Cleveland High School - Clevana Yearbook (Cleveland, NC)

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Class Poem Dream not too much of what you’ll do tomorrow, How well you’ll work perhaps another year. Tomorrow's chance you do not need to borrow. Think not too much of mountains you will master The while you linger in the vale be low. To dream is well, but plodding brings us faster, To where we go. Swear not to break some habit's fetter When the old year is dead and passed away. If you have need of living wiser, better. Begin today!

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Class History This is the story of a journey that began in the fall of 1952. There were 31 pupils enrolled in our class, nine of whom came from Hurley School. We entered the long hallways, a little timid at first, but we soon overcame this shyness and made many friends. Little did we realize the hard work we had to ac- complish before we received our reward, the diploma. Our first thought was how our class should be governed. We organized ourselves and chose as class officers: President, Carolyn Steel; Vice-President, Vernon Davis; Secretary, Lois Hamilton; Treasurer, Doris McDaniel; Advisor, Mrs. Carl Price. Several members of our class lettered in basketball, football, and baseball. We started our second year with only 27 boys and girls. This year was not nearly as complicated as the first since we were familiar with our new way of life. This year we chose as class leaders: President, Nel- son Myers; Vice-President, Bobby Cashion; Secre- tary, Richard Cooley; Treasurer, Gary Goodman; Advisor, Mr. John D. Sims. Six girls of our class had the honor of serving at the Junior-Senior Banquet. We also published a school paper. Our Junior Year was a busy one as we had the Junior-Senior Banquet to plan. As projects to raise money we sold magazines, presented the Sauline Players, and gave a Junior Play entitled Gone With The Girls.” The cast included Irene Hodge, Carolyn Eller, Carolyn Shuping, Leon Owens, John Wilhelm, Rosie N. Bollinger, Doris McDaniel, Carolyn Steele, Locke Steele, Martha Steele, and Bobby Cashion. The play was under the direction of Mrs. Mary Ligon. Marshals from the Junior Class were: Carolyn Steele, Chief; Doris McDaniel, Carol Dillon, Joanne Taylor, Jean Davis, Gary Goodman, and Charles Brown. Two new members joined our class this year— Joanne Taylor from Glassport High School in Penn- sylvania, and Jean Davis from Boyden High School in Salisbury. Although we gained two new class members, we lost several due to marriage. Two members of our class, Carolyn Steele and Lorene Cranfield, were invited to join the Beta Club. To guide us through this year we chose as class officers: Carolyn Steele, President; Leon Owens, Vice-President; Bobby Cashion, Secretary; Carolyn Shuping, Treasurer; Mrs. Mary Ligon, Advisor. At last we had almost reached our destination and we were Seniors. As class leaders we chose: Joanne Taylor, Presi- dent; Doris McDaniel, Vice-President; Carolyn Steele, Secretary-Treasurer; Carolyn Shuping, Reporter; and Mrs. Mary Hannah, Advisor. We have two important projects this year—pub- lishing the Clevana and graduating. Nine members of our class, Joel Barringer, John Wilhelm, Richard Cooley, Jackie Hodge, Carol Dil- lon, Doris McDaniel, Martha Steele, Irene Hodge, and Nelson Myers will receive sweaters for partici- pation in sports. We are on the last lap of our long journey and are happily awaiting the day we will receive our diplomas. To all the teachers, parents, and classmates, we wish to express our gratitude for helping us through our hardships to that long-awaited graduation day. As we face the future and reach for higher goals, we want to say Thanks” to all those who have helped us make our journey successful. Carol Dillon Historian

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Class Prophecy As I was preparing to leave for my vacation this June, 1966, 1 decided that it would be fun to look up as many of my fellow graduates as I could. In- cidentally, I am Doris McDaniel, now a private sec- retary for the FBI in Washington, D. C. Hurriedly I grabbed my bags and headed for the airport to catch my plane. While on the plane headed for Salisbury, thinking how nice it would be to see and hear from my class- mates that I had heard little about in ten years, whom should I recognize but Carolyn Shuping, now an air- line hostess. I asked her if she knew anything about the rest of our classmates and she told me that Caro- lyn Steele is now Director of the North Carolina Welfare Agency, with her home office in Raleigh. We talked awhile, then she said she had to get back to her job. It wasn’t long until I had reached my destination. After landing I called a cab and went up town to have lunch. When I had been seated in a nice rest- aurant, a strangely familiar voice greeted me with, What’s for you, please?’’ I glanced up into the face of none other than Carolyn Eller. She told me that she and her husband owned the restaurant. I also learned from her that George McCoy and Wayne Cobb owned a used car lot in a neighboring town and that Bobby Cashion has made a career of the Navy. I said goodbye to Carolyn and went to look for a place to stay, first stopping to buy a newspaper. To my surprise there was a picture on the front page of Gary Goodman, who is running for Mayor of Salisbury. While checking over the Sports page I noticed that Nelson Myers was leading the American League batting average. Gee, I knew that Nelson liked sports, but I never thought that he would carry it that far. I decided to visit dear old Cleveland High School. When I entered the office, who did I find as prin- cipal of the school but Leon Owens. It was good to see Leon again. Immediately we began to talk about the class of '56. He told me that John Wilhelm was doing fine in the racing world with his Chevrolets. I knew while going to school that John certainly had a lot of faith in a Chevrolet. He also told me that Richard Cooley was President of an Insurance Com- pany in Chicago. Leon said he had quite a time keeping some of the boys in school, but he knew they could always be found in Joel Barringer’s Pool Room. A big surprise was Leon’s Secretary and Treasurer of the school, Martha Steele, who came into the of- fice. I asked her about her brother, Locke Steele, and as I had expected, Locke is happily married and owns a large dairy farm. She also told me that Jackie Hodge is married and employed by the Shaw Transfer Company. Martha said that Joanne Taylor has gone back North and is a secretary of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. I enjoyed my visit at Cleveland, talking over the old school days and learning about my classmates. When it was time for school dismissal, I was de- lighted to get a ride back to Salisbury with Mrs. Mary Hannah, the senior advisor of ’56 who is still a member of the Cleveland faculty. After leaving Mrs. Hannah in Salisbury, I noticed a sign, Carol and Jean’s Cut and Curl,” and decided a shampoo and wave would refresh me. Believe it or not, the operators turned out to be Carol Dillon and Jean Davis. I told them that I was trying to learn about all of my classmates and had heard from all of them except Rosie Nell Bollinger and Irene Hodge. They told me that Rosie Nell js a nurse at the Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, and that Irene owns and operates her own dancing school in Statesville. My, how things have changed, and what a big suc- cess everyone has made in life! The vacation was all too short, but how wonderful to return to 1956, even briefly. Doris J. McDaniel Class Prophet