Decatur High School - Golden Memories Yearbook (Decatur, AL)

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Thus our Golden Menuorues of l94O us o memory book Its purpose us to tell the story of thus yeur uuu hugh school un cu wcuy thot yoJ uuuoy remember wutu plecusure cull the ups cund downs the hcuppu uuesses cund Iuecurtcuchc lot cu e jsut nuokung Our school yecur of 39 40 hos been cu mem orcuble one un every uespect For the sophomores ut wcus the uuew ond cxcutung experuence of theur furst yecur un hugh school the uunuors hove found ut unterestung becouse of the uncrecused number of cuctuvutuc un whuch they were c1'lowed to por tucupcute And for evcry senuor ut hcus certounly ecurrued o gold stor because ut clumoked hus ccureer un hugh school by the long owouted groduotuon For thus recuson the senuors opprecucute the yeor perhcups even more thcun the underclczssmen Ice cuuud snow uuuvoded our sunny southlond to cudd more broken records to the yeors lust u even when the ruver froze for the furst tume sunce l9l8 ut woQ not enough to chull the hugh spuruts of the students We merely put on extrcu coots ond trued our honds cut uce skotung ond buuldung snowmen School spurut orud enthusuostuc unterest cluool offours hcus predomunoted throughout the yecmr M feelurug of coopercutuor' between the tecuchers ond students ond u sense of opprecu crtuun for the work of the fdculty hos monufested telf uuu every phose of school lfe To uncrecuse. Jr or per ops os o re ut o ut the lcuul teom golloped to glory wuth o most succe s ful seoson The bond our youngest oddutuon provuded o new source of prude ond pleosure To keep uru tune wuth thus progressuve element the cunnuol stoff hos broken owoy from tue bound of trcudutuon ond ottenupted to guve you o boo thot us new ond dufferent Its om us record the story of the yeor un oll uts sporkle cund color so thot when reodung the boolf now ond loter you moy be obe to reuuve the events os hey hoppened ond experuence the pleosure of recollectuon whuch olmost equols thot of portucupo tuon The puctures were token ond the story wrutten wuth thus thought uppermost un mund Thus hos been o greot yeor ond one thcut we wull not quuckly forg t Vule suncerely hope thot our book wull luve up to Cul our ontucupotuons uuu thot uts words onrl puctures wull drow forth now ond un yeors to come memorues thot ore truy golden I I I 'u ' ' X f ' ,. ' I -, ' 7 ug . ' - 5 V A . T l fi II' It V' QV 'T 'mo II2 thls sri it, h s 'I f ', foot- fl ' I ' c . . , . , - I . MAS . .Q I D 3 4 A A - - I k ' ' , I ' to L ' I , 7 , I . . J . . A ' A , B t . , D . . . , . . . . ,. , , , in . - . I C . .

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Three Sections 1-The Pcoplefrhose who work and play on ou: ccmxpusf-page 7. IIfAcTivi1kes orguhizcntions cmd highlights of The yew' page 41 H1- Mhlerics -the schocl's records in three sporTs,

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Y 1 Keller Memorial Bridge Which Spams the Tennessee The Tennessee River holds a high place in all our hearts lor on its bank stair our Alma Mater, Even in words at the schools own song, we sing its praises. LMA MATER Hail ta thee, our Alma Mater By the Tennessee, Through the years we'll att reniernher Days we've soent with thee. Chorus Always faithful, always loyal To our ensign bold, Hail to thee, our Alma Mater Decatur High, all liail. l-lere's to thee, our dear old High School' l-lere's to thee a song, May the happy rneinories of thee linger with us long, Soon our faithful band will sever, Soon our ways will part. Friendship ties will live forever, Graven on each lieuit.