Harding High School - Acorn Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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IL., SARAH EDITH TURNER Charming, Capable, Certain. Home Room Representative Student Council 1, 2: Choir 1. 2, 3. JANE COPELAND WEBB Calmi, Careful, Consistent. D. E. Club 3. BETTY JEAN WILKINSON Congenial, Considerate, Courteous. Girl Reserve 1: S. O. L. Bible Club 1: ACORN Staff 3. ROSA PAYE WILSON Smiling, Smart, Sincere. Vice-President Class 1: Basketball 1: Band 1, 2, 3: Orches- tra 1, 2, 3: Operetta 1, 2: Honor Society 1, 2, 3: Girl Reserve 1, 2, 3: President Home Room 2: S. O. L. Bible Club 3. SHIRLEY LOUISE WILSON. Cheerful, Capable, Clever. S. O. L. Bible Club 1, 2: Choir 1, 2, 3: Bowling 1: Girl Reserve 1, 3: Orchestra 2, 3: ACORN Staff 2, 3: Band 3. DOROTHEA ELAINE WOERNER Studious, Self-confident, Sophisticated. President Home Room 1, Vice-President Home Room 1: State Latin Exam 1: Honor Society 1, 2, 3, Secretary 2, President 3: Secretary-Treasurer Home Room 2: Junior-Senior Banquet Com- mittee 2: Sponsor Home Coming Game 2, 3: Class Nominating Committee 2: Girl Reserve 3, President 3: ACORN Staff 3: Keen-Teen Club Council 3, Vice-President and Treasurer 3: Best Looking 3: Biggest Heartbreaker 3: Debating Club 3: Invitation Committee 3: Leadership Club 3: Student Council Program Chairman 3. POLLY JEAN YANDELL Pensiue, Practical, Proficient. Class Nominating Committee 1: HUSTLER Staff 1, 2, Assistant Editor 2: Student Council Play Committee 1, 2: Operetta 1. 2: Class Play 1, 2: Honor Society 1, 2, 3: Orchestra 1, 2, 3, Con- certmiester 2, 3: Junior-Senior Banquet Committee 2: Chief Junior Marshal 2: Secretary Student Council 2: Speaker State Student Council Congress 2: Chairman War Activities Committee 2, 3: Student Council Play 2, 3: M. L. L. Club 2, 3: Choir 3: ACORN Stall' 3, Senior Editor 3: Debating Club 3, President 3. LLOYD ELLIS ZEDAKER, JR. Blythe, Boyish, Bold. President Home Room 1, 2: Football 1, 2, 3: Baseball 1, 2: Home Room Representative Student Council 1, 3: Traffic Force 2, 3: Choir 2, 3: Monogram Club 2, 3: N. C. Student Council Congress 3. J. S. TUCKER DOROTI-IEA WOERNER Biggest Heartbreakers S E I 0 Love that man! pw if RS

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ROBERT WITHERS SMITH Provident, Proud, Progressive. HOWARD ALLEN SOLOMAN Likable, Lenient, Lively. Home Room Representative Student Council 1: Intramural Basketball 1, 2: Intramural Boxing 1, 2: Football 1, 2, 3: Vice-President Home Room 2. PEGGY LOUISE SPROUSE Slender, Steady, Serene. Girl Reserve 1, 2: Choir 1, 2, 3: Class Play 3. AGNES LUCILLE SPURRIER Charming, Congenial, Considerate. Band 1, 2, 3: S. O. L. Bible Club 2, 3: Girl Reserve 2. OLIN BOYD TAYLOR Nice, Nifty, Nonchalant. ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE TEAGUE Quiei, Quick, Qualified. Transferred from Hickory High School 1, 2: Latin Club 1: D. E. Club 3. 4 EVELYN JANE THOMPSON Silent, Sincere, Striving. Choir 1, 2, 3. JAMES SPURRIER TUCKER Popular, Playful, Practical. Secretary Home Room 1: Baseball 1, 2: Football 2: Traffic Force 2, 3: Monogram Club 3: Best All-Round 3: Biggest Heart- breaker 3: Most Popular 3. ROBERT CRIMINGER LAURA ANN FREEMAN I O R S Mos, Dfgnified I say, old girl . .

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HISTORY We, the class of '45, could be called the 'Awar class. Our journey through the years of high school education at Harding High School has been marked by world-wide battle since its start. And yet, with the globe blasted by guns and shells, most of us have completed our high school years. Back in September, 1939, Germany and Britain touched off the fuse that blew Europe into war. Also in September of that year we entered the seventh grade at Harding. We were like any other newcomers to Harding-confused but happy with the new scene. Guiding us through that first year were Martha Hibbard, president: Jean Craig, vice-presi- dent: Wilma Holt, secretary: and Sandy Grady, treasurer. The next year saw England repelling death and blitz from the skies-and our second year of high school. Majorie Ann Edwards was president that year, aided by Betty Jean Brown, vice-president: Charles Prophet, secretary: and Fred Rogers, treasurer. In 1941 our own nation was attacked and engulfed in the war. School changed into a serious thing: our classes were preparing boys for battle. Even in this crisis, members of our class began distinguishing themselves at Harding. They were members of the Junior Student Council and Honor Society. Sandy Grady of our class put out the first issues of our school paper, the Hustler, as editor. Heading our activities were President Sandy Grady, Vice-President Margaret Allen, Secretary Elizabeth Foster, and Treasurer Wilma Holt. The next few years saw our country gird herself for war in the Pacific and on European shores. Our class entered the tenth grade and we felt near to graduation. Wayne Hooks was our president, assisted by Harry McConnell, Jean Craig, and Jim Deaton. In our Junior year we saw the preceding Senior class march out in their graduating robes. We ourselves were caught in the swirl of high school activities. We ordered our class rings in May. We attended the very successful Junior-Senior Banquet. We elected the following junior marshals: Polly Jean Yandell, chief: Martha Hibbard, assistant chief: Betty Sawyer. Jacqueline Johnson, Betty Culbreth, Niota Godfrey, Adrienne Hartman, Margaret Allen, David Hipp. Elizabeth Foster, Bob Puckett, Estelle Grice, and Fred Jenkins. At last, through the storms of the war years, we took the last leg of our journey. Senior officers for the first semester were Bill Kiser, president: Jimmy Patterson, vice-president: Jean Craig, secretary: and Wayne Hooks, treasurer. We received our class rings and had our senior pictures taken for the annual. We elected superlatives, and ordered invitations, caps, and gowns, Martha Hibbard and Bill Kiser served as presidents of the Student Council for a term each. Gene Henderson and Blackie Hager were elected captains of the football team. We held our Junior-Senior Banquet, passed through the graduation formalties. Thus, we of the 1945 class, have traveled the long road. Beginning in the first skirmishes of battle and ending with American armies marching on the centers of hate and dictatorship, We spent six important years in Harding High School. We, the 'iwar class, remember with pride. BOB PUCKETT, Historian. JIMMIE PATTERSON HSISH GROSE Cutest,' Look cute, Pat. Page Twenty-six