Norwood High School - Norwoodian Yearbook (Norwood, NC)

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CLASS PROPHECY Gerald Hutchinson— Prophets— Jewell Randall Listen, oh ye ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys and little children. Listen all ye people of Norwood to the words of wisdom from the lips of your prophets. We now take a trip on our magic carpet. Rise, magic carpet advance us five years and bring us to the year of 1952. Show us where our dear classmates will be. With our magic binoculars we can see through even the thickest concrete walls. Look, I see our only blonde-haired boy of the Senior Class. This is none other than Robert Fowler. He is in Duke University studying to be a doctor. We are sure he will succeed and be one of the greatest. I look again, and I see a large gym and a large crowd. Everyone has turned out for the Final Basketball Tourna- ment between the two great colleges. The coach for the girls is none other than Jo Mabry. What? Yes, it ' s true, another Mabry. Libby, better known as Red, or Miss Norwood High. She is a ' druggist in Winston-Salem where she ' s making both fame and fortune in her chosen profession. There ' s Marvin Thompson, Jr., the editor of The Ram- bler. Our carpet flutters. It is uncertain. Is he a great journalist or is he the President of The First National? Following him we see him seat himself at an editor ' s desk in Time ' s Square, New York City. Though you were dying he ' d make you laugh. That ' s one of our bus drivers, Kenneth Poplin, Soggy to us. He ' s progressing along nicely as civil engineer at present engaged in constructing paved roads of all the school bus routes in Stanly County. No longer can the excuse be, We got stuck in the mud. Here is Leona Matthews whose ambition was to be a house-wife. She has a great possibility because she already is a good cook, having served for several years as head of the school lunch personnel at Norwood. Here is Winson Hannah, who is an overseer in Collins and Aikman where he is a big success. Again the carpet flutters, but it manages to bring out dimly but surely the prophecy. Now we see Bobbie McSwain riding a new Farm-all tractor, a farmer representing the back-bone of our nation, helping to feed America. The next person to appear before the prophet is Boyd Hopkins. We see him as he stands before a great congre- gation of people in the city auditorium of Chicago, pointing them to the higher things of life. We wish him great suc- cess in his future oratorical work as a platform lecturer on timely topics. Another Hopkins, but it ' s a girl Pauline, the fair lady of the day, is seen by the prophets after she has finished her business training and is doing the work of a private secretary to the president of the United States. Gerald, of all things, I see you — What a man! Look at that new Pontiac you have. It ' s a wonder. He has almost finished his doctor ' s training and will soon hang out the shingle; Dr. Hutchinson, Heart Specialist. Jewell, who is that nice looking guv that ' s escorting you down the street? You ' re working in a bank From all we hear, wedding bells will ring soon. Don ' t get alarm- ed. Remember, folks, that ' s in ' 52. Well, if it isn ' t Ruth Atkinson who graduated from Appalachian State College, and who is now a historv teacher in Magellan High School, Miami, Florida. Now Carl Hathcock, an ex-sailor, our six-foot-four of the Senior Class of ' 47 comes into vision. He ' s married now to his girl of the Junior Class. ™ r °J} ' l Betty Shankle working as a hair stvlist for M-G-M, Hollywood. What a cowboy. This is none other than John Ray Mabry. our ex-soldier. He loves Texas, but where is the cow girl? Look out. It will be a crash. No, it ' s none other than Anne Cooper coming in on her new Ford. It ' s a beauty! She travels at fast speed in order to serve her mam- patients who call her their beloved Dr. Cooper. Next is Mrs. Rendy Blalock, Lucy Jane to us. We know she will be a success in her married life; that her house by the side of the road will be a friendlv house. Now we catch a glimpse of that house with Lucv standing in the doorway welcoming callers who are none other than Seniors of ' 47. Wake up, that ' s James Lee Wright, sleeping on his job, just like he did in school. Now he is a great singer with the Metropolitan Opera and is a very happy man in his musical career. Here ' s another Mabry, but it ' s Reid. He ' s a successful business man in Charlotte. He owns and manages the most up-to-date men ' s haberdashery. Last, but not least of the girls is Mildred Bowers, and she does look wonderful. She is a medical secretary for a grand Doctor in John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. There is our last boy of the Senior Class, the twelfth boy. He ' s ex-sailor, Frank Wright, who held us spell bound as he related his travels in World War Two. We see him commanding a great merchant ship on his way to Shanghai, China. That ' s all, folks. Down, magic carpet, take us to 1947, to our beloved Seniors on the dear stage of Norwood High. POEM By Anna Belle Coopek We the Seniors of forty-seven Through the classes of one and eleven Spent our time in laughter and fun Until we realized our careers had begun. Now, pure as the rose we try to be, That all our underclassmen may see. Today as the years before us roll. We ' re trying to reach the highest goal. CLASS SONG (Tunc: Just a Prayer Away) By Boyd Hopkins As the waves before us roll, It makes us think of our dear guides. They have led us through thus far, And we ' ve almost reached our goal. We are Seniors now. but it won ' t be long ' Till our guides will give us our boats; Then our hearts will sing, For it means one thing: We ' ll be ready to start our career. As the waves before us cease, We can say the words Well Done. Page Ten

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JUNIORS Leon Snuggs Charles Byrd Dorothy Blalock Bobby Simpson Page Nine

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TENTH GRADE OFFICKRS President Clyde Mabry Vice-President Connie Lee Secretary-Treasurer Mary Alice Harris Center — Roy Lee Blaloek. First row, left to right — Ruth Sims. Betty Jo Traywick, Olee Poplin, Rosa Lefler, Sudie Corbett, Mary Alice Harris, Jane Poplin. Second row — Aileen Mclntyre, Ruth Swaringen, Anna Carol Johnson, Rachel Blaloek, Connie Lee, Aileen Livingston. Third row — Martha L ou Poplin, Betty Lamb, Ruth Dennis, Lesca Hopkins, Peggy Morgan, Nancy Lanier. Fourth row — Frank Dennis, P. L. Dry. W. D. Harris. Fred Eury, Jeter Lee, Noah Simpson. Fifth row— Billy Hutch- inson. Clyde Mabry, Charles Snuggs, Billy Crump, Carl Luther, Lamar Lent?.. Sixth row — Daniel Lowder, Travis Mabry. Ab- sent — Hazel Blaloek and Mary Ross Whitley. NINTH GRADE OFFICERS President Kenneth Pope Vice-President Bobby Ray Hinson Secretary James Morgan Treasurer Jane Snuggs First row. left to right- Faye Holton. Betty Ruth Baldwin, Janie Snuggs. Bobby Jean Watson, Bobby Jean Smith, Sarah Small. Second row — Elsie Capel, Nancy Lowder, Josephine Morgan, Myra Hinson, Geraldine Blaloek, Nell Byrd. Third row — Lucy Ann Still, Ann McKay Lefler, Carol Hancock, Bonnie Curtis, Jean Cooper, Mary Lee Turner. Fourth row — Carl Thornburg. Baxter Smith. Bobby Holcomb. Johnny Lefler. Loyd Simpson, Max Howell. Fifth row — Grady Lefler, Kenneth Pope, Bruce Deese, Jennings Hathcock. Sixth row — Charles Parker, C. B. McManus. Bobby Ray Hinson, Raymond Fowler. Absent — C. H. Biles. A. J. Hutchinson, George Ivey, James Morgan, Doyal Richardson, Mary Lee Turner, Clara Wilhoit, Troy Car- riker, William Stewart, Thelma Dry, Bob Henderson. MUSIC CLASS Director, Mrs. J. B. Bullock Page Eleven