North Brook High School - Le Souvenir Yearbook (Cherryville, NC)

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CLASS POEM With gladness and with pangs of sorrow We think upon that great tomorrow When all our student days have past, We come to bid goodbye at last To every thrill of high school days, And start life's course in varied ways. To memories sweet our thoughts returning Fill every heart with nameless yearning. How swiftly have those seasons fled Which once we looked upon with dread, But now to us the future calls And we must leave these pleasant halls. In future years we shall not falter. No trials which we meet can alter The faith with which we face the years That lie ahead. In time, the tears Which now we shed will be replaced By toughts which cannot be erased. To mighty tasks our country calls us. May we prove true what e’er befalls us. Grant us that we may ever find A niche wherein to serve mankind. Then shall the faith of those who guide Our footsteps now be justified. Now as commencement day draws nearer, Each memory to our hearts is dearer. The time has come when we must part. With steadfast hope and valiant heart Our motto all our lips are chiming “Not to the heights, but still we're climbing.” WILLIE BaxTER, Class Poet el ee ee i eee Ee

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T. G. LACKEY, JR. “Sigh no more ladies, sigh no more!’’ Glee Club, 17) 2) 3,4 Fs Fic Bb: Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 3, 4; Victory Corps’ 3. CHRISTENE LEATHERMON “Here is a dear and true industrious friend. ’ Reporter 1; Library Club 2, 3, 4; Mar- shal 3; Commercial Club 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Senior Play. JOHNNY LEATHERMAN K true and brave and honest man.” Fe FA. Club 1, 2; Glee Club 2; Com- mercial Club 3, 4; Dramatics Club 4. FEARL LEATHERMAN “Be silent and safe—silence never betrays you.” Dramatics Club 4. HUBERT PEELER “To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune.” Debating Club 4; Library Club 2, 3; Commercial Club 8, 4; F. F. A. Club 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2; Senior Play; 4-H Club 1, 2, 4; Vice-President 4. MADALENE PEELER KA lovely lady, garmented in light from her own beauty. Library Club 3, 4; Dramatics Club 4; Commercial Club 3, 4; Babbling Brook Staff 4; Junior Play. EDITH SAIN 5 What sweet delight a quiet life atfords.”’ Glee Club 3, 4; Library Club 3; Com- mercial Club 3, 4; Dramatics Club 4; Annual Staff 4. EVA SUE TAYLOR “KA little, charming darling she.” Glee Club 3, 4; Library Club 3; Com- mercial Club 3, 4; Treasurer 2; Dramatics Club 4; Babbling Brook Staff 4. CONNIE TOWERY - Her humor bubbled like a foun- tain.’ ; Library Club 2, 3; Glee Club 4; Dra- matics Club 4. -W. C. WEHUNT “The world has room for the manly man, with the spirit of manly cheer. F. F. A. Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Victory Corps 3; Junior Play; Senior Play; President 2; Vice-President 3; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Commercial Club 3, 4; Babbling Brook Staff 4,

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HISTORY OF 1945 SENIOR CLASS On that fair day in July 11 years ago, into the school rooms of the three North Brooks came the little tots that were to make the present Senior Class. Some of them were filled with joy, others with sorrow that they had attained the age when school should claim them. We were scared and bashful for a while, but we soon got used to one another and everything went fine. We were starting our training that was to be our basis for life. In the later part of grammar school the boys began to see that the girls were not such bad sports after all, and our puppy love began. When the classes of the three North Brooks were promoted to the eighth grade, we combined at North Brook High School to start our high school career. We threw away our playthings and really got down to work. Our freshman and sophomore years were uneventful. One of the outstanding events of our junior year was the Jun- ior-Senior Banquet. We also received our class rings. Everyone was thrilled over wearing this emblem of achievement. We took great pleasure in the Junior play entitled, “A READY MADE FAMILY,” directed by Miss Betty Sue Heavner,. Although we were carefree and unthinking of the future, we were paving the way for our final year in high school. We now begin our last year of high school. Only 21 of us re- turned to complete the task we set out to do 11 years ago. One of the outstanding events of our senior year was the Senior Play en- titled, “AND MARY DID,” directed by our senior class sponsor, Miss Heavner. As we are finishing this last year of school, we are seriously thinking of our future. No doubt most of the boys and ' probably some of the girls will be in service, but when peace again reigns over the world, we will have our many branches of life to fill. We were very sorry to lose one of our boys during our senior year. He went to help preserve the peace that so many of our boys are fighting for, and so we will be able to live in peace and out of the dark shadow of war. As we come today to write the first chapter in the life history of each of us, it is with the expectation that members of our class will make noteworthy contributions to our present and future gen- erations. We are certain that the youth of America which graduates today will have an important part in the preservation of the Amer- ican Way of life. We can only say that the first chapter has been written. We know that as the years go by this event of graduation from high school today will be listed many times among the noteworthy achievements of a life of usefulness. We hope it may be the be- ginning of the life’ history of a long and illustrious carreer. BOBBY FOSTER, Class Historian