Franklin High School - Laurel Leaf Yearbook (Franklin, NC)

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quizmaster was Carl Phillips. As we arrived he was telling Betty Fouts, Barbara Guffie, and Joyce Swafford that they had won ten million dollars and a free vacation to Kukamonga. They were to be transported by Wiggins’ Air Lines, owned by John Wiggins. The plane, to be piloted by Captain Grendell Peek, was the new Sleeper Special,” and was so large it required three hostesses who were none other than Jean Ammons, Juanita Rogers, and Gaynell Vanhook. Flying on to Boston, we saw James Rowland, a well known shoe manufacturer. He told us about Vir¬ ginia Cansler, who was head nurse in the Boston Municipal Hospital, and Dan McCall, president of a large department store there. We also saw L. C. Howard, professor of English at the Mass. Institute of Technology. Next morning, we were looking over the Boston Tribune, and read about two nurses having found a com¬ plete cure for the common cold. They were Jo Ann Hopkins and Patsy Stiles, who were much too busy to be bothered with visits from former classmates. Further on in the paper we saw where one of our old friends, Betty Sharity, had just married the fabulous Prince Samuel VII of Egypt, heir to a 37 million dollar diamond mine in South Africa. We spent the following night in Pittsburgh with EJ Crawford, who owned a coal mine. And guess who was his confidential secretary! — Helen Henderson. We were forced down in Cleveland because of bad weather and saw Linda Evitt, Helen Jones, and Pene¬ lope Mincy, who were there to fly in the National Air Races. We finally arrived in Chicago where we had heard that Bill Brown ran a meat packing plant. We saw Bill and he gave us five pounds of hamburger and some sausage. With the first flurry of snow we left for the South. Our first stop was Memphis. We attended a party given by Shirley Rowland, a nurse, for Jane Talley, who had just inherited a large cotton plantation. There wasn’t much excitement in Memphis so a few days later we pulled out for Atlanta. We were met by Bobby Joe Corbin, manager of a chain of theatres in the Atlanta area. Bobby Joe got us some tickets to a profes¬ sional football game, and imagine our surprise when we spied Joe Wilson and Bo Norton, star players for the Atlanta Atoms.” Next day we stopped at the Three Bee’s”, fur shop owned and operated by Lucille, Rometta and Jewel Brown. Later we visited the city auditorium and heard a recital by the famous Atlanta Sextet,” consisting of Edith Hurst, Alice Elmore, Betty Cochrane, June Teague, Dorothy Welch, and Marie Waldroop. accompanied by Pat Landrum. We then went to Jacksonville, Florida, and saw Betty and Maxine Holland of the Holland Girls’ Beauty Shop.” They told us about Charles Moore and Clifton Ledford of the Moore and Ledford Law Firm.” By the way, their secretaries were Beatrice Buchanan and Betty Sue Allen. Since he was this near his home in Orlando, Robert insisted that he go down and get his wife, the former Jo Anderson, as they were planning to go out to visit Jo’s sister, Polly, who was superintendent of nurses at the San Francisco Municipal Hospital. They also expected to see Betty Jean Stiles, one of the hospital’s psychologists. As for me, I guess I’d better get back home and pull some teeth because that trip sure drained my pocketbook. Curley Walker and Robert Hines

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( Cfclll Plojl lSClj As we switched in desperation to our reserve fuel supply, and crossed our fingers in the hope that Lady Luck would be with us, we suddenly spied below us tall buildings extending upward into the clouds. As we landed, using the last drop of gas taxiing up to the hangar, we were greeted by the airport mana¬ ger, a man we thought was vaguely familiar. What town is this? Charlotte?” asked Robert. No, this is Franklin,” said the manager. Imagine our surprise! After being away for fifteen years we could hardly realize that this town had expanded so rap¬ idly. An even greater surprise was yet to come; the airport manager was Earl Moses, one of our old class¬ mates at F. H. S. Deciding to explore the town, we rented a car from the Curtis U-Drive-It Service, owned by Claude Curtis. We also saw Edith Willis, Josephine Dalton, Patsy Hays, and Louise Moore, who were renting one of the new Cadillacs from Claude to go on a tour of the Smoky Mountains. They said they were just in from Duke University, where they taught journalism. As we stepped on the street, the famous 200-piece Franklin High School Band passed in parade, playing The Stars and Stripes Forever.” Later, the bandmaster, Johnny Owens, told us they had just returned from a tour of Europe. After having a cup of coffee in Cabe’s Cafeteria, owned by Dorothy and Evelyn Cabe, we said goodby to Johnny and drove off. Driving past the Baptist Church, we heard the choir singing, and later learned that the choir directo , Edith Plemmons, was rehearsing the group for the Christmas Cantata. We attended church here the next Sunday and heard a wonderful sermon by the Reverend Francis Stevens. We saw Nora Carpenter, Kate Green, and Irene Seay just coming from lunch and going into a large office building where they were em¬ ployed as reporters for the Franklin Press. Arising early Monday morning we decided to visit our old Alma Mater, and who should greet us but the new principal, Donald Brown, who was quite busy helping Einstein with his Unified Field Theory. Hearing loud screams, we dashed to a room on the third floor only to discover that it was the Latin Class taught by Miss Evelyn Sorrels. After school we watched the undefeated F. H. S. Panthers, coached by Bill Huggins and Burton Leach, run through a short practice session. After stopping by Bryant Furniture Company to see Cullen, we decided to find our classmates who we learned were living in various cities in the Eastern United States. Our first stop was Detroit, Michigan, where we visited Jim Conley, president of Ford Motor Co., and his wife, Sara Dalymple. One of the swankiest stores in town was a dress shop run by Mildred Bishop and Jane Ledbetter. That night we stayed at the Hotel Potts, one of the twelve hotels owned by the tycoon Jerry Potts. One night while in Detroit we ate in a big restaurant downtown where Belva Nichols was head cashier. We happened to meet Jim Nichols outside the First National Bank where he was second Vice- President. Leaving Detroit, we flew on to Washington to see the President, Alvin Stiles, who greeted us warmly in the White House. Alvin invited us to a meeting of his cabinet and we heard an interesting speech by the Secretary of Agriculture, R. L. Cunningham and a lecture by the Secretary of State, Bill Ramsey. In the outer lobby we met two lady delegates to Russia, Nell Waldroop and Mary Slagle. We were escorted through the Treasury Building by Melvin Penland, the Vice-President, and chatted with the Secretary of the Treas¬ ury, J. B. Brendell. Alvin said that his Secretary of Labor, Frankie Leatherman, was in conference with John L. Lewis, trying to end a coal strike. Saying good-by to Washington, we winged toward New York where we expected to find quite a few of our old friends. We were met by Mayor Robert Edwards. He presented to us, among other things, tickets to the stage play, North Atlantic, co-starring the famous actors, Bill Ray and Margueritte Smart. Later at Radio Station A-I-R we heard a recital by the world renowned baritone, Lamar Bradley, accompanied by the famous pianist, Ethel Waldroop. In the next broadcasting booth we saw the quiz show, Dr. C. P.”, whose

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Xa,t Wt and dJzitaniznt We, Betty Sue Allen and Frankie Leatherman do hereby will and bequeath our studious ways to Christine Hall and Mary Sue Potts. I, Jean Ammons, do hereby will and bequeath my quiet ways to Betty Lee Moore. We, Josephine and Pauline Anderson do hereby will and bequeath our title as teacher’s pets to Carolyn Nothstein and Connaree Nolen. I, Loraine Angel, do hereby will and bequeath mv love for Commercial Geography to Martha Stiles. I, Mildred Bishop, do hereby will and bequeath my neatness to Bernice Gregory. We, Jewel Brown, Lucille Browm and Dorothy Cabe do hereby will and bequeath our ability to cook to the Home Economics Department. We, Rometta Brown and Gaynell Vanhook, do hereby will and bequeath our pleasing disposition to Owen Cabe and Jim Brogden. We, Evelyn Cabe and Beatrice Buchanan, do hereby will and bequeath our cheerful ways to Frances and Palma Fouts. I, Virginia Cansler, do hereby will and bequeath my love for the opposite sex to Freda Elliot. I, Nora Lee Carpenter, do hereby will and bequeath my refined ' ways to Grace Setser. We, Irene Seay and Betty Cochran, do hereby will and bequeath our ability to type to Lou Anne and Clara Maude Gibson. We, Josephine Dalton and Edith Hurst, do hereby will and bequeath our studious ways to Dorothy Med- lin and Carol Lee Huggins. I, Alice Elmore, do hereby will and bequeath my love for sailors to Clara Maude Gibson. We, Linda Evitt, Helen Henderson and Betty Holland do hereby will and bequeath our love for Com¬ mercial Geography to the Juniors. We, Betty Fouts and Joyce Swafford do hereby will and bequeath our friendly ways to anyone who tries to get along with Mrs. Stewart. I, Kate Green, do hereby will and bequeath my quiet ways to Betty Burch. I, Barbara Guffey, do hereby will and bequeath my handyness to Elma Bingham. I, Patsy Hays, do hereby will and bequeath my school-girl complexion to Margaret Moore with the ad¬ vice to use Octagon soap on all occasions. I, Maxine Holland, do hereby will and bequeath my good looks to Pauline Dills. We, Jo Ann Hopkins and Mary Evelyn Sorrells, do hereby will and bequeath our bookkeeping ability to Cullen Bryant and Jewel Reece. We, Helen Jones and Penelope Mincey do hereby will and bequeath our love for school to the Sophomores. We, Patricia Landrum and Edith Plemmons, do hereby will and bequeath our musical talent to Mr. Beck and his oncoming music students. I, Jane Ledbetter, do hereby will and bequeath my friendliness to Christine Hall. We, Louise Moore and Belva Nichols, do hereby will and bequeath our love for English to the Freshmen. We, Margueritte Smart and Juanita Rogers, do hereby will and bequeath our ability to teach dancing to all F. H. S. girls. I, Shirley Rowland, do hereby will and bequeath my fair complexion to Roy Tippett. I, Betty Sharitz, do hereby will and bequeath my cheer-leading voice to Iva Jean Taylor. I, Mary Slagle, do hereby will and bequeath my wild ways to Becky Boyd. We, Betty Jean Stiles and Patsy Stiles, do hereby will and bequeath our love for courting to Martha Stiles and Cissy Lyle. I, Jane Talley, do hereby will and bequeath my readiness to help Miss Bailey to Connaree Nolen. I, June Teague, do hereby will and bequeath my studious ways to Harold Moore. I, Ethel Waldroop, do hereby will and bequeath my dignified ways to Martha Nell Penland. I, Marie Waldroop, do hereby will and bequeath six inches of my heighth to Shirley Dean and with the advice to use Hadacol daily. I, Nell Waldroop, do hereby will and bequeath my love for the name Bill” to Patty Lou Phillips.