Spartanburg High School - Spartana Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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a 95353 Floom' SBIITH Nveyre out now-so what? Xvell, ahout one- thircl ol us will go on to college while the remain- ing 6626'MJ will stop living ollli their parents as ol now ancl take that frightening plunge into the clank. clark. colcl pool of lite. ,Att any rate there are 250 oclcl people gracluating lrom Spartanhurg High School who. in all proh- ahility, leel like they've agecl 100 years over night ancl woulcl like to he starting all over again. 250 people whose lives lor the past I2 years have heen clominatecl hy that all-powerlul protector. the Spartanhurg City School System. Vvlhom will we have to hlame all our trouhles on now? Vklhat ahout the little things we have come to cherish: the mile-long caleteria lines. working up an appetite while waiting lor our clinner, ancl working up another one lighting ancl pushing to get hack out again. ancl last hut not least, clear olcl Mhlotheru Nlanning. How are we going to get along without lihrary slips, attencl- ance slips. tarcly slips. ancl all the other little hits ol recl tape that were constantly getting unfler our leel anfl in our hair. ln spite ol' it all. however, nohocly really wants to leave when he rear hes that last clay when all ol us saunler clown the mirlrlle ol the gym, grah our cliplomas with one paw. anrl Ur. Hallman's hancl with the other only to rlesm enrl lrom the stage into LfUOClIlf'SS'l4ll0XN'5 xK'lIill. ,kt that moment every grarlualing rlass gets genuinely sorry lor themselves, anrl most wish that they coulcl stay another clay or week or month. ill T RY QF THE Now is the time when the class ol 1950 pauses, turns. ancl takes a last nostalgic look hack over the past lour years-four years in which a lot ol water has passecl uncler the hriclges for each ancl every one. Thoughts go hack to 1946 ancl our llirst Clays as lreshmen. Back then. we were all pretty new at this husiness of heing high school stuclents ancl lor the most part sat hack in awe ancl wonder- ment. gazing at all the things that went on arouncl us. For the most part we just watched the upper- classmen shine. Our loothall team was great in the lall ol '46 with Coach Gilhert Cox at the helm. Alhert uReclH Patterson was President ol the Stuclent Bocly ancl aclclecl much color to the olilicial rohes of that otlzice. Alter loothall came haskethall along with talk ol annuals, school papers. gym circuses. ancl one hunclrecl thousancl other things. or so it seemecl. Before long the '46-Q-ll' school term was over. The 'JI-'-IS year came ancl went. ancl Council Pre-xy Pat Feclerline vinclicatecl the juclgment ol those who hacl electecl her hy proving that a woman can make goocl. Some ol our numher were alreacly making a place lor themselves. The names ol Fine, Hammitt. ancl Lee appeared on the sports pages cluring the Fall. ancl as Xvinter came, ancl Spring lollowetl Xyinter. more ancl more ol the class ol 'Stl gainecl recognition in the school. Xve were heginning to come into our own. 'llowarcls the close ol the year several sophomores were eleeteil to holtl olllices in the schoolls cluhs anal extra-turrieular activities lor the lollowing year.

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LA T WILL D TE TAME T PREAIVIBLE We, the graciuating ciass of 1950, having enciureci the harciships, sorrows, and good times for the Iast four UW, years, hoping that the coming seniors wiII Iaeneiit hy it, rio hereiay make our first, Iast, and oniy wiII and testament. SECTION I To Mr. Rice we Ieave a hottie of HI'IacIacoIH to ease any pain that we may have causeci ciuring our stay at S. H. S. To IVIr. Humphries we wiII one hrancl new notehooii so he can Iceep tain on the Iatest Hciaten gossip and one History oi NNaIhaIIa . To Mrs. IVIinus we Ioequeath one copy of HINIULE TRAIN . To Miss Qtts we Ieave one team oi dismissal siips with a printeci UE. Cf' on them. To Miss Cucid we Ieave our ionciest affection for all that she has cione for us in the past. To Mr. Hallman we wiii the most comiortahie Ueasyu chair that can he had for we Iinow he cieserves it. SECTION 2 To the seniors, to he, we say, Be gooci to your teachers anti maiie your 'F' honestiyn. To the iuniors we Ieave the hope that some ciay they wiii hc UfiiQ'I'liiiiGdU seniors. Vve onIy remind the sophomores that they are weii on their way to . . . Oh weiii They are weii on their way. To the freshmen we Ieave enciurance that we hope wiII he everiasting. SECTION 3 Sidney Fuimer Ieaves his Uhrainsu to Daniei Cromer. Alien Fine Ioequeaths his UIVIascuIine BuiIcI to BiIIy Seifert. Ioyce Timmons Ieaves the cafeteria to Mrs. IVIanning. Iaciaie Casey wiIIs Iier ainiiity to say UGOII-ee-een to anyone who can use that 'Southern Drawiu. Bobby Pruitt Ieaves his ahiiity to give orciers to Waiter Brice. Pat Ellis Iiestows her magnetic personaiity upon Jan BeII. Hazel Cox, Fran Bailey, and Iuciy Ott Ieave their red hair to Ann CarroII, Jennie Fowier, and Ann Ramho. Barbara Thomas wiIIs her good-Iooicing ciothes to Pat IVIC- IVIanus. Lawrence Hammitt Ieaves those U... ...U eyes to Gaiae I'IiII. Arthur Watson hequeaths his music aioiiity to Donnie Biocif. Kat Tysinger Ieaves . . . WITH Jimmy Lowry. HEimo Ixioore Ieaves his quiet and reserveci manner to Raymond Tate. Mariiou Vxfest Ioestows her Usizen upon Ann IVIiIIcr. Iachie Gauit wiIIs her ahiiity to ciance upon Shiriey Frey. Iamie Smith Ieaves her HI..auren Bacaiii' voice to Peggy Randail. Gloria Key Ieaves Vvaiiace Litticiohn hut NOT to Katherine I-Iannalii Shirley Smiley hestows upon Ann I'IarIey her sweet personaiily. Nlariene Hall wiIIs her iove oi reaciing paraiiei to IVIr. Hoit. Iviury Ann Vv7oocI Icaves her ahiiity to get aiong with peopie to IVIary Patterson. Barhnra Hiighes Iuequeaths her AiDfRH1FliIC,, ahiiity to Rosaiie Guy. Mooriy' Smith hestows his Hiljresifiencyn upon anyone Ilrave enough to unciertaiie it. Lonnie Littieiohn ieaves his giamorous ileafi of hair to Auhrey Rothrofii. Iune Aiien inequeaths her irienciiiness to Iviary Costos. Susan Vvlhite he-stows her ahiiity to speaii French upon Jean- nette Ancierson. Nvesiey Neely wiiis his gooci citizenship to Kari Brancit. Verla Staggs Ieaves her heauty to Joy Aiewine. Peggy Campbell Ieaves . . . to take care of HBUCICH. Gloria Hedge Ieaves her hig, heautiiui eyes to Eiisa Ott. Haroici Miller Ioestows his wisecraciiing upon Vvade Buriey. Boiuiyy Smith wiIIs his vocaI corcis to Thornweii Fricii. Tommy Reaves Ieaves his way with the women to anyone who can get hy with it. V Signed: JUNE GUNNELL, SARA VVHEELER. VVitnesses: HIVIOUSEYH, I. IVI. BALIVIUI51. JUNE GUNNELL 1 SARA WHEELER

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CLASS F 19 The school year 1948-t9't9 arrivect on the scene one hright morning in Septemher anct memhers ol the class ot t9'30, now Juniors, movect hactx into the swing ot events. Now' it we hact att startect school I2 months eartier we woutct have heen seniors then. How- ever, hy reason ot the new twelve-year system which was heing instattect our gractuation was ctetayect a year. Nevertheless we tett ourselves to he hall' seniors since the ctass ot '49 was very small hy compari- son with previous senior classes. Vt his is not to say that the seniors ctictnt have their share ot the spotlight. From among their numher came Gregory Ptiroutman. Stuctent tjmocty tjresictentz .tohn Ahernathy. SPAR'l',xNix Ectitor: anct live ot the hest high school loothatt players in the state: Denis Barhare. Billy t-tartsett, Aaron QN0lICtFl, BOtJt7y COllCitl. ElIlCt iItl11l1lY Bt'OCti. Thus our Junior year came and went anct att ot a suctcten we were Seniors. Xve were the top ctogs, in our tast year ot high school anct ctetinitety not chitctren any more. Att ot the activities anct lun ot the year passect hy titie a sprinter ctoing the 100-yarct clash. Foothatt came in with a rush anct hetore we tcnew which way was up Thantqsgiving was come anct gone. The toothatt suits were put in moth halls tor next seasonis team. hut 14 Seniors were never to wear the otct Reel anrt Btacti ot Spartan- hurg again. This group was left hy Captain t.aw- rence Hammitt anct Co-Captain Allen Fine. The latter ptayect in the annual Shrine Bowl fontest hetween the North Carolina anct South Carolina high school att-stars. t'tammitt anct Fine together with the remaining twelve were honorert at a homecoming loothatt game anct intormat rtance. v- s . s the school s otliciat organ. the 5critJtmter. eftitert hy Sictney Futmer, taunchect the yearis initial ctrive. tt was. ot course to secure sutmstriptions. ttarct on its heels came the SP.xR'r.xNA suhscrip- tion ctrive. Vt-hen there were ttrives. rtrives. anct overctrives until hoth those who were ctriving anct those they were trying to ctrive xx ere almost rtriven to ctistrar tion. As tatt lett anrt winter htew in. we hegan to thinti more ol that ctate in .tune with the maps anct gowns. txtict-term exams hecame a thing ol the past he- tore we hact gotten over Christmas hotictays. Spring ltew hy. hringing with it the gym circus. plays, concerts anct other activities. These events hact hecome our new way ot tile. Finally we came clown to the tacting ctays ot htay anct approachect that ctay ot rectioning with ourselves anct with the luture. Nve realize now that we are hut a smatt part ot that uinnumerahte caravan ot which a portion moves into Spartan High anct a portion moves out every year. VVhere were going isnlt tor us to ttnow, hut weire leaving our puhtic schooling hehinct us anct going into maturity anct actutthooct.