Matthews High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Matthews, NC)

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'55,-l, Q The.other day I began t ln a llttle school ea led PROPHESY S - ' ' e j ' hlnkl bout My ha h h school days WMattggwg HlghW9 slag: Iggave become an author I have lost contact with my old palsn 1ihaven?t seen some of them slnee we sald 19479 Iideelded 1 would go eould help me ln dlseoverl farewell the night-we graduaged ln to a fortune.te.ler to see li she M. ng what ny frlends were dolngt She - gazed lnto her crystal ball and saldg As 1 gaze lnto the crystal ball 1 see a beautlful bulldlngt In this lultdlngg on one o f the office doorsa I see the name Marb garet Hooks, secretary to Yates Mt Forolsy the arehlteet who.deo sl ned the bulldlngt We see that.both of them have ellmbed the ladder of sueeess wlth the On Fifth Avenuey New Yo but alas, the words are be Salon de la Beautewl owned glnla Klmbrells I see that thlnt Now Ijseei jean Hooks! lntervlewlngf Robert Hudso poratlonp - , Boyee Sloan has taken o and has recently employed lf 3mblClOHSl l M , . rk City, 1 see dimly a large neon slgng eomlng clearer now, they say WLae . and operated by Lohnnle Be k and Vlroe they stuck toget er through thltk and star reporter for the New York Times, n owner of the Hudson Automoblle Corso ver the gohn Powers Modelling Agehey, a new mo el, Susle MeMurrayt ' l W and now my crystal balls reveal to me Ethel Tarlton and Tom Con or PTQSPGCCLVC academy Theater ln that great movl joy Lee Mullls LS now h owned by our former tlassm 1 see Myrtle Ann Harkey or ln the Physltal Edutatl the departmentt ' ln Hollywood 1 Zee Bett Vlrilnla Masseyd e lef sea Slim LQSGI ' A Here too 1 find that ta gf Hollywood s greatest da flgwho ls this? Qh yesu ' I Betty Lou Queryq'ghe ls ma theres A Tommy Moore has become dent of the Chase National Jessie Mae Mullls,'IQse She L5 buyer for Iveyxs De Blll Blaek has really g thews Hlgh, He ls at prose One of the most famous Hooks, who ls temporarily in Duke Hospital ln Dur bel who has really made t nurse theres +--s Q ,ln Radloland 1 see Beve always was ln school? Well and as beeome radlos most Playing at Carnegie Hal band t e greatest o all b Dorls Ann Carter hls leadl o Billy Gardherjwas alway secretary OfH3gilGulEUfC o olnted to thatiofflee by t dent of the Unlted Statest .x. F award winners playlng at'the Fox e WNo Love so Stron We . 0 cad stewardess on tge Boyette Alrllneg are Amos Boyettel ' ln the Unlverslty of Utopla, Instrueto on Departmentt 1n fact she ls head of y Williams, head eostume designer, and msrressq at the MetroDGoldwynDMayer lented jane Freeman who has become one nelng teacherst y see nowm It ls our old elassmate, tron of the large Wlnston Qrphange . ..4 a very successful man he-ls now presls Bank in New York Qltyg ' S e ln New York now also? onbuslnesst partment Store lA Charlotte, Nh Cn one places since we separated ln Mats nt t e governor of North Carollnag asrlsts ln the United States ls paul vacatlonlng ln Mexleotv ' A ham, NQ?Eh Carolina? 1 see Grace Camps he best of her.ambltlong She ls head rly Neale Do you remember howlwltty he he has put hls wlt to flnahelal gllmp famous eomedlanm - ' ' l lesee Bobby Matthews with Hls.greatl ands and, that lovely slnglng'star9. ng lady? , S s lnterested in Agrleultuneg Now he ls f the Unlted StatesZ'havln5 been apps he honorable .,,w Ralph Alexan er? presl- Prophet, ' H Frances Austin .Jim XJ' NJ'

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X1 5? Bill Gardner: 'Small Fry' F.F.A. 3,4. Jean nooks 'Poet and Donft know it' Annual Staff. Beta Club 2,3f4. Glee Club 2,3,4-F.H.A. 4 Sec. of Junior Class Pres. of Beta Club 2,3,4 Paul Hooks 'Lost His Vocabulary' F.F.A. Pres. of F.F.A. Senior Year. Virginia Kimbrell: What A Biddie Brain' Glee Club 2, 2, 3,4. F.H.A. 2,'3,4. Bobby Matnews- WAlways Gets the last Goalv Treasurer of Junior Class and Senior class Basketball 1,2,3,4. Glee Club 3,4. , ,. .,,-ilYW Y ,vi Vw ., -Y W , , Margaret Hooks: 'Everybodys Friend' Annual Staff. Sec. Tres. of Beta Club 2,3,4. F.I-I. A. 4. Beca Club 2,3,4. Pres. of junior Class Sec. of Athletic Ass. Senior Year Robert Hudson NOut Talks Anybodyv Annual Staff Basketball 2,3,4- Glee Club 2,3,4.-F.F.A. 4. Virginia Massey vBaby Doll' F'H0vA0 .?,3,4- Tommy Moore- HWiggle Wormn Annual Staff. Pres. of Senior Class Basketball 293,4. Glee Club 3,4. Treas. of Athletic Ass. 3,4. A...-. Lf-.7

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ffl CLASS HISTORY p In the fall of the year nlneteen hundred forty three.a group of twenty one hols and 'ptwenty elght glrls known 3 .feeshmen entered Matthews Hlgh Schools Slnce the twe ve years plan ad een enforced we dld not enter high school until we were ln the ninth grade :yur ' class was the flrst to lnltate this twelve year plant ' s f x'x Beln freshmen meant much to us It was like the dawn of a new da Our goal then had to be changed. Tn grammer school it was the seventh grades Since we had passed that mark we all set out for another goal, graduatlonr .The subjects we were offered were English, Agriculture, Civics, Mathematics, General Science, and Home ECODOMLCSW . Tr teachers were Mr. Pearce, Prlnclpal, Mrs? HSP, Waellck, Must WJA0 Hood, Mr, QP? Kll ough, Mlss Kornegaye an' Mrr TEWQ Blvens. l In the fall of nineteen forty four we were entering our sophomore yearrijur faculty ' had changedt Nhss Kornegay was replaced by'NMss Ethel Nuller Boydr Thls year we added to 1 our roll Frances Austin from Waxhaw, NACA ' Our outstanding featyres of the year were the Halloween Carnlval and several parties, A Since our class was the flrst to he graduated ln the twelfth grade, we had to sponsor the ggnlorssenior Banquet in our sophomore year, This meant we would have to ralse money, , . r class sponsored the Halloween Carnival which was very successfulr ' ' we had our banquet in the hlgh school gymnasium, it was decorated to resemble the deck of a shlp, After alla the senlors were shlpplng out, except for Shannon Forbs who fell over boardt He was below sea level due to belng absent the first half of the yearn A Now we had become juniors, By this tlme we were all strlvlng toward the same goal to the best of our ablllty.,.that goal belng to become senlors, Qure faculty changed again- We now received Overton to replace Mn Blvens who decided lt was much slmp er to make a llvlngky drrvlng a bus than by teachlng AgflCUlCuFCy fThls year the athletic club sponsored the Habween Carnival V wr. e b t we had several parties at the homes of different classmatesr Seniors at last! It was hard to believer out we had almost reached our goalr 0 Realizing that there was much work to be done, electing class officers must play ang lmportant parte Those chosen to be class leaders are, Presldentlr,Tbmmy Moore, Vlce Press 1dentrrrTbm Conder, Secretary r,Margaret Hooks and Treasurerr,rBobby Matthewsl1 .-A 5. This year we gladly added Tom Condor, a veteran, to our roll! e --A ' Our class has struggled on through high school under the handicap of World War 11, Some of our classmates enllsted ln t e armed forces: A At last our rlngs came .This was our best wish, besldes getting diplomas which would naturally come flfStr QDfdTlh2S brought a new thrlll and added encouragement to us as' we marched on to the ftnal-goals - 4 - Another thrill to the senlors and the wholef school was the new gym floor with new decoratlons of a fresh coat of palnt. l Thls gave the basket ball p ayers and the whole schoolxenthuslasmr ' Our teams can really show the others schools what Matthews High stands fort A Ihls year we recelved an extra teacher to teach Science, Mrsr LQBO,Strumr A We, the twelfth grade appreciate with deepest gratitude our teachers efforts to make our gradpatlon posslhlet A - A Thisjyear a group of twelve boys and seventeen girls 'entered the twelfth grader we are sorry that'Sophle Hucks had to drop out of our class ln November leavlng only slx- teen glr st rt f. . This year has been a very busy one -It has beenbfllltd'wlth hard work and funr The Annual has taken up much of our tlme. , Twelve long years have passed out when we look back lt has not oeen too long? and A now that the end lS ln slght it lS not long enough, - HLSTORIAN, A 'XJ A RALPH ALEXANDER 1 i'1' 1 l 1 1 1 l i