Spartanburg High School - Spartana Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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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.

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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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SENI R CLASS PR PHE HRigi1t timis way, foilcsi Continuous entertain- ment going on inside. See the greatest sidow on eartii for time sum of ten cents, one tenttr of a doiiarn, cries Owens Ratvon, tire ioaricer in front ot Hammittis Heavenly Harem, featured side show attraction at time Piedmont interstate Fair of 1960. Taicing some dimes from severai deienseiess ctiii- dren, Eugene Preston, Lucy Wirrgo, Creighton Griggs, and Lucille Willis, we troop into tile iiearty greetings oi tire successiui side-simow ty- coon. our old friend Lawrence. After we iaave settled ourselves on tide comiortaioie pianics, time master oi ceremonies, Carroll Htjloppyn Siioola, starts time simovv. Vve are not surprised to find in time chorus iine Gerry Ellis, Ann Foster. lxlary iwarlzs, Ieanne Reclwine. Amelia Hodge. Ieaneite Smilli, Hazel Gibson, Iessie Gosnell, Sara Bisiiop and lwartlia Boluotes. Higiiiigilting tile perform- ance is iwarlene Halls iamous Fan Dance. Fait- ing on iris lace at regular intervals is time comedian, Lonnie Littlejolzn. Finally tearing ourselves away from tilis, we pass tin- Kiddie Cars on wilicil we spy Iulian Pruitt, lflizalmtli lvlassey and George Sparks. We tiien decide to jog around tire donicey ring a iew times. Wilt! sinouid lie selling ticicels tiiere lmut loan Sony. Since imusiness is good today we iiave to rifle on a Udoniceyn oi wiiicii time iront portion is Vvesley lveeley and tile ixacii portion is Kennelli lxloorn. Alter inuying some cotton candy from Ann Webber, we wonder down tile biidway to see time sigiats. Vve meet Professor Siclney Fulmer and stop for a ciiat. He teiis us that he is now Head of time Frencii Department at Cromeris College for Wonlen. Serving as house motimer in one of tide sorority iiouses is Iames ElmoH iwoore. Tinere seems to ine a brawl in front of Gary Bartnafs Guess-your-VVeigi1t stand. Bob Towell refuses to accept tile fact that ine weighs 63, but Bobby Priiitfs riot squad soon has the situation under Controi. Vve join time steady stream of traffic ileaded for time Penny Arcade. Barlmra TIIOITIGS is busily matting cirange in time proprietors iaoottr and taili- ing to Hairless Howard Higgins, ilead oi Higgins Handy Hair Restorer ixianuiacturing Company. Xfve overiiear in tile conversation tilat timmy Lowryys ilorse, Xvilite Ligiitning, placed first in a iiorse siiow ireid at Iacicie Smitifs Statutes. Over in a corner Peggy Lanier is struggling witil a grip-testing macimine wimiie Golden Ray receives one oi' tile western movie devices. irurtiier down tile ixiidxvay we find tile Loopo- ijiane XVilit'il is operated by l0llll Foster. Stagger- ing lrom time piane are Virginia Glenn, Helen Neigizimors and facie Gitatxs. At time Slrenglii-fiagin' apparatus Buddy Ar- nolcl inns linaiiy ncilieved time rating oi uweaiiiingu. iie is surrounded imy il group oi admirers from