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

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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.

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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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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, Gene Brittain, will my Dodge school bus to James Reinhardt, provided that it hasn’t fallen apart. I, Danny Whisnant, will my ability to run off without being caught to Roy Fulbright. I, Howard Propst, will my well-controlled temper to Kenneth Broome. I, Sammie Ward, will my ability to stay out of trouble to Nellie Pruitt. I, Betty Jean Stallings, will my love for typing to Carrie Canipe. I, Juanita Wood, will to David Wood my seat on bus 55. I hope he gets to school uninjured. I, Ray Burris, will to Wade Kahili all of my girl friends. I, Nadine Copas, will my love for long hair and appreciation of friends to Jo Ann Wilson. I, Alice Deal,will my ability to say the wrong things at the wrong time to Janice Lutz. I Peggy Jonas,will my ability to get out of doing things for Miss Coon to Mary Jane Rhoney. I, Frances Keller, will my high temper and ability t o dance to Merle Rice. Good Luck! I, Charles Rhoney, will my ability to skip class and get by with it to Bud- dy Whitener. I, Jack Pate, will to Truman Townsend my love for baseball. I, Evelyn Stallings, will to Lillian Rudisill the ability to bum chewing gum. I, Margaret Mull, will to Willena Whitworth my love for music. I, Ruby Jo Wilson, will to Earline Reinhardt a pair of scissors to cut her long hair. I, Howard Weaver, will my wit and good humor to William Leather man. I, Guy Wilson, will my ability to chauffeur a bus through a tight place with inches to spare to J. D. Punch. I, Larry Huffman, will my ability to be absent three days a week and still be a senior to Ned Pitts. I, Maxine Ledford, will my ability to say funny things at a serious time to Justina Boone. I, Johnny Craig, will my ability to captivate all the girls to Edward Shu- gart. I, Ralph Schrum, will my good looks and shy ways to Gary Detter. I, Alfred Whitener, will my extra curls to Charles Wilfong. I, Leonard Pruitt, will my ability to stay away from girls and my love for my English teacher to Calvin Pruitt. I, Derrell Johnson, will my curly, red hair to all bald-headed boys in the junior class. I, Lewis Dellinger, will my long neck to anyone who will accept it. I, Sue Lowman, will my quiet and mannerly ways to the whole eleventh grade. I, Troy Stallings, will my ability to get along with the girls to Bill Rhyne. I, Eddie Caldwell, will my ability to always have my assignments in eco- nomics to Marie Barnes. I, Richard Powell, will my good sportsmanship to Lee McCracken. In witpess whereof, we the senior class of 1954 do set seal on this, the 28th day of May, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four. Nadine Copas Testator