Dade County High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Trenton, GA)

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CLASS HISTORY There comesa time in the life of every Senior when he finds himself reminiscing over the past 11 years of his life in school. We have reached that time and have decided to set our memories down on paper so that the Seniors in years to come may profit by our mistakes and thus find out what we learned the hard way. As a happy crowd of 6 year olds, our present dignified Seniors jostled into the 1st grade room on that never-to- be-forgotten day in September 1939 to experience their first day of school. Of these 54 snaggle toothed and wide- eyed youngsters only 7 have reached the coveted grade of Seniors of Dade High. These are Patsy Renfroe, Ronelle Ryan, Kathleen Morrison, A. C. Durham, Cora Gass, Howard Daniel, and Louretta Morgan. As our class proceeded on its way toward high school several new faces appeared among our ranks, four of whom have stayed. These are, Jacque Greene, Omar Bradford, Betty King and Dale Dover. Finally, after 7 hard years we received our Certificates and thus reached our long sought-after title of Freshmen of Dade High. We knew that this year was all important, so we tried our best to appear as seasoned high school stu- dents and were determined to work earnestly and make our names known. At the beginning of this year we noticed several other frightened Freshmen who joined us eagerly and remained for the next 4 years. They were Marvin Brad- ford, Lacey Neal, Janet Barnes, John Ingram, Louise Carver, Janet Cross, ClaraDean, Charles Hollingsworth, Ruth Wallen, Henry Kilgore, Athene Holtzhower, Joyce Moore, Franklin Baker, Joanna Massy, Bobby Fugatt, Ruby Smith, Junior Wells and Imogene Schurch. The next September we returned to Dade High full of vim and vigor and equipped mentally and physically (we hoped) to cope with our new and heavier subjects. We had an enjoyable time together with our new classmates, Ruth Payne, Junior Williams, Jack Murphy and Nina Keeton, and completed our Sophomore year without a care in the world. Then, we landed into our happiest and most exciting year thus far. As Juniors we were faced with the tremen-

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SENIORS A. C. DURHAM

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CLASS HISTORY dous problem of entertaining our upperclassmen, the Sen- iors. However, theclass, which had only one new addition, Margaret Kenimer, set to work and we finished our Junior year in a blaze of glory, as our entertainment was pro- claimed a hit by everyone. During this year our first football team was organized and had a very successful year, with many of our Juniors taking part. Our Junior boys and girls were also active in basketball and all of our other sports. The girls were initiated into the F. H. A. Club and caused quite a commotion at school as we paraded in Chapel to show off our original costumes. We had the honor to have JanetBarnes on our school debating team and another Junior to enter in the Literary Contest. Our final year at Dade dawned bright and clear, and under the direction of a wonderful faculty and capable offi- cers and with our only other new member, Grace Castle- berry, we set to work. One of our biggest jobs this past year has been to publish our Annual, which we have done successfully under the capable leadership of Lacey Neal as Editor. We have been proud of our classmates who have made names for themselves in school sports, news and the Literary events. Our Seniors have been leaders in all activities and have proven themselves capable in under- taking all jobs. Jack Murphy was elected President of the Student Body by the students and successfully served as head of the Student Council. Bobby Fugatt also made a record which probably won't be broken or equalled in several years by scoring 116 points during the football season. And now, as our Senior year is fast dr awing to a close, that glorious event, graduation, that seemed so far away a short time ago is fast approaching. Class Night and the long walk up the aisle in cap and gown to receive our di- plomas will come and go as all the other happy events we have enjoyed together; and the class of '51 will pass into other fields of activity where we hope we shall bring new honors to dear old Dade High, to our Principal, Mr. J. C. Billue, and to all our teachers who have labored so un- tiringly to bring us to graduation. 14 Kathleen Morrison