Union High School - Gleam Yearbook (Union, SC)

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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.

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Modern Business Contrasts ith ountry Stores Of Other Years Long Past In a by gone era, the country store was the counterpart of a modern day shopping center. The variety of merchandise avail- able was practically unlimited. In one of these emporiums, one could buy anything from calico to horehound candy, from shot- gun shells to shoes. Farming families purchased from the store everything they could not grow or make themselves. At harvest time, they sometimes found themselves owing most of their crop to the store. Besides being shopping centers, these general stores also served as informal meeting houses. Around the pot-bellied stove and the cracker barrel, the men of the area gathered and swapped tales, talked politics, and discussed the crops. There also were many heated checker games, supervised by an appre- ciative number of kibitzers. The old general store was also the news center for the sur- rounding farm families. It was the place to hear not only the latest gossip, but also the recent national news. Often a traveller would stop at the store just long enough to rest his horse and pass on a bit of information about events in the nearest town. Another role often played by the country store was that of post-office. Being the center of activities, it was the logical place for the U. S. mail to be collected and distributed. The advent of the modern supermarket, streamlined depart- ment store, eHicient drug store, and shopping center, combined with the moving of families to the city and the improvement of roads and other means of transportation, has brought about a change, however. Due to these and other factors, the country store, like the horse and buggy, has become a symbol of a bygone but not forgotten day. .Egg X we 931' Z' Rising S Q? ,ZZ if it 3 5 f F ,r fi -4, -ss X ... .V .. 'f.?Z14 'mir' Q-J 'Ill' Like the country stores of a hundred years ago, is this one CMr. Hampton Wilburn's store at Cross Keysj, where Ann Gayle, Kenny, and Elaine have gathered, maybe to buy quart of Puerto Rican molasses N ff, Y , :L ar 5-. , v X ,' l '. . M - if Al E f E!! 'Elf 1' +1 Q. ,J fa ? - ff' TL: . ff-' TJ' f 32:-, I v nf ea fe- Q ze' , . 3- ta -?-ve.:-116, gy in 'VII' 'JAN An. v- -- V -1.1-,-f. ll' R -11 l if , ,I 2,1 .. l. lp 1' . ll vs, aw' ' ,ms .1-2 ws. p sf' -fl :far 'v:,,,r gil . if , I I N 1 'J' at .wa if Q as EJB ' 3 159 ,gi ' af rf -fits. at if Jr v t X ......., ,X ......,, et ...... 'E555555555-3i5E5::::'i'H:W 4255555555555-E E5E5:5E5:5E5E ' Q F 1 :Akin ' ss 5 Y ' E'E2EII p swf ffl s i . i w K . at Q .- A ....... , ..... ......., ax