Ramsay High School - Rams Horn Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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LEONA FAYE WIGINTON Band; Choir, Vocal Club; Marshal; Vice-Pres. and Sec. S. R. BILLY CARLTON WILLIAMS, Willy” Marshal; Vice-Pres S.R. NORMAN THOMAS WILLIAMS Vice-Pres. Camera Club; Head Marshal; Ushers Club; Library Chairman. ELISABETH BROWNE WOOD, '‘Bette” Library Chairman; Choir; Red Cross, Vocal, and F.T.A. Clubs. JERRY RONALD YOUNG Marshal. PHILIP FISHER ZEIDMAN, Flip” Publications Committee; Business Manager, Highlander; Co-Editor, Business Manager, Annual; Science, Camera, Promoters, and Ushers Clubs. GERALD ZODIN Head Marshal; Choir, Vocal Club; Thespians; R.O.T.C.; Health Committee. CAMERA-SHY Ralph Bice John Starke Thomas Tharp Eve Wilkinson The Annual Staff appreciates the efforts of Bill Nelson, Photographer, and George Patterson, Cartoonist, without whose work the Annual could not have been successfully completed.

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ERNEST STEPHEN STATHAM Marshal; Camera Club. DO RAH HEYMAN STERNE, Dody” Cabinet; Sec. S.R.; Honor Society; Vice-Pres. Quill and Scroll ice-Pres. Promoters Club; Red Cross Club; Associate Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Highlander; Head Marshal; Hi-Cub Reporter. PAT STEWART Pres. Biology Class; Choir, French and Vocal Clubs. MARIAN LEIGH SUTTON Band; Music Club; Marshal; Vice-Pres. S.R. BERT TANNER Pres., Vice-Pres., and Sec. S.R.; Sec. Camera dub. MARCIA CORINNE TAYLOR, Kinn” Vocal, Red Cross, and Girls’ Letter Clubs; Marshal. JAMES THACKER Football '47; Track '48; Tennis ’48; Marshal; Hi-Y Club. JOYCE THARP Vocal Club; Marshal; Choir. PATSY THOMPSON Y-Teens, Vocal, and Thespians Clubs. DEAN TIMMONS Music Club. HOWARD WEINTROB CLARENCE JOHNSON WHITE Hi-Y Club.

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WHY WE ARE PROUD TO BE AMERICANS We are proud to be Americans now. There is not a one of us who does not feel pride in his American heritage. All of us, as young citizens of this country, are truly proud of our future in a democracy. We are free to choose our own careers and to work at those occupations of our choice, for in America the worth of the individual is considered. We are neither restricted nor expected to select the occupations of our fathers unless we so desire. In America we can walk down the street with our heads held high, for we have no fear of a government agent checking our movements. On Sunday morning when the church bells of many denominations are resounding throughout our city we know that we are free to attend the church of our choice and to worship God as we please. Our country is a land of plenty and a land of privileges.We feel sure that no other people in the world enjoy such abundance and have the advantages offered us, even though too often we do not show our gratitude. Have you ever thought why we Americans can contradict someone in a political position, sit in a congregation of a church of our own choice or read a newspaper free to print the truth? Our forefathers a century and a half ago fought and died to gain such privileges and freedom for America. Every time we see Old Glory waving triumphantly in the breeze, we realize as we grow older, that our pride in being Americans grows deeper and richer. Our magnificent flag symbolizes in each star and stripe not onjy the sacrifices of our forefathers and our present unity, but also our hope of a strong and lasting nation. May that pride which fills our hearts ever be seen in our faces. We are proud to be Americans! P at P atterson