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Gis oem By Aleen Baynard While the years have passed away We have worked to reach our goal, And as we journey on each day We'll have dear memories to hold. Tis sad to part from comrades dear Even though often we may meet, Twill never seem the same as here Nor friendships ’ere as sweet. ) Dear teachers, parents and our friends All our gratitude is yours. Your love, understanding, sympathy Is a kind that forever endures. Now we come to the end of the way With saddened hearts and dewy eyes. Etowah School, our Alma Mater, We'll always hold dear in our lives. This 1s a time for looking forward To our future bright and clear, When we each must face tomorrow Strengthened by our years spent here.
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194.7 boss Khistory By J. W. Marona and Bruce Morgan We, the class of 1947, pause to look back to 1935 when we entered our first year at Etowah. Those were days filled with exciting new ex- periences. When as six-year-olds, the school bus could not come soon enough in the morning to take us to our happy destination—Etowah High School. There were about 50 in our class that year; and of that number only J. W. Marona, Marvin Orr, Bruce Morgan, Bob Merrill, Bruce Hollingsworth, and one girl—Euva Sentelle, are here for the graduation year. In the second year of our school life another girl joined us and has stayed throughout the years. She is Sara Sue Norris, who came from Brevard. Ruth Sexton came from Mills River in our third year. Then in the fourth year, Alma and Aleen Baynard, from South Carolina, joined us in our march onward. As we look backward, these years seemed uneventful; but then they were most important. Each year revealed new subjects taught by new teachers and they opened doors in our minds that nothing can close. When we reached the fifth grade some of our members began to leave us. From there on we have only three who have come to join the class and stay. They are Jack Bryson from Mills River in the sixth grade; Faye Gossett, from Brevard High School, in the tenth grade; and James Austin from Leicester, in the eleventh grade. In the fall of 1943 we found ourselves known as High School Freshmen. ‘Green’ was the traditional word used to describe us and we were called it plenty of times; but we felt our- selves a most vital part of Etowah High School. Our number of class mates was 22 and because of our small number we began a high school ex- perience characterized by close cooperativeness which we have found has made us a happy class all the way. In our second year of high school we began to participate even more in our school’s activities. Some of our members joined the Glee Club and others took part in softball and basketball prac- tice. That year, too, we planned and sponsored a banquet for the Senior Class. We were Jolly Juniors in the fall of 1945. That Was a unique year, since the twelfth grade was added to public schools of North Carolina. For the first time Etowah had no graduation class. We found ourselves occupying the Senior home- room and naturally enjoyed some special privi- leges. For instance we took a “Sneak Day” as 29 the regular senior class would have done. An enjoyable day was spent at Mt. Pisgah. During the latter part of that year we started a new cannery in place of the one that burned that year. Most of us had joined F.H.A. and F.F.A. Clubs by this year. Last fall we found ourselves beginning the last year of our march toward our goal—graduation. Students have come and gone until only 13 of our class remained. We feel proud, even if our number is small, to be the first class to complete twelve years of study at Etowah High School. This has proved to be our most important year of school. We have organized and planned a monthly school paper that we named ‘The Little Chief.” We are publishing an annual this year, too, “The Chief”, the first edition since 1942. Also, we have been the first graduating class to eat in the new Lunchroom completed this year. Seven of our number were on the basketball teams this season. The boys won a second place trophy for our Alma Mater in the Henderson County Tournament. Another outstanding feature of this last year is the special radio broadcasts that we have taken part in over station W.H.K.P. These programs were sponsored by our F.F.A. and F.H.A. Clubs. These clubs, also, sponsored a delightful banquet during the winter months. Now we are looking forward to our Junior- Senior Banquet and the class play. The plans for both events make us eager for their arrival. Then will come the most important night of all —graduation night—when our last tie with our Alma Mater, Etowah High School, will be brok- en. The past twelve years have been interesting and profitable and now that they are almost over, we are saddened by their ending. The horizon looms large and empty before us. We know not what lies before our limited vision —hbut we are not afraid. We ask much of life, but we hesitate to pay the price—that of exten- sive and concentrated learning. Most of us have our particular field of work chosen, and we are educating ourselves along that line. Up to a certain point, we are guided and our small in- dividual burdens are willingly shouldered by others, but after that we must work alone. So let us strive for many and varied weapons of skill to help us later in life against the battles of discouragement and unemployment when we no longer have the help of our parents and teachers to shield us. So, for the class of 747, we bid you FAREWELL!
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