Russell High School - Pointer Yearbook (East Point, GA)

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.1 1131, H011. JERE A. WELLS Superintendent Fulton County Schools TO THE SENIORS: Congratulations to you 11ho ale about to finish high school. T11111 1'ou15 is a goodly heiitage. Think of what you 0116: to all the pioneels 11'h0 haveD gone before 1'0u. Unless you Dive 1'0111se11es unselfishl1 as ogod citizens to your c0111111u11it1' and state you will not have dischalged a duty which 15 1i0htl1 1.01115 To be a good citizen 10da1 you must be well i11f01111ed and alelt so that 10u can meet situations and use them to best a111a11tage in em develop ment of self- go1'e111111e11t. An alert and intelligent electorate is a prerequisite to perpetuating den1o1ratic ovelnment Remember that the ballot is the plivilege for whiLh millions ale dying in this war. Do not take it lightly. This is not somethin0 abstract but 11811'real and Vital You have lealned 111211111 plinciples which should guide you, but 110116 is more important than learning how to live t0getl1elee live in groups as 111311 as individually and we rise 01 fall as we meet the responsibilities that make a better life for all. The challenge is to us then. 61611 as it has been with those who have pI'CLCdCd us May we so dischalge ou1 duties that 0111 81136 1611ce as free men and women 1112111 be the expeiience of peoples everywheie. KNOX WALKER. l congratulate you 011 the successful com- 1 pletion of your High School period of educa- tion. As 1'0u go away from these scenes of youthful activit1' into the adult world, 111:11' you carry there a greater sense of your duty to society, a finer ability to serve 1'ou1' fellow- 111a11, and a more defmite determination to live 11'01'thil1'ehecause of these years 11011 School May God bless and keep each one have spent in the Fulton County System. of 11011. JERE A. WELLS. HON. KNOX WALKER Caneral Supervisor

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PROF. Roy IthEMHLLIm Principal MRS. FAY BARRON C Zerk- MRS. SUE G. BULLARD tStandinQ MISS FLORA BAILEY MRS. LEROY PLANK tBelow, Miss L015 PARR MISS BERTIE A. GROSS MRS. P. H. FITZGERALD MRS. O. B. BOYD StandingW MR. 17. J. LOCKLIEAR