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

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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

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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

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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