Cleveland High School - Clevana Yearbook (Cleveland, NC)

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Senior Statistics We, the members of the class of 1957, of Cleveland High School, Cleveland, North Carolina, do declare the following facts and figures and leave a copy of them for future seniors, so they may attempt to equal our marks. According to the statistics, the average boys' weight is 159 pounds, while the girls' average weight is 125 pounds. The boys have an average height of 5 feet 10 inches and the girls' is 5 feet 5 inches. The girls' ring sizes range from Sue Graham's 5 1 2 to Faye Barringer's 8 1 2. The boys' are from Jim Brown's size 8 to Joe Snyder's 11 1 2. Although most of the class spend most of their leisure time listening to Rock 'n Roll turnes, we decided Tab Hunter's recording of Young Love was our favorite. During the week most of the class are pretty dependable about coming to school, but it seems that the boys have an awful lot of business in Salisbury to be taken care of after they get here. The dentist and the people at the draft board get a lot of business during the week, don't theyl I imagine the pool halls are pretty crowded on those days, too. We chose as our favorite teacher, Mrs. Ruth Young. She seems to ignore our wise cracks and overlook our humorous ways. In addition to the 24 food-loving males in the class, we have 4 females who always like to make sure they get enough calories. They don't seem to worry about their waist-lines. Although the boys are fond of bar-b-que, we decided fried chicken was our favorite food. Most of us rely on life-savers while we are in class. On week-ends most of the boys spend their time cruising around in their hot-rods and power houses. The girls spend their week-ends working, with the exception of Faye, and she can be usually found in Salisbury looking for boys who drive Fords and Buicks. When a movie comes to town starring Jayne Mansfield or Rock Hudson, we are always eager to see it, since they are our favorite movie stars. And finally there is one statistic on which we all agree, we are seniors at last and are waiting for the day we receive our diplomas. SUE GRAHAM Statistician

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Memories As we begin to cross the bay Ahead we know not what may lay; Gur high school years we leave behind With many memories still in our mind. The ups and downs we had to face. But we all met them without disgrace. I he Junior rlay was another hit And the Junior-Senior gave us a fit We came through these with flying colors Sticking together as if we were brothers. The years ahead we will not dread Because of the memories still in our head. MARTHA GRAHAM

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Class History In August 1953, 38 passengers climbed aboard the rocket ship 57 with our pur- pose to blast our four years journey to reach our destination of graduation. For our first year flight we had as our pilot Mr. Emmett Feimster. As class officers we chose as President, Larry Archie; Vice-President, Johnny Hipp; Secretary, Kay Anne Pinkston; and Treasurer, Jim Campbell. The class was well represented in athletics, with four of our boys lettering in football and the same number in baseball. As we started the second year we found two of our members had given up the flight of graduation, but we continued the trip with 36 passengers. For this year our skipper was Mr. Ira Long. To help us chart our course for the year we chose Bob Williams as President; JimCampbell, Vice-President; Martha Graham, Secretary and Treasurer. Again our class was well represented in athletics with 2 girls and 3 boys lettering in basketball and one additional letterman in baseball. Four of our members were invited into the Beta Club. They were Rayford Poteat, Martha Graham, Mitchell Goodman, and Lester Cannon. For our third year flight our leader was Mrs. Mary B. Ligon, who was to guide the 29 passengers another step closer to graduation. The class chose as class officers for our third year Larry Burns, President; Kenneth Rowland, Vice-President; Bobby Hodge, Secretary, and Lewis Owens, Treasurer. Our journey was getting a little rougher, but most of the passengers on the rocket . ship 57 remained aboard for the last year's flight. We were very fortunate to have lettermen on all the athletic teams. One of our members, Rayford Poteat made all- conference in football. The class sponsored the Junior-Senior Banquet, which was enjoyed by all who attended. The annual Junior play was presented in the fall of 1955. The title of the play was Antics of Andrew. Again four of our members were invited into the Beta Club; they were Larry Burns, Jim Brown, Kay Anne Pinkston, and Bob Williams. Two of our class members received high awards in Agriculture; were Dick Redmon and Kenneth Rowland. Thei[ award was the State Farmer Degree. Finally the rocket ship 57 was on the last leg of the four-year flight. The year started with 28 passengers. Our advisor for this year was Mrs. Ligon. Fellow students chose as their leaders, Larry Rowland, President; Martha Graham, Vice-President; Larry Burns, Secretary and Treasurer. The journey was going to be hard but we were ready to tackle the last step to graduation. Fifteen members of our class received sweaters for participation in athletics. Joe Snyder was invited into the Beta Club. At last as the rocket ship 57 comes to a landing each passenger receives his hard- earned Diploma, a document for a better life. BOB WILLIAMS Historian