Glen Alpine High School - Turkey Tail Yearbook (Glen Alpine, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1948 volume:

. ’ 7 THE 1948 TURKEY’S TAIL Published by GLEN ALPINE HIGH SCHOOL Glen Alpine, North Carolina Lucinda Seals Editor Charles Williams Business Manager WE HONOR . . . To Mr. Jim Gettys we extend our heartfelt gratitude tor twenty-seven years of diligent and faithful service in our school. Those who chanced to meet him in their climb to higher education can truly say that they have not seen a teacher more patient, a friend truer, or a disciple of learning more diligent. In this, the first issue of The Turkey's Tail. we wish to honor a teacher dear to the hearts of the people of Glen Alpine. DEDICATION . . . To Miss Mary Eloise Smith, our teacher and friend, we take pleasure in dedicating The 1948 Turkey's Tail. Her undying interest in the sports of Glen Alpine and her genuine and enthusiastic interest in all school activities are only a few of the qualities which make her so admirable. Through her interest and help our first annual has been possible. So with deep appreciation for the things she has done for us at Glen Alpine, we affectionately dedicate this annual. BURKE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 IN MEMORIAM Mrs. Jack Howard met death on the highway December 15, 1947. Most of us, during our span of life, meet a great many fine men and women, but it is not often that we know such an outstanding individual as she was—a woman whose lofty ideals were inspiring to all who came in contact with her. She was a leader in everything that was good and fine and pure. She knew no wickedness, no selfishness, no animosity. We admired her for her simplicity, her keen judgment, her frankness, and her keen interest in the welfare of others. Truly, she lived for others. We will hold her in loving memory for her qualities of devotion as a wife, mother, teacher, and friend. 4 SCHOOL BOARD and FACULTY BOARD Le to Right: Mr. N. O. Pitts, Chairman, Mr. A. H. Conley, Mr. C. V. Lael, Dr. C. L. Walton, and Mr. J. B. Melton. FACULTY First Roiv, Left to Right: Miss Joyce Propst, Secretary to the Principal; Miss Mary Belle Buchanan, History; Mrs. Odell Darnell, Librarian; Mrs. Leila Leisher, Commercial Subjects. Second Row: Miss Mary E. Smith, Mathematics; Miss Maude McMinn, Eighth Grade and Mathematics; Miss Mavis Allman, Home Economics; Miss Tensie Bailey, Music; Mrs. Nelle Young, English. Third Row: Mr. Lane Arrington, Science and Athletics Coach; Mr. Thomas Litaker, Eighth Grade and Athletics Coach; Mr. Glenn Ballard, English; and Mr. W. A. Young, Principal. SENIOR CLASS Lucinda Seals_________________________________President Cecil Lloyd Vice Preside’.: Mabel Bennett______________________Secretary-Treasurer Carolyn McFalls, Donald Grady Mascots 6 FAYE BENNETT Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; F.H.A. I, 2, 3; May Court 2; Student Council 3; Band 1, 2, 3; Marshal 2. MABEL BENNETT Marshal 2; Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; President 2; Class Officer 1, 4; May Court 2, 4; 4-H Club 1, 2; Paper Staff 3; Softball 4. LILLIAN BRIDGES Dramatics Club 4; F.H.A. 2; Glee Club 4; Stu- dent Council 4; Marshal 3. GRACE ELIZABETH BRITTAIN Dramatics Club 4; Officer 4; Glee Club 4; Student Council 1; Chief Marshal 3; Class Officer 2; Business Editor of School Paper 3; Senior Superlative. VIRGINIA BRITTAIN Softball 3, 4; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 4; Basketball Team 4; F.H.A. 4; Senior Superla- tive. MARY GILES DAVIS Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; F.H.A. 2; Officer 2; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Officer 3; Basketball Team 3; Manager 4; Band 1, 2, 3; May Court 4; Senior Superlative. PITTS DAVIS, Jr. Oration 3; Baseball 2, 3; Basketball 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; Football 4; Student Council 2, 4; President 4; Escort for May Court 2, 3; Class President 2; Monogram Club 4; Senior Superla- tive. FRANK FLEMING Glee Club 4; Class Officer 2, 3; Bus Driver 2, 3, 4; May Day Escort 3; Senior Superlative. MILDRED GREER Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Softball 3, 4; Basketball Team 4; 4-H Club 1, 2. EDITH LOUISE HALL Dramatics Club 4; Glee Club 4; 4-H Club 1 2 3 MARY ALICE LEONARD Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 4; F.H.A. 2, 3, 4; Student Council 4; Class Officer 3; Basketball Team 4; May Court 3; Softball 4; Halloween Queen 4; Class Prophet 4; Maid of Honor, May Court. CECIL LLOYD Robesville High School 1; F.H.A. 1; Student Council 2, 3, 4; Marshal 3; Monogram Club 4; Class Officer 4; Baseball 3, 4; Basketball 4; May Day King 4; Senior Superlative. RUBY McGALLIARD Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball Team 4; May Court 4; 4-H Club 1, 2; Softball 3, 4. BEN MORRISON Bus Driver 2, 3, 4. VICIE MAE MULL Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 3; May Court 4; Senior Superlative. ANNIE CATHERINE ORDERS Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; Student Council 3; Band 1, 2, 3; School Paper Staff 3; May Court 4; F.H.A. 1; 4-H Club 1; Class Historian 4. 8 HENRY DONALD PARKER Basketball 2; Dramatics Club 2, 4; Football 4; Baseball 3, 4; May Day Escort 4. BETTY PATTON McNEELY Dramatics Club 1, 2, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 4; Student Council 4; Band 1, 2; 4-H Club 1, 2, 4; Officer 1; Debating Club 4; Officer 4; Class Officer 1, 2; Softball 4. WILLIAM J. PROCTOR Glee Club 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Dramatics Club 4; Monogram Club 4; Football 4; Base- ball 3, 4; Oration Contest 3; Senior Superla- tive. INEZ ROPER Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball Team 4; 4-H Club 1, 2; Softball 3, 4. LUCINDA SEALS Student Council 2; Band 1, 2, 3; Marshal 3; Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 4; President 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Officer 3; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; President 1, 2, 3, 4; May Court 3; May Queen 4; Editor-in-Chief of The Turkey's Tail 4; Class President 4; Softball 4; Senior Superlative. MARY JEAN STINES Lee Edwards High School 1; Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; President 4; Glee Club 4; F.H.A. 2, 3, 4; President 3; Monogram Club 4; Cheer- leader 3, 4; Class President 3; Band 3; May Court 3; Annual Staff 4; Softball 3, 4; Marshal 3; Assistant Editor of School Paper 3. POST GRADUATES SAM HALLYBURTON Football 4; Monogram Club 4; President 4. CHARLES WILLIAMS Monogram Club 4; Business Manager of The Turkey's Tail 4; Basketball 4. No Picture Wayne Huffman, Ralph Ledbetter, Don Price 9 SENIOR SUPERLATIVES OF 1948 Most Handsome DONALD PARKER Prettiest VICIE MULL Most Intellectual GRACE BRITTAIN WILLIAM PROCTOR Best Personality MARY GILES DAVIS FRANK FLEMING Most Athletic Most Likely to Succeed VIRGINIA BRITTAIN GRACE BRITTAIN CECIL LLOYD PITTS DAVIS Best All-Around LUCINDA SEALS CECIL LLOYD 10 CLASS HISTORY It was in the fall of 1936 that seventy bright-faced little boys and girls, with curls, pigtails, and new squeaky shoes, timidly approached the Glen Alpine school building. It was our first day, and only after weeks of preparation were we able to gain control of our shakey knees. Some cried, others sat as though the world had come to an end, still others put on a bold front and took it in their stride. These last are the ones that now make up the Senior Class. Our journey through grammar school was not so eventful. We had our usual childhood diseases, our failures, and achievements, but thirty-eight of us survived the trip and in the spring of 1944 were eagerly looking forward to high school days. Well, it happened! You’ve never seen such a collection of green freshmen— not great in number but in greenness. The -greatest link with the high school had been established earlier when several of us became members of the band. It did not take us long to find our way from class to class and to take part in student activities. During our Sophomore year many of us joined the Dramatics Club and Glee Club, which were newly organized. Grace Brittain, Cecil Lloyd, Pitts Davis, and Lucinda Seals represented our class on the Student Council. Faye and Mabel Bennett were chosen as May Day attendants. In the fall of 1946, we approached the school building as conquerors. We were Juniors, and who knows more in any school? The dominating Senior Class soon put us in our places, but we were able to sneak in a few honors. William Proctor received the medal for the most outstanding piece of work in the science department, and Lucinda Seals received the Home Economics medal. We were represented on the Student Council by Faye Bennett, Annie Catherine Orders, Bill Harbison, and Cecil Lloyd. We were proud of the fact that Bill was elected president of the organi- zation, an honor usually belonging to a Senior. Our contributions to the May Court were Jean Stines and Mary Alice Leonard. Our Junior-Senior banquet was highly successful—so the Seniors said. We took them on an imaginary trip to the Stork Club , with Miss Mavis Allman as our sponsor. Our room representatives, Mr. C. V. Lael and Mrs. Noah Orders, entertained us with a theater party. Our officers for this year were Jean Stines, President; Frank Fleming, Vice President; and Mary Alice Leonard, Secretary and Treasurer. In 1947 we entered our last and crowming year, our Senior year. We had been looking forward to this so that we might enjoy Senior privileges, and lend a helping hand to school activities. Lucinda Seals was elected President; Cecil Lloyd, Vice Presi- dent; Mabel Bennett, Secretary and Treasurer. Our Student Council members were Cecil Lloyd, Lillian Bridges, Pitts Davis, and Mary Alice Leonard. Pitts was President. Several other honors were bestowed on members of our class. Lucinda Seals was elected May Queen, with Mary Alice Leonard assisting her as Maid of Honor. Mary Davis and Ruby McGalliard took part in this festivity as attendants. Mary Alice was also Queen of the Halloween Festival. Our class won first place on Stunt Night. The stunt was called Who Cut Her Throat? To add to our already-honored class, Don Price was selected to represent our football squad in the Optimist Bowl in Asheville, North Carolina. Among the most outstanding excursions that our class members had a hand in was the publication of our first high school annual. The Turkey’s Tail. From our class, the following staff members were selected: Editor-in-Chief, Lucinda Seals; Business Manager, Charles Williams; Advertising Staff, Grace Brittain; Editorial Staff, Annie C. Orders and Jean Stines; Business Staff, Mary Giles Davis. The crowning event of the year was graduation. Only twenty-six of the original seventy finally reached this supreme goal, with Betty Patton, a former Junior, who carried extra work to make our number twenty-seven. For this occasion we chose Carolyn McFalls and Donald Grady as our mascots. To our schoolmates we say farewell. Our school life has not only been interesting but very worthwhile. We shall take the lessons of honor, good sportsmanship and fair play with us through life so that we may be worthy citizens and take our places in the Hall of Fame of Glen Alpine Alumni. Annie Catherine Orders, Class Historian SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY The propellers of my magic plane whirled and the wind puffed as I settled for a breathless take-off. I was just closing my eyes to steady my floating stomach when who should appear but Lucindi Seals, our beautiful hostess, and our handsome co- captain, Pitts Davis. I called to them quickly, and they, being as surprised as I, started talking of dear old high school days. They informed me that our captain was none other than Cecil Lloyd. We had such a good time reminiscing, but they were soon back on duty, and I counted the hours until we would land in California. Just as I stepped off the plane in Hollywood, what should I hear but that Donald Parker (that handsome brute) had taken Clark Gable’s place, and that Ruby McGalliard was an understudy for Judy Canova. I made plans to see them at once. As I dashed out of my hotel late one afternoon I heard a shrill whistle and looking up, 1 saw a taxi at the curb with the driver staring at me. Could it be? Yes, it was Wayne Huffman! What a surprise! He informed me that he had rushed west to get rich but decided to settle in Hollywood where he could watch the pretty girls. (That’s all he ever did in high school.) He offered me his services so we started looking for all those classmates. _ We dashed around the corner and there standing by a gasoline pump was Mary Giles Davis drawing trade with her good looks, as her husband, Ben Morrison, sat in the office and counted the pennies as they came in. They were delighted to see me, but our visit had to be short for there were several other appointments. Down the boulevard we rushed—up a private drive—through the huge gates of a palatial mansion. This, Wayne warned, was a big surprise. I gasped. Which of my class- mates lived here? The door was opened at our ring, and there stood the pretty little maid in her black and white—I blinked and looked again—why, it really was Jean Stines—with a beautiful French accent. From there we hastened to the Paramount Studios and were admitted as soon as we told them who we wanted to see. Yes, it was Frank Fleming, the famous animal trainer for the studio. He was getting some wildcats ready to make a western, and of course, his wife, Virginia Brittain, helped him. I rushed to the airport but was held up in a traffic jam. My, who was the handsome cop? I looked again and there stood Don Price directing traffic like an expert. When he recognized me he gave me an escort to the airport, and when I boarded the plane, most of the passengers thought 1 was a movie star—in disguise! 1 asked if 1 might use the television set to locate the rest of my classmates—I took the list from my bag. With a slight twist of the wrist, 1 found Charles Williams—yes, there he wras in the big city of Calvin running a furniture store and increasing his family. Who is that nice bookkeeper of his? Why it’s that sweet Faye Bennett of the Class of '48! Oh, yes, I turned to Florida—They were having a beauty contest and there was Vicie Mull taking her place among the beauties. Who is that right behind her? Why it’s Annie Catherine Orders! Isn’t that blue bathing suit (what I can see of it) very becoming. I twisted the dial back to old North Carolina for I knew some of my classmates could never leave Burke County. Yes, there s William Proctor, Chief of Police of Glen Alpine, Grace Brittain teaching French in our dear Alma Mater, and Betty Patton happily married and living on the Dysartsville Road. (It’s true!) Ah, I see Morganton quite clearly now. There’s Inez Roper and Mildred Greer, owners and operators of the finest beauty parlor in Morganton; and there’s Mabel Bennett, manager of the Carolina 5 10c store—what a break. She stayed with them long enough. Who's that dashing down the street driving the Burke Transit? Why, its Ralph Ledbetter. What a surprise when I stepped into the Waldorf Astoria to find the charming hostess is none other than Lillian Bridges. Due to the changing fashion we thought it wise to visit John Powers , and there we found none other than Sam Hallyburton, owner, and much to our surprise, Edith Hall the favorite model. The trip has been a bit tiresome, so I shall retire and leave you to wander into the future, but this, ladies and gentlemen' is the Prophecy of the Senior Class of 1948. Mary Louise Leonard. Class Prophet JUNIOR CLASS Bill Reeps____________ Betty Jo Shull C. V. LaFevers________ Loma Faye Cuthbertson _____President Vice President ______Secretary _____T reasurer 13 First Row: Second Row Third Row: Fourth Row. Fifth Row: Gertrude Anderson, Frances Ballard, Frank Bennett, Bertha Bollinger. Jeanette Bollinger, Clara Brackett, Faye Causby, Ailene Carswell. Louise Crawley, Nancy Crooks, Loma Faye Cuthbertson, Jimmy Davis. Louise Davis, Irene Farris, Lena Fisher, Azlee Greer. Ethel Hipps, Fred Hipps, Oliver Jarrett, C. V. LaFevers. 14 First Row: Second Row Third Row: Fourth Row. Betty Leonard, Nancy Long, Wade McSwain, Bobby Morrison. ■ Betty Jean Orders, Helen Orders, Nancy Patton, Frank Perkins. Paul Powell, Alice Price, Betty Jo Reep, Bill Reeps. Betty Jo Shull, Peggy Stacy, Charles Tate, Clyde White. 15 SOPHOMORE CLASS Joe Billy Roper Stanley Palmer Wayne Beck ____President Vice President -----Secretary 16 First Row: Louana Anderson, Wayne Beck, Charles Bennett, Bobbie Brittain, Raymond Brittain. Second Row: Doris Crawley, Bobby Dale, Mamie Denton, Walter Giles, Jimmy Graham. Third Row: Joyce Kincaid, Virginia Kincaid, Betty Anne LaFevers, Dorothy Led- ford, Hazel Lowman. Fourth Row: Jo Anne McSwain, Gorman Orders, Jean Orders, Stanley Palmer, Mariana Perkins. Fifth Row: Joe Billy Roper, Maxine Roper, Nancy Scott, Wilma Wise. 17 FRESHMAN CLASS Marie Phillips_____________________________President Margaret Hawkins______________________Vice President John Henry Giles___________________________Secretary Louise Dale________________________________Treasurer 18 First Row: Jimmy Bennett, Fons Brackett, Frances Brewer, Bratcher Bright, Frank Bright, Betty Carswell. Second Row: Nancy Carswell, Jane Childress, Louise Dale, Thelma Dellinger, Hal Fisher, Richard Fisher. Third Rote: Jeanne Freeman, John Henry Giles, Jimmy Green, Janette Hall, Margaret Hawkins, Christine Henline. Fourth Row: Jewell Hipps, Ardie Houk, Delores Lloyd. Carl Mabe, Greta McCurry, Marie Phillips. Fifth Row: Joann Pollard, Stanley Pritchard, Mackie Reep, Mary Ivy Seagle, Mary Etta Shull. 19 EIGHTH GRADE First Row: Second Row: Third Row: MISS McMINN’S ROOM Joyce Ballard, Jewel Denney, Betty Jackson, Joann Greer, Edna Reep, Eddie Eply, Ned Dale Earl Lane, George Leisher, Bobby Beach, James Browning. Richard Parker, Miles Swink, Olin Franklin, Allen Kincaid, Harry White, Harold Briggs, Beulah Patton, Estelle Benfield, Anna Scott, Ethel Epley, Eleanor Walton, Doris White. Miss McMinn, David Jarrett, Albert Epley, Annie Hawkins, Una Smith, Earlene Poteat, Naomi Carson, Nancy Hipps, Frances Graham, Bobbie Petty, Barbara McKinney, Gene Boyd, Bob Reep. First Row: Second Row: Third Row: MR. LITAKER’S ROOM Evelyn Williams, Johnsie Curtis, Virginia Carswell, Ruby Mull, Irene Vines, Frank Buff, Bob Mills, Charles Leonard, Howard Williams, Jimmy Crooks. Bill Pollard, Russel Kincaid, Doris Scott, Ella Mae Dockery, Nina Mae Duckworth, Polly McGalliard, Josephine Patton, Cline Yancey, Burl Lane. Mr. Litaker, J. C. Dellinger, Homer Hawkins, Clifford Hipps, Ralph Keller, Jesse Green, Glenn England, Norman Kincaid, Charles Carson. 20 Three Muskateers . . . Winter Queens . . . Romeo . . . High Stepper Going My Way . . . The Hobos . . . Sleepy Time Down South . . . Take It Easy Gals . . . Sophisticated . . . More Legs. 21 A Jean Stines, C. V. LaFevers, Betty Jean Orders, Jim Davis, Mary Etta Shull. FOOTBALL First Row: Second Rote: Third Row: Bobby Morrison, Joe Billy Roper, David Jarrett, Allen Kincaid, Charles Tate, Jimmy Graham, Bob Hipps, Jimmy Davis. Oliver Jarrett, Fred Hipps, Junior Crooks, Frank Perkins, Stanley Palmer, Sam Hally- burton, Pitts Davis, Co-Captain. Mr. Litaker, Coach, John Henry Giles, Cecil Lloyd, William Proctor, Don Price, Donald Parker, Bill Reeps, Mr. Arrington, Coach. Not in Picture: Carl Hipps. Captain. SCHEDULE GLEN ALPINE ______ 0 MAIDEN _____ 25 GLEN ALPINE ___ _ 0 TAYLORSVILLE _____ 6 GLEN ALPINE 0 GRANITE FALLS _____ 35 GLEN ALPINE 6 TAYLORSVILLE 6 For a team which had never played any football, Glen Alpine did surprisingly well, losing two games to Granite Falls and Maiden by rather large scores, and playing Taylorsville to a 6-0 loss and a 6-6 tie. Granite Falls and Maiden were simply out of our class. They both were heavy and experienced teams, and Taylorsville was out- played in both games. The prospects for a good team in the years to come are excellent. Only four regulars will be lost by graduation this year. One of those is Don Price, who represented our team in the Optimist Bowl at Asheville, North Carolina. 23 BOYS’ BASKETBALL First Row: Coach Li taker, John Henry Giles, Jim Davis, Joe Billy Roper, Jimmy Graham, Stanley Palmer, Manager. Second Row: Clyde Ollis, Charles Bennett, William Proctor, Cecil Lloyd, Bill Reeps, Captain. Kneeling: James Ray Shook. Absent from Picture: Charles Williams. SCHEDULE GLEN ALPINE 26 G. HILDEBRAN ...... 7 GLEN ALPINE 22 VALDESE ...... 24 GLEN ALPINE --- 13 DREXEL 29 GLEN ALPINE .. 9 HILDEBRAN 29 GLEN ALPINE ... ] 6 G. HILDEBRAN ... 3 GLEN ALPINE 20 HILDEBRAN ..... 33 GLEN ALPINE 29 NEBO 38 GLEN ALPINE 21 SALEM ...... 12 TOURNAMENT GLEN ALPINE _ 13 LINCOLNTON 55 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL First Roiv: Virginia Brittain, Bobbie Brittain, Betty Jo Shull, Betty Leonard, Nancy CarsweLl, Ailene Carswell, Betty Jo Reep, Mary Alice Leonard, Virginia Kincaid. Second Row: Miss Smith, Inez Roper, Jeanette Bollinger, Peggy Stacy, Ruby McGalliard, Mildred Greer, Mary Giles Davis, Manager. SCHEDULE GLEN ALPINE ...... ....... 19 G. HILDEBRAN ... 18 GLEN ALPINE ...... 25 VALDESE 18 GLEN ALPINE ...... 15 DREXEL 20 GLEN ALPINE ...... 31 HILDEBRAN ...... 28 GLEN ALPINE ...... 24 G. HILDEBRAN ... 13 GLEN ALPINE ...... 34 HILDEBRAN ....... 34 GLEN ALPINE ...... _ 38 N. C. S. D .... 38 GLEN ALPINE ...... 25 SALEM 12 GLEN ALPINE ...... 27 NEBO 30 TOURNAMENT GLEN ALPINE _ 14 CASAR 34 25 BASEBALL SQUAD First Row: Second Row: Third Row: Fourth Row: Carl Mabe, Bobby Morrison, Jimmy Green, James Shook, Jimmy Graham, Gorman Orders, Allen Kincaid, Jim Davis. Joe Billy Roper, Frank Graham, Charles Tate, Bratcher Bright, Jimmy Bennett, John Henry Giles, Walter Giles, David Jarrett. Stanley Palmer, Wade McSwain, Frank Perkins, Donald Parker, Pitts Davis, Frank Bright, Clyde Ollis. Mr. Litaker, Bill Reeps, Cecil Lloyd, William Proctor, Oliver Jarrett, Don Price, Mr. Arrington. SOLTBALL SQUAD First Row: Nancy Scott, Jean Stines, Bobbie Brittain, Jo Anne McSwain, Virginia Brittain, Mabel Bennett, Inez Roper, Ruby McGalliard, Anna Brooks, Virginia Kincaid, Mildred Greer, Eloise Morrison. Second Row: Third Row: Fourth Row: Lucinda Seals, Betty Patton McNeely, Joyce Poteat, Louana Anderson, Joyce Kincaid, Mary Etta Shull, Mary Anna Perkins, Maxine Roper, Frances Brewer, Betty Carswell. Betty Jean Orders, Nancy Carswell. Maxine Kelly, Mary Ivy Seagle, Gertrude Anderson, Jeanette Bollinger, Clara Brackett, Ruby Nell Scott, Greta McCurry, Dorothy Ledford, Margaret Hawkins, Ardie Houk, Morine McCurry, Millie Rhodes, Faye Bennett. Shirley McGalliard, Joann Pollard, Marie Phillips, Ailene Carswell. Mary Alice Leonard, Vicie Mull, Peggy Stacy, Betty Leonard, Jean Freeman, Minnie Rhodes, Bonnie Buff, Miss Mary Smith. 26 MAY COURT First Row: Second Row: Third Row: Crown Bearers, Jerry Roper and Wanda Hildebrand. Wayne Huffman; Mary Giles Davis; Mabel Bennetr, Flower Girl; Mary Etta Shull, Flower Girl; Annie C. Orders, Train Bearer; Cecil Lloyd, King; Lucinda Seals, Queen; Mary Alice Leonard, Maid of Honor; Vicie Mull. Train Bearer; Ruby McGalliard, Louana Anderson, Gorman Orders. Wayne Beck, Joyce Poteat, John Henry Giles, Jane Childress, Jimmy Davis, Nancy Crooks, Oliver Jarrett, Bertha Bollinger, Mackie Reep, Nancy Carswell. 27 FUTURE HOMEMAKERS of AMERICA Kneeling: First Row: Second Row: Third Row: Peggy Stacy, President; Ailene Carswell, Vice President; Joyce Kincaid, Secretary; Betty Jo Reep, Treasurer. Miss Mavis Allman, Hazel Lowman, Betty Ann LaFevers, Nancy Carswell, Greta McCurry, Janette Hall, Mariana Perkins, Vicie Mull, Irene Farris, Mary Ivy Seagle, Jean Stines, Mary Alice Leonard. Virginia Brittain, Dorothy Ledford, Delores Lloyd, Betty Patton McNeely, Betty Jo Shull, Marie Phillips, Mary Etta Shull, Jane Childress, Bobbie Brittain, Betty Jean Orders, Lucinda Seals. Ruby Patton, Mildred Greer, Ruby McGalliard, Jean Orders, Betty Leonard, Inez Roper, Mabel Bennett, Maxine Roper, Jo Anne McSwain, Nancy Patton. DEBATING CLUB First Row: Mackie Reep, Betty Jean Orders, Loma Faye Cuthbertson, President, Jo Anne McSwain, Secretary, Betty Patton, Vice President, Gertrude Anderson, Jimmy Green. Second Rote: Jane Childress, Peggy Stacy, Wade McSwain, Miss Mary Belle Buchanan, Mr. W. A. Young, Joann Pollard, Ethel Hipps. GLEE CLUB First Row: Second Rote: Third Row: Fourth Roiv: Miss Bailey, Frances Ballard, Nancy Scott, Edith Hall, Hazel Lowman, Loma Faye Cuthbertson. Pianist, Bobbie Brittain, Secretary, Lucinda Seals, President, Dorothy Ledford, Mariana Perkins, Carolyn Denny, Joyce Poteat, Virginia Brittain, Mary Alice Leonard, Betty Anne LaFevers. Betty Patton McNeely, Betty Jean Orders, Joyce Kincaid, Ailene Carswell, Grace Brittain, Betty Leonard, Mildred Greer, Jean Stines, Bob Morrison, Gorman Orders, Jimmy Graham, Charles Tate, Joe Billy Roper, Raymond Brittain. Nancy Patton, Annie Catherine Orders, Ruby McGalliard, Inez Roper, Mabel Bennett, Nancy Long, Peggy Stacy, Gertrude Anderson, Betty Jo Reep, Mary Giles Davis, Jo Anne McSwain, Virginia Kincaid, Faye Bennett, Vicie Mull. Paul Powell, Wade McSwain, Frank Perkins, Bill Reeps, William Proctor, Frank Fleming, Pitts Davis, Fred Hipps, Clyde White, Frank Bennett. 4-H CLUB First Roiu: Evelyn Williams, Una Smith, Nina Mae Duckworth, Annie Hawkins, Lucinda Seals, President, Betty Jean Orders, Vice President, Betty Jo Shull, Secretary, Jewel Denney, Ruby Mull, Doris Scott, Barbara McKinney. Second Row: Faye Causby, Edith Hall, Miles Swink, Irene Farris, Mary Etta Shull, Margaret Davis, Janette Hall, Nancy Carswell, Millie Rhodes, Mary Jo Denton, James Browning, Mamie Denton. Third Row: Betty Leonard, Carolyn Denny, Ruby Nell Scott, Jewel Hipps, Delores Lloyd, Minnie Rhodes, Frances Brewer, Jeanne Freeman, Marie Phillips, Marine McCurry, Mary Ivy Seagle, Greta McCurry. Fourth Roiu: Jeanette Bollinger, Ruby Patton, Peggy Stacy, Frank Bennett, Frank Perkins, Fons Brackett, James Shook, Louise Dale, Ardie Houk, Nancy Hipps, Naome Carson. 29 DRAMATICS CLUB First Rote: Second Row: Third Row: Fourth Row: Fifth Row: Greta McCurry, Nancy Scott, Edith Hall, Nancy Carswell, Bobbie Brittain, Mariana Perkins, Grace Brittain, Secretary, Loma Faye Cuthbertson, Vice President, Jean Stines, President, Carolyn Denny, Mamie Denton, Joyce Poteat, Faye Causby, Frances Ballard. Janette Hall, Betty Patton McNeely, Betty Jean Orders, Joyce Kincaid, Ailene Carswell, Betty Leonard, Jo Anne McSwain, Mary Etta Shull, Jane Childress, Vide Mull, Betty7 Ann LaFevers, Lucinda Seals, Helen Orders, Ruby Nell Scott. Ruby McGalliard, Annie C. Orders, Betty Jo Shull, Betty Jo Reep, Clara Brackett. Mildred Greer, Gertrude Anderson, Marie Phillips, Mary Giles Davis, Mary Alice Leonard, Faye Bennett, Virginia Brittain, Nancy Long, Inez Roper. Nancy Patton, Mabel Bennett, Jeanette Bollinger, Peggy Stacy, C. V. LaFevers, John Henry Giles, Jimmy Graham, Gorman Orders, Joe Billy Roper, Walter Giles, Raymond Brittain, Jimmy Green, Mackie Reep. Mrs. Nelle Young, Charles Tate, Wade McSwain, Charles Bennett, Donald Parker, William Proctor, Pitts Davis. MONOGRAM CLUB First Row: Betty Jo Shull, Sam Hally- burton. President, Don Price, Vice President. Jim Davis, Secretary, Jean Stines. Second Row: Joe Billy Roper, Betty Jean Orders, Mary Etta Shull. Ailene Carswell. Charles Tate. Third Row: Junior Crooks, C. V. LaFevers, Fred Hipps, Bob Hipps. Fourth Row: Bill Reeps, Stanley Palmer, Cecil Lloyd, Oliver Jarrett. Mr. Arrington. O 30 THE STUDENT COUNCIL Pitts Davis___________________________President Bobbie Brittain__________________Vice President Loma Faye Cuthbertson_________________Secretary First Row: Second Row: Third Roiv: Eleanor Walton, Doris Scott, Olin Franklin, Pitts Davis, Mackie Reep, Greta McCurry, Bob Mills. Joyce Kincaid, Dorothy Ledford, Louise Dale, Lillian Bridges, Loma Faye Cuthbertson, Mary Alice Leonard, Bobbie Brittain. Joe Billy Roper, Oliver Jarrett, Peggy7 Stacy, Cecil Lloyd, Wade McSwain. 31 Football Hero . . . Legs I Reckon . . . Lick for Lick You Lost . . . Buddies . . . Flirting with Superman . . Fruiti Hat . . . Back in the Saddle Again . . . Playing 21 . . . Winter Time. Natural ... So The Lady in the Tuitti Resting per Usual 32 THE TURKEY’S TAIE STAFF Lucinda Seals Editor-in-Chief Loma Faye Cuthbertson Associate Editor Charles Williams Business Manager Betty Jo Shull Assistant Business First Row: Second Third Row: Grace Brittain, Betty Jean Orders, Betty Jo Shull, Mackie Reep, Lucinda Seals, Jean Stines, Joyce Kincaid. Miss Mary E. Smith, Advisor, Loma Faye Cuthbertson, Annie Catherine Orders, Nancy Long, Jane Childress, C. V. LaFevers, Mary Giles Davis. Charles Bennett, Charles Williams. 33 Who Ya Fooling . . . May Queen . . . We s Changed Color . . . Oh My Knees Snow Balls . . . Lookin Back to G. A. Days . . . Once in a Life Time Carbon City Beauty . . . Comical Characters . . . Nature’s Child . . . Five of a Kind . . . Sailors—Wow! . . . Snow Cold . . . Just Flere. 34 Teacher Load . . . Sweetheart I’m Sure . . . George? . . . Camp Special s . . . Hold It All Trash Here . . juniors Three Hung Out . Say It . . . Bathing Beauty . Off Guard. to Dry Days Gone By . . Are Your Blooming Weeds Charming Curls Getting Wet, 35 DONATIONS Without the help of the following generous people who wish to fur- ther the interests of our school, the publication of the first issue of The Turkey's Tail would have been impossible. We extend to them our deepest appreciation. MR. ALLEN B. SMITH MR. N. O. PITTS MARY BELLE BUCHANAN BOBBY GILES DEWEY MULL W. C. REEP BUCK SCOTT FRANCES ENSLEY MAUDE McMINN BILL PATTON MR. JOE LEONARD MRS. CALLIE McFALLS CATHERINE REEP JOYCE PROPST MILDRED STINES MR. HUGH HUTCHINS GENE SIMPSON KARL E. NUESSNER MRS. BEN GIBBS MR. CLIFFORD GIBBS MRS. E. C. CHILDRESS MRS. GARLAND MULL MRS. BLAN RECTOR MRS. LAWRENCE SMITH LeROY SCOTT SONNY GILES BARBARA COWAN MR. and MRS. ROBERT H. TAYLOR MRS. HOWARD EPLEY VERNON SMITH RUTH MULL RICHARD DEATON MRS. MARGARET C. HICKS VERNON POWELL MEMBERS OF THE NINTH GRADE VIRGINIA BRITTAIN MRS. ABNER SEALS MRS. V. SCOTT MR. AND MRS. W. W. TAYLOR MRS. ANNIE GILES PORTRAITS The 1 COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY Dowd press. GERARD S STUDIOS | lIC. CHARLOTTE MORGANTON, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA .36 Congratulations . . . To GLEN ALPINE HIGH SCHOOL ITS FACULTY AND STUDENTS And To The SENIOR CLASS OF 1948 HENNESSEE'S STORE GLEN ALPINE, N. C. 37 Congratulations . . . 38 MIMOSA INSURANCE AGENCY Insure and Save the Mimosa Way THOMAS E. GARRISON, Manager FIRE - AUTOMOBILE AND EOMPENSATION GENERAL EASUALTY IIVSURAIVEE Cash Savings to Policyholders Year After Year Telephone 586 Morganton, N. C Compliments of . . . ORDERS FURNITURE COMPANY 39 DELMAR STUDIOS Compliments P. 0. Box 4120 of CHARLOTTE, N. C. BELK-BROOME CO. MORGANTON Phone 3-7630 NORTH CAROLINA BURKE LUMBER CO. Morganton Hardware Co. HARDWARE AND FURNITURE LUMBER AND General Electric and BUILDING MATERIALS Frigida ire Refrigerators Easy Washing Machines Quality and Service Plumbing and Heating 40 COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS OF OF SUNBEAM BREAD - DIXIE HOME STORES WALDENSIAN BAKERIES, INC. MORGANTON VALDESE, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA CONGRATULATIONS! COMPLIMENTS SPAKE PHARMACY • OF MORGANTON NORTH CAROLINA BURANDS 41 Compliments WHITE SUPPLY of COMPANY BURKE GARAGE GROCERIES, FEED, SEED, COMPANY AND FERTILIZER YOUR FORD DEALER SINCE 1913 BABY CHICKS Phone 2912 Glen Alpine, N. C. FAUL and CRYMES, Inc. Compliments of SPORTING GOODS 415 South Tryon Street LARKINS CHARLOTTE, N. C. MORGANTON NORTH CAROLINA 42 Compliments of Parkway Laundry AAorganton Home and and Auto Store Dry Cleaning Co. MORGANTON'S NEWEST AND Bundles of Satisfaction MOST MODERN HOME AND AUTO SUPPLY STORE 2)1 NORTH STERLING ST. PHONE 292-W CALL FOR AND DELIVERY NORTH GREEN STREET MORGANTON, N. C. Phone 1095 HOME LAUNDRY COMPLIMENTS OF and DRY CLEANING CO. W. S. Ensley's Grocery APPROVED SANITONE SERVICE ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA Phone 400 Morganton, N. C. - LAZARUS B G Jewelry Co. WATCHES, JEWELRY OF MORGANTON and loans on anything of value Corner of Queen and N. Sterling Sts. Serving Burke County for 55 Years MORGANTON, N. C. 43 COMPLIMENTS OF MORGANTON FOOD STORE QUALITY MEATS, GROCERIES, KIRKSEY And VEGETABLES and 655 Phones 656 COMPANY MORGANTON NORTH CAROLINA FOR PIANO TUNING RECORDS— Sacred, Popular, and Hillbilly Sheet Music, Strings, Reeds, Instrument Books, String Instruments and Pianos THOMAS MUSIC SHOP PERRY D. THOMAS Morganton North Carolina HORD and LONG ESSO SERVICE Atlas Tires, Tubes, and Accessories Tire Recapping PHONE 531 MORGANTON, N. C. Morganton Curb Market The Original Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Staple Groceries E. O. WHITLEY 117 N. STERLING ST. PHONE 503 MORGANTON, N. C. 44 HEAD'S GROCERY Compliments of Market STANLEY'S JEWELERS MEATS AND GROCERIES MORGANTON, N. C. SHOP AT SEARS AND SAVE Sears Roebuck and Company 108 N. Sterling St. Phone 728 MORGANTON, N. C. COMPLIMENTS OF Burke Furniture Co. Our furniture makes your house a home Compliments of CAROLINA GREEN S FUEL GAS CO. MORGANTON, N. C. GAS AND GAS APPLIANCES 'We Service What We Sell M. G. COX QUALITY JEWELRY PHONE 184 MORGANTON, N. C. We reach watches to tell the truth CONVENIENT TERMS Compliments of LESLIE'S MORGANTON'S ONLY COMPLETE SHOE STORE We Sell for Cash— We Sell for Less People's Department Store MORGANTON, N. C. 45 THE BOOK STORE Compliments of Morganton, N. C. KESTER-STONE SCHOOL AND OFFICE SUPPLIES FURNITURE COMPANY GIFTS OF DISTINCTION Morganton's Leading Furniture Store It's Smart to Shop at Nite ELOISE NITE FURNITURE CO. A SMART SHOPPE FOR SMART WOMEN MORGANTON, N. C. Morganton North Carolina Compliments of Compliments of MIMOSA And THE NEWS HERALD ALVA THEATRES Serving Burke County for Over Sixty Years Compliments of CRESCENT FLOWER SHOP CALDWELL HOTEL Burkemont Hotel Day 830 PHONES Night 2402 H. P. PITTS, Manager Flowers for All Occasions COME ON Pleasing You Means Our Success 46 THE UPTON G. WILSON CONGRATULATIONS! MAGAZINE AGENCY ASHEVILLE SHOWCASE AND FIXTURE CO. Complete Restaurant Outfitters MADISON, N. C. 57 BROADWAY ASHEVILLE, N. C. Compliments of Compliments of ABERNATHY McFALLS KATZ DEPARTMENT STORE, INC. GLEN ALPINE, N. C. Morganton North Carolina Compliments of Compliments of SMALL'S FLOWERS MAYFAIR BEAUTY SHOP MORGANTON, N. C. MORGANTON, N. C. BENFIELD'S GROCERY COMPLIMENTS MORGANTON, N. C. OF PHONE 555 BETTY LOU SHOP 47 Compliments of Compliments of CLINIC DRUG STORE SNIPES MOTOR CO. GLEN ALPINE, N. C. HUDSON AND PACKARD Morgonton North Carolina Compliments of Compliments of MORRIS MOTORS, INC. FARM SERVICE TRACTOR And IMPLEMENT COMPANY MORGANTON, N. C. MORGANTON, N. C. A COMPLETE LINE OF ELECTRONICS SPINDALE SALES CO. BOX 177 PHONE 6431 Spindale, N. C. RECORDS RECORD PLAYERS PROJECTORS SOUND SYSTEMS AMPLIFIERS MICROPHONES COMPLIMENTS OF MORGANTON TIRE STORE COMPLIMENTS OF FLOWERS SCHOOL EQUIPMENT COMPANY BENNETTS BEAUTY SHOP School and Church Equipment at its best 327 W. MAIN ST. PHONE 7-4035 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA