Grifton High School - Griftonian Yearbook (Grifton, NC)

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s In the fall of 40, thie eighth grade v as full of new shining faces . ho one could imagine v hat v ould happen to those gallant lads and lassies in the four years to come. While v e were eighth graders, we broke away from the custom of an annual m einer roast and had a real high class party. V ' ith exception of the burned lemonade and the scorched candy, we had a very nice time. Nearly anyone there would have paid for a cup of water in exchange for that lemonade. The life of the class that year v as a mis- chievous red-head, namely Pat hcDaniel. The es- capades of him alone wrould fill a book. Then add those of Bert Ives, liutt Fleming, Fred James, and John Causey and you have enough to fill a volume. Then came summer and vacations for all. V hen fall again, v e learned v e had a new teacher to guide us through the year of study, Mr. P. A. Bradley . Our ninth year v as full of weiner roasts, pic- nics. bull fights (bulls were Pat McDaniel and Bert Ives), spitball wars, thumb tack feuds, field trips, and boat rides on the 01’ Contentnea. In connection vdth field trips, our memory drifts back to the days when v e were ardent scholars of biology. On one of these trips one of our dear students, Bert Ives, v hile looking for a rare spe- cies of fish (water bugs) , stepped into a crevice and fell. Another, Pat McDaniel, fell w hile trying to capture a sea lion, John L. Causey, btill an- Dther scholar capsized v hile riding in a small craft. For these activities the Pitiful Three were carried before the supreme command, m. Knott, and were penalized for their folly. (P.b. The only per- son w ho caught a bug v as Laura Price.) Nannie Lee Hudson also remembers the time she was supposed to