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

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Senior Class History C Amid the confusion of graduation, with the Prom, Class Day, and Move-up Day passing so swiftly, I stop a minute to think back over the past. Has it really been four years? It doesn't seem possible that after four long years, which have seemed so short, we have finally secured our goal. We are the forty-niners . Was it worth it? When we receive our diplomas we will all realize how far ,we have gone and how much we've achieved. E A. Y A In the fall of 1945 we began the journey which was to bring us to final glory and the thing which we sought-gold. We were told that there's gold in them thar' hills, and we were going to find it. And so we started on our search under the direction of Principal james A. Cerow and Dr. L. E. Spikes. There were moun- tains to cross and rivers to ford, but we had the ambition and faith to keep going. Then we pitched camp for a long and needed rest and continued ,our journey as Sophomores. It was getting tougher but our leaders-Pete Barnwell, Hamett Brewer, Mary Johnston and George F idler kept us going. Our teachers and new principal, C. C. Linnemann, guided us and we began to see the future in store for us. Then we rested again and the caravan of hopeful juniors resumed its move to stake its claims in the world of tomorrow. We worked harder for wet' were nearing our goal. This year our leaders were ,Bobby Tucker, Graham White, Jeannette Zimmerman, and Carolyn Moore. At last we were included in the various clubs and activities. Several of our class members were inducted into the National Honor Society, and the Tri-Hi-Y, the Hi-Y, and the Monogram Club received members from our class. The Y-Teens Club was organized for the first time in our high school, Along with blood, sweat, and tears, we also had our lighter moments. We gave the outgoing Seniors a prom they'll never forget and we got our class rings, a thrill to every junior. It was a good year, but the best was yet to come. In September, 1948, we began the last lap of our journey with one hundred and ninety eight Seniors joining the caravan for the final test. The work was harder, the disappointments greater, but we were Seniors, proud and ambitious. There was not rnuch farther to go so we worked and kept trying. Our ofiicers were Mary Lou Muckenfuss, Norma Workman, Betty Sue Clark, and Nettie Crutchfield. The president and vice-president of the student council were Pete Barnwell and Richard Pitts. The high-light of the year was our football team which, under the leadership of our new coach, Mr. Stan Huffman, won the Western Class AA Cham- pionship title. Many of the team won individual honors. Editor of the Barker was Sue Steele and Ruth Ann Sullivan edited the DOE-WAH-JACK. Yes, we have reached our destination. The journey is over, the hard work ended. We are the forty-niners, and it was worth it. We have at last found gold. NANCY Scorr, ' Historian . ff egypt-2 Y X ' ef .3 'Trish -' X , H3 MA mn

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Junior Class Officer: The junior class, which is now feeling the importzlnce of high school must have able leaders. Such are its orlicers: Presi- dent, Buell Moser: Vice President, Bill Hoekadayg Secretary, Grady Beelag Treas- urer, Garland Tickle. Freshman Class Officers In the first year of high school these lenders were chosen to guide their class: President, Charles Stuttsg Vice President, Delano Underwood: tlacklyn Hodge, Sec- retaryg Jerry Miles, Treasurer. Sophomore Class Officers: YVe're on our way is the thought in the minds of the sophomore class and their officers: President. Henry Perry: Vice President, Dick Hargroveg Secretary, Bobby Lattag Treasurer, Ronnie Me- Intyre.

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