McAfee High School - Hornet Yearbook (McAfee, KY)

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CLASS HISTORY In September 1944 sixteen green freshmen entered High School at Fairview. We had often heard of “green freshmen”, but little did ve realize what it meant. It did not take us long however to find that we knew very little. Under the leadership of Mr. Bernice Pinkston, principal, Miss Irene Dickerson and Mr. Lucien Downey as teachers we soon begun to grow in knowledge. At the beginning of the second semester we lost three classmates: two became farmers, and one entered another school. We gained one from a near by school. We entered our sophomore year with thirteen members, one less than we had the year before. Our teachers were the same as of the preceding year. We had a very successful year. Due to the fact that we did not have the required number to main- tain a High School we entered the Sal visa High School to further our education in our Junior year. This changing of schools somewhat dis- couraged us, it caused four of our number to drop out of school. After being at Salvisa a few weeks we became accustoned to our new sur- roundings. Under the leadership of Mr. Delbert Cunningham, prin- cipal, Miss Frances Cox, Miss Vivian Isham and Mrs. Mildred Byer as teachers we completed a very successful year. Beginning to understand the reason for an education twenty-one students entered the Freshman class of the McAfee High School in September 1944. Mrs. T. G. Tamed was our principal. We enjoyed many high school activities. At the close of the year we had increased our ability to work. Our three months vacation was over all too soon. We returned and became sophomores with fifteen students in our class. Mis Lela Jane Harris came to our community and lead us in our school activit- ies as our principal. We finished our sophomore year by working hard but we felt that we had accomplished a great deal. Entering our junior year we had one less number. We welcomed Mr. H. H. Jones as principal. Still realizing that we must increase our knowledge if w'e are to have a happy future, w-e studied harder than the year before. As juniors we took part in the graduation exercises all the time wishing we might be able to reach that goal in 1948.

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 IWMMWnw; We entered school as Seniors in September 1947. Biglit Fairview students were welcomed as members of onr class. This made us an enrollment of eighteen students. Three new teachers were also added to the faculty. Miss Mellie Matherly, Principal, Mr. Stewart M. Gaunce, Ariculture teacher, Mr. Bruce Champion, Mathmatics and Coach. Miss Neva Woods was the only teacher who had been with us during our first three years in high school. We are proud of our six boys who played on the basketball team. At the end of the first semester, James Paul Long, a veteran, withdrew from school to enter Campbellsville College. We miss him but wish him much success in his college career. The girls also had a basketball team. We played against the junior girls. We had a very good team considering the fact that we had never played before. We presented the Senior Play entitled “Deacon Dubbs”. All the seniors had parts in the play. We shall always be grateful for the opportunities given us by our parents, the Mercer County Superintendent, the Mercer County P.oard of Education and our teachers. We trust that we shall be cit- izens of whom they will not be ashamed. CLASS WILL We, the Graduating Class of 1948, do hereby bequeath to our honorable successors our multitude of virtues and vices. Other peo- ple have black vices, but ours are white. When we commit crime, we’re so sorry—sorry that we got caught. To you dear Juniors, do we oass on our souls tattered and torn though they may be. We know our successors are in doubt as to our surplus of brains, yet we wish to pass on to them our vast intellectual viewpoints. This viewpoint, I might add, is more than national. It is Internat- ional. In fact it covers the universe. It’s some viewpoint, let me tell yau! You’ll get dizzy trying to hang on to it. ■ 'A''1