Middleburg High School - Carrier Yearbook (Middleburg, NC)

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ME Fl Pe cut es hs a oA Ee Pr od “ “a “Sa, “ay ER Fall Pe a ace a ——— Sh i = a i, NS ye lt af 4 if CLASS POEM By Katherine Paschall Come, dear classmates, come listen to me, Let's weave a web of memories, Let's talk of days that used to be When life was young and gay and free. Backward let us look tonight Into the misty years gone by; Backward let us turn our flight To senior days at Middleburg High, In those aays, those aays of long ago, We were always climbing mountains, Upward, onward was our motto; Striving for the peaks, you know. Often in the valleys we did travel, Deep down in the Slough of Despond . As problems we failed to unravel And to lessons we could not respond. Once we planned to roam the world around And visit many famous lands, Journey the highroads, adventure bound, Leaving not a single fortune unfound. Have the years changed our ambitions? Have we walked the long straight way? Let us hope that worldly pleasures Led not a single one astray. Classmates, let's come another year From our places on the shadowy wall,. And celebrate in song and happy cheer Our high school days in memory clear. O Alma Mater, for this we pray, That as lonely hidden spirits Buried from an active world today Thou shall keep us here together, Let not a single one go away. TEP RAH: HALE

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‘ TF eS A Se RNS OS SASS ORS SSS ORDO se CSE TS SSR AMES See Se = See SS oe Se ee In the eleventh grade Mrs. McDuffie taught | English and French, Mr. Boyette history, Mre : Blun agriculture, Mr. Yates math, and Mr.Young | science. In our senior year Janes Willians, Dorothy =: Short, and Wilbert Bender were on the debating |: teams. Those on the girls' basket ball teans were Doris Jackson; Captain, Selma Bender,Dor- : othy Short, Louise Duke, and Virginia Park. Doris Jackson was voted the best all around athicte in her junior yoar. Those on the boys'!: ' basket. ball team were John Jackson, Captain, ‘ Vernon Bennett, Eugene Nelson, and Wilbert Bender. We also have sone recitation and music | honors going to menbert of our class. Dorothy Short won a recitation nodal and Selma Bender : won a music medal. James Williams won the high: est honors and became valedictorian, and Cas- : well Smithwick won the sccond place, that of salutatorian. Eight members of the senior class, Selma Bender, Dorothy Short, Virginia Park, Katherine Paschall, Wilbert Bender, Floyd Flen-: ing, Caswell Smithwick, and James Williams be-' long to the honorary Beta Club. : At last Father Time has brought us within reach of that for which we have labored so : faithfully, the possession of a high school diploma. As Seniors we have tried to pronul- gate those ideals and principles which would foster that type of spirit which we desire to pervade our Alma Mater. Even though thero is a: tingling sensation of pleasure at the thought of graduation, we look back with regret upon the passing of those happy high school dayse S866 Wer as Lan yRll eek ce va GS. fed eee, ssa oe Bah A CO Ne Ea ee ge ne gn Sen Aen I ee Oe gael. I OS Se ee ela

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THE FINDINGS OF A ROVING GYPSY Class Prophecy By Virginia Park. My travels have taken me far. I went north ; ‘first as I have always had a great desire to | ‘live there. While passing through Maryland I | ‘had an accident and was rushed to the John Hop- ; kins Hospital. My head was bandaged, and Mi could not see for several days, but I knew that | everything would be all right, because my nurs : es were so kind and gentle. At last the bandag- | es were removed, and there standing on each side: of my bed was a girl dressed in a white, spot | ‘less uniform and cap. I immediately recognized ‘them as two of the Seniors of 1958. They were ‘Doris Jackson and Mary Janc Satterwhite. | I continued my journey to New York. One night while riding down Broadway I saw some- ‘ ‘thing that made me stop and look again.I thought. : that I must be dreaming, but no, for there right: ‘before me was a sign in large bright letters ‘ which read, Eugene Nelson, The Dancing King | : with Selma Bender, The Music Queen as his ac- : companist , : While in New York, I decided to go abroad. ‘I first went to Germany, and one day while I ‘was out looking around I saw a very handsome. . young man speaking before a large crowd.I was ‘ very surprised to sec one of your classmates. . It was none other than Wilbert Bender,American ‘ Ambassador to Germany. I knew Wilbert loved to argue in the old days, but I never thought he could argue himself into such a high position. From Germany I went to France. I stopped at -: ; @ hotel recommended by a friend, who told | ‘me it was owned by an American. I entered the |: . lobby, expecting it to be just an ordinary one. : ‘ I was never so astonished in my life, for the : ‘ rooms were handsomely furnished with the fincst : of everything, and there before me stood the owner of this beautiful hotel. This man was errr ce ne ne wcoee ernee ceree eh ween