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

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.i'.' ai. F. ' swf Helms, vice-president: Edna Mae Sims as secretary and Bobby Ridenhour, treas- urer. O Father, for each of these capable leaders we thank Thee and with the power you have given unto us we are eager to make use of it as a group and as individuals. Knowing that our greatest event of the four years as a class is the Junior-Senior Banquet and in preparation for this eventful occasion a great sum of money was needed-so with your faith, Lord, we presented an unforgettable Junior Class Play Yours Truly Willie under the direction of Mrs. E. H, Lewis. Then came the Hallowe'en Carnival which was equally successful. Soon the moment came and we had chosen for the first time our own home town, in the Cannon Memorial Y. M. C, A., decorated to the theme of Gone With The Wind. After the Banquet we gathered in the school gymnasium to dance to the music of Russ Gregs' Orchestra. This night was without a doubt one of the highlights of our life, . Father, to the individuals ygu have given power to bring honor to our class. We recall with pride Wylie Moore Yarborough who represented the Hi-Y Club in Overlan. Ohio, and Farrell Roberts who was elected Lieutenant 'Governor of the Tar Heel Boys' State at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This, the unforgetable year of our career, having now drawn to an end, we pause to give thanks for guiding us so faithfully, and ask Thee to give us power the oncoming Senior year. In this, the greater year of our Lord nineteen hundred.and forty, our class now numbering one hundred and ninety has gathered again to inherit the names and duties as Seniors. O Father. as we go into the last year of preparation we ask Thee to be with us and guide us, And, Father, we are grateful for Mr. John L. Dupree, Chief Adviser, Miss Lorraine Ciray, Mr. Harold Ostwalt, Mr. W. K. Cromartie, Miss Helen Dugan, and Miss Margaret Abernathy as Class Advisers, From our class we chose Wylie Moore Yarlforough as president: Billy Whitley, vice-president: Helen Harrington, secretary: and Bobby Riden- hour as treasurer. With this capable group of leaders we start this year with a beautiful new and modern library with Miss Ruth Robertson as Librarian. Another great step was taken this year and the Diversified Occupation Course under the supervision of Mr. Cannon. Another highlight of this year is the Art Hi-light booklet edited and presented by the Art Class under the supervision of Miss Nellie Alexander, For all these blessings we give our heartiest thanks, and remembering the phrase where there's a will there's a way. we say- we came, we saw- we conquered. FARRELL ROBERTS. PQ? ' ' ,Iso for the Seniors again as individuals, we mention with pride Harvey T if and Bobby Ridenhour who made the all-State and all-Southern Bands. and Farrell Roberts who was representative from our school to the Southern Association 'of Student Government in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and also served on the Auditing Board. Page Twenty-Hue

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- L, vw, . .,,..,,,,T,i 7. l - - ff-an vavfw HISTORY OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF '41 O gracious Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the great and many blessings for which you have bestowed upon us. O Father, we thank Thee for the memorable year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven for which you gave power and strength to the class and made it possible for us to gather together for the first time in the J. W. Cannon High School Audi- torium and gave J to us the name and duties of Freshmen: we reayld. O Father, that we knew nothing of this new world and the way it was governed, and for this purpose you sent unto us J, W. Harbison as Chief Adviser and Mrs. J. D. Taylor, Miss Martha Hood, Miss Mildred Hutchin- son, Mrs. E. H. Lewis, and Mr. J. Ci, Womble as class advisers-we thank Thee for each of these and for Bobby Ridenhour as our president: Earl Helms, vice- president: Edna Mae Sims, Secretary: Frances Davis, treasurer. With these leaders you have given us we feel that you have prepared this great class of two hundred and ninety-two for the great task which lies before us. Father-this great day has come again, in this, the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-eight you have again given this class the power to assemble together and bestowed upon us the name and duties of Sophomores. We thank Thee for sending unto our midst Mr. J, L. Dupree as Chief Adviser, Miss Martha Hood, Mrs. J. D. Taylor, Miss Nellie Alexander, Miss Margaret Franks, Mrs. Fred Dennis, Miss Helen Smith. and Mr. Paul Hudson as class advisers, and for Farrell Roberts as our president, Edna Mae Sims as secretary, and Bobby Ridenhour as treasurer. With this wonderful group you have sent to us, we along with the other classes successfully held the State Student Council Congress here in our school. And Heavenly Father-we thank Thee for giving us the power to take part in our greatly improved High School Band under the direction of Mr. Arthur Rohr and also our wonderful Glee Clubs under the direction of Miss Nellie Alexander. Father, again we thank Thee for sending unto us for the first time the highly honored Quill and Scroll Society and for the enlargement of our school paper under the leadership of Miss Helen Whitley. O Father, with this year of vast activity behind us we stand eagerly waiting for a much greater task. In this, the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, the glleat day has again come before us. As we eagerly gather together to claim the duties and names of Juniors, knowing, Lord, that this year is of great importance, you have sent unto us Mr. J, L. Dupree as Chief Adviser, Mrs. Thurman Frye, Miss Margaret Boylan, Mrs, June Morrison, Mrs. E. H. Lewis, and Mr. J. D, Taylor as class advisers and again we have chosen Farrell Roberts as our president: Earl Page Twenty-four

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CLASS PROPHECY Where am I? Oh, now I remember. I'm sitting here on a high downy throne looking toward a beau- tiful dawning, watching the things my classmates of '41 are doing at present. Ten years have passed since our departure from dear Cannon High. In New York we find Dot McCoy, Dot Patter- son, Lib Smith, Merely Alexander, Edna Sims, Mary Frances Overcash, Opal Mundy, Betty Sue Payne, Margaret Hudson, Geraldine Honeycutt, and Ruby Childers modeling dresses, bathing suits and mil- linery. Nell Cashion, Hazel Blackwelder, Hazel Gatton, Lib Goodnight, Evelyn McCall, Hazel and Margaret Wellman, Margaret Owen and Helen McCall have turned out to be nurses in different hospitals. Dot Oates, Frances Daves, and Pat Orland-believe it or not-are lawyers. In Paris designing clothes we see Mary Brown, Bertie Freeze, Gaynelle Clink- giales, Doylen Walsh, Daisy Nash, Ruth Sherrill, Margaret Hardy, and Helen oop, Among the pilots of our class we find Bill Wilhelm. Harold Puntch, Ernest Bowles, Clay Hoce, Garlin Menscer, J. L. Collins, Allen Suther, Paul McManus, H. W. Owen, Ned Reece, and Marshall Rimmer. Billy Price is a mechanic. Athletes who are now professional players are Fred Daniels, Lester Brown, A. D. Stricker, Hubert Miller, Archie Nesbit, Jim Sherrill, Norman Hamrick, Ray Galliher, and Jason Honeycutt. Frances Maughon is teaching at the We Know It All High School in Chicago. Mable Echerd, Elian Holloway, Janice Jackson, Ophelia Morton, Juanita Link, and Betty Pruitt have also followed the line of teaching. Helen Harrington and Rea Huss are in the foreign countries as missionaries. Miss Alexander should be proud of Margie Propst and Jo Suma Lindsay because they are doing a fine piece of work, painting covers for the Cosmopolitan magazine. Jimmie Nolan has followed in his father's footsteps. He is now head doctor at Duke. Evelyn Guye directs an all-girl orchestra in the heart of New York. Merrill Hilton has out-danced the greatest dancer of our age. After debating several years about what he should choose as a profession, Wylie Yarborough decided on becoming a band leader. Arthur Wooten, Charles Johnson, Feldman Corn, Johnsie Winecoff, Billy Whitley and Harvey Turner are head knockers in Wylie's band. Irene Wilson and Virginia Ledwell are successful nurses in the Phillipine Islands. They are working toward improving the living conditions, Pete Hudson and John Wyatt are busily engaged in the field of civil engineering. Charles Ferguson has become editor of the New York Times while Howard Long is circulation manager for the Chicago Tribune. Harold Dellinger, Frank Glass, Earl Helms, H. C. Cooke, Curtis Patterson, Farrell Roberts, and Lewis Rogers are the outstanding political leaders of the day. Charles and Luther Sloop have found a modern way of farming, and they have as helpers: Herman Cooke, E. F, Demarcus, David Duncan, Alton Eddle- man, Carl Spry, and Calvin Wood. Page Twenty-six