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THESEHHNQCLHSS CLHSS H On 1 bright September morning in nineteen hundred md forty three the dumbest fresh men th rt ever entered the portals of old Ashe boio High stumbled into the luditorium wsut ing for some guiding stir to ttlte the responsi rooms Most of the uppercltssmen insisted on cilling us green horns but the fact that we couldnt find our classes md were scared too stiff to speak in study hlll was no reason to say we were green We soon got into the high school routine and by the end of the year we felt we were duly qualified to be sophomores the next C ll' At the beginning of our sophomore year we lost Mr Turner who went into essential war work Good fortune was ours and we were able to secure Mr McLeod for our superintendent Now we felt as if we were yeterans in Asheboro El SS IIHIIIHIS Merton Branson P1 e lldellf Etrl Cole V14 e Pi eizdenl tnie Presnell Sea refary Earl Hogan 1 femme: LLAS5 H OWI R White Carnation CLASS COLORb Blue md Wluite CLAbS MOTTO To the strrs through difficulty ISTOHY High School This year the upperclassmen had changed our name from green freshmen ti silly sophomores Not wanting to disappoint them we hyed up to the name they had given us We giggled in cllss tried to skip study hall many boners as our lame brains could afford We took more interest in sports and supported our teams with hearty yells Near the end of our sophomore year those who had by some means managed to make an average of eighty tiye were invited to yom that dignified organization the Beta Club We didnt mind being laughed at on initiation day because we knew that some day our time would Come to giye the orders Because of the addition of the twelfth grade there were no juniors during our sophomore v . , . ll i K A ' ' L . i 4 1 A I A V I K ,, I - ,. . I y I . V ,J . . ' , 5- . ' L ' ' 3 fy ' , y . ' , . , . ' I ' ' S ' A 4 ' Q2 1' ' ' I- i i ai , i S ' I ' , bility' of depositing us in our respective home- wrote notes to our Sweethearts, and pulled as ' A A' a ' 4 'i ' ' . J A I 1 A I ' 1 , ' ' ' . . K , , 7 A i B v V , 7 K Y V I 7 Y Y - - . , . . ,, . , y,x . . ' I W A V I . . . - K Y, , E- . Y , Y . 2 x- I A , Y v I -1- A, . Y . -4 V . - ' . . , Y 1. r , - ' V V V ' 1 ' A '
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THUSE STUDENTS RETURHIIWG EROTU SERVICE Fnfl R014 le I lo ll lat E C Cox ohnny Myers Lewis Campbell Ben Humble Pete H111 o Serofzd Rau Max Nance Walter Clodfelter Harold McRae Merton Branson Gordon Davis o Third Ieflll Earl Cole Dexter Bulll C A Irye Chirles Russell Max Morgan o Foznlh R011 Ervin Comer Clmton Macon H11 Pullnm 23 . , .U . 1 A ' - - a a s 9 ' I ' 7 Y 1 9 - '. ,. , 2, . . , 4, . . , L . , , . ,, , , . . . , , , 4 . .
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