-3. Hazel Littleton Glee Club 1-2-3 ; Pep Club 3 ; Student Coun- cil 1 ; Literary 2 ; Operetta 2-3 ; Sub-Deb Club President 4 ; Chairman of Social Committee 4 ; Assistant Manager Basketball 3 ; Assistant Advertising Manager of ' ‘Cannon Report” 4 ; Hi-Y Club 3-4 ; Social Standards Conference Comm ' ttee 4; Social Committee 1-2-3; May Day 2 ; Intramural Basketball 1-2-3 ; Class Day Play 4 ; The Friendly Sorority 4. Glenn Lowder Pep Club 1-2-3; Junior Red Cross 1-2; Intramural Sports 1-2-4; Varsity Baseball 3-4 ; Photography Club 3. Lloyd Lowder Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Varsity Basketball 4 ; Basketball Club 4. Midget Football 1 ; Junior Basketball 3 ; Earl Marlin Band 1-2-3-4 ; Pep Club 3 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-4 ; Glee Club 4 ; Hi-Y Club 4 ; Operetta 4 ; Best Dressed Boy 4. Neale McCombs Pep Club 1-2-3-4 ; Baseball 1 ; Assistant Manager Baseball 2-3 ; Manager Baseball 4 . Varsity Football 4 ; Intra-mural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Session House 4; Junior Red Cross 1; Wittiest. Sammie McCoy Robert McGuire Judson McKinley Clogging Club 1-2; Intramural Basketball 1-2-3; Intramural Softball 1-2-3-4 ; Varsity Basketball 3-4 ; Pep Club 4 ; Junior Red Cross Club 2-4 ; Secretary of Home Room 1-4 ; Hi- r Club 3-4, Treasurer 3 ; Home Economics Club 1 ; May Day Exercises 1-2-3-4 ; Junior Hi Edi- tor of “Cannon Report” 3 : Clubs Editor of “Cannon Report” 4; Sub-i ' eb Club 3; Mar- shal 3. G. Lee McIntyre Literary Society. Rose McDaniel Hi-Y Club 1 ; Pep Club 2-3-4 ; Intramural Softball 2-3-4 ; Literary Club 4 ; Stunt Night 4 ; Publication Board 3 ; Sub-Deb Club 3. Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Cheer Leader 3, Head Cheer Leader 4 ; May Day 1-2-3, Maid of Honor 4 ; Group Chairman of the Social Standard’s Conference 4 ; Monitor 4 ; Tennis Club 4 ; The Friendly Sorority 4 ; Best Dressed Girl 4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Class Day Play 4. Herman Morrison Pep Club 2-3 ; Intramural Sports 2-4 ; Science Club 4. m -mr n mil i m TTr m TTT uimimimmn nm un nin lllim niniiiiinmmmm ' nAiuiJimmnmminimm ii ni 14 Edward Moss Hazel Norton Clara Overcash Hi-Y Club 1 ; Junior Red Cross 1-2 ; Com- mercial Club 3 ; Pep Club 3 ; Junior Class Play 3 ; Glee Club 4 ; Intramural Sports 4 ; Literary Society 4. Katherine Norris Intramural Basketball 1-2-3-4 ; Intramural Softball 1-2-3-4 ; Clogging Club 1-2 ; Hi-Y Club 1 ; Pep Club 3-4 ; Literary 4 ; Sub-Deb Club 3 ; Physical Education 1-2. Transfer from McColl, S. C. ; Tennis 2-3 ; Basketball 1-3-4 ; Pep Club 2-4 ; Photography Club 2-3 ; Commercial Club 4 ; Intramural Sports 2. Lambert O’Daniel Football ; Glee Club. Student Council 1 ; Pep Club 2-3 ; Junior Red Cross 1. Secretary 4 ; Monogram Club 3-4 ; Varsity Basketball 3-4 ; Monitor, Secre- tary, 3 ; Usher for Junior Class Play 3 ; Intramural Sports 1-2 ; Glee Club 3 : Hi-Y Club 3, Vice-President 4 ; Sub-Deb Club 4 ; May Day Attendant 4 ; The Friendly Sorority 4. Hazel Overcash Glee Club 1-2 ; Pep Club 2-3 ; Intramural Sports 1-3 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Session House 4 ; Heme Room President 3-4 : Social Com- mittee. Carl Parker Margaret Payne Luther Pethel Football 1-2-3 ; Pep Club 2-3-4 ; Commercial Club 3-4 ; Junior Red Cross 3 ; Hi-Y Club 3 ; Intramural Sports 2-3. Pep Club 1-2-3; Sub-Deb Club 3-4; Com- mercial Club 4 ; Home Economics Club 2 ; Intramural Sports 2 ; Hi-Y Club 4. Pep Club 1-2 ; Commercial Club 3-4 ;. Varsity Basketball 4 ; Baseball 4 ; Home Room Treas- urer 3 ; Intramural Sports 3-4 ; Junior Basket- ball 1-2-3. Gaynell Parker Jennie Pethel Hazel Powell Senior Sub-Deb Club ; Glee Club ; Dramatics Club ; First Aid Course 2 ; Physical Education 1 ; Secretary Dramatics Club. ‘‘Cannon Report” Staff 4 : Student Govern ment 4 : Alpha Chi Sigma 4, Secretary ; “The Family Up Stairs” 4 ; Assistant Manager of Softball Team 4 ; Social Standards Conference Committee 4 ; President of Home Room 4 ; Monitor 4 ; State Student Council Congress Committee 4 ; Junior Social Committee 3 ; Sub-Deb Club 3, Vice-President ; B.Y.S. Club 4 ; Pep Club 2-3 ; Glee Club 1 ; Hi-Y Club 1. Secretary 2-3-4 ; Chief Marshal for Com- mencement 3 ; Intramural Softball 1-2-3 : Cos- tume Director of Class Play 3 ; Stunt Night Judge 4; Senior Class Historian 4. rTiinniniii i iiinniiiimniin ' imDi ' niiiiuniiiirmumn 15 Norena Pruitt (lice Club 1-2; Dramatic Club 2-3; Senior Sub-Deb 4 ; Intramural Sports 1 -2-3-4. Dorothy Readling Clogging Club 1-2 ; Music Club 2 ; Pep Club 2-3 ; Sub-Deb Club 4 ; May Day Festival 3-4 ; Manager Girls’ Tennis Team 4 ; Monitor 4 ; Senior Class Testator 4 ; Hi-Y Club 4 ; Prop- erties Junior Class Play 3; Assistant Prop- erties Senior Class Play 4 ; Cannon Memorial Night Usher 4 ; Social Standard Conference Committee 4. Beryl Roberts Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Intramural Basketball 2-3 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Hi-Y Club 3-4 ; Commer- cial Club 4 ; Glee Club 1-2 ; Social Committee Chairman 4 (home room). Helen Roberts Clogging Club 1 ; Intramural Sports 1-2 ; Secretary Home Room 2 ; Varsity Softball 4 ; Sub-Deb Club 4. Annie Robinette Clogging Club 1-2 ; Intramural Softball 1-2-4; Sub-Deb Club 4. Mary Frances Rollins Pep Club 1-2 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Commer- cial Club 3-4 ; May Day 1 ; Intramural Basket- ball 1. Roberta Ruff Transfer from Hickory : Sub-Deb Club 3-4. Lewis Scarborough Assistant Stage Manager 4; Intramural Sports 2-3-4 ; Glee Club 1-2 ; May Day 1-4. Virginia Scarboro Secretary of Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Pep Club 2-3; Secretary of Commercial Club 4; Intra- mural Softball 2 ; Intramural Basketball 3 ; Varsity Softball 4. Frank Schenck Transferred from Bethel High School 1-2 ; Part Time Student ; Science and History Club 1-2 ; Dramatic Club 1-2. Lawrence Seymour Student Council 3 ; Vice-President of Stu- dent Government 4 ; Hi-Y Club 1-2-3-4 ; Com- mercial Club 3 ; Chief Monitor 4 ; Business Manager of Junior Class Play 3 ; Student Bank 4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Intra- mural Sports Board 4 ; Alpha Chi Sigma 3-4 ; Photography Club 3 ; Point Board 4 ; Adver- tising Manager of Senior Class Play. Lola Shore Pep Club 4 ; Dramatic Club 3 ; Glee Club 4 ; Basketball 1-2. TT U TT m i mi 1 1 n i m 1 1 1 n i mu im n m m w mu m 1 1 1 1 ) I ULU T ii� umunrrnii iiniMrini� miimnuMiiMmmm iiJJ 16 Margaret Sifford J. P. Sills Lorene Simpson Pep Club 1-2-3-4 ; Junior Red Cross 4 ; Hi-Y Club (Vice-President) 3, (President) 4; Man- ager of Basketball Team 2-3-4 ; Art Club 1, Vice-President; Dramatic Club 2; Monogram Club 2-3-4 ; Intramural Softball 1-2-3 ; May Day Festival 1-2 ; Intramural Basketball 1-2-3-4. Horace Sills Pep Club 1-4 ; Literary Club 1-2 ; Monogram Club 2-3-4 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; Tennis Manager 1-2 ; Hi-Y Club 1-2-3-4 ; May Day 1-2. Part Time Student. Ruby Sills Pep Club 1-3 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3 ; Varsity Basketball 1-2 : Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Commercial Club 4. Secretary Home Room 1-2-3 ; Clogging Club 1- 2 ; Glee Club 3-4 ; Operetta 3 ; Secretary Sophomore Class ; Art Club 2 ; Sub-Deb Club 4. Albert Sloop Pep Club 3-4 ; Photography Club 3 ; Com- mercial Club 4 ; Honor Society 4 ; Football 2- 3 ; Tennis 2-3-4 ; Taxidermy Club 3 ; Intra- mural Sports 2-3-4 ; Treasurer of Junior Class ; Treasurer of Senior Class. Eunice Sloop Home Economics Club 2 ; Junior Sub-Deb Club 3 : Senior Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Commercial Club 4 ; Physical Education 1-2 ; Stunt Night 3-4 ; Treasurer of Home Room 2. Guenton Slawson President of Home Room 1 ; Pep Club 1-2-3-4 ; Astronomy Club 1 Monogram Club 3-4 ; Varsity Swimming 3 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Junior Class Play. Daisy Belle Smith Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Glee Club 1 ; Softball 1-2-3-4 ; Basketball 3-4. Margaret Smith Clogging Club 1 ; Softball 1-2-3-4 ; Basket- ball 3 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Home Economics Club 3. Inez Taylor Clogging Club 1-2 ; Pep Club 2-3 : Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Intramural Basketball 1-2-3-4 : In- tramural Softball 1-2-3-4 : Junior Class Play 3 ; May Day Exercises 1-2 ; Home Room Play 2-3 ; Stunt Night 4 ; Dramatic Club 2 : His- torian Dramatic Club 2 ; English Class Vice- President 3. Julia Taylor Junior Red Cross Represen taive 1 ; May Day- Pyramids 1-2 ; Glee Club Operator “Palish Pebbles” 1 ; Secretary of Dramatic Club 2 ; Intramural Sports 2 ; Reporter for Dramatic Club 3 : Hi-Y Club 3 : President of Dramatic Club 4 : Vice-President of Literary Club 4 ; Stunt Night 4 ; Senior Bam Dance 4 ; Physi- cal Education 1-2. mmm inn mmn -n in vn -r mm mum mnvn MinnmnH mini mi mn limn i ' H nit i m nn nur m nnn i in i mini 17 Ill 111HLLL NCXN Gladys Teague Clogging Club 1 ; Home Economics Club 2 ; Intramural Sports 2 ; Pep Club 3 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4. Edith Thomason Home Economics Club 1 ; Pep Club 2-3 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-4 ; Cast of Senior Class Play 4 ; May Day 2 ; French Club 3 ; Hi-Y Club 1-2, Chaplain 4 ; Senior B.Y.S. Sub-Deb Club 4, Secretary. Retha Thompson Glee Club 1 ; Intramural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Clogging Club 3 ; Pep Club 4. Euverla Tidwell Transfer from Atlanta; Sub-Deb 3-4; Play Cast “The Impatience of Job” 3 : Home Room Secretary and Treasurer 4 ; Play Cast “The Family Upstairs” 4 ; Most Talented in Senior Class 4. Alton Todd Inez Walters Tennis Club 3-4 ; Hi-Y Club 4 ; Publication Board 4 ; Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Basketball 1 ; Intra- mural Sports 1-2-3-4 ; Secretary of Home Room 1 ; Vice-President of Home Room 3 ; Secretary of Class 3-4 ; Literary Club 4 ; Sub-Deb Club 4 ; Monitor 4 ; Astronomy Club 4, Secretary ; Social Committee 3 ; Tennis Team 4 ; Social Standards Conference Group Leader 4 : Class Prophetess 4 ; Most Popular Girl 4 ; Hall of Fame 4 ; The Friendly Sor- ority 4. J. D. White Student Government 1-2-3 ; Juni or Football 1-2 ; Pep Club 1 ; Varsity Swimming 2-3 ; Monogram Club 3-4 ; Hi-Y Club 1-2, Treasurer ; Stunt Night 3 ; Intramural Sports 2-3 ; Mon- itor 3 ; Band 3-4. James Whitten Erlene Williford Treasurer of Student Body 2 ; Pep Club 1-2-3 ; Reporter for “Cannon Report” 1-2 ; Hi-Y Club 4 ; Intramural Sports 3-4 ; Junior Red Cross Club 4, Pres : dent ; Commencement Marshal 1 ; Treasurer of Home Room 1 ; Lit- erary Club 2 ; Sub-Deb Club 3-4 ; Stunt Night 3-4 ; Student Council 2 ; Junior Play Usher 3 ; French Club 3 ; Founders Night Usher 3-4 ; Social Committee 1-2-3 ; Social Standard Con- ference 4; Class Night Play 4; The Friendly Sorority 4. Audrey Woodward Clogging Club 1 ; Pep Club 2 ; Sub-Deb Club 4. E. L. Wren Jr. Student Council 1 ; Photography Club 1-4 ; Hi-Y Club 1-2-3-4 ; Pep Club 2-3-4 ; Taxidermy Club 2 ; Football 3-4 ; Stage Manager 4 ; Mon- ogram Club 4 ; Intramural Sports 4 ; President Home Room 4. Hiiivmimumii nimmin i ini unimi i m w mi i mumli unm mu immjjmMim Minimum mum mnmnn 18 SENIOR CLASS ADVISERS Mrs. Robert Neal Miss Lorraine Gray Mrs. John Oehler Miss Helen Whitley MASCOTS OF ’3 9 Tommy Hartis Martha Lane Williams n nn i nunmimnnn ' n TTrrr nnum minin ' imr TT m ' mu miin n in nniui Him imi m i mi mm mum mir n-mv 19 CLASS HISTORY On September 13 in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-five, there landed upon the shores of High School Land 281 explorers and wisdom -seekers. Tired after a long, hard journey on the sea of inexperi- ence, they were frightened by the three tribes already living in that territory. There were the Sophomore, the Juniors, and the Seniors. These elder tribes called this new band, Freshmen, meaning “green” in that realm’s language. Despite their inexperience, these Pilgrims made rapid progress under the capable leadership of Mrs. Elizabeth Severence, Miss Estelle Farris, Miss Julia McLendon, Mr. Roscoe Eller, and Mr. W. A. Masten; with Mr. W. J. Bullock, the chief ruler, and Mr. J. W. Harbison as his governing principal. In order to protect the land from outside invasion and promote better fellowship among the four tribes living there, the Council of Student Participation in Government, and the publishing of a chronicle, “The Cannon Report,” was begun. With no great catastrophe and much success, the first year of citizenship in the Land of High School drew to a close. During the next year the Freshmen advanced and took possession of the strongholds vacated by the Sopho- mores when they succeeded to the Junior territory. The Freshmen hardships had taken their toll for now there were only 216 colonists, 96 boys and 120 girls. New fields of learning were conquered and annexed. As time passed the Sophomores found their pilgrimage easier, for their previous experience and the aid of such understanding leaders as Mr. Thomas MacLean, Miss Margaret Boylan, Miss Margaret Franks, and Mr. E. K. Lewis. An as- sembly known as the Alpha Chi Sigma was begun. May Day and Forensic Day were two of the contests which the united tribes engaged in just before the close of this period. Several changes were noted in epoch three. These valiant pilgrims now rose to second in power and occupied the territory which the Juniors had occupied. They chose Henry Lipe, Jr. to preside over them as chief executive with George Gillon, Inez Walters, and Albert Sloop to assist him. The number of members was found to total 156, 71 boys and 85 girls. Faculty rulers during this period were J. W. Harbison, principal, Miss Helen Dugan, Mrs. Kate Lewis, and Mr. J. D. Taylor. An outstanding event was the Junior Class play, “The Impatience of Job.” Important “revelry” functions were the Senior-Junior party, the Senior-Junior Alumni party, and the Junior- Senior Banquet given at the Yadkin Hotel in Salisbury. The historical period four was marked by important revision, for the band who had invaded Freshman Land were now Seniors, the mighty leaders of the whole realm. The pilgrims now numbered 159, 79 boys and 80 girls. They chose Henry Lipe, Jr. again as president; Harry Dayvault, vice-president; Inez Walter, secretary; and Albert Sloop, treasurer, with Miss Helen Whitley, Miss Loraine Gray, Mrs. Julia Neal, and Mrs. John Oehler as guides. George Gillon was chosen “chief” of the Council of Student Government, with Lawrence Seymour as “under- chief.” This organization had as its guests, delegates from most of the tribes in the whole Land of High School and entertained them royally. “The Cannon Report,” under the editorship of Thomas Anderson, was given second rating by the National Scholastic Press Association, and the Girls’ Glee Club won third place in the State Con- tests. May Day and Field Day were also successful. This pilgrim band has conquered all the hardships the Land of High School has to offer. They are trained for a higher and greater battle — The Battle of Life. Yet they take their departure from the Land of High School sadly. n i inmimi i niiimi ii m i iii m i mu n mini mi mimum ni Lmm.mn u rn mn uimniummim ninmna i 20 PROPHECY ’Tis the year of 1960! The “age of miracles” has arrived. Licing on planets is an established fact. All traffic problems have been solved, and the class of ’39 is scattered over the Milky Way, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus. Our class president, Henry Lipe, Jr., is the owner of Milky Way Mills, and this new mill is furnishing much competition for Cannon Mills Co. In this large concern we also find Earl Allen and M. J. Barger, able-bodied and efficient managers, who are so good they can take a few threads and make one of their best-selling towels. Evelyn Bonds and Geraldine Allen are the neat and capable secretaries. In the cinema world Claudine Barbee, our prettiest girl, has the honor of being the top ranking film player. J. T. Correll and his assistant, J. D. White, are preparing a musical comedy, ' ' Follies of 1960,” Neal McCombs, all-star comedian, is dragging around a goose because he doesn’t want to be too much like Joe Penner. Marjoriene Coley is playing Juliet on the world’s largest stage. Her success is doubtless due to the direction of Garrison Freeman, the scenarios of Lamonte Goldston, the management of W. T. Kiser, and the ballyhoo of Nacmi Benton. Managing her fan mail are Rachel Felker and Arline Hare. Edith Thompson is preparing to marry into the Wool worth’s millions. Clara Overcash has just inherited a few million dollars from a once rejected admirer. She just can’t decide how to spend it. Speaking of undecided minds, George Brandon has been debating for the past twenty years whether or not to make architecture his vocation. Regardless of George’s inability to decide his fateful question, Lloyd Hipps. the world’s foremost architect, has built office buildings that scrape the sky, theaters, that seat thousands, govern- ment universities for higher public education, and factories for unbelievable mass production. Aubrey Fox in his second childhood suddenly had an intense desire to play football, so Charlie Crayton, pop- ular captain of the high school team, is trying to teach him the art and technique of the game. Rose McDaniel is now publishing her twentieth novel, “Velvet Passion,” while our poet, Edna Hartsell, has enjoyed equal success with her “Odes to a Daisy.” Their metropolitan offices are similar to the new National Public Library, wherin Romania Eckerd reigns as supreme librarian. Robert McQuire manages New York’s highest hotel, Waldoris, home of the ultra-elite. The globe-trotting expeditions of Lewis Davis, “Believe it or Not” hunter, are becoming more and more in- tense, for the public thinks nothing strange in this era. Down in the South Seas, Alton Todd and Lee McIntyre are doing missionary work, while Jack Clevenger and Edward Moss are trying high pressure on the natives in an effort to get rid of some surplus refrigerators. The Feminine World is kept up to par by Zola Allen, fashion commentator, whose topic is The Well Dressed Woman of Today.” Dorothy Readling has established an exclusive fashion shop for ladies. Her styles are the very latest, and her name is well known. Modeling for her and helping bring in the profits are four expert and beautiful mannequins — Gladie Alexander, Helen Julian, Rosalie Kelly, and Erlene Williford. Harry Day vault and Earl Marlin, beverage specialists for two decades, have solved the problem by intro- ducing to the world a new beverage which contains all the powers of the South Mountain Special, but keeps the imbiber as sober as a judge . Guenton Slawson is executive of the now mighty industry and rests in gilded ease upon the profits of the sober, but spirited public. Mildred Carter and Margaret Payne are now owners of a chain of restaurants with Lola Shore and Roberta Ruff introducing new dishes every week. (Note: Food pills are a definite failure. Their manufacture, predicted by Horace Sills to be a booming industry by 1980, was stopped by the government in 1955.) Women are in politics as deeply as men. A new political party has appeared and threatens to parade into Washington immediately upon the order of their leader, Sarah Frye, who with her assistants, Rena Herman and Virginia Scarboro, has assembled a mighty band of heroines who demand wealth and fame for everybody. Tele- vision — yesterday’s dream — is a reality. Radio Station WXYZ is located in every principal city of the world. Manager of the American Division is George Gillon, who with his assistants Glenn Deal and Lewis Scarborough, fills the air with sight waves galore. m Tnr m n m m n m n 1 1 m m m n 1 1 m i m m n n i m i TTn rn 1 n r iiin i iiiiiiiniii ' iiiiiifmiiTiirniiniiiriininMmmm i 21 Frank Corbin has encamped in Chile to command a nitrate quarry, and in the wilds of Brazil, Rankin Baker and Millard Alexander are searching for cobras coiled around banana trees. David Beaver and Luthel Pethel are combing the Antarctic to find the gold mine Admiral Byrd abandoned back in 1940. Eddie Cochran, always in- terested in science, is contemplating a new model of the stratosphere. Jimmy Irby is operating America’s National Public Hospital assisted by Drs. Lucille Barringer and Hazel Brown, while the nurses are Louise Johnson, Eloise Drake, and Norena Pruitt. Ruby Sills is dean of a finishing school for girls. Assisting her are Audrey Fogleman, history teacher; Kath- rine Norris, English teacher; Mary Frances Rollins, French teacher; and Eunice Sloop, music teacher. Thomas Anderson is editing “The Daily Flash” while Hazel Powell dashes around town as his news editor. Frances Brooks, known to the world as “Miss Lonely Hearts,” busily pecks away her replies to love-lorn suppliants as Mildred Julian, the sob sister, dishes the dirt, and Lillian DeMarcus, in her column, “Hark Universe,” warns readers to “Be! Be! To the utmost of your ability, Be!” The Duchess of Frothingham (Sammie McCoy), craving adventure, fled to Europe and is now reigning over the Frothingham Gardens and stealing the hearts of young Dukes and Earls. Howard Linker has seriously taken up aviation, which originated in a hobby. David Alexander is piloting a well-known sky taxi around the world, and his air hostesses a re Helen Hester and Margaret Sifford. Marjory Cress is a successful aviatrix, who started flying to forget a certain love affair. Beryl and Helen Roberts are successful personnels of a day nursery. Annie Robinette and Audrey Woodward are pleading for pensions which will benefit old maids over sixty. Frank Schenck and Herman Morrison are com- bining their efforts toward inventions which will aid mankind. Ivory Barnes is studying to be a cosmetic expert. The cities of the world are kept clean by an efficient device, the brain-child of T. P. Beaver, finishing in S. S. Ray Dougherty and James Christy head the police and detective force. James Whitten’s fireproof building mate- rials and Lambert O’Daniel’s extinguishing machine have made destructive fires a thing of the past. Rebecca Bost lectures on “How to Keep Fit at Forty.” China’s war lord, Hwing, Hwang, Wwong (J. P. Sills), is seeking a war with Japan, but wars are gone now, due to the efforts of our pacifist, feminine, diplomatic corps of Hazel Norton, Gladys Teague, and Jurrel Greason. Laura Lee Hampton is editor of the “Women’s Business Journal;” across the hall, Dollie Gray is editing the “Gentlemen’s Home Companion.” Ralph and Kyle Goodnight have gone in the Milky White Laundry Business. Lawrence Seymour is an up-and-coming auditor in a big bank. Lorene Simpson, Frances Brigman and Jennie Pethel have combined their artistic abilities and painted many world famous pictures. Doris Daniels and Martha Hartis have a partnership in a famous beauty salon. Gene Wrenn is doing well as manager of the Dupont Manu- facturing Co., while Ruth Bostian and Gaynelle Parker are the best interior decorators to be found. Ray Childers and Glenn Lowder are both commanders in the Army Air Corps. Virginia Gaston, Inez Taylor, and Kathrine Irby are three happily married women. Mattie Gardner, Daisy Bell, and Margaret Smith have gone in for nursing, so if there is a war they can take care of the wounded men. Hazel Overcash has already been made head nurse at the Johns Hopkin Hospital. The two Holdbrooks brothers, David and Henry Lee, are elec- trical engineers, while the two Jones boys, Ben and Glenn, make up the two vice-presidents of a huge chain of grocery stores. Albert Sloop is the most respected mathematics teacher that has ever taught at Harvard Univer- sity. Euverla Tidwell is one of the very greatest concert pianists, while Julia Taylor, private secretary, is having trouble keeping all of Euverlia’s personal appearances straight. Carl Parker has turned out to be a very noted civil engineer. Floyd Daves, Jr. and Clinton Barker are well- meaning politicians of this year. Margaret Leazer won an Olympic title with her swimming and diving powers. A1 Cloninger and Sam Collins are well-known baseball players, and it has been rumored that Al’s ambition is to knock a ball over to the moon. Annie Bryant and Mary Virginia Alexander are instructors of a class for girls in “How to develop your body for $5.00 an hour.” Melvin Barringer has just bought a big cattle ranch where he plans to make his fortune. Retha Thompson tours America hunting antiques for a large furniture company. Green Lee Ellison has been appointed Secretary of Economics and has solved all farm, budget, and employment problems. The year of 1960 is drawing slowly to a close, knows? Time alone will tell. Will the next ten years be as great and successful? INEZ WALTER, Class Prophetess. Who TT mTimim i mnm i iinmii i rnmuminnnnni i Uinf -ffl uiuiiiiiuiiBBti unnim i imriTi m ni i imiiimimurni 22 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of 1939, of J. W. Cannon High School, in the city of Kannapolis and State of North Caro- lina, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make and declare this our Last Will and Testament in the manner and form following. Article I To the School: We leave to you our respect, loyalty, and a desire for a very prosperous future. Article II To Our Oncoming Class: We leave to you our coveted front seats in the auditorium. Article III To the Teachers: We spirit. leave to a desire that next year’s students will work harder and will continue to keep up the school Article IV To the Individuals: I, Gladys Teague, do hereby will and bequeath my shortness of statue to Hazel Karriker, hoping she will be able to see in a crowd better than I. I, Zola Allen, do hereby will and bequeath my position as Mr. Dupree’s secretary first period, and to keep doing the things he wants me to with a smile, even after he’s walked the baby all night, and to have a ready giggle for all of Mr. Kornegay’s stale jokes to Howard Deaton, knowing he will fulfill this position to the utmost of his ability. I, G. Lee McIntyre, graduating from Cannon High School at the ripe old age of 30, do hereby will and bequeath my gray hairs, my ability to work on the second shift, and to stay awake on class to Clarence Pitts, for I know that he needs these qualities to carry him through the Senior Class of next year. I, Ray Childers, do hereby will and bequeath my height to Alfred Morgan, believing that he can use some of it. I, Horace Sills, do hereby will and bequeath my love for Jessie James to Frankie Patterson, hoping he will love him as I have — “Pli Ho Silver.” I, Hazel Powell, do hereby will and bequeath my monitorial badge and my position to Jamima Powell, and my ability to laugh (at the wrong time) to Lamina Riggs. I, Thomas Anderson, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to have a girl waiting on me in every state I visit, to Bobby McClary, hoping he doesn’t get into as much trouble over them as I have. I, Garrison Freeman, will and bequeath my ability to filibuster, and my ability to get along with Mrs. Neal to Walter Goodman. I, Margaret Sifford, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get out of class to go see Miss Franks to next year’s basketball manager. May she use this to her advantage as much as I did. I, Melvin Pilkinton, do hereby will my old English book to John Teague. I, Clarence Randolph, do will my love for graduates to Truman Chapman. I. Frank Schenck, do leave my best wishes to the faculty and school. I, Lawrence Seymour, do hereby will my ability to get along with Mr. Hudson to Frankie Patterson. I. J. P. Sills, do hereby will my good times to Gaither Critz. I, Alton Todd, do hereby will my love to the entire school and its inhabitants. I, Mary Virginia Alexander, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to talk longer and louder than anyone else to Virginia Poe. I, George Bagby Brandon, Jr., do hereby will and bequeath my ability to day dream on class to Paul R. Kearns, hoping he will not be called down as much as I. I, Albert Sloop, do hereby will and bequeath my job as treasurer of the Senior Class and my ability to forget Chemistry and Geometry to Horace Robertson. inmm i mnmmn i iimnTT TTT inU il H Wlll ' M l D LLLlltinig mm Minimum i Minim i m mm mi Diumnnmivni 23 ii iinTrm-rm rm CANNON I, Louise Johnson, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to be places on time to Bobby McClary hoping he can use it as well as I did. I, J. D. White, do will my name of “Sleepy” to John Dial. I, James Whitten, do hereby leave the memory of my good times to Alton Eddleman. I, Annie Bryant, do hereby will and bequeath my guard position on the basketball team, to Helen Brown, hoping she can uphold it better than I. I, Judy McKinley do hereby will and bequeath the honor of being head cheer leader to Betty Ross Dellinger for the year of ’39-’40. I, Rachel Felker do hereby will and bequeath to Doris Faggart my waves, knowing that she is willing to furnish the curls. I, Rebecca Bost, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to blush to anyone interested. I, Ruby Sills, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to bring visitors to class and be sent out, to Miss Killian’s future classes. I, Glenn Lowder, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to not make good in English to Mary Frances Bas- singer, hoping she will make use of it. I, Eloise Drake, do hereby will and bequeath my shortness of stature to Nay Delle Mattox. I, Frank Corbin, do will and bequeath my ability of going to all the football and basketball games at home and away to Frankie Patterson, hoping he will keep up the school spirit. I, Eddie Cochran, do hereby will to Hoyle Efird a desire for study and to Cannon High School a wish for more honors in the future. I, Kathryn Irby, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to attend school at least three days a week to Willie Jo Bray, hoping she will keep up the tradition. I, Frances Brigman, do hereby will and bequeath my bashfulness to Julia Mills Driver. I, Euverla Tidwell, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play the piano to Lennie Tillie, who desires to be a musician, and I hope she will find as much pleasure in it as I have found. I, Helen Julian, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to control my temper to Jim Russell, hoping he will use it while on the basketball court. I, Mary Frances Rollins, do hereby will and bequeath one of my eyes, either the brown one or the blue one, to any unfortunate underclassman who is in the same predicament. I, “Dot” Readling, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to have a good time at parties regardless of with whom I am, to Doris Faggart and my love for dancing to Paul Kearns. I, Carl Parker, Jr., do hereby will and bequeath my ability to make the best of the worst, my love of living, and my love for beautiful girls to Alfred Morgan. I, Margaret Leazer, do hereby will my love for ball players to Miss Margaret Amanda Franks. I, Rena Herman, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to warm the bench in all sports to Jamima Powell. I, Arline Hare, do hereby will and bequeath my privilege to talk in Mr. Hudson’s Sociology class to Sarah Yates, hoping she will take advantage of it as much as I have. I, J. T. Correll, do hereby will and bequeath my abil ity to chew and pop my one wad of chewing gum to Mrs. Neal, hoping that she will use it during all her classes to her utmost advantage. I, Luther Pethel, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to blush to Mavoureen Puntch, hoping that she will not be made to blush as I have. I, Katherine Norris, do hereby will and bequeath my love for Chemistry to “Dot” Bell hoping that she will be a better “atom buster” than I. I, George Whitson Gillon, do hereby will and bequ eath to Paul Kearns my position as president of the stu- dent body and my good looks to Bobby McClary. I, Sammie McCoy, do hereby will and bequeath the ability of my hair to fall on rainy days longer and string- ier than any other senior girls to Doris Faggart, hoping she will be able to keep it rolled better than I. I, Glenn Jones, do hereby will and bequeath my love for Concord girls to R. D. Dayvault. I, W. T. Kiser, do hereby will and bequeath my love for dear old Cannon High to anyone. i t h tt i m 1 1 1 m n 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 n n n 1 1 m i ) m i n n n n v i ) 1 1 n m 1 1 HTg mill i im i m i m 1 1 ii innn i m 1 1 ii mm 1 1 i i nn i MU i n i ini 24 I, Jimmie Irby, do hereby will and bequeath my position as catcher for the varsity baseball team to Harold Patterson, hoping he will be able to fill “Footsie’s” shoes (since I can’t). I, Evelyn Bonds, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to be at school every day on time, even if it is raining and cold, to Harry Hastings, my very best wishes to J. W. Cannon High School. I, Inez Taylor Hodgens, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get married and contine my school work to Myrtle Moore, wishing her much success in doing so. I, Virginia Gaston, do hereby will and bequeath my slenderness of waist to Edith Holloway, hoping with much dieting she may sometime acquire it. I, Edward Moss, do hereby will and bequeath to Hoyle Efird my ability to be quiet on class without going to sleep. I, Hazel Littleton, do leave my privilege of never being alone to Ruby Rogers. I, Ben Jones, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play “crack”-ed roles in plays to any actress or actor in the 1940 class feeling they can uphold the high standards set forth. I, Margaret Payne, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get ready on time to Mary Lee Tesh, knowing that she needs it. I, Mildred Carter, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to be a senior to all the people who fail. I, Virginia Scarboro, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play softball to Frances Daves. I, Rankin Baker, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to win swimming championships to Roy Deaton, my desire to serve my fellowmen to Lennie Tilley, and my best wishes to J. W. Cannon High School. I, Lewis Scarborough, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to keep my mouth shut at all times, except in Physics, to Ray Tate and to the school I leave my best wishes. I, Hazel Brown, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in Business Correspondence to Gaynelle Cooke and my sweet disposition to Elizabeth Smith. I, Claudine Barbee, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get along with teachers to Howard Deaton, seeing that he needs it. I, Lola Shore, do hereby will and bequeath to Estelle Peele, my job in the library and the office second period. I, Sara Frye, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to laugh on class to Ruby Lunsford, knowing she can continue it. I, “Wimpy” Slawson, do hereby will and bequeath my spelling ability to Melvin Pilkington. I, Laura Lee Hampton, uo hereby will and bequeath to Helen McCall my ability to keep quiet am. only giggle at the right time. I, Jack Clevenger, do hereby will and bequeath my height to Charles Ferguson hoping he will grow into a man some day. I, Frank Schenck, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to avoid throwing things when I shouldn’t and of placing all waste paper in waste baskets to the future students of J. W. Cannon High School I, Naomi Benton, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to use my left hand to Ann Ketchum, hoping that she will not get as tangled up with her paws as I have. I, Lorene Simpson, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to always be on time for school to Ruth Ballord, hoping she will keep up the good record. I, A1 Cloninger, do hereby will and bequeath my football jersey, number 90, to Howard Deaton, and may it fit him like a tent. He may also hide in it when Children’s Home starts to tackle him. I, Gladie Alexander, do hereby will and bequeath both my high and low grades to “Merely” (my sister) hoping she makes less use of the low grades and more use of the high ones than I have in the past. I, Hazel Overcash, do hereby will and bequeath my one and only dimple to Evelyn Boone to match the one she now owns. I, Rose Marie McDaniel, do hereby will and bequeath my ardent love for geometry to Nezie King, hoping she can make better than D on it. I, Margaret Smith, do hereby will and bequeath my seat in chapel to Ruby Rogers, hoping she enjoys it as much as I have. m i n m m 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m iv n r r m m m ) t n mi n mm rn tt mnMimmnnvHni ' M ' mn i i ii niiiiMiDiiimiminmu 25 CANNON I. Annie Robinette, do hereby will and bequeath my freckles to “Poodle” Cline, knowing she will have enough along with hers. I, Eugene L. Wrenn, Jr., do hereby will and bequeath my position as stage manager to Charlie Cassel, hoping he enjoys it as much as I did. I, Julia Taylor, do hereby will and bequeath my seat as president of the dramatic club to Nan De Laney, hoping she will enjoy sitting in it as much as I have. I, Mattie Gardner, do hereby will and bequeath my scattered brains to Helen Harrington. I, Edna Hartsell, do hereby will and bequeath my “cool” temper to Mr. Hudson, wishing the Sociology class better luck next year. I, Marjorine Coley, do hereby will and bequeath my position on the basketball court to my sister, Faynelle. I, Margie Cress, do hereby will and bequeath my interest in Landis to Sarah Deal. I, Martha Hartis, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get out of Mr. McCarn’s study hall to Hazel Blackwelder. I. Helen Hester, do hereby will and bequeath my debating ability to W. A. Ritchie. I, Hazel Norton, do hereby will and bequeath my love for theatre ushers to Hazel Burton. I, Robert Lamonte Goldston, do hereby will and bequeath my seat beside C. L. Maulden in the band to Walter Goodman, hoping he will get as much fun out of it as I have. I, Glenn Deal, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play on all junior teams to Horace Robertson, hoping that he will advance to the varsity some day. I, Neale McCombs, do hereby will and bequeath my dark hair and complexion to Doris Lindsay, seeing that variety is the spice of life. I, Edith Thomason, do hereby will and bequeath my very black hair to Mary Frances Bassinger hoping she will be satisfied. I, Lillian Kirk DeMarcus, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to understand geometry to Betty Sue Peller, hoping that she will take advantage of the offer. I, Eunice Sloop, do hereby will and bequeath my continuous theme w riting to anyone in the coming Senior Class that might enjoy it more than I. I, Elmer Davis, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get out of classes to Helen Brown, hoping that she can get out of as many as I have. I, Earl Allen, do hereby will and bequeath to my little brother, Wade, my raincoat, for he will have to walk to school next year in the rain. I, Leonard Hampton, do hereby will and bequeath to Helen McCall, a rising senior, my dancing ability, know- ing she will accept it gladly because she likes to dance very much, and to Cannon High School and teachers my very best wishes. I, Gaynelle Parker, do hereby will and bequeath my “pet” warts to Mary Earley, hoping she will give them as much attention as I have. I, Howard Linker, realizing that my time here is drawing to a close, do hereby will and bequeath my height to Virginia Hartness, hoping that she will be able to look over a crowd as well as I, and to Miss Whitley my ability to carry the tune to the popular “Hill Billy” song, “It Makes No Difference Now.” I, Millard Alexander, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to keep quiet on class, sometimes, to William Gibbons. I, Helen Roberts, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to warm benches in softball to Frances Robinette, hoping she doesn ' t use it as much as I did. I, Dorothy Jurell Greeson, do hereby will and bequeath my nothing to anybody, hoping they enjoy it as much as I. I, Audrey Woodward, do hereby will and bequeath my love for arithmetic to Dorothea Woodward, knowing she will need it very much before finishing high school. I, Inez Walter, do hereby will and bequeath my tennis outfit, consisting of shorts, beer jacket, and racket, to “Dot” McCoy, hoping she will benefit from them as I have. I, Rosalie Kelly, do hereby will and bequeath my Ford V-8 to Mauoureen Puntch, hoping she can keep it filled with gas and oil better than I could. ini h i m nin i i linuniimjiiimiiiin ' umiim i TTnT Mnm mm dh in nminn i n minmiHII IHH MMl i miB 26 I, Beryl Roberts, do hereby will and bequeath my height and feet to Blondie Pethel, hoping that we both grow taller in the years to come. I, Lloyd Lowder, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to flip a coin to Ralph Nichols and hope he wins more than I have. I, David Alexander, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to drive a car to Bernice Winecoff. I, M. J. Barger, do hereby will and bequeath my nickname “Shag” to Hoyt Overcasn. I, Clinton Barker, do hereby will and bequeath my extra fat to Ray Tate, knowing he can accommodate it as I did. I, Melvin Barringer, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to “jerk” sodas to Harold Puntch. I, Harry Dayvault, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to make touchdowns against Concord to my kid brother, R. D. I, Charlie MacDonald Crayton, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to pull deuces out of a deck to Cliff Fowler and the Concord girls who break dates with me to Alfred Morgan. I, Jennie Pethel, do hereby will and bequeath my artistic ability and my fancy handwriting to Christine Troutman, hoping she will become an artist some day. I, Dollie Gray, desiring to keep my only record in the family, do hereby will and bequeath my perfect at- tendance record to Harold Patterson, trusting he will strive to keep his perfect. I, Lewis, “Stinky” Davis, do hereby will and bequeath my nickname of “Chesty” to R. W. Harky. I, Kyle Goodnight, do hereby will and bequeath my old car to Red Shuping. I, Ralph Goodnight, do hereby will and bequeath my good times on class to Murray Jackson. I, Lloyd Hipps, do hereby will and bequeath my love for dark-haired girls to Hoyle Efird. I, David Holdbrooks, do hereby will a lock of my hair to Mary Frances Bassinger. I, Henry Lee Holdbrooks, do hereby leave my radio to anyone who likes “Old Man Mose.” I, David Beaver, do hereby will and bequeath my (ability) to tear up fenders to Bernice Winecoff. I, Clara Overcash, do hereby will and bequeath my love for tall, dark, and handsome boys to Doris Lindsay. I, Herman Morrison, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to pass English to Forrest Mahaffey. I, Ray Daugherty, do hereby will and bequeath my love for aviation to Ernest Bowles, knowing that he will receive as much from it as I have. I, Lucille Barringer, do hereby will and bequeath my freckles to R. W. Harky, recommending the old reliable “Stillman’s freckle cream” and hoping he tries as hard to get rid of them as I did. I, Doris Daniel, do hereby will and bequeath my northern accent to Miss Hood along with my flourishing sense of humor. I, James Christie, do hereby will and bequeath my love for Miss Hood to Billy Robinson. I, Sam Collins, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to be baseball captain to Zazu Pitts. I, Junior Daves, do hereby will and bequeath my car for taking softball girls to the games to Betty Ross Dellinger. I, Henry Lipe, do hereby will and bequeath my love to ri de in Miss Whitley’s car to Bobby McClary. I, Robert McGuire, do hereby will and bequeath my love for banquets to Joe Thomason, seeing he likes to go like I do. I, Lee McIntyre, do hereby will my desire to be a preacher to C. L. Maulden. I, Earl Marlin, do hereby will and bequeath my bass playing ability to Bobby Ridenhour. In witness whereof, we, the said seniors, do hereunto set our hand and seal, the 17th day of May, 1939. Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said seniors to be their last will and testament in the presence of us, who, at their request and in their presence (and in the presence of each other), do subscribe our names as witnesses thereto. DOROTHY READLING Testator HENRY LIPE THOMAS ANDERSON i nnnmn nnmm n m m in minium mm nil inn 1 itih tt sum i iiii i mi mi in mmii n i i mriTii mrmn mu mini 27 SCENE FROM SENIOR PLAY ATHLETICS Front Row — J. T. Correll, James Russell, Lewis Davis, Captain; R. W. Harkey, Ray Childers, and J. D. White. Second Row — Ben Jones, Manager; Bill Cook, Luther Pethel, Lloyd Lowder, David Alexander, Bill Byrd, Norman Hamrick, and Coach Howard Baker. Third Row — Archie Nesbit, Garrison Freeman, Charlie Gardner, and R. D. Day- vault. Due to the lack of experienced men the team of ’39 did not fare so well on the basketball courts. The new squad faced many difficulties from the start. Only one letterman, Lewis Davis, returned to practice and the schedule was one of the toughest faced by a Little Wonder team. A1 Cloninger, fast stepping center, was kept out of the games due to an injury received in football playing. However, Childers, Harkey, Russell, and White under the guidance of Coach Baker, proved to be effective on the court. BASKETBALL SCORES Kannapolis 25 Kannapolis 20 Kannapolis 24 Kannapolis - 17 Kannapolis 25 Kannapolis __ 22 Kannapolis 22 Kannapolis 36 Kannapolis 15 Kannapolis 27 Albemarle 26 Barium 21 Lexington 11 Statesville 15 Spencer 20 Lexington 30 Barium 34 Concord 31 Lincolnton 18 C. Home 28 Kannapolis . 21 Kannapolis 26 Kannapolis 30 Kannapolis 28 Kannapolis 21 Kannapolis 25 Kannapolis 23 Kannapolis , 38 445 Concord 14 Statesville 10 Lincolnton 28 Hickory 22 C. Home 29 Albemarle 27 Spencer 24 Hickory 25 431 Ti ' imtuin i ini i i) )i )ininujmiuii.nHnniMiiniijmm ! Mini) mu nn mi minim i m mi in mm mm minimi 30 i; i Left to Right: Neal McCombs, Manager; Jack Scarboro, Jack Bassinger, Farrell Robei ' ts, George Cobb, Charles Alexander, Cliff Fowler. Second Row: Billy Robertson, Acct. Mgr.; Gene Wrenn, Hoyle Efird, Truman Chapman, A1 Cloninger, R. D. Dayvault, Leonard Hampton, Bill Cook, Frank Patterson, Mgr. Third Row: Mr. Saunders, Coach; “Doug” Leazer, Clarence Randolph, George Gillon, Charlie Crayton, Harry Dayvault, Lewis Davis, Howard Deaton, Coach McCarns. FOOTBALL 1939 With two new coaches, Lester “Buck” McCarns and Harry Quack” Sanders, the Little Wonders started out with eleven inexperienced men who were rapidly trained into a fast stepping squad. These eleven men, under the tutoring of the two local boys, defeated eight teams out of ten scheduled games, and lost only one conference game. ‘ Cloninger, Davis, Crayton, Leazer, Fowler, and Dayvault were some of the outstanding men, with Leazer being chosen to the All Conference team. SCORES Kannapolis 6 Kannapolis 12 Kannapolis 19 Kannapolis 25 Kannapolis 30 Kannapolis 18 Kannapolis 13 Kannapolis 26 Kannapolis 7 Kannapolis 19 Lincolnton 0 China Grove 0 Spencer 0 Belmont 0 Monroe 6 Concord 12 Barium 0 C. Home 28 Salisbury 14 Hickory 0 mmmimim)iii� nmi.u.mmum ' f TT TTiMTn-) i i� n i mm � mini ii u i nil mi rn vnim i n 1 1 in mu i i n i mi nmii nm 31 GIRL’S BASKETBALL First Row — Mary Frances Overcash, Sara Frye, Annie Bryant, Margaret Leazer, Marjoriene Coley, Naomi Benton. Second Row — Doris Daniel, Lorene Freeze, Martha Hartis, Katherine Winecoff. Third Row — Clara Overcash, Coach Margaret Franks, and Margaret Sifford, Manager. SCORES Kannapolis 27 Kannapolis 19 Kannapolis 28 Kannapolis ...... 25 Kannapolis 39 Kannapolis ... 20 Kannapolis ...... 19 Kannapolis 15 Kannapolis ...... 21 Kannapolis ...... 27 Kannapolis 34 Kannapolis 22 Kannapolis ...... 18 Kannapolis ..... 31 Kannapolis 17 Kannapolis ...... 14 Kannapolis - 23 Kannapolis 26 Albemarle 21 Barium 24 Lexington 15 Statesville 21 Spencer 14 Lexington 20 Barium 29 Concord 30 Lincolnton 20 C. Home 24 Concord 52 Statesville 10 Lincolnton 27 Hickory 13 C. Home 37 Albemarle 20 Spencer 16 Hickory 20 TT H T murm i mmmi i HimiJ.milinimmLDl.il II I II ll l im Iinn I I I II i mi ill 1 1 II i nun i II i iiim r i i mi I mi mini urn 32 First Row — James Russell, Harold Patterson, Norman Hamrick, Lewis “Stinky” Davis, R. W. Harkey, Garlin Donaldson, Sam Collins, Captain; Jimmy Irby, Peck Osborne, Coach Howard Baker — Alfred Morgan, Bat Boy. Second Row — Hoby Ellison, Clarence Walker, Jack Bassinger, Bill Cook, Clarence Pitts, David Alexander, Jack Scarboro, John Corriher, Manager; Charlie Sain, Manager. Third Row — Neale McCombs, Manager; Archie Nesbit, A1 Cloninger, R. D. Day- vault, Ray Childers. Although the Little Wonders baseball team didn’t win a championship this year, they were represented on the diamond by a squad of nine good players, with Sam Collins, the captain and Mr. Howard Baker, the coach. Behind the expert pitching of Hoby Ellison, David Alexander, Harry Day- vault, and Ray Childers, plus the heavy hitting of A1 Cloninger, Lewis Davis, R. W. Harkey, and Garlin Donaldson, the team was a tough opponent for any competition. SCORES . ... 3 9 10 11 Kannapolis . 5 Hartsell . 6 .. . 13 5 Kannapolis — 10 Lexington 9 14 ...... 14 2 Kannapolis . 11 Statesville .. 8 Kannapolis . .. .... 8 Lexington 5 Kannapolis 11 Albemarle 7 19 8 5 Kannapolis ...... c Statesville 3 Kannapolis . 12 C. Home 6 iniiimim ' iniimnii nn -n Tmiimmi iur r m mini min i � � ' ) 1 1 Mini m m i M mrmvr n imiimiiiiinmmimimi 33 GIRL’S SOFTBALL First Row — Frances Robinette, Leona Graybeal, Willene Lackey, Helen Roberts, Frances Daves, Manager. Sarah Deal, Thelma Scarboro, Jamima Powell. Second Row — Coach Margaret Franks, Helen Brown, Mary Virginia Alexander, Virginia Scarboro, Annie Bryant, Rena Herman, Geraldine Honeycutt, Margaret Leazer, and Hazel Powell, Manager. The girl’s softball team, under the coaching of Miss Margaret Franks, proved to be one of the most successful sports in Cannon High School this year. This team, composed of ten players, most of them experienced, went through the season with a perfect record — eight victories out of eight games — thereby winning the South Piedmont Conference Championship. SCORES Kannapolis 39 Kannapolis .. 14 Kannapolis ... ..... 14 Kannapolis „ 11 Barium 1 Concord 6 Statesville 2 Barium 4 TENNIS Kannapolis 2 Kannapolis 35 Kannapolis 5 TEAM Concord 1 Statesville 2 C. Home 0 First Row — Lorene Sifford, Margaret Leazer, Inez Walter, Melba Triece, Wynema Honeycutt, Dorothy McCoy, Frances Maughcn, Dorothy Readling, Coach Frances Sowell. This year for the first time Cannon High School was represented on the tennis courts by both a girl’s and boy’s team. The boys have played matches in the South Piedmont Conference for several seasons, but the spring of 1939 makes the first appearance of the girls, ’under the coaching of Miss Frances Sowell. Mr. David Taylor coached the boy’s team composed of Bobby McClary, Albert Sloop, George Gillon, J. D. White, Hoyle Efird, Bobby Ridenhour, and Billy Whitley. Kannapolis 2 Kannapolis 4 Kannapolis 3 Kannapolis 1 3 0 BOY’S Statesville 4 Hickory 3 Hickory 3 Concord 7 GIRL’S Concord 3 Albemarle 6 SCORES Kannapolis 1 Kannapolis 3 Kannapolis 0 Kannapolis 0 SCORES Kannapolis 5 Kannapolis 0 Concord 7 Concord 3 Albemarle 6 Albemarle 6 Concord ... Albemarle Kannapolis ... Kannapolis .... 1 6 imTTimiTmnt ' CANNON HALL OF FAME The Hall of Fame, started in 1937 as a tribute to those students who were outstanding in the various high school sports, is now composed of nineteen mem- bers. In continuation of the Hall of Fame the following ones have been chosen to represent their sport. The players are as follows: Jamima Powell, Softball; Grover Ellison, Baseball; Margaret Leazer, Basketball; Lewis Davis, Basketball; Inez Walter, Tennis; Albert Sloop, Tennis; and A1 Cloninger, Football. Members chosen in 1937 were Pete Mitchell, Baseball; Elmer Cannon, Foot- ball. Lewis Alexander, Tennis; Rankin Baker, Swimming; and Jim Bonds, Basketball. Members of the Hall of Fame for 1938 were Helen Wilkerson. Girl ' s Basket- ball; Sam Collins, Baseball; Elmer Cannon, Football; Bob Workman. Tennis; Luke Freeze, Boy’s Basketball; Pete Williams, Swimming; and Doug Leazer, Football. Members of the Hall of Fame for 1937 were Alexander, Tennis; Bonds, Basket- ball; Baker, Swimming; Mitchell, Baseball; and Cannon, Football. T n -nTi niin ' iiniiniiii in i ni i niiiin - miriTT T Tmiiiiniimi ' iiiiinniirm mimrrnim iminn unnminnmimm 35 BAND 0 O £ o D £ O 03 £ J2 O CQ . -o cq o P2 s t pQ 0) X! _r o M fo K 03 r O v 0) Oh £4 £ 03 Sh 03 £ CD ' 0J3 Sh 03 CQ £ o So .£ £ £ CD CQ CD £ CD Tl 03 o CD £ O P3 H CD o u £2 l - o cC CQ W 03 03 ISb £ o Q U Sh 03 w £ c Cti £ 03 £ o o O CD T3 03 £ .£ |u w £ o CQ 0) O Ph £ 03 m CQ (J £ w -r o £ £ ■a £ 5 ' OJD -5 C 3 c a -o cs -z; J m O a tn ■— ! c -a o 5 - £ K 03 _ Ji J 03 .-£ £ CQ o • o Sh £3 O CD £ o ffi 0 O ►”3 £ %? 0 o Q O 0. 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