Hudson High School - Hornet Yearbook (Hudson, NC)

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Glass pfzoplf cu Thus mght of March 21 1960 not only meant the celebratlon of my .success as a comednan on Broadwat' but it was the night for thmkmg back ten years to the carefree happy days as a Senlor at Hudson High School Tomght I had II'lVlI8d all members of the Semor Class of 1950 to attend a party and dance at my home ln New York Iwas makmg last mlnute preparatxons for thxs gala affanr when the doorbell rang and Forbes my but ler was gomg to answer the door I of course wanted to greet my former classmates so I went along Wlth hnm. As I opened the door I gazed mto the laughing faces of Wayne Bean and Cleo Suddreth now husband and wlfe Wayne I leamed was one of the most promment Wheat ranchers m the West Next to arnve was a member of the cast In the play nn whmch I had gamed recogmtlon Mrs Dallas Jenkms, and of course her husband Dallas, ten years ago her name was Imogene Lovette As I started to go mto tl-e guest room I was startled by a loud boomxng volce argumg wzth Forbes I re- turned to the door to find another prankster Thurston I-Iollar who was tellmg the butler he had lost hls mvltatlon but was stlll gomg to enjoy hlmself a mg wxth hls lady fmend who Just happened to be Betty Sue Ogle This was exactly as I had remembered hlm years ago I told Forbes to see that the guests were comfortable and I would welcome the rest of the guests Just as I had finished tellmg hlm thls I saw a llmousme stop outside and who should allght but Dolho Smxth who was now a Conover model wmnmg beauty contests all over the country After Igreeted her, the musxcxans amved wxth all thenr instruments the band leader was none other than the muslcxan of our class Warren Cloer, hls wife and planlst was the former Betty I-Iarrls They had just passed on when I heard a ternnc screechlng of automobile tlres out side and a moment later Stanley Hall walked rn, by the way Stanley has a troupe of trick and stunt dl'1V0l'5 that tour the country now That boy has speed ln hrs blood H1s wnfe Nathalee saxd she warned constantly about hxs safety Then came the xdol of every baseball fan m the nation that master mound man Bugs Cloer accompanied by hls wxfe, the former Phylhs Cannon As I remember Phylhs was qulte ood m sports herself The next guests to be greeted were the mseparables of our school days, Dons Woods and C me Mae Ford who were the same way worlnng as secretanes ln adgoxmng ofnces Aa I turned to look ln on the gang some one clasped thexr hands over my eyes and sald Guess who I couldn t recogmze the gruff voxce so I gave up and when Isaw who It was I nearly famted Leonard McCall had growm mto one of the largest men I had ever seen and made qulte a name for himself as a boxer He lntroduced me to his wife whom I recognized as the former Beulah Smlth, who was a nurse now Then the brams an-wed R V Moss and Constance Annas They were marned and had reared two httle Em stxens Next two of the most exquxsxte dresses I have ever seen walked up and m them were the acclaxmed deslgn ers Mary Frances Annas and Mxldred Adkms I was astonxshed to see Wa e Pennell marrled and to none other than that quxet reserved gxrl Dovle Mxkeal The soclafly promment couple r and Mrs Donald Barnes made their appearance ln all thexr splendor What a paxr they had been m 50 She was then Georgza lee Hatley A telegram was delxvered to me and xt contamed some of the worst news I have ever received Jun Barnwell and hrs wxfe Clara were kept at home because thelr chxld was sxck I was keenly dlsappomted as I had hoped for everyone to be there Next came the cattle baron, Kelly Crump, accompamed by hrs cute llttle spouse Patsy that guy was born lucky Followmg them was that famous dance team the Twxnk' Toes whlch had been good ten years 880 The troupe consxsted of Clayton Buckner Hershel Helderman and Fred Lewls, wxth thelr vlvaclous partners and future WIVQS-BS I knew them, Hazel Harrold Patty Cauble and Ruby Glbson respectwely Thmgs were starting to pop mslde so Idxverted my attentlon to the group singing a song of our school days, Mule Tram I couldn t make out the people dolng the slnglng they must have gone by me though I hadn t seen them Then they turned toward me and Isaw then It was the Hudson Canaries , Shirley Soots, Ruby Pritchard, and Dorothy Prestwood what gzrls they were' l declded to get thmgs started so I went over to the mxke and called for everyone s attentuon I had Just sald Klds when some guy Jumps out of his seat screammg I saw h m preparing to lower the boom on a guy behmd hlm when I saxd Walt a mmute bovs what seems to be the trouble The fellow that was using the lctur esque language tumed out to be none other than Bob Suddreth Bob was gomg to slt down wlth his wife, neva, when some cu .mt had sllpped a thumb tack ln h1s chaxr Boy' d d that brmg back pamful ' memorles Fxrst I announced that we would have an act we were crazy about m school at our talent shows, no one of course knew what I was talkmg about but the-y were all guessmg when out came that beautlful queen of the roller skates Toye Mae Cody Cody was the name she used when performmg but her actual name was W1lson Lltle Ray sure had the luck I notlced a group over by the telephone so I ambled over and what do you thmk was gomg on That man of brawn Camuel Houck, was showxng the fellows how to r1p a New York phone directory ln hah with has hands. Ugh' Hls wlfe Joan was trymg to get hlm to sxt down but bomg as bxg as he was, Camuel declded to down The mlstress had spoken Roy St John mllhonaxre playboy was carrymg on a long wznded dxscussnon wlth Mary Jane Smith, rather Mary Jane Laney who had recently marned Dale Laney world s fastest typlst What a guy We had all Settled down for the eating end of the affalr when I decided that we should dnnk a toast I called on my oldest fr1en-Sl Dans Crump to be toastmaster as I knew hum to be a well known publlc speaker who, I un derstood had entered mto the comp cated world of polltlcs Hls wrfe the former Barbara Nelson, was bubblxng wlth Joy when Pete as we called hun, stood up BUYS and E1-TLS he saxd It has been a long txme smnce ve have all been gathered m a group Ten years ago we saw each other all day day after day then rt got pretty bonng Yep shore dxd cracked a voice down the table All heads turned that way at once to see the gxgghng feat- ures Of Velma Hurley 00ps' Velma Cher, wlsecrackmg w1fe of the well known surgeon, Boyd Cloer How many thought Boyd would be a doctor' Not me Pete ' then nmshed the toast through rmglng applause Gaither Wnthers publisher of the New York Herald Stood up and sald, I thmk Ill put a wrxte-up of thxs on the front page This I8 the biggest event smce World War Gwyn Bowman hls comtant compamon, up s and says Galt don't you thmk xt are lngger than that I belleve the most shocked were our two new school' teachers Rachel Colvard and Elsle Dean Stone You know how such grammatxcal errors are to English teachers I thmk I remember one teacher ln partxcular Well, when they had finished eatmg and were slppmg cocktalls we decxded to call It a night, and meet agaln ln nve years As we were dxscussm the txme and place of our next meetmg two httle ladles, Glona Drum and Wmona Sullivan, stood up and sax , We now own a large bote'1n I-Iudson and would feel honored lf you all would eet there and dxscuss the happemngs of the next nve years Does everyone agree' To get back to Hudson was the dream of all there so there was a spontaneous Yes from the group AS 'bei' all left for their homes all over the natlon Im sure all mmds were thmlnng what thxs country would be wxthout the Class Of 1950 I I 3 J- ' ., . . 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