Cleveland High School - Clevana Yearbook (Cleveland, NC)

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his Statistics Accordlng to a recent nat1on w1de census Ihave found that there are th1rty four semors 1n the Class of l953 at Cleveland Hzgh School It IS made up of twen ty four g1rls and ten boys The glrls who do nothlng but study and practlce a lxttle b1t of basketball haue devote all the1r txme to football basketball and baseball and who keep 1n tra1n1ng all the tmme have an average we1ght of one hundred forty seven pounds whxch IS mnety n1ne per cent muscle The glrls average age IS seventeen years whmle the boys IS seventeen and one fourth There are only two famcns love affaxrs 1n the Sen1or Class These love affalrs lnvolve Dot Caxrxpbell and Irene W1lhelm and two boys as you could guess We now come to a matter whlch you have to see lnstead of belng told because glrls somet1mes don t llke to talk about the1r shoe sxze I stood the gxrls m a row and glanced along the line at thelr shoes and l found that you could pour more champagne 1nto Irene Wllhelm s sl1pper than anyone else S The boys belng more l1beral about thexr shoe sxze told me that Carlton Myers had them all beat w1th a sxze ten The favor1te movle actress IS June Allyson and the actor IS Jlmmle Stewart These are not representatmve choxces because when votlng tlme comes around the gxrls have a large ma-1or1ty The favor1te song of the whole class xs You Belong To Me The favor1te splne t1ngler of the glrls IS Eddle F1sher The boys p1ck Perry Como The favor1te food of the Sen1or Class is champagne and cavlar Thls 1S a hlgh classed meal but so are the Senlors The favor1te pastlme of the Sen1or Class 15 attendlng famous operas and enjoylng the s1ng1ng of Eleanor Steber and Thomas L Thomas The favor1te opera 15 Madam Butterfly When Sunday mormng comes around you w1ll flnd the Sen1or Class IS very evenly dxvxded 1n 1ts cholce of churches Wltnessed by S1gned Carlton Myers Edward V Pennell B111 Moore Jack Galhher 17 ,,-.-PP I rr' ll in :Q :gt Q81 Q ggi' xx 1 lv vases ,' QP' ' ' ' N f ?f Qu . '. 0 I ll-5 -. f 0 ,. I ' 0 .: IA IS -4 , 4, gpm F - , 'yf 4. N U t . . . I l . n fa an average weight of one hundred-twenty and eight tenths pounds. The boys who I ' Q' ,701 . , . . .

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-- 6111.95 Prophecy ' i ,4- f 3,2 5 I hurrted up the steps to the apartment Ruby and I shared together on F1fth Avenue Thls was the day we had been looklng forward to for many months because thls was the day we would grab our bags and head for North Carolma and home sweet home We hurr1edly ate and were soon ln a cab on our way to La Guardla Field to board a plane for home As we stepped 1nto the plane who should we see but Jack Galllher as the p1lot of the plane wlth Jacquelxne Lloyd as h1s stewardess Imust admltl wasn t too pleased w1th the ldea at flrst as I had never dreamed of Jack becomxng a pxlot and always felt a wee b1t unsafe wh1le 1n a plane anyway But when I got settled down wlth a magazlne I soon forgot my worrles Whlle glancxng through the plctures IH the magazme I found that Bonn1e Goodman was now an art1st for Tlme Magazme She certamly had done well for herself I had been so mterested IH the magazlne that I hadn t not1ced any of the passengers aboard untll someone tapped me on the shoulder Glanclng up I saw Lleutenants Jerry Sudderth and Carlton Myers standlng there w1th the same brlght sm1les I remembered them by 1n h1gh school They were now both lnstructors at an army base IH New Jersey My' Th1s was a pleasant surprise It just made me feel at home to see my old class mates and they seemed to know qulte a b1t about our school chums s1nce they got furloughs rather often They told me that wh1le taklng tra1n1ng at Fort Jackson South Carolxna they had met up w1th LO1S Smlth and Jo Hendrlx who were statroned w1th the Wacs there It seemed that Jerry Cauble had stuck to h1s much desxred amb1t1on of becomxng a baseball player and was now a f1rst baseman for the Card1nals Eddle Pennell who had attended State College and taught 1n several dlfferent schools was now the coach at Cleveland Hxgh Bllly Moore and Ph1l1p Kepley are both happlly marr1ed now Bllly 15 kept pretty busy as an englneer for the Southern Ra1lway and Ph1l1p owns and operates a sportlng goods store You m1ght know he would Just have to be 1n the ball buszness one way or Joe Mowery IS employed by a Constructlon Company and Harry Hxpp and Gerald Shoaf are now busy harvestmg and plantmg two of the largest farms around Cleveland They d1dn t seem to know much about the g1rls The co prlot came by tell1ng us to fasten our safety belts because we had to make an emergency landxng IH Washxngton D C The plane had developed eng1ne trouble and we would have to stay there for two hours lt was nearly dmner t1me and we were both star ved so we left the a1rport and went up street to a nearby restaurant to eat Enter1ng the door we saw two famxhar faces Irene W1lhelm and Nora Lee Beaver We had lunch w1th them and they told us how much they were enjoymg the1r work wxth the F B l They told us Betty Albrxght 15 a secretary 1n a large lnsurance f1rm here 1n Wash1ngton and Phylhs Myers IS a typlst 1n one of the newspaper offices Betty Cashlon and Peggy Gatton had V1Slt6d them the week before wh1le Betty was on vacat1on from her Job as recept1omst at Long s Hosp1tal Peggy also works as a nurse there l thought how tlme flxes Our two hours were almost up so we sa1d our goodbyes and went back to the plane for the last lap of our tr1p home Soon we landed 1U Charlotte Aga1n we had to walt several hours before the bus left for Cleveland As lt happened we had Mary Ahce Phxfer s and Peggy Gentle s address w1th us so we looked them up They seemed to be enjoymg the1r work as telephone operators They told us that Iva Lee Redman was now a nurse at Mercy Hosp1tal Barbara Jean Lye rly and Anne Powlas are the only two teachers we have from our class of 53 Anne IS teachlng at Boyden and Barbara Jean at Cannon I-hgh ln Kannapolls Wxlma Plyler 15 head cashxer at Ketner s Super Market and Ellzabeth Wensll 1S Home Demonstratmon agent for Forsyth County Kathryn Steele had just returned from a trxp abroad do1ng mlssxonary work She was gn mg a lecture at one of the churches 1U Charlotte that nxght wh1ch Mary Alxce and Peggy were plannxng to attend Several of our classmates had decxded on marrlage mstead of a career Sarah P1nk ston IS now Mrs Bobby Godbey She 15 also workmg part tlme at Guyes Betty Lou Betty Graham ns now Mrs Cllfford Shuemaker and the mother of three lovely chlldren Ruth Powlas IS marr1ed to Hubert Pr1vette and has a lovely daughter who attends Wlllle Mae Graham s school of dancmg ln Sal1sbury lt seemed only yesterday that our vacat1on began and now xt was tlme to get back to the hustle and bustle of New York Cmty The past two weeks were two of the shortest weeks of my lxfe and also two of the most enjoyable because all the preczous memorles of 53 were brought back to me agam Our classmates certa1nly seemed to have used our motto Forward Ever Backward Never because all of them have certamly made a success of thexr chosen professrons Cla ss Prophet Dot Campbell Z 'N' ,vxv- . 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Am X 41 .1 XJ Z3 'tune fast WI!! and cstameut We the Senlor Class of Cleveland Hxgh School be1ng of sound mmd and good mem ory do hereby make declare and publlsh thls to be our last w1ll and testament To our parents we will and bequeath our undy1ng love for thelr pat1ence and understandxng IU helplng us atta1n a hlgh school educat1on To the faculty we wxsh to express our most slncere apprec1at1on for the guldance and helpfulness rendered us throughout these twelve years by them To the Jumor Class we leave our tmtle of D1gn1f1ed Semors wluch we so reverent ly have carrxed mn hopes that they w1ll be able to uphold It and also the job of pub l1sh1ng an annual Fxrst I Betty Albr1ght do hereby w1ll and bequeath my g1ft of gab and sense of humor to Betty Wxtherspoon Second I Nora Lee Beaver w1ll and bequeath my short ha1r style to Kathleen Taylor Th1rd I Dot Campbell do w1ll and bequeath my Les Acteurs membersh1p to Fourth I Betty Cashlon do w1ll and bequeath my love of dancmg to Sue Russell F1fth I Jerry Cauble do w1ll my superxorlty to lay out of school to Paul Temple Sxxth I Jack Gall1her not havlng anythxng to w1ll would llke to reserve my pos1t1on besxde Mary Frances locker Seventh I Peggy Gatton w1ll and bequeath my walk to Wanda Beaver Elghth I Peggy Gentle w1ll and be queath my femxmne ways to Lo1s Poteat Ninth I Betty Graham do w1ll my freckles to Lorene I-lam1lton who 15 fortu nate enough not to have any Tenth I Ruby Graham do w1ll and bequeath my cornb and m1rror to Patsy Row land Eleventh I Jo Hendrxx do hereby w1ll and bequeath my abllxty of actxng and s1ng1ng to Sarah Brown Twelfth I Harry I-Ilpp w1ll my cute ness to Worth Mullls Thxrteenth We Phxllp Kepley and Eddle Pennell do hereby w1ll and bequeath our POSIIIOHS as co captams of the football team to Jlmmy Kyles and Ray Myers Fourteenth I Jacquelme Lloyd d w1ll and bequeath my Beta membershlp to Ralph Chrxsty Fxfteenth I Barbara Jean Lyerly do w1ll my abzlxty to catch boyfmends to Marme Rumple Szxteenth I B111 Moore do hereby w1ll and bequeath that streamlmed luxury lxner Bus No Zl to Mr Battle because w1th a l1ttle more practxce and determxnatxon he could become a pretty faxr country bus drlver Seventeenth I Joseph Mowery do w1ll my bashfulness wxth glrls to Bxll Somers Ezghteenth I Carlton Myers belng of sound mxnd and strong body w1ll to .Ixmmy Kyles the honor whxch I have held so long of be1ng the best behaved boy on bus no 8 hop1ng he can uphold the hlgh standards I have set forth Nlneteenth I Phyllls Myers w1ll my ab1l1ty to type seventy two words per mlnute to Wayne Beaver Twent1eth I Mary Aahce Ph1fer do w1ll and bequeath my muzzle to Coach to protect hxs glasses when he becomes All Amerxcan Twenty Flrst I Sarah Pmkston w1ll and bequeath my faxthfulness to one boy to Nell McCubb1ns Twenty Second I W1lma Plyler do w1ll and bequeath my shyness to V1rg1n1a Davxs Twenty Thxrd I Ruth Powlas do w1ll my love of arguxng and bemg stubborn to Annle Laura Hall because she never seems to do elther Twenty Fourth I Iva Lee Redman w1ll and bequeath my shorthand book to Martha Steele hop1ng that she w1ll be able to pass lt my World Hlstory Book to any unlucky stu dent who may be unfortunate enough to get lt Twenty S1xth I Lols Sm1th do w1ll and bequeath my techmque for sk1pp1ng class on Monday mormngs to Nelson Myers Twenty Seventh I Jerry Sudderth do w1ll and bequeath my seat at the table wlth all glrls 1n slxth per1od study hall to Gary Goodman Twenty Elghth I Ellzabeth Wens1l d w1ll and bequeath my posxtlon as cashler In the lunch room to Paul Foster Twenty Nxnth I Irene W1lhelm do w1ll my posztlon as most outstandmg basket ball player to Dorls McDan1el Th1rt1eth We The B1g Four namely Bonme Goodman Wlllxe Mae Gra ham Anne Powlas and Kathryn Steele do hereby w1ll and bequeath our loyalty to one another to June Powlas Becky Bar ber Genelda Kepley and Frances Graham In wltness thereof I Kathryn Steele have been author1zed dxrected and dele gated by the Semor Class to brxng together Its last w1ll and testament and wxth 1ts help do hereto set my hand and afflx my seal on th1s the twenty second of May IH the year of our Lord one thousand mne hundred and flfty three Sxgned Kathryn Steele Te stator W1tnessed by Anne Powlas Wxllxe Mae Graham Bonme Goodman ED Wax , WA .SEK 7 jk ,- '.l f . 4- I .I -, li. 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