Spencer High School - Spencerian Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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LARRY WALDON “The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but rather what he becomes by it.” ERNEST WALKER “He’s full of pep and fun and liked by everyone.” REGINA WALKER “A friend is one who knows all about you and still likes you.” PATRICIA WAIT It’s smart to pick your friends—but not to pieces.” ALFRED WHITE “Friendship is the only cement that will ever be- hold the world together.” BENJAMIN WHITTLESEY “Joy is not in things, it is in us.” GLENDA WILLIAMS “An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it.” GREGORY WILLIAMS “Friends are made by many acts—and lost by only one.” JESSIE WILLIS “Trying time are times for trying.” PATRICIA WILLIS “A friend is the one that comes to you when all the others leave.” EUGENE WILSON “What a fool does in the end, the wise man does in the beginning.” HELEN WILSON “The only time you mustn’t fail is the last time you try.” CARRIE WYATT “We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.” RONALD McDOUGALD “Seems as if some people grow with responsibility —others just swell.” KATHY PALMER “It is only the forgiving who are qualified to re- ceive forgiveness.”

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WILLIAM STRUM “Life without laughter would be a dreary blank.” HATTIE SUMBRY “Dignity is the capacity to hold back on the tongue what never should have been in the mind in the first place.” SEAN SUMMERS “The mind is the master of man.” HENRY THOMAS “Few words, many thoughts.” JIMMY THOMAS “A man is rich according to what be is, not ac- cording to what he has.” ROBERT TURNER “A gentleman is a gentle man.” RICHARD VALENTINI “One of the best things a man can have up his sleeve is a funny-bone.” JAMIE VOTER “May all her flirting pay off.” TOMMY WAGES, JR. “A loose tongue often gets into a tight place.” 27

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INNER FEELINGS GONE AGAIN A smile slowly fading, listening to an empty phone. Walking from the fire while my cat stares inquisitly. He and I both know its over, but caring too much to let go. The suns love rays stream through the curtains onto an empty room. Rushing in to care for lost feelings. I don’t know—just an unspoken thing. I can be in the old familiar room— feeling warm in front of myself— thinking, over old and lost times, again. Laughing . . . with my sad eyes. —Darlene Jones WHAT WAS OF A FOOTPRINT You erased him from my mind Like a footprint washed off the sand by the sea. Let us sit back and watch the ocean’s tide and drink its water in our loneliness of time. But didn’t someone once tell me that people keep walking on the sand? The waves keep rolling in, For you left a footprint, only to be washed away. —Darlene Jones WICKED grey clouds blow tauntingly at the sky, trees sway to kiss the ground— I feel like flying up to meet the darkened sky, to play tauntingly with the wind. Swoop down to kiss the ground and back up again. Feeling wicked. —Darlene Jones UNITY AND PEACE To unite we must have peace for this is what the U.N. seeks. Worldwide peace all over the land should be established among every man. c Life is short and so are the days . . . we should unite and create peace in many ways. There is no time for prejudices and hate. We must try to conquer the word called fate. Unity is man getting together where peace is to last forever where discrimination will be a word of the past . . . as we progress to obtain what will last. Ruth McKnight Picture in your mind’s eye . . . a willow tree with a beautiful scene surrounding it Just like a willow tree that stands alone, I’ve been this way since I was born. No one really cares about me. I’m just like that old willow tree. I weep, mourn, and cry. Everybody always pass me by. Each day as I go through life, I face many hardships and strife. Will I ever be fancy free and not be compared to a willow tree? Only I can find my way, Hoping to conquer the obstacles day after day. Willow tree you’re not alone. I’ve been this way since I was born. Ruth McKnight 29