G C Hawley High School - Hornet Yearbook (Creedmoor, NC)

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Class History It was the second day of September, 1963, a calm, peaceful autumn day, radiant with the sunshine of hope, cheer, and joyous promise, that the good rocket ship G. C. Hawley High School launched into an atmosphere of a new school year. It was the same old rocket ship that had carried many astro- nauts to safe landing on the planet of Great Wisdom. This day was a gala day in its history, and many people gazed upon it in wonder as they watched the new astronauts, known as Freshmen, as they so happily stepped aboard, for it was rumored that they were about to explore new and unexplored planets in a quest for the Fountain of Perfect Understanding. We were young and socially inclined, so it did not take us long to become acquainted with our fellow passengers, nor to feel very much at home with our pilots, Miss Shaw, Mrs. Hedgepeth, and Mr. Gooch. There were naturally a few of the liquid foods that we were not accustomed to and seemed to be disagreeable with our digestive system, such as Algebra I and English I, but we continued to con- sume them over and over until they were perfectly assimilated. After returning home for a brief three-months of rest and refueling, we launched once again into another school year, continuing our voyage to the planet of Great Wisdom. Now know as Sophomores, we were more accustomed to our surroundings. The food was a little better. Only a few found Algebra II very tasteful, but it was Ronald Harding ' s favorite dish. Under the leadership of Miss Shaw, Mrs. Marrow, and Mr. Gooch, this voyage was highly successful; although, we had not yet reached our goal. Our third launching was even better than our two previous ones. We blasted off in high gear, bearing the name of Juniors this time. Our captains were Mrs. Hedgepeth and Mr. Williams. We encountered a few casualties during this year. Jacqueline spilled a crystal solution on Floyd in Chemistry and Cheryl, Ruby, and Linda Scott got locked in the dark room during chemistry class. Aside from a coat decorated with tiny crystals, a few yells from the dark room, and laughs from the class, no damage was done. During this year Mack Timberlake became one of the oustanding members of the basketball team and Ronald Harding maintained the A honor roll throughout the year. We sponsored our first Junior- Senior Prom, with the theme Singing in the Rain , which was very appropriate for the rainy weather on prom night. After three months of vacationing and refueling, we launched into our fourth and final school year. Our food was very tasty this year but two dreaded diseases spread among us. Their common names were Physics , and Advanced Math . They were diagnosed by sleepiness, and listlessness. A true symptom of these diseases was to look at one ' s eyes as he looked at the clock continuously, hoping that it would be time for the bell to sound. A sure cure for these diseases was to look at an F on your re- port card or by some miracle to have the captain Mrs. Jones , advise you to drop the subject. 39