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Twelve Class Officers Jor LEWALLEN President JoE BULLA Vice-President MyRTLE RICHARDSON Secretary Max NANCE Treasurer CLAss FLOWER: Forget-me-not CiLass Cotors: Blue and White Ciass Motto: We launched today; where shall we anchor? Sa CIWS S Isls TORY FOUR YEARS AGO, on a fine autumn morning, there trooped into the auditorium of “Old Asheboro High” 202 bright faced youngsters. We didn’t know exactly what to expect, but we had worked seven long years to enter those portals. Some of the upperclassmen insisted on calling us “‘those green little freshmen.” Just because of the fact that we couldn’t find our classes and were scared too stiff to move in Miss Moffit’s study hall, there was no reason to say we were green. Yet every time we tugged at some dignified Senior’s coat tail and asked him to tell us, please, where we belonged, he would point his finger and say, “In there, greenhorn.”’ When the year ended, the Sen- iors had left off their adjectives and were merely calling us “those Freshmen.” Our Sophomore year wasn’t very eventful. We went to ball games and supported the teams with lusty yells. Not wanting to disappoint the upper- classmen, we lived up to the name of “‘silly Sopho- mores.’ We grinned behind our hands, giggled behind the backs of open books, and made bright remarks about the Seniors we saw holding hands and making eyes at each other in study hall. Then one Monday morning the ‘“‘silly Sophomores”
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weren't quite so silly as usual. The news of Pearl Harbor made us settle down and think seriously for the first time. Pearl Harbor, of course, made necessary many changes. We lost several teachers to the Armed Forces and saw new courses added to help prepare for the tremendous task awaiting us. Our Junior year was filled to the brim with activities of all kinds. We were now considered upperclassmen and as such exercised our rights. Some really did honest-to-goodness work. They were rewarded with report cards that they weren't afraid to show to Dad. It was that year that Miss Lassiter left us. We saw her go with a feeling of sadness, but felt we were indeed fortunate in getting Mr. Carpenter to take her place. After much consideration and careful thought, we decided that our leaders would be Earl Miller, President; Porter Pritchard, Vice-President; Myrtle Richardson, Secretary; and Lewis Campbell, Tréas- Mier, The Beta Club invited those who had by some means managed to make A’s and B’s to become members. We didn’t mind being laughed at when we came to school dressed in the fashion the old members of the club ordered. The next year we knew we should have the pleasure of giving orders. The months wore on, and we sat in the stream of education. Some got soaked, while others failed to get even damp. Every one seemed to think we should entertain the Seniors. The Seniors especially thought so. To obtain money for the big celebration we gave a play entitled: ““Mama’s Baby Boy.” The cast was made up of Earl Miller, Wanda Trogdon, Forrest Bray, Clarice Brown, Juanita Stone, Myrtle Rich- ardson, Audrey Georges, Bobby Routh, Carolyn Cranford, Vivian Walker, and Therrel Brown. With the money made on the play we bought material to dress up the gymnasium. After weeks of work, we decorated it with lovely spring flowers, a summer house, a stone wall, a peach orchard, and a pine grove. At last the big night came. The girls arrived in colorful dresses and the boys endured neckties. With dancing, play- ing games, drinking punch, and doing various other things, the evening was made an enjoyable one. The last days of the year were drawing nearer. The Seniors regretted having to leave but were comforted to know there was a fine class ready to take their place. The fourth and last year has arrived. For our officers we have chosen Joe Lewallen, President; Joe Bulla, Vice-President; Myrtle Richardson, Secretary; and Max Nance, Treasurer. Since it is our last year in Asheboro High, we are de- termined to make it the happiest. Books, we must sh-Hi-Lite confess, are given less attention than in the previous three years, while ball games and parties largely take their place. Mr. Turner left us this year to go into essential war work. Again good fortune is ours. We were able to secure Mr. McLeod for our Superintendent. There are a few of our boys who won't be here to graduate with us. Our loss has been Uncle Sam’s gain. Forrest Bray, the handsome “guy” that made all the girls swoon, left for the Navy after Christmas. Lewis Campbell, Harold McRae, Robert Carlton, Irvin Comer, Jack Zachary, Pierce Thorpe, Pete Hill, and Truman Pritchard are now in the Armed Forces. Amid all the excitement there is a tiny, sad feel- ing that grows and grows as the year wears on. We know that all too soon we shall arrive at that cross road where everyone will go his separate way. That little feeling of sadness we try to push aside as we have people write nice things in our annuals and enjoy all the parties given in our honor. The little feeling grows to a big feeling as our days in Asheboro High become numbered. At last we hope to find ourselves with a divloma in our hands. This is the goal for which we have worked eleven years. With a feeling of both gladness and sadness we shall walk down the hall and out the door for the last time. Imagine our surprise when that familiar, “Shut the door, please,’ doesn’t fol- low us out. Happenings in Asheboro High away back in 1944 will make wonderful tales to relate to our grandchildren. MyrTLeE RICHARDSON, Historian. MASCOTS EmMILy Fritz— MIKE CARPENTER Thirteen
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