Union High School - Acorn Yearbook (Vale, NC)

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I Lflass Hisfary The class of 1955, having journeyed for 12 yea r s on hard, rough, and thorny, ground, at la st c om e s to the end of our high school days. However,rough the journey, there still have been lots of pleasant inc i- dents to remember. In 1952 we be ga n o ur Freshman year with forty-eight in number. Officers for that year were: President, Barbara Jean Saing Vice Pres- . .,::f-- V i ident, Ha zeline Houser, Secretary, Bob Scronceg Reporter, Shirley I-louserg Treasurer, Jean Warlick. E With forty-one enrolled we began our Sophomore year. Eight girls were Waitre s se s for the Junior-Senior Banquet and four were onthe ba s ke tba ll team. Class officers: President, Hazeline Houserg Vice President, Max Conner, Secretary and Treasurer, Shirley Sain, Repor- ter, Doris Brown. There were Forty- Two enrolled in our Junior year. Eighteen members ofthe class were initiated into the National Beta Club and eleven were on the basketball team. The largest event of our Junior year was the Junior-Senior Banquet,given in honor of the Sen- iors on April 19 in the school c afete ria carrying out a Spanish theme. Class officers: President, Bob Scronceg Vice President, Ralph Gilbert, Secretary and Treasurer, Shirley Sain, Reporter, Doris Brown. We began our last year atUnion in the year 1954 with thirty-four enrolled. The Ac- orn staff was elected and have been working very hard. Our mascots, Kay Johnson and Jerry Leatherman, were chosen from the first grade. Class officers are: President, Ralph Gilbertg Vice President, Bob Scronceg Secretary and Treasurer, Shirley Sain, Reporter, Hazeline Houser. Under our parents' and teachers' g uided love, care, and patience, we have come to the end of our high school days. Our past holds many memories. We know that this is not the end for us but anothe r step up the ladder in preparing ourselves for the future. May God bless each and everyone of you in whatever path of life you choose to walk. Historian: Barbara Jean Sain

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las! Will And Testament We,the Senior class of'55--realizing our years here at Union are almost a thing of the past, do hereby write our Last Will and Testament to prove our love and loyalty to our ever patient teachers and to this school, To the rising Seniors, we wish luck and success. To the Juniors, we say keep studying-the reward is soon to be had. To the Sophomores, we leave our books and good times. To the Freshmen, our ability to make good grades. I, Dorothy Abernethy, do he re by will my typewriter to my sister, Betty, hoping she will enjoy it as much as I, but will have greater speed and make fewer mistakes. I, Howard Auton, will my English book to any one who wants it hoping that they will do better than I did. I, Guy Beam, hereby will my good times in high school tv Roger Richard, hoping he has as much fun as I did. I, Doris Brown, will to my niece,Nancy Coon,my position as editor of the Annual, together with my extra box of aspirins. I, Lester Canipe, hereby will my good times and my basketball suit to my two brothers, Harold and Jerry. I, Av-Neail Carpenter, do hereby will to my sister, Phyllis, my ability to get through school in twelve years and have as many friends as I have had, with the hope that she is one of the smartest pupils to ever graduate. I, Emma Laura Carpenter, will to my brother, T, M. Carpenter, all the brains I need and don't have to add to the ones he has and doesn't need hoping they help him graduate with more success than I did. I, Shelby Carswell, do hereby will m y ability to get into arguments and all my good times here at Union to my sister-Brenda. I, Max Conner, do hereby will my basketball suit to Donald Jones, hoping he enjoys it as much as I have. I, Doris Duckworth, will my ability to pass all subjects witho ut studying hard to Linda Duck- worth. I, J, B. Gilbert, hereby will my back seat in English class to anybody who wants it, hoping they stay out of trouble as well as I did. I, Ralph Gilbert, will my typewriter to anyone, hoping they don't have as much trouble as I did. I, Ted Harkey, do hereby will my old English book to anyone who wants it, hoping they can keep it together as long as I have. I, Sadie Helms, do hereby will my opportunity to take Bible to everyone, hoping they will accept the privilege, also my notebook which has seen me through all high school years, to my sister-Judy. I, Hazeline Houser,will to my kid brothers,Kenneth and Jerry,my ability to make good grades- hoping they will make even better. I, Shirley H. Jenkins, will to my brother, Johnny, my front seat in English class under the care of Mrs. Rhyne-hoping he gets more out of the stuff than I did. I, Louise Johnson, hereby will my ability to answer questions when I didn't hear them, to Shir- lene Johnson and Gerald Green, hoping they answer them correctly. I, Peggy Jonas, do hereby will to my s i ste r Judy, my position as Drum Majorette, hoping that she will make a better one than I. I, Margaret Ledford, will to Gail Stengle, my bus with the hope her route will not be changed as many times as mine was. I, Barbara Jean Sain, hereby will to my kid sisters, Cootie and Bootie, my curly hair-hoping that they can keep it combed better than I have. I, David Sain, hereby will my basketball suit to my brother, Gene, hoping he has more success than I did. I, Shirley Sain, do hereby will my basketball suit to anyone who wants it and can use it. I, Bill Scronce,do hereby will my ability to get along with teachers and make friends to Donald Jones, hoping he makes use of it. I, Ted Sain, hereby will my typewriter, to Buster Hartsoe, in hope s he can type better on it than I. I, Bob Scronce, do hereby will my good times to Kenneth Ritchie-hoping he has as good a time at Union High as I have. I, Clifton Scronce, do hereby will my b u s to anyone who can drive it safely. I, Lottie Scronce, hereby will my a bility to study with interest and drive a school bus to my only brother-Troy Scronce. I, Johnnie Ann Seagle, do hereby will and bequeath my place as typist on the Annual and Trail Blazer Staff, to Peggy Taylor. I, Shirley Faye Smith, do hereby will my good times at Union to Betty John- son and Helen Scronce, with the hope that they will enjoy them as much aslhave. We, Eleanor Whitener and Jean Warlick, do hereby will, with ourbestwishes, everything that we possess here at Union to anyone crazy enough to accept it. I, Rosie Tessner,do hereby will to my only brother J.T. Tessner and friend Joyce Rudisill,all my books,with the hopes they attempt to study more than I did. I, Deane Stroup, in a sound mind, will my seat on the bus No. 50 to anyone who can stand it as long as I have and not go crazy! Q Being of sound mind and high knowledge we have written thereof. Signed: if Shelby Carswell, Testator ' V'-1'

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PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Come, I bid you, take my hand. Let's stroll once more to memory land. Let's walk again through our primary daysg And renew the happy times of our school-child phase We tried to learn, so very quick, Our reading, 'riting, and 'rithmeticg 'Till it seemed the time did fly, I can't exactly say, the reason why. We studied to learn, figure and fact, And tried to improve our intellect. But just to study wasn't it at allg We liked to play, especially ball. Then at last the time grew near, We were to begin our first high school year. New duties were ours, jobs were to begin, For we were that class, the Freshmen! In that year of fifty-one, We were just about the happiest under the sun. Those last four years were to be, Our high-school educational destiny. Finally, that wonderful year shall arrive, The year of nineteen hundred fifty-five. Next Spring when we shall graduate, Our class consists of 33, I shall enumerate. When we together do convene, There're three Shirleys, two Dorises and one Jean. Handsome David, friendly Bill, Talky Eleanor, and happy Av Neail, Pretty Dorothy, and Peggy our queen, Sweet Sadie, and intelligent Hazeline. Athletic Ralph, Max, and Bob, The boys on the team, that do their job. industrious Margaret, and Lottie are to be seen, Nice Clifton, Guy, and Dean, Shy Rosie, and Louise her pal, Two Teds, and Lester to keep up our morale. Among the group, you will see, Likable Howard and quiet J.B. Emma Laura, a nice girl, you will agree, Barbara Jean, Shelby, and of course, there's me, We must not forget our leader, so kind, Our petite and energetic teacher, Mrs, Rhynel We look forward to the unknown years, With happy hearts, free from fears, To take our places in life's great workg From our responsibilities, we cannot shirk. Some of us will be teachers, nurses, farmers or clerks, Salesmen, drivers, or in manufacturing works, Secretarial, law, medicine or sports, Or some branch of service sorts. Whatever we choose in life, Whether an office man or a housewife, Ijust know we cannot lose, In any vocation that we choose. But wait, we're forgetting one big thing! We would not be graduating this Springg Had it not been for our teachers so swell, And our fathers and mothers who kept us well. May God protect us, and lead us with care. In God, we trust, is our prayer. Poetess: Johnnie Ann Seagle