Morganton High School - Cats Tale Yearbook (Morganton, NC)

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SE miss lmfowiffw RAMA WATTS Good Mannrrs Club. 1: Ameri- canism Club, 2: Chorus, 3: WAACS. 4. Here is one who is apt to land in a radio studio because of her good looks, her fine B:- tellect, and her really lovely roire. Rama, we always know when you are passing by about dusk for your song is heard, blended with the night. LULA ALICE WHISNANT Good Manners Club. li Strol- lers' Club. 2: Chorus. 3, -L. A girl who is always in a hurry. getting things donegpractieing her music, studiying geometry, yanninf somet .ing for fun. ou wil always find Alive with a pleasant smile and llff1'llYfl'l'l7t' T HURMAN WATTS Debating Club, 1: Brid e Club. 4: Manager Students' store, 4. Red is one of the best natured seniors: you will 111+ ways find him helpful, trying to please, esperially the girls. And you should hear some of the intelligent uuestiofns he asks in c'henI.istry.' Red really gets along well in his work and has devoted nineh time to the Greasy Spoon. JULIA WHISNANT Art Club, 1: Hobby Club. 2: Dancing Club. 3: WAACs, 4. Date: 1953 . . . Julia, a tall brunette, telephone operator in New York City. Yes, that's what Julia, who graduated with us at M. H. S., wanted to be. and she is. Do you still roller! 2 looks, and she too believes post rards, or does New York 'XT There's something about a uni- S'N'if'f!l 769011 11010 bu8'!lf , ' 'JA' form. '4 . I I f fr-1 BETTY LOU WILLIAMS ONEDA WILLIAMS Good Manners Club, 1: Strol- Knitting Clubfb fvvx lers' Club, 2: Knitting Club, 3: H , . I . f WAAQRS 4. eies a senio nhom yoj: ' might find e a book, for Another attrartive blonde in she loves t ad. Oneda has a the Senior Class is Betty. She pleasant e, la s eet person- was quite an outstanding figure ulzty ty hair a d eyes, and in the WAACs, and her uni- . 1'eser'ne anner Inch. form suited her To-a-Tee. We all ad i and Qytiglor. can always count on a smile xg I from Betty Irhererer we meet f :flu her. ff' .7 i 5' if si PLATO WILSON KENNETH VAN WYATT ' Debating Club, 2: Statistician. 12th Grade 23 Junior State Guard. 3: Hi- Dramatic Club. 1: Photography Y. B. 4: Business Manager of Club, 5: Chorus. 3: Junior CA1-'S TALE, 4., State Guard. 4: Band, 1, 2, 8, 4. Egr3 gfhe constant jack-pot Wyatt is a boy who- will im- gom-, the author of '-1 just pre-ss you Ce-wwally qirlsi- His ai'n't able, the talented actor, 8111077 NOUN'-V. 11100317111 'llmll' is our rapable business man- TWTS. Und blffflfi, 'NUT Def flfm ager. Plato has grand qualities, from the beginning. Ken pays 41 sense gf lmnwr, and u wink solo baritone, is a jitterbug for all the girls. from way back, and does all right with girls out of town. He's one for the hooks. S THE SE IUH5 WHU ARE CAMERA 5HY CATHERINE ADAMS FLOY MILLIGAN jf SALLIE BECK J. C. ENGLAND JIMMY MOFFITT ARTHUR BRITTAIN RUTH HEAD WILLIE Ross MARY LEE CANNON BILLIE LOUISE HOGAN I-IAZEL WAKEFIELD 1 VANCE CLONTZ HARLESS MADE RUBY WALL HENRIETTA EDMONSON ANDY WILSON , . .n I . mty-three it A 4 , ,,...i.sA+4..n

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,D S if-fejcfmliefe SE IDRS ELBERT C. SWINK Good N1tlIllll'l'S Club, 1: Junior State Guard, 3, vi. EIl11'1't is ll l'l'7'11 1'11111't1'11us 111111 ll',lU tries in 1f1'e1'11 1111111 t11 1J1I'llSI' his s1rl11111l-111.11t1's 111111 c1111111'1'11tc ll'1i1l tI11f111. He is fond of sports 111111 his 11111111 sp111'ts1111111sI1ip is fl lesson for 11Il. The s1'l11111l 111'1'1ls 11111111 like Ell1e1'f. LELA JIEANNE WAKEFIELIJ Strollers' Club, 2: li1'i1l1.re Club. 3: VVAACS, -L. Alt 11ttr111'ti1:1' l1l11111le 111111 ll frie111lI!1 sturlent is J1'11'11111'. We 1ll'lLT she likes Kll1lJ'l'11iI' 111111 Ashelfille. We 11111111le1' 11'h11-- 1'1111I1l it 111' ll t'111,ilit111'y Sl'l'i't'ff You 11111 1111t to see Je1111111' 1la111'i1111 1111111 she 1l11es it 11'1'lI1 111' 1'i1ii1111 ll l1iL'111'le f'll'1l1l'il she 1'11j1111s1, 117111 'll'1lfl'1l for th11t l'llPt'7'fll1 11ri11. NAN HELEN WALKER Good Manners Club. ll Danv- ing Club, 8: First Aid Club, L PV1f 111'es1c11t ll 1'1'1'11 1'1111si1le1'11t1' 111e111l11'1' of the Senior Class, 11:h11 is th111111htf11I 111111 well- Iikerl. N1111 has ll l1it of wit which pops llllf 11111111111 her friends, 111111 she has 11111n11. N1111, '11'e 111l111i1'e 1111111' 1'1fs1'1'1'1'1l yet f1'ie111ll11 1111111111 111111 1111111' 11tt1'111'fi1r1f 1ll'flfllf'SS. HENRIIETTA WALTON llminzitic- Club. 1. 2: Orcliestrn. 3: C1111l1l1'1111 Stuff. 3. 4: 'l'em1is. 3: Band. 1. 2, 3. -L: Council. -1: llonor S111-ic-ty. -tl Basketball, -it Marshal. 3. I1i1l11't think l11'1111t11 111111 l1r11i11s 111111111 111' s11 11e1'fe1'tl11 1'11111l1i11e1l IIS 111 11111' Hl'1l1i!l.'y 'll'lI10 111111- l1I1's 1111e1' with 1111th11si11sm, has 111'e11t i11iti11ti1'e 111111 1'h111'111'te1'. dlllll 111111 11I11'1111s look as 11111111711 lltllt h111'e steppwl f1'11111 Il V111- e11ti111'. EDNA WARLICK Amerivzinisln Club. 1: M u S i 1' Club, 2: Knitting Club, rl: WAACs. 1. 11'r11111, the 'l'Ili'iI'f!l of 1'l11l1s Qlffll know 10111111 is i11te1'este1l 111 711117111 ph11s1's of s1'h1111l life. 1Ve'lI 1'e111.1'111l1er E1l1111, with her pretty 1111111 eyes, si1111i1111 in the 1'l1111 11s 111111 l1111ki11g 1111111 IIS ll VVAAC. IRIENIZ WATKINS Hood Manners Club. 1: Ameri- cnnism Club, 2: Knitting Club. 3: H:1n1li1-rnft Club. 4. Here is 111111the1' 11111' of those 1IeI'i11l1tf11l Home E1'111111n1i1fs ref- illf'S'f1l cup of 1lepe111l11l1iIit!l, fl spoonfill of nice disposition, QI 1'11ps of 11111111 looks, 111 11i111'l1 of wits, fl bit of 1'h11rm! This is Irene, 11 ne of the f11'11111'it1' l1lo111les 11f the Senior Class. 141467111 111111 MARY SUE THOMPSON Glee Club, 1. Although Mary Sue, or Shorty as her friends call her, is quiet 11s fl mouse, her sweet disposi- tion 111111 f1'ie111lly smile make e1'e1vy1111e like her. She enjoys fffldlllg good books and play- ing the piano, and we'll re- 111e1n.l1e1' her as one of the best- natured seniors. HAZEL WAKEFIELD Dramatic Club. 1: Speech Club. 2: Dancing Club, 3: WAACS, 4. F1111 11f fun and laughter-that is Hazel. With her winning per- sonality she has many friends 111111 is liked by every 11ne. A-1111 they say she is partial tu .... , 111' is it the whole Army and Navy? SUSAN WALKER Dramatic Club, 1. 2: Student Government, 2: Secretary, 3: Honor Society. 3. 4: Chorus, 3: Band. 1. 2, 3: Band Council, 3: Marshal, 3: C1111ldr1111 Stall , 4. Might l1111'e stepped from a 11111'el, a toll, gT!1l'6flll heroine, 11-ith. blond hair and such deep sparkling eyes. But she isn't f1'tion: she's real, clever, in- tellectual, and dependable, and her school life is in tune with what goes on around her. MARTHA WALTON Hand, 1, 2, 3. 4: Dramatic Club. 1: Honor Society. 3. 4: Debat- ing Club, 2: Chorus, 3: WAACS. 4. A 11111si1'i1111 with her C11l7'i7l8t, an lionor student, a 1'hee1'fuI Sfllilll' 117110711 11'e all love to be with becailse of her clever, spicy srryings, the expression in her 111e1'1'y brown eyes, and her nice persoiiolity. Another who har- 7Ilfl17liZOS with school life. BOE WATERS Good Manners Club, 1: Golf Club, 2: Dancing Club, 3: Jun- ior State Guard. 4: Monogram Club, 4. Bob is often seen wearing his blue serge suit. He is noted as ll bang-up football player. A 200 pounder-he is liked, by all students he comes in contact with. He will always be remem- bered by that famous e.rp1'1's- sion, My Cow. MARY LOUISE WATKINS Debating Team. 1. 2: Speech Club, 3: Honor Society, 3, 4: Bridge Club, 4: H. R. Presi- dent, 4. A rare combination of serious- ness and fun is our Mary Louise. Never too busy to lend Il lielping hand ,' she is lId'l7l1lT8ll by all for her sweet and sunny disposition. We donft doubt that you will be 'writing books some clay.

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,QMCL,9JLaSLa SE IDR EL SS HISTUHY IN THE AUTUMN of nineteen hundred thirty-nine, a class of freshmen climbed over a bar into an entirely new measure, and with a forlorn and bewildered at- titude viewed a new arrangement. Finally we dis- covered this strange method of schooling wasn't bad and perked up enough to elect for class officers the following: President, Charles Vernon, Vice-President, Harold Mitchell, Secretary-Treasurer, Hilda Lane. We achieved the highest glory by carrying off first honors at Stunt Nite. Our stunt was The Touchdown, in which Plato Wilson and Faye Griffin starred. The football team under Coach Reinhardt's able guidance won the Western Conference for the first time in many years. The band, with some of our class mem- bers, went to Charlotte to the National School Music Competition Festival and received an honor rating. We went back to pen with the first movement of our work finished and ready to begin the second. As sophomores our head officers were: President, Harold Mitchell, Vice-President, Bill Connelly. The band was composed of many of our members: Bill Denton, Curtis Fleming, Alfred Perkins, Bob Rhyne, Wilrose Smith, Kate Lee Coburn, jimmy Henritzy, Harold Kincaid, Susan Walker, Ralph Harbison, jimmy Hoyle, Frank Patton, jean Anthony, Gene Bishop, Margaret Carter, Henrietta Walton. Again the foot- ball team claimed championship in the Western Con- ference. We presented a skit from Bird's Christmas Carols at junior Stunt Nite and found that quite a few members were still children at heart. When the school term came to a close, we felt we had com- pleted a successful year and were ready to become upperclassmen. At Last, we had attained the halfway mark and could now keep perfect time with the daily routine. Busy as could be under our new officers: President, Harold Mitchell, Vice-President, Sam Ervin, Secre- tary, Susan Walker, Treasurer, Plato Wilson, Statis- tician, Bill Denton, Historian, Laura Mundy, we earned money for the entertainment of the seniors. After the attack by the japanese on December 7, 1941, our class with a grave determination prepared for the changes they knew were to come. Stunt Nite was held by the juniors who took first place with their presentation of the pantomime, Lord Ullin's Daughter. The football team won the West- ern Conference Championship for the third consecu- tive year. Sam Ervin was Vice-President of the Student Coun- cil, and the Honor Society inducted from the junior Class for membership in the organization the follow- 1 Twenty four ing: Margaret Carter, Mary Louise Watkins, Martha Walton, Bill Carter, Bill Denton, Hilda Lane, Susan Walker, and Sarah Kibler. The Commencement Marshals for the Senior Class were: Hilda Lane, Margaret Carter, Henrietta Walton, Sybil Absher, Susan Walker, Bill Carter, Glenn Patton, Bill Den- ton, Curtis Fleming, and Harold Mitchell. Spring came, and the class honored the seniors at the annual banquet, which helped terminate another booming year. Seniors, just the pronunciation of the word gave us a feeling of power. We held the burdens of the school on our sturdy shoulders, while our heads were in the clouds. Our class officers were: President, Bill Denton, Vice-President, Betty Alwran, Secretary, Margaret Carter, Treasurer, Glenn Patton, Statisti- cian, Alfred Perkins, Prophet, jimmy Hoyle, His- torian, Laura Mundy. In the Student Government, Harold Mitchell was President, and Theresa Duck- worth and Plato Wilson were Council Members. Betty Alwran, Henrietta Walton, Mary Alice Leonhardt, Frances Bradley, Louise Mooney, Theresa Duckworth, Kate Lee Coburn, Harold Mitchell, and Sam Ervin were taken into the Honor Society. junior Stunt Nite was held in February with the seniors giving King for a Day. During the year, the Victory Corps was organized to help prepare the seniors for their inevitable war work. Salvage drives were carried on with great zeal, and a point system of rationing was begun. - On April 16, the annual senior play directed by Miss Gray was presented by the talented actors of the class. The title of the play was Gabriel, Blow Your Horn! a delightful mountaineer comedy that kept the audience in stitches. Those taking part were Frances Bradley, Margaret Ross, Henrietta Walton, Hilda Lane, Betty Simpson, Dorothy Ann Harbison, Plato Wilson, Thurman Watts, Bob Rhyne, Glenn Patton, George Ramseur, and Bill Connelly. A banquet was given by the juniors for the en- joyment of the seniors. Near the end of our school year, we felt we had accumulated a vast store of knowledge, not only in books, but in the art of mak- ing friends. Yet we knew we had much more to learn. Thus we have raced up and down the scales, until at last we have reached the highest point and are ready to tumble over the top of the staff in the world beyond and seek our fortunes. It took the notes of each of us to finish a lovely selection, and we hope that this masterpiece will long be remem- bered in dear M. H. S.