Foard High School - Quatra Log Yearbook (Newton, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY At commencement time some of the members serving as marshals were Nancy Burton- chief, Ann Teague, Sue Lowman, Nadine Copas, and Peggy Smith. Graduation over, they bid Mountain View High School farewell. Farther away at Star town in the year 1950, a bewildered class of thirty-one members started the thornier path of higher learning with Mrs. Vernon Wilkinson as sponsor. After a year of being trodden under the feet of upper classmen, they became upper classmen themselves. Mr. D. A. Anthony was spon- sor. The group entertained the seniors with a theater party where they saw “Angels in the Outfield” at the Catawba Theater in Hickory. As juniors under M r. Lynn’s guidance, their responsibilities in- creased, necessitating the sale of candy, soft drinks, and magazine sub- scriptions to finance a banquet at Lake Hickory Country Club. At the close of the junior year they packed their belongings, for they would return to Startown no more. The year is 1953; the school, Fred T. Foard. Gathered under its roof and in two of its spacious rooms are sixty-four seniors from Ban- oak, Blackburn, Mountain View, and Startown. In the beginning it was not so,however; for these seniors, along with the other high school stu- dents .were forced to reside four weeks at Blackburn, holding classes in the auditorium, school busses, and vacant rooms. Before reaching the new building, two seniors left the ranks, leav- ing a total of sixty-seven. Since then three additional ones have dropped out. The remaining ones have survived the headaches of selecting class officers and an annual staff. To guide them they have as class sponsors. Miss Lois Coon and Mrs. Alma B. Reitzel. To transact class business they have: Charles Rhoney- President, Juanita Wood- Vice President, Shirley Leatherman- Secretary and Nadine Copas- Treasurer. At the time of this writing the seniors, with Juanita Wood as editor- in-chief and Nancy Burton as co-editor, are compiling materialfor the first annual of Fred T. Foard. They do not mind this headache, though, because it is relieved to some extent by the anticipation of a week-long trip to Washington in April. We now roll up these senior annals for our Quatra-log- “four re- cords.“ There being no further business,we declare our task as histor- ians completed! Shirley Leatherman Sue Lowman Jean Short Evelyn Stallings

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CLASS HISTORY The year was 1950; the school, Banoak. The freshman class, under the leadership of Catherine Fullbright, was experiencing the first phase of secondary education. The members suffered the usual trials of lower classmen and advanced to the rank of sophomores without loss of life or limb. While sophomores, their social activities d i d not widen to any alarming degree; consequently, with Charles Rhoney as leader, they completed this year in a rather uneventful manner. Their status as juniors, however, effected a change. By this time they had outgrown the bashfulness and timidity of adolescence and were looking less seriously at life. For their gayer moods they square danc- ed at the White Pine, motored to Raleigh for the week end, and roasted wieners at the home of class president, Charles Rhoney. Too quickly their junior year passed by, and after the presentation of a highly successful commencement play they put aside their tasks to witness the graduation of their friends, the last senior class of Ban- oak. At a neighboring school, Blackburn, in the year 1950, things were very much the same as at Banoak. The freshman class consisted of eighteen members- some serious and some bent on mischief. All pass- ed, however, into the sophomoric state. During the second year some dropped out to become -what in their estimation was more desirable - housewives. Others fell by the way- side, thinking they had all the education they needed. In ’52 this talented group,known as the “lively Teven,” was allow- ed to sit in home room with the superior seniors. At the close of their junior year they even helped the seniors produce “A Case of Spring- time,” and presented Blackburn’s last graduating class with a daisy chain. Not willing to relinquish so happy an association, the juniors and seniors left the following day for a wonderful trip to the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina. In that way did they write finis to Black- burn High School. Another near-by school, Mountain View, was, in the year 1950, en- joying a more prolific season with an enrollment of forty-five. This year passed in a normal fashion, but when ’51 rolled around, only thirty- two students were on hand to take advantage of their greater opportu- nities. During this year they studied more or less and longed for the day when they could write by their names, juniors. This third year became even more exciting than was expected be- cause of the looming consolidation. They would make the most of their last days at Mountain View. Among those memorable last days were the presentation of “Hilarity House” and a banquet held in the basement of Zion Lutheran Church.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the senior class of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, of Fred T. Foard High School, in the county of Catawba, the state of North Ca rolina, being of sound mind and realizing our impending departure from this school, do here- by declare and make this our last will and testament. I, Doris McRee, will my locker, No. 213, to Helen Bumgarner with the hope that she can keep her belongings as well as I have. I» Peggy Smith, will my thumb to Carl Scronce, to use only for getting transportation to school. I, Weston Finger, will my ability for riding a motorcycle without wreck- ing it to Reginald Johnson. I, Farrell Childers, will my ability for growing out instead of up to Glenn Pope. I, Ralph Cook, will my love for girls to Wayne Crawley. I, Betty Jo Hendrick, will to Radah Bumgarner my shyness for the oppo- site sex. I, Beatrice Weaver, will my love for movies and eating to Patty Childers. We, Mary Jane Mitchem and Billie Faye Hilton, will to Nancy Johnson and Myrtle Hilton our ability to laugh through joy and sorrow. We, Betty Dean Dickinson, Shirley Dickinson, Jackie Isenhour, and Jo Doris Lail, will our ability to talk in study hall under Mr. Phillips and get by with it to Carolyn Hefner, Shirley Isenhour, and Patsy Hilton. I, Jean Short, will my ability to stay active and busy day and night to Gail Seitz, if she will continue it in school, in 4-H, at home and at church. I, ScottieSue Propst,will to Sylvia Costner my ability to stick to one man. I, Maynell Barger, will my place in French class to Margaret Rudisill, hoping she gets more out of it than I do. I, Margaret Sigmon, will my old rickety typewriter to Sue Shull. Happy typing! I, Shirley Wood,will my English book and my love for shorthand and typ- ing to Patricia Costner. I, Betty Jane Yoder,will my ability to get along with other people to Bet- ty Kahili. I, Imogene Wilkinson, will my desk in English to Annie Mae Sigmon and hope she enjoys it. I, Bobby Houser, will my friendly ways to Johnny Bumgarner. I, Ann Teague, will my dancing ability to Barbara Shull. I, Jerry Yoder .will to Ronnie Kahili my ability to hold a school bus in the road. I, Frank Reinhardt, will to Bill Clay my ability to skate. I, Johnny Wallace, will to Tommy Woody my love for girls. I, Helen Herman, will my love for short hair-cuts and chocolate milk- shakes to Betty Gail Settlemyre. I, Ercel Dellinger, will to Lloyd Hatley my basketball ability. I, Nancy Burton, will to Faye Young my old faithful wad of bubble gum. I hope it holds as much luck for her in ball games as it did for me. I, Naomi Ruth Drum, will my ability to two-time the boys and get by with it to Martha Jean Pitts. I, Sylvia Settlemyre, will my love for tall boys to Alice Rose Hass. I, Benelia Yoder, will my love for the color blue to Janice Donkle. I, Joann Houser, will my love for parties to Mary Frances Robinson. I, Shirley Leatherman, will my desk in English class to Irene Leather- man. I hope she likes it as much as I did.