Charlotte Technical High School - Technique Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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CLASS PROPHECY On the isle of Coocamungo, located in the Whatcha-Callit Sea, Annie Sawyer, the worlds most exclusive reporter, and Martha Tucker, the world ' s most exclusive photographer, were interviewing the king of the Oomph tribe. Their purpose was to get a feature story for the “Lifeless and Timeless Daily.’’ They had had a very busy day and were pow’fully hungry. The king took them to supper and to their amazement stuck a fork into the pot and said, “Who’s cooking. ' ’ Who should jump up but Coy Harrington!! Nobody else, just Coy. Well, that spoiled their appetites. Since Coy was a graduate of five years ago and a friend of theirs, the king decided his tribe could go hungry until another unsuspecting soul came along. After a tiring day the weary droops climbed into their twin jet-propelled atoms and headed for the States. Back at the New York News Room, Ray Kisiah, the very successful city- editor, informed them that an old friend had been hired as head of the Classified Department. Of course he was speaking of Vernie Mauldwin, whose specialty was mortuary slogans, the latest being “Ask those whom we have served.” Suddenly they were called back to the City Desk. The “Mad Scientists,” Herman Thomas and Charles Corriher, were at it again. This time they had invented a “lime Machine,” thus called because it worked only from time to time. Charles tried to explain it to them in detail, but since he didn ' t have any idea how he and Herman had made it, he decided to show them how it worked. Herman told them to step into a beam of light. When they did, they were swooshed off to Chicago. Coming out of the spin, they walked down the street to a large department store. Walking over to the office, whom should they find as the secretary but Ruth Lewis! Delighted to see her, they chatted for a while and Ruth told them that Clara McKnight was working in the same building: at last she had at- tained one of her heart ' s desires — she was the P. B. X. operator. Since Ruth and Clara were very busy, th e girls went on down the street to a butcher shop to buy some hotdogs for supper. After waiting in a long line, they were served by none other than Mary Louise Sloan, the Butcheress, who told them that several of their old classmates were in town. The first one they found was Donald Hudson, recent winner of the world title, “Laziest Loafer.” Frank Starnes, they learned, was president of an electric company, and C. H. Deese and William Henry Stegall were joint owners of a used car lot. Upon entering Brown’s Skyscraper to get a room for the night, they were greeted by Bobby Brown, owner of that most exclusive hotel. From Bobby they learned that Jack Kissiah, who had always been so secretive about everything, was now a famous detective working on a big case. In the middle of the night. Annie Lee and Martha were swooshed to San Francisco, California. Walking down the street the next morning, they en- countered Ellen Shinn and Peggy Troutman, two dress designers at the MGM Movie Studio, who invited them out to the studio to witness the shooting of a scene. Imagine their shock when they found that Charles “Goot” Doster was leading man on the lot! He was playing opposite Scarlet O’Hannigan in “My Old Flame, She Ain’t What She Use To Be.” Carol Watts, the new star whose success was a musical comedy entitled “Watch that Downbeat,” was gowned exquisitely by Mary Beth Gibson. Suddenly Annie Lee and Martha were swooshed off again. When they came out of that swoosh, they found themselves on the banks of the Amazon River in Brazil. Already scared silly by the screching birds and the slinky, crawling snakes, they were practically petrified when an alligator came floating across the river: however, they were rescued by some workers who led them to the home of the owner of a large banana plantation near there. They weren’t at all surprised to find Ramona Simpson reclining on the front porch, surrounded by bananas, for “Monie” had always said that someday she Page Sixteen

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EXCERPTS FROM A SENIOR ' S DIARY Dear Diary, SEPTEMBER 3, 1940 — Today we entered Tech High School. We were frightened by the hugeness of the building. Many of us got lost several times because of the continual changing of periods. JANUARY 13, 1941 — On this day we returned from our tour of the South American countries. Every minute of our enchanting trip was enjoyable. Our families were surprised at our getting so many orchids (especially the black ones) so cheaply. Tomorrow Miss Myers is going to give us a picnic. Dear Diary, SEPTEMBER 2, 1941 — After lounging around all summer, we returned to school. It was nice seeing all of our classmates again. We were divided into three groups. Our home room teachers are Miss Holland. Miss Barrett, and Mr. Haddock. DECEMBER 8, 1941 — Today we listened to radio reports of the United States’ declaration of war on the Axis Powers. Many of the boys in our class are already investigating the possibilities of getting into the Navy. Dear Diary, SEPTEMBER. 1942 — JANUARY, 1943 — At last others are realizing how important we are. We are now in the ninth grade, our first year of high school. Tomorrow we shall begin work on a long research theme for Mrs. Cheney’s English class. Dear Diary, SEPTEMBER 7, 1943 — Today many of us took up typing and there are quite a number of us who wonder if we will ever get out of this class with a passing grade. The subjects are harder this year. Dear Diary, SEPTEMBER 18, 1944 — Today we missed seeing several of our classmates because they joined the armed forces during the summer. We are beginning to realize our responsibilities. SEPTEMBER 28, 1944 — This morning we elected class officers. They are President, Gerald Blume: Vice-President, Bill Adams: Treasurer, Jack Kissiah : Secretary, Lois Moore. MARCH 22-23, 1945 — Tonight our Junior Play. Second Childhood, had its grand opening. By the time Peggy Curtis was through acting out her part, we were overcome with laughter, and we were left speechless by the surprise closing. APRIL 27, 1945 — Tonight we had our Junior-Senior Banquet at the Woman’s Club. The theme of the banquet was Hitch Your Wagon to a Star, and the decorations were blue paper, representing the sky, and silver paper, the stars. There were blue, pink, yellow, white, and green evening dresses moving about the reception room and the banquet hall (of course we girls were in them). The boys looked their best tonight, too We were entertained by the Andrews Sisters and many other Hollywood celebrities: it must be understood that these celebrities were imper- sonated by some of the more talented students — Clara McKnight. Mary Louise Sloan. Carol Watts, and others. After the banquet most of us plucked a star from the sky to keep as a souvenir. Dear Diary, SEPTEMBER 4, 1945 — Today we returned to Tech as seniors. We are, fifty-two strong and raring to go. SEPTEMBER 6, 1 945 — We elected the officers of the Senior Class today. They are President. Donald Hudson: Vice-President. Herman Thomas: Treasurer, Bob Martin: Secretary. Mary Louise Sloan. We learned today that many of the seniors are members of the Honor Society. Girl Reserves, Student Council. Monogram Club, and various other school clubs. OCTOBER 26, 1945 — -Today we welcomed to our class Donald Manus, who has been stationed in England in the Army Air Corps. NOVEMBER 2, 1945 — Tonight at the river we had our first party. There was plenty to eat. and we can understand why several seniors looked a little over-stuffed. We, enjoyed having Mr. and Mrs. Selby at our party tonight. NOVEMBER 29, 30, 1945 — Our minstrel, Hot Spot, arranged by Clara McKnight. Carol Watts, and Mary Louise Sloan, under the direction of Mrs. Kistler and Miss Pridgen, opened tonight with a bang. It is a side-splitting success. Our comedians — Herman Thomas and Garland House- — got some loud laughter. It is about time someone else got a chance to hear their jokes besides the class. No one can ever forget the HOT SPOT HONEYS and the five football players who performed the encore. We appreciate the cooperation we received from the faculty and from the members of other classes. Dear Diary, JANUARY 1. 1946 — Last night the Senior Class turned out full force to usher in the New Year. 1946. The gala affair was held at Belmont Park Methodist Church Hut. which was lavish with traditional New Year ' s decorations. At midnight everyone blew his horn and threw confetti. JANUARY 8, 1946 — Todav we elected two of the cutest mascots from several adorable contestants. They are Jimmy Whitley and Bobby Johnson. MAY 23, 1946 — Today as we sit thinking of the future, we know that we shall never forget our class advisers — Mrs. Kistler and Miss Pridgen. We appreciate their patient guidance. Our thoughts will never wander away from memories of TECH and our classmates. ANN SHUE, Class Historian. Page Fifteen

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was “gonna own one.” Ramona was finally persuaded to leave her bananas long enough to show the girls around. She took them down the road to see Betty McCall, who owned a coffee and rubber plantation. That was really a happy reunion, reminding them of a “Hoot ' ' club. “Monie” informed them that Doris Terry and Ervileen Tolbert were coming down for a visit. Doris was the owner of some apartment houses in New York and Ervileen owned a chain of department stores. The next place in which they found themselves was Charlotte, North Caro- lina, where they visited Technical High School. Mrs. Kistler was still teaching Senior Englis h, and Miss Pridgen, Home Economics. The school had been enlarged and now had an enrollment of 1,000. The graduating class had 250 members. Jonsie Pryon, the physical education director, had been putting her students through the paces, and she had developed an excellent basketball team — all wins, no losses. The boys, who were really stepping around under the supervision of Bobby Martin, head coach, and L. A. Herron, assistant coach, had had a most successful football season, their A class team having achieved twelve wins — no losses. Ann Shue, the school secretary, had quite a job keeping up with all those students. When they got back up town, they went to Walgreen ' s. where they found Patsy Fisher, who had become manager of all the Walgreen drugstores in North and South Carolina. Doris Litaker, her assistant, at that time was in Winston- Salem managing the Walgreen store there. Just as they were getting ready to leave, Georee Douglas came in. He told them that he was now manager of the Carolina Theater. Walking up Tryon, whom should they meet but Lois Moore Yandle, with her four year old twins — Lois and Mark, Junior! With her was Dot Howie Hedrick, the mother of one boy, Everett, Junior. Dot told them that Juanita Pridmore was a hostess for the Eastern Airlines. Coming out of S. H. Kress, where Betty Walker was manager, they ran into Eileene O’Donoghue. She was a graduate nurse, on her way to do private duty at Mercyless Hospital. Again they were swooshed away and found themselves in Washington, D. C. Christine Lamb and Helen Strawn. secretaries in the Pentagon Building, said that Betty and Bobbie Myers worked there, too. They casually mentioned that the men there were super! In the “Pink Poodle.’’ a night club, Peggy Curtis played the piano for the songstress, Margaret Preslar. whose new song hit was a ballad entitled: “Girls. Don’t Chase Bovs — Throw Rocks at Them! Emily Black, beautician, owned the most exclusive beauty shop in Washington. Robert Austin operated a large self-service grocery store. He was much too tired to wait on the customers himself. Next they found themselves in Atlantic City, N. J. Geraldine House, proud possessor of a yacht, took people on cruises along the Atlantic coast. Being also one of the judges of the “Miss America’’ Beauty Contest, she was considering the sponsoring of a “Mr. America’’ Contest. Donny Manus, who owned an airport, took the girls up for a flight. Gladys Horne and Betty Morrow were hat check girls in Atlantic City’s snazziest night club. Anita Williams was private secretary to the president of the Standard Oil Company, while Jean Holmes worked as bookkeeper. Poor Jean!! Suddenly they were swooshed away and found themselves back in New York where the “Mad Scientists’’ told them the time machine had quit for the time being. The girls were too excited to care about that. They had seen what was important. On their way out of the building they saw Garland “Eagle- Beak’’ House coming down Broadway pushing a peanut with his nose. They asked what the big idea was and he told them he was being initiated into the Shriners. When they told Garland about their experiences, he didn ' t believe them, so maybe it was just as well that they forgot to get pictures or a story. No one else would have believed it either. Martha Tucker, Class Prophet. Page Seventeen