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Most Attractive Junior Jarrett Best Athlete Buddy Hawkins The 1940 PILOT Most Popular John Lee Suttenfield Best All-round Bill Combs Most Promising Ernest Easley Most Versatile Ann Shaw
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The 1940 PILOT HONOR GRADUATES OF 1939-40 Due to perseverance and hard work, twenty-nine members of the Senior Class can refer to themselves proudly as honor graduates. They have made ninety or above in all their subjects Students Making 90 or Above for the four years that they have been in high school. The school as a whole is justly proud of this fine group and wishes that others had striven a little harder and joined them. The school is con- fident that each will be a success in whatever field he may choose. Frances Byrd Betty Carter Bill Combs Dale Cooper Frank Cowan Curtis Dehart Jean Dickinson Catherine Dillon Irene Hylton Avis Jamerson Junior Jarrett Betty Kirkpatrick Mamie Link Evelyn Martin Beatrice Pace Frank Ratliff Ernest Easley Lillie Hill Robertson Josephine Eubanks Anne Shaw Beatrice Gaulden Elizabeth Sutliff Virginia Gilley Louise Talbot Elizabeth Gordon Cora Ann Trogdon Buddy Hawkins Elaine Ziglar Sarah Hopper VSIE asv 23 Boulevard Silk Shop Burke’s Five and Ten Cent Store
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The 1940 PILOT CLASS HISTORY Four short years ago, in September, 1936, we entered Leaksville Flight School with a larger freshman class than ever before. We were con- sidered green” by the upper classmen when we entered here, but we were all determined to make good. Curtis Dehart was elected pres- ident, and he served his office very well, guid- ing us through a difficult but enjoyable year. It was a difficult year only in that we had to accustom ourselves to new ways, new faces, and new surroundings. Many dropped out, but the rest forged on with all the vim and vigor of youth, determined to succeed and to push behind us one lap of the journey toward a diploma. In the fall of 1937 only 251 out of 316 returned, but they worked with such diligence that they soon were ranked as an outstanding class. I was elected leader that year and I tried my best to follow in Curtis’s successful steps. Many students in our class showed qualities for the leadership that they would soon have to acquire, and which they would need in later life. Our school life expanded and we became members of clubs, of organizations, and of athletic teams. We were really an im- portant part of the school and we felt now that we could, through broadening activities and experiences, help those who came after us to become used to high school life. We finished our sophomore year with a greater degree of self-confidence than we had since our entrance in Leaksville High School. We were the rising Junior Class. With great anticipation we started our third year. All of us worked hard that year, but we found plenty of time to play and have fun. Although our number was again smaller than VS ||. 1 1 - the preceding year, we were still well on the way to being the largest graduating class of Leaksville High. That year we made school history by introducing a Junior-Senior recep- tion and dance instead of the usual banquet. We worked so hard on the idea that everyone proclaimed it an immediate success. The class as a whole participated in many school activi- ties and several of our members left behind them records of which we are proud. In the athletic field many new stars were discovered to fill the places of those who had gone. When spring came the class began making plans for the Commencement, which is fun for the juniors but sadness and sorrow for the seniors. As this e n d e d , we, with happy thoughts, departed on our summer vacation, anxiously awaiting the next term. We returned in the fall of 1939 to begin the happiest year of our high school career. Many had fallen by the wayside because of various reasons, but those who still remained worked harder than ever to attain their goal — a diploma. To start the year off right, we elected George Slayton president, and our faith in him has been justified. Both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams are composed almost en- tirely of seniors and their record is an enviable one. The class rings, of which we were all preud, helped to create a feeling of pride for our school. This year, our seniors held responsi- ble positions on the staff of the Tri-Hi Di- gest”, our school newspaper. In March we elected Anne Shaw as editor-in-chief of the Annual and this work has progressed nicely under her management. We are anxiously looking ahead to Com- mencement, which brings to an end four of the happiest years of our life. We have reached a small goal in our life. May we strive equally as hard for the greater goals yet to come and have as much success as we have had in the past. Buddy Hawkins. 25
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