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

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TWELFTH GRADE SENIORS Glenn Eugene Bost Dramatics Club 5, Treasurer; Session House 5; Student Govern- ment Play 5; Hi-Y 3, 5. Mildred Adell Carter Quill and Scroll 4, 5; Point Recorder 5; Girls’ Physical Educa- tion Club 5; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. VENDELLIA CAUBLE Charles William Cross Boys’ Glee Club 5, Secretary and Reporter 5; Dancing Club 5. Hilda Elaine Edmiston Quill and Scroll 5; Monitor 5; Vice-President Home Room 5; Assemble Editor of The Cannon Report 5; Octette 5; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Sextette 3 . 4, 5. Jason Honeycutt Basketball 5; Football 5, All-Conference 5; Baseball 5. Mary Jewell Lambert Monitor 4, 5; Honor Society 4, 5; Literary Staff of The Cannon Report 5; Dramatics Club 5; Class Lawyer 5; Glee Club 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5; Librarian 5; Home Room Treasurer 5. Naomi Montise Marlin Miss Victory 5; Glee Club 3, 4, 5; Music Editor of The Cannon Report 5. Hilda Coleen Maulden Honor Society 5; Student Council 5, Corresponding Secretary 5; Dance Committee Chairman 5; Quill and Scroll 5; Secretary Hume Room 5; Junior-Senior Prom Decoration Committee 5. Aline Reed Plyler Margaret Linn Roberts Cheerleader 5; Dramatics Club 5; Basketball 1, 2, 5; Tri-Hi- Y 1. 2, 3, 4. 5. Carlvin Samuel Robinson Glee Club 4, 5; Band 4, 5; Boys’ Octette 5. Billy Ray Safrit Baseball 4, 5; Varsity Basketball 4. 5; Diversified Occupations 5. Henry Hudson Safrit Basketball 4, 5; Diversified Occupations 5; Baseball 5. James Gordan Whittington Student Council 5, Critic 5; Student Store Manager 5; Senior Class Play 5; President Boys’ Hi-Y of North Carolina and South Carolina; Cheerleader 5. Kathleen Jane Withers Quill and Scroll 4, 5; The Cannon Report Staff 4, 5; Student Dance Committee 5; Monitor 4, 5; Session House 2, 3, 3; Tri-Hi A ' 3, 4, 5. NO PICTURE: Robert Glenn Fowler Reid Lemly Hartsell Hargett Betty Jo Long Sarah Goodwin

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ELEVENTH GRADE SENIORS James Crawford Weddington Club Reporter 4; Red Cross 1. 2, 3, 4; First Aid Club; Pep (Mub; Hi-Y; Safety Club; Halloween Carnival 1, 2, 3; Junior- Senior Banquet Committee; Clean-up Committee 1, 2, 3; Intra- mural Sports 1, 2, 3; Home Room Plays 1, 3. Jean Elizabeth Whitley Quill and Scroll 4; Tri-Hi-Y 3, 4; Sub-Deb Club 3, 4. Chairman Social Committee 3, Member Social Committee 4; Advertising and Literary Staff of Tiie Cannon Report 4; Home Room Secretary 3; Candidate for Halloween Carnival Queen 3; Class Night Exercises 3; Football Sponsor 4. Mary Dean Whitten Photography (Mub 4; Property Manager “We Hold These Truths and “M umbo-Jumbo” 4; Home Room Program Chairman 4. Secretary 3, Treasurer 2; The Cannon Report Staff 2, 3, 4; President Photography Club 4; Newspaper Club 3; Intramural Sports 1, 2; Safety Club 1, 2, Treasurer 2. Ruby Alice Wike Clean up Chairman 4; Glee C lub 3; Dramatics Club 2; Home Economics (Mub 1. Brice James Willeford, Jr. Editor of The Cannon Report 4, Assistant Editor 3, Assistant Advertising Manager 2; Newspaper Club 1, 2, 3; Quill and Scroll 3, 4; National Honor Society 3, 4; Student Council 2, 4; Chairman War Bond and Stamp Board 3, 4; Cast of “Seventeen 4; Cast of “M umbo-jumbo” 4; Hi-Y 1, 2, 3, 4, President 3, Vice-President 1, 2; Delegate to Interstate Hi-Y Conference 2, 3, 4; Social Standards Conference Leader 2, 4; Delegate to Tar Heel Boys’ State 4; Band 2, 3, 4; Session House 3; Debating Club 3; Cast of Professor, How Could You! 3; Vice-President Home Room 1. 3; Student Teacher Administration Day 3; Monitor 3; Delegate to North Carolina Press Convention 3; Point Board 3; Red Cross Representative 1, 2, 3; President Home Room 2; Class Reporter 2; Intramural Sports 2, 3; Pan-American Fiesta 2; Musica Ameri- cana 1; Freshman Oration Day 2; Freshman Clean-up Committee 1; May Day 1; Senior Class Social Committee; Winner South Piedmont Declamation Contest 3; Business Manaeer “One Mad Night 3; Stunt Night 1; Master of Ceremonies Student Govern- ment Dances 4. James Williams Hi-Y 4; Intramural Sports 1, 2. 3; Astronomy Club 2, 3; Junior Football 2; Model Airplane Club 1. Mary Elizabeth Withers Sub-Deb Club 3, 4; Secretary Home Room 2; Hiking Club 2; Red Cross Representative 1; Amateur Club 1. Rachel Winifred Yates Senior Tri-Hi-Y 4; Sub-Deb Club 4; Bible Club 3. Willie Mae Yates Secretary Sub-Deb Club 1; Treasurer Home Economics Club 3. NO PICTURE: Carl Herman Winifred Janet Rogers Benjamin Harrison Smith B. L. Starnes

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CLASS PROPHECY By Charles Misenheimer Heartaches, hatred, destruction, and war characterized the school year of 1943. Great powers and nations, pitting their might against each other, were fighting in a deadly struggle. Keen minds, understanding, and faith in God were the only assurances of a better world to come. That was 1 3 years ago. It seems only yesterday that our Senior class had given up its high school days forever, and had been scattered to all parts of the globe. Most of the boys joined the armed services of the United States, while the girls served as best ihey could anywhere they were needed. Yes, that was a long time ago. but tonight, with the world once more at peace and pro- gressing again under a normal civilization, that Senior class is having a big reunion at the Y. M. C. A. in Kannapolis. As we see all our old classmates come through the doors into our presence after years of separation, we can well be proud. Many notables, hard workers and people of distinction, have sprung from the class of 4 3. For instance: Ed Messer, our old class president, owns a chain of theaters that would fill 10 city blocks if placed side by side. He lists among his managers several former classmates, Ralph Towell, Albert Hartis and Milton Lowe. Listed among the famous doctors, we find Harold Hoke has quit butchering cows” and is now working on people. Sharing the spotlight with Dr. Hoke, we find Bill Abernathy, Bill Cross and Cardell Carter. Annie Ruth Brinkley stormed Hollywood with her flashing smile, and is now one of its greatest stars. Other stars are Montise Martin, Doris Moore and Betty Walters. Boys who reached the top in theatrical performances are Cardine Overcash, David Hunsucker, and Gerald Lew Lehr Lloyd. Audrey Cloninger and William Evans have opened a large art gallery together and both are regarded as excellent painters. In the world of sports J. C. Honeycutt is playing pro-football with the Chicago Bears and his brother, Jason, along with Charles Gardner, is coaching at two large colleges. Reid Lemly is playing with the House of David baseball team and is very proud of his six-inch beard. The once Cannon high trio, composed of Margaret Brooks, Hilda Maulden and Margaret Helms, have done themselves proud singing with a big-time band and making trips to Hollywood. Among the politicians who never smoke anything but 5 0-cent cigars, we notice Ed Nimer. Marvin Benton, Clifford Childers, Carl Cline, and Phil Howell. Joe Honeycutt has his own dance band featuring Charles Misenheimer, James L. Bost, and Wade Allen. Other music-makers are Carlvin Robinson and Betty Puntch. The greatest magician since the death of Houdini presents itself in the form of Charles Redman. His special trick is sawing Alfred Morgan in half. Girls who took the fatal step, marriage, and settled down early are, Shine Pinner, Frances Morton, Laura Bell Norton, Faye Nell Overcash and Polly Simpson. Frank Litaker has become one of the strongest men in the world. He pals around with Arthur Pethel and Mack Earnhardt, who are radio experts. Boys who liked the armed forces so well that they decided upon it for their life ' s work are: Robert Fowler, Glenn Bost, Richard Dixon. Carl Duncan, Norris Keller and Ruben Meeks. Geraldine Braswell, Margie Dancy and Virginia Perry are library workers. All excel in this field. Mary Dean Whitten, who learned how to make synthetic butter from cream, is now a world famous chemist. Others who have profited by their scientific knowledge are Helen Miller, Evelyn McDaniel and Ruth Pethel. Margaret Roberts and Mary Dellinger have opened a big dancing school in New York and have been very successful in their work, especially in teaching men. Girls, who threw caution to the wind, lost their better judgment, and have turned out to be school teachers are: Ollie Tillie. Mildred Payne, Eva Walters, Opal Towell and Wilma Tyson. Mildred Carter and Betty Meachem are both coaching high school basketball teams and having a great deal of success. Adelle Price developed a new type of hair curler and has become very rich. She has as her partners Louise Poteat, Daphne Reynolds and Doris Richardson. Gene Holbrooks, undecided bachelor, and Robert Black, his partner, have opened giant Meat Markets all over the country and have made so much money, they hired four public accountants to keep track of it. They are: James Whittington, Kathleen Withers, Ellen Dishman and Kenny Overcash. The nursing schools have claimed some of our cutest girls. Kat Gibson, Elsie Daves and Frances Bolan do honor to this profession. Many of our old classmates have excelled in newspaper work. Hilda Edmiston, Aleene Payne, J. C. Barbee and Blanche Chastain are all famous feature writers. Ruth Sneed, Ruby Wike, Dorothy Hampton. Katherine Bowles and Vendelia Cauble have all turned out to be policewomen. (They all get their men.) Charles Ross now heads the American Airways, a large plane transportation company. A few of his pilots are: Hartsell Hargett, Harold Nash, Frank Teal, and Cecil Gabriel. Famous “Horse Opera stars out in Hollywood are James Artz, Johnnie Christie and Everett Heintz.