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Page 17 text:
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Gfass CPoem Down the road of life we go - To take our course we know. Whatever may be our destination, Our school memories will bring consolation. Our happy days we will never forget, And the many fond memories we will cherish yet. Our hope, our pride, our life ' s ambition Will lead us on to a higher position. We shall always remember our happy past. And know the memories will forever last. We shall never forget the many rules That we were taught at Saratoga High School. Lois Burress, Poet
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Page 18 text:
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CPropj ect It ' s August 13, 1968, a warm, sunny summer day. I ' m on a train from Richmond, Virginia, to my old hometown, Saratoga. I ' m going to attend my class reunion being held in Saratoga ' s first hotel The Raven owned by Willard ' Walston. After receiving a B.S. Degree in Nursing I accepted a position in the Rex Hospital in Richmond. I sit gazing out the window at the passing countryside as the train races by. I begin pondering over the experiences we had in high school. I shal really be glad to see my old classmates again. It was only last week that I received a letter from Ann Craft. Ann received a B.S. Degree in Nursing too, and is working in the Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She told me in her letter that Peggy Webb and Jean Bennett, two very talented beauticians, have set up their own beauty salon in Saratoga since Mrs. Shackleford retired. I understand they ' re doing a booming business. Carol Olis wrote me that after taking a four year business course, she got a job as a private secretary. After working for two years she married her boss and is very happy. I was reading a Richmond Newspaper yesterday and glanced over headlines that read, Grant Mangum Gains Outstanding Publicity as County Agent. Grant seems to have made a great success of himself in Wilson County. Several hours have passed and I hadn ' t realized I ' m almost in Rocky Mount. Jimmy Smith has started a very profitable taxi cab company. He ' s supposed to have a cab waiting for me there when I arrive. I begin to gather my belongings, and by the time I have everything, the trains enters Rocky Mount. Parked by the station I see a shiny red cab with Smith ' s Taxi on the side. The driver met me and took my things. On the way to Saratoga we were talking, and he told me Donald Webb is working for the County. He ' s keeping all the school buses in good condition. After having had to take Elton Finch ' s route so many times, Donald decided he would keep the buses from breaking down. Elton, by the way, joined the Marines after graduating from high school and signed up for a twenty year term. Now he is serving two years in Japan. He did get leave to come to the reunion, though. Finally we reached Saratoga. As we drive up to the hotel, I see another cab driving up. It is none other than Annie Mae and Marie Boykin. They graduated from the Wilson School of Nursing with top honors. They worked for a couple of years, then married and now have families. It ' s almost four o ' clock. We ' ve all been invited out to Jerry Ellis ' s for an afternoon snack. After going to college Jerry decided to go back to the farm and take over everything for Mr. Ellis. Some time after I arrive at Jerry ' s, I talked to Faye Eastwood. She was married after graduation and is now living very happily with her husband and their three children. Who is the young gentleman preparing our punch. It ' s Lester Whitley. Jerry said Lester got manied while still in college. It was a tough go, but Lester was happy. There ' s Frances Joyner. I think I ' ll go over and talk to her. She says she ' s manager of the Ladies ' department in Bill Jones ' Department Store in Wilson. Bill just didn ' t want to farm so he has a very profitable store. Well, it ' s time to go back to the hotel and dress for the reunion. I dress and go down to the banquet hall. Over in the corner is Lois Burress talking to Miss Bordeaux, Lois took a business course and came back to Saratoga to work as the school secretary. Oh, there ' s Patty MulUns. Patty liked the idea of nursing as a profession, too. She is now working as Dr. Dudson ' s private nurse in the new Memorial Hospital in Wilson. Dorothy Hobbs is talking to Patty. Dorothy went to Raleigh and got a job as a telephone operator. She likes this job because she can know everybody ' s business - that is - until she ' s caught. Well, it ' s almost time to go. I ' ve had a wonderful time. Everyone seems to be very happy living in his own world. I ' ll long remember this - our class reunion. Bonnie Howell, Pro )het
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