Union High School - Acorn Yearbook (Vale, NC)

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Clk-.SIS Alsfory We the Senior Class of 1961 are at last completing our last years of high school. They were happy years. We have had fun and heartaches during the time we have been in high school. We've done many things which we are proud to talk about along with some we are not so proud of. ln August of 1957, forty-five of us delightly entered high school as freshmen. Some of us came from Howards Creek the year before, but were well in swing with the rest of the class by now. Our leaders for that year were Judy Seagle, Barbara Chapman, Dot Beam, Shirley Johnson, Judy Gilbert, and Tom Rhyne. In August of 1958 we went on to higher education. We were sopho- mores. There were only 43 in our class that year. Our leaders were Barbara Chapman, Richard Baucom, Dot Beam, Phil Hoover, Tom Rhyne, Larry Yoder, and Shirley Johnson. Some of the boys and girls were honored with the privilege of carry- ing our school colors as basketball players. In the spring of 1959 we had come to the year most of us had been looking forward to, our Junior. We had many events to look forward to. There were 39 of us that year. Our leaders were Tom Rhyne, David Warlick, Barbara Chapman, Judy Seagle, Carolyn Scronce, and Larry Yoder. Six Juniors were initiated into the Beta Club. The biggest events of that year were the Junior Play entitled, Sing for Your Supper, which was a big success, and the Junior-Senior Banquet. We choose the Cinderella Ball as a theme and did we ever have a ball. At last in the spring of 1960, we were Seniors. We will soon be facing graduation. There are 37 of us now. Our leaders are David Warlick, Tom Rhyne, Judy Seagle, Larry Yoder, and Richard Baucom. This year we look forward to presenting the Senior Play, and most important we look forward to graduation. It has been a long hard climb. Many of us will go on to higher ed- ucation and many of us will go directly into making a living for ourselves But whatever we set out to dol am confident we will succeed. Historian Barbara Chapman

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Wow, this class reunion sure is a big occasion. All the seniors of 1961 are arriving. As they come in Betty Jo has them tell every one what they are now doing. First to arrive are Tommy Rhyne, a professor at the University of North Carolina, and Ronnie McConnell, a teacher at Lenior Rhyne. Next to arrive is Judy Seagle, Secretary of Welfare, and her assistant Brenda Houser. The Air Force begins to arrive in the form of Major Bill Reep and Lieutenant Buddy Smith. But the Army isn't left out as Earlene Avery and her husband, who is a general in the Army, arrive with Shirley Johnson, a dance instructor at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in New York. The businessmen of the class Richard Baucom and Keith Sain, owners of Baucom and Sain Freight Lines, Inc., arrive together. I see that Tony Gilbert and Kay are telling everyone that Tony has just become the new owner of Gilbert's Garage, Inc. The last ones to arrive are Willie Faye Hilms, a lawyer, and Carolyn Scronce, a court stenographer. Everyone is here with the exception of the airline hostess Nancy Wellborn, and the pilot, Robert Allen, who brought all the students here. You might know my crystal ball would begin to fade at this moment, and I would miss all the fun. Prophet Carolyn Scronce

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fgibsf ZJ1!anJf7QsfamQnf We, the Senior Class of '61, realizing our years at Union are almost a thing of the past do hereby will to our parents and faculty our sincere ap- preciation for the untiring efforts expended to us during our school years. To the JUNIORSg who will be the first graduates from West Lincoln, we wish luck and success. To the SOPHOMORES: we leave our good grades and cherished mem- ories. . To the FRESHMEN: we leave our books and our ability to study. I, Robert Allen, do hereby will to my brother and sisters all the easy and hard timesl have had at Union. I, Earlene Avery, do hereby will to my sister Judy my good times at Union and my bookkeeping book in hopes she will understand it better than I. I, Richard Baucom, do hereby will my bus, No. 64, to anyone who can handle it and my tranquilizer pills to the next driver. I, Dorothy Beam, do hereby will all my past good times at Union to Joyce Childers and my sister Sandra, hoping they enjoy themselves as much asl have. I, Jane Black, do hereby will my books to my sister Sue with the hope she studies more thanl did. I, Barbara Chapman, do hereby will my excess weight to anyone capable of carrying it around as long asl have. To Sammie Haynesl will my good times and my good grades to Joe Bill Heavner. I, Ray Elmore, do hereby will my books to anyone who wants them with the hope they learn more than I did. I, Howard Fisher, do hereby will my seat in study hall to my sister Evelyn and my English book to my brother Barney with the hope that he uses it. I, Tony Gilbert, do hereby will my good times at Union to my brother Richard. I, Judy Gilbert, do hereby will my ability to play basketball to my nephew Alan Hoyle, and hope that he doesn't have the misfortune thatl had. I, Judy Hager, do hereby will all my good times and all the left-over North Brook boys to Joyce Childers.