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

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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

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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

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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