Napsonian School - Napsoniana Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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FACULTY SNAPS

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CLASS III 'l'0ltY In a recent edition of that widely read Atlanta paper, The Senior Reader, dated JUHC, 1945, we noticed that one squadron of the Army Air Force had made several successful missions in the combat zone. By an odd coincidence, it seems that all of this squadron had received their wings at the Napsonian School in June, l944. Not all, however, began their basic train- ing at Naps, only one of its members, Dorothy Grau, enrolled in the Kindergarten and First Grade. After learning to count on her fingers, Dot received a furlough. This 1944 class was not represented again until Ray King came into the Fourth Grade. She, too, soon took a leave of absence, her place filled by Roberta Maclagan who started her training at Naps in the Fifth Grade and stayed on. ln the Seventh Grade, when the class was beginning its classification tests, Roberta was joined by a large number of Cadets, one of these, Ray King, merely return- ing from her furlough, others entering, Ann Joiner, Alice Lawrence, Mary Noras, Joanne Rae, and Ann Ransom. The next year Maribelle Calkins and Edith Lively entered the Eighth Grade to be classified and Dorothy Grau re- turned. The whole class rejoiced at the end of the year when they found they had all passed classification and were now ready to enter Pre- flight. When they entered Pre-flight-High School at Naps-June Roselle and Joann Smith entered too. Since they studied hard that year, all twelve were allowed to enter the Primary Flying School. However, one Cadet, Maribelle fig- Kkif ' 'Nga ' ' ' -if . . , 1 f V' ,-- ' 4' . -t' . ' :' . Calkins, decided to take her Primary Training at another school. She did not report the fol- lowing fall, but the other eleven and a large number of new Cadets did. These new Cadets were: Maizie Almon, Frances Bennett, Lucile Castleberry, Mary Jayne Dritt, Peggy Kahn, Claire Kemper, Beverly Magbee, Marilyn Mc- Clung, Martha Niedlinger, Joyce Rounds, Betty Sealey, Louise Sharp, Shirlie Smith, and Lida Walker. When this class, which now numbered twenty-five, finished their Primary Training, they were told they could enter Basic Flying Train- ing. So tempting did this sound that all but one returned in the fall. Dot Grau was again on furlough, but six other Cadets transferred to Naps, Jane Carey, Ruth Clapp, Margaret Ann Elebash, Dorothy lzard, Polly Tate, Norma Tomey, and Frances Wright. The squadron this year acquired so much fame by putting on an Army Show that three candidates could not wait until the next fall and Marianne Keith, Mozelle Stone, and Juanita Swann entered in the middle of the year. The squadron's fame grew more and more, so when they began advanced training the next year, they found some new members awaiting them, Geraldine Bush, Emery Catts, Marjorie Clark, Barbara Eversole, Minnie Hamilton, Louise Hicks, and Nadia Moore. Also awaiting them were Maribelle Calkins and Dor- othy Grau, who could not resist returning to thc excellent training at Naps. Because of their appreciation to Naps for what it was doing for them the squadron put on a Mardi Gras for the schoolls entertainment. The school so thoroughly enjoyed this that they allowed all forty-four members of the class to graduate. They were presented their wings by Miss Thyrza Askew, Commander of Naps. Q Signedj BETTY SEALY.