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

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34. I, Betty Smith, do will and bequeath my place at the end of the lunch room line to some unlucky person. 35. I, Walter Drum, do will to Billy Gilbert four years of hard work in mathe- matics. 36. I, Fred Eckard, will to Sam Kincaid and Fred Patterson my ability to write poems. 37. I, Walter Corpening, leave my speed in typing to Frederick Setzer. 38. I, Johnny Huss, do hereby will to Harry Warlick my second chair in the cornet section. 39. I, Bill Rector, do will to Gene Hutchins my driving ability. 40. I, Martha Jean Herman, leave all my old memories of Claremont and Oxford to Phyllis Walling. 41. I, Peggy Lail, do hereby will my dark hair and eyes to Joyce Rockett. 42. I, Betty Jo Mauney, do will to my brother, Loy, my love for skipping school. 43. I, Lindsay Williams, leave my love for basketball to Marcus Rowe. 44. I, Ramona Sue Hillard, do will and bequeath my love for commercial studies to Rebecca Smith. 45. I, Gene Cochrane, do hereby will to Clyde Fortenberry my seat in Miss Shore's room for the next five years. 46. I, Margaret Infantino, do will to Dixie Spencer my ability to move rapidly. 47. I, Betty Pharr, do will my black hair and my love for French to Joyce Rockett. 48. I, Betty Jean Bolin, do hereby leave to Peggy Cline my basketball suit. 49. I, Lillian Hewitt, leave my seat in Miss Shore's room to Betty Misenheimer. 50. I, Louise Setzer, do will and bequeath to Sammy Ward my ability to be a cheerleader. 51. I, Gordon Ervin, do will my trumpet playing ability to William Smith and Louis Jarrett. 52. I, Peggy Arndt, do will and bequeath my position as Assistant Editor of the CARDINAL to whomever the next Editor chooses. 53. I, LaVerne Lefler, do will to Virginia Herman my black hair. 54. I, Ira Daniel, do will to John Long Herman my few brains. 55. I, Maxine Teague, do will my place in the Glee Club to my sister, Lorene. 56. I, Judeena Spencer, do hereby will to Dixie Spencer my expression of greeting, howdy. 57. I, Imogene Lawing, do will and bequeath to Tlieda Holler my love for basket- ball and position on the team. 58. I, Dorothy Holbrook, do will to my little sister, Betty, my love and affection Maiden. 59. I, Lillian Fowler, do leave to my loyal friend, Nancy Workman, my love for blue eyes. 60. I, Audrey Sims, do will to Millie Hewitt my ability to get to school on time. 61. I, Bettie Abernethy, do leave to Mary Lee Smyre, my red hair. 62. I, Robert Clarke, do hereby will and bequeath my Spanish book to whoever can find it, because I can't. 63. I, Jack Abernethy, will to John Lackey my position as tackle on the football team. 64. I, Grace Thorpe, do will to Dora Jean Melchor my loud giggle. 65. I, Mary Sue Yancey, do leave to Nethelee Williams my love for Jimmie's. 66. I, Millie Rose Taylor, do will to Helen Rose Sigmon my place as chief majorette. 67. I, Cecil Mae Thornburg, do hereby will and bequeath my first chair in the clarinet section to Eddie Stiles. 68. I, Jean Cline, do will my seat in advanced algebra class to my sister, Peggy. 69. I, George Reitzel, do will and bequeath to W. T. Lemons my seat in the Senior Class. 70. I, Troy Shook, do leave to Glenn McKinnis my personality. Signed, sealed, and declared by the Senior Class of 1947 to be its Last Will and Testament. SENIOR CLASS OF 1947, CECIL MAI: THORNBURG, Testator. Witnessed by: COLLEEN SPENCER, MARTHA JEAN HERMAN, AND GORDON ERVIN. Page Twenty-Iwo

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last will ant estament We, the Senior Class of '47 of Newton-Conover High School, knowing that we are .coming to the close of our High School days, want our possessions to be taken care of, and we do hereby declare this to be our Last Will and Testament: We leave to the Juniors, with pleasure, the Senior Store and Senior Play. We do will to the Sophomores the privilege of instructing the Freshmen in the ways and methods of the school. We do will and bequeath four years of hard work to the Freshmen. We leave our gratitude to all our teachers for all they have done for us during our High School days. Our individual belongings and talents are left as follows: 1. I, Mary Ellen Copeland, do hereby will and bequeath to Joe Epps my love for dramatics. 2. I, Kitty Jarrett, will my geometry book to Walter Holland. 3. I, Jack Holler, do will and bequeath my position as Dignified Senior to Carl Rector. 4. I, Audrey MacKay, do will my nose and blue eyes to Peggy Herman. 5. I, Edward Sigmon, do hereby will and bequeath to Eddie Ray Sigmon my ability to twirl a baton. 6. I, Linda Bass, do will and bequeath my seat in Shorthand to Frances Wilkie. 7. I, Bertie Watters, do will to Carroll Johnson my love for typing. 8. I, Rita Gamache, do will to Joe Epps my love for speaking in public. 9. I, Betty Rose Yount, do will and bequeath to Clem Sherrill my fickle ways. 10. I, Jo Ann Houk, do will and bequeath to Mabel Ann Pendleton my love for cutting stencils. 11. I, Betty Buff, will my brown eyes to whoever wants them. 12. I, Wayne Smith, do will and bequeath to Joe Ramseur my ability to give rubdcwns. 13. I, Mary Alice Brittain, will my love for English to Rachel Allen. 14. I, Jack Gantt, do will and bequeath to Edsell Griggs my bashful ways and horror of women. 15. I, Cyril Setzer, leave my position on the football team to Harry McRee. 16. I, Dorothy Thornton, do leave my laugh to whoever is crazy enough to want it. 17. I, Irene Hefner, do will and bequeath to Margie Nell Simmons my giggle-box. 18. I, Bobbie Honeycutt, do will my athletic ability to Joyce Rockett. 19. I, Carolyn Setzer, do will and bequeath to Priscilla Thornburg my love for boys. 20. I, Betty Killian, do will to Harold Saine my love for Lincolnton. 21. I, Lula Spencer, do will my seat in Shorthand Class to anyone who would like to have it. 22. I, Colleen Spencer, do hereby will and bequeath my studying to whoever may be trapped into it. 23. I, Betty Sigmon, do will my love for Shorthand to all the Shorthand students next year. 24. I, Doris Phillips, do will my place in the lunch room to whoever can have as much fun as I have had. h 25. I, Joe Spencer, leave my seat in English to Walter Holland if he ever gets t ere. 26. I, Lowren Furr, do will my English book to Clarence Sanders. 27. I, Hilda Spencer, do will and bequeath to Martha Nell Kaylor my Royal typewriter in Typing Class. 28. I, Faye Bettini, do will to Carl Rector my bass drum in the band, , 29. I, Marcie Jarrett, do will to Dora Jean Melchor my height. 30. I, Jeannine Hester, do will and bequeath my position on the basketball team to Betty Lou Balll 31. I, Shirley Hickman, do will and bequeath to Peggy Cline my position on the basketball team. 32. I, Betty Lee Harrison, do will to Joe Epps my teeth to use when he gets his knocked out playing football. 33. I, Jimmy Lutz, do will my basketball ability to Fred Patterson. Page Twenty-one

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Qenior lass rnpbetp For many months I have been working on a new invention. Finally. the other night I hit upon a great discovery-something that would revolutionize the world. It was a type of device that would show and tell what would be happening five years in the future. I snapped on the dial. A shrill voice came over the speaker and before me stood none other than the famous commentator, Robert Clarke. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let us look at the world today : Bill Rector, that famous racing daredevil, has now reached new heights after his historical plunge over 12 cars with his new iet-propelled racer. Jack Gantt and partner, Wayne Smith, have just been. secured by the Town of Newton to construct its mammoth Umpire Building where hundreds of business oflices will be located, Gene Cochrane, well known businessman, has hired several private. secretaries to help him take care of his tan mail. Some of them are: Jo Ann Houlc, Linda Bass, Lillian Fowler, Martha Jean Herman, Jeannine Hester, Shirley Hickman, Grace Thorpe, Judeena Spencer and Audrey Sims. Mary Ellen Copeland is currently starring in Dorothy Thornton's famous play, The Old Maid. XValter Drum has opened a reducing school in Conover. So far he hasn't been able to get much results himself but it has proved very successful for others. Betty Jean Bolin has been secured by Catawba College to coach basketball. Her assistant will be the well known basketball player, Miss Carolyn Setzer. Margaret Infantino will lecture tonight on The Advantages of Being a Nurse. She hopes to encourage more girls to go into this profession. Some of her likely prospects are Colleen Spencer and Betty Sigmon. Nurse Hilda Spencer will be her assistant. Lowren Furr has been promoted from paperboy to assistant manager of the Charlotte Observer, Lindsey Williams, multiniillionaire, has made another fortune from his Ideal Borrowing System. Gordon Ervin Clirnest Tubb, ID and his orchestra will make a personal appearance at the Armory Auditorium Friday night. Well known local playboy, Johnny Huss, will be one of the out- standing stars on the program. And now a word from our sponsors. Ladies,.the place to buy your new spring hat is Betty Lee's. Miss Harrison designs ber exclusive models Just for you-and now back to the news. I Maxine Teague, Betty Killian and Betty Jo Mauney have gone to New York to become Powers' motels. Millie Rose Taylor, famous blues singer, has gone to England to sing for the King and Queen. Fred Eclcard, that well known card shark, is vacationing in Miami this summer. Flash: An 855 pound baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Burns. Mrs. Burns is the former Miss Barbara Honeycutt, Peggy Lail, winner of the title, Miss North Carolina, will be in Atlantic City next week to compete for the title, Miss America. Her friend, Mary Alice Brittain, and press agent, Jack Hollar. will accompany her. Mrs. Harvey VVilkinson, Jr., Cthe former Miss Faye Bettinij was visiting her parents this week end. Irene Hefner has gone to Italy to further her study in art. Her private secretary, Betty Buff, went with her. Betty Smith, famous millincr, has gmt- to Europe to secure some new fashions. Doris Phillips has opened a rest home for mental eases from Newton and Conover. Professor Edward Sigmon and assistants, Jack Abernethy and Joe Spencer, have just returned from their expedition to Mars. ' Jimmy Lutz, that well known story teller over T. R. U. E., will spend the summer in Florida. Walter Corpening has just completed his suspension bridge from Frisco to Honolulu. The Newton-Conover school system has secured several new teachers for their fall semester. They are as follows: Imogene Lawing, Basketball Coachg Betty Abernethy, Home Economics Teaeherp LaVerne Lefler, French Teacher: Bertie Watters, Civics Teacher. Misses Marcie and Kitty Jarrett gave Mrs. Vilayne Smith fthe former Miss Peggy Arndtj a linen shower Friday. Lula Spencer has just finished her l,0O0tli recording on The Gift of Speech, Moving the dial once more I saw Private Cyril Sctzer peeling potatoes. Next I saw Mrs. Jimmy VVilIianis fthe former Mary Sue Yancey! in her home, washing baby clothes. Audrey MacKay came into the picture next, and she was telling Troy Shook and George Reitzel just exactly where to put the furniture they were carrying. She was holding some kind of plans- of course she is an interior decorator. Next I saw Dorothy I-Iolbrook, a beautician in Ivey's Beauty Salon. In the grocery store, Lillian Hewitt was buying groceries. Beside her stood her two little boys dressed in sailor suits. A bus whizzed by and who should be driving it? None other than Ira Daniel. His bus stopped and he picked up his sister-in-law. Mrs. Rav Daniel, the former Betty Pharr. As I looked in the C. P., I. saw Betty Rose Yount sitting in a booth, drinking a coke. In the telephone office, I saw Jean Cline working at the switchboard, Next I saw Cecil Mae Thoincburg teaching clarinet lessons in New York. 1 do believe I saw Chief Cheerleader Louise Setzer at the University of North Carolina. Just before the device brolse I saw the former Miss Ramona Sue Hillard driving her husbztnd's car down the street. ' To my great sorrow, I was unable totiix the machine, but while it was working it gave me a little preview of what would be happening in the future. As I was unable to see my own future, I guess it will have to remain a secret. RITA GAMACHE, Prophetess. Page Twenty-three