McClenaghan High School - Florentine Yearbook (Florence, SC)

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History of The Class of I947 BY WALTON JEFFORDS Can you realize that the capable, cocky Seniors of 1947 were once nerv- ous, scarecl, excited youngsters who, in 1936, tremblingly entered school as nov- ices at the art? Well, those first six years of our trials and tribulations fled quickly by, until we were sure that there was absolutely nothing else that the grammar school teachers could possibly teach us! So in September of 1942, we began school again, only this time at junior High. Those first weeks were dominated by our fears of being beaten by the eighth graders, having our lunches taken away from us, being locked up in the canteen vault, and other equally ter- rifying experiences. We kept the student halls full that year and got our share of demerits and failing slips. However, justice triumphed, and the next year we were the big dogs, and wliat ex- quisite pleasure we got out of threaten- ing and frightening those poor, inno- cent little seventh graders! We were really beginning to enjoy life now, and we were again convinced there was really nothing left for us to learn. Again it was time for us to move- and this time to the place we had eagerly desired to attain for such a long time- High School. At last we could actually associate, if in a minor way, with those lordly creatureswthe older crowd. We passionate Sophomores developed nu- merous, and hopeless, crushes upon those superior beings, the Seniors, and longed for the days to come when we would no longer be the lowly worms. We elected our ofiicers: jack Hamilton, President, Alice Bultman, Vice-Presi- dent, Walton jeffords, Secretaryg Bobby Rainwater, Treasurer, and Miss Ann Gardiner, Sponsor. Our junior year arrived, and we elect- ed Walton jeffords, President, jack Hamilton, Vice-President, Alice Bult- man, Secretary, Helen jelfords, Secre- tary, and Miss Mary Manning Hanner, Sponsor. Our junior Class Play, directed by Mr. Abbott Lake, was an outstanding comedy called june Mad. Patsy Schnibben, Clarence Davis, Buena Faye Hewitt, and the rest of the talented cast were a great credit to us. Two other glamorous events glorified our junior Year: the Spring Formal and the beautiful May Day exercises. How- ever, to us, this was merely a year of anticipation-our goal was to become Dignif1ed Seniors. At last! Yes, the time had actually, and eventually, arrived. You see before you the proud and haughty class of 1947 but we were thrilled in a sad sort of way, as we realized that only too soon the year would be gone and we would be leaving. Our first ofiicial action was to elect our class officers - President, Wayne 0 13

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llfficers of The Senior Class lfreiidefzf . . . . Wgiyne Brackctt Vita-P1'w'iilw1l . , Alice Bultmaln Stft'I'6'fz1l'-1' . . Sarah Ford 'I'rei1.i'1m'r .... jack Hamilton Spmzim . Miss Mary Manning Hanner fN

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14+ Brackettg Vice-President, Alice Bult- mang Secretary, Sarah Ford, Treasurer, jack Hamilton, Sponsor, Miss Hanner. Under their splendid leadership the class of 1947 has had a wonderful year. Our orator of renown, Lucy Harwell, was elected President of Student Gov- ernment, and Rosalyn Senseney was elected Vice-President. Seniors, do you remember our sensa- tional magazine campaign, under the enthusiastic leadership of Wayne Brack- ett and Loren Mead? june Short was our Super salesman, and Lottie Mae Woods was second highest. Lots of our class succeeded in becoming Honor Salesmen. Yes, our great success assured our being able to finance the kind of an annual we were determined to have. Our next matter of business was the selection of our rings, and what beauties we chose! Do you remember the mad excitement that marked their arrival, the week before the Christmas holidays? The arrival of our rings and the arrival of our annuals marked two red letter days in our lives. Our football team, captained by Ma- jor and Tommy Summerford, brought us great honor all year, and our hearts burst with pride when Lukie Brunson was judged All Southern and Major Summerford was judged All State. The Yellow jacket , under the ex- cellent leadership of Miss Brothers, Billy Gaillard, and Patsy Schnibben, continu- ed to add to their laurels by, as usual, monopolizing all the journalistic honors that are awarded! As Editor-in-Chief and Business Man- ager of the 1947 Florentine, we elected Loren Mead and Clarence Davis, re- spectively and congratulated ourselves upon our wise choices. The other mem- bers of our splendid annual staff were elected with equal confidence. From that day forward, much interest and curiosity were aroused by the mysterious activities of our hard working staff, who closeted themselves in the never-to-be-forgotten conference room and slaved away. Their theme song became Night and Day. Do you remember when every day's bulletin announced, There will be an important meeting of the annual staff after school today and Such and such a group meet out front to have your picture made i5 Ah, those were the days of blissful chaos, so dear to our hearts, when we cheerfully begged the Black- mons, George McDaniel and Bobby Fraser, to snap us in every possible pose. How we loved it! As for our May Court beauties-could we have had a more beautiful Queen and Maid of Honor than Margaret Cul- berson and Betty McDonald? Each class selected its loveliest to represent them. Representing the class of 1947 were Verida Blackwell, Mary Kemp Griffin, Anne McLaughlin, and Carolyn Fitz- gerald. There are several distinguishing fea- tures about the class of 1947. We are the