Troutman High School - Hi Way Yearbook (Troutman, NC)

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STATISTICIAN'S REPORT I, Frankie Henkel, having traveled around the world on the back of a turtle, have never in all of my travels seen nor heard of a group so outstanding as the Senior Class of 1951. They are the most intelligent, the best looking and the most remarkable class ever to graduate, not only from Troutman High School, but from any school any where. The majority of this sagacious class are eighteen years old. The average height, decreased somewhat by the small- ness of Wilma Crouch and Doris Blackwelder, is said' to be 5'6 , while we tip the scales at 126 pounds. Peering be- neath the shaggy manes of blonde or brown, one may be- hold either blue or green-eyed monsters. There is as wide a diversity in the tastes of our class as there is in physical appearance. Although a variety of sports is enjoyed, basketball and football take the lead. The favorite pets are dogs, cats, and horses, Billy Fuzz Nes- bit, however, has time only for women. Pete Plyer and Sheldon Murdock think june Allyson and Betty Grable are tops in the movie field, while jo Ann Kerr and Addie Mae Robinson swoon over any male movie star, especially Farley Granger and William Holden. joyce Crews and Audrey Loftin have as their favorite hobbies-dating and reading, the other members of the class have hobbies from collecting miniatures to hunting. Favorite classes-Econo- mics, English, and Shorthand-are attended almost every- day by some of the Seniors. Three of us even take El Espanol. After taking a poll of club activities, I have found the Library Club, Booster Club, Dramatics Club, F. I-I. A., F. F. A., and Beta Club being honored by Seniors. As for means of transportation, Fords and Oldsmobiles take the lead, with Chevrolets running a close third. The title of the most popular band goes to Ralph Flannigan, although The Old Maids seem to prefer Hill- billy Bands. Date and Dance Time, Music by Request, and the Lone Ranger were voted favorite radio programs. While listening to these programs-or at any other time- the class will eat anything: shrimp, pickles, and fried chicken being first choice. Of the many interesting ambitions the following are the most outstanding: To be elected' president, Billy Cansler .........,. Jo Ann Kerr ........................................ To get a man joan Harrington ........ To be elected Mrs. America. Madeline Collins ............................ To play baseball Clinton Clontz ....... ..,... . .... T o get married. Yours Truly ......,.........,........... To finish this report. In spite of these ambitions, however, some very fine- nurses, housewives, farmers, statesmen, politicians, and musicians should come from this class. In witness thereof, I have set my hand and seal here to the Report of the Statistician, hoping that you will never forget the many wonderful contributions we have made. We, the members of the Graduating Class of 1951 of Troutman High School, on this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred fifty- one, having passed through twelve years of learning and being, supposedly, of sound minds and bodies with full understanding of our knowledge, but reflecting on the un- certainties of our mortal existence, do order, publish, and declare this report. Marian Frank Henkel Statistician Sally Bethepzeba H. Cuddles Snodgrass

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The warm room and the whispering rain made it difficult for me to keep my mind on the story that I was trying to write. Soon I could keep my eyes open no longer-and instead of sitting in my office in Nashville with typewriters jangling and phones ringing, l'm back in Troutman, North Carolina, but what a changed place! Instead of the small country village it was ten years ago it is now a bustling metropolis. Seeing the site of the old school building, where now stands a huge Public Library, brings back memories of my school days at Troutman High School. john Hopkins, and Anna Ostwalt and Addie Mae Robinson run the Cash-over Hotel. As we fly, I go up front to talk with Bobby Edwards, the pilot. He and Thelma, our class beauty, now have twin girls- the image of their mother,'L.he proudly announces. Nancy meets me at the airport, and on the way to her apartment she tells me that Anna and Addie Mae and husbands are on a world cruise and that Carolyn Brawley is now married and living in San Francisco, where her husband is commander of the western fleet. Joyce Crews, with her syrupy Southern accent, is the rage ls that Mary Alice Compton coming out of the library? I thought she was in Europe on a concert tour. It is Mary Alice. What luck finding her here! After greetings have been made, we fall to discussing our school days and our classmates. Joe Ann Kerr CMary Alice tells mel is now in Washington, D. C., sec- retary to the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is hard to picture joe Ann in such a secretive business. From Mary Alice I also learned that crim- inals are almost obsolete in Trout- man since Sheldon Murdock is Chief of Police and Thomas Myers is a crack detective em- ployed by the city. Joan Har- rington now lives in Statesville where L. J. owns the Statesville Laundry. Leaving Mary Alice, I call a taxi. Kenneth Arthurs, another classmate of '51 is drivingg and we have an interesting tour of the old home town. When I arrive at the Manning Building, I ask a pert little secretary if I may see the President of the Air- X , 5 ,.-1 f A I K , rl ,Y T iff - ' If M l ll: ' K .. f tmlpfff , I N 1 , f N. X , Ox' 1 - rg 'V s as ' 'Z 0 -s r ' 'vis'-if S f Ng A xu N Af' Sax, k fnaf N . -L f A 5 .1 . ' , , xx f ll Rh J x K f ' W limi- of Hollywood and Virginia Parker is teaching English at the University of Pennsylvania. Nancy and I are sitting and talking of by-gone days when the tele- phone rings. What a welcome voice! It is ludrey Loftin. I had heard that she is living in Buenos Aires. She tells us that our intelligent gal, Frankie Henkel, is in line for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Nancy and I decide to go to Washington to see Joe Ann Kerr and Bill Bryan Cansler, Secretary of Agriculture. Billy Bryan is busy when we arrive but upon finding that ir is a couple of classmates, he takes time to see ns. We tell him what we have learned about the other members of our ciss, ind he adds that Bill Vandeford now owns a chain of theaters in and around New York and that Leonard Plylet is an in- surance salesman in Brooklyn. Furthermore, he remembers that he has an unopened letter from Louise Pryor in the morning mail. Reading it, we find that she and Norris are living in Texas and line. The secretary is none other than Mrs. David Burrell-the former Wilma Crouch-and surprise of surprises-who is sit- ting behind the shiny mahogany desk but Billy Fuzz Nesbit. Talking with MISTER Nesbit, I learn that Pete Plyler, Bobby Edwards, and Ralph Perry are three of his ace pilots, and that Bobby Mills is lredell County Farm Agent, with Clinton Clontz as his able assistant. After much deliberation, I decide to fly to Baltimore where Nancy Stewart is making a name for herself as head nurse of making a fortune in oil, and that she has seen Doris and Jerry when they came through Texas going to Arizona for the winter. A telephone is ringing. Why doesn't one of Billy's secretaries answer it. Automatically I reach for the instrument. Oh! I'm back in the office and that is my phone ringing. Anyway it was a pleasant dream and I've seen the future of the Senior Class of 1951. MADELINE COLLINS Class Prophet

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State of North Carolina City of Troutman County of Iredell Township of Fallstown SCHOOL OF TROUTMAN We, the Senior Class of 1951, being of sound minds and bodies, being mindful of the benefits we secured here, would like to bestow them upon those people who are left. We do make this our LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. ARTICLE I To our principal, Mr. Carl Litaker, we leave our thanks and appreciation for his untiring contributions in our behalf. To Miss Tabor, our class sponsor, we leave our gratitude for her guidance through our four years in high school. To Mrs. Lee Brown we leave our thanks for her aid in pre- paring some of us for a commercial career. To Mr. Poston we leave our formulas and broken test tubes as a remembrance of the class of '5l. To Mr. Freeze we leave our hope that he will have less trouble in teaching future book- keeping classes the difference be- tween debits and credits. To Miss Martin we leave our hopes that she will recover from the effects of her sixth period world geography class. To Miss Miller we leave the .. sonality to Ruth Deaton. I, Louise Pryor, do will and bequeath my love for tall, dark, and handsome boys to Shirley Holcomb. I, Clinton Clontz, do will and bequeath my shyness and quiet ways to Billy Rimmer. I, Mary Alice Compton, do will and bequeath my many' different talents to Sara Whitener. I, Bob Mills, do will and bequeath my frankness and talkative- ness to any Junior boy who thinks he can get by with it. I, Madeline Collins, do will and bequeath my love for base- ball players Cespecially the Mooresville teamj to Betty Sherrill. I, Virginia Parker, do will and bequeath my ability as cheer- leader to Maxine Wilhelm. I, Doris Blackwelder, do will and bequeath my ability to laugh at anything in world geography to Frank Robbins. I, Wilma Crouch Burrell, do will and bequeath my title as most courteous to Bertha Ann Ballard. 1 1--i 1 cs ime' Z Ei lrlaasl W lllxhfv -If 2 I r baby clothes that we made in - ,. J I, Joyce Crews, do will and be- queath my cheerfulness to Jean Eller. I, Frankie Henkel, do will and bequeath my intelligence to Joe White. I, Billy Kim Nesbit, do will and bequeath my athletic ability to jim Wise. home economics and the messes A S 5 : l I, Ralph Perry, do will and we made in the kitchen. 6 gl bequeath my willingness to co- To Mr. Kurowski we leave our 3 f f ,, operate to Ernest Sipes. thanks for making ours a better I 9 5 I E N -1 ZX AL I, Sheldon Murdock, do will' basketball team. : 5 A KL and bequeath my good manners To Miss Brosius we leave our -H T to jimmy Brawley. fond appreciation for all she ff.-R-xx . 1, Thelma Da,-f Edwards, do taught us in glee club. Q- -I rf ' -. gig? V will and bequeath my good looks To Mrs. Moore we leave our an ff , N :,n'V4'i'XN to Roberta Goforth. glratitiiide for the interest she il f 41' I, I' I' I, Alma Ostwalty do Wm and 5 owe m uf as Ccysponsor dur' f'xflY'Qf15'f'i I bequeath my intense interest in mg our Junior Year' 2.2. Jw' V, the boys in the service to Shirley To Mr. Vance we leave all of l A 3 Eades- the unusual furniture we made ll - dana -Qlylinn. . . . -.4-,Z s- ' Q I, Addie Mae Robinson, do in the shop. ... . 4. 7? , , ARTICLE H , as , t 1 will and bequeath my reasoning 'if QLA--A'-'T ability to Norma Sue Coley. To the Freshmen we leave our books, notes, and knowledge in is hopes that they won't have to study so hard. To the Sophomores we leave our best wishes that they will have an easier time in school than we did. ARTICLE III I, Audrey Loftin, do will and bequeath my love for music to Mary Frank Brown. I, Billy Bryan Cansler, do will and bequeath my title as most likely to succeed to William Troutman. I, Carolyn Brawley, do will and bequeath my popularity to Mary Alice Alley. I, Bill Vanderford, do will and bequeath my position as only boy in shorthand class to Wayne Smith, providing he can endure them. I, Joe Ann Kerr, do will and bequeath my love for Mitchell boys to Billie Cress Sherrill. I, Nancy Stewart, do will and bequeath my winning per- I, Bobby Edwards, do will and bequeath my wit to Ted Templeton. I, James Plyler, do will and bequeath my school bus to Hubert Parker. I, Kenneth Arthurs, do will and bequeath my quiet man- ner to Lilly Horton. I, Thomas Myers, do will and bequeath my ability to sleep in economics to any junior who wants to take the risk. And finally I, Joan Harrington, having been authorized and delegated by the Senior Class to write this Last Will and Testa- ment, set my hand and affix my seal on this, the twenty second day of May in the Year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty one. JOAN HEFNER HARRINGTON Class Lawyer. WITNESSES: Evil Eyes Scarface