Cooleemee High School - Indian Echo Yearbook (Cooleemee, NC)

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CLASS HISTCRY On an eventful day in September, 1945, forty-four supposedly worldly Freshmen entered the portals of Coolee- mee High School to spend some of the happiest years of our lives. The girls went to Miss Purcell's room, where we had to resist the temptation of playing with the typewriters that were reserved for the Juniors and Seniors. The boys went to Mrs. Bostls room where they acquired as much knowledge in solving the problems of life as in working Math problems, Mrs. Moody also exercised great power in developing our minds which evidently needed much training. Class officers for the Freshman year were: Presi- dent, Mary Alice Miller, Vice-President, Peggy Wofford, Secretary and Treasurer, Irene Spry. We were just start- ing out in sports and were therefore very happy when Mary Alice Miller, Betty Sue Webb and Harold Wagner made the Varsity Basketball teams. W'e were very proud of Harold VVagner, for receiving the Scholastic Award over the entire school. -A Our vacation seemed short, because we were still awed by the routine of high school and anxious to resume our place as Sophomores, with Coach Sinclair as our homeroom teacher. We were more confident that year, and proceeded to enlarge the volume of our knowledge. Imagine our pride when Mary Alice Miller, Peggy Wofford, Iva Grey Eller, Barbara Jean Spillman and Harold Wag ner were initiated into the Beta Club! Again three of our girls and two of our boys represented our class on the Varsity Basketball squad. The class -officers were: President, Harold Wagner, Vice-President, Pauline Gales, Secretary and Treasurer, Peggy Wofford. The year sped by, and almost before we knew it, we were Jolly Juniors ! Only twenty-six of our original forty-four were still with us, and Miss McMahan was our homeroom teacher. It proved to be an exciting year, with our class play Miss Chatterbox and our class party. Sports were also in the spotlight, for it was the school's first year of football. Our Junior boys proved themselves to be very capable, because seven of them helped to compose the squad. They were: Lloyd Troutman, blocking back, Joe Cuthrell. left end, Sonny Miller, right guard, George Jordan, quarterback, Harold Wagner, right end, and Richard Beck, right tackle. Our most successful event of the year was the Junio r-Senior Banquet, at the Hotel Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina. We were honored to have Mrs. George Apperson as our guest speaker. VVe were well represented in the final Commencement Exercises with five of the class acting as Marshals, and the remainder acting as ushers to the Seniors. As the year closed with happy memories, we looked forward eagerly to the next year, our final year at dear old Cooleemee High. The Junior Class officers were: President, Peggy Wofford, Vice-President, Sonny Miller, Secretary, Iva Grey Eller, and Treasurer, Barbara Jean Spillman. ' Our class had dwindled to twenty-three as we entered the Halls of Learning for this, our last year as the Senior Class of 1949. Under the direction of Mrs. Schroder we have carried out many activities, such as publishing our newspaper, Inside C.H.S.,7' presenting our Senior play, Just Duckyf' and publishing our class edition of The Indian Echo. As usual, we went all out for sports with six girls on the Varsity Basketball team, and five boys, and six boys on the Football Squad. We helped boost the school spirit by having a bonfire, complete with dummy, before the last football game of the season. It was a complete success. Harold Wagner and Eugene Hellard, Seniors, received the highest awards in football by being chosen All-Star Right End and Left Tackle, respectively, by the Salisbury Evening Post. Offi- cers were: President, Mary Alice Miller: Vice-President, Mildred Foster, Secretary, Barbara Jean Spillmang and Treasurer, Iva Grey Eller. Now we are looking forward to the climax of our Senior year, when we will attend the Juni-or-Senior Banquet as honored guests, tour Washington, D, C., and attend th at greatest event of all-our Commencement Exercises. So. after twelve years of work and play, we have reached the first step on the ladder of success. This is not the ending, only the beginning, and we are looking forward to the future with trust in our hearts and true knowl- edge that ours is a life of joy and opportunity. We shall endeavor to build upon the firm foundation we have acquired here in dear old C.H.S. for the betterment of ourselves and the world. IVA GREY ELLER Class Historian January 15, 1949

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the famous Senior Class of 1949 of Cooleemee High School, in the town of Cooleemee, County of Davie, and State of North Carolina, being as certain as Seniors nearing graduation can be of their sound minds, do hereby bequeath our class reputation and certain individual achievements unto the parties herein below mentioned. 1. 2. ITEM I To Mr. Prim, we leave our sincere gratitude for all that he has done for us. To the school we leave an electric scoreboard and timeclock to be used in the new gymnasium. 3. To the faculty, we leave our appreciation for their guidance and co-operation in the past four years. 4. To the Juniors, we leave our combination homeroom and library. We hope you will fare better since the Bond Issue was passed. 5. To the Sophomores, we leave our patience, which they will surely need during the coming two years. 5. To the sophisticated Freshmen, we leave a portion of our wisdom and initiative. 6. To next year's Freshmen we leave one ability-to participate in all sports. ITEM II We now dispose of our personal possessions: I, Barbara Spillman, will my love for spaghetti to Betty Sue Wofford. I, Sonny Miller, will to Bud McClamrock my position in football, and hope he doesn't get hurt any worse than I did. I, George Jordan, will my football uniform, No. 19, to someone who can live up to the number better than I could. I, Bobby Daniel, will to Jackie Tutterow my favorite Latin book. I, John Spillman, will to Defoie Shoaf my ability to shoot pool. So donit scratch, Defoie! I, Betty Sue Webb, having no personal property, will to anyone interested my 'idear seat in Latin Class. I, Pauline Gales, will to Bill Bivens my ability to get to school on time. I, Iva Grey Eller, will my position of secretary for all the teachers to my sister Betty Jean Eller. I, Sarah Cartner, will my ability to eat in classes to T. G. Foster. 1, I, I, 1, I, Mildred F Oster, leave my notebook and information in it to Norma Ruth White. Claude Clawson, will my ability to drive to i'Mody Hancock. Edna Call, will to Robert Munday my ability to study second year shorthand. Eugene Hellard, will my football muzzle to Craig Snead. He surely needs it. Joe Cuthrell, will my position on the football team to Mylo Goodman. Peggy Wofford, will my ability to hold a man to Dot Hodgin. I suggest, how- L ever, that she use a ball and chain. I, Evelyn Frye, will my silly giggles to Louise Ridenhour. I, Peggy Blackwood, will to Medford Shoaf my ability to read magazines in study hall, without complications. I, Mary Alice Miller, will to Betty Shockley my ability to love one boy and stick to him. I, Irene Spry, will my Mocksville love affairs Cexcept onej to Joan Spillman and hope she has as good luck as I did! I, Lloyd Troutman, will my Toni to Buzz Leonard. I, Harold Wagner, will to Defoie Shoaf my ability to Hsnowbirdi' in basketball. I, Dorcas Alexander fBool-tworml, will to Jimmy Carter my ability to read all the interesting books that I can get my hands on. I, Richard Beck, will to Talmadge Cheek the privilege of staying out of classes and running around the building. DORCAS ALEXANDER Class Lawyer