Sumner High School - Echo Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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happy to see vacation time come. We Freshmen had undergone quite a change when we re¬ turned to Sumner as Sophomores. At least we couldn’t be called ’’Little Green Freshmen”. And as members of the fac¬ ulty would say, ”We had been toned down a bit”. As you might guess, some of our number did not return to the class¬ room this fall. This time we were all in one room. No long¬ er did we have to go around asking in whose home room it had fallen our lot to be. Mrs. Edgar Murrow took care of all of us. We will admit it was a tremendous task. This year we were fortunate to have a teacher whose husband knew all the answers in case she didn’t. All she had to do was to ask her Edgar. Something else comes to my mind about this year. Louise Atkins kept all the other girls heartbroken because she got all the dates. Dicky Mooney was right with Louise on that matter too. Dicky had excuses even then for his low scholastic grades. He never had time to get his homework. As time rolled on, it wasn’t very long until we became Juniors of Sumner High School. We began by electing Gladys Perdue as president of our class. She held a responsible po¬ sition, because this year brought the selection of our class rings. Too, as has been the custom, it was our job to give the Seniors a banquet. It was a difficult task for our small class, grown to be 18 in actual figures, to give such a large Senior Class, 36 , a banquet. Nevertheless, with Mrs. York’s able assistance, we did it. It took place at the Masonic Temple on April 11, with none other than Bill Lewis as our host for the occasion. He certainly did a swell job of it. April seemed to be an important month for us, because we re¬ ceived our rings at last in this month. Our grademothers, Mrs. W. A. Short and Mrs. C. W. Lewis gave us a picnic at the close of the year. This was really a pleasant send-off to our vacation. With vacation soon over, we reluctantly returned to the classroom for one more year, possibly our most decisive one. Class officers elected for this year were Marcus Short as president, Charles Austin as vice-president, and Emma Short as the money-handler. They have really had plenty to do. It seems Seniors have so many business matters to look after. Not only has Marcus been president of such an extraordinarily small Senior Class, but he has also served the school in the capacity of president of the Student Council. Serving hasn’t proved to be all responsibility, for by so doing, he too has received honors. Marcus was elected winner of the Civitan Award, given by the Civitan Club of Greensboro. Members of our class have gone out for sports throughout their high school career. Active participants this year have been Bill Lewis., Charles Austin, Wayne Hall, Leonard Farlow, Sidney Pope, Marcus Short, and Emma Short, while Delores Cain and Louise Atkins served as Cheerleaders, Since I am discussing

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outstanding honors bestowed upon the members of the Senior Class, I should mention that Bill Lewis was editor of this year’s annual; Emma Short was D. A. R. Representative and editor of the ’’Sumnette”; Gladys Perdue was business mana¬ ger of the ’’Sumner Echoes”. Don’t think the other members of our class aren’t important, for if it had not been for them, these people could never have carried on as well as they have. Our memory books arrived in January and some of them were practically full before the end of April. Oh, those snapshots in some of them will certainly recall to us cher-r ished memories. In March each Senior received printed invi¬ tations to the much talked about and anticipated occasion, the banquet given particularly to honor us. This took place on Friday evening, March 26, at the Bliss Restaurant. We shall never forget the grand time we had under the excell¬ ent presiding of Elroy Dodson. He really was a grand toast¬ master . As we advance nearer to our last days at dear old Sum¬ ner, we recall the selection of the cast for the Senior Play We’ll have to hand it to our class. We had a talented group to take part in ’’Miss Smarty”. For our performance a lot of the credit goes to Miss Thelma Cornette. So this is Class Night. To Miss Emma Hemphill, many thanks for helping us with this program and may the best be hers forever. Gradu¬ ation is yet to come, and a little dreaded, I believe. We each say we are glad, and maybe we are; but the thought of leaving, what has been the same as home to us for the past twelve years brings us regret Here we are on the last phase of our school career, some to go to college, some to go to an office job, and still others to become homemakers To each of our fellow Seniors go our sincere wishes for a most happy future--whatever it may be. To Mr. T. H. Smith, our principal, go many thanks and much appreciation for his untiring interest in each of us and for his many helpful suggestions. To Miss Thelma Cornette, our Senior Class Sponsor, we owe much. She has stood by us when the going was rough as well as when things glided along smoothly. To each member of the faculty here at Sumner--we do appreciate you. We haven’t forgotten our underclassmen. We will always look to you for friendship and companionship. And last, but by no means least, our parents To you—we sin¬ cerely hope that you parents of the Senior Class can look at us and say, ”A task well done’.” You’ve done your part, and we hope we haven’t let you down. Historian Delores Cain