Etowah High School - Chief Yearbook (Etowah, NC)

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Baby Pictures Ada and Lavada Norris Jimmy Allen T. C. Williams Junior Briggs Betty McCall Jackie Hawkins William Saunders Virginia Orr Elaine Adcock Dolly Jean McKinna ‘ ‘OUR SENIORS -- WAY BACK WHEN‘

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Seated: Betty McCall, Secretary; Edna White, President. Standing: Katherine Dalton, Recre- ation Chairman; Virginia Orr, Treasurer; Jackie Hawkins, Program Chairman; William Saunders, Vice-President.

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Behind Yesterday’s Headlines As we, the Senior Class of 1954, pause a moment on the last step on the stairway of education, we are stilled with fond memories of the past. Briefly and tenderly, we think of that bright August morning twelve years ago when we first began our climb. Of that thirty-seven shy, but eager, six-year olds who began,only sixteen of us, Frank Case, Woodrow Gibbs, T. C. Williams, Ada Norris, Roy Brogden, Lavada Norris, Harold Scott, Jackie Hawkins, Betty McCall, Frances Hendricks, Dolly McKinna, Jimmy Allen, Mae Garren, Katherine Dalton, Virginia Orr and Elaine Adcock, are completing the climb together. Silently we pay grateful tribute to all those teachers and friends who have rejoiced with us in our triumphs and who have comforted us in our heartaches on this upward climb. Miss Blythe set our feet in the right direction up the steps, left the task to Mrs. Turner, one we hold dear, who in turn sent us on to Mrs. Hensley, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Steppe and Miss Bessie. On the fourth step of our climb, William Saunders and Mary Johnson joined our group. Upward eight steps we climbed, sometimes sorrowful, as many of our group fell behind or left us for other horizons. With our farewell to Miss Beésie, we, proud, but fearfully, faced the landing of education, at last we had reached a cherished time, high school. Mr. Bruce led us upward over this ninth step without mishap. Our own Mr. Peek undertook the task in our next two years. With him, we worked, played and laughed to- gether, facing and conquering all our fears. During these two years, we lost many of Our number, some married and left us, others answered the call to service, while others chose other schools. Edna White, Sydney White and Margaret Rogers joined us during our eleventh year together. Highlighting this year were parties, triumphs in the Fall Festival and the Junior and Senior Banquet. We even enjoyed our sneak day which was at Camp Harry Straus; upon our return we marveled at the small punishment we re- ceived. Betty Jo Byrd joined us at the begin ning of our last step in the climb. Now that we are on the last step, some of us regret it; we look back on our many and happy memories. imusmuastestep is hard to, go over, but with the help of Miss Gurto, a won- derful and loving person, we believe we shall make it. Some of us will be going on to college, some getting married, but wherever we are,we will be thinking of the happy days at Etowah School. Dolly Jean McKinna, Historian