Penns Grove Regional High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Carneys Point, NJ)

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OUR LITTLE BOOM TOWN Before us stood the future the unknown wlth 1ts fears Behlnd us lay the past subdued were all 1ts cares It seemed to us a wllderness wlth strangers all about We shuddered as we looked at It our mmds were fllled w1th doubt Cast lnto a new world four years of work ahead Welrd v1s1ons of defeat and Joy ran through each Freshman s head So th1s was Re H1 1ts doors held open w1de It beckoned us on forward lt bld us come 1ns1de Wlth all the zeal of ploneers we felt we d do The bulldlng of a boom town before four years were through Avenues of study w1th books were lald The Board our Faculty and Admmlstratlon Helped to bu1ld a flrm foundatlon The plans have been lald the roads have been paved The way wasn t easy for many have strayed But our sports classes and act1v1t1es kept It from belng dull And we ve come to our Graduatlon Day the blggest day of all Many roads lead from Our Town we all must b1d adleu And go our separate ways wlth memor1es glad and true But though our paths may sever and the Class of 57 must part We ll always be together 1n the memor1es ln each heart Beverly Tmgle 45 99 , , , 7 , . .. . , , . . , , ' ' 66 79 Main Streets of knowledge soon were made... , 7 .. . , 9 , 1 7 , . . , . . 66 99 ' ' , , 9 , , . . . , .