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

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oe I Wx L all Hearing the drone of airplanes, I discovered two former classmates returning in their airplanes to spend their holidays in Newton. They were Doris Moser, famous amateur aviatrix, and Bill Lefevers, who belongs to the Army Air Corps. I noticed Jean Corpening on the New York stage, playing the part of Juliet. In Hollywood, Gilbretta Furr was working as stand-in for Ginger Rogers. Over at Blackburn, I saw the following employed as teachers: Annie Kaylor, Home Economics teacher, Vivian Allen, Public Speaking teacher, Martha Beatty, English teacher, and Elise Carter, French teacher. Observing someone engaged as owner of a large plantation in Porto Rico. I found that it was Senor Buddy Yount. Also quite a distance from home, I saw Dot Steele vacationing in Hawaii. and Kat Schrum, one of a very few women ambassadors, in France. On the outskirts of Newton appeared three large farms. One was owned by Felix Austin, another by Burton Reitzel, and the last was a chicken farm owned by Forrest Long. A number of progressive business men were established at Startown: Ever- ette Long was running the Gold Star Grocery Company-a very large concern: Frank Caldwell was editing a big newspaper, The Startotun Observer: Sidney Schrum was the manager of the new telegraph ofHce: Wade Sigmon was pro- prietor of the Town Pharmacy: and Bobby Ervin was manager of the Imperial Picture Show. Mr. Jimmie Isenhower, former big league ball player, and Mrs. Isenhower, the former Miss Mary Hester Clark, were buying tickets for a cruise to Havana on the steamship line Torador, owned by Alvin McGill. Then I discovered Sam Moose, world famed lawyer, addressing the students of Harvard University, where I saw Henry Deal and Sam Mauney, both out- standing professors, listening attentively in the audience. At her country estate, Dot Morrison, certified Public Accountant, was rest- ing while off work, reading the best selling novel, Off with the Breeze, which was written by Martha Capps. Over in the Ritz School for Girls on College Avenue, Lee Annah Power, dietitian, was talking to the dean, Floy Sipe. Shifting my gaze, I saw Bobby Gaither, owner of United Cotton Mills. in his office, talking to Farrell Gilbert, who just returned from playing the leading role in Barefoot Boy. Also in Mr. Gaither's oflice was J. C. Rudisill. his attorney. As my vision began to fade, I saw Dot Arndt doing work as a stenographer for a large corporation in Pumpkin Center. Freidrick Simmons was preaching at the Conover Baptist Church, and out in Texas, Charles Lutz was purchasing cattle for his dairy. The last people I saw were A. D. Harrison, Charles Patterson, and Joe Hendrix, who were at work in Baltimore. Charles Patterson was engaged in painting a duplicate of his famous picture The Red Main, while a few blocks away A. D. Harrison and Joe Hendrix were instructing pupils at their physical development school. As the sun disappeared from the calendar, I returned to realization and' beheld the date no longer as 1949 but 1939. FRANCES CLIFTON, Class Prophet. Page Twenty Cdlfdllilidf J39

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-no, B I s, In . M :Nmmd,aS . XS SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY As I gazed intently at my calendar, I was blinded by the bright sun coming through the window, and I began to feel dizzy. Many pages seemed to fall off the calendar until I saw 1949 written on it. Then I began to see all my former classmates and what they were doing. At his mansion in Washington, Senator Charles Zioncheck Brady was being interviewed by reporters. In the broadcasting station ICU, Newton, Joe Hilton, radio comedian, was talking to Lorraine Hickman, conductor of the children's hour, while the Lone Prairie Boys, Hurshell Cordell and Herbert Deal were on the air for XKL chocolate covered headache tablets. At New York, a number of former students were engaged in the largest beauty parlor in the world. They were Jerolyne Arndt, Mable Brady, Jeanette Hunsucker, Lucilla McRee. Charlotte Jones, Hazel Jones, and Pearlene Hun- sucker. I saw two girls, Evelyn Eckard and Naomi Horn, on a luxurious liner, bound for a trip around the world. As I looked, my eyes became fastened on a marvelous construction, the new Conover High School, where the following people were instructors: Elizabeth Morrison, was teaching Home Economics, Sudie Brady was teaching Civics, Frankie Hunsucker was teaching English, and Murel Hoyle was Librarian. I found a number of changes in the business section of Newton: There was a new five and ten-cent store owned by Josephine Hilton: Vivian Settlemyre was erecting a hotel next to Belk-Brumley Company, where Alma Wagoner and Dorothy Furr worked as models: Andrew Cochrane was the prosperous owner of the Park Club Bowling Alley , and Fred Wellborn was managing the Park Avenue Cafe. A few former students were contributing to the sports world. Joe Smith was a professional football player for the California Orange Devils: Richard Tucker was employed as an A.P. Sports Writer: at Notre Dame, J. D. Corriher held the position of head coach: Joe Schell had won the international tour? Luther Clark was playing baseball for the New York Cardinals: Harold Sigmon, the speed demon, had won fifty races, and Irma Cline was coaching basketball at Gyama. At Jack Yount's nightclub, The Silver Swing, located at Maiden, I saw Jesse Sigmon, orchestra leader, and his wife, the former Miss Margaret Cline. I located Dr. Jim Yount and the following nurses at the Catawba General Hospital: Merle Smith, head nurse, Marjorie Huitt, Edith Redfern, Mary Hewitt, and Hazel Smyre, assistants. I saw William Isbell, a successful Chicago business man, dictating to his secretary, Helen Herman. ' Out in Arkansas, Bobby Reinhardt, prominent farmer and hog raiser, was stroking his pet hog, Lily Belle. Page Nineteen I Ca11fr1'z'11rzl 339

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89 5 lil i M l ll Nwfiv xx SENIOR CLASS WILL We. the Senior Class of '39 ol' Newton High School, having come to the end of our glorious I--Iigh School career, do hereby make public our last will and testament, wherein our records, talents and achievements will not be lost or forgotten. To the School Board. the superintendent. and the faculty, we the class of '39 do hereby express our greatest thanks and appreciation for their great kindness in rendering unto us their aid, service and guidance. through our stay in Newton High School. To the Juniors, we do leave our responsibility and privileges and Our end of the hall. To the Sophomores, we do leave our manners, grown-up ways and our dignity. To the Freshmen, we leave all our wise cracks, many dopy ways and best wishes for their future. To the individuals and to lower classmates we leave our personal talents as follows: I. Dot Arndt, do hereby will and bequeath my friendliness to my sister Grace. To Jinkie Deese. I. Vivian Allen, do leave all my boy friends in school. I, Felix Austin. do leave my long legs to Joe Arndt. I, Frank Caldwell, do hereby will and bequeath my dignilied ways to the Freshmen boys so they won't give Mr. Clapp any trouble. We, Charles Brady and Buddy Yount, do hereby will and bequeath our wit to Harper Cilley and Mr. Reeves. We, Everett Long, Bill Lefevers, Harold Sigmon and Charles Franklin Lutz, do leave our parking places in front of the school building to be sold to the highest bidder. We. Martha Beatty and Sam Mauney. do hereby will and bequeath, our scholastic talents to Andy Warlick and Martha .lean Setzer. We, Margaret Cline and Irma Cline, do hereby will and bequeath our position on the basketball team to Barbara Sigmon and Evelyn Long. I, Mary Hester Clark. do leave to Edith Reinhardt my ability to attract young men. We, Joe Schell and Farrell Gilbert and Elise Carter, do hereby will and bequeath our red hair to Inez Wilson. We, Pete Cochran and Bobby Ervin, do hereby will and bequeath our love to go to Hickory to Horace Yount and Farel Warlick. To John Henry Isenhower, I, Wade Sigmon, do hereby will and bequeath my beard. I, Sam Moose, do hereby will and bequeath my blue eyes and curly hair to Herman Burns. I, Joe Smith, do leave to Earl Bost, my ability to eat in Sociology class and get by with it. To Gerald Deal, I, J. C. Rudisill. do leave my huge popularity. We, Dot Morrison and Kat Schrum. do leave to Evelyn Smyre and Cecile Rowe, our ability to play basketball and also make excellent grades. I. Joe Hendrix, do will and bequeath my ability to play football to Haywood Martin. I. Bobby Gaither, do hereby will and bequeath my job as manager of the basketball team to Bill Warlick. I, Jim Yount. do leave my ambition to raise chickens to Andy XVarlick. I, William Isbell. do will and bequeath my ability to get French to Archie Butler. We, Herbert Deal and Freidrick Simmons, do will and bequeath our ability to bum to Conover to Lewis Setzer and Sherrod Williams. I, Fred Wellborn. do leave my position in the Safety Patrol to Pete Lawing. We, Merle Smith and Vivian Settlemyre. do will and bequeath our shortness to Evelyn Moose. I, Henry Deal, do hereby leave my love for Barbara Reinhardt to Bobby Powell. We, Luther Clark and A. D. I-Iarrison, do hereby will and bequeath our baseball ability to the up-coming Freshmen. I, Martha Capps, do hereby will and bequeath my beautiful voice to Helen Raymer. To Louise Honeycutt. I. Elizabeth Morrison, do will and bequeath my quiet ways. Page Twenty-one , Cmfafzrml 339,