Burlington High School - Doe Wah Jack Yearbook (Burlington, NC)

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Yesterda In September 1943 about three hundred students embarked on a four year Hlght lll the super a1rsh1p Burllngton H1gh School Our destlnatlon Graduatlon to be reached after much shedding of blood sweat and tears Our D11Ot on the first leg of the fl1ght was Irw1n Glenn Other offcers were co pllot Ed Ballard hostess Barbara Wh1te and navlgator Earl Massey Dlrect 1ng the trlp were Super1ntendentL E Splkes Pr1nc1pal James A Gerow and the h1gh school faculty H1ghl1ghts of the year were the Vlctory Corps and WBHS our radlo program pres1ded over by master of ceremon1es James A CHarry Jamesl Gerow The g0lHg began to get tough fOl several passengers who elther got off at the first stop or parachuted to earth between fields The maJor1ty however were resolved to see lt through and to recelve the reward a sheepskln to be presented to each passenger at the final landlng field In the fall of 1944 after a long and much needed rest about two hundred seventy students returned to contlnue the tr1p Thls tlme the pllot was Ed Ballard and the other oflicers were Barbara Mangum Mary Ellzabeth Lindley and C T Foster We sometlmes dldnt qulte know whether we were sophomores or Junlors as we had sophomo1e subjects and Junior 3CtlVltlCS Our tr1p was made sad during this year by the death of oux beloved cheer leader and fellow student Ray Jarrett Hc left us on February 19 1945 In the sprxng s1xteen of our members were mducted into thc Nat1onal Honor SOC16ty and several aftei a week of pam were taken 1nto the H1 Y or the Monog am Club Aga1n M Gerows rad1o programs kept us laughlng although the boys dld lose the battle of the sexes MISS Lela Aycock we gave the Sen1ors a Prom wh1ch they should long remember Agaln we rested between tr1ps th1s tlme to come back as Jun1ors m the Senlor chapel seats Back agam and didnt we feel blg' There was no one to be looked up to by under classmen except our class Whoops' Our balloon was suddenly deflated by loads of homework Th1s was to be .1 year of work There was no Prom no Move up Day and no DOE WAH JACK Student Councll officers 1ncluded IIWIH Glenn as presldent and Max Isley as v1ce presldent We were proud to rece1ve our class r1ngs and there was plenty of time to lose them before gradua t1on Ed1tor of the Barker was John Howard Sykes and athletlc stars of our class lncluded Bill Barger Earl Wr1ghtenlerry and Bud P1ckard 1n football and He1man Mason Max Isley B111 Johnston and B1ll Aldr1dge 111 basketball In June we began our vacatlon before the last lap of the Journey In September 1946 two hundred thirty students boarded the plare for the dest1nat1on Our oflicers were Mary Elizabeth Lindley Ed Ballard MQFIOH Chapman and Ruth S1rnpson Presl dent of the Student Councll was B1ll Aldr1dge and VICG presldent was J1mmy Sartln Our new pr1nc1pal was Mr C C Llnnemann We really had a top notch football team Bobby Stutts making All Southern and N1ck Lone play1ng 1n the Shr1ne game at Charlotte The edltor of the Barker was Marlan T1ckle and of the DoE WAI-1 JACK Barbara Wh1te D1ck Barnwell was Na tlonal Honor Socxety presldent and Curtls Jordan was presldent of the H1 Y Toward the end of the year tlme seems to fly The Prom Move up Day and Class Day pass and we are at last at Commencement Goodbye to B H S Its been a swell tr1p' Jos ALLEN Hzstonan 8 , - y . . - . . , . . 6 . . r . 7 : - ' , 1 , ' : ' A , . ' - . . . , . . , 1 ' V ' ! - 7 .D . A , . . , . v 1 - - - - , . , ' ' , ' '- r . ' r. , . . CI'm sure that was an accident.J In May, after much planning under the able direction of r Q - I ' ' ' ' 1 . . , . - ' . , ' , ' ' . , . , 3 , ' , 1 , . Y 9 1 ' - . , . b . . . . . - - , , - l . . - , 1 , . J U -

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