Sedge Garden School - Segarian Yearbook (Kernersville, NC)

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CLASS HISTGRY Cflontinuedj Cut Junior year meant the meeting of two separate classes which united to make one large, happy class. To speed this union we decided to have a weiner roast at Reynolds Park. After a few rounds of sizzling, juicy hotdogs washed down with Pepsis the ice was broken and we were well on our way to becoming acquainted. A carnival always attracts attention and the one the P. T. A. sponsored in the gym was no exception. We juniors came and had a swell time munching popcorn and carrying balloons which occasionally met a tragic end at the point of a pin. No carnival 'is complete without a fortune teller and no one could leave 'without having his fortune told. Nervously we held out ticket stub hoping ours would win a door prize. Fun? Yes, we had it and now it is memories of a wonderful time. We sold magazines out Junor year to get money- for the junior-Senior Banquet. We divided into two teams. The losing team gave the winning team a party at the Community House in Kernersville. At last the eagerly awaited month of March arrived -the month when we would entertain the Seniors at a banquet at the Cavalier Grill. For some of the girls it meant buying their first evening gown. We thought we were pretty important. The theme of the banquet was Hitch Your Wagon to a Star . After we had sung songs or listened to someone else sing we stuffed out- selves with turkey and all of the good things that gq with it. Then we hitched our wagon to a star and hurried home never to forget our wonderful banquet! May was the month that found us as well as everyone else excited about the May Day program. Our four attendants in the court looked especially It was a very colorful event-pretty girls, handsome boys, bright costumes, gay music. Before school was out we decided to meet during the summer and go to Hanging Rock. In june we did just that. We met at the school house' and went from there on a truck. We swam, went boat riding and ate far too much food. Halloween always means a party so we decided to have one at Disher's Cabin, a place that was to be overrun by us a number of times that Senior year. We had great fun eating and dancing. Some found the living room floor too crowded to dance and went to the kitchen which was just as good for that purpose. After a swell time we hurried home trying to dodge all spooks and witches that come with Halloween for we had had enough excitement already for one night. What is more fun than a hay ride followed by a weiner roast at Disher's? We Seniors couldn't think of anything! After the hayride we were all scratched up Cthat's what the hay didj and ready for hotdogs and Pepsis. Nc one could persuade us to leave before we had danced several times. Another year' and another P.-T. A. Carnival with all of its games and fortune tellers. Bobby Dean Smith was dressed like a clown with a very large cigar in his mouth. iWe strongly suspect that there were pins in the crowd for every time we turned around our balloons disappeared with a loud bang. Seniors were well represented in the Christmas Pageant. -It was really very beautiful and we enjoyed taking part in it. ' Along with Santa and all the other things that come with Christmas were Christmas Parties. Ours was at Dishers four, favorite meeting placeb. We with several of the teachers had lots of fun playing games, eating, and dancing, which had become our regular routine. About midnight we said goodnight. A new year usually means something pretty special, for us it was a New Year's dance stopped just in time to wel- come the New Year. Claude Swaim was the New Year and Van Willard was the old year. Claude entered at twelve o'clock and Van rushed our. Valentine Day brought another dance for which we put on our best bib and tucker. Cupid in the air and youth in our spirits combined for a delightful evening. Money, money, money! It might be the root of all evil 'but it was also necessary for us to publish an annual. We decided to sell Christmas cards. We had two sides -Owen and Betty Ruth's-Betty Ruth's team won so Owen's team gave them a party. We dressed appropri- ately in blue jeans and loud shirts for this formal affair. Spire of the fact that not many went we had a lot of Spontaneous excitement filled the air when we learned that there was to be a Senior Play, especially since no one had given a play in a number of years. Everyone wanted a part but there were only eleven characters so many of us were turned down. We had fun practicing at night not to mention the time spent munching dough- nuts and drinking coffee. Mrs. Reavis was always patient with us even when we cut up. We had lots of trouble with our temperamental ghost but it was worth it! May of '49-a very special honor to us as Seniors and another lovely banquet added to our memories. This time we were the ones being honored. The Juniors did a grand job of it. It made us suddenly realize that our school days were nearly over. p Then came that momentous month of June. Its mem- ories are mingled with happiness and sadness, a feeling of accomplishment and one of just beginning, importance and insignificance. There were so many last things to be done and so little time to do it. We hardly 'seemed to begin practicing graduation exercises when we found ourselves receiving those much desired and treasured diplomas. Graduation was over, school days ended.

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CLASS HISTORY SEDGE GARDEN For six long years, with eager anticipation, we students had been awaiting the arrival of school days. Finally the time came and early in the morning we boarded the bus for school. Mrs. Ellis and Miss George were our teachers in the first grade. The entire class had whooping cough, including the teacher. With a whooping good time we finally made it to the second grade. Miss Linville and Miss Davis were our teachers this year. If the little boys misbehaved, they had to wear a baby dress outside at recess. Of course, the little girls never needed any punishmentg they told on the boys. Our biggest pain in the third grade was arithmetic. Mrs. Rosemond and Miss Linville had quite a time with us. .Finally we began to understand this subject a little better and were then promoted to the fourth grade. This year, we were the headaches of Miss Linville and Mrs. White. Poor Miss Linville, three years with the same gang!!! We began our study of geography and some thought it interesting, while the majority of us found it very hard. The fifth grade found us struggling with history. Oh boy, what a .hard subject, and with the subject we began last year!! Mrs. Crews and Miss Bolick were our in- structors this year. With the sixth grade we had finished half of our schooling and thought we were practically grown. Mrs. Crews and Mrs. Greer must have had their hands full with all of us grownups. As seventh graders we began noticing the opposite sex and the girls began experimenting with lipstick. We were quite excited when some of our girls were called to the office by Mr. White, but he only wanted them to work in the lunch room. Miss Sprinkle and Mrs. Furches were our instructors this year. Mrs. Byrd and Mrs. Pinnix were our teachers in the eighth grade. Some of us began singing in the Glee Club and we considered this quite a privilege. We also began changing classes and' this made us feel extremely important. Some of us thought we were in High School, but we were only in the eighth grade, remember! With quite a lor of enthusiasm, we advanced to the ninth grade. At that awkward age of grins and giggles, we pestered Mrs. Bondurant for a year. Entering High School meant more than just another grade in school It meant working out schedules, deciding on subjects and learning to be in class on time. With the feeling of knowing little and plenty yet to learn we proceeded to the tenth grade. Mrs. Parks had the burden that year. We began to study biology. We had several boys and girls who were fortunate enough to make the basketball teams. This was the first year we were lucky enough to have Seniors with enough ambition to have an annual. With the get- ting of autographs and saying goodbyes to the Seniors, teachers, and classmates we were out of school for our summer vacation. 0 P Z as li l! M UNION CROSS It was a confused group of kids that thronged the first grade classroom that bright September morning, for never before had we encountered such a tremendous crowd of children. We found that life was to be quite interest- ing at school, because we were to have an extremely nice teacher, Miss Livingood, by name. She patiently guided us, as we learned the alphabet and mastered the art of counting to one hundred. In the second grade, we found that it was going to be quite different, as we were to start having home work, and also because our teacher, Mrs. Cline, was very strict. We learned to be very, very obedient, as we were forced to wear baby clothes, if we disregarded her instructions. 4 By the time we reached the third grade, our class had increased in number so much that our principal was forced to divide us into two classes, under the direction of Miss Pratt and Miss Teague. Again in the fourth grade we were divided and Mrs. Smith and Miss Teague received the responsibilities. This year found us struggling with the new and different sub- Jeff, geography. At the end of the year, we had suc- cessfully completed our work and thus were promoted to the fifth grade, with a happy heart and big ideas. Mrs. Davis was our teacher in the fifth grade and the year passed rapidly with the usual activities. Along with geography carne history, which provided added excite- ment, as we were greatly interested in the history of the 'United States. At the beginning of the sixth year of school, we dis. covered we were to have a charming teacher, but her vname was so hard to pronounce that we were forced .to call hereverything but her name, which was Mrs. Knouse. Seventh grade arrived, under the teachings of Mr. Teague, and many exciting love affairs. Mr. Teague really learned how impudent children can be at this age, even though his patience was everlasting. Eighth grade arrived and we really began to think seriously of the opposite sex, parties, and post 0ffiCe'!! Our teacher, Mrs. Wooten, offered us helpful guidance in preparation for High School, which we had been anticipating for so many long years. g For years we had been anticipating the arrival of High School days. At last they were here. We discovered many new experiences under our very capable home room teacher, Mrs. Brooks, and struggled continuously with the beautiful novel, Silas Marner. On the whole, it was a wonderfull year, filled with skating parties, dances, and other social activities. Everything a Freshman could desire, was ours for the taking. . We progressed rapidly and found ourselves, in the tenth grade with Mrs. Lemons, as our chief adviser. As we were the Seniors at Union Cross, we received numerous privileges, which, heretofore, were foreign to struggling Sophomores. The comedy, Here Comes Charlie , was presented by the ninth and tenth grade students under theedirection of Mrs. Brooks, our dramatics teacher. This play was entirely successful and left students, who had participated with a feeling of great pride. The .year ended too soon, as we Union Cross students hesitated to leave the beloved school which had been our haven for so many years. But summer vacation had arrived, and we departed, knowing that the following year would be a new and different school with different people as our associates. ,

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Bib' , S . f D r 9 ! f6 3 ., ., ..,,. 3 4 '!!F4 15,5 H in ,gy WAY BACK WHEN 1. Dolores Murphy. 2. Phoebe Lawson. 3. Wilma Hedgecock. 4. Owen Reavis. 5. Juanita Masten. 6. Ruth Idol. 7. Rebecca Hine. 8. Charles Thomason. 9. Myrtis Morsinger. 10. Goldia Smith. 11. Lawrence Danner. 12. Hazel Snyder. 15. Lawrence Weavil. 14. Imogene Bodenhamer. 15. Charles Palmer. 16. Oneita Tucker. 17. Charles Reid. 18. Nancy Smith. 19. Roger Motsinger.