Hudson High School - Hornet Yearbook (Hudson, NC)

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the Faces of Students 1 Girls, look here, I've been accepted, exclaimed Becky Bush to friends Melanie Holden, Brenda Greene, andVivian Curtis. Becky was one of the lucky seniors who received a letter of acceptance from her college choice early in the year. Splitting the cold air, the crispvoice of the announcer rang out over the microphone as she introduced class representatives. While the three candidates for queen stood in shimmering white dresses waiting with fears of loss and joys of gain. Senior class representative, Miss IudiShort-MaidofHonorQa moment's pausej Miss Sheila Greene, and to reign over the Homecoming ceremonies- Miss Hope Sherrill. Cheers of happiness arose from the audience as Hope mounted the platform, wreathed in smiles, to be crowned queen by joe Norman, Student Council President. Bouffanthairdos, red -painted smiles, spike heels, and swishes of peau de soie took their seats along the side- lines to wait for the remaining half of the game. The team came on the field ready to play--and play they did, but not well enough, because in the final scoring of the game the score stood 21-20 in favor of the opponent, T aylorsville .

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Emotion Reflected in Whatta we want-BEARMEAT! was the yell on the lips of every true -spirited H o rn e t on September 27. At half -time session, indecision as to whether to use quicky to the left or 45 trap loomed in the minds of coaches and team alike. When the signal to begin the second half came, 33 Hornets left the locker room determined to make some kind of football history-an d history t h e y made . After nine years ofdefeat, the Hornets won with a score of 12-6. The crowds went wild, confetti flew, and the cheerleaders were hugging, crying, and laughing all at once. And then the most impressive moment of all-as Lenoir fans watched silently, the Hornets emptied onto the field and burned a bearcat in effigy. Paula Sanford, assisted by Gerald Hester, announced the Home- coming activities. Miss Theresa Hope Sherrill expresses s u rp ri s e of being elected Home - coming Queen of 1963-64.

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The Ever-Changing November 22 started out as an average day for the students at Hudson. No one thought that before the day was over the flag, which had once flown over the capital in Washington, would be flying at half-mast in tribute to Presidentjohn Fitzerald Kennedy. They had just received school pictures and returned to sixth period class, when over the intercom came the announcement, The Presidenthas been shot. For fifteen minutes voices were hushed, prayers were said, and hope was at its highest, and then the incredible turned into the real.. Again the announcer interrupted with the words which sent a shock wave, not only through the school, but across the nation and around the world. Ladies and Gentlemen, the President is dead. As the Star-Spangled Banner played in the background many students cried, many just sat there, their minds too stunned to comprehend the full impact of the announcement. They all, however, fused into the great mass that represented the face of our nation as it lost its leader of the New Frontier. 8