Altamahaw Ossipee High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Burlington, NC)

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Typical Scenes of the Altamahaw-Ossipee School Area t 7 f -

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A Short History of the Altamahaw-Ossipee Community The earliest record we have of our first educational development began when several small near-by schools became consolidated into the present Altamahaw-Ossipee School. The people wanted a centerly located school and decided it would be best to con- struct the school between Altamahaw-Ossipee on Highway 87. Since that time there has been many improvements in the school and community. Contributions by friends and parents: ball park, a principal's home, costing $8,000, added to the $10,000 beautifi- cation of the campus and at present plans are being made for a new auditorium and an enlargement in the teacherage with cen- tral heating. Education has come a long way and it is at present facing a more progressive height of learning through our knowledge a more advanced and modem ideal. Six hundred and fifty students are now enrolled at the school, coming from a population of over 2,500 in the school community. Industry began in this section soon after the War Between the States. The Altamahaw Mill was built in the late seventies. Since that time two mills have been constructed at Ossipee and one at the Hub. Leading manufactured products are hosiery, silk, nylon, lumber and grain. Forty to forty-five per cent of our people make their living on the farm. The agricultural section of this community is known chiefly for tobacco, small grain and dairy farmers. We are represented by six religious denominations. We wor- ship in thirteen churches, but we believe in only one God. -■ [ 6 ) -

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Principal’s Message to Class of 48 When you receive this year book, one of those memorable days which marks a significant turning point in the life and hopes of youth will be near. Your graduation from high school is both an end and a beginning—a summary and a prophecy. Your diploma gathers up and summarizes many of the most precious things of your life. As you pass from Alma Mater, voices out of the past and voices of the living will call you to make the most of yourselves—to give back to the people of this community and country the best that is in you to give. The Hebrews discovered the sovereignty of the one God; the Greeks made us aware of man as a person of noble proportions and creative ca- pacities; and modem man with his microscope, test tube, and telescope uncov- ered the world of nature, matter, and things. As you continue to grow and educate young, you will add to man’s advancement. The last week of this ending and this beginning of heritage and hope, your school gets ready to send you forth with resiliant bodies, skills of hand and brain, insights of mind and spirit, to do your part in homes, schools, offices, and the work places of the world toward making the earth in the spirit of the oath of the Athenian youth—“a better place than that which you turned over to me.” However far you may go up its highways, seaways, and airways of the world, the Altamahaw-Ossipee School will reach out across the years and miles to hold you tight to her great heart.