Central High School - Snips and Cuts Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Single Life for Me. Her producer, Mr. Buck San- ders, says this will be her best picture. Miss Cheat- ham made three outstanding movies in I956. Single Life for Me promises to win the Academy Award for 1957. TRUMPET PLAYER GETS GREAT RECEPTION Mr. Lester Todd is on his way to the top. Last night he opened at the Skylight Room of the Wal- dorf Astoria. New York gave him a reception that onl a King would be worthy of. Mr. Todd is King of tire Horns. His piano player, Mr. Charles Reese, was also praised highly. RATED NUMBER ONE Atlantic City, N. J.-Miss Peggy Carnes has been voted the most beautiful secretary of 1957. She is now Mr. Bill Kingfish Brannin's secretary. Mr. Brannin is President of the National Professional Football League. MATTHEWS BUILDS PAVILION Miss Joanne Matthews and her Fayetteville part- ner have opened a new pavilion at Ocean Drive, S. C. She expects to have Stan Kenton down in june, Vaughn Monroe in july, and Tex Benekey in August. All drinks, through the courtesy of Alice Church, and pop corn will be on the house. Miss Matthews is expecting a large crowd of Charlotte bums. PETE cleWITT CAUSES RIOT AT MIAMI BEACH Miami, Florida-When the girls spotted bachelor Pete deWitt in a bathing suit on the beach yester- day, there was a mad rush to get to him. Fifty-five girls were iniured in the stampede. The chief of police has asked Mr. deWitt to please go bathing in a shirt and long pants. SOCIETY RECEPTION PLANNED FOR CONNECTICUT AND ALABAMA VISITORS Misses Betty Choate and Peggy Hull will enter- tain tonight at the home of Miss Choate for Mr. and Mrs. Rush Coffin, and I-lotsy and Tommy Tooth- aker. Mrs. Coffin is the former Miss Marilyn Mills. The Toothakers are visiting Hotsy's parents on Briarwood Rd. Mrs. CoHin came to Charlotte in order to introduce Rush to Charlotte Society. Misses julia Cuthbertson, Ann Flintom, Ren Frew, and Meechie Hunter have returned from a visit to New York. The four girls are still looking for a future. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Moore entertained last evening for Miss Barbara McAllister and Mr. Hil- lard Knight, who plan to be married next week. Covers were set for Carolyn and Donald Elmore, jane and Leland Helms, Chris and Spike Cofer, Peggy and Buddy Harris, Mary and Dick Tiddy, and Mott and Ed Charles. SPORTS NEW PRO NAMED AT AUGUSTA GOLF COURSE Augusta, Georgia-Dick Tiddy has just been named the new pro at the .Augusta Country Club, where Tom Bachman and Buddy Harris are green- keepers. On the side, Mr. Tiddy is helping his wife, the former Miss Mary Street, run a reducing club. Look at the owners of the reducing club and then run! Which way? You tell mel KIRBY NAMED BEST SPORTS ANNOUNCER OF YEAR Bobby Kirby has been named the best sports announcer of 1957. Kirby won this title when he announced the Rose Bowl Came of 1957, in which Tunney Martin's team, the Carolina Tar Heels, won 54-O. By way of mention, Tunney's twins were awarded a prize for being the best majorettes on the field. LELAND HELMS FACES COURT CHARGES New York, N. Y.-Leland Helms has signed up to play for the New York Giants after he had al- ready signed to play professional football for the Washington Red Skins. His talents have gotten him into trouble, but his charming wife, jane, talk- ed to the judge and fixed things up. Leland will play pro-baseball all summer and pro-football all fall. THE FORMER CENTRAL FOOTBALL STARS PLAY WITH CHICAGO BEARS Richard Foard, Spike Cofer, and Don Elmore all made good records during the 1957 season with the Chicago Bears. During one game when Elmore was making a long run, he let out with that grin and immediately after the game signed a contract with Ipana Toothpaste. His wife, Carolyn, is very happy that he is modeling for Ipana Toothpaste instead of playing the hazardous game of football. TO FIGHT HERE Frank Couvillon, a wrestling contender for the wrestling championship of the world, is scheduled to fight Leon Kendricks, local wrestler, on May 10. The winner of this match will fight the Champ ion of the British Isles in july. Kendricks has re- cently won the Cooksy Prize for discovering the best cake recipe of the year. The minor event will be the fight between the Masked Marvel and Minnie Bone-Crusher Besser. Page Nineteen

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SALLY CARSON BUSINESS MAGNATE AND DAUGHTER TO ARRIVE IN CITY TODAY Mr. Nelson Adams, President of the U. S. lland- book Association, and his daughter, Little Ruthie, will be greeted this morning at the Coeller Airport Cnamed for the brilliant Dr. Victor Coeller of Char- lotteD by Mayor Tommy Langford. The Adamses are here with their Quiz Kid Ruthie, who will be on the Quiz Kid Show tomorrow night. CHARLOTTE GIRL MAKES GOOD ON BROADWAY Miss Nancy Holder has iust gotten the lead in a dancing musical which is being directed by Law- rence Mason and backed by Mr. Dick Hinson. If Charlotte could have only known ten years ago that the little girl who danced in the Central Variety Show would today be Famous, the whole town would have turned out to see her. It is rumored that Miss Holder is still driving the men crazy with that S. A.-sassy attitude-that is! SNAKE LOVER SUFFERS FROM SNAKE BITE The nationally famous snake lover, Bryson Irwin, was bitten by Lulu, one of his favorite snakes, yes- terday. Because of the quick thinking of Nurse Barbara Murphy, Mr. Irwin is expected to live. He would not permit Photographer James Mills to take a picture of him in his condition. Mr. Irwin made one statement for the press, I still love Lulu. NOTED DRESS DESIGNER TO SPEAK AT IUNIOR CIIAMBER OF COMMERCE Mr. Frank Hann, President of the Iunior Cham- ber of Commerce, announced today that Miss Patri- cia Hicks, world famous dress designer, will sneak at its meeting next Wednesday at I:0O. Miss Hicks will leave Paris Monday night and is expected to arrive in Charlotte Tuesday night. Miss Blanche Andrews, also of Charlotte, is Miss Hicks's private pilotl Page Eighteen PHUPHEIIY CANCER HEAD TO PERFORM OPERATION IN CHARLOTTE Dr. Doris Leeper, President of the U. S. Cancer Research Association, will prove her cancer theories here in Charlotte. Dr. Leeper is renowned for her new discoveries in the field of cancer. CENTRAL TO GET NEW GYM TEACI IER Mrs. Doris McKnight Browning has replaced Miss Gabriel as Director of Girls' Athletics at Central High School. She chose Central so she could be with her husband, Bill, who is a member of the senior class. CHARLOTTE MEN MAKE MILLIONS IN NEW BUSINESS Mr. Sunny Alexander and Mr. .lack King are now running a very profitable business in Fort Mill, S. C. BARBER SIIOP QUARTET TO SING FOR KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND The Barber Shop Quartet. Mr. Wade Fox, Mr. Robert Wylie, Mr. C. D. Thomas, and Mr. Gus Helms, all graduates of Central High School, have left for England to sing for His Maiesty, the King, by special request. From London they will go to Paris to sing For the French Court. Stalin has made arrangements to have the famous American Quartet to stay in Russia for a week. They will be enter- tained exclusively by the Russian Government. Mr. Wylie hopes to do some fishing in the Danube. Marion Christopher Richards daughter has iust been selected the girl most likely to succeed at Elizabeth school. History repeating itselflll BERRY MAKES MILLIONS JUST BEING BERRY New York, May I.-Iesse Berry, after a week on N. B. C., has been signed by the Philip Morris Company to take over the program, It Pays To Be Ignorantf' Although voted the most ignorant man on radio. he will make millions. It is predicted that he will be the highest paid comedian on radio in 1958. BALLET RUSSE TO BE PRESENTED TONIGHT AT 8:00 The New York Ballet Company will present the Ballet Russe tonight. Miss Betty Crier will be the star. Her leading man will be lVlr. Willizirn Ingram. Miss Crier owes much of her success to her excellent business manager, Mr. James Bolton. BEGINS WORK ON NEVV PICTURE Hollywood-Nancy Cheatham, Miss America of 1956 and I957, starts work on her new picture,

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