Etowah High School - Chief Yearbook (Etowah, NC)

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CLASS rllSTORY As we, the class of 1950, enter our last year of high school, we look back over our school years with many pleasant memories. We were a confused group of 45 kids that thronged the first grade class room that September morning in 1938, for never before had we encountered such a tremendous crowd of children. Of the number that came to school that year, we have Wilma Galloway, Ruth Garren, Ella Jean Fletcher, Joyce Pruitt, Barbara Patterson, Jeanne Revis, Doris Blythe, Betty Lou Pettit, Edward Nicholson, Laurie McKinnia, Derwood Marona, Connie Allison, Paul Banks, Harold Arrington, and Doyle Hollingsworth here for our senior year. The members of our class have come andgone, but the members that have joined our class since the first grade and are still with us are: Bessie Scott from Little River School and Patsy Gilbert from Fairview School in the fourth grade, Wilma and Delma Sams from Mills River in the fifth grade, Clara Crowder from Mills River in the sixth grade, Betty Ann Bell from Mills River in the seventh grade, and Melzinna McCarson from Flat Rock School in the tenth grade. Some of the members of our class went to other schools for a while, but we are glad to have them back for our graduation. In the year of 1947 we entered our Freshman year in high school. Mr. Peek and Miss Jordan joined the faculty, and we had an enrollment of 36 in our class. Entering high school meant more than just another grade in school. It meant working out schedules, deciding on subjects, and learn- ing to get to class ontime. Some of us began singing in the Glee Club and we considered this quite a privilege. We discovered many new experiences and, on the whole, hada wonderful year. Somehow most of us received our units for our Freshman year, and we were glad when June and our summer vacation came around. After three months of vacation we found ourselves in our Sophomore year with 28 members of our class still with us. A number of us joined clubs, and we had several boys and girls fortunate enough to make the basketball teams. Mr. Peek left us and Mr. Carter joined our faculty. We had to work harder to get our required units that year, but at the end of nine months of studying most of us succeeded in doing so. The year ended almost too soon but summer va- cation arrived, and we departed, with the feeling of knowing little and having plenty yet to learn. Then, as Juniors, we looked upon the problem of life in an entirely different way for we knew what was expected of us, individually and collectively. Mr. Carter left and Mr. Peek rejoined our faculty. Some of us joined the Beta Club and we became engaged in more of the school acti- vities. We enjoyed sponsoring a banquet for the seniors and did our best to show them a good time. Last fall we found ourselves entering the last year of our school life. 22 of our class re- mained for our graduation year. The fall festival always attracts attention and the one the P. T. A. sponsored in the fall was no exception. We think we were doubly lucky for we won the popularity contest inthe high school, succeeded in getting Paul Banks and Ella Jean Fletcher crowned king and queen of popularity, and won a half-holiday for raising the most money for our sponsors during the contest at school. Money, money, money! It might be the root of all evil but it was necessary if we were to publish an annual. We decided tosell ads, so again we are publishingour annual, ‘‘The Chief’’. Now we are looking forward to the Junior-Senior Banquet, the class play, and the trip to Washington, D. C., but most of all we are looking forward to graduation night. Since we have come to the end of our goal we are saddened by its ending, but are looking forward to the future when each of us will choose our own field of work. As we say good-bye, we wish to express our deepest thanks and appreciation to our parents and teachers, who have been so generous in helping us reach our goal. After graduation, the members of the class of 1950 may drift apart, yet all will look back with pleasure on the days spent at dear old ETOWAH HIGH. By: Clara Crowder and Betty Ann Bell 12

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