Foard High School - Quatra Log Yearbook (Newton, NC)

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CLASS HISTORY The year was 1950; the school, Banoak. The freshman class, under the leadership of Catherine Fullbright, was experiencing the first phase of secondary education. The members suffered the usual trials of lower classmen and advanced to the rank of sophomores without loss of life or limb. While sophomores, their social activities d i d not widen to any alarming degree; consequently, with Charles Rhoney as leader, they completed this year in a rather uneventful manner. Their status as juniors, however, effected a change. By this time they had outgrown the bashfulness and timidity of adolescence and were looking less seriously at life. For their gayer moods they square danc- ed at the White Pine, motored to Raleigh for the week end, and roasted wieners at the home of class president, Charles Rhoney. Too quickly their junior year passed by, and after the presentation of a highly successful commencement play they put aside their tasks to witness the graduation of their friends, the last senior class of Ban- oak. At a neighboring school, Blackburn, in the year 1950, things were very much the same as at Banoak. The freshman class consisted of eighteen members- some serious and some bent on mischief. All pass- ed, however, into the sophomoric state. During the second year some dropped out to become -what in their estimation was more desirable - housewives. Others fell by the way- side, thinking they had all the education they needed. In ’52 this talented group,known as the “lively Teven,” was allow- ed to sit in home room with the superior seniors. At the close of their junior year they even helped the seniors produce “A Case of Spring- time,” and presented Blackburn’s last graduating class with a daisy chain. Not willing to relinquish so happy an association, the juniors and seniors left the following day for a wonderful trip to the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina. In that way did they write finis to Black- burn High School. Another near-by school, Mountain View, was, in the year 1950, en- joying a more prolific season with an enrollment of forty-five. This year passed in a normal fashion, but when ’51 rolled around, only thirty- two students were on hand to take advantage of their greater opportu- nities. During this year they studied more or less and longed for the day when they could write by their names, juniors. This third year became even more exciting than was expected be- cause of the looming consolidation. They would make the most of their last days at Mountain View. Among those memorable last days were the presentation of “Hilarity House” and a banquet held in the basement of Zion Lutheran Church.