y Thirty-four girls with their big bright eyes shining with eagerness to start the process of learning, and forty-eight boys - their faces clean — entered Drexel School. Our teachers that year were Mrs. Odes Huffman and Miss Jenny Lee Wil- son. We take this opportunity to thank all our teachers from the first grade up for their thoughtfulness, kindness, and guid- ance in preparing us for high school. The eighth grade is one we’ll never forget, when the boys helped win the war by making bread boards, whenever they could spare time from developing pictures. The most exciting moment of our grammar school days was our graduation from grammar school. By this time 27 of the 82 had either moved away or dropped out. In the ninth grade we were formally introduced to the definition of knot heads” under the guidance of Mr. Hally- burton. Farell Dobb” Lambert came to us from Valdese. To equalize the gain” (Dobb’s suggestion) we lost twelve mem- bers. In the tenth grade Betty Lou Hollifield came to us from Valdese and we lost five members, leaving forty-two of the fifty- five. This year our class had nine members on the varsity Baseball Club. In the eleventh grade we gained Caro- lyn Yount from Montreat. This year the members added honor to the class by maintaining in three years their record in Athletics, winning all games but two. Robert Baird, Farrell Lambert, Lloyd Rec- tor, and Betty Jean Abernathy represented the school in the triangular debate at Ap- palachian State Teachers College and their district at Chapel Hill. The dramatics club gave a series of one-act plays at Christmas and a three-act play at the close of school. The twelfth year and our last year started with a trip to Chapel Hill for Senior Day. This year we lost Ray Powell to Valdese, and Boyden Dean and James Stamey to the Army, reducing our num- ber to thirty-six, forty-four per cent of the number starting in the first grade. Lloyd Rector has continued to add to class hon- ors by winning the district Health Ora- torical Contest. As we write this we are looking for- ward to last months of our high school days, knowing there will be pleasant re- gretting as school comes to a close. Historians Nana Williams Virginia Baker 10
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