Union High School - Acorn Yearbook (Vale, NC)

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if HAROLD D. HEAVNER Sports-Grinning-Arguing 4-H Club 1, 2, 33 F. F. A. 1, 25 Bas- ketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Honor Roll 1, 2, Sports Editor of Annual 4. EVOYD HULL F 'riendly-Mischievous- Tot F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4g 4-H Club 1, 25 Honor Roll 1, 2g Perfect Attendance lg Friendliest Senior, Senior Play 4. SE IORS ROY HOYLE Basketball-One girl-Blond hair 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 43 fPresident 3, 495 F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 45 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 45 Bus Driver 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice- President of Class 3, 4, Class Play 2, Perfect Attendance 15 Best Athlete 4g Assistant Business Manager of Annual 45 Marshal 3, Treasurer of Class 1. ff .. ,, ,. A .e V. . ' 693 71 . . . 0 QS , X 2. , 1 iff- 4 ' fx 3 , ,a 2. ' FH M ,- gf.. , HQ.E2w i.. L7fYp',Q.'g , 'lqfxirfg' , ' E113 -, ' r 1 w,....ff5tzQf.:1. , Ziff V -1' '- 4'i',li4'f2'sjg 1 4 11'-qf.l , ' . ... ..f.w,, iw., I , E t i 2.2-f'-'iz 'K 1 GENE HOOVER Quiet-Dark- Pete F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4-H Club 1. RUBY HUSS Contrary-Energetic-Sweet Waitress at Junior-Senior Banquet lg Basketball 2, 3, 45 Basketball Let- ter 35 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4g Choir 3. Fey K S? LW -xiii- N m Q l N X if -H il no--N king., 1 9

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CLASS HISTORY In the summer of 1944 forty-five well-acquainted Freshmen picked up their textbooks and started the familiar Union High routine-giggling, flirting, cramming, laughing, talking, and some few studying. That year we were honored to have several members on the basketball team and eight girls as waitresses for the banquet. Our officers for that year were: President, Ruth Leatherman, Vice-President, Earnest Thomas, Secretary, Jean Carpenter, Treasurer, Roy Hoyle. With Mr. Hoyle as our home-room teacher we started off our Sophomore year by abusing the Freshmen and acting like Juniors. Since there were no Seniors that year everyone felt his importance. We even gave a class play entitled Good Gracious, Grandma. Along with the play eight members of the clas were initiated into the National Beta' Club. Class officers were: President, Ted McGinnis, Vice-President, William Rob- inson, Secretary, Daphine Conner. Thirty boys and girls then called themselves Juniors. This year was an event- ful one as the post-war epic had begun. Seven were on the basketball team, four attended 4-H Club Week at Raleigh. Three were bus drivers and two represented the school in a speaking contest at Lenoir Rhyne. The seven Beta Club members held staff positions on 4'The Trail Blazer, and Anita Bolinger won second place in a State FCX Speaking Contest. We were well represented in the Commence- ment Exercises this year since six were- in Class Night and five were Marshals. We also had 13 of our members in the choir. But the highlight of our Junior year was the banquet we gave April 25 in honor of the Seniors, the theme of our banquet, held at the Daniels Community House, was A Southern Plantation Party. Colors used were green and yellow. Guest speakers were Rev. Iverson Brendle, Sr., and Mr. Graham Morrison. Class officers elected were: President, Thomas Sain, Vice-President, Roy Hoyle, Secretary-Treasurer, Ruth Leatherman, Reporter, Earnest Thomas. On July 21, 1947, we stepped into Mrs. Rhyne's room for our last year at Union. Our rings came the second week of school and our calling cards before school closed for summer. The Acorn staff was elected, and officers as follows: President, Williain Robinson, Vice-President, Roy Hoyle, Secretary, Daphine Con- ner, Treasurer, Thomas Sain. When the fall term started we threw ourselves whole-heartedly into the task of finishing up right. Most of the effort being directed toward our annual. Our Mascots, chosen from the first grade, are Alice Mosteller and Max Beam. And now we number, twenty-five, fifteen girls and ten boys. Smaller in number than the forty-five in the ninth grade, but closer in spirit. Seniors, after twelve long years we have reached our goal. But wait, is this our goal? No, I think not, our goal is Eternity and this is our first step up the ladder. Oh, God, that our next might be as firm and well-directed as this one. H istorian, RUTH LEATHERMAN

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POEM 348 Ex Animo r QFrom The Hearty After this spring when we graduate As the class of nineteen hundred forty eight We'll no longer climb the creaking stairs Or tip over the study hall chairs, So let us take a backward glance At our high school advance. We've seen a great war come to its end And heard famous men their peace messages send, But like students of other times we played hard And worked to keep our school records unmarred Learned our reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic Even though at times we weren't any to quick. In few things do we excell But occasionally We have done well. From this you see we have quite a tribe Which I will now try to describe. When we all together convene There are three Marys, two Rubys, and one Gene Studious Thomas and Miller, his energetic pal And the likable twins to keep up our morale Athletic Roy and Earnest, our artist Popular Selena and Ruth, our journalist Handsome William, happy Ellen, and pretty Daphine Friendly Evoyd, moody Marie, and Glenn are to be And among our ranks you'll see Red-haired Helen and of course there's me, Roberts, Pansy and Connie Mae Who are sometimes sad and sometimes gay Then there's our chief so fine Our home-room teacher, Mrs. Rhyne. We're quite proud of what we have done And we're among the happiest under the sun. But wait-We're forgetting one big thing We wouldn't be Wearing our blue and gold ring If we hadn't had teachers who knew their stuff And parents who knew when that ache was a bluff, We appreciate the history and English The lunches and your urging us to finish, But most of all the common sense Rather than an irregular verb tense, Of what is to come we're no little afraid But when we our lives have made, You can say our success really began When you taught us to live with our fellowman. Seen Class Poetess ANITA BOLINGER