Union High School - Gleam Yearbook (Union, SC)

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Undaunted by the bitter cold of a December afternoon, this happy trio of angels pose before models of the Nativity on a Union Merchant Association float ready to parade. Tommie Stone, T. Sz I. club-sweetheart, is being congratulated on this honor by Mr. Corn, club sponsor. now And lce Afford To the tune of liven music by the Newberry college dance band, Union High students and their guests enjoyed the gaiety of the A new organization, known as the Band-Aide club, came into being in the early part of 1961 for the purpose of helping the band finance trips and to promote other undertakings of this group. The club was founded pri- marily by parents of the band members. Mr. Norris Fowler became its first president. A membership fee of 85 per person or 356 for husband and wife together, was announced in newspaper stories about this organi- zation, encouraging everyone throughout the County to give material as well as moral support to Union Highis band. Spring brought with it many iirsts.', The H i-Life sent five representatives from the new 1961-62 staff to Wash- ington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia to attend the convention of the Southern Scholastic Press association. Those attending were Betsy Anderson, editor- in-chief, Jackie Weatherford and Jean Hyder, associate editors, Sara Sinclair, managing editor, and Mrs. Gregory, the adviser. Snow and ice storms caused a loss of several school days, but the state required that only two of these be made up. 180 days are required of each school in South Carolina, but because of snow, only 178 days had to be taught this year. March 17 was a holiday. On that day the annual meet-

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Holidays From School annual Winter ball, held the night after Christmas at the Veterans Memorial park. This was a highlight of the long-awaited holidays. ing of the South Carolina Education Association was held in Columbia. Mr. Gordon May, Union Area Super- intendent was a member of the Executive board of this State-Wide organization. Spring also brought the declamation contest. Both upper and lower grades participated in this year's Decla- mation and Oral Interpretation fray, which was sched- uled in April. Its purpose was to teach expression, to produce individual interpretation, and to promote a stu- dent,s coniidence in his public speaking. Mrs. Strother, Miss Lybrand, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. White, and Mrs. Nichols were the teachers that assisted students participating in the contest. Another contest held in the spring was the annual Spelling Bee held in the library. The winner of this local contest went to the county contest and likewise the winner of the county went to the district, then the state, and finally the national. i'Boom 13, as was called the room to which students tardy to classes or homeroom had to report after school, was nearly full almost every afternoon after school. Union High teachers were assigned certain weeks during which they were in charge of staying with students after school. Students stayed from immediately after school to 3:00 p. m. each afternoon. Sleet storms closed school on three days at the beginning of the second semester, to the delight of this quintet and others. There was never such fun as sledding on the slopes of Union. An important spot at summer school is the water fountain Where many get a free cold drink during the break at recess time.