Newton Conover High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Newton, NC)

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TI-IE CARDINAL Nm 0 it . ,af l Rebecca Everhart has been sent to the Toluca School for Mental Defectives. Clyde Hunsucker. prominent Catawba County farmer. is conducting a program for the Farmers' Association against the new agricultural tax. Ollo Clark has been employed by Coley's Florist Shop as head of the designing department. .lack Barringer has been commissioned as lst Lieutenant in the U. S. Army. Mrs. McRee tthe former Miss Ocoee Sigmonl has gone to visit her husband who is employed in New Orleans, Louisiana. Milton Sharpe has been transferred from Midstate Cloth Mill No. 13 to No. 23. Dot l.ong. president of the U. D. C. has gone to the convention which is being held in Charleston. S. C. Lloyd Coley. multi-millionaire. has made another fortune from his Get Rich Quick Bonds. Robert Cochran. well known Catawba farmer, has gone to Washingt'on, D. C. to speak before the Farmers' National Convention. Mildred Austin has opened a reducing school in Cats Square. l.uther McRee. well known track star. has won the 500 meter race held in St. Pauls, N. C. Miriam Shuler has opened a night club on 5th Avenue, Connelly Springs, N. C. livelyn Crowe. famous blues singer, has gone to sing before t'he Crown heads of Europe. Bertie Jones. socialite of Sweetwater. N. C. has become engaged to Mr. Tweedlebaum of New York City. . Joel Simmons. pride of Conover. N. C., has entered the Golden Gloves Contest, as a conf testant in the light-weight division. Pauline Hunsucker won lirst place in Major Bowes' program. She impersonated Minnie Mouse. Howard Young has been appointed overseer of the northern route of the Charlotte Observer. Charlene liisher has gone to Catfish to open a training school for men who are inter- ested in mixing cocktails. l-enna Faw won honorable mention at the beauty contest held in Newton. N. C. Forrest Lingerfelt. well known story teller over W. J. I. B. is spending her vacation at her home in Newton. Iivelyn Bolick has opened a dancing school in Conover. N. C. Elizabeth Yount. famous milliner, has gone to Paris to secure some new fashions. Arthur Yount has gone to Europe to study the chemical reaction of acid with a secret formula he has just discovered. Frances Raymer has opened a chain of dentist oliices in Asheville. N. C. Edith Gilbert has received her training as a nurse at the Toluca School for Mental Defectives. Grace Hunsucker has appeared before the Conover Women's Club as a model for the Marseille Clothing Store. Hattie Bolick has gone to Italy to study art. Dorothy Huffman has opened a rest home for mental cases in Newton. Annie Rae Hewitt has accepted a position as waitress in the Newton Cafeteria. While my friend was giving this information. it brought back old memories of the class of '36. I left for Australia the next day. feeling that all my dreams had come true. GEORGE HICKS, Class Prophet. Page Seventeen ETEEN THIRTY-SIX

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J ,Ge 'Q' THE CARDINAL WW 6 will .. ! if-,qi y SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY While I was in Australia in 1946 doing natural research work, l received a cablegram stating that the Senior Class of 1936 would hold a reunion in New York. June l-3. I arrived in New York two weeks after the time appointed. therefore. did not atrend the reunion. While I was there I met one of my old classmates, who told me the following: Wilburn Hunsucker has established a trucking service between Newton. North Carolina and New York. Isabel Cline. prominent George White Scandals star. has just finished her new picture Gold Diggers of l946. Helen Mullinax has opened a beauty salon in Oyama. N. C. Bobby Cochran famous editor of the Startown Gazette. has gone abroad to spend the summer. Jim Cochran won the championship in the national hog calling contest. Leander Morrison has been made president of the Ridgeview Hosiery Mills. Allen Lee Setzer, international speed clemon, has won nrst place in the Indianapolis, Indiana. races held at Billy Price is now scrubbing decks on the U. S. S. Arizona. Charles Turner is a candidate for office in the North Carolina legislature. Billy Schell has opened a chain of flour mills throughout the middle west. Macon Epps has entered the air races held at Cleveland, Ohio. Arthur Lackey has opened a service station on East l33rd Street. Conover, N. C, Ellen Clifton. famous artist, has accepted a position to teach art at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. Virgil Martin has gone to South Africa in search of prehistoric fossils. Carl Hewitt has opened a chain of hot dog stands in Highland, N. C. Fred Horn has signed a contract to furnish and install the plumbing in the new Post Office building which is being erected in Newton. Walter Lackey was recently made manager of a Carolina store in Bridgewater, N. C. Walter Reinhardt has been head football coach for several years at the University of Oyama. Thelma Cox is being starred in the Metropolitan opera this season. Edgar Gurley created a sensation in the football world last fall. l-le played quarterback for t'he University of Illinois and wore a jersey bearing the number 77. Oscar Bolick has accepted a position as foreman in the Bolick concern. Juny Yount has signed a contract' as larsl baseman with the Oyama Cardinals. Ida Erbesfield has opened an exclusive chain of department stores in Atlanta, Georgia. John Guy. famous basketball star, has gone to Niagara Falls to spend his honeymoon. C. M. Beatty is spending a few days at home. I-le is a part of the Ringling Brothers Circus . . . . the world's fattest man. Ruby Love has opened a canary farm in Catawba, North Carolina. Candis Norris has been in Europe for several years, studying the economic and social con- ditions of the French people. Page Sixteen N E W T O N H I G H SCHOO

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08 THE CARDINAL wr li, ll 1 YB LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Class of 1936 of the Newton High School, do hereby make and declare this to be our last Will and Testament, in the form and manner as follows: To the superintendent, faculty and School Board. we hereby will and bequeath a most sincere expression of gratitude for the many hours spent in preparing us for the unknown road, which we are now entering at the end of this school year. To the community as a whole, we hereby will and bequeath our appreciation for making this school system possible and for the whole-hearted support given us in our student activities. To the Junior Class. we hereby will and bequeath our Senior privileges, our Senior dignity. the key to the candy room and our success with the Hi4Life and CARDINAL. To the Sophomore Class, we leave the carvings on the desks, chairs and tables. To the Freshman Class. we leave the ambition we had to make ours the best all-round class to graduate from N. H. S. In order that our individual talents may not be lost, we will as follows: 1-I. Juny Yount. hereby will and bequeath to Buddy Yount. the left-hand rattle in the rumble seat of my A-model. l Z-I, Allen Lee Setzer, hereby will and bequeath to Phillip Moose my ability to make a noise. 3-l, Milton Sharpe, hereby will and bequeath to Franklin Deal my ability to work and to attend school regularly. 4-I, Billy Price, hereby will and bequeath to Blair Deal my attractiveness. 5-I. Ellen Clifton. hereby will and bequeath to Margaret Pace my pleasing personality. 6-I, Evelyn Bolick, hereby will and bequeath to Lura Abernethy my courteous ways. 7-I, Becky Everhart, hereby will and bequeath to Make Warlick my cheer-leading ability. 8-I. Virgil Martin, hereby will and bequeath to Gus Arndt my dignified ways. 9--I, George Hicks, hereby will and bequeath to John Miller my collection of nonsense, 10-I, Charles Turner, hereby will and bequeath to Fred Huffman my poetical ability. ll-I, Ollo Clark, hereby will and bequeath to my sister, Mary Hester, my curly hair. 12-I, Arthur Lackey, hereby will and bequeath to Robert Hewitt my originality. 13-I, Lloyd Coley, hereby will and bequeath to Billy Taylor my athletic ability. 14-I, Ida Erbesfield, hereby will and bequeath to Merle Smith my big feet. 15-I, John Guy, hereby will and bequeath to James Peepie Eller my height. 16-I. Jack Barringer, hereby will and bequeath to Carl Huffman my winning ways with the girls. l7-I, Ed Gurley, hereby will and bequeath to Clark Lehmon my cuteness. 18-I, Oscar Bolick, hereby will and bequeath to Robert lsenhour my front seat on the bus. 19-I, Walter Lackey, hereby will and bequeath to my brother, Paul, my love for the school. 20-We, Evelyn Crowe and Edith Gilbert, hereby will and bequeath to Sidney Schrum our quietness. 21-I. Luther McRee, hereby will and bequeath to Pete Moss my ability to run, 22-I. Billy Schell, hereby will and bequeath to Osborne Eckard my red hair. 23-I, Ruby Love. hereby will and bequeath to Louise Smith my originality. 24-I, Arthur Yount, hereby will and bequeath to Billy Self my knowledge of Physics. Z5-We, Joel Simmons and Howard Young. hereby will and bequeath to Hazel and Sara Bess Lackey our inseparable friendship. Page Eighteen NEWTON HIGH SCHO