Stoneville High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Stoneville, NC)

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VALEDICTORIAN’S ADDE NANCY STANFORD Parents and. friends, It is with joy ming- led with sorrow that I make these last few re- marks. My heart is full and running over as I know yours must be. All of us Seniors are so happy that we have reached our goal of grad- uation. We have worked hard and long for this night, and it is great to achieve a distant and different goal set out to conquer. Yet there is a little choke In my throat as I bid you farewell. We Seniors want to bo up and away, and yet we wish we could linger on a- while. But tho time has come when wo must lor.rn to fly for ourselves, and like tho mother bird pushes her young from a limb to make them tost thoir wings so we are being pushed from High School tonight, to make way for next year ' s hatch of birdlings. Thanks to everybody for all you have done, parents, teachers, and loyal friends of this school. And we pledge ourselves rou have made to hold high the torch of idealism j possible by your Lcriiicos on our f, To the shortest path and the lane there inevitable comes an end; change brines sad word--f are well , fare j half

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CLASS POEM be come so roily h • • r o Lit h n a p e y thoughts in Thou. ah ir.no 1 iny all too After this ee scon F ho. list s eo a i ,o oaths Le 1 heart, fiat Each climb a different hill; For come the way ' ill mgc.ed be, For others calm and still. But nor our hearts beat as one, In this lovely garden snot-, hr, backward wo turn sirty years To times almost forgot. Backward we stop into yesterday for an hour, s o u t h o r n b o w e r . not r ' ii ' r ht toll of f t rua ole s , o ]•= -■ ' QV ' r s bf! Y d ? seat strenath of character TO cliorm y T ' v T n ■{“ h quoin In this ro rri’ •] s FDOt 1 Of fear ann And sf the Of men •- nd Le t 1 s cro f To keen ou o rn vo 1 ; Our youthful dr ams of beany great, Ou r i cl 3 a 1 s f r o s h a nd new. Let ' s never doubt nor ive ray to fear. But live triumphantly and over find Beauty, courage nd faithfulness As o o mingle ,,; ith mankind. L e t ' s t r } asn r e f o r ever t h e d a y s r o n e b 3 T , Those gracious days at 0 tone vi lie High, 2ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZHZZZZZZZ ZZ2 ZZZ yy 7 ' ITT ' TTYY ' T ynrjTirp .