Drexel High School - Cavalcade Yearbook (Drexel, NC)

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SUPERLATIVES Friendliest JOAN GLENN BEN McNEELY ELIZABETH BERRY Most Athletic RAY FLETCHER Wittiest PAULINE CHILDRES RAY BURNS

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SUPERLATIVES Most Popular Best All-Around LESTER WOODIE BONNIE WILLIAMS MAX HARRIS DORIS MITCHELL Most Studious GWYNN RAMSEY Most Likely to Succeed EDNA DEAL HOWARD BAKER FAYE HARRIS

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PROPHECY Many years had passed since I had left Drexel to make my home in sunny California. So——I decided to make a trip to the East and visit my Alma Mater. Before I left Hollywood, I went by to see if Faye Harris wanted to go along. She is doubling for Rita Hayworth in The Loves of Carmen . Bonnie Williams, the famous Gossip Column writer, was lunching with her. She had the cutest little dog —bought it at Doris Mitchell’s famous dog kennels. I drove up to a swanky gas station to have my car checked before starting, and who do you suppose was there at my service! Bill Bryant, the proud new owner! Finally I was on my way—but, it was rather lonesome driving alone so I switched on the radio to listen to my favorite Master of Ceremonies Ray Aikens. He’s on Ladies Be Seated’ . My program was interrupted by a freight train chugging noisily down the track alongside the highway. Much to my surprise, I saw a girl teetering back and forth in a coal’car and a man dressed quite elaborately in an embroidered cowboy suit on a beautiful palomino. When I looked closely, I recognized the girl as Joan Glenn and the man as Lester Woodie—hero and heroine in horse operas”! It was a movie on location, and I found the cameramen to be none other than Howard Baker and Ray Martin. The director was Ernest Epley and his assistant was Margaret Franklin (still a team). And guess who was the script reader—that’s right, Clarence Lingerfelt! I learned that the beautiful palomino belonged to Carthel Childres, who is the new owner of the Bing Crosby stables. After talking with my old schoolmates, I' was again on the road leading East. But not for long—there was a big herd of cattle blocking the road. I got out to speak to the owner. What do you know! There were Gloria Miill and Reba Reece! (They are the owners of a big rancH.) Finding it a bit difficult to reminisce amidst a bunch of bellerihg” bovines, I was persuaded to accept an evening’s lodging with them at their ranch. Early the next morning, after tipping my hat to Gloria, Reba, and the cattle——I sped'on! Since Boulder Dam wasn’t too far out of my way, I certainly wasn’t going to miss the opportunity to talk with an old friend of mine, Gwynn Ramsey. He is engineering the construction of new Boulder Dam, since the old dkm burst back in 1958. As I drove into Phoenix, Arizona, I noticed a beautiful window display of the new 1960 Plymouth. I found the owner of the place who was none other than Ray Fletcher, following in his father’s footsteps. He seemed to like my car and before I knew it I was buying a train ticket out of Arizona. I seated myself by an Army nurse, and was surprised when she turned around and revealed herself as Evelyn Gark. She was on her way to Louisiana to visit the governor, Edna Deal