Norwood High School - Norwoodian Yearbook (Norwood, NC)

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GRADUATES OF 1946 Mascots: William Fields, Lynda McNeill; Front Row — Margaret Matthews, Lucille Mabry, Muriel Luther, Eva Jane Thompson, Evelyn Floyd; Middle Row — Charlie Van Byrd, Spencer Smith; Back Row — Herbert Thompson, Clayton Bowers, Bill Mabry, Luther Mclntyre, Jack Small. MASCOTS JUNIOR MARSHALS — First Row: Robert Fowler, Pauline Hopkins (Chief Marshals); Second Row: Libby Mabry, Gerald Hutchinson, Boyd Hopkins, Mary Jo Mabry. William Anderson Fields Lynda Louise McNeill GRADUATES AND USHERS GRADE PARENTS— Mrs. Oscar Byrd, Mr. Tom Thompson, Mr. Fred A. Mabry, Mrs. Paul Bowers. [ NINE ]

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CLASS COLORS Gold as gold, may we forever Keep our hearts along life ' s way, While Truth ' s golden sunbeams sever All the black clouds from our day; May the white, so pure and stainless. Keep us ever true and right! May our lives be long and painless, Guarded by our gold and white! Gold and ivliite! Go ivitli us ever As the ideal of our dreams! May we find life, as we sever. Just as worth while as it seems! May we each accept the mission Fate holds covered from our siglit. Sure, whatever its condition, Victory ' ll crown our gold and white! Congratulations to the Senior Class of 1946 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of Albemarle, N. C. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Compliments of CLASS POEM To be an artist is my ambition. Some other may be a great physician; Some may to foreign lands go, One may marry a home-town beau; But where ever ive go to use our skill, We shall always remember Mrs. McNeill. Our high school days ivere filled with glee. But we like our motto, The best is yet to be. Norwood Hi is our guiding light. And our class colors are gold and white; Our class flower is a great sensation — It ' s none other than the ' dilute carnation. We are tlie Seniors, as you will see. And a very small class we happen to be; On life ' s journey we may fall; Our hopes may crumble like a concrete ivall; Some vjill find fortune and fame. And bring rich honors to their name; But we ' ll be proud as the years roll by That ive are graduates of Norwood Hi. ■ — By Class Poet, Evelyn Floyd. STANLY HARDWARE CO. Albemarle, N. C. [ EIGHT J

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HISTORY By Spencer Smith, Historian It is my privilege to present to you the history of the class of 1946. I have selected the great events in the development of our class through our 12 years at Norwood school and will show you the members of our class as they really were. Rather than bore you with a long historical document, I shall recall only a few of the high spots in our school days together. On September 3, 1933, we made our way to the school house for the first time in our lives. That ' s a day never-to-be-forgotten, the day we began that long road unto learning. Days in the primary grades were happy days filled with Reading, Ritin ' and ' Rithmetic taught to the tune of a hickory stick. In addition, we had parts in operettas, May Day Festivals, and chapel programs. We felt quite grown up when we went over to the Grammar building where we played softball and baseball, but the high light of our Grammar school days was when we graduated from the seventh grade. (We felt CALENDAR OF EVENTS — 1945- ' 46 September 20 — Our Senior Year Began. October 19 — The class went to Morrow Mountain on a wiener roast, returning by Albemarle for a football game. October 22 — Our rings came! Did we yell?! November 23 — The mascots entertained the class with a Columbus Voyage party. November 29 — Thanksgiving Holidays! December 7 — We presented a mystery play, Spooky Tavern. December 1 7 - January 7 — Christmas Holidays. December 12 — Our grade mothers gave us an oyster stew! How Good! December 20 — Christmas Party at our sponsor ' s home. January 7 — Bill Mabry, an ex-serviceman, joined our ranks, making the class a round dozen. January 16-18 — Oh, those mid-term Exams! February ? — Chicken-and-oyster supper in Mrs. Hayman ' s department. March 12 — County Basketball Tournament. Norwood boys played in finals, losing to Endy boys. April 8-21 — Seniors sponsored a Youth Rally in co-operation with pastors in the district. April 19 — Norwood students attended a Youth Conference at Ansonville school. April 26 — The Juniors entertained the Seniors at a lovely banquet. May 1 — May Day Festival on the school campus, when Lucille and Spencer reigned as Queen and King. May 3 — The mascots entertained the class at a dinner party in Charlotte. May 6 - 7 — Seniors worked all day and night on annual! May 10 — Tubby ' s father gave us an ice cream supper! It was Tubby ' s 18th birthday. May 15-16 — Final exams!!!! May 16 — Senior Banquet in Hotel Albemarle. May 17 — Senior Day. May 19 - 22 — Commencement. May 22 — Finis! [ TEN ] more important upon that day than we will upon our graduation from high school.) Five years ago early one morning in September the faculty of Norwood High school were walking through the halls, chatting about the summer vacation and won- dering about the changes ahead during the year. Sud- denly they caught the glimpse of something new and strange, for just inside the front door, huddled together, were the members of this class, coming to the high school building as eighth graders. However, after a few weeks we overcame our fright and took our rightful places. One of the most interesting things we did during our first two years in high school was going on field trips to gather leaves, flowers, bugs, and butterflies. The biggest event of our Junior year was the giving of the Junior-Senior banquet with Hawaiian setting. Now we have come to our Senior year which has been our happiest one. My classmates have helped me recall the following outstanding events of this year: