Mt Zion Institute - Tusitala Yearbook (Winnsboro, SC)

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LOIS ANNELLE WYLIE Two-tone hair • • numerous clothes • • likes Chopin - . - love life: “Variety is the spice of life” ■ • • competent . . . “Very funny” • • • Betty Grable legs. Not pictured: TRAYWICK SEVESTA BROOKS WILLIAM HENRY PORTER CHRISTOPHER DANIEL WILSON CLASS HISTOHY Four years ago, we, the senior class of 1946, began our high school days as all poor freshmen do. Greeted with the inevitable disdain, mockery, and the paddle-and-bar- rel ritual, we lost any previous self-confidence as we be- came the target for numerous sophomore pranks. In time, the sophomores, having exhausted their abundant supply of jokes and impossibilities, began to consider us fairly acceptable human beings, and wc gradually be- came a part of high school life. The beginning of our next year brought sighs of relief as we “wise fools” took the whip into our hands, promptly forgetting the sympathy that we had felt for all freshmen. Our days became routines of studying . . . marching . . . studying . , , marching — until spring brought the tradi- tional Junior-Senior Banquet and an exciting glimpse of the life of upperclassmen. Slipping quietly into our junior year, we soon discov- ered that being upperclassmen was no picnic. With a minimum of sleep, studying, and the other minor things of life, we found our days crowded with classes, extra- curricular activities, and treks behind the ole’ yellow bus loaded with the Wildcats. And were we proud of that “Junior-star-studded-football team!” About the middle of February our headaches had only begun as we started rehearsals for our first exhibition of class talent, and began our harassed plans for Junior-Senior. The night of March 2, 1945, proved that our efforts were more than rewarded. And, incidentally, we were more than relieved to discover that The Ready-Made Family” had made us financially able to give the seniors one last fling at their Junior-Senior! Then, at last, when we could order our class rings, we suddenly realized that our “dig- nified senior” year was soon to become a reality. We began our senior year with lighter and more care- free hearts; for during the wonderful preceding summer, World War II had come to an end. Our school life con- tinued to be a rush of club meetings, athletics, and class meetings to settle those issues of “senior importance.” Enthusiastically working toward a larger post-war Tusi- tala, we could hardly realize that it was our time to give the school its annual. With the completion of our work on the annual, we started looking forward to the production of our senior play. Proceeds from the play, presented early in May, helped to make this Tusitala possible. Senior activities, climaxed by our Junior-Senior, brought the realization that our high school days were nearing an end. Amazing as it seemed, no sense of joy came with this realization. Our last days at Mount Zion were never-to-be-forgotten ones. All the things that make a high school graduation wonderful were part of them — invitations, gifts, Class Day, and then, half-dreaded and half-anticipated — the highlight of our high school careers Graduation! And now looking back upon those first hectic days we see them as only stepping stones to the glorious ones which were to follow. As we leave Mount Zion, we know that our memories of days spent here will forever endear it to us. Nelle Wylie, Historian 15

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BARBARA VERNETTIE RANEY Long brown hair ■ - • promotes the taxi busi- ness - . . Beta brains . . . quietly efficient • • • neat • • - willing to help • • • always busy. BEVERLEY JUNE SHIRLEY “Becky • - cute grin, starry-eyed ■ ■ ■ inces- sant talker • ■ . likes Navy, “Van,” “Bud,” football games, basketball and dancing • ■ - dislikes sad shows • • ambition: to destroy all shorthand books • • “That’s tough.” MARGARET LOUISE SMITH “Trigger” • • ■ short • • ■ baby face • • • likes black Ford • - • “Well, whad’ya know” ■ - ■ love life: discharged sailor! VIRGINIA NAOMI STEVENSON “Nay” • ■ • cute, red-haired • . freckles ■ • - likes marines • ■ love life: Jr. • - ■ blushes • • • ambition: to get man! . . • GEORGE HAROLD TRAYLOR “Red” - • red hair plus freckles ■ . bashful . . . “Silence is golden” ■ - • Mary • • dis- arming smile ■ • • likes to think he is a good bus driver - • • ambition: to be a forest ranger. BERNETT MONROE WAITT Weight: “Flea” • • • small of stature - . . large of mouth • • • likes food, music, and blondes ■ • • ambition: to be editor of the News and Herald • • • Georgia Peach . • ■ “Gee, thanx Lou.” MARY ALICE WILLIAMS Tall, skinny, baby-blue eyes - ■ ■ reserved • • ■ studious ■ ■ • likes red heads • ■ ■ love life: WHO KNOWS??? BARBARA GENE WYLIE “Bob” • • • feather-bob • - ■ Gay’s nurse • • , afraid of chickens - - • “imple” - • • shuffling walk ■ . . quick wit - • - domestic • • • silent laugh • • friendly • • • “Three cheers for the Navy” • • • easy-going ■ • ■ “Raw.”

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