Cleveland High School - Clevana Yearbook (Cleveland, NC)

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L.. lad A popliecij The plane will be delayed in Salisbury for at least 8 or 9 hours, was the report from the pilot. After many trips across the United States as a Stewardess I was glad to be stranded in Salisbury for a short time to look up a few school pals who I hadn’t seen in many years. After checking the passengers I started to leave the plane and thought I recognized one of the mechanics working on the plane as Sam Beeker, and sure enough it was Sam. He told me he had been working on planes for quite some time and liked the job very much. Realizing I only had a short time to stay I hurried on my way to make a phone call and accidently bumped into Donald Lyerly and Robert Love who were on leave from the army for 30 days. Donald and Robert told me they had been to see many of our school pals, and that Gilbert Myers, Ruth Redman, and Betty Painter were all married and living a happy married life. After talking to them for several minutes I bid them the best of luck and finally got to the telephone booth. The operator's voice seemed familiar to me, and I asked if she wasn't Marcella Beeker. Her reply was yes and then I told her who I was, and although it was against rules we had a long conversation and she told me that Barbara Anne Kepley and Evelyn Pinkston were both Secretaries in Washington, D.C. and had high ranking jobs as the secretary to their Congressmen. I knew that I was taking Marcella's time and her job was impor- tant so I decided to see her when she got off from work. I started walking down the street and happened to glance to my left and saw a small office building with a sign reading, Mr. Lawrence Niblock, Psychiatrist . Naturally I knew that this was the Lawrence Niblock I had been in school with so I rang the bell and Lawrence answered the door. He seemed rather surprised to see me and as Lawrence would always come out with something funny to say asked me if I was in need of a good Psychiatrist. He invited me to dinner and as we were eating we talked about our school days ,anxl I asked him if he had heard anything about Dotty Plummer, Pete Snyder, Robert Gatton, Ruth Wilhelm and Rebecca Cobb. He said that Dotty Plummer was now the physical ed. teacher at Cleveland and Ruth Wilhelm and Rebecca Cobb were head nurses at the new hospital in Charlotte, and Pete Snyder and Robert Gatton were in California aboard the Battleship Missouri, liking the Navy life very well. The hours passed quickly and it was soon time for my plane to be leaving, so Lawrence drove me to the airport and I arrived just in time to check my passengers back on the plane. After bidding Lawrence a quick goodby, I was soon high above the clouds thinking what a wonderful time I had had in such a few short hours, and it made me feel good to tell the passengers on the plane all about the Senior Class I had graduated with and what fine men and women they had all turned out to be. CLASS FLOWER Yellow Carnation CLASS COLORS Green Yellow MOTTO Always Try

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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.

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CU Witt In the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, we the members of the Senior Class being of sound mind and having good intentions, declare this to be our last will and testament. To our parents we bequeath our eternal love and sincere appreciation for making it pos- sible for us to graduate from high school. To the faculty we leave our appreciation and many thanks for all they have done for us and their patience in helping us enlarge our field of learning. To Miss Porth, our advisor, we leave our undying love for guiding us along this our last year in school and for helping us publish this annual. To the Junior Class we leave our seats in assembly and our title of Dignified Seniors which we proudly carried. To the Sophomore Class we leave our school spirit and our high ideals. To the Freshman Class we leave three more years of high school. We advise them to take advantage of every opportunity and to study hard. I, Pete Snyder, will my new bus, Number 17, to Paul Foster. I, Dotty Plummer, will my suit, made in Home Ec., to Miss Erwin, with the hope she enjoys wearing it as much as I did making it. I, Don Lyerly, will my baseball uniform, Number 14, to Jimmy Kyles. I, Sam Beeker, will my cuteness to Walter Lippard. I, Barbara Kepley, will my seat on the basketball bench to Mary Alice Phifer hoping she keeps it as warm as I did. I, Marcella Beeker, will my heighth to Phyllis Myers. I, Robert Love, will my ability to get along with Woodleaf women to Chunk Gardner. I, Ruth Redman, will my love for Ford cars to Betty Graham. I, Robert Gatton, will and bequeath my football jersey, Number 41, to Cotton Barringer and my friendly ways to Gilbert Archie. I, Becky Cobb, want to be different, therefore upon leaving, I'm taking everything I can find with me.