Cleveland High School - Clevana Yearbook (Cleveland, NC)

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Prophecy In the year of 1967, I Keith Dillon, owner of a chain of furniture stores, grabbed my bags to get on the plane that was leaving for North Carolina. Before I got on the plane, I noticed a nice looking face staring at me. It was Faye Barringer who told me that she was a singer. She said that her latest record just came out, and it seems that it is going to make a big hit. She said that she was going to France to make a movie with Rock Hudson in which she will be the vocal star. As I got on the plane I noticed an attractive girl, Martha Graham, who is now part owner of T.W.A., and that she had been home on a vacation. Martha told me that Mitchell Goodman was making a career of the Navy, and that Buford Graham was the owner of a garage. When I arrived at the Charlotte Municipal airport, I noticed Kenneth Rowland whoisa pilot withT.W.A. He told me that Lester Cannon is a Presbyterian Minister in Charlotte. I took a bus from Charlotte to Salisbury. The bus driver looked very familiar. It was Eugene Rumple. I asked him about some of the old members of the class. He told me that Bobby Hodge is running a farm, and that Johnny Hipp has a dairy farm. JimCampbell is employed by the Southern Bell Telephone Company, and Garland Graham is owner of Graham's Construction Company. When I arrived in Salisbury, I noticed Sue Graham with two smalI children riding down the street in a new car. She stopped to pick me up, and she told me that she was kept busy operating her own modeling agency, and taking care of her children. She also said that Larry Burns was an important lawyer in Salisbury, and that Jimmy Brown is an electrical engineer in California. I caught a cab to Cleveland. When I arrived there, I saw that Charles Steele owned a used car lot. He told me that Larry Kepley was principal of Cleveland School, and that Bob Williams is a civil engineer in Cuba, and that Larry Rowland is also a civil engineer in Arizona. I left Cleveland for Greensboro on the bus; it stopped and picked up a familiar looking person; it was Kay Anne Pinkston. She told me that whe was happily married, and was returning to Washington, D. C. to her job as a private secretary to one of North Carolina's senators. In Greensboro, a truck driver called to me; to my amaze- ment, it was Dick Redman. He told me that Tom Redman was a well known race car driver and Joe Snyder was building his race cars. I noticed in the Greensboro paper that Perry Shoaf is making a name for himself in the stock market. On my arrival in Chicago, I met Phillip Fink who was at a furniture convention. He informed me that Lewis Owens is an ambassador for the United Nations, and that Bobby Myers is owner of a chain of super markets in Illinois. My trip to North Carolina was a great success because I found out about all my classmates. KEITH DILLON Prophet

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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

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Last Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of 1957, hereby do declare this to our last will and testament on this graduation day. ARTICLE I To the Parents We leave to our parents our deepest appreciation and love for their tender and thoughtful guidance through our twelve years of education. ARTICLE II To our Teachers To our teachers we express our gratitude for their guidance over the rough spots in our past years of our education. ARTICLE III To the Rising Seniors To the rising seniors we leave the privilege of being seniors and the task of publishing the annual and hope they will try to go through the year in a dignified manner. ARTICEL IV To the Individuals First: I, Faye Barringer, do will and bequeath my ability to type fast to Donna McDaniel and Peggy Hodge, I also will my boyfriends who drive new Buicks and Fords to Carolyn Ketchie and Alice Graham. Second: I, Jim Brown, do will my ability to eat slow in the lunch room to anybody who likes to be late for fifth period. Third: I, Larry Burns, do will my ability to get along with anybody to anyone who loves to have friends as I do. Fourth: I, Jim Campbell, do will and bequeath my basketball uniform to Dewey McDaniel and my bus No. 17 to Roy Beck. Fifth: I, Lester Cannon, do will and bequeath my ability to stay out of trouble to Henry Kyles who seems to need it. Sixth: I, Keith Dillon, do will and bequeath my ability to get along with teachers to Larry Wilhelm and my bus No. 21 to anyone who wants it. Seventh: I, Phillip Fink, will all of my books to anyone who can get more out of them than I did, which will not be difficult. Eighth: I, Mitchell Goodman, do will my southern accent to Lloyd Neely (Yank) who needs it. Ninth: I, Buford Graham, do will and bequeath my short hair to Burrette Parker. Tenth: I, Garland Graham, do will my ability to loaf to anyone who needs the ability to loaf without getting caught. Eleventh: I, Martha Graham, do will my basketball uniform No. 11 to Carole Swicegood, hoping she enjoys playing as much as I do. Twelfth: I, Sue Graham, will my love for music to Cheryl Lowery. Thirteenth: I, Johny Hipp, do will and bequeath my football uniform No. 20 to Jim Coulter. Fourteenth: I, Bobby Hodge, do will and bequeath my chubbiness to Elbert Ervin. Fifteenth: I, Larry Kepley, will my long legs to Larry Wilhelm and hope he will rise up in the world, and hope he can keep them out of the aisles. Sixteenth: I, Bob Myers, will to Larry Wilhelm my baseball uniform No. 1. I hope in future years he can fill it up. Seventeenth: I, Lewis Owens, will my ability to stay out of trouble to Jimmy Allen; he deserves it. Eighteenth: I, Kay Anne Pinkston, do will and bequeath my unfashionable trait of blushing to all the boys who have so much fun teasing me about it, and my good grades to my sister Priscilla. Nineteenth: I, Rayford Poteat, do will my love for sports to my brother, Milton hoping he will do better inthem than I did. Twentieth: I, DickRedman, being of feeble brain and weak mind do wil I and bequeath my height to Neita Stout. Twenty-first: I, Tom Redman, being of feeble mind and broken body, having nothing but bad habits, takeevery- thing with me. Twenty-second: I, Larry Rowland, will my ability to do geometry to anybody that needs it. Twenty-third: I, Kenneth Rowland, do will my position on the baseball team to Larry Wilhelm hoping he can fill it, and my curly hair to Johnny Graham, seeing that he needs a little. Twenty-fourth: I, Eugene Rumple, will my ability to get along with Mr. Osborne to Butch Rumple who seems to need it and my books to Lloyd Neely hoping that he can get more out of them than I did. Twenty-fifth: I, Perry Shoaf, do will and bequeath my ability to lie out of school to Billy McIntosh. Twenty-sixth: I, Joe Snyder, being of feeble brain, mind, and body, will my bus No. 56 to Wayne Cline, and my wish to be a mechanic to Elbert Ervin. Twenty-seventh: I, Charles Steele do will my ability to stay in English to Lloyd Neely. Twenty-eighth: I, Bob Williams, do will and bequeath bus No. 44 to anybody who wants it, and my basketball uniform No. 8 to Fred Campbell hoping he can fill it better than I, and my position as Co-Captian to Eugene Poteat. RAYFORD POTEAT Testator