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CLASS HISTORY Lmfe ltself IS 1 symphony We go forth day by d1y ll v1ry1ng tempos, becomlng 1 part of 1 lovely 1nd br1ll11nt composltlon melodlous nn m1nner dyn1m1c rn style, and unrestricted ln form The overture to the symphony of our school ltfe mtroduced the p1n1c of those first con fused d1ys We felt luke 1 mmor chord ln 1 m11or chord scale very out of place Crradmlly thus dlscord changed so that we worked anl played ID harmony wrth our classmates That first year was the prelude From there we turned to the first movement composed of our remalnmg care free elementary school days We moved along If 1 sprlte tempo fht tmg about Each day added 1 new note bring mg v1r1ety and spxce to our c0mpos1t1on Sud denly before we knew lf the straxns of Largo filled our ears and we found ourselves marching down the 'usle towards our first gr1du1t1on This brought to a close our first movement After the PIUSC of 1 presto summer vve be g1n our second movement lrfe 1t umor High Once 1g1llD vve felt llke mmor chords Th seventh grule vv IS much the slme IS the years school 1nd natny' nevv frlends plus the Pl'lySlL 1l c luc1t1on cllsses 1h those be1ut1ful bloomer shorts Chmglng classes begmnlng xn the eighth gfltlff brought buzzxng var11t1on to the movement Our un10rSennor th1t s1me ye1r len the colorful theme of Qmdyland Hovv vve vvorkel The ninth gr1de cl1m1xed th second rrovcmcnt vv1tl1 held dxy squlre d1nc1ng M1y D1y md the lLII1l0l' Senior Prrde goeth before 1 fall It seems just IS vve vvere begnnmng to feel 1mport1nt IS senlors ID umor Hrgh there clme along the tenth gr1de 1nd once 1g11n vve vvere the mmors Our thtrd movement hld begun It didnt take us long hovvever to knovv vve vvere 1 part of the school 1nd there vv1s 1 pl1ce for e1ch of us IS IH a great symphony there ns 1 place for e1ch note Of course we knevv th1t vve vvere only little notes then but someday vve vvould form the lead1ng chords of the vv hole masterpnece We looked admlrlngly at the seniors XlSLldllZ mg ourselves rn therr place As vve progressed to the eleventh grade a nevx rhythm vvas lntro duced to the movement Alnve md YIVHCIOJS nt vvas suggesnvc of our many school 1ctxv1t1es football 1nd basketball games dances chapel programs, club partles Glee Club 1nd Band pr.1ct1ces,and Dramatlc Club plays Then mysterlous atmosphere arose about the mus1c as umor Semor tlme approached A very zealous group we worked many a nocturnal evenmg scwmg blue sky twnstmg crepe p1per flowers and dragglng ln st1cky plne trees All vvork ended and our hopeful dreams realized vve danced dolcely 1n the fantasy of Sprnngtnme In P1r1s clxmaxrng the thrrd movement As we saw the sad seniors before us lexve our school behmd we vvondered II thexr grtve ness When our finale began though vve under stood How fleetlng your semor ye1r cm be 1lso hovv glornous' Hardly had school opened vvhen half the year w1s gone Wc l11d seen xenced our l1st ch1ts vvlth the College Day rep resentmves and submntted ourselves to our l1st Rellgrous EIDPISIS Week trying to recupe r1te from those mld term exams Our parents clxmbmg the steps and roaming the h1lls t tended our last P1rents Nnght progr1m The finale bro 1gl1t on 1 brxgit Crescendo IS most of us prep1red for the 1nnu1l Wfashnngton trlp Then the un1orSenlor 1nd the f1n1l ev1 ns vv ere upon us Our finale vvas ne1r completion Before vve knevv rt great svvells of muslc burst forth vvrth the grave and m1yest1c str11ns of Pomp and Crrcumstance So ends our school llfe symphonv God grant that our next vvrll be just IS QICII NANCY KRIDER 61.111 H11m111m I i I 1 ' . ' ' ' I ' ' ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 . 2 2 ' I 2 - ' 1 1 1 V Y 'Y 1 1 ' 41 ' A . ' i , ' ' 1 . 4 . 'D ' I ' I V 1 ' - ' , ' 4 . ' ' '1 I ' 1 ' ' 1 - -. S 1 ' 'A ' 1 ' ' ' L L T c 1 4 . A - A ' Q - , 1 1 ' ' ' 1 . a 1 . 7 U . ' S ' ' . I 1 . 4 1 1 , I ' l V Q ' I - K Q 'K I D l l . ' I V Y. . , . ' H . . Q , Y . ui ' ' . 1 1 1 ' . ' ' 1 ' 1 1 I - ' V 1 Q 1' 2 1 , 1 1 A 2 . y 1 1 ., . ' 7 , ' ' ' 1 - 1 Q ' K J ' ' , . 1 '1 - 1 . - -. . 1, 12 1 I My ' 1 1 1 . A 1 . before. We had only the excitement of 2, new our last football and basketball games. exper- 51 A i -2 1 ' Q 1 1 va ' ' 1 1 ' i Y 1 ' - 1 '1 A '1 J ' - 1 , ' 1 I v 1 ' - i' ' S , 1 Q 1 Y .i . 1 2 ' g , .I K I '1 . J D ' h 1 1 ' 1 T i A I 3 - 11 ' . 3 - . 'L . 1 -, 1 ' l 1 . . .gg , ' X . -' 4 1 3 - 1 i 1 Lx 1 ' f ' Af 1 i pf.. 1' '- iv. Q R-' Q 11 J 'z' 1 1 1 ' 4. 1 A . . ' . ' J ' - ' 1 1 i 1 . . A 6. i , r 1 ' v I Y I 2 1 . V . 1 . - k 1 1 1 1' ' ' h . ' ' ' . . , , , ' ' v' I , . I rt '- ' N ' ' ' ' 2 4 1 1 k 1 . '. 1 ' '1 1 1 1 ' , 1' . .1 'i
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Trme In the near future between the years l960 and 1965 Berng a reporter rs certunly not an easy job It calls for a person berng prepared to be sent day or nrght to anyplace Thrs assrgnment though vtas to be my most pleasant one The edrtor of the Hollywood Sttr Dyeann Bunch wts sendrng me back home to cover the story of North Carolrnas candrdate for Mrss Amerrca Ann Raymer I was to rntervrew all frrends md rclatnes Thrs was to be 1 brg story for thc Hollywood Star and I was really thrrlled wrth gettrng the as srgnment As our plane arrrved rn New York the next day I learned that we were to have an over nrght stay there Srnce we were gorng to be there for a whrle I decrded to buy a new dress and have drnner at some nrght club I went to Saks Frfth Avenue and was pl as antlv surprrsed to see that anrce Tutterow and Wrnrfred Kelly were top models there We chatted for a whrle and they suggested places to go for a good meal and entertarnment We decrded to have drnner together and whrl passrng the Stork Club we notrced on the mar quee that Wayne Lowe and hrs Starlrghters consrstrng of Irmmy Harmon johnny Rhea Irmmy Thorneburg Nathan Moore and Bobby Rogers were appearrng there We Just couldnt mrss thrs' Westbrook Fowler also appeared wrth the band dorng her torchy versron of Blue Moon I notrced many Statesvrllrans workrng there udy Drumheller the crgarette grrl and wartresses Shrrley Byrd Joyce Faulk Sue Chambers Peggy Compton and Vrrgrnra Harre After a long chat wrth the lot of them I returned to my room at the Hotel Madrson owned by jrmmy Madrson who now has a charn of them There I recognrzed the bellhop as Clyde Whrte Early the next mornrng arrrvrng at the arr port I notrced mrllronarress Jane Clark gettrng ready to board a plane for Europe After co prlots Larry Poole and Robert Brrstol had got ten the plane well on the way I notrced ste wardess Wanda Beaver ardrng Arelene Bal sax age one of the Globetrotters by putting a prllovt under her head Also on the plane re turnrng from a furnrture conventron were Stan Sternberger and Kalman Gordon As the plane crrcled Statesvrlle I notrced the enlargement of the town How could rt hate CLASS PROP grown so much rn so short a trme but rt had been almost ten years srnce I had seen rt Descendrng from the plane I notrced two Crvrl Arr Patrol members talkrng vsrth trcket agent rmmy Henderson I recognrzed jane Weatherford commander of the Crxrl Arr Patrol and Drana Redmond natronal head Cab drrxer Charles Rutledge took me to the telegraph office to send a telegram to Calr fornra Whrle there I went to the Vance Ho cl Soda Shop for a newspaper I notrced that Foy Brown was strll workrng as the soda yerk but now he managed the place and had as hrs as srstant J W Gentle Readrng rn the paper that the brg Chrrstmas parade was to be held the next drv and that Mrss North Carolrna would be rrdrng rn rt I decrded to see some of the crty ofhcrals about the order of the days festrvrtres I sought the address of Mayor Tommy Alexander and fmally was told by Dorrs Brrncefield hrs secrettry that he was out of town but would be back the next day The next mornrng I dropnel rn hrs oHice but he was rn conference wrth Crtv Manager Ioe Tomlrn presrdent of The Womans Club Lrla McGeachy and members of th school board Harry Speaks Brett Summers Tommy Chandler Duke Ellrs and Frank McKay I de crded to pass the trme by tourrng the town Walkrng down the street I passed one of the three new hosprtals Leavrng the hosprtal was Mrs Shrrley Rogers Walker wrth her small daughter I stopped for a mrnute and saw the head nurse Lula Drshman grvrng her assrstant Nancy Menscer and the lab technrcran Betty Lou Walters drrectrons As I passed through the maternrty ward I saw Dr Carrol Cash and hrs nurse jane McGrnn admrrrng the new daughter of Mary Davrs now Mrs Pete Gos ne When I left the hosprtal I hrred myself a gurde because I knew I could never see all of the new Statesvrlle by myself George Buzzy Knox assrsted me rn thrs manner and we stop ped first to get some gas at Hrnsons Auto Serwrce owned by Carol Angle Hrnson We were grven prompt servrce by hrs helpers Danny Kale and jerry Sherrrll We rmmedrately set out to rrsrt the schools naturally Senror Hrgh School frrst We talked wrth the prmcrpal Loure Crye and I notrced that Shelva Carn hrs secretary was flndrng the duplrcatrng machrne a Irttle drfhcult to handle We xrsrted each of the teachers begrnnrng at T ' 4 . 4 -' 4 . 2 . 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