Union High School - Gleam Yearbook (Union, SC)

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Annette Corn, on French horn, and Gayle McGowan, on clarinet, were chosen Senior All-State band members at this year's audition at University high school, Columbia. Representing the 1961 junior All-State band are fseatedj: Sharon Feaster, fluteg Phyllis Kelly, French horn. QStandingJ: Carolyn Whitener, French horng Richard Reese, percussiong June Wilson, bassoong and Mickey Brabham, clarinet. The Junior All-State band played a public concert at Winthrop College late in January. Eight Band Members Place In ll-State Rating WVillard Iackson, on cornetg Kenneth Pegram, on bass horng and Rosie Godshall, on iiuteg were the three from Union High's Senior band chosen for the Representative All-State band, composed of members from each South Carolina school that has a band. Chorus members help one another board their float as time nears for Union's Christmas parade to start its colorful course down Main Street.

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ports Show Changes As Years Passg Football Takes Tournaments Place Here A century ago in Union and Union County, tournaments on horseback were held near the present site of the Monarch school. Besides these, foot-racing, high-jumping, and broad-jumping, horse races, and wrestling matches were held. At school in years past, there was little or no organized play. During recess periods, youngsters, left to their own devices for entertainment, played such games as marbles, jumping rope, pop-the-whip, tag, London bridge is falling down, and follow the leader. Boys often played mumble-peg and spun tops in the ring. Without supervised play, exuberant spirits and restless energy many times resulted in school-yard fights. Today at Union High as elsewhere, organized sports are a part of the educational program. Physical education classes are held for both boys and girls, and there is a. varied program on inter- scholastic sports. In the fall the Yellow jacket football team plays a tough schedule. In December comes the basketball season, followed in the spring by tennis, baseball, track, and golf. School spirit at Union High has been steadily rising over the past few years. The Yellow Jacket Booster club, composed of interested citizens of the community, has helped a great deal to bring the school's sports to the attention of Union Countians. This year the football team moved its games to the new County stadium, where more light and more and better seats were avail- able. Reserved seats were sold prior to the season to help raise money for the athletic program. Large crowds. of spectators turned out for the games on every occasion when the weather was favorable, and each football game, with its band music and its colorful half-time ceremonies, was a bright pageant as well as arousing contest. 5 I, thu , . 'Q 5-. k we xg? Z' vi-5 X' fri ll -- k A 'lf if x , r if ,V -- Eff -os if fe .fr zi 1 .Q QXEHFP 'L ' . . v:4'.,.:!.,'lLl!l:'- ' Weekly Friday morning pep It rallies on the bleachers of the - ' athletic field were designed to boost the spirit of both the ' players and the students who were to form the cheering sec- tion of the evening game. 35. ff x A L A X S 2 s ,. wr 'A N we L S gf 1' -'f 1 X ,v' . . , R ff ET 'fn X . l ,A 29 Q u'-sz. , 65 T. . ' ' '-I1 -.. gif.-r' 4,2 E 2: Q a- 4,14 L:-Q -ti, ff?-, Q '-P -- - ' 4' 2. X, ...... L., ,,.,. v , 1 i-2 -Z, 4 I I S ,s qu V-. ,ll l'f ' C x q ll 5 u ,g ll W 7' ln .. EE i 5 K 4. is SV 5 3 E is in V .2 at F l .ra :Ev 5 5 lf? we MS, 3 if? E