Fayetteville High School - La Famac Yearbook (Fayetteville, NC)

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THOMAS MAY HUNTER May if-31. 1927 -- November 23, 1947 fSon of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas May Hunter. of-Fayetteville. North Carolina, and grandson of the late Dr. and Mrs. Thomas May Hunter. of Fayetteville. and of the late Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Dalton Phillips. of Dalton. North Carolina.l Thomas attended Haymount Grammar School Fayetteville High School. Oak Ridge Military Institute, and graduated from the Fayetteville Summer School in 1944. and was a sophomore at Wake Forest College at the time of his fatal accident. Vvhen he was only ten years old. in 1937. he joined the First Presbyterian Church of Fayette- ville and took an active interest in Sunday School. young people's organizations. and the junior choir. During his last year he was particularly interested in the young men's class taught by Mr. Charlie Rose, Jr. Vkfhile he was in high school. he won his Eagle Scout badge and in 1940 attended the Boy Scout Service Camp at the New York World's Fair. At Oakridge he won the following awards: Randolph Hurst Medal for Marksmanship, the Athletics Medal. and a Sharp- shooting Certiticate from the National Rifle Association. At Camp Sequoyah. Vifeaverville. N. C.. he spent four summers, the last two of which as counselor. On May 3. 1945. he enlisted in the Naval Reserve and served for a short time at Great Lakes Training Station. After his discharge from the Navy. Thomas entered XYake Forest College to prepare himself for the practice of medi- cine. ln college. as in other schools. he took part in efxtra-curricular activities and became a member of the Euzelian l.iterary Society. of Sigma Pi Fraternity. and of the College Glee Club. Outstanding among his contemporaries for versatility. genuine friendliness. and lovely man- ners. Thomas was a general favorite. His character and personality were reiiected in his everyday life. Ho shoxved remarkable aptitude in science. in poetry, in music. and was a most delightful conversationalist. His thoughtfulness. his courtesy and attentiveness to older people. his love of the beautiful in life and in literature. his concern for the things that make one grow intellectually morally. culturally. and spiritually-all these qualities. coupled with his enthusiasm. his since- rity. his merry smile. mischievous eyes. and keen humor, endeared him to all who knew him. ln his untimely death thc world has lost a young man of rich promise: Fayetteville has lost a useful. loyal citizen: but in his short life. he achieved so much that was fine and beautiful that he has left a loving memory and a noble influence. Pfzur' Teil.

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X if Aff f nt. sswgfvfmw LIEUTENANT BRUNDY MELVIN First Lieutenant Brundy Melvin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Melvin, was one of the twenty-three persons killed in the Crash of a C554 Army transport plane at Goose Bay. Lieutenant Melvin, a graduate ot' Fayetteville High St-hool with the class of 19-li, would have been twenty-four years old in February. He attended Mars Hills College for one year, in 1942. and was a member of the Class of 1945 at North Carolina State College. He attended State College until February, 1943, when he joined the army air forces, Receiving his wings in March, 1944, he served in the China-Burma theater of operations with the Fourteenth Air Force. Shot down behind the Japanese lines in China on his Hftieth mission, Lieutenant Melvin para- Chuted to safety, and walked hack ac-ross the lines in nineteen tlavs, aided luv Chinese guerrillas. More recently he had been stationed at Frohisher l-Rav, lflatiin lslanrl, with the 135th A. A. C. Squadron. , He was the First commander of the Sons of the American Legion in lftltl. and was an Eagle Scout. Lieutenant Melvin was a member of the Halvmount Methodist t'hurt-li, So he my passing My task act-oinplislietl and the long clay done My wages taken, and in my heart Some late lark singing. Let me he gathered to the quiet west The sunclown splenmlirl anal serene, Death, l'f1vfl I-.'ll H fi