Cleveland Junior High School - Echo Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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I went outside to get a taxi. There before my eyes was a sign Petty Cab Company- Owner: Shirley Petty. I walked over and got in one of the cabs. Much to my amaze- ment the driver was a girl, and wiho? Betty Nolen. I asked her what she was doing there and she explained. Every part of town had changed so much that she offered to show me- around. Cut' first stop was the city hall. There I met the city mayor, Lowell Carson! I-Ie showed me around and introduced me to his secretary, Patsy Watson. She was still the same- old Patsy. Next I went to see the chief of police. just guess who he was! Joe Eubanks! He was in conference with the sheriff, J. W. Mooneyham. As I came out of the city hall I saw a sign I hadn't seen before. It read: Hazel Fowler -City Dog Catcher. That wfas the limit. That evening I was invited to the National Man Chasers' Union. The president was Emma Jones. Can you imagine her chasing a man? After I saw that I decided to go over and see the principal of Cleveland Jr. High. Gordon Towe! Among the list of teachers I found Farrell Shelton, Mary Taylor, and julia Lovelace. I walked down to the cafeteria to find Joanne Blackwell and Sara Ann Miles with their heads in a stew. They were trying to prepare a lunch for about six hundred brats, as they put it in their own words. I walked out into the street to find someone staring up at a sign-Anne Sparks, M. D. I walked over and spoke to her. She wus very surprised to see me. We had a very nice talk. She brought me up to date on many of my former schoolmates Whom I haven't time to mention here. All, however, had become a credit to their country in some work or other. And then it was time to board the plane again. In a few hours I was far, far away from Spartanburg. Q -Joye Smith

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CLASS PROPHECY For I flipped into the future, Far as human eye could see On a cold December day I sat gazing into the fire. Drowsily I nodded and soon I was asleep. While I slept I had a dream. I saw my classmates in 1965. It all started- --As I boarded the plane on my way home I was greeted by a friendly stewardess in a lovely blue uniform. At second glance I recognized her to be Shirley Reed. She also recognized me and told me that the pilot of our plane was Delane Johnson. The co-pilot was none other than Jimmie Rogers. I settled down in my seat and glanced cautiously across the aisle. Lo and behold, there sat William QBillyj Splawn, the famous actor. With him was his sixth wife, jane Simmons. I was so surprised that I almost fell out of my seat. He told me that one of his wives had been Jean Grant. He also told me that she was on her way to Reno to get a divorce from her fifth husband, Harold Lancaster. fHe was then governor df Virginia.j Her other husbands had been Ronald Burns, Ted Holt, and Troy Smith. By the time I had received that information the plane was ready to take off. But we were stopped by two very tall men with brief cases under their arms. They 'were Congressmen on their way home. Just who do you think they were? Jerry Knight and Johnny Hayes! After we finally got in the air I got my paper and started to read the headlines. President Jerry Cook IIHPC8CIlCd,iil!Df. R. M. fRobertj Watson Performs Brilliant Operation on the Throat of Lovely Singing Star, Pat Crenshaw? Next I saw that South Carolina had made Mary liloyd Poet Laureate of her native state. Professor Dennis LaCrosse was announcing a new formula, so complicated that no one, not even Dennis himself, could understand it! A new Broadway musical had just opened, Dawn Before Dusk. It was written by Andrew QBuddyj Bates. In his orchestra were several students from our old school -Bobby Turner, David Satterfield, Donnie Ayers, and Harry Mullis. Doris Cannon was starring in the show. Three Beauty sisters had just arrived in New York. They came from Paris Where they had been studying the latest styles. They were Shirley Powell, Kay Jordan, and Barbara Becknell. And then I saw that Patsy Tallant had become a model. With her was Gene Deal who was chosen the most outstanding man of the year. The first stop was Philadelphia. There we were allowed to get off the plane for five minutes. just to one side of the runway was a snack bar. It was owned and managed by Charles Smith. As I started back to fhe plane, I heard someone call my name. I turned and found a man in a gray tweed suit. He was at least six feet tall-Elbert Holt!-known now as the best farmer in America and as president of the National 4-I-I Club of America. I made my way back to the plane. There the stew-ardess told me that we would not stop again until we reached Spartanburg, so I decided to take a nap. I was soon awak- ened by a tap on the shoulder. We had reached the old home town. Everyone was rushing about trying to get off the plane. I saw two photographers running across thc. field, Mary Plemmons and Robert Ellis. I wondered why they Were in such a rush. Then I saw someone I hadn't recognized before. It was Sara Duncan,,, one of the most famous writers of our time. With her was her husband, Bobby Martin, the famous full-back for Notre Dame. I walked away, not knowing what to expect next. As I came into the waiting room- I saw a door with a sign on it Manager, I was almost afraid to see who the manager' was. Finally I looked up. There in big black letters was the name Dickie McCraw.', His assistant was johnny Squires. Well, well, what next . . .

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT PREAMBLE We the grnduatrng class of one thousand nrne hundred and frfty who after three years of hard torlrng and strrvmg at dear old Cleveland Jr I-I1 h School do hereby declare thrs our last Wrll 1nd Testament Sectron I To Mrss Harrrs we leave a B C for those qurct frfth perrods fQuret you say7j To Mrs Stroup we beque1th 1 copy of BlIff llO Brll for further refrdrng about Indrans To Mr Easler we leave 1 dozen yardstrcks for the advmcement of hrs dueatron QOr yourslj The senror class boys bequeath to Mr M1dden 1 new belt QOuch'j To Mass Greer Dems L1Cross le1ves hrs atoms 1nd molecules to be splrt rf needs for drstrrbutron among our followers To Mrss Carter we leave the abrlrty to hear 111 see all 1nd lnow ll As rf she drdn t Sectron 2 Artrcle 1 To those rrsrng crtrzens of CIH wc the semor cl1ss 1s 1 whole le1ve the 1b1hty to keep on wrth the work of The Cleveland Vorce fnewspaperj and The Cleveland Echo fannualj To the Junrors we leave nothrng but 1 good luck smrle for future use Artrcle 2 I Delane Johnson grve to Basford Bryson my cle1n gym socks fC1ean79j I Robert Watson leave fPCI'10dJ I Barbara Becknell bequeath to 'anyone who needs rt sense enough not to get mad at her boy frrend every day I Sara Ann M1les leave to Shrrley Parnter all her love for a certfun boy rn the erghth grade fl wonder who7j I Jerry Cook, leave my actrng abrhty to Io Ann Foster Jane Srmmons grves gladly Qsm oonj her eollectron of Clark Gable prctures to Sonya Lmdblom QHe got marrred anvwayj Jerry Knrght leaves to Harold Trsdale hrs superlatrve Pat Tall1nt leaves all her good trmes to 7 Drckre MeCraw bequeaths hrs good advrce to anyone mexperrenced To Kenneth Sonny McCraw Ted Holt leaves hrs autoorapl-ed gym shorts To anyone needrng 1 bo1t I-Iarrret Hatfreld leaves one shoe srze 17Q We Davrd Satterfreld 1nd Andrew fBuddyj B1tes lease our musrcal talents drums and clarrntt to anvone no taller than Davrd Pat Crenshaw leaves for the benefrt of the teachers To Donald Duncsrn Elbert Holt bequeaths hrs 4 H Club honors To Clrl Cflmeron Anne Sparks lurves her gym comb fDrd she have one7j To M1les Whrtlock Brlly Splawn leax ts hrs srngrng of Golden Earrrngs Betty Nolen Prves her wardrobe to Thelma Brrtt fLucky Thelma J Mary Floyd leaves Terry Vassey fOh O Oh'j , . . L . , - . , . l ' ' . 4 4 . . e . . bca ' 7 r . V' . , ' , . Q a . Q ' ' . , .J . . . . , , X . 1 K , K K , C x K -- ' ct I ' 55 ll 3 t ,S To the Freshmen - - - - well, we surely are glad we're not in your shoes. , L ' , I ' c . . . I Q ' V 3 3 K ' 3 , k . , . . G. . . , I . . . 1 . . Y . . C I I 6 D , A U L . . t K , . . , . I 1 . l 1 4 ' I s 9 . , , K v U . . t . I U . . . ,, . ,, , Q. ' ' I . . . U , T A