Flemington High School - Memories Yearbook (Flemington, WV)

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It wasn't many years ago We entered Flemington High, Just a bunch of green freshies, So small, scared and shy. The upper-classmen greeted us V i th lipstick and with cheers. But when we learned our way around. We laid aside our fears. As sophomores, we decided, ”We'll give some orders now. So when the freshmen wondered in. We ordered them-------and How'.'.I We finally ranked as Juniors, Upper-classmen now at last. Wi th a happy eye to the future- Fond memories of the past. From Ivanhoe 'down to Macbeth , We've had to gaunt our way through. So Flemington High, We'll say good-by With all regrets to YOU......... Juanita Weaver ! i a

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 Each of us has a place in this world. We have en put here to fill that place, and we really want to|f] 3o a god job. We do not have to run to a neighbor and ask if we re filling our place as ve should. If we are or are |not doing the best we can, we will know ourselves. Not only should we strive to do our job, but we Iwant to leave an example for others to follow. V e can Leave this good example oy working hard, being honest, land spreading kindness through the world. If we take our every task seriously and do our l ery best, we will be setting a good example for those who simply refuse to work or those who will not accent resonnsibility. V e can make our work fun. Maybe fou have heard some Deople say-- Dnn't you get tired af working? You have to do the same thing over and aver again. Well, we wnA't get tired if we are jonstantly trying to find new methods or always trying :o improve upon those we already are using. If we ould consider work a mondtony because we have to work iveryday, I am afraid there would be very few other :hings we would do for the same reason. After all— Isn’t life just a repetition? We get up each morning, i e must dress, we eat three meals a day, vie undress it nig! t and we go to. bed... See--? the same thing | ver and over, day in and day out. Honesty has a great part to play in our journey hrough this world. Just the feeling that we have not heated but have always played fair is enough to make lift our heads up high and walk proudly through ife. If we are honest with ourselves and honest with thers, we can always have a clear conscience. From the time we were very small, we can remember ur parents saying-- Always be kind to others. And hat advice will follow us all the way through life, here is something about a kind person which does omething to us. V e never forget a kindness. Life s so short, that we cannot be unkind and expect to ind hapoiness ourselves. We might at times forget dace in the world, and say we don't care for fcthers, but that is entirely the wrong attitude. Illl our kindness, honesty, and ha d work will bring I is a -’eward in the end, much too g eat for us to l.magine. Sometimes when we aren't in the best of hea- l.th, we might be tempted to be unkind to others, but Itow thankful v e will be if we will smile through our | gublesan r g yigj jyjgj 4 mM ir