Cleveland High School - Clevana Yearbook (Cleveland, NC)

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MASCOTS HISTORIAN Ruth Wilhelm TESTATOR Becky Cobb Patsy Correll Warren Myers PROPHET Betty Kepley POET Evelyn Pinkston

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Four years ago when we started into high school, there were twenty five hopeful, enthusiastic boys and girls who walked up the stairs of Cleveland High School, to start four years of hard work. It is ex- ceedingly hard to believe that even though we had twenty five freshmen there are only sixteen in our graduating class of 1951. Of those who started to school together in Cleveland and are graduating this year there are only five. Many of our classmates dropped out or moved away, but thanks to Hurley School our class was re- plenished when we entered the eighth grade. There were eight pupils who joined our class at that time. Our freshment year we had five players on the football team. Our only successful athletes that year were, Pete Snyder, Calvin Kennedy, Donald Lyerly, Robert Gatton, and Harold Barringer. At the end of the year there were four of our class who were invited to join the Beta Club. They were Rebecca Cobb, Barbara Kepley, Evelyn Pinkston, and Ruth Wilhelm. The ninth grade was very successful for most of us, thanks to our advisor Mrs. W. A. Stoker. « We greeted the tenth grade a little more self-assured, since we had a little high school experience. Our advisor was Mr. W. Edward Ellis and our leaders were -- Roy Beaver, Martha Shook, Betty Ann Kepley, and Evelyn Pinkston. The tenth grade was rather uneventful, though it was an important step in our educational program. Our Junior Class was one to remember. Mr. Ellis started the year a$ our advisor, after a few months Mr. Lamar Dorton took his place. When he left for Spring baseball training, Mr. Perry Lefevers stepped into the position. Our class officers were -- Roy Beaver, Ruth Wilhelm, Rebecca Cobb, and Barbara Kepley. Our Junior Class play was entitled What Happened to Uncle? Lawrence Niblock played the part of Uncle. Other members of the cast were Dotty Plummer, Pete Snyder, Roy Beaver, Evelyn Pinkston, Betty Ann Kepley, Marcella Beeker, Robert Love, Tommie Kesler, and Ruth Wilhelm. Our Junior-Senior Prom was another highlight of the year. It was held in the school gymnasium May 5, 1950. The gym was decorated in pastel shades and music was sponsored by Johnny Miller and his five Riffs. Marshalls from the Junior Class were Evelyn Pinkston, chief, Barbara Kepley, Betty Ann Kepley, Rebecca Cobb and Ruth Wilhelm. Along the high school road pupils fell back into our class from the previous class, some stopped school, still others moved away, and to start our Senior year there were only sixteen students. Our advisor is Miss Doris Porth. Our leaders are -- Ruth Wilhelm, Rebecca Cobb, Evelyn Pinkston, and Betty Kepley. As this annual goes to press the Junior and Senior Classes are sponsoring a magazine sale to raise money for our trip to Washington. We are looking forward to the Senior play, the Junior-Senior, and the final climax -- the diploma. We wish to thank our teachers for helping us along and we must admit they sometimes had to push to get us to exert a little energy and effort. We also thank our parents who willingly sacrificed to meet our every educational need. Furthermore we thank our fellow schoolmates for helping us have such a good time here. They make us feel proud to graduate from Cleveland.