Union High School - Acorn Yearbook (Vale, NC)

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ooo NENTOR CLASS PROPHECY As I returned from work, I could hear the icy winter wind shaking the windows of the living room, daring me to come outside, while the fire, crackling on the hearth, invited me to remain indoors. Since my favorite chair shared the same sentiment as the first, and since the day had been a busy one at the office, I gladly sat down. I picked up a newspaper which looked unfamiliar. The date was January 20, 1956. What! That couldn’t be, but wait—oh, yes, it could too! My thoughts suddenly turned to the Seniors of 1944. Where were they? What were they doing? I found immediately that Fred Houser was managing editor of the paper I was reading. The headlines showed in bold type that a war was going on. L. B. Helms was an air pilot, and had recently won a medal for a successful flight over Tokyo. Reading further in the article I saw that a famous Airline Stewardess, Dorothy Meeks, had left for overseas for foreign service, accompanied by two graduate nurses, Ruby Davis and Ruby Conner. On the next page I saw a picture. I know the face—but who? Oh, yes, Sarah Huss. She had been declared Miss America for 1956. What! Billy Seagle running for mayor. Surprise of all surprises! The Honorable Lewis Huss had recently been made Judge of the Supreme Court: Well of all things! Here is a write up of our own dear Union High School. Margaret Wilson is the Physical Education Director now. Here’s a picture of Catherine Roof, who has become famous as a laboratory technician. She is pictured buying a hat in Florida at Helen Leatherman’s Hat Shoppe. Erma Deen Heafner, a famous actress, is touring the west on a Greyhound bus driven by Hal Ward. Margaret Lantz, an X-ray tech- nician, and Al Stone, a famous football coach, are on this same bus. What does this advertisement say? Jack’s Cafe! Owner, Jack Car- penter! Jack always did like to eat. Oh, look! A comedy caravan coming to town featuring Bill Wood and Fritz Yonce as comedians. What a show that must be! Another ad, Paunise Hoyle’s Tea Room. I bet it’s swell! Well, why go on? All of my classmates are accounted for. How pleasant to know where they are and what they are doing. IT suddenly remember that the next day will be a busy one at the office, so I go to get my beauty sleep, leaving the ghosts of memories to in the flickering firelight. play in the flickering EMMA LOU LYNCH, Class Prophetess.

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ooo 10. ibis Pep Be 14. L5. 16. WS, 18. I, Bob Huss, do hereby will and bequeath my French book to Catherine Warlick, with the hope that she gets more out of it than I have. We, Dorothy Meeks, Emma Lou Lynch, and Paunise Hoyle, do hereby will and bequeath our everlasting friendship to Kermit Self, Roy Hoyle and Faye Hallman. I, Margaret Lantz, leave my position as pianist in chapel to Charles Brown, with the hope that he gets more vocal response than I have. I, Helen Leatherman, hereby will to Gene Sain my quietness in school. I, Catherine Roof, will to Mae Seagle my vivid imagination, with the hope that she doesn’t get as many bat-brained ideas as I have. I, Billie Seagle, do hereby will and bequeath my English book to Everette Houser, hoping he learns to speak English better than I have. I, Al Stone, bequeath all I never consumed from all the books I never read to everyone that never passed. I, Hal Ward, do hereby will and bequeath to John C. Hoover my cigarette ducks, hoping he will get by without getting caught as I have. I, Margaret Wilson, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get around quick in the gym to Anita Bolinger. I, Bill Wood, do hereby will my small size to W. C. Scronce. I, Fritz Yonce, do will and bequeath my place in the Library to Louise Wyant, hoping she will get as much fun out of it as I have. Witnessed Therefore: Both our light and serious sides, as we set this, our last seal upon our years at Union. MARGARET WILSON, Testator. 009 0090

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o°o°o ooo July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 009 DIARY 12—School started. 13—Freshmen wandering around with a “Please tell me where to go” look on their faces. 14—Commercial students disappointed—no commercial teacher, have to take Physics. 15—Seniors trying to look dignified. (No change.) 16—90°F. in the shade. Pupils going back to childhood days, making paper fans. 17—Saturday School. End of first week. 19—Physics class—Erma Deen’s mind a million miles away. 20—Selena Leonard and Bill Wood fall down steps. Look out Selena, Bill’s a dignified Senior. 21—Sociology class being held in Study Hall. 22—Seniors flirting with freshman boys. 23—Mr. Turner gives lecture on smoking. 24—Oh, that Saturday School. 25—Al gets his hair pulled by cat and Deen. 27—Certain boys have Mother pack lunch for dogs. 28—Seniors elect class officers. 29—Paunise crying. “What could the matter be?” 30—Nelta Ward flirting—as usual. 31—Half-day school, why? Saturday. 2—Seniors select their rings. 3—First month ends. 4—Typhoid vaccination. 5—Margaret Lantz finds that her heart has become a rolling stone. 6—Everyone complaining about heat. i—Saturday School. 9—Helen Leatherman and Ruby Conner daydreaming on class. 10—Hal Ward caught chewing gum on class. 11—Typhoid vaccination! Two Sophomores crying. 12—Agriculture students get chickens. 13—Sophomores cramming for test. 14—Last of Saturday School. 16—Freshmen complaining about work. 17—Mr. Turner late for law class. 18—Typhoid vaccination—last dose! 19—Wayne Scronce blushing???? 20—Ruby Davis, Bill Wood, Sarah Huss, and Libby Scronce doing square dance before law class. 23—Blue Monday. 24—Ruby Davis loses books. 25—Candy store empty. 26—Deen Heafner loses “the Gang’s treasure.” 27—Two substitute buses. Mr. Turner named them “Wimpy” and “Popeye”. 30—Students seem to be wilted because of heat. 31—Last day of August. o00Oo