King High School - Cabin Yearbook (King, NC)

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CLASS PROPHECY It is December 12, 1963, and Moyer Bennett and his wife, the former Frances Westmoreland, and I, his business secretary, Sara Ferguson.. wife of a well-known New York lawyer-are leaving New York to at- tend a business conference in Buenos Aires. When we arrived at the sta- tion, we discovered that Dean Hartgrove was the engineer of the large Diesel locomotive. He told us he had been married since 1954 and had one daughter almost two years old. He had seen Betty Lou Searcy about a week before this. She had married a band director and was playing in the band. When we stepped on the train, whom should we see but Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rierson! Mrs. Rierson was the former Lena Faye Tedder. Beside them sat their twin sons, Ralph and Ray. Their home was in Nashville, Tennessee. On a tour of the country, they had stopped in Washington. where they had had dinner with Oneda Boyles, now Mrs. Jack Statton. Oneda is working with the Civil Service there. Oneda told them that dur- ing Thanksgiving she had visited Norma Lee Boyles, who lives in Win- ston-Salem. Norma Lee had not yet married but was making plans to marry the vice president of the Western Electric firm. She had also seen Ruth Knight. Ruth had married Roger Hauser soon after graduation and is a happy housewife with four children. Stopping in Richmond, Virginia, we went to dinner at the V. A. Rest- aurant. We were greeted by the manager of the restaurant, J. Robert Hauser. The name sounded familiar, so I asked him if he knew anyone from King, North Carolina. He said that he surely did, because he had married Jane Newsome in 1953. Learning that Jane was an X-ray tech- nician at one of Richmond's large hospitals, we went by the hospital for a short visit with her. Jane said that last week she had met Norma Faye Edwards, who was coaching a fine basketball team at Richmond's largest high school. The team was very successful, and Norma Faye was happily married to a business executive in Richmond. Our next stop was Winston-Salem. We went to the First National Bank to collect some information that we needed for the conference. Someone familiar came into view. It was Peggy Lou Denny-of course, she is mar- ried now. After graduation she began working at the bank. Now she had risen to the position of teller and was expecting another promotion soon. In 1954 she had married Richard Foster, a prominent lawyer. They are living in a fine home in Winston-Salem with their children, a son and a daughter. She asked if we had seen Lorene Lawson in New York. We told her that Lorene was modeling for John Robert Powers. She has become very famous now and has married her childhood boy friend, Richard Johnson. Richard is a mechanical engineer in New York. They had just returned from a trip to Europe before we left New York. Our next stop was Atlanta, Georgia. Moyer decided that he needed a shoe shine. We stopped at one of the street corners, and as Moyer sat down, thesshoe shine boy looked up. We were surprised to see Crow McGee. Imagine Crow being a shoe shine boy! He told us he was doing this to get publicity, because he was running for the State Senate the next term. He had married Margaret Kenny, and they had three little McGees. Crow told us that when he made a business trip to Miami he had visited a large trucking firm owned by Rex Ashburn. Rex had been living in Florida since 1953. He had been married for two years to a pretty girl he met there.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT The class of 1950 of King High, during four happy, Pleasant, and prosperous years has obtained many assets-regretfully, we leave these walls of learning. To King High School we leave the fond hope that as the years go by it will progressg that our Student Council will succeed, and that the inter- est of every student in our school will increase. To the Faculty: To Mr. Felts: A student body who can obey some of the school rules. To Mrs. Voss: A Senior Class who can work faster on the annual and be quieter. To Mrs. Stevens: A library in a room separate from the study hall. To Mr. Neal: A good basketball team and someone to look after the tenth grade room while he coaches the team. To Mrs. New- som: A larger commercial room and someone to help her do all the work assigned to her. To Mr. Harmon: Officers for the F. F. A. who can per- form as well as the Senior officers have this year. To Mr. Keiger: A new home room-preferably in high school. To Mrs. Duncan: Success in her guidance program. To Mr. Fowler: A home room of girls instead of all boys. To Mrs. Patterson: Some new equipment for the Home Economics department. To the Juniors: Rex Ashburn wills Doyle Cromer his G. I. haircut and to Jack Jones his ability to fix posters for basketball games. Betty Lou Searcy wills Mable Venable her cute little laugh. Edna Earl Edwards wills her ability to act and to Macie Watts her curls. Norma Lee Boyles wills ure games! Crow McGee wills his ability to tell jokes to Bill Watts so he can keep the rising Senior Class amused, and to Dennis Moore his ability to sell ads for the King's Cabin. Helen Turner wills her cuteness to Jean Watts and her quietness to Nell Baker. Use a lot of it, Nell. Norma Faye Edwards wills her title biggest baby to Sally Meadows. Jane New- some wills her faithful black and white saddle shoes to Audrey Faye Hau- ser. Wear them every dayg they are still wearable. Ola Jane Sells wills her friendliness to Peggy Hall. Cleo Bennett wills to Pete Westmoreland her ability to act and to Macie Watts her curls. Norma Lee Boyles wills her heartaches to Rachel Burge and her bashfulness to Betty Lou Lawson. Rugh Knight wills Melvin Southern her ability to speak her mind, so the Senior Class will have someone to express their opinion. Elwin Bennett wills his bus to Jack James. Good luck, Jack, and remember to be careful and on time. Peggy Lou Denny wills her blue eyes to Odessa Smith and her willingness to cooperate to Frances Wall. Robert Rierson wills to Orbin Kiser the privilege of keeping the rising Senior Girls supplied with chewing gum. It does help you get along with the opposite sex. Dean Hartgrove wills his bashfulnes to Sherrill Gray Hall and Junior Fulk. Johnny Newsome wills Dean Robertson and Leo Whitman his ability to attract the girls. May the best man win. Oneda Boyles wills to Mary Frances Long her ability to count money for the lunchroom tickets. Rich- ard Johnson wills his position on the basketball team to Paul Nance. Good luck in all the basketball games! To Roy Lee Harris, he wills his extra units hoping Roy Lee will graduate next year. Margaret Hooker wills her seat in the Senior Class to Annie Sue Spainhour and her General Science book to Carolyn Voss. Lena Faye Tedder wills her superlative. most likely to get married, to Etta Denny. Moyer Bennett wills his cherleader's sweater' to Robert Smith. Keep the players in high spirits with some snappy cheers! Lorene Lawson wills to Sybil Sizemore the back seat on our bus so she won't have to raise her voice. Sara Ferguson wills Lorraine Robertson her books and book reports so she can spend her Sen- ior year playing basketball instead of reading. Marcus Kiser wills his brown hat to Royce Slate and his seat on bus 35 to Dee Laine Mabe. Witnessed by: ,,...., .,,. ,......,...... ..........,. ...,,,,,. , , , , ,. ..., .. r ,CSealJ

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omni As we were riding through Miami, we saw a beautiful house under construction. We stopped for a few minutes and learned that the house had been planned by Elwin Bennett. Elwin had gone to an architectural training school in Miami six years. Now his offices occupied a large build- ing in the industrial part of the city. He had not married yet, but admitted that he was soon to marry a dress designer. We caught an ocean liner to sail to South America. After we were set- tled in the ship's lobby discussing some of our plans, we saw a familiar figure. It was none other than Johnny Newsome. He told us that he was headed to a conference in Buenos Aires-the one we were to attend. He was manager of one of Boston's largest mailing houses. In 1953 he had married his pretty secretary. They now have one boy. We arrived in South America on December 17. When we docked at Buenos Aires and started to our hotel, whom should we see but Helen Turner! She told us that she hadn't lived up to the title old maid of the class, because she had married a wealthy coffee plantation owner and was living near the city of Buenos Aires. After spending Christmas in South America and having a very sucess- ful conference, we caught a plane to Texas. We saw a cute little red- haired hostess and discovered that it was Cleo Bennett, who was making a very successful career as air hostess. When we landed at Houston, Texas, we saw a nurse standing near by. After a close look, we recognized her as Edna Earl Edwards. She was waiting for her boy friend who was coming to make arrangements for their wedding. She told us that Marcus Kiser, who owned a ranch near Houston, had recently been a patient at the hospital where she nursed. He was there for injuries received while trying to break wild horses. He had married into a wealthy family, and after the death of his wife's fam- ily, had inherited a 5,000 acre ranch. As we were driving to the station, we had to stop for a red light. Some- one whistled to us. Imagine who was standing on the street corner dressed in a rancher's outfit. It was Marcus Kiser of all people. We parked and went back to talk with him for a few minutes. He told us how he came to live in Texas. While he was in Bachelor, Missouri, buying cattle at a stock market, he had met Ola Jane Sells, and they had had lunch together. Dur- ing high school days Ola Jane had corresponded with a girl living in Bachelor. Finally she met the girl's brother, Jack Sevall, who was a doc- tor. In 1953 they were married and were living near Jack's home. Ola Jane is secretary to some executive in that city. We left on the train, and our next stop was Indianapolis. We left the txqin for a lay-over in this city. While we were walking from the station to a restaurant, we noticed a sign reading Kindergarten Instructor, Miss Hooker. Stoping for a few minutes, we saw the instructor, Margaret Hooker. Margaret had gone to school for four years and was now teach- ing kindergarten. She had not married yet but was engaged to a well- known doctor, John Sams. We said farewell to Margaret and set out on our trip back to New York. Our conference had been successful, and we were happy to know that all our classmates had been successful and were living a happy life. We hoped that their school day dreams had come true. Z xxca 502