Cleveland High School - Cle Tracks Yearbook (Clayton, NC)

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1.926-4.9619 In 1925 the people of Mt. Zion, Shiloh, and Polenta Schools had an election to consolidate their small schools into a large school. A tract of land across the road from Oakland Church was purchased to build the school. In the fall of 1926, our school was finished. It was named Cleveland because it was in Cleveland township. At that time the building was just the straight part across the front. Since then we have had two wings, the east and west, added. For several years after the school opened, the teachers lived in the school building. They used the council room for a living room. Mrs. Stephenson's, Mr. Allen's, and Mr. Bowman's rooms were used for the ladies bed rooms. The science lab was the principal's room. The lunch room was used as their kitchen and dining room. For the first three years, the seniors were sent to Clayton School to graduate. They drove an old Ford that was fumished by the county. In the fall of 1930 Cleveland School began to grow. Pupils from other districts started to come to our school. Since then pupils from Pleasant Grove, part of Elevation, a small part of Smithfield, and a small part of Clayton townships have come to Cleveland. June 5. 1931, we had our first graduating class. There were thirteen in that class, four girls and nine boys. These graduates were Thelma Bames, Vivian Wrenn. Margaret Wright, Estelle Williams, Jack Hawks, Valmore Parrish, Grimes Stephenson, Leon Stevens, John Lassiter, George Tomlinson, Boyd McGee, Marvis Stephenson, and Norma Stephenson. The first graduating class was the smallest, and in 1956 it had one of the largest. There have been seven principals at Cleveland. Mr. Teryall was here in 1926-27. Mr. George Smith was here from 1927 to 1931. Mr. George Strickland was here from 1931 to 1940. Mr. N.G. Woodlief was here from 1940 to 1955. Mr. John Walker came to our school in 1955. He stayed here until November of 1957. Mr. E.J. Boyette was the principal of our school for the remainder of the year. Mr. E.T. Benton became principal of our school in 1958. In the past few years we have had a new agriculture building and a new gym added to our school. We have had many other improvements made, such as a new road, side walks, improvements in the lunch room, science lab, and in the Home Ec. department. In 1955 we had a P.T.A. organized that has really been a growing one-one that wants to help make our school one of the best in the country. 6